NEW ORLEANS — If only Mike Vrabel knew what A.J. Brown was actually writing in his notebook.
The newly hired Patriots head coach and the Eagles receiver have a tight bond nowadays, but when Vrabel’s Titans drafted Brown with a second-round pick in 2019, it wasn’t all smooth sailing during team meetings.
“Early on in the league — he doesn’t know this — but I didn’t like him,” Brown said Thursday with a laugh. “I used to take notes and write, ‘I do not like Vrabes. I do not like Vrabes.’ He would make me take notes and do all these things that are uncomfortable as a rookie. As I got older and was learning, he was developing me and getting me ready for moments like these.”
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