Vrabel is coming off his first season as head coach of the Patriots, where he led the team to a 14-3 regular-season record. That saw New England win the AFC East, the conference, and appear in Super Bowl LX. Vrabel was named the 2025 NFL Coach of the Year.

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel made a hastily scheduled appearance in front of reporters at the team’s facility on Thursday evening to discuss his decision to step away from the team for the final day of the draft in order to go into counseling.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called Patriots coach Mike Vrabel's current situation a "personal matter" and prefers to leave it at that.

New England says Vrabel will not be in the war room Saturday as he begins counseling, with Eliot Wolf and personnel staff set to run the draft

Vrabel will speak publicly for the first time since announcing he will miss Saturday and go into counseling.

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel initially said a report linking him to NFL reporter Dianna Russini was "laughable" but has since changed his tune. After photos of Russini and Vrabel surfaced earlier this month,

The questions continue to multiply rather than disappear, no manner how many PR wheels the Patriots try to spin.

The story that won't go away after 16 days is lingering in large part because the Patriots and coach Mike Vrabel keep giving it oxygen.