Patriots Handle Vrabel Drama In-House

0:00It's April 23rd. This is NFL News Today, powered by AI, Your Gridiron Update. I'm Cory with the story. Patriots owner, Robert Kraft, and the team swear they didn't hire any outside crisis, PR experts to handle the Mike Frabel drama. It all kicked off April 7th when the New York Post dropped photos of rabble hugging and holding hands with ESPN reporter Diana Rossini at an NG. Arizona resort, sparking a fair rumors across the NFL offseason. Reports claim Kraft's team pressured the post to bury the story and looped in a shady strategist, but the Patriots VP of Communications shut that. Downhard, saying no external help was involved. They stuck to internal moves, coordinating statements from rabble and Rossini to downplay it as innocent. Rossini called it a casual hiking meetup with friends, but no proof of her crew surfaced, and she resigned from the athletic April 14th. rabble laughed it off as laughable nonsense, no big deal, while fans and media buzzed about

1:01the optics during a quiet team period. Fast forward to minicam April 21st, and the Patriots pulled a slick switch, pulling rabble into a presser with a small crowd, keeping in. Controlled, he got reflective about family talks, but dodged details, no apology, and they even set up a no-camera side-chat, focused on football. The Pats have a playbook for this, from spygate to deflagate and Kraft's own past scraps. They manage messes and house light pros keeping rabble, steady as the spotlight fades.