Garrett Bradbury returns to Minnesota for joint practices with the Vikings, bringing insider insight from six years in the Vikings' locker room as he anchors the Patriots' interior line. Bradbury warns that joint-session reps won’t be vanilla, emphasizing that Flores will push for real competition to test and expose opposing schemes. New England spent Monday simulating Minnesota’s defense, a signal that the Patriots will treat these sessions as prep for Week 1 rather than a mere routine workout. Flores, a Patriots stalwart for years, is expected to leverage aggressive, game-planned tactics to disrupt the Pats’ former club, underscoring a chess-match atmosphere in these practices. Follow Patriots Wire for updates as the sessions unfold.