When the NFL regular season comes to a close, it sends the head-coaching carousel into high gear. The 2025 cycle is in full swing and began with six openings across the NFL. One of those has since been filled with the New England Patriots hiring Mike Vrabel to lead the franchise after moving on from Jerod Mayo after one season.

Tedy Bruschi, Rob Gronkowski, and Julian Edelman have already reacted to Mike Vrabel's hiring. The post What former Patriots, rest of NFL are saying about Mike Vrabel coaching Patriots appeared first on Boston.

Our look at some of the likely candidates to become the Patriots' next offensive and defensive coordinators includes familiar faces.

It's never too late to come home. The New England Patriots announced Sunday they are making Mike Vrabel their next head coach with ESPN's Adam

The New England Patriots have hired Mike Vrabel as their head coach. The move comes after Patriots owner Robert Kraft fired Jerod Mayo after the team’s season finale victory over the Buffalo Bills to finish 4-13 in his lone season as coach.

The New England Patriots have found their next head coach. And it's a familiar face. The club has hired Mike Vrabel, who won three Super