Vrabel's Draft Distraction: Counseling & Family First

0:00On April 24th, Patriots head coach Mike Raeble just owned up to creating a distraction for the team after photos surface of him with NFL reporter. Diana Rossini at a resort in Sedona, Arizona, both are married and the pickstrap right before the league meetings on March 29th. Raeble's putting family first, starting counseling this weekend and skipping the final day of the NFL draft on Saturday. Rossini already stepped down from her job at the athletic over the whole thing. Raeble says his family and the pats are everything to him, and he's in it for the long haul to be the best version of himself. He might take more time off, but he hasn't locked that in yet. The NFL is staying out of it. Commission to Roger Gidele called it a personal matter, not a conduct policy issue. He figures teams handle their own business like this. Patriot's brass is backing Raeble, saying the draft prep is solid thanks to his work with the personnel crew. On the draft front, they traded up to grab Utah tackle Caleb Lomu at pick 28 Thursday and Raeble was there celebrating.

1:01Friday's got one pick each in rounds two and three, but Saturday's loaded with the rest, two in four, one in five, four in six, and one in seven. Elliott Wolfe and Ryan Cowden run the room with wolf calling shots. Raeble's linking up be a zoom from counseling so the machine keeps rolling while he sorts his priorities. That's the story for today NFL news today driven by AI.