Joint preseason practices between different NFL teams often come with some pent-up emotions spilling out onto the field, often leading to the occassional in-practice scuffle between players. Of course, rarely does it actually involve a NFL head coach getting involved, let alone coming away bloody from the incident.
At least it did before second-year New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel reportedly put himself into the middle of not one but two fights that broke out during Wednesday’s joint preseason practice with the Washington Commanders. Vrabel, who played 14 seasons in the league — including eight with the Patriots, was seen bleeding from his face after jumping in to break up the second of the aforementioned fights, according to various reports from the practice.