Mike Vrabel tests positive for COVID-19

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The Titans are going to be without their head coach at practice for the near future.

Mike Vrabel opened a Sunday videoconference with reporters by announcing that he has tested positive for COVID-19. He is quarantining away from the team as a result of the test and said that he got tested after developing a sore throat.

The Titans played the Buccaneers on Saturday and had two days of joint practices in Tampa last week. Vrabel, who is vaccinated, said that he does not know of any other positive tests within the Titans organization.

Vrabel will remain involved with the team in meetings over Zoom and said he’ll lean on assistants Jim Haslett and Jim Schwartz taking on more responsibility during in-person work because they have both been head coaches in the past.

 

 

65 responses to “Mike Vrabel tests positive for COVID-19

  1. I think that Vrabel is vaccinated, so his symptoms should be relatively minor.

    Heal quickly, Mike. You put together a great team.

  2. As long as he’s vaccinated he should recover quickly. I wish him and anyone he came into contact with good health and no long Covid symptoms.

    Again, as long as he is vaccinated he should recover quickly and the chances of him suffering long Covid symptoms will be dramatically lowered. *That’s a little hint to you unvaccinated folks out there*

  3. tan says:
    August 22, 2021 at 2:24 pm
    How could a vaccinated person possibly contract COVID?
    ________________________________________________
    That is NEVER mentioned as a fact. Everone in my home was vaccinated and we all contracted the Delta variant over the past month.

  4. It’s a vaccine, not a cure. Same way you can get the flu if you’ve had the flu shot you can get covid if you’ve had the covid shot (vaccine).

  5. Vrabel is vaccinated and it should override his natural immunity, so he will get well soon. It’s science. This should be a lesson to all who refuse the vaccine.

  6. He stated that he has to have 2 negative tests in a 48hr period and if not then he has to be quarantined for 10 days. This is with a vaccinated individual. I’m guessing the NFL protocols will change as the season goes along. I love how all these teams pretty much forced the players and staff to get vaxxed and then they can still force a 10 day quarantine. I can see why Jimmy Graham was peeved at this whole situation.

  7. Lets call this something else please. A vaccine utilizes a virus (a dead one) which is infected and the body creates natural amenities to it even though its not an active virus. This “vaccine” changes the persons rna which in effect creates a spike protein that’ll help fight a virus but we will never be rid of it this way. So can we please just call it something else? Before yall judge me and call me a bunch of names I would like ya to know I’ve had my shots aka vaccines… All of them.

  8. “Wasn’t he vaccinated tho”

    Yes, which is why he’s not in the hospital or on a ventilator.

  9. Satan says:
    August 22, 2021 at 2:24 pm
    How could a vaccinated person possibly contract COVID?
    ————————————————————————————————-
    -Fully vaccinated people are still getting infected with Covid, though to a much lesser extent than unvaccinated people
    -No Covid vaccine is 100% effective but immunization greatly reduces the risk of hospitalization and death

  10. Satan says:
    August 22, 2021 at 2:24 pm

    How could a vaccinated person possibly contract COVID?

    ========

    As people have said here a 1000 times or more … but some are too thick to get it …

    It’s a vaccine, not a cure!

  11. “Lets call this something else please. ”

    You evidently don’t understand the meaning of”vaccine”. A vaccine stimulates the immune system and gets it to recognize particular types of viruses.

    Some vaccines use live, but attenuated viruses. Some use dead viruses. Some use mRNA.

    They are all vaccines.

    Vaccine Definition: a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases,

  12. The vaccine was designed for the original virus not the delta variant … if all the anti-vaxxers had listened to doctors & scientists instead of facebook & fox news the virus would be likely be gone by now

  13. virus that has a 99.7 pct survial rate without a vaccine, so clearly an in shape dude who is 46 years old only isnt in the hospital on his death bed bc he got the vaccine.

    can someone explain to me why i know of countless amount of ppl who are fully vaccinated who have not only gotten covid few months after, but had bad symptoms, yet the ppl who had covid naturally and did not take the vaccine have been totally fine?

    way more ppl r getting symptomatic illness after vaccine than the ppl who had a prior natural infection without the vaccine.

