Joint preseason practices between different NFL teams often come with some pent-up emotions spilling out onto the field, often leading to the occassional in-practice scuffle between players. Of course, rarely does it actually involve a NFL head coach getting involved, let alone coming away bloody from the incident. At least it did before second-year New […]
Joint preseason practices between different NFL teams often come with some pent-up emotions spilling out onto the field, often leading to the occassional in-practice scuffle between players. Of course, rarely does it actually involve a NFL head coach getting involved, let alone coming away bloody from the incident.
At least it did before second-year New England head coach Mike Vrabel put himself into the middle of not one but two fights that broke out during Wednesday’s joint preseason practice with the Washington Commanders. Vrabel, who played 14 seasons in the league — including eight with the Patriots, was seen bleeding from his face after jumping in to break up the second of the aforementioned fights, according to various reports from the practice.
According to the Boston Herald’s Zack Cox, Vrabel “took friendly fire” from Patriots rookie offensive lineman Will Campbell after jumping into a pile of Commanders and Patriots after a Washington defender — Cox suggested it was Von Miller — took offense to being shoved to the ground by New England rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson.
Patriots receiver DeMario “Pop” Douglas said Vrabel reportedly joked: “Hey, you should’ve seen the other guy” when asked about getting bloodied, per Cox.
“That shows a lot,” Douglas said, according to New England Football Journal’s Kevin Stone. “He’ll do anything for us. … That’s love.”
This report will be updated.
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