As the Patriots prepare to play their first game after an offseason that presented an unexpected distraction, the issue will have at least one more development, eventually.
of New York Postwhich pulled the first needle in the Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel grenade five months and two days ago, Russini reports will tell her side of the story upon getting her next job.
The goal, according to the report, will be to “talk about this issue and get past it once and for all.”
It remains to be seen whether it will actually come through. If/when she reactivates her Twitter account, any reporting or comment will be met with a barrage of the well-styled responses the platform is known for.
The biggest question will be the content of her side of the story. Depending on what she says, that could prompt more questions and possible scrutiny of Vrabel, who has emerged from the scandal largely unscathed professionally.
Then there is the question of whether her side of the story will be seen as credible. Given her strong denials, coupled with subsequent words and actions by Vrabel (e.gmissing the third day of the draft for counseling), a constant insistence that there was and is nothing to see here might be hard for most to accept, given the photos and video everyone has seen by now.
Complicating matters, when it comes to believing anything she might say, is the claim that she FaceTimed a coach to get him out of a ticket for texting while driving. Body camera footage showed that simply did not happen.
Before anyone knows if they should believe what she says, they will have to hear what she has to say. It can be a tough sell. And if treated with the same degree of PR acumen that accompanied the early days of the controversy, it could ultimately make things worse, not better.
