New England Patriots head coach\u00a0Mike Vrabel\u00a0is opening up to the press about balancing family and football.<\/p>\n
Vrabel, 50, who played for the NFL for 14 seasons and rose to stardom as a linebacker for the Pats, spoke to the press just two months after breaking his silence on the photo scandal involving former\u00a0Athletic\u00a0reporter\u00a0Dianna Russini. When asked by a reporter about work\/life balance, Vrabel expressed his love for his wife and his sons, Tyler and Carter.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy family is great,\u201d Vrabel told the group. \u201cI love Jen. I love the boys. I love my personal friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Check out the video of Vrabel’s discussion with the media below:<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfac\u00a0SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\udfac\u00a0<\/p>\n Vrabel Opened Up About the Dianna Russini Scandal<\/p>\n Last month, Vrabel spoke to the press about the uproar surrounding the scandal involving him and Dianna Russini for the first time in a video obtained by\u00a0WBZ<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0Dan Roche.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cI understand I could have addressed you sooner, but it was important to me I have a conversation with the players, which I did yesterday very candidly,\u201d Vrabel shared during a pre-NFL draft press conference at Gillette Stadium, noting that he had \u201csome difficult conversations\u201d with people he \u201ccare[s] about.\u201d<\/p>\n Including discussions with his \u201cfamily,\u201d as well as the Patriots organization, Vrabel said the talks were \u201cpositive and productive.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe believe in order to be successful, you have to make good decisions,\u201d he said. \u201cThat starts with me. You never want your actions to negatively affect the team \u2026 or be the cause of a distraction.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Sharing that he\u2019s \u201cexcited\u201d to coach the team with \u201chumility and focus,\u201d Vrabel leaned in hard when emphasizing how much he cares about coaching the Patriots. He also noted that he\u2019s kept some questions and comments from the team private.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I can promise you is my family, this organization, this team, the staff, the coaches, and the fans, most importantly, will get the best version of me going forward,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n Related: Patriots Coach Mike Vrabel Breaks Silence on Dianna Russini Photo Scandal<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on May 27, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New England Patriots head coach\u00a0Mike Vrabel\u00a0is opening up to the press about balancing family and football. Vrabel, 50,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,151324,137,514,515,42502,1231],"class_list":["post-707254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dianna-russini","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-mike-vrabel","tag-new-england-patriots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}