The Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel scandal has mostly settled into the background for everyone involved, but not for Tony Farmer.
On Saturday, Farmer took to X and rattled off a long list of people and organizations he says have gone quiet as the story drags on. His point was blunt: the silence itself is the story.
He wrote, in part:
"Associated Press - won’t release ballots. ESPN - mostly silent.
Mike Vrabel - silent for weeks. Dianna Russini - haven’t heard from her since resignation.
NFL - one very small statement. Adam Schefter - hasn’t tweeted “Russini” since pre-April.
Mike Silver - See Adam Schefter."
He kept going from there.
"Athletic - Still no findings. Robert Kraft - silence.
Steve Levy - won’t address Russini tweet. Jets - won’t address Russini’s Morgan Moses tweet.
Eagles - won’t address AJ Brown tampering concern. Daboll, KOC, Jj - won’t address bodycam footage.
Pats beat writers - won’t ask tough questions. What is everyone so afraid of?"
Farmer’s post landed at a time when the rest of the NFL is already moving on. Russini was recently seen on a cruise with her family while she continues life without a job in journalism. Vrabel, meanwhile, has largely returned to normal operations after missing part of the NFL draft in April.
Training camp is less than two weeks away for much of the league, which means this story is about to run headfirst into the usual flood of NFL news. That’s the backdrop as Farmer keeps pressing for answers from the Patriots, the Jets, and anyone else he thinks should be speaking up.
The reaction on X came fast, and it split cleanly.
Some fans latched onto the silence and treated it like proof that there’s more here than the public knows. One wrote, "I don’t know if I’m just not getting something or what, but the NFLPA should be furious about this st and they should be all over it," while another said, "There's the Epstein files, and then, on a lesser level, I believe there's a Russini list, and the NFL absolutely doesn't want it revealed because of the st storm it'll cause, so they act like there's nothing to all this,".
A third added, "That means they're covering up the story. As long as you keep bringing it up it won't go away we'll make sure of that,".
Others pushed back hard on Farmer’s framing. One reply argued, "Vrabel had a presser after every mini camp practice , hardly silent," while another said, "I get it, they opened themselves up to questioning.
But answers will not change anything, it will just lead to more questions. People have formed their opinions and no answer is going to make a difference,".
Another user was even more direct: "DIANNA is never gonna talk,".
For now, the story sits in that awkward stretch before camp, when there’s still enough quiet for speculation to breathe but not enough to force a resolution. Farmer clearly isn’t letting it go. Whether the coming wave of NFL headlines buries it or gives it new life is the next question.
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