But as Vrabel understood and said, “he can take it”
That story reminded me of two things. One was the story of Vrabel at OSU when Andy Katzenmoyer was getting national press as the next great linebacker, they were running laps and Katzenmoyer was dogging it so Vrabel lapped him and as he came up from behind him he gave him a shove, which sent Katzenmoyer to the ground. A gentle message from the actual leader. You also have to remember that Vrabel was the guy who Belichick would find in his office with his feet up on Belichick’s desk. And absolutely no one else had the balls to do that.
The other story was the about the way that Parcells used to scream at Phil Simms while he was trying to play QB in practice. And when one of his coaches called him on it Parcellsvtold them that if Simms couldn’t handle it in practice then he sure as **** wouldn’t be able to handle the pressure of a Super Bowl.
It’s the Big Show, and all of us saw he easily Mac Jones crumbled mentally when things didn’t go his way, so I have no problem with players and coaches dogging players during oractice . And by all accounts Brady was as big a **** talker as anyone on the field.