Vrabel still working. Dirty Diana not so much

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A person's personal life is their business if no laws broken.

The reporters world image is very important as your image is part of job. Travels business is winning games and he just got NE back to Siperbowl of course hes not getting fired.
 
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So at the same time that she was very pregnant with the baby she named Michael she was taking romantic boat rides with the dude she was cheating with named Michael?

Somehow I don’t think anyone’s gonna be surprised when little Mike grows up to be a 6’4” 265 lb linebacker.
 

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Eff him. Eff her. Kids invlved and maybe an illegimate one. Cheat and risk it all.
So people who are married with kids should be fired from jobs if having an affair? Unemployment would be beyond depression levels. Married people having affairs always affect the kids so your saying they should be effected more by firing the parents for committing a legal act all be it morally wrong?
 

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So people who are married with kids should be fired from jobs if having an affair? Unemployment would be beyond depression levels. Married people having affairs always affect the kids so your saying they should be effected more by firing the parents for committing a legal act all be it morally wrong?
You think cheating is OK if you don’t get caught. I repect ethical people. Bye.
 

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Both should've just released a statement and gotten everything in the open then because in the era of social media and people practically living on their phones and playing TMZ detective, any drama that slowly comes out will feed into that story for weeks. They both would've had an embarrassing 48-72 hrs and then most would've moved on. The way this is going, it'll probably be a story until Memorial Day.
 

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Both should've just released a statement and gotten everything in the open then because in the era of social media and people practically living on their phones and playing TMZ detective, any drama that slowly comes out will feed into that story for weeks. They both would've had an embarrassing 48-72 hrs and then most would've moved on. The way this is going, it'll probably be a story until Memorial Day.
I just hope it’s a huge distraction in the locker room 🤞
 

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Its not even a morality standpoint really.. its the fact that Russini was potentially colluding with an NFL coach and was actively reporting stories that would help Vrabel land a top8 WR in the NFL in AJ Brown.

As I said, I cant wait for thr Pats to derail because of this. Scum bag franchise and fanbase.
 
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While this is a personal matter, if I’m the Patriots, it’s a huge distraction fueled by social media imo. Becoming a perception and credibility issue as well. Vrabel will be on a short leash going forward. As a titans fan, starting to wonder if this played a part in his firing.
 

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While this is a personal matter, if I’m the Patriots, it’s a huge distraction fueled by social media imo. Becoming a perception and credibility issue as well. Vrabel will be on a short leash going forward. As a titans fan, starting to wonder if this played a part in his firing.
I think if TMZ/NYP continue to leak a few more bombs, or if they figured out that its kid, than he might be done. But hes safe for now. Definitely not getting fired for anything that happened to this point.

However, I think the Pats are going to have a much tough go this year. Their schedule last yesr was historically easy and even the decent teams they did play, it was when those teams had players injured or out (Broncos without Nix, Bengals without Burrow AND Chase).

Part of why Vrabel is safe now is because he just went to to the Superbowl. I suspect Pats will be a wildcard team this year and lose opening round.. that will change some things about Vrabels future. They're not going back to the SB, thats for sure
 
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Don’t understand why anyone cares about this, past the fact that it’s a train wreck. POS cheated on his wife and got caught.

Pretty sure she cheated on her husband too.

Agree with the point no one should care. It didn't really professionally benefit either of them and he was even out of the league one of those years.
 
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Pretty sure she cheated on her husband too.

Agree with the point no one should care. It didn't really professionally benefit either of them and he was even out of the league one of those years.


 
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There is VERY good reason, especially after today's news, to believe she was trying to send players to the New England Patriots, via her relationship (even if it was just f*ck buddies) with Vrabel. She was the driving force behind the "report" that AJ Brown was not only a. Unhappy and wanted out of Philly but also b. That new England wants him, is a good spot for him, theyre the favorites, etc.

New England should honestly get the first ever death penalty in pro sports.. just for being such morally void **** bags for 20+ years. You could write a book on theor scandals. It was pretty pathetic to see only Diana get the punishment here.

