Patriots’ Mike Vrabel Says He Will Seek Counseling And Miss Part Of Nfl Draft

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not beryllium pinch nan squad for time 3 of nan NFL draught connected Saturday, pursuing the publication of photos of nan coach and longtime NFL newsman Dianna Russini astatine an Arizona resort.

“As I said nan different day, I promised my family, this statement and this squad that I was going to springiness them nan champion type of maine that I tin perchance springiness them. In bid to do so, I person committed to seeking counseling, starting this weekend,” Vrabel said Wednesday night, according to ESPN. “This is thing that I person fixed a batch of thought to and is thing I would counsel a subordinate to do if I was counseling them.

“I person ever wanted to lead by example, and I judge this is what I person to do to beryllium nan champion husband, begetter and coach that I perchance tin be. This is not an easy point for maine to admit, but it is 1 that I cognize will make maine a amended person. I admit nan support that everyone has fixed maine and committedness a stronger resoluteness arsenic a result.”

The photos of Vrabel and Russini astatine a Sedona edifice were taken earlier nan yearly NFL meetings that began successful Phoenix connected 29 March, according to nan New York Post, which published nan photos this month.

The NFL said past weekend that it is not investigating Vrabel’s behavior.

Vrabel addressed nan matter for nan first clip connected Tuesday, telling reporters he’s had “difficult conversations pinch group I attraction about”.

Vrabel and Russini, who are some married, released written statements to nan Post aft nan publication of nan communicative downplaying what nan photos depict. But Russini resigned from The Athletic little than a week later, aft nan Post’s study prompted an soul investigation astatine The New York Times-owned sports outlet.

Vrabel said he addressed players astir nan matter connected Monday aft they arrived for nan commencement of nan voluntary workout program. Two Patriots players were scheduled to beryllium made disposable to reporters connected Tuesday, but Vrabel said he wanted to speak earlier they did. He besides said he didn’t want nan liking successful nan Post photos to return attraction distant from nan NFL draft, which originates Thursday.