FOXBOROUGH – While veteran players are off on vacation for the next five weeks until training camp starts, Patriots rookies will be sticking around for a while. There’s still a lot to learn in a short amount of time. Following Tuesday’s final official mandatory minicamp practice, the Pats’ most important rookie – left tackle Will Campbell – was asked about what these next few weeks will look like for him…

FOXBOROUGH – The Patriots wrapped up spring workouts on Tuesday inside the WIN Waste Innovations Field House. The team still has some meetings, lifting, running and possibly a team bonding event on tap for Wednesday, but the final session on Tuesday was basically the end of minicamp. In just over a month, players will be back in Foxborough for training camp and the unofficial start of a long (hopefully) six-month…

FOXBOROUGH – At one point during Monday’s first of two mandatory minicamp practices, Harold Landry beat Morgan Moses so quickly and cleanly off the edge that you legitimately had to question whether he was offsides. He wasn’t. Drake Maye had to roll out and ultimately tuck it to the sideline. The whole no pads until training camp thing is tough to shake when you watch the way Landry has flashed…

FOXBOROUGH – Felt like October out there today. Aside from that, Pats fans should be encouraged. More good things on both sides of the ball during the roughly two hour session and Mike Vrabel already cancelled the third and final practice on Wednesday. “I just felt like hopefully we can get two good days of work here and get going on to the offseason program,” Vrabel said on Monday afternoon….

Mandatory minicamp begins on Monday in Foxborough and we’re hoping to see a few things we didn’t get to see during the voluntary part of the offseason. While there still won’t be any pads or anything like that, this will be the first time we’re supposed to get a look at the roster in full, or at least as full as possible given the fact that a few guys are…

FOXBOROUGH – The impact of Mike Vrabel’s presence in Foxborough has been undeniable already. Are the Patriots suddenly a 10-win team that will be fighting for a playoff spot? Well, no, they haven’t even put pads on yet. But, there’s plenty of encouraging signs coming out of voluntary OTAs and heading into the mandatory minicamp portion of the offseason that runs next Monday through Wednesday. Here are some of the…