As pro sports man, you push it to the max only people that are jealous would say something like I hope they get the death penalty in pro sport I mean, that doesn’t even exist. You lose a draft pick mean the refs are cheating to freaking to give KC an advantage. Any successful organization is pushing the line of sketchy. I mean Kentucky fans and I’m one of 50 years to call out a pro team is Rich.. I know everybody loves underdog but a lot of people feel about university of Kentucky that you do about the Patriots.. and just like UK the majority of what you hear is BS by other teams, trying to Tank the organization. I’m no fan of Mike Vrabel so I don’t care. If they fired, honestly would like to see him get fired. I think he’s a crappy coach to begin with.. I’m not a big or massive freaking pat‘s fan, but you can’t argue their accomplishments by using cheating. I mean the cheating that you’re talking about amounts to someone taping the Jets practices and Tom Brady using a ball with less air. Whenever every quarterback around the league came out and said they all doctored the ball. They all controlled the air of the ball. This Mike Vrabel deal another minor deal. You may not know this, but the majority of analyst are pushing players where they would like to see them go.. because organizations can’t directly comment. They farm it out to their most friendly reporter.
 

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As pro sports man, you push it to the max only people that are jealous would say something like I hope they get the death penalty in pro sport I mean, that doesn’t even exist. You lose a draft pick mean the refs are cheating to freaking to give KC an advantage. Any successful organization is pushing the line of sketchy. I mean Kentucky fans and I’m one of 50 years to call out a pro team is Rich.. I know everybody loves underdog but a lot of people feel about university of Kentucky that you do about the Patriots.. and just like UK the majority of what you hear is BS by other teams, trying to Tank the organization. I’m no fan of Mike Vrabel so I don’t care. If they fired, honestly would like to see him get fired. I think he’s a crappy coach to begin with.. I’m not a big or massive freaking pat‘s fan, but you can’t argue their accomplishments by using cheating. I mean the cheating that you’re talking about amounts to someone taping the Jets practices and Tom Brady using a ball with less air. Whenever every quarterback around the league came out and said they all doctored the ball. They all controlled the air of the ball. This Mike Vrabel deal another minor deal. You may not know this, but the majority of analyst are pushing players where they would like to see them go.. because organizations can’t directly comment. They farm it out to their most friendly reporter.

Im struggling to even read this. The mimosas must be hitting for the moms today.

The patriots are an organization that has been caught cheating several times now. At the end of the day, whether russini and vrabel were doing this for professional purposes, you have to make an example out of them.

Doesn't really matter to me, they arent winning anything this year. Sorry for your loss as a Pats fan.
 
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And? That wasn't even a big trade.
You said: It didn't really professionally benefit either of them.

False. He helped her break multiple stories. She was absolutely gaining something professionally.

As per Austin, such incidents that came to the public attention were the Julio Jones trade from June 2021, the Ryan Tannehill over Tom Brady report from March 2020, and the A.J. trade inside information. While this is only an assumption, people have been connecting dots, sharing that it might have been possible that Dianna got the information through the link of her personal relationship, allegedly with Mike Vrabel. As per Austin:

"It was a very popular assumption by many in the Nashville market, by media and Titans fans, that Russini’s Titans source was Vrabel. Breaking the A.J. Brown trade on draft night, a night that is owned every year by Adam Schefter, was extra ammo to back up that assumption. Like the Julio Jones trade from June 2021, the Ryan Tannehill over Tom Brady report from March 2020, the A.J. trade inside information looks different with the Vrabel-Russini affair public. The Titans, as any team would, worked hard to make Brown look like the ‘bad guy’ in the aftermath of the trade for having unreasonable requests. Russini was there with the 'close to $80 million' guaranteed quote."
 
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You said: It didn't really professionally benefit either of them.

False. He helped her break multiple stories. She was absolutely gaining something professionally.

