By Steve Atkinson
The Patriots and Vrabel have obviously been in the news a lot these last few weeks. The NFL draft for the Patriots has definitely taken a back seat, even though the media around the team just want to talk about football. I’ll have something soon as to why national and local media haven’t covered the Vrabel situation outside of what’s been reported. It won’t be surprising, I’m just trying to confirm a few things first.
It’s the second week of OTAs, and Vrabel is back in the building. Hunter Henry spoke on Tuesday and said it’s been business as usual around the team. Hunter Henry spoke about losing the Super Bowl in February.
Their schedule is a lot tougher, and any losing streak will point right back to the Vrabel situation and how it’s become a distraction in the season. But the Patriots have the back of ESPN and the national media, who will protect them. I’ll have more on that later. It’s going to take a while for them to prove the Vrabel situation isn’t disrupting the football part. Robert Spillane also spoke on Tuesday and said this of Vrabel.
As much as they want to focus on the football part. Local media wants, and national media wants to focus on, except for the football part, besides the New York Post. People are way more interested in the drama surrounding the Vrabel situation and how it’s gonna impact the football on the field.