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Why Jalen Mills was a fan of Patriots’ scrap-heavy practice against the Packers

When the pads are finally put on for competitive practices during training camp, it’s to be expected for teammates to start doling out some trash talk against one another.

But when the preseason calendar flips to joint practices? All bets are off.

Scraps, scuffles and full-out brawls are commonplace during the NFL preseason when two opposing rosters are competing against one another during the steamy late summer months.

And on Thursday morning in Green Bay, players on both the Patriots and Packers had to separated on multiple occasions.

According to Nicole Yang of The Boston Globe, at least eight different scraps broke out during Thursday’s practice, with most of the vitriol traded between New England’s defensive unit and Green Bay’s offense.