Patriots coach leaps into pile of gamers to defuse coaching camp skirmish

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Earlier than turning into a coach, Mike Vrabel was often known as some of the bodily linebackers in the NFL.

Earlier this 12 months, Vrabel was named head coach of the New England Patriots, reuniting him with the franchise with which he spent eight seasons.

Vrabel is guiding the Patriots by coaching camp, and whereas fights have a tendency to interrupt out in the course of the grueling weeks of coaching camp, coaches do not sometimes soar into the fray.

Vrabel determined to buck that pattern.

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New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel leaves the observe fields after minicamp at Gillette Stadium. (Eric Canha/Imagn Photographs)

On Wednesday, the Patriots and Washington Commanders held a joint observe at Gillette Stadium. At one level throughout observe, a tough deal with by rookie working again TreVeyon Henderson as he stepped as much as block for go safety gave the impression to be the tipping level for an eventual scuffle.

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Vrabel ultimately tried to defuse the state of affairs by taking issues into his personal palms and leaping into the pile. As soon as the stress settled, the first-year Patriots coach emerged with a bloody face, the Boston Herald reported.

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye was complimentary of his coach's tenacity.

Mike Vrabel, head coach of the New England Patriots, directs his gamers throughout coaching camp at Gillette Stadium July 28, 2025, in Foxborough, Mass. (Winslow Townson/Getty Photographs)

"That is what we're attempting to construct, and it begins with the top coach — depth, bringing it day by day, taking no crap once we're on the market on the sector," Maye stated. "The mentality, I prefer it. That is what you need."

Vrabel was later noticed holding a towel that appeared to comprise ice on his face.

Head coach Mike Vrabel of the New England Patriots will get concerned in observe as quarterback Drake Maye (10) fakes a handoff to Trayveon Williams (49) throughout coaching camp at Gillette Stadium July 29, 2025, in Foxborough, Mass. (Winslow Townson/Getty Photographs)

"Go professional is bodily. It is a bodily recreation. Issues occur on the market," Maye stated. "There is a time the place clearly you do not need to come out right here and battle and get into bother. On the identical time, you do not need to again down from no person. So, I am certain Coach will preach that we will not have that, however, on the identical time, form of behind our minds, that is form of how we need to play — the depth. When the whistle goes, play arduous, and when the whistle stops, get off and get away."

Maye added that Vrabel's look reminded him of the assassination try at certainly one of President Donald Trump's political rallies in Pennsylvania final 12 months.