The New England Patriots Patriots won their second preseason on Saturday, beating the Vikings 20-12 at Minnesota’s U.S. Bank Stadium. Even though most of the Vikings’ starters did not see the field after a competitive set of joint practices earlier in the week, a significant portion of the Patriots’ top players on both sides of the ball got a handful of snaps in.

As a result, there were quite a few lessons to learn from the game. Here are a few that caught our eye.

The Patriots showed us that…

…you shouldn’t sleep on Mack Hollins: There has been a lot of discussion about Mack Hollins this week, and whether or not he would be deserving a spot on the roster. On Saturday, Hollins answered those concerns by showing his importance to the team: playing six snaps — all of them as a perimeter t

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