The Vrabel situation will cost the Patriots the playoffs this year
Not because it will be a distraction, but because Vrabel will be missing the one person he can vent to and destress with. Vrabel works 12 hours a day in a stressful environment. He's got a family that he can't possibly spend enough time with and his wife doesn't want to fuck him anymore. Russini was his island to get away from it all. She understood his life and his stresses. She fucked him good and gave him everything he needed. She was that person he could fully be honest with about everything else in his life. And now that's gone. Without that person to be his rock, Vrabel will be consumed by the stresses of life and underperform and barely miss the playoffs this year.
Tbh the Russini photos were probably commissioned by the Jets to undermine Vrabel and ruin his mojo