Mike Vrabel scrapped a season-long tradition following his Patriots’ 26–20 win over the Bengals on Sunday afternoon, one that brought New England to 10–2 and earned them the No. 1 seed in the AFC through 12 weeks of the 2025 NFL season.
Instead of waiting outside the locker room to greet each player as they came off the field, congratulating them on a hard-earned victory, the 50-year-old quickly made his way to the visitors' quarters inside Cincinnati's Paycor Stadium, presumably to check on rookie left tackle Will Campbell—who left Sunday's game with a knee injury and did not return.
