Watch Live: Mike Vrabel holding news conference ahead of NFL Draft amid Dianna Russini photo controversy

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel addressed reporters at Gillette Stadium ahead of the NFL Draft on Thursday after new photographs of him with reporter Dianna Russini were published earlier in the day. Vrabel, who will not be in attendance for part of the draft, said his previous actions “don’t meet the standard that I hold myself to.”

Vrabel and Russini are both married to other people. Russini resigned from the Athletic on April 14.

“I understand that there are questions. I take accountability for my actions and the actions that caused a distraction to the people that I care most about, my family, this