Vrabel explains why he obtained concerned in Patriots-Commanders joint observe combat
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“My job is to attempt to break these up and I do not thoughts doing it.”
Patriots gamers obtained a kick out of Mike Vrabel’s involvement within the combat that broke out with the Commanders in Wednesday’s joint observe, however New England’s head coach didn’t giggle an excessive amount of concerning the matter.
In his first feedback concerning the combat, Vrabel sternly defined why he felt the necessity to soar right into a pile of Patriots and Commanders gamers pushing and shoving one another when he was requested concerning the incident on Sunday.
“I noticed that Will [Campbell] and I have been pondering the identical factor — simply making an attempt to get the second man off TreVeyon [Henderson] and so they’re wrestling round,” Vrabel instructed reporters. “I simply don’t need something to occur to anyone. My job is to attempt to break these up and I don’t thoughts doing it, and that’s type of the way it went.”
The combat broke out after Henderson made a tough block on a Commanders participant. Vrabel obtained into the pile that rapidly shaped as Campbell was additionally within the combine. Just a few moments later, the Patriots’ head coach emerged with blood on his face.
After observe, a number of New England gamers joked about Vrabel’s involvement. Huge receiver DeMario Douglas mentioned that Vrabel instructed him, “It’s best to have seen the opposite man,” when he requested his coach what occurred to him.
Among the gamers additionally appreciated Vrabel’s willingness to get within the combine like that.
“He’s proper there with us, man. I feel that participant comes out in him a little bit bit too,” tight finish Hunter Henry mentioned.
Drake Maye shared that Vrabel mentioned that the crew would return and later watch the movie of their head coach moving into the combat. Nonetheless, Vrabel wasn’t the one to indicate them the footage of the combat.
“I didn’t present the crew. All of them checked out it, clearly, of their assembly rooms as a result of guys have been laughing at me,” Vrabel mentioned.
When the Patriots took on the Commanders of their preseason opener on Friday, there seemed to be a minor scar on Vrabel’s proper cheek from the incident. The scar from the combat seemed to be gone, although, at Sunday’s coaching camp observe.
Within the precise recreation in opposition to Washington, New England confirmed extra combat than its opponent. It cruised to a 48-18 win, with Vrabel saying he thought his crew performed a “clear recreation” after watching the movie.
“I believed we performed – to proceed to construct the id of taking part in with nice effort and making an attempt to deal with the man with the ball,” Vrabel mentioned. “We’ve to deal with higher, and that occurs generally within the first reside motion. Quite a lot of great things to show off of there.
“Did a whole lot of actually good issues,” Vrabel added. “Then we simply should proceed to enhance the issues that we talked about with the missed tackles or getting right into a rhythm with the passing recreation and type of simply proceed to progress.”
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