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Here’s what New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> head coach Mike Vrabel had to say during his press conference on Saturday, August 15, 2026.<\/p>\n

On if he has any more clarity on Ben Brown’s injury:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Ben’s going to be a few weeks. Okay.\u00a0 4 to 6, 8, 10, 12, even numbers. But it’ll probably be extensive throughout the rest of the preseason for sure.”<\/p>\n

On if we’ll see any of the injured or physically unable players out there today, namely Christian [Gonzalez]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“No, I don’t think I would expect Christian, or should you expect Christian. Working hard, conditioning, but won’t be practicing. He’s not ready to get back out there and practice yet.\u00a0 [Christian] Ellis may do a little bit. CD [Carlton Davis], it would be good to see him come back. [Charles] Woods, I think, will come back. Again, just working through protocol. But hopefully he’ll be back.\u00a0 He just had a few I think appointments here early as we speak, but the PUP guys, no.”<\/p>\n

On the contract thing going on with Christian, and if they’re on the same page with him:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Yeah, absolutely. And I think that’s the important thing. We’ve talked about his professionalism, everybody else’s. So, this isn’t anything that, it was something that happened in practice. And I mean, he’s where he’s supposed to be when he needs to be there.\u00a0 Treatment, working with Frank and doing those things. And, yes, obviously, that’s my job is to be on the same page with everybody here, players and coaches. And I’m confident that that’s what we’re doing. And everybody has a plan each and every day.”<\/p>\n

On the volume of this week with 4 practices and the joints and how they maximize everything:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Well, it’s going to look a little different. You know what I mean? It’s Thursday to Saturday, Philly coming in. So today will be good work in the red zone, 2-minute, some situations.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be lighter. We’ll come back, and then whatever the fourth day is will be lighter. And then we’ll have 2 days of Philly. So, I mean, that’s pretty good volume, you know what I mean? Four padded practices, two that we expect to be really good intensity. I mean, I hope today is really good.\u00a0 If we can find a way to get down to the red zone and hopefully we can be better than we were last year defensively, we’ll have to be much better.”<\/p>\n

On what his message was to Andy [Borregales] now that he’s had to do stuff with him:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“There’s really no messages. We all understand that we have to be able to execute. And, I’m confident, just like I’ve always been in Andy, that he’ll make them.\u00a0 I was trying to\u2014 we went for it a lot of times in those situations last year. And I just, with preseason, just trying to see, to be able to work some things and stress him and the distance. And, we just, whether we go for them or not, they just have to be ready to go and make those kicks. And, just wanted to try to keep pushing the envelope. I know we can always go for it on 4th-and-2 at the 35 or 36-yard line, but we’re going to need those kicks.”<\/p>\n

On with Kyle Williams, we’ve obviously seen the speed, and what other aspects of his game would he like to see him improve on to take that next jump:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I mean, each guy has things that they’re going to work on coming off the first game. Just Kyle’s confidence and going inside the numbers and running some intermediate routes.\u00a0 Continue to develop, maybe awareness of the situation. Trying to come back for that football and know where he needs to be to kind of help us get some yards on an underthrown ball.”<\/p>\n

On what was better, being a coach or a player [One of the child questions who were on hand Saturday]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Player. Coaching stinks, buddy. I tell them, play as long as you can because then you’ve got to get a real job. Good question.”<\/p>\n

On if he anticipates adding any guys on the interior line:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Yeah, I think we’re going to sign two guys this morning, and we’ll get those names out to you or jersey numbers or whatever, but hopefully they’ll be out there. They just showed up this morning.”<\/p>\n

On if he can talk a little bit about what he saw out of Gabe [Jacas] and Caleb [Lomu] after watching the film from Thursday night:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I mean, I think it’s a first start. I think there’s a lot of room for improvement. so that’s why we coach. I think they’re willing.\u00a0 I think they’re capable. We’ll just keep coaching and keep working with Gabe and knowing that some of those things that’ll translate from special teams have to translate to defense. And we try to explain to them that, ‘Whatever it was in the joint practice, it’s going to be faster in the game. Things happen quicker.’ And these are all great learning experiences for these guys.”<\/p>\n

