{"id":85246,"date":"2026-04-27T20:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/mike-vrabel-back-with-patriots-on-monday-after-missing-day-3-of-nfl-draft\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:21:27","slug":"mike-vrabel-back-with-patriots-on-monday-after-missing-day-3-of-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/mike-vrabel-back-with-patriots-on-monday-after-missing-day-3-of-nfl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Vrabel back with Patriots on Monday after missing Day 3 of NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Coach Mike Vrabel was back at work with the Patriots on Monday, according to a team source. Mark J. Rebilas \/ Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After missing Day 3 of the 2026 NFL Draft this weekend to be with his family, New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel returned to work on Monday, according to a team source.<\/p>\n

Vrabel announced last week that he was going to miss the final day of the draft Saturday, which encompasses Rounds 4 through 7, amid ongoing questions about photos published by the New York Post showing him at an Arizona hotel hugging and holding hands with Dianna Russini, who was The Athletic<\/i>\u2019s senior NFL insider at the time.\u00a0<\/i>Russini\u00a0resigned from\u00a0The Athletic<\/i> on April 14. Additional photos of the pair have since emerged.<\/p>\n

Last week, Vrabel didn\u2019t rule out the possibility of missing additional time. But after spending the weekend outside of the office, Vrabel was back Monday.<\/p>\n

The Patriots\u2019 initial plan had been to potentially be in contact with Vrabel on Saturday as they made their picks, but executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf said they ended up deciding against that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of talked through things and made the decision that the time away really needs to be time away, so we were not in contact with Mike (on Saturday) other than some just, \u2018Hope everything\u2019s going OK,\u2019 kind of texts early this morning,\u201d Wolf said after the draft was completed.<\/p>\n

Wolf ran the team\u2019s draft room while Vrabel was away and selected six players.<\/p>\n

This week, Patriots players can attend optional workouts at the facility. Per league rules, head coaches aren\u2019t allowed to be on the field putting the team through practices until organized team activities, which begin for the Patriots on May 27.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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