Mike Vrabel goes on curious rant after Patriots cut veterans: ‘Girlfriend doesn’t want to be with you’
NY Post
Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel refused to entertain reports that wide receiver Kendrick Bourne and safety Marcus Epps requested to be released after the two veterans were part of the final round of cuts this week.
During a press conference Wednesday, Vrabel seemed surprised when asked about Bourne and Epps’ reported release requests, likening the situation to a scorned partner in a breakup.
“That’s news to me,” Vrabel said. “We just try to put the roster together. I guess when it doesn’t work out, you break up with somebody, your girlfriend doesn’t want to be with you, and then you say, well, I don’t want to be with you either. I’m not going to get into all that.”
Vrabel wouldn’t discuss the matter further and explained that he’s building his roster his way.
“I just said I’m not going to get into it. We’re not going to go back and forth here,” he said. “We’re trying to build a roster. You’ve got to move on from some guys, you make connections with guys, you coach them, they earn opportunities, they get more opportunities, they take advantage of them and that’s kind of how these things go.”
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