Mike Vrabel and the New England Patriots were able to pick up another convincing win on Sunday, moving their win streak to five following their 32-13 victory over the Cleveland Browns. But not everything was sunshine and roses , especially when it came to the bizarre situation surrounding Christian Barmore .

The Patriots' defensive tackle was benched for the first quarter of Sunday's game, Vrabel confirmed.

“Yeah, I had to make a decision. My job is to protect the team,” Vrabel told reporters of the decision to bench Barmore. “When there are actions that I don't feel are commensurate with what we want to do here, I've got to make a decision. And we move on.”

A day later, Vrabel didn't divulge any more details about Barmore's benching during an interview with WEEI's “The Greg

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