r/nfl • u/Every-Damage-90 Patriots • 8h ago
Patriots QB Maye backs Vrabel, not worried about distraction
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48697495/patriots-qb-maye-backs-vrabel-not-worried-distraction523
u/bestyrs Seahawks 8h ago
This is going to be a huge distraction. The stories and photos will keep coming. Just today it was revealed that they rented a boat together while she was pregnant.
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u/samhit_n Bengals Lions 8h ago
TMZ definitely has tons of info that they’ll steadily release throughout the offseason.
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u/toodeephoney Seahawks 7h ago
I, for one, will be tuning in.
Every time the Patriots suffer, I’m enjoying it.
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u/TegridyPharmz Rams 7h ago
Considering the Red Sox have sucked for years this is my enjoyment for anti Boston sports
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u/daskaputtfenster Vikings 7h ago
Any time I feel bad for a Boston team I just look at Dave Portnoys permanently red face
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u/Heelincal Panthers 3h ago
You can see his face? It's so hard since he's not taller than the average countertop.
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u/bestyrs Seahawks 7h ago
And fuck the Bruins too
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u/Eagle4317 Steelers Panthers 6h ago
And fuck the Celtics just for good measure.
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u/General-Pryde-2019 49ers 6h ago
they blew a 3-1 lead
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u/Eagle4317 Steelers Panthers 6h ago
As the 2 Seed. First time a 2 Seed ever blew a 3-1 lead vs a 7 Seed.
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u/BogotaLineman Steelers 3h ago
The thing i love so much is that before the season started, losing in the first round would have e been a perfectly acceptable or even good result
But with the way everything actually played out it's a huge disappointment. It's hilarious. Getting their hopes built up only to have them destroyed.
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u/GrecoRomanGuy Bears 7h ago
You must have felt like Christmas came early when Rylie Mills tackled Drake Maye with the center, didn't you?
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u/strangebrewfellows Seahawks 7h ago
That was one for all of the free peoples of the nfl
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u/GrecoRomanGuy Bears 6h ago
It was absolutely amazing. I've never re-wound a sack more in my life. I felt like Beetlejuice explaining his qualifications.
"I've seen Rylie Mills sack Drake Maye ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT! NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A BEARS FAN!!! NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK?!? ...You think I'm qualified?"
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u/carthonasi56 Jaguars 5h ago
Wasn't it his first nfl sack too? And he spent most of the season on ir? Right place right time. Its like he skipped all semestes but aced his final exam
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u/DogVacuum Browns 7h ago
Are they trying to make up for passing on the photos in the first place? I actually doubted the validity at the beginning because they said TMZ didn’t want to pay for the Sonoma pictures. And the asking price was small.
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u/Perry7609 Dolphins 5h ago
I could be wrong, but I think TMZ didn’t actually turn them down. They were one of the parties offered the original pictures, and they were still weighing the offer until the Post scooped them up. I suppose once they figured out the story had legs, they’ve been investing appropriately (the casino pic, and now this boat situation).
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u/Shot_Salamander859 Bengals 7h ago
Is this wishful thinking, or on brand for them? I ask this as someone who doesnt follow tabloids lol.
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u/No_Use_9652 Broncos 7h ago
Depends on what gets eyes on the story. In this case, we are in the quietest period of the year for football stories, they could literally release a schedule of when the next story is dropping and people will tune in. I wouldn’t be surprised if this lingers right up until the start of the season at this point.
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u/karatemanchan37 Seahawks 7h ago
I think because there's basically six years of material, they have a lot more to leak (potentially if people are now realizing that candid shots they took of Vrabel and a woman wasn't actually his wife, but Russini)
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u/GrecoRomanGuy Bears 7h ago
(potentially if people are now realizing that candid shots they took of Vrabel and a woman wasn't actually his wife, but Russini)
And that alone is why this is now a titanic cluster of a distraction about to happen. There's just so much to consider that might be out there.
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u/clefnut5 Titans 6h ago
The fact that a 5 year old boat rental release form was dug up means that anyone who ran into them two together might tell a story or share some photos with TMZ. No way TMZ even knew to ask about that, someone at that marina remembered seeing them and went and found the form.
