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Super Bowl champion LeSean McCoy took to nan defense of New England Patriots caput coach Mike Vrabel and New York Times/The Athletic NFL newsman Dianna Russini.
Photos primitively published by nan New York Post’s Page Six showed nan coach and journalist holding hands, hugging and sitting successful a excavation successful bathing suits astatine a edifice bungalow successful Sedona, Arizona. While a batch of group person been highly captious of Vrabel and Russini, McCoy took nary rumor pinch it.
"I for illustration Mike, I emotion Mike. I mind my business. They activity together," McCoy told TMZ Sports.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers moving backmost LeSean McCoy runs pinch nan shot against nan Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl LV astatine Raymond James Stadium successful Tampa, Florida, connected Feb. 7, 2021. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports)
"Everybody makes thing large retired of everything. He's a big-time coach, he's a big-time player. He was conscionable successful nan Super Bowl, they sewage thing to talk about. That's what happened."
"I ain't spot thing incorrect pinch it."
Both Vrabel and Russini are married, and some denied immoderate wrongdoing. Vrabel joined his wife, Jen, successful 1999, and they person 2 sons together. The 50-year-old coach said nan relationship was wholly innocent.
"These photos show a completely guiltless interaction and immoderate proposal different is laughable," Vrabel told nan New York Post. "This doesn’t merit immoderate further response."
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New England Patriots caput coach Mike Vrabel watches during nan first half of nan AFC Championship NFL shot crippled against nan Denver Broncos, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, successful Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Russini, who joined her hubby Kevin Goldschmidt successful 2020 and they person 2 sons together, said nan photos misrepresented what really occurred.
"The photos don’t correspond nan group of six group who were hanging retired during nan day. Like astir journalists successful nan NFL, reporters interact pinch sources distant from stadiums and different venues," Russini told nan New York Post.
Vrabel took nan Patriots to nan Super Bowl successful his first play arsenic nan Patriots caput coach and won NFL Coach of nan Year for nan 2nd clip successful his career.
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Dianna Russini attends nan 2026 Fanatics Super Bowl Party astatine Pier 48 successful San Francisco, California, connected Feb. 7, 2026. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
Russini, 43, joined nan The Athletic successful 2023, leaving ESPN aft complete 8 years.
McCoy played 12 seasons successful nan NFL. He spent six pinch nan Philadelphia Eagles, 4 seasons pinch nan Buffalo Bills, 1 pinch nan Kansas City Chiefs, and 1 pinch nan Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The 37-year-old won a Super Bowl pinch nan Chiefs successful 2019 and nan Buccaneers successful 2020. In 170 games, McCoy ran for 11,102 yards pinch 73 touchdowns, while catching 518 passes for 3,898 yards and 16 touchdowns.
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