NASHVILLE – Many NFL general managers and coaches had their children appear with them on camera from home as teams made selections on the opening night of a most unusual NFL draft during the coronavirus pandemic.
The scene behind Titans coach Mike Vrabel still stood out Thursday, with one teenager in a superhero costume and the other in one of his father’s old Pro Bowl jerseys.
And yes, Vrabel had to explain what was going on in a video call with reporters after the Titans drafted former Georgia offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson.
“It’s been a long quarantine over here, man,” Vrabel said. “We’ve got a bunch of 19- and 18-year-old kids, and, you know, they’re stir crazy. And again, they saw all the other kids as the draft wore on and they said, well, we’ll give our own little spin to it. It was fun.”
Screen grabs showing someone in the background circulated on social media, and Vrabel made clear his oldest son Tyler, an offensive lineman at Boston College, was not caught in the bathroom.