{"id":957614,"date":"2026-07-28T09:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/957614\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:15:21","slug":"how-crazy-mike-vrabel-ripped-aj-brown-during-training-with-new-england-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/957614\/","title":{"rendered":"How &#8216;crazy&#8217; Mike Vrabel &#8216;ripped&#8217; AJ Brown during training with New England Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>AJ Brown reuniting with Mike Vrabel after five years is off to an interesting start.<\/p>\n<p>Following months of rumors, the Philadelphia Eagles finally decided to trade AJ Brown to the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the move, Mike Vrabel, being the current head coach of the Patriots, played a major role in convincing Brown to make the move.<\/p>\n<p>The two have been reunited for the first time since their Tennessee Titans days, and their first day of training led to an interesting interaction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-1349497887-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Head Coach Mike Vrabel greets A.J. Brown #11 of the Tennessee Titans as he comes off the field during a game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Nissan Stadium.\" class=\"wp-image-2524899\" \/>Photo by Wesley Hitt\/Getty ImagesAJ Brown loved Mike Vrabel \u2018ripping\u2019 him on first day of training<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the NFL season, teams\u2019 training camps are already underway, giving new players a chance to get used to the change.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Brown has already been coached by Vrabel in the past, it may still take some time to get used to it again with the Patriots, or that\u2019s what fans assumed.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Brown\u2019s revelation about Vrabel chewing his head on Day 1 of training camp shows that the two are loving their reunion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great, man. The first day, I almost brought in a pass on Gonzo [CB Christian Gonzalez]. And first team meet, he ripped me up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you know, I was just over there smiling. I was like, \u2018Man, I love it, man.\u2019 I miss his crazy self,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS STORIES<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAnd it\u2019s good though, because it\u2019s the expectation when you come on the field, and you expect me to make those plays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many NFL players would take offense to their coaches giving them an earful, but Brown loves it as the Patriots hope to repeat last year\u2019s success, but win the Super Bowl this time.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover AJ Brown reuniting with Mike Vrabel after five years is off to an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":957615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[5831,7,838,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":["post-957614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-aj-brown","tag-football","tag-mike-vrabel","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-patriots"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116996848244973019","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957614","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=957614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}