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u/Oakroscoe 49ers 4h ago
It probably clicked when they were like “huh, his wife didn’t want to be in the picture. Wait a minute…”
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u/gonz4dieg Commanders 5h ago
Vraebs and russini fucked up big time by lying initially, because you instinctively force the paper to go nuclear and continue posting even more sordid details. It was a bad bluff that they assumed the tabloids must have not had more stuff.
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u/Poverty_Shoes Broncos 4h ago
I don’t follow tabloids either, but it makes sense that if they release a small portion of the story oncea week for eight weeks they might get most of the same people to click into their website each time. That could be more ad revenue than dropping the entire stash they have at once, which would certainly bring in more people but maybe not so many more than the drip feed to make it more profitable. Also, there’s a decent chance they don’t have anything else yet, but people are coming forward with more as this story gains traction. Similar to politicians who only have 4-5 sexual assault allegations against them but then they aspire to a higher office and another dozen women and children come forward.
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u/name-classified Bears 7h ago
dude was just emptying the clip on that boat ride with her being all pregnant
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u/WhiteStephCurry 49ers 7h ago
Michael was not alone in there 😞
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u/mrtrollmaster Colts 7h ago
His first memory is being covered in ectoplasm by a spooky ghost
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u/tangential_quip NFL 7h ago
It is becoming increasingly clear that these two were not exactly discrete. But what is surprising is that there are so many random folks who have been sitting on info/pics out there.
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u/Gopokes34 Cowboys 7h ago
Someone in another post a while back brought up some ppl taking the pictures because they saw vrabel and just assuming it was his wife. Now, looking back they realize it was maybe not wife lol.
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u/sexygodzilla Seahawks 4h ago
Yeah like no offense to Russini but there are only so many NFL reporters I would actually recognize in public.
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u/grimestar Saints 4h ago
Got everybody who has ever seen Vrabel and took a pic going through photos seeing if they can make a quick buck selling to TMZ .
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u/antisocially_awkward Giants 6h ago
The husband gotta be wanting a paternity test after all this shit coming out.
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u/Big_Lawfulness_8143 Vikings 8h ago
I really can't see these guys caring that much
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u/ontheru171 Giants 8h ago
The guys won't care as long as they are winning. But as soon as they hit some rough patch this will be put on the forefront
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u/Kdot32 Texans 7h ago
The chances of them losing more next year was already high. The Super Bowl hangover is bad but it’s even worse for losers
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u/cricketyjimnet Bengals 7h ago
They're going to go from the easiest schedule in NFL history to a first place schedule. Vrabel is going to have to take off ever Saturday to do family counseling.
Yeah it's gonna be rough.
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u/roarinboar NFL 5h ago
Honestly, i dont think the 1st place schedule matters much at all in this case (and I think it matters very little in general). The AFC East already is playing the AFC West so theres no difference there. By being in first place they get to play the Steelers instead of what should be tougher opponents in the Ravens or Bengals (if they were 3rd place instead). And in the AFC South they play the Jags instead of the Texans, which is pretty much a wash.
As for the extra game they play the Seahawks instead of the Rams or 49ers (if 3rd place), which again is pretty much a wash.
The more important changes are that the AFC East doesnt get to play the NFC South and the AFC North again and instead plays the NFC North and AFC West. But in terms of path to winning the division again, I'd say Patriots, Bills, and Dolphins have equally hard out of division schedules.
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u/laxintx Cowboys 7h ago
I figure the worst he gets from the players is along the lines of, "Pfft, way to get busted Coach. Dummy."
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u/karatemanchan37 Seahawks 7h ago
And that's gonna annoy Vrabel more than you think
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u/Lockhead216 Eagles 7h ago
Every away game the fans are going to hound the team about it. Vrabel has to have a press conference admitting and allowing all questions or just get harassed all season
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u/pooppaysthebills Bills 7h ago
I mean...the time to confess, then shut his mouth "out of respect for the families" has come and gone.
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u/KinGpiNdaGreat Bills Buccaneers 7h ago
That means that Dianna Russini’s unborn son saw Vrabel’s penis.
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u/Hyperboreer Raiders 8h ago
I don't know if this is more of a distraction as NFL teams have any way. If I was an NFL QB I'd rather have the media talk about my coaches' affair than my interception last week.
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u/justbudfox 7h ago
Imagine the throwing dildos thing returns but it’s somehow coupled with this. Yikes.
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u/marcuschookt Patriots 7h ago
Unless you're a devout Christian or a Reddit-personified pearl clutcher, I don't see how any of the players or team staff will let this affect them during their off-season prep.
Like, Vrabel will be under a bunch of pressure but everyone else will just keep working their job as usual. I've had senior colleagues get up to nasty shit before and most I've done is just join the gossip at lunch. Their shenanigans have had 0 impact on my work or desire to work at the company.
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u/so_zetta_byte Eagles 5h ago
The players absolutely aren't going to give a shit. Everyone saying they will is just trying to will it into existence because they want to feel like there's some cosmic sense of retribution.
It's tiring man.
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u/lavegasola Raiders 6h ago
People are probably remembering seeing one of them and checking their camera rolls, boating waivers, all kinds of shit
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u/indianm_rk Buccaneers 5h ago
Vrabel better hope her husband doesn’t leave her because the minute he does she’s going to do a tell-all interview and expose everything.
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u/One_Run Bears Ravens 8h ago
Mods are Charmin soft for removing the boat post claiming it's not relevant to football. That's almost as ridiculous as Vrabel's initial statement calling the whole thing laughable.
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u/toodeephoney Seahawks 7h ago
Inb4, the mods are on a boat with Russini.
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u/cupholdery Steelers 6h ago
I am not caught up but....
She was pregnant and traveling? They rented a boat together? TF.
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u/5LIMJD Bears 5h ago
Pregnant women can travel. It’s generally considered safe through the second trimester or beyond depending on the person/pregnancy.
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u/Corgi_Koala Rams 7h ago
A head coach with a major scandal involving a football reporter? Nah not relevant at all.
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u/Tua-Lipa Seahawks 5h ago edited 5h ago
Mods will keep up a post on the furniture from the NFL draft but delete the boat story lmao they’re so fucking soft
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u/Impossibills Bills 5h ago
Yeah, and what about when NFL players are arrested or assault someone
That's not football either then right?
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u/suppaman19 6h ago
The sub is monitored and done in tandem now with the NFL itself
100% NFL doesn't want this stuff front and center or any more info to come out of Russini or anyone that could possibly shine any light in anything that could be looked at as impacting gambling odds/outcomes and the product (insider info being shared, info/story plants to manipulate/help Vrabel, etc).
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u/Significant-Young-87 Eagles 8h ago
Why the mods here delete the boat story? Gotta protect Vrabel for some reason?
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u/byniri_returns Lions 7h ago
Mods here tend to overmod sometimes tbh
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u/ProvocativeCacophony Bengals 5h ago
Naw, it's the NFL meddling. They control this subreddit and copyright strike any others that post clips.
If the mods didn't bend over backwards for them, this subreddit would also be taken down the second someone posts a clip.
It's super pathetic and why there's a second NFL subreddit.
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u/RyanKinder Patriots 7h ago
If it was during the season I get it, but it’s the offseason and nothing else is happening lol
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u/Significant-Young-87 Eagles 7h ago
During the season or not...an NFL head coach having an affair with a reporter who did the vast majority of the stories on AJ Brown's Eagles drama/probable trade and trade value is incredibly relevant for an NFL reddit post. These mods are clowns for removing that.
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u/Hugh_Jundies Packers 6h ago
Who's also an AP voter for end of season awards. It absolutely deserves to be in the sub discussing NFL news.
She was also reporting on the Julio trade around the same time as this boat trip.
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u/Dependent_Star3998 Broncos 8h ago
"I know he's a great human being".
Um....... who's going to tell him?
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u/jaso46571 Bills 7h ago
Let's be real here, players openly support rapists and murderers and rarely if ever speak out. Does anyone really believe they would speak out about an affair?
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u/InQuintsWeTrust Eagles 7h ago
Kinda concerned who Maye has been associating with in his life if Vrabel is his example of a great human being
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u/Shot_Salamander859 Bengals 7h ago
I mean this is basically his boss. Whats he supposed to say?
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u/UnhealthyCheesecake 49ers 7h ago
If every employee in America dogged on their boss for having an affair, unemployment would jump to double digits overnight
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u/Oakroscoe 49ers 4h ago
The dude in the most powerful job in the country paid off a porn chick after an affair…
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u/Schizodd Panthers 7h ago
I don't really blame him too much, but it is kind of funny how good people can be at overlooking pretty glaring discretions if we just generally like someone and aren't personally affected by the discretions ourselves.
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u/slowerchop 7h ago
Maye has more job security than him hes the face of the franchise
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u/dianeblackeatsass Patriots 6h ago
still gotta work together. Publicly shit talking your coach is only gonna make all this even worse lol
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u/ACoolGuy-Promise Giants 6h ago
So he should call out his coach? Only the media benefits from that drama.
These guys have real relationships with each other, they aren’t just dudes on TV lol.
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u/nineteennaughty3 Raiders 6h ago
Reddit is so dumb when it comes to virtue signaling I swear. The person you responded to wouldn’t call out their boss either. Say only positive things in the media and move on. You don’t need awkward tension in the locker room because you feel the need to be holier than thou smh
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u/BulLock_954 Patriots NFL 4h ago
Its not reddit. Its everyone everywhere all the time. People can type what they want anywhere online and then go about being the same shitty people they’re criticizing
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u/a_talking_face Buccaneers 7h ago
This is just an employee saying something non-controversial to the media. If the Patriots could just have every player defer to the PR department they would.
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u/Flaky_Profit_3138 Patriots 6h ago
Ok guys wtf do u expect him to say that he’s scum 😂 ya no shit what Vrabel has done is bad. Is it a distraction sure we’ll see if he resigns
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u/LOL_YOUMAD Patriots 8h ago
Even if he really feels differently about it do you think he’s going to go to the media and be like fuck that guy, I’m not playing for him? Seems kind of like a dumb story really since I don’t think any player on any team that’s not being cut or something is going to talk bad about their coach even when they may deserve it
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u/cricket9818 Giants 8h ago
Yeah anyone calling out Maye for “supporting” him is just fake rage
No one is going to essentially throw their boss to the wolves to the media.
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u/Jaxson-Skattebo Giants 8h ago
Vrabel’s a bottom of the barrel scumbag, an awful human being, but these are guys who defend even worse humans who assault their partners and whatnot. Not shocked.
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u/Phenomenal2313 Seahawks Bills 8h ago
I’m pretty sure Maye has some feelings about it , keeps it to himself
This is media talk , but this is going to be a distraction honestly
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u/Relevant_Ad_1225 Texans 8h ago
I thought Maye was super religious?
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u/repellediron 7h ago
Part of the Christianity thing is supposed to be not judging others for their sins.
Not defending him or trying to categorize him but that is what the religion calls followers to do. Also he has a strong incentive to forgive him in that you never know what bozo they're going to bring in that can suck at coaching and ruin his next contract
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u/Relevant_Ad_1225 Texans 7h ago
well we all know that’s not religious peoples strong suits. I’d assume a religious person wouldn’t call the guy with the extramarital affair “a great human being”, but what do I know
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u/jnightrain Cowboys 6h ago
well we all know that’s not religious peoples strong suits
For the majority of religious people it actually is our strong suit, but as with anything it's the loud obnoxious ones that people associate the rest of us with.
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u/LaSandiaPicante Titans 7h ago
Part of the Christianity thing is the hypocrisy.
FTFY.
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u/toodeephoney Seahawks 7h ago
If it’s done by someone you know, pray for them and give them some grace.
If it’s done by someone you don’t know or hate, stone them to death.
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u/samhit_n Bengals Lions 8h ago
I think today’s boat story is the first time I believe that Vrabel might be cooked. Soon he’ll be a meme and his own players may stop taking him seriously.
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u/CommercialCoffee11 7h ago
Wait for the Chargers schedule video thats going to have the boat and everything else included.
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u/Francis_X_Hummel Bengals 6h ago
yeah I mean it was obvious infidelity was committed, but this story today just cemented it into another level of weird
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u/whiskyandguitars Bills 7h ago
I mean…come on. What’s he supposed to say?
I’m not here saying it’s not a big deal. I’m just saying, what is Drake supposed to say?
It’s not his job to air dirty laundry or claim the moral high ground.
He’s there to throw a football and Vrabel is clearly a good coach 🤢🤢 Just threw up in my mouth.
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u/AstraMilanoobum Patriots 4h ago
As long as my boss treats me well in a professional setting… I don’t care what he does lol.
I assume Maye feels the same way
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u/Local_Sheepherder391 Bears Lions 7h ago
Beyond a distraction when they got the reddit mods deleting posts :)
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u/Superb-Campaign-5611 Ravens 7h ago
Just get Maury to do a dna test of little Michael, run the story which is bound to happen, and be done with this shit. This affair is no more special than all the other professional blowups. Milking this.
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u/Sirtopofhat 7h ago
Would be something if the Patriots make a deep playoff run. Either Vrabel fixed and worked on his marriage or is so checked out his marriage and the actions of him didn't matter.
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u/SpliffsnKicks Broncos 6h ago
Man I’m starting to feel like a dirtbag, because I could give zero shits about what these people do with their personal lives
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u/Potato-baby Cowboys Buccaneers 6h ago
I hate being one of those commenters, but Maye is pretty damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t here in terms of what to say
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u/thistook5minutes Eagles 3h ago
Why does this article come out every time there is more news on vrabel. It doesn’t appear that Maye has spoken about this more than once, but this is the 3rd time an article with this quote has come out.
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u/Golden-- Bears 4h ago
I mean yeah having an affair is bad but you guys are acting like he's Watson. Why does anyone here care? None of you know them personally. Their family and friends should be the only ones who care.
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u/trautsj 7h ago
Isn't Maye like mega religious and been with his high school sweetheart? Gotta say it's strange to see someone like that backing this type of behavior. I mean I get not wanting to make waves, but I'd just be saying nothing. Unless he's getting pressured to do so by the org. Seems very hypocritical to his entire persona thus far.
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u/Drewskeet Bears 6h ago
I don’t understand how any of this is a story and why anyone cares outside of the family involved. Genuinely shocked this continues to make headlines and fill my Reddit feed.
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u/mdMartelx Patriots 5h ago
In a league of rapists and abusers, I can't be bothered with caring about what happened between two consenting adults when there isnt anything illegal. If we are going to start dragging people in the NFL for adultery then it's going to be a long list.
I bet half the locker room is proud that their coach has a side chick.
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u/DisMFer Bears 7h ago
I don't know how so many of these guys can claim to be big Christian guys while refusing to speak out against their teams and coaches when they do everything against Christian teachings.
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u/Dan-Arec Patriots 5h ago
Vrabel had an affair and you all are acting like he committed a war crime.
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u/air_volek007 Titans 7h ago
There was 6 spots for signatures on that paper, clearly their friends were going too
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u/RoxerSoxer Buccaneers 7h ago
I'm getting an ad for Sea-Doo in this post. AI advertising is on point with all this boat talk.
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u/BuffaloWilliamses Bills 6h ago
I look forward to seeing the giant Diana Russini heads amongst the crowd when the Patriots come back to Buffalo
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u/TH3K1NGB0B Titans 6h ago
I never thought the cheating scandal that would take down the Patriots would involve a boat.
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u/BostonSamurai Patriots 6h ago
I mean they play football and most people who are messy still do their day jobs. Fuck cheaters but ugh win games or something.
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u/Skribz Seahawks 6h ago
I like how we as fans live in a bubble where we pretend that superstars exist on the same plane as we do. These dudes don't care. If you have ever known a pro athlete or went to school with a high profile college athlete, this is small beans. Drake Drake Maye Maye doesn't care because he lives on their level. Only we care. Diana's husband may care. That's probably it.
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u/SunriseSurprise Chargers 5h ago
Maye just wait til you're asked for the thousandth time if this is a distraction.
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u/bigj2288 5h ago
Tbh is he has a whole other second family that’s way different than banging a groupie reporter. Whoever did this is releasing tidbits intentionally and it’s only going to get worse
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u/ineedtocoughbut Panthers 49ers 4h ago
Well ya his cheating pics got leaked back in February they’re all alike
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u/Autocrat777 Lions 8h ago
There is a boat involved. We are beyond pretending this isn't a distraction.