Patriots’ Mike Vrabel Responds to Controversial Comment About Sacrificing for Super Bowl Victory
It seems the New England Patriots coaching staff will remain intact following the Super Bowl.
Patriots coach Mike Vrabel was reminded during Super Bowl media week of his previously joking remark about severing his own penis to secure a championship win. This comment originated during a 2019 appearance on the “Bussin With the Boys” podcast, hosted by former NFL players Will Compton and Taylor Lewan.
Compton, 36, and Lewan, 34, attended Vrabel’s media session in San Francisco on Monday, February 2, where Lewan inquired if he would be willing to “go under anesthesia” if the Patriots were to beat the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 8.
“I don’t need anesthesia,” Vrabel, 50, responded dryly.
Vrabel’s initial statement was made when he was the head coach of Lewan’s Tennessee Titans. When asked if he would be willing to make such a sacrifice for another Super Bowl win (having already claimed three as a player), Vrabel quickly replied, “Been married 20 years. Yeah, probably.”
“You guys will be married for 20 years one day,” he added. “You won’t need it.”
Mike’s wife, Jennifer Vrabel, stayed silent regarding the potential elective surgery back then, but Mike seemed to think she wouldn’t mind. (Mike and Jennifer were married in 1999 and have two sons, Tyler, 25, and Carter, 24.)
“She’d be like, ‘Do you want me to do it? Do you want to do it now?’” he remarked.
Interestingly, Monday was not the first occasion since the Patriots advanced to the Super Bowl that Mike was questioned about that interview and if he was willing to go to extremes. In a January 27 appearance on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show, he was also asked about the possibility of surgery.
“Maybe I’ll cut it in half, but I ain’t cutting the whole thing off,” Vrabel responded.
He elaborated, “That was just to get that young fledgling group, Taylor and Will — get them to dive into the podcast scene, and it took off. I say a lot of things I don’t mean.”
With the possibility still on the table for Vrabel to undergo the most unpopular weight-loss method imaginable, he will rely on quarterback Drake Maye to lead his team to victory on Sunday.
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As of Tuesday, February 3, the Patriots are 4.5-point underdogs against the Seahawks, and Maye, 23, is reportedly nursing a shoulder injury. Vrabel didn’t confirm the specifics of the injury during his Greg Hill Show appearance but did mention that no one on the team is “100 percent healthy.”
“I would imagine we will go through the injury report, and whenever we have to turn that in, we’ll turn it in,” he stated. “But nobody is 100 percent. This will be our 21st game.”
Maye downplayed any concern regarding his health during his media availability on Monday.
“I’m feeling good. I’ll be just fine,” he assured. “I think [I] turned a corner landing on the flight — felt good from the flight — and throwing out there today. I really had no doubt about being 100 percent for the game. It’s the Super Bowl, you get two weeks to prepare for it. Do whatever you have to do to get it right, and I’ve got confidence and feel good.”