As per Austin, such incidents that came to the public attention were the Julio Jones trade from June 2021, the Ryan Tannehill over Tom Brady report from March 2020, and the A.J. trade inside information. While this is only an assumption, people have been connecting dots, sharing that it might have been possible that Dianna got the information through the link of her personal relationship, allegedly with Mike Vrabel. As per Austin:

"It was a very popular assumption by many in the Nashville market, by media and Titans fans, that Russini’s Titans source was Vrabel. Breaking the A.J. Brown trade on draft night, a night that is owned every year by Adam Schefter, was extra ammo to back up that assumption. Like the Julio Jones trade from June 2021, the Ryan Tannehill over Tom Brady report from March 2020, the A.J. trade inside information looks different with the Vrabel-Russini affair public. The Titans, as any team would, worked hard to make Brown look like the ‘bad guy’ in the aftermath of the trade for having unreasonable requests. Russini was there with the 'close to $80 million' guaranteed quote."

It didn't help. At most she broke one story over the span of a multi year affair, which didn't even make a difference in her career.

Max kellerman is right: everyone is just enjoying tearing people down. By all means, go ahead. I don't care. Just don't pretend to be doing it for some self righteous journalistic integrity reasons.
 

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It didn't help. At most she broke one story over the span of a multi year affair, which didn't even make a difference in her career.

Max kellerman is right: everyone is just enjoying tearing people down. By all means, go ahead. I don't care. Just don't pretend to be doing it for some self righteous journalistic integrity reasons.

Im not saying its neccesarily true, but isnt it possible that when Russini was one of the main drivers if "AJ Brown is unhappy in Philly/look for the Pats to get him" (which she was) that she was working with Vrabel on the side to try and help facilitate a trade that would finally get New England a top WR talent, something they sorely needed, especially with Diggs being gone? On top of the fact that Vrabel was his head coach at Tennesseea and didn't want him traded. He could be giving her kick backs for doing this, OR, if they are in a secret relationship together, him getting AJ brown to help win games and even a potential superbowl, only makes them more money.

I dont really care about the moral side of this, although it has to be awful for the spouses and kids. Still, whatever, not something you really punish a HC for. BUT, the stuff with AJ Brown is pretty damning if you ask me. If its true, you can certainly make a case that there now should be punishment for Vrabel and/or the Pats. You cant have a sideline reporter in a relationship with a coach while also trying to help that team get players. Clear conflict of interest.

Edit: him feeding her stories to help her career, isnt a huge deal to me either. Not a good look for her, but not neccesarily a problem for Vrabel. But thats not exactly whats happening eith AJ brown.
 
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Im not saying its neccesarily true, but isnt it possible that when Russini was one of the main drivers if "AJ Brown is unhappy in Philly/look for the Pats to get him" (which she was) that she was working with Vrabel on the side to try and help facilitate a trade that would finally get New England a top WR talent, something they sorely needed, especially with Diggs being gone? On top of the fact that Vrabel was his head coach at Tennesseea and didn't want him traded. He could be giving her kick backs for doing this, OR, if they are in a secret relationship together, him getting AJ brown to help win games and even a potential superbowl, only makes them more money.

I dont really care about the moral side of this, although it has to be awful for the spouses and kids. Still, whatever, not something you really punish a HC for. BUT, the stuff with AJ Brown is pretty damning if you ask me. If its true, you can certainly make a case that there now should be punishment for Vrabel and/or the Pats. You cant have a sideline reporter in a relationship with a coach while also trying to help that team get players. Clear conflict of interest.

Edit: him feeding her stories to help her career, isnt a huge deal to me either. Not a good look for her, but not neccesarily a problem for Vrabel. But thats not exactly whats happening eith AJ brown.

A reporter saying someone is unhappy, when they clearly were, has nothing to do with one of the other 30 or so nfl teams getting him. No reporter has that kind of power.

Also i love the msm revisionist history about brown not being unhappy. You could watch him at any point and see that he was and for good reason.
 

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A reporter saying someone is unhappy, when they clearly were, has nothing to do with one of the other 30 or so nfl teams getting him. No reporter has that kind of power.

Also i love the msm revisionist history about brown not being unhappy. You could watch him at any point and see that he was and for good reason.

Yeah, anyone who watches the NFL knows he wasn't happy his final year or two with Philly.. also don't think anyone said otherwise, either.


