Top Tweets And Vines From The First Joint Practice Between Patriots And Saints

By Matt Dolloff (@mattdolloff)

BOSTON (CBS) -- The first joint practice between the New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints has come and gone. Both teams escaped without any fights or injuries, so by that measure it was a successful session.

If you are reading this you're probably sick of DeflateGate talk, so let's look at the actual football team. There were some highlights from the joint practice that should make Patriots fans feel good about how the team is progressing.

WBZ's Dan Roche was in attendance, so his takeaways will give a clearer picture of how the practice went. But based on the highlights from Twitter and Vine, both teams had ups and downs but looked strong overall.

Tom Brady participated fully and played as if nothing is going with him on off the field, which was perhaps the most encouraging sign - not that you'd expect Brady to struggle in drills anyway.

Here's what we know about today's joint practice so far:

Brady doesn't look the least bit distracted.

Dont'a Hightower is back and looks to be picking up where he left off.

There was a Tavon Wilson sighting.

The teams prefer to have rap music absolutely BLASTING during warmups.

New cornerback Tarell Brown looked good in drills...

...But Malcolm Butler seemed to take a step back.

Josh Boyce continued to look way better in practice than in games.

And Bubba Watson showed up with Jerry West just because.

Overall, more positive than negative for the Pats. The biggest thing is Tom Brady appears locked in as he prepares for the season like normal, blocking out the legal distractions from DeflateGate.

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