It Was Like The Trump Gun Shot Drake Maye Addresses Mike Vrabel S

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 17, 2025, 7:15 AM

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Training camp has started for head coach Mike Vrabel and the New England Patriots. The Patriots are trying to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2021. They have missed the playoffs in four of the past five seasons. The team has undergone a big rebuild since the departure of Tom Brady, bringing in several big pieces through the NFL draft, including former North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye in the 2024 NFL draft. Vrabel is starting his first year as the head coach of the Patriots, and he is trying to bring a level of intensity to the team. While intensity is important, on Wednesday, it escalated to an altercation between running back TreVeyon Henderson and a Washington Commanders defender.

The conflict occurred during a daily practice that did not allow cameras. Vrabel jumped in to break up the altercation, but appeared to walk away bleeding from his cheek. Patriots coach Mike Vrabel jumped into a scrum of players at Wednesday’s practice with the Commanders and came out with a bloodied cheek. No players were ejected from practice and it was resolved quickly. pic.twitter.com/fAaDD3Cu9b While practice continued as normal, several players were asked about the altercation after practice.

Quarterback Drake Maye made a comparison to U.S. President Donald Trump when discussing the incident. Julian Edelman joins Colin Cowherd to discuss what he expects from Mike Vrabel in his first year as head coach of the New England Patriots and how the team approached the 2025 NFL Draft. Before becoming a coach, Mike Vrabel was known as one of the most physical linebackers in the NFL. Earlier this year, Vrabel was named head coach of the New England Patriots, reuniting him with the franchise with which he spent eight seasons. Vrabel is guiding the Patriots through training camp, and while fights tend to break out during the grueling weeks of training camp, coaches don't typically jump into the fray.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The New England Patriots had a scary moment on Wednesday when head coach Mike Vrabel dove to break up a fight during a joint practice with the Washington Commanders. Following practice, second-year Patriots quarterback Drake Maye told reporters he laughed at a teammate’s joke comparing Vrabel’s injury to that of the near-assassination of President Donald Trump last year. “Yeah, I saw it,” Maye said of the blood on Vrabel via the Patriots. “Somebody said it was like the (President Donald) Trump gunshot wound, so I was laughing at that. But no, I think, too, you saw he was breaking down the huddle, and I’m not even sure what happened, when it happened, but he said, ‘Ah, don’t worry about it, we’ll see it...

While the joke might not have been tasteful, Maye said Vrabel proved his intensity by diving into the pile to fight for his players. “That’s what we’re trying to build, I think, and it starts with the coach, starts with the head coach,” Maye said. “The intensity, bringing it every day, taking no crap when we’re out there on the field. But also, it comes to a time where, with our guys offensively, and getting over there and getting some tussles, and kind of having some penalties, and extra after the whistle can get us... New England Patriots players likened Mike Vrabel’s face injury to President Donald Trump’s “gunshot wound” once the head coach was left bloodied while breaking up a training camp fight. On Wednesday, a joint practice between the Patriots and Washington Commanders devolved into chaos once running back TreVeyon Henderson dropped a defender to the turf during a blitz pickup drill.

As players from both teams began exchanging shoves, Vrabel — who signed a multi-year agreement with the Patriots back in January — swiftly jumped into the fray to cool tensions. Once the dust had finally settled on the scrum, Vrabel exited the pile with blood trailing down his cheek. Speaking to reporters on the heels of the fiery practice, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye quipped that the 79-year-old looked like Trump after his ear was grazed by a bullet during an assassination attempt at... It comes after a golfer who played with Donald Trump revealed the one thing that took him by surprise. “Yeah, I saw it. Somebody said it was like the [President Donald] Trump gunshot wound, so I was laughing at that,” Maye said.

“But no, I think, too, you saw he was breaking down the huddle, and I'm not even sure what happened, when it happened, but he said, 'Ah, don't worry about it, we'll see it... Send this article to your social connections. Send this article to your social connections. FOXBOROUGH – It happened in an instant. A training camp dust-up led to Patriots coach Mike Vrabel at the bottom of a pile of players. By the end, Vrabel rose to his feet and an official pointed to his face.

The coach was bleeding from his cheek. He was handed a towel and wiped his face. It wasn’t Vrabel’s first rodeo. The Patriots coach recently recalled memories of a 1997 training camp fight he was involved in during his rookie year. Almost three decades later, Vrabel found himself in the mix again.

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