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Patriots set to meet old friends, another Deflategate rival in joint practices with Vikings

Patriots center Garrett Bradbury shook his head and chuckled. Of all the teams the Patriots could be visiting this week for joint practices and a preseason game, it had to be the Vikings, for whom Bradbury played six years with 88 starts before being released in March.

“Crazy,” Bradbury said. “It’ll be good to see all the former guys, but at the same time compete and just get that much closer to Week 1.”

For most Patriots, the two days of practice at the Vikings’ TCO Performance Center might feel like paradise.

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