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Russini & Vrabel Nothing to see here?

Yep...I was aware but obviously my joke meter is broken
Looking forward to when the draft gets here, although still a couple of weeks to go before we get there.
 
Precisely my point, I am sure if they had exited to same exit, those pictures will be out. Lack of such a picture tells me that they chose to not have dinner in the same room or go to same room afterwards. I think team Mike may yet have a good explanation for his Mrs.
It doesn't appear any exit(s) are visible from the cameraperson's perspective. Any exit seemingly goes down stairs, back into the building.

Whether or not there were multiple exits, I don't know. But regardless, I don't think the cameraperson would have been able to see them depart in any case, based on how that rooftop appears.
 
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If this somehow turns into something that impacts the product on the field come September, I'll care a whole lot more about it.

Otherwise this is on Mr.Rusini and Mrs. Vrabel to navigate through.

Incredibly bone-headed decision by both participants. In this day and age you have to be a little bit more wary and not put yourself in the position for something like this to happen, just friends or not.
 
Russini is old enough to be Bill's mother in law!
When I was in the navy I knew two young men who were fast friends, both in their 20s.

One of them married the other’s mother and the relationship changed from best friends, to a step son and step father relationship.
 
It's concerning but it also depends. I hug women I've known for years at volleyball games. If someone took a photo at the right time and angle it would look just as bad. Maybe that's why I sympathize idk
Key words: at volleyball games. Presumably surrounded by dozens of people.

Have you ever hugged a woman at a romantic couples getaway in the middle of nowhere with your wife (and the woman’s husband) nowhere to be seen? And spent the balance of the day with her lounging in the pool and having a private dinner?

You kinda proving my point here, though I don’t think you realize it.
 
If these two were ever caught that would be a gut punch. They're just too wholesome.

 
I feel like this is pretty easily put to rest by Vrabel coming out and saying something like:

"Hey, listen - Dianna and I are good friends, we have been friends since I was in Tennessee and she was really getting her reporting career started with ESPN there locally. I enjoy her company and we hung out for a while at this hotel but there's nothing romantic going on here, I'm happily married and I believe she is as well. As my offensive lineman can attest I am a bit of a touchy guy and I will grab hands, hug, put my arms around my friends and my family pretty often and Dianna is someone that is in that group. I think it is sad that in this day and age a photo of a man and a woman together who are friends is automatically assumed to be an affair but I understand that is the world we live in right now. Please understand that this was just a friendly engagement and not anything else, and please don't degrade my friend Dianna who is a true professional and doesn't deserve it. I won't be commenting on this matter again out of respect for my family and because it really doesn't deserve any more attention as nothing happened."
 
She is kind of out there. Saying this on a national radio broadcast is wild.

 
Precisely my point, I am sure if they had exited to same exit, those pictures will be out. Lack of such a picture tells me that they chose to not have dinner in the same room or go to same room afterwards. I think team Mike may yet have a good explanation for his Mrs.
IMHO, the explanation given beforehand will be the determining factor for Team Mike as he relates to the Missus. Where did she think he was and whom did she think he was with?
 
I feel like this is pretty easily put to rest by Vrabel coming out and saying something like:

"Hey, listen - Dianna and I are good friends, we have been friends since I was in Tennessee and she was really getting her reporting career started with ESPN there locally. I enjoy her company and we hung out for a while at this hotel but there's nothing romantic going on here, I'm happily married and I believe she is as well. As my offensive lineman can attest I am a bit of a touchy guy and I will grab hands, hug, put my arms around my friends and my family pretty often and Dianna is someone that is in that group. I think it is sad that in this day and age a photo of a man and a woman together who are friends is automatically assumed to be an affair but I understand that is the world we live in right now. Please understand that this was just a friendly engagement and not anything else, and please don't degrade my friend Dianna who is a true professional and doesn't deserve it. I won't be commenting on this matter again out of respect for my family and because it really doesn't deserve any more attention as nothing happened."
Wasn't she the one who broke the "scandal" about the Pats documentary crew taping the Bengals sidelines years ago? Thought she was already national by then.
 
That triggered you and got you upset. LOL My girlfriend and I hug and, close your eyes, kiss others on the cheek. You are a treat.
I'm not triggered whatsoever - just presenting my perspective on the situation. If you feel it appropriate to speculate on the nature of my relationship, I don't see why you'd be bothered by others doing the same about yours.

