{"id":708888,"date":"2026-06-01T19:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708888\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:49:15","slug":"mike-vrabel-says-that-he-could-take-another-absence-from-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708888\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Vrabel Says That He Could Take Another Absence From Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Vrabel Says That He Could Take Another Absence From Patriots<\/a> originally appeared on NESN<\/a>. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New England Patriots<\/a> head coach Mike Vrabel was very noncommittal at the podium when reporters asked him<\/a> if he would be present for all of OTAs.<\/p>\n

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The question hinted at Vrabel repeating his draft weekend absence to deal with the aftermath of the Dianna Russini debacle.<\/p>\n

“I can\u2019t tell you anything other than I\u2019m going to be out there today in full force,” Vrabel told reporters. “So I\u2019m going to focus on today and the excitement that we\u2019ve had and that we\u2019ve built so far.”<\/p>\n

Mike Florio of “Pro Football Talk Live” heard the comments and was less than thrilled with what they imply.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s the moment I said \u2018Uh-oh, there\u2019s going to be a chapter of this that\u2019s very public and very interesting because she\u2019s going to tell her story at some point,'” Florio said. “That\u2019s the next thing, that\u2019s the only thing left, and that could come up and that could create a situation where Mike Vrabel could — could — end up yet again, having to take a break from the team to restore the balance between his work life and his personal life.”<\/p>\n

It sounds like Vrabel feels — the way most of us do — that he is not yet out of the woods.<\/p>\n

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