The fact that Vrabel was available made the best choice an easy one. Kraft hasn’t run an actual coaching search since 1997 when he hired Pete Carroll. The two hires that followed — Bill Belichick in 2000 and Jerod Mayo last year — were both examples of Kraft selecting people who he already knew, liked and trusted.

After trying to move on from the Bill Belichick era, the Patriots are now going right back to a successor much more like him.

The Patriots turned to Vrabel after their quick coaching search wrapped up just seven days after the team fired Jerod Mayo.

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Mike Vrabel will be a good coach for the New England Patriots. But the stability he’s expected to bring comes at a cost.

Mike Vrabel is now the 16 th head coach in New England Patriots history and his appointment comes less than a year after Jerod Mayo was introduced. Mayo, owner Robert Kraft’s handpicked choice as coach, led the Patriots to a 4-13 season and was fired ...

Mike Vrabel discussed the appeal of the Patriots, Eliot Wolf's role in New England, and more during his introductory press conference Monday.

In the end," Vrabel said. "It was clear to me, and to my family, and my soul, that this was the place that I wanted to be.”

Former Red Sox analytics director Joe McDonald has joined the Patriots in a 'football strategy' role as part of Mike Vrabel's new staff.

Josh McDaniels has donned the New England Patriots garb before and now he's set to do it again — only this time with Mike Vrabel instead of Bill Belichick patro

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