The Minnesota Vikings completed the first of two joint practices with the New England Patriots today at TCO Performance Center. There were a lot of noteworthy things that took place during this practice. Here are my notes.

It probably isn’t news that an offensive line with Garrett Bradbury at center and a couple rookies at left guard and left tackle had a tough time against the Vikings’ defensive front, but they did. By one count among the Patriots media here they allowed a total of six sacks, plus were flagged for two holding penalties. So, it was a pretty dominant performance by the Vikings’ defensive front- a theme we’ve seen throughout training camp that is likely to carry-on into the regular season.

What wasn’t so good was the performance of the Vikings’ secondary in pass coverage.

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