  14. sully says:
    August 22, 2021 at 4:35 pm
    The vaccine was designed for the original virus not the delta variant … if all the anti-vaxxers had listened to doctors & scientists instead of facebook & fox news the virus would be likely be gone by now

    ya, listening to the scientists has been so pivotal over the past year, they sure have been so spot on with all there messaging. get a grip dude, and ya, all those anti vaxers in israel and the uk which have a significant portion of the population vaccinated clearly stopped the delta variant in those nations.

    stop scapegoating, and maybe face it that there is nothing u can do to stop a virus, virus is gonna virus no matter wat u do

  15. Satan says:
    August 22, 2021 at 2:24 pm
    How could a vaccinated person possibly contract COVID?

    ——

    makes one wonder where you get your “information”

  16. stop scapegoating, and maybe face it that there is nothing u can do to stop a virus, virus is gonna virus no matter wat u do

    —-

    Tell that to the polio and spanish flu viruses

  17. It’s funny how everyone takes the EXTREME route when discussing this virus. The vaccine will save you from a ventilator! Just stop reading the articles and news focusing on the young healthy person who died from Covid and begged to be vaccinated. Instead focus on the positives. Less than 1% of people who contract it die. I’m not getting a yearly Covid shot w/boosters just like I’m not getting a yearly flu shot. It’s a virus people and these aren’t cures. Its here now regardless of people taking the jab. Live with it. If you want to force everyone to get vaxxed then I think you’re in the wrong country and era.

  18. elroyjetson says:
    August 22, 2021 at 3:10 pm
    Vrabel is vaccinated and it should override his natural immunity, so he will get well soon. It’s science. This should be a lesson to all who refuse the vaccine.

    ——————————————

    It’s funny yet sad how you actually believe that what you typed makes sense. Lol

  19. beardownbro says:
    August 22, 2021 at 4:08 pm
    Lets call this something else please. . . . This “vaccine” changes the persons rna which in effect creates a spike protein that’ll help fight a virus but we will never be rid of it this way.
    *******************************************************************************************
    Oh, man. The vaccine does NOT change your rna (but maybe many posters on here should try to change their rna). From the CDC: “COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cannot give someone COVID-19, do not use the live virus that causes COVID-19, and do not affect or interact with your DNA in any way. mRNA never enters the nucleus of the cell, which is where your DNA (genetic material) is located.”

  20. makes one wonder where you get your “information”

    ——————————————

    Why? Because he doesn’t get it from the same corrupt liars whose hands you place your life in?

  21. Vaccines provide immunity by definition. So we need to call these shots something else, clearly they’re not providing immunity.

  22. The vaccine is kind of like wearing a seatbelt. You can still get in an accident, but it keeps you alive.

  23. Oh, man. The vaccine does NOT change your rna (but maybe many posters on here should try to change their rna). From the CDC: “COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cannot give someone COVID-19, do not use the live virus that causes COVID-19, and do not affect or interact with your DNA in any way. mRNA never enters the nucleus of the cell, which is where your DNA (genetic material) is located.”

    ——————————————
    MRNA (Messenger : A Vector vaccine.
    Brand new. Never been tested.

    An active vaccine:

    Inject a similar virus into the system.
    Inject the actual virus into the system.
    Inject foreign materials into the body to create antibodies.

    A passive vaccine:
    Inject actual antibodies into the system.

    The human body already is designed to create antibodies to attack any foreign agents/proteins (viruses, bacteria, diseases, infection). We produce new proteins that fight any new foreign protein introduced to the body.

    Vector Vaccine. Addendum/MRNA is introduced to your body into the muscle. That sends it to the entire body. (Something injected into the vein only goes to the liver). It tricks the body by altering/rewriting the DNA to produce a protein that’s similar to the virus. Never been done before.

    It skipped human testing, so those taking it are the guinea pigs.

    This vaccine is Genetic Engineering

    In short, the CDC are lying to you, but you probably one who believes liars, so….

  24. Are we talking about the same virus that healthy people (like pro athletes) have a 99.998% survival rate? How many NFL players had CoVId last year without a vaccine and 0 ended up in the hospital or a ventilator.

  25. amyisraelchai1 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 5:12 pm
    makes one wonder where you get your “information”

    ——————————————

    Why? Because he doesn’t get it from the same corrupt liars whose hands you place your life in?

    ——-

    really? then please share with us who exactly said that by getting the vaccine you would never get COVID.

    I’ll wait. I’ve got all day.

  26. Enough of the PCR testing, They don’t work Too many false positives FDA has banned them starting January 1st.

  27. sully says:
    August 22, 2021 at 4:35 pm
    The vaccine was designed for the original virus not the delta variant … if all the anti-vaxxers had listened to doctors & scientists instead of facebook & fox news the virus would be likely be gone by now

    32 48 Rate This

    ——————

    Yep.

