FOXBOROUGH — The Patriots still have just over a month to go before the start of the regular season.
But, Wednesday marked an important stepping stone for Mike Vrabel’s team as the team looks to start building toward a bounce-back campaign.
After 11 days of practices against one another, the Patriots welcomed in the Washington Commanders for a joint practice on Wednesday, two days before the teams meet in their preseason opener.
“The goal is just to be able to put the identity out on the field against another team, to put the fundamentals that we put out there, the installation, to be able to do it against another defense, to be able to adjust to different play styles of players, players that maybe are longer or quicker or stronger, just different play styles of each player throughout this league,” Mike Vrabel said ahead of practice.