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Patriots turn to the past, hire Mike Vrabel to lead the team

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By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher

The New England Patriots have hired Mike Vrabel as their next head coach. He was the favorite to take over the job after the team parted ways with inexperienced head coach Jerod Mayo after just one season.

Vrabel returns to New England after spending time there as a player. He is also part of the Patriots Hall of Fame.

Former Cleveland Browns coaching consultant Mike Vrabel looks on prior to a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Vrabel looks on prior to a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers (Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)

He played for the team from 2001 through 2008. Vrabel was part of three Super Bowl-winning teams with the Patriots.

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Vrabel is taking over a Patriots team that went 4-13 under Mayo. The team has a promising future with Drake Maye, who they believe is a franchise quarterback.

The Patriots had the rights to the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. However, with a win over the Buffalo Bills in the final game of the season, the Patriots fell to the No. 4 overall pick with their 23-16 win.

When the Patriots won on January 5th, it was their first win since November 10th when they defeated the Chicago Bears 19-3 at Soldier Field. The Patriots also won October 27th in a 25-22 win over the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium.

The team also won their first game of the season, a 16-10 win over the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium.

The Patriots have gone 4-13 in back-to-back seasons, including the final season under Bill Belichick. Their last winning record came during the 2021 season when they went 10-7 before losing 47-17 in the Wild Card playoffs by the Bills.

As a head coach, he was 54-45 with the Tennessee Titans. He led the Titans from 2018 through 2023 before being fired.

He guided the Titans to four winning seasons before things fell off in their last two seasons together. He guided the Titans to a 13-21 record in 2022 and 2023.

The Titans went 7-10 during the 2022 season. Then, during the 2023 season, the Titans fell off to 6-11.

From 2019 through 2021, Vrabel guided the Titans to three straight playoff appearances.

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In 2019, the Titans advanced to the AFC Championship game before losing to the Kansas City Chiefs. They were 2-1 in that playoff.

One year later, the Titans were defeated by the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Wild Card round during the 2020 season. Then, in 2021, the Titans were defeated by the Bengals in the AFC Divisional Game.

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    Anthony Caruso III is the Publisher of The Capital Sports Report. He has been in the Journalism field since August 2002. Since that time, Mr. Caruso has covered many marquee events. This includes 13 Heisman Trophy ceremonies, 2 Little World Series events, and one Army-Navy College Football game.
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