    18 months into it and the mouthbreathers still cannot comprehend it.

    The dumbing down of America continues with agent orange leadership lingering.

  28. radar8 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 4:29 pm
    “Wasn’t he vaccinated tho”

    Yes, which is why he’s not in the hospital or on a ventilator.

    ——

    Really? How many NFL players or staff, unvaccinated or not have ever been on a ventilator or in the hospital due to Covid?’ That would be zero.

  29. Israel is 78% vaccinated yet over 50% of their hospitalizations are from vaccinated people. You can never create a successful coronavirus vaccine. It’s the common cold and has thousands of variants. Just deal with it as an endemic instead of draconian health measures that don’t offer any protection at all.

  30. loser148 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 5:52 pm
    Are we talking about the same virus that healthy people (like pro athletes) have a 99.998% survival rate? How many NFL players had CoVId last year without a vaccine and 0 ended up in the hospital or a ventilator.

    ——-

    Correct. This post x 1000

  31. Israel is 78% vaccinated yet over 50% of their hospitalizations are from vaccinated people. You can never create a successful coronavirus vaccine.
    __________________________________________________________________________

    You absolutely could and in fact did create a successful vaccine. You just need all these anti mask anti vaxx mouth breathers to stop being petri dishes for new variants to evolve.

  32. What we’ve learned from these “vaccines” is that you can be vaccinated yet still get infected with Covid and spread it. Yet the armchair scientists here will act like that’s what vaccines are supposed to do except that’s not it.

  33. @rallyhound Please learn basic science. If you’re vaccinated, an unvaccinated person has no effect on you. There are thousands of variants. Why we are seeing are vaccinated people creating new variants due to the spike proteins shedding.

  34. Quid Pro Joe says:
    August 22, 2021 at 6:15 pm
    Israel is 78% vaccinated yet over 50% of their hospitalizations are from vaccinated people.

    ———

    But let’s give the full context:

    “The vaccinated patients are older, unhealthy, often they were bedridden before infection, immobile and already requiring nursing care,” said Noa Eliakim-Raz, head of the coronavirus ward at Rabin Medical Centre in Petach Tikva. In contrast, “the unvaccinated COVID patients we see are young, healthy, working people and their condition deteriorates rapidly,” she said. “Suddenly they’re being put on oxygen or on a respirator.”

  35. Quid Pro Joe says:
    August 22, 2021 at 6:15 pm
    Israel is 78% vaccinated yet over 50% of their hospitalizations are from vaccinated people. You can never create a successful coronavirus vaccine. It’s the common cold and has thousands of variants. Just deal with it as an endemic instead of draconian health measures that don’t offer any protection at all.

    —————————————————

    Exactly. Its just funny to see people still trying to defend a science they dont understand and cannot fully
    comprehend its long term effects.

  36. sully says:
    August 22, 2021 at 4:49 pm
    stop scapegoating, and maybe face it that there is nothing u can do to stop a virus, virus is gonna virus no matter wat u do

    —-

    Tell that to the polio and spanish flu viruses

    polio had a mortality of 15 to 30 mortality rate in adults and 2 to 5 pct in children before vaccine, and the spanish flu killed nearly 50 million worldwide and there was never a vaccine for spanish flu. Also the spanish flu killed many young healthy people, covid fortunately does not.

    go look at the deaths from covid now compared to last year at this time when vaccines were not available , its not much different, when they should basically be non existent, and before you blame the ”unvaccinated” aside from the few who got the shot during the trial
    no one was ” vaccinated last summer”

  37. touchback6 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 5:58 pm
    sully says:
    August 22, 2021 at 4:35 pm
    The vaccine was designed for the original virus not the delta variant … if all the anti-vaxxers had listened to doctors & scientists instead of facebook & fox news the virus would be likely be gone by now

    32 48 Rate This

    ——————

    Yep.

    18 months into it and the mouthbreathers still cannot comprehend it.

    The dumbing down of America continues with agent orange leadership lingering

    Yes we have just phenomenal leadership now, the guy in the oval office is very sharp and with it.

  38. tatum02400 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 6:54 pm
    Quid Pro Joe says:
    August 22, 2021 at 6:15 pm
    Israel is 78% vaccinated yet over 50% of their hospitalizations are from vaccinated people. You can never create a successful coronavirus vaccine. It’s the common cold and has thousands of variants. Just deal with it as an endemic instead of draconian health measures that don’t offer any protection at all.

