FOXBOROUGH — “We’re on to Minnesota,” said a smiling Matthew Slater, offering his best Bill Belichick impression Monday, as attention shifts toward the Patriots’ fourth and final out-of-conference opponent of the regular season.
“They have a lot of extremely talented players that are near the top of the league in what they do in their respective positions,” Slater said of the Vikings, who will travel to Gillette Stadium for a 4:25 p.m. tilt Sunday. “They pose a lot of issues for us. It’s a team that we don’t know very well, so we’re going to have to spend some extra time getting to know them and familiarizing ourselves with what they do schematically.