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Everything Mike Vrabel said about rumors of a Drake Maye shoulder injury
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Rumors of an injury to Drake Maye’s throwing shoulder have started to swirl on social media.
The Patriots quarterback didn’t miss a snap in Denver nor did the team ever announce any sort of injury designation, but multiple doctors on Twitter believed he injured his shoulder on a third-down run that ended awkwardly.
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On Tuesday, Mike Vrabel was asked about it in multiple interviews. First, the subject was broached on WEEI’s Greg Hill Show. Here’s the exchange:
Q: Internet doctors have seen an issue in Drake Maye’s shoulder? Is he 100% healthy?
Vrabel: “There’s not a player on our team that’s 100-percent healthy.”
Q: Is he healthy enough to play at a high level?
Vrabel: “I would imagine we’ll go through the injury report, and whenever we have to turn that in, we’ll turn it in. But nobody’s 100 percent. (It’ll) be our 21st game.”
The Patriots coach was then asked about the rumors in his Tuesday morning press conference with the media at Gillette Stadium.
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Q: On WEEI you spoke about the speculated injury, is that something that’s been blown out of proportion on social media?
Vrabel: “Probably. Here’s what I’m going to start saying about this radio show. This is like the Miranda Rights. There’s nothing that I can say on there that can be used against me when I come back in here. So going forward, that’s what we’re going to have to say. Those are like free interviews. I’m in there, we’re doing breakfast shots (of juice). But I think that everybody, including Drake, is not at 100% at this time of the year. So we’ll do everything we can to help our players be prepared and help them get ready for this game.”
Q: I don’t know if you’ve been asked this directly yet, but did Drake hurt his shoulder on Sunday?
Vrabel: “No, I wouldn’t say that anybody hurt anything. Again, this is a sport where there’s going to be things that come up and I don’t think that there’s a — we’ll talk about whatever status each player has for the game once we’re required to. We understand that. But we were able to function offensively, throw the football, run the football. So that’s kind of where everybody is at."
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