FOXBORO — The Patriots will wrap up their spring practice slate a day earlier than originally scheduled.
The team on Monday announced it had canceled Wednesday’s mandatory minicamp practice, which was set to be New England’s last before players departed for the summer. Players still will come to the facility that day, but the Patriots will not hold a full practice.
“I just felt like hopefully we can get two good days of work here and get going on to the offseason program,” head coach Mike Vrabel said before Monday’s minicamp session. “We’ll still work; I just didn’t want to come out (and practice). We’ll be out on the field. We’ll be lifting, running and meeting.”
The Patriots often called off the final day of minicamp during Bill Belichick’s head-coaching tenure, choosing to hold just two mandatory spring practices after initially scheduling three. Outside of minicamp, the rest of the offseason program, including organized team activities (OTAs), is voluntary for players.
New England will hold its final spring practice on Tuesday. It will be open to reporters but closed to the public.
Training camp will begin in late July.