“So I’m excited to keep working with them and so are our coaches. And they’re two young players that we want to continue to develop and hopefully, guys that can help us.”<\/p>\n

On the fact [the media] talked to Dell [Pettus] a couple weeks ago about a conversation that the defensive back had with Kevin Byard about takeaways and kind of being aggressive to the ball and forcing interceptions, that kind of thing, and how has he seen Kevin’s leadership skills really manifest themselves with that group:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I mean, he was here extensively in the offseason and that’s what you have to do when you come into a new team is just to earn the respect of these guys, even though Kevin has always played at a high level and has been available for his team and produced, you have to prove it each and every year. And I think his willingness to learn how we do things and bring some of the things that maybe he did in Chicago or some of the stuff that he did in Tennessee with us. But he just has a- I always say professionalism- but I really always appreciate having guys like that, that you can trust that they may make a mistake, but they’re not going to make too many of them, and they won’t make the same mistake twice.”<\/p>\n

“And, he understands how critical the football is and making plays down the field and the risk-reward of some of those things. So just, it’s comforting, it’s calming, and I’ve always talked about, Kevin that never gets really too high or too low. And, you see some of these guys, they’re exhausted after the first couple of plays.\u00a0 And, Kevin kind of just saves his energy for when the ball is snapped. And I’ve always appreciated that about him. ”<\/p>\n

On the fact that we’ve seen a lot of different cornerbacks mixing in with Christian and Carlton, and what he’s from that competition and from Kindle [Vildor]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Well, very aggressive. He wants to play physical. I think some of the stuff that he did a lot last year, I think that just to be a little bit more multiple is something that he’s really focused on. And our coaches have tried to do a great job with that. So not just playing man coverage, not just pressing, not just trying to jam them and be physical at the line of scrimmage, but, use some of the other tools that we have and some of the other coverages and become familiar with those that just help you. You just\u2014 playing man’s great, but then being able to mix some of those things up and I think Kindle’s done that. He’s an aggressive player, physical.”<\/p>\n

On what his thoughts were on Eli Raridon’s blocking against the Colts and on some of those more downhill concepts, and if it’s the expectation to create movement or is it more to just hold your ground when you’re blocking for the guys:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I mean, we want to move them as far as we can possibly move them.\u00a0 I thought it was okay. I think he continues to block, improve blocking, and he’s willing.\u00a0 And so that’s the one thing that I really think I’ve been pleasantly surprised with is just his willingness to do that. We talk about a couple of different things.”<\/p>\n

“We talk about, if you want to get technical, outside zone.\u00a0 We talk about running off the football. So you’re going to have a little bit narrower base, but you’re trying to create some horizontal and vertical movement at the line of scrimmage. Some of the inside runs, we talk about coming off the ball, and certainly when we base block a 9 technique, we would like to, at worst, make it be a stalemate. We know some of those matchups get a little funky in the National Football League based on some of those guys that are out there.\u00a0 But then just not being able to let them restrict us and push us back into the gap.”<\/p>\n

“So I think there was maybe one example where we probably would have liked to not get pushed back after the initial block, which I thought was good. And then you just have to be able to sustain. And Eli will continue to work on that.”<\/p>\n

On the fact [Romeo Doubs] seemed to string together several good practices last week:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Yeah. I saw it the same way, Mike [Giardi].”<\/p>\n

And if that’s sort of less thinking and just more\u2014 he’s more reacting:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“And I think just new offense, new year, figuring out the player, getting to know him. I mean, really a lot of positive things, I think trending in the right direction.\u00a0 And I said this, about Todd [Downing]. Todd is very, conscientious about each one of his players and what each of them needs to learn the offense and where they need to be. What routes are going to be really good for them, and the decisions that they need to make. And I think he’s just working through some of that stuff with those guys. And I think he found where, where Rome [Romeo Doubs] can really help us and be big and fast and aggressive.<\/p>\n

“And I think that showed up in some practices that you saw is just figuring out what they do best, seeing what you can realistically improve, and then put them in those spots to help build their own confidence and then also a place where they can help the football team.”<\/p>\n

On how he’s seen Jon Saunders grow from a rookie to this year:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Well, Jon showed up, and we just asked him to practice a little better and use practice. We talked about those days where the show team is, we’re letting them go and letting them try to really improve throughout the season. And when Jon was back, we just said, ‘Hey, you have to practice better. You have to have better practice habits. That’s the only place you’re going to get your reps.’ It got to the point where we had to dial him back when he was blitzing or tackling. And I was like, this is great. And I think he used those examples in practice to improve. And mentally, he’s kept working, and it’s been great to see him kind of show up and get into that competition.”<\/p>\n

On KJ Britt, he had back-to-back plays the other night, second one where he punched the ball out, and what he showed him in the game that maybe\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Well, obviously KJ showed up with a veteran presence, and he’s been in this league, and physical presence, trying to play physical, help us on special teams, and add versatility, trying to play both positions inside. I think I just have appreciated the way he showed up and how he approached the offseason, and now he’s given a chance to compete.”<\/p>\n

On if it’s been the offense or defense that’s been better at the trash talking:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I don’t know. I really haven’t kept score. I just try to, probably the defense is probably louder.\u00a0 I’m always telling the offense, like, ‘We’ll see what it looks like today.’ We’re in the red zone, so see what the celebrations look like. See where that goes from there. So, I don’t know. I really haven’t kept score on the trash talking and probably whoever’s made the more plays.”<\/p>\n

On how that helps build competition during training:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Well, I mean, I think that’s just all part of this. They spend a lot of time together. They’re in the locker room and meeting rooms and treatment and all this other stuff.\u00a0 And so I think it’s good banter. It’s positive. We don’t want to do anything that crosses the line. certainly. And some guys have the ability to talk a little bit out there and some guys probably shouldn’t.\u00a0 It takes them out of their game. You know what I mean? Some guys, it’s just like not very natural. And some guys talk all the time.\u00a0 I got to try to shut Corey Durden up and I’m like, okay, ‘Corey, you made your point.’ Like, I’m sure it sounds a lot like what I used to talk like. So I think it’s just, again, with ourselves and our team, we want to make sure that we’re competitive and, certainly, nothing that would hurt the team.”<\/p>\n

On if he was undefeated as a trash talker:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I mean, I wasn’t undefeated, but I probably had a decent record.”<\/p>\n

On Kevin Byard, he mentioned a couple weeks ago about having all the freedom pre-snap and within certain calls, for movement. Is that something he’s earned or is that something a lot of the safeties are granted in those proper calls:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I mean, again, every team has a different cadence. Every quarterback has a, how they’re going to undress the coverage on third down, how they’re going to be able to, get us to jump offsides or where are they going to snap the ball based on the play clock and some of the mannerisms. So some teams will just get out there, call it, haul it, and we better be, where we need to be.\u00a0 Some other teams want to get all the information that they can, and sometimes you go on the ball and they’re not necessarily going fast. They’re trying to gather information and then put the offense in the call that they want.”<\/p>\n

“So I think it’s\u2014 they have to have a really good understanding of what the quarterback’s intentions are and then work accordingly off of that and not just go rogue. And, we don’t want to be out of position, certainly, but don’t want to maybe tell them what we’re doing right away either.”<\/p>\n

On what his favorite color was [Another child question]:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Is watermelon a color?\u00a0 Okay, well then it’s watermelon.<\/p>\n

Speaker 1 (00:15:32.24)
\nIs there anything else? Coach, I just had a quick one about the install. Are you pleased with where you guys are at this phase of training camp with your install?<\/p>\n

“I mean, I think this will be a big week for us. I think we talked yesterday about where we’re at, the list of stuff that we like, that we don’t like, that we would still like to investigate maybe a little bit. So we have to do some of that here in the next couple of days, and we’ll have a couple of things here in the red zone that may be new additions, some things to look at. And then, just\u2014 we don’t want to just throw a bunch of stuff out there. You want to have a base, you want to have some core stuff, and then, we’ll continue to add as we work our way through camp.”<\/p>\n

(EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: This transcript was done based on the available footage and is subject to typographical errors. If you spot anything, please let me know in the comments below.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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