FOXBOROUGH – Roughly a half hour before the Patriots began the second draft weekend of the Mike Vrabel Era, the head coach of the Patriots took to the podium for another brief statement on Thursday night. More photos of Vrabel and Dianna Russini surfaced on Thursday afternoon after Mike Reiss reported earlier in the morning that Vrabel would be seeking counseling and missing the third day of the draft. “Again,…

Per the incomparable Mike Reiss of ESPN, Mike Vrabel won’t be in the brand new Patriots draft room at the New Balance Athletics Center on Saturday. Reiss reported very early this morning that Vrabel is seeking counseling. “As I said the other day, I promised my family, this organization and this team that I was going to give them the best version of me that I can possibly give them….

FOXBOROUGH – At noon on Tuesday, Mike Vrabel did what he had to do to begin moving forward. With more and more attention on the images and subsequent story regarding him and Diana Russini, Vrabel addressed the situation with a statement lasting a little over two minutes inside the new New Balance Athletics Center next to Gillette Stadium. “Let me first begin by saying thank you. Thank you for your…

FOXBOROUGH – Inside the still-coming-along, but already beautiful New Balance Athletics Center next to Gillette Stadium on Monday, Eliot Wolf held a pre-draft press conference 10 days from the first day of the NFL Draft. New England is obviously in a much different position this season picking at No. 31, so there’s a lot of things on the table. Wolf talked moving around the board, AJ Brown (sort of) and…