Christian Barmore, Mike Vrabel have heated exchange after Jets-Patriots scuffle originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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Things got heated between Christian Barmore and Mike Vrabel at the end of the first half of the Week 17 game between the New York Jets and New England Patriots.
With the Patriots crushing the Jets by a score of 35-3, things got a little chippy between the two teams at the end of the half.
Patriots defensive lineman Christian Barmore appears to have gotten into it with a Jets player after the second quarter was over.
After that, a heated exchange between Barmore and Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel took place as Vrabel appeared to be trying to calm him down.
Here’s video of the exchange.
Christian Barmore and Mike Vrabel getting into a shouting match with each other on the way to the locker room pic.twitter.com/3TescYI9RC
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It doesn’t look like Vrabel was successful in calming Barmore down, but we can’t say for sure.
It isn’t clear what led to the Patriots, Jets scuffle, either.

