{"id":76667,"date":"2025-08-12T09:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=76667"},"modified":"2025-08-12T09:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:15:21","slug":"coach-mike-vrabel-provided-a-curt-unenthusiastic-reply-to-inquiry-about-tom-brady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=76667","title":{"rendered":"Coach Mike Vrabel Provided a Curt, Unenthusiastic Reply to Inquiry About Tom Brady"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2042645\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2021\/09\/02\/a68c42ce-a059-4559-a894-7ea9450e29de\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/6cd86ed0078e0f94853647c6214d1e06\/Untitled-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Brady Goes All The Way In On 'Fat, Out Of Shape' Mike Vrabel: 'Kind Of  An [Expletive] Hole' - CBS Boston\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tom Brady now has a statue in front of Gillette Stadium. Mike Vrabel couldn\u2019t be bothered to give his players a heads up.<\/p>\n<p>Not that he owes them one, of course. But with Vrabel having played alongside Brady for years and the two remaining friends in the years since, it is feasible he would at least say <em>something<\/em> about Brady\u2019s recognition on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Not the case.<\/p>\n<p>Brady was in attendance Friday at Gillette as the Patriots unveiled the statue. Vrabel was asked Monday on WEEI if he talked to the 2025 team about being in the shadow of Brady, and whether the quarterback spoke to the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever said a word, and no he didn\u2019t,\u201d Vrabel replied.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s that.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>For myriad reasons it makes sense that Brady wouldn\u2019t pop into the locker room for a chat \u2014 perhaps chief among them that he has an ownership stake in a different team.<\/p>\n<p>That might complicate things going forward, but it doesn\u2019t sound like it will totally preclude Brady from basking in his Patriots glory on occasion.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not that Vrabel cares, though.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Brady now has a statue in front of Gillette Stadium. Mike Vrabel couldn\u2019t be bothered to give his players a heads up. 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