Gay former Patriots player rips anti-gay RB as ‘easily replaceable’, praises Mike Vrabel’s comments | Former OT Ryan O’Callaghan says he never heard something as homophobic in his six year NFL career

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If he had heard something like it when he was playing in the NFL, O’Callaghan said he’d try to get his teammate some psychological help.

“The first thing I would do is find information about a sports psychologist and discretely leave it in his locker,” O’Callaghan said.

Yet O’Callaghan said that more important to him as a gay player in sports would have been the comments from Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel, who has responded to Henderson’s comments with messages of inclusion.

“I think hearing the comment from my head coach, what Mike just said, would make me feel welcome,” O’Callaghan said. He has previously discussed his former teammate Vrabel being one of the first people to contact him after he came out publicly as gay. “Because that’s just one easily replaceable running back who’s clearly not fitting the culture they’re trying to build.”