With NFL training camp rapidly approaching in July and the NFL Draft just days away, one would think that most NFL teams would be answering questions about upcoming season expectations, which college standouts they’re looking to draft, and other football-related inquiries.
Given that the New England Patriots are the reigning AFC champions and facing the dreaded “Super Bowl hangover” curse — wherein the losing team in the Super Bowl almost always misses the following season’s playoffs — the franchise seems especially ripe for these sorts of questions.
Only, they’re not coming.
Rather, reporters seem far more interested in the salacious story that has already claimed the career of one reporter — and implicates Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel.
According to ESPN, on Tuesday, the Patriots held a press conference not to answer any football questions, but to give Vrabel a platform to respond to the scandal that has engulfed the NFL
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