Mike Vrabel has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind. That’s been true since the Patriots coach was still a player. Vrabel was an NFLPA player rep, and ahead of the 2011 NFL lockout, the linebacker ripped into Robert Kraft.

Because after months of introductions and roster deconstruction and reconstruction, meetings and plans and installation and OTAs and non-padded minicamp practices, real football is coming. And so is the Mike Vrabel Experience for all to see. “We all need accountability,” Hunter Henry said Tuesday, “and he brings that every day.”

Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry join Kayla Burton on Arbella Early Edition to talk about Mike Vrabel’s positive comments on Stefon Diggs and what to expect from him as the Patriots head into training cam

Entering his fourth season as a Patriot, Brenden Schooler has gone through training camps with Bill Belichick and Jerod Mayo. On the eve of training camp, following a full offseason of camps, Schooler was asked what was different about the start of this training camp.

Coach Mike Vrabel said Tuesday morning that Williams doesn’t have any restrictions, joking that he’s not among those on the physically unable to perform list.