    —————————————————

    Exactly. Its just funny to see people still trying to defend a science they dont understand and cannot fully
    comprehend its long term effects.

    ——–

    It’s easy to throw out a number and think that answers all the questions. But when you look at how different the vaccinated patients are from the unvaccinated ones in terms of age and health, your argument gets very weak.

  39. nhpats2011 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 6:15 pm
    loser148 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 5:52 pm
    Are we talking about the same virus that healthy people (like pro athletes) have a 99.998% survival rate? How many NFL players had CoVId last year without a vaccine and 0 ended up in the hospital or a ventilator.

    ——-

    Correct. This post x 1000

    —–
    Tommy sweeney, Ryquell armstead and Dion Dawkins would like to have a word with both of you.

    There have been others athletes across the major sports who lost major time due to complications from their battles with covid. But I guess it’s just easier to speak out of your rear with no actual research to prove your “no athletes have been hospitalized so it’s not a problem” statement

  40. I’m sure everybody is freaking out since we know Vrabel and Brady spent a lot of time together during the joint practices.

    Maybe we’ll find out that pliability prevents Covid.

  41. florioisabetamale says:
    August 22, 2021 at 7:01 pm
    sully says:
    August 22, 2021 at 4:49 pm
    stop scapegoating, and maybe face it that there is nothing u can do to stop a virus, virus is gonna virus no matter wat u do

    —-

    Tell that to the polio and spanish flu viruses

    polio had a mortality of 15 to 30 mortality rate in adults and 2 to 5 pct in children before vaccine, and the spanish flu killed nearly 50 million worldwide and there was never a vaccine for spanish flu. Also the spanish flu killed many young healthy people, covid fortunately does not.

    go look at the deaths from covid now compared to last year at this time when vaccines were not available , its not much different, when they should basically be non existent, and before you blame the ”unvaccinated” aside from the few who got the shot during the trial
    no one was ” vaccinated last summer”

    ——

    It’s not much different because it’s almost all unvaccinated people that are dying. Vaccinated people make up a very small percentage of the number of people dying. You are basically implying that since a portion of the population got vaccinated, then deaths should be zero, even among the unvaccinated. That’s totally illogical

  42. sully says:
    August 22, 2021 at 4:31 pm
    Satan says:
    August 22, 2021 at 2:24 pm

    How could a vaccinated person possibly contract COVID?

    ========

    As people have said here a 1000 times or more … but some are too thick to get it …

    It’s a vaccine, not a cure!

    ____________________________

    THEN WHY TAKE IT? Especially when those who have taken it ended up getting it – you aren’t justifying any argument – science created this . let it run its course. It not the unvaccinated’s fault if they dont want it . Let the “smart” people think they know everything.

    t funny to see people still trying to defend a science they dont understand and cannot fully
    comprehend its long term effects.

  43. No matter how completely worthless the vaccination is, no matter how many people who got vaccinated but still got covid, none of that matters. The virologists in here and all over comment sections just think that’s irrelevant. Imagine that, pro vaccination people don’t seem to give one rip that this vaccination does literally no good. (By the way I’m vaccinated) As soon as vaccinated people start dying, well I’m sure they are dying, but as soon as the media makes that public, the pro vaccination crowd will likely say, well the non vaccinated people have a worse death then the vaccinated people. Lol.

  44. Stacked coaching staff to be able to have two very competent assistants handle extra duties while you’re quarantining. I think this team is a serious SB contender this year.

  45. 345snarkavenue says:
    August 22, 2021 at 7:06 pm
    tatum02400 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 6:54 pm
    Quid Pro Joe says:
    August 22, 2021 at 6:15 pm
    Israel is 78% vaccinated yet over 50% of their hospitalizations are from vaccinated people. You can never create a successful coronavirus vaccine. It’s the common cold and has thousands of variants. Just deal with it as an endemic instead of draconian health measures that don’t offer any protection at all.

    —————————————————

    Exactly. Its just funny to see people still trying to defend a science they dont understand and cannot fully
    comprehend its long term effects.

    ——–

    It’s easy to throw out a number and think that answers all the questions. But when you look at how different the vaccinated patients are from the unvaccinated ones in terms of age and health, your argument gets very weak.

    ——-

    Always interesting to see how the guinea pig justifies its place in an experiment. FYI, numbers are lies, damn lies and statistics.

