{"id":867948,"date":"2026-04-16T21:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/867948\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:15:41","slug":"fact-check-is-mike-vrabel-expected-to-leave-the-new-england-patriots-as-dianna-russini-controversy-grows-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/867948\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Is Mike Vrabel expected to leave the New England Patriots as Dianna Russini controversy grows? | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mike-vrabel.jpg\" alt=\"Fact check: Is Mike Vrabel expected to leave the New England Patriots as Dianna Russini controversy grows?\" title=\"Is Mike Vrabel expected to leave the New England Patriots as Dianna Russini controversy grows?(Image via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Is Mike Vrabel expected to leave the New England Patriots as Dianna Russini controversy grows?(Image via Getty Images) Mike Vrabel, the New England Patriots\u2019 head coach, and the former New York Times\u2019 reporter, Dianna Russini\u2019s alleged affair rumors continue to swirl as she recently stepped down from her job at The Athletic.While Dianna Russini\u2019s career seems to have faced a setback, all eyes are on what Mike Vrabel will do next.<\/p>\n<p>Is Mike Vrabel planning to resign from his job at the New England Patriots because of his alleged involvement with Dianna Russini?<\/p>\n<p>No, the rumors are not true. There have been no reports or insiders confirming that the New England Patriots\u2019 head coach, Mike Vrabel, will be resigning prior to the NFL Draft.For the unversed, a few hours ago, a parody page on X made a post that read as, \u201c\ud835\uddd5\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddde\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddda: Mike Vrabel is expected to resign from his role as Head Coach of the New England Patriots prior to the NFL Draft next week.\u201dThis has sparked chaos as many fans are convinced that Mike Vrabel is expected to lose his job.However, both the New England Patriots and their head coach, Mike Vrabel, have maintained their fair share of distance from the speculations amid alleged affair drama with the former New York Times\u2019 NFL reporter and insider, Dianna Russini.Interestingly, it seems the New England Patriots are standing by Mike Vrabel\u2019s side amid alleged affair drama with Dianna Russini.<\/p>\n<p>What has Mike Vrabel been up to as Dianna Russini loses her job at The Athletic?<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, the team\u2019s Executive Vice President of player personnel Eliot Wolf opened up on what Mike Vrabel has been busy with in the last few days.Eliot Wolf spoke about Mike Vrabel\u2019s involvement in NFL Draft as he said, &#8220;Very involved. I mean, business as usual\u2026I would say he&#8217;s been in there with us probably \u2013 this round of meetings, probably a little bit more than he was last year, just because I know, there&#8217;s the coaching staff\u2026\u201dThe New England Patriots\u2019 Executive Vice President of player personnel continued, \u201cHe&#8217;s probably more \u2013 this is me putting words in his mouth \u2013 probably more comfortable just where things stand from that standpoint. But he&#8217;s been in there. He&#8217;s been contributing.&#8221;However, Mike Vrabel has remained silent as he remains distant from the alleged affair rumors with Dianna Russini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Mike Vrabel expected to leave the New England Patriots as Dianna Russini controversy grows?(Image via Getty Images)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[6164,7,838,1167,249,2326,2094,6,110892,15,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-867948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-dianna-russini","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-mike-vrabel","11":"tag-new-england","12":"tag-new-england-patriots","13":"tag-newengland","14":"tag-newenglandpatriots","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-coach-news","17":"tag-nfl-draft","18":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116416462576664644","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}