With NFL training camp rapidly approaching in July and the NFL Draft just days away, one would think that most NFL teams would be answering questions about upcoming season expectations, which college standouts they’re looking to draft, and other football-related inquiries.
Given that the New England Patriots are the reigning AFC champions and facing the dreaded “Super Bowl hangover” curse — wherein the losing team in the Super Bowl almost always misses the following season’s playoffs — the franchise seems especially ripe for these sorts of questions.
Rather, reporters seemfarmore interested in the salacious story that has already claimed the career of one reporter — and implicates Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel.
According toESPN, on Tuesday, the Patriots held a press conference not to answer any football questions, but to give Vrabel a platform to respond to the scandal that has engulfed the NFL offseason.
For those unaware, on April 7, the New York Post’s Page Six published photos of Vrabel and former Athletic reporter Dianna Russini — both married — acting rather intimately together.
New England Patriots’ Mike Vrabel and top NY Times NFL reporter Dianna Russini hold hands and hug at luxury hotelhttps://t.co/kgk6uoumOUpic.twitter.com/J2dtb6HuyA
— New York Post (@nypost)April 7, 2026
AsFox Newsnoted, at the time, Vrabel waved off the pictures as a total mischaracterization of his and Russini’s relationship.
“These photos show a completely innocent interaction, and any suggestion otherwise is laughable,” Vrabel said shortly after the pictures first became public. “This doesn’t deserve any further response.”
Well, turns out it did require further response — though Vrabel did stop just short of admitting to a full-blown affair:
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