  46. shartastic says:
    August 22, 2021 at 2:37 pm
    As long as he’s vaccinated he should recover quickly. I wish him and anyone he came into contact with good health and no long Covid symptoms.

    Again, as long as he is vaccinated he should recover quickly and the chances of him suffering long Covid symptoms will be dramatically lowered. *That’s a little hint to you unvaccinated folks out there*

    ————————————————-
    As long as he is under 70 and without a comorbidity, he should recover quickly and the chances of him suffering long Covid symptoms will be dramatically lowered. That’s a little hint to you folks out there who demand everyone gets vaccinated even healthy 25 year olds.

  47. We are likely to get because it’s so Contagious. The world maybe could have shut it down by shutting everything down for two weeks. In reality, not possible because no government in western world was willing to take it to the next level like china and weld people into their homes. Best case now is take your vaccine ( if you want) and hope it’s not your time.

  48. radar8 says:

    “Wasn’t he vaccinated tho”
    Yes, which is why he’s not in the hospital or on a ventilator.

    _________________________________________________________________

    Why would an “unvaccinated” person be in the hospital or on a ventilator?
    Didn’t Lamar Jackson, who is not “vaccinated,” get Covid twice and NOT go into the hospital
    or be put on a ventilator? Is he not fine and about to start the 2021 season?

  49. Lets call this something else please. A vaccine utilizes a virus (a dead one) which is infected and the body creates natural amenities to it even though its not an active virus. This “vaccine” changes the persons rna which in effect creates a spike protein that’ll help fight a virus but we will never be rid of it this way. So can we please just call it something else? Before yall judge me and call me a bunch of names I would like ya to know I’ve had my shots aka vaccines… All of them.

    ————————————————————————————————

    First of all, congratulations on being responsible and getting your vaccine. Secondly however, there is no virus in the vaccine, dead or alive.

  50. “ Why would an “unvaccinated” person be in the hospital or on a ventilator?
    Didn’t Lamar Jackson, who is not “vaccinated,” get Covid twice and NOT go into the hospital
    or be put on a ventilator? Is he not fine and about to start the 2021 season?”

    Great point. It also speaks to preventative measures like supplements and a healthy lifestyles being more effective than clot shots.

  51. tatum02400 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 7:46 pm
    345snarkavenue says:
    August 22, 2021 at 7:06 pm
    tatum02400 says:
    August 22, 2021 at 6:54 pm
    Quid Pro Joe says:
    August 22, 2021 at 6:15 pm
    Israel is 78% vaccinated yet over 50% of their hospitalizations are from vaccinated people. You can never create a successful coronavirus vaccine. It’s the common cold and has thousands of variants. Just deal with it as an endemic instead of draconian health measures that don’t offer any protection at all.

    —————————————————

    Exactly. Its just funny to see people still trying to defend a science they dont understand and cannot fully
    comprehend its long term effects.

    ——–

    It’s easy to throw out a number and think that answers all the questions. But when you look at how different the vaccinated patients are from the unvaccinated ones in terms of age and health, your argument gets very weak.

    ——-

    Always interesting to see how the guinea pig justifies its place in an experiment. FYI, numbers are lies, damn lies and statistics.

    ——-

    someone needed to be brave enough to make a difference. clearly that wasn’t you

  52. Tell that to the polio and spanish flu viruses

    ——-

    Bad example. The polio vaccine actually prevents you from getting polio….100% of the time

  53. A vaccine is not a force field.
    What a vaccine does is teach your body how to fight off a disease.
    If you are exposed to and infected by that disease it will begin to multiply inside you, but your immune system will rapidly fight it off, much faster than if you were not vaccinated.

    You WILL test positive and there will be antibodies present because thats how you fight off a diseases (along with other cells like TCells, and others)

  54. Dillon Pauls says:
    August 22, 2021 at 2:40 pm
    Wasn’t he vaccinated tho
    —-

    No one, literally no one, not one single person, not Fauci, not any other scientist, no one has ever said you can’t get the virus if you are vaccinated.

    No one.

  55. I’ve read all the comments, I have come to the conclusion that despite COVID-19 now being disease of the unvaccinated, and despite that there are NO ICU beds in the gulf coast ( they are Full of unvaccinated patients in their 30 to 50’s), some people just don’t get it.
    You need to follow the evidence which leads one to the fact that unvaccinated individuals are the ones hospitalized and dying. The vaccinated individuals on the other hand may test positive as Vrabel did , BUT they are not getting sick enough to be hospitalized or DIE!

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