I drive 500 miles per week to spend the weekends with my girlfriend and stepson. They mean the world to me. We also share intimate moments, just like you and most couples do. And, so, if she saw me sharing an intimate, 1-on-1 encounter with another woman on a private rooftop, she'd be likely be deeply concerned/bothered, and vice-versa. The whole point of cheating is that it is a violation of trust.

You don't have a single clue what I'm (or anyone else is) feeling as I/they reply to you. I reckon you're projecting when you claim I'm "triggered" and "upset". I won't LOL at your feelings, though, don't worry.
 
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Good for vrabel. Diana is hot!
Ava Addams vibes on that one. Lol
 
Wasn't she the one who broke the "scandal" about the Pats documentary crew taping the Bengals sidelines years ago? Thought she was already national by then.
I believe she was involved yeah, but that was in 2019. IIRC she was on the Titans beat in 2018 which was Vrabel's first year there.
 
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Key words: at volleyball games. Presumably surrounded by dozens of people.

Have you ever hugged a woman at a romantic couples getaway in the middle of nowhere with your wife (and the woman’s husband) nowhere to be seen? And spent the balance of the day with her lounging in the pool and having a private dinner?

You kinda proving my point here, though I don’t think you realize it.
Where is this proof that they were at a romantic couples getaway?
 
I feel like this is pretty easily put to rest by Vrabel coming out and saying something like:

"Hey, listen - Dianna and I are good friends, we have been friends since I was in Tennessee and she was really getting her reporting career started with ESPN there locally. I enjoy her company and we hung out for a while at this hotel but there's nothing romantic going on here, I'm happily married and I believe she is as well. As my offensive lineman can attest I am a bit of a touchy guy and I will grab hands, hug, put my arms around my friends and my family pretty often and Dianna is someone that is in that group. I think it is sad that in this day and age a photo of a man and a woman together who are friends is automatically assumed to be an affair but I understand that is the world we live in right now. Please understand that this was just a friendly engagement and not anything else, and please don't degrade my friend Dianna who is a true professional and doesn't deserve it. I won't be commenting on this matter again out of respect for my family and because it really doesn't deserve any more attention as nothing happened."
Been checking radio hosts twitter today and they are running wild with this story. I agree that Mike can help Dianna out immensely with something like this because she is getting hammered by her colleagues.
 
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Where is this proof that they were at a romantic couples getaway?
"The adults-only Ambiente prides itself on being a romantic getaway, boasting on its website about the 158 proposals that took place and the thousands of anniversaries and honeymoons that have been celebrated at the hotel."

 
"The adults-only Ambiente prides itself on being a romantic getaway, boasting on its website about the 158 proposals that took place and the thousands of anniversaries and honeymoons that have been celebrated at the hotel."

Can you be at the hotel without it being a romantic getaway though? That's my point. And trust me, I am not here to just be an annoying contrarian I am just saying before we pick up our pitchforks maybe we acknowledge there's a reality where they could just be telling the truth and it simply looks bad
 
IMHO, the explanation given beforehand will be the determining factor for Team Mike as he relates to the Missus. Where did she think he was and whom did she think he was with?
Ouch, it will suck if he said he was in a league meeting at the time with colleagues at that resort. I have been in this situation before where I was doing an innocent good deed for a female friend (known her for a long time, have zero romantic feelings for her, but she makes my partner uneasy because she thinks we have a lot in common and can be an item. when we meet socially we talk sports a lot and partner is not into sports) so lied about where I was going and wife found out. It was a hell of a time to explain my innocent intent and reason for lying.
 
Can you be at the hotel without it being a romantic getaway though? That's my point. And trust me, I am not here to just be an annoying contrarian I am just saying before we pick up our pitchforks maybe we acknowledge there's a reality where they could just be telling the truth and it simply looks bad
Yeah, no one but them knows the actual intent of the encounter. Just because a particular place advertises itself as a romantic getaway, doesn't mean everyone attending is on a romantic getaway.

But if this was simply a platonic dinner-date between two friends, why were they spotted together across the entire day? And why would they choose this particular (very expensive) venue for personal business travel, which happens to be located 2 hours from the location of the business meetings Vrabel was attending?

Where there's smoke ...
 
Where is this proof that they were at a romantic couples getaway?
Look, a certain degree of you wallowing in ignorance is tolerated but the pictures are of the two of them at a romantic, adults-only getaway in Sedona, Arizona called Ambiente. We know the pictures are real because they each admitted it.

This is not a place you go with your buddies. Grow up and join the real world. There’s just no plausible deniability here.
 
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