Chargers troll the Patriots in schedule release video with a not-so-subtle Vrabel-Russini reference

Dakich breaks down the viral Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini photos and investigates whether the fallout led to the Patriots' recent statement on mandated counseling.

The Los Angeles Chargers have the reputation of producing the NFL's best schedule release videos and the only people they disappointed Thursday evening might be the New England Patriots, that team's fans, coach Mike Vrabel and former reporter Dianna Russini.

Because in their video, the Chargers went there.

They referenced the relationship between the Patriots' head coach and the former reporter in their video.

The entire Halo-themed video is worth your 6:13 viewing time.

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But in Week 12, when the Chargers host the Patriots at SoFi Stadium, the video makes that point by showing a couple of militiamen on ATVs headed into the playoffs when suddenly they get a message.

"NYPost sent you a message," pops up on the screen.

And suddenly the militia guys wipe out.

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel talks to quarterback Drake Maye during the second quarter at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 19, 2025. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

It was, you'll recall, the New York Post's Page Six that first published photos of Vrabel and Russini lounging by a pool, and in a hot tub, and holding hands and embracing on the roof of a private bungalow in Sedona, Ariz., the first week of April.

Those photos and several others, released by both the Post and other online publications, eventually led to Russini resigning from The Athletic and deleting her social media presence.

Vrabel, meanwhile, stumbled though multiple press