{"id":71783,"date":"2026-04-15T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/the-dianna-russini-fallout-is-less-about-scandal-than-who-carries-blame-in-the-nfl-melissa-jacobs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:00:40","slug":"the-dianna-russini-fallout-is-less-about-scandal-than-who-carries-blame-in-the-nfl-melissa-jacobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/the-dianna-russini-fallout-is-less-about-scandal-than-who-carries-blame-in-the-nfl-melissa-jacobs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dianna Russini fallout is less about scandal than who carries blame in the NFL | Melissa Jacobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors about the reporter and New England head coach Mike Vrabel flew all week. The conclusion to the saga was all too predictable<\/p>\n<p>Dianna Russini, one of the NFL\u2019s most high-profile reporters, is photographed holding hands with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel at a fancy resort in Sedona, Arizona. Rumors fly. Vrabel and Russini, who are both married to other people, issue statements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/11\/nyt-russini-vrabel-coverage-review-photos\">denying the assumptions<\/a> of something untoward. But the firestorm only grows. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/14\/nfl-reporter-russini-resigns-amid-self-feeding-speculation-over-photos-with-patriots-vrabel\">Russini resigns<\/a> from her post at the Athletic, Vrabel continues with his job as usual.<\/p>\n<p>The female reporter\u2019s career is in shambles. Meanwhile, it\u2019s business as usual for the male head coach.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/15\/dianna-russini-nfl-resignation-mike-vrabel\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors about the reporter and New England head coach Mike Vrabel flew all week. The conclusion to the saga was all too predictable Dianna Russini, one of the NFL\u2019s most high-profile reporters, is photographed holding hands with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel at a fancy resort in Sedona, Arizona. Rumors fly. Vrabel and &#8230; <a title=\"The Dianna Russini fallout is less about scandal than who carries blame in the NFL | Melissa Jacobs\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/the-dianna-russini-fallout-is-less-about-scandal-than-who-carries-blame-in-the-nfl-melissa-jacobs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Dianna Russini fallout is less about scandal than who carries blame in the NFL | Melissa Jacobs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}