What Mike Vrabel stated of the choice to cancel Patriots-Titans joint practices

“They communicated with us final evening, and we want the participant effectively, we want [Isaiah] Bolden effectively,” Vrabel instructed reporters on Sunday. “Clearly, there’s a restoration and we perceive what can occur on this recreation, sadly. And so the Patriots are going to deal with them, and ensuring they’re doing what they should do to prepare for his or her season.

“Would’ve cherished to work with them, however clearly perceive that issues come up and we’re all the time in a position to regulate and adapt. We’ll observe and we’ll get work in and we’ll see the place we’re right here on the finish of the week on Friday.”

Whereas the Patriots introduced that they had been canceling their joint practices with the Titans, they shared a constructive replace on Bolden’s standing on Sunday. The rookie nook was discharged from the hospital and traveled again dwelling with the crew.

“Respect the prayers extra excited to be again with the blokes,” Bolden tweeted on Sunday morning.

Although Bolden’s hospital keep was comparatively transient, Patriots gamers had been understandably shaken after the sport. Bolden was immobile on the sphere for a number of moments earlier than he was positioned on a stretcher and brought off on a cart.

Invoice Belichick and the remainder of the Patriots that spoke to the media targeted their postgame feedback on Bolden and never their efficiency on the sphere.

“I feel proper now our main concern is Isaiah, his wellbeing,” longtime Patriots captain Matthew Slater instructed reporters. “Our entire crew’s praying for him. Simply hoping that issues aren’t as severe as they appear.”

Because it seems Bolden averted a significant damage, the Patriots will nonetheless take the observe subject this week. They’re scheduled to observe on Tuesday and Wednesday earlier than flying down on Thursday for Friday’s recreation towards the Titans.

The Patriots are additionally coming off a pair of joint practices with the Packers that had been reportedly chippy. Fights broke out between the groups of their joint periods on Wednesday and Thursday with Patriots linebacker Anfernee Jennings getting tossed from one of many practices. A few of that carried into Saturday’s recreation, too. Each groups wanted to be separated throughout pregame warmups and 18 complete penalties had been recorded in three-plus quarters of play.

Friday’s preseason recreation is the Patriots’ last contest of their exhibition schedule.