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Before becoming a coach, Mike Vratabel was known as one of the most physical NFL supporters.
Earlier this year, Vrababe was appointed chief coach of the New England patriots, bringing him together with the franchise with which he spent eight seasons.
Vrababe is guiding the Patriots through the training field, and although the fights tend to explode during the exhausting weeks of training camp, the coaches do not usually jump into the fray.
Vratabel decided to win that trend.
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The New England Patriots chief coach Mike Vrabel, leaves the fields of practice after the mini -family at the Gillette stadium. (Eric Canha/Imagn images)
On Wednesday, Patriots and Washington commanders conducted a joint practice at the Gillette Stadium. At one time during practice, a hard Tackle of the Treveyon Henderson newburred corridor when he took a step forward to block the protection of passes seemed to be the turning point for an eventual fight.
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Vrababe finally tried to calm the situation taking the matter in his own hands and jumping to the battery. Once the tension was established, the first year coach of the Patriots came out with a bloody face, Boston Herald reported.
The Patriots Campo Marshal, Drake Maye, was the free of the tenacity of his coach.
Mike Vratabel, chief coach of the New England patriots, directs his players during the training camp at the Gillette stadium on July 28, 2025, in Foxborough, Mass. (Winslow Townson/Getty images)
“That is what we are trying to build, and starts with the chief coach: intensity, bringing every day, not taking trash when we are in the field,” Maye said. “The mentality, I like it. That’s what you want.”
Vratabel was later seen holding a towel that seemed to contain ice on his face.
Chief coach Mike Vrabel of the New England patriots is involved in practice when the Drake Maye Field Marshal (10) pretends a transfer through Trayveon Williams (49) during the training camp at the Gillette stadium on July 29, 2025, in Foxborough, Mass. (Winslow Townson/Getty images)
“Pass Pro is physical. It’s a physical game. Things happen there,” Maye said. “There is a time when you obviously do not want to come here and fight and get into trouble. At the same time, you do not want to go back from anyone. Therefore, I am sure that the coach will preach that we cannot have that, but, at the same time, a kind of back of our minds, that is how we want to play. When you go, the whistle, and when the stops of the drool, we get to play.” “
Maye added that Vratabel’s appearance reminded him of the murder attempt of one of President Donald Trump’s political manifestations in Pennsylvania last year.
“Someone said it was like Trump’s shot,” Maye said, pointing to his ear.
The closed wing of the Patriots Hunter Henry suggested that Vrabab’s pysical nature is still part of him even though he is no longer playing.
“He’s there with us, man. I think that player also comes out a bit in him,” said Henry.
The brief melee combat did not result in the ejections of the players of the practice.
