Drake Maye offers support for Mike Vrabel amid scandal

Mike Vrabel has been in the news cycle for all the wrong reasons as of late, and he's been taking an awful lot of heat. But his starting quarterback wants him to know that his team still supports him despite recent events.

The Patriots head coach has been engulfed in a scandal in recent weeks involving NFL insider Dianna Russini, with the two photographed together on an apparent getaway in Arizona ahead of the NFL League Meeting earlier this spring, despite both being married to other partners. Since then, further photos have revealed Vrabel and Russini may have been engaged in a long-term affair.

But while the drama has occupied the news cycle for the better part of a month now and has resulted in Russini resigning from her position with former employer The Athletic, Vrabel appears to be escaping punishment from his employer and the league. And while there has been public blowback against Vrabel, Patriots starting quarterback Drake Maye recently came out.

"We're here for coach, we love coach," Maye said. "We know he's dealing with some stuff off the field and out of the coaching world, but we're here for him, and I know he's going to come back."

Vrabel did take a short leave of absence during the later rounds of the NFL Draft, but was back at team facilities this week. Exactly how involved he currently is in day-to-day operations, as he deals with the fallout, is unknown.

But it appears that Maye and his teammates, who are clearly eager to get back to work after finishing as the Super Bowl runners-up this past season, are set to welcome Vrabel back with open arms.

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