"The fact that almost every article that Russini wrote linked Brown to the Patriots makes it smell so bad.”

"Eagles analyst Thomas R. Peterson followed this up by saying, “Russini and Vrabel colluded on a coordinated media storm against the Eagles for the past year, trying to stir as much conflict as possible, often while no other reporter had anything on the Eagles."


"By reporting this, ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio argues that Russini “chilled” the market for Jones, meaning teams became less interested because they didn’t want to offer a first-round. With the lack of interest following Russini’s false reporting, Vrabel and the Titans were able to land Jones for a second-round and fourth-round pick."

It's wild to hear people think that the Russini/Vrabel connection was never, and could never be, used in any way to help each other's jobs, which absolutely warrants league interference and punishment. I'm not saying that's definitely what happened (although I think it's what happened), but to act like it's impossible? lol.
 
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Yeah, anyone who watches the NFL knows he wasn't happy his final year or two with Philly.. also don't think anyone said otherwise, either.


"The fact that almost every article that Russini wrote linked Brown to the Patriots makes it smell so bad.”

"Eagles analyst Thomas R. Peterson followed this up by saying, “Russini and Vrabel colluded on a coordinated media storm against the Eagles for the past year, trying to stir as much conflict as possible, often while no other reporter had anything on the Eagles."


"By reporting this, ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio argues that Russini “chilled” the market for Jones, meaning teams became less interested because they didn’t want to offer a first-round. With the lack of interest following Russini’s false reporting, Vrabel and the Titans were able to land Jones for a second-round and fourth-round pick."

It's wild to hear people think that the Russini/Vrabel connection was never, and could never be, used in any way to help each other's jobs, which absolutely warrants league interference and punishment. I'm not saying that's definitely what happened (although I think it's what happened), but to act like it's impossible? lol.

A reporter saying a team is interested in a good player isn't going to influence the player in any way.

Vrabel coached brown in TN where Brown excelled even with a wr playing qb. Now vrabel has a budding superstar at qb and no real number 1 wr.

Its an easy fit. Her stories had zero to do with it.

Its scandalous and salacious and that makes it conversation worthy. I just don't see the angle that somehow this affair benefitted their careers. Especially considering it will probably have a negative financial impact for at least one if not both of them.
 
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A reporter saying a team is interested in a good player isn't going to influence the player in any way.

Vrabel coached brown in TN where Brown excelled even with a wr playing qb. Now vrabel has a budding superstar at qb and no real number 1 wr.

Its an easy fit. Her stories had zero to do with it.

Its scandalous and salacious and that makes it conversation worthy. I just don't see the angle that somehow this affair benefitted their careers. Especially considering it will probably have a negative financial impact for at least one if not both of them.

Well I think what people are arguing isn't that it influenced AJ Brown as much as it may have pushed the Eagles to offload him. Russini kept up the narrative that AJ brown was unhappy, how the Patriots really wanted him and how Eagles staff/players were growing tired of it as well. When you couple that with the other report that she helped drive down the price on Julio Jones for Vrabel.. it starts to seem a little iffy. Was there more at play than these two simply being attracted to each other? Was Russini trying to give Vrabel the inside edge on some players. Like you said, the Pats need a WR1 real bad. It could be the final piece that determines whether they can win a superbowl or not.

All I'm saying is that this warrants a little further look, if the NFL wanted to do so. Which they probably don't because something like this could open a real can of worms.
 
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Mike Vrabel has been the dude since high school. He’s most likely had as many chics as he’s wanted since then…all through college and pros.

Diana has been a hot little thing since high school I’m sure she’s had no problem attracting the jocks.

This is what happens when you integrate women into male dominated work places.

Sports media is nothing but hot little things running around in tight outfits! WTF did everyone think was going to happen when you merge that with alphas who for most of their young adult lives have been able to pick ‘em?

I mean it’s 24/7/365 media coverage, obligations, meet n greets, unlimited access, professional events at nice destination locations…

Life tends to life. When you put men and women in close proximity…things happen.