NFL Fans Had Lots of Reactions to Mike Vrabel Watching Bills-Patriots Game With Robert Kraft

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Mike Vrabel spent his weekend in New England, where he was inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame on Saturday and then watched his former team’s game against the Bills on Sunday while sitting in Robert Kraft’s luxury box.
While that’s a nice little weekend for Vrabel, it's also a little weird. Why? Because he’s the head coach of the Titans, duh. While Tennessee is on its bye week, seeing Vrabel hanging out with a different team’s owner was bit odd/awkward for some fans on social media.
Vrabel also spoke to the crowd during a halftime ceremony and seemed to be cheering on the Patriots with this joke:
Vrabel jokes that “we” have a game to win today. Wonder how the Titans owner feels about all of this pic.twitter.com/41N6gxwHAJ
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) October 22, 2023
CBS showed Vrabel sitting with Kraft:
I wonder if an NFL head coach has ever spent his bye week in an opposing owner's suite before.
— Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) October 22, 2023
Titans HC/new Patriots Hall of Famer Mike Vrabel is with Robert and Jonathan Kraft. pic.twitter.com/IrDtVrhN0U
Fans had reactions:
This is what I said immediately as well.
— Sean (@SeanB812) October 22, 2023
Smells like heyyyyyy “what do you think about XYZ” etc
Tons of tampering potential and I don’t like it https://t.co/d3AIZAbGi6
lol definitely looks odd. https://t.co/CqRwjUzvOR
— Machine™️ (@_MachineTM) October 22, 2023
Awkward https://t.co/iZ2yO8lGqm
— Bryan Moniz (@B_Moniz) October 22, 2023
So weird lol https://t.co/7YFa4g0SAB
— Matt ☘️ (@KarskiMD) October 22, 2023
He’s excused. #HallofFamer #Grayarea https://t.co/DvTuArRxUu
— G Talks Sports (@owningsports) October 22, 2023
Bring him home https://t.co/66jaPOHox1
— BosSports (@bos_sports1) October 22, 2023
Was thinking the same thing https://t.co/wsOD9V6YkS
— Josh Rubinstein🔌 (@JMRJosh) October 22, 2023
Mike Vrabel: "We have a game to win!"
— Evan Lazar (@ezlazar) October 22, 2023
The Titans: pic.twitter.com/3WAyXBegaQ

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