Answering questions on breakout candidates, free agency, Mike Vrabel's roster building, realistic expectations, and more.

Mike Vrabel interviewed with the Jets, but there was another team also looming to pursue him before the Patriots hired him.

Leftwich was considered a frontrunner for the Jaguars’ head coaching job that eventually went to Doug Pederson in February ...

MassLive’s Mark Daniels reported on Tuesday that the Patriots will interview Mike Vrabel this week ... Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and longtime NFL assistant coach ...

Robert Kraft stayed true to his word by moving quickly to reach a deal with Mike Vrabel, a former New England linebacker, as the Patriots' new coach.

As a player familiar with the “Patriot Way” cultivated by Bill Belichick during his two-plus decade run in New England, Vrabel said he’s borrowed from the former coaches and bosses that he learned him ...

Former Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who was in the Patriots’ organization with Vrabel from 2001 to 2008, is considered a candidate for the job. It would be McDaniels’ third go-around ...

The Patriots hurried a coaching search and hired one of their former Super Bowl-winning linebackers to right the wayward franchise. Don’t stop if you’ve heard this before. Yes, it happened ...

Mike Vrabel was the obvious choice for the Patriots, but how his run with the franchise goes could depend on how personnel ...

Yes, Mike Vrabel is back in Foxborough ... they conducted two former coordinators, Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich, who haven’t coached in the NFL since 2022. Were they legitimate candidates?

The Raiders didn’t simply forget to interview Mike Vrabel before ... if they had zeroed in on Vrabel. Former NFL offensive coordinators Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich — both of whom are ...

The Patriots hired Mike Vrabel as their next head coach ... Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson; Byron Leftwich, most recently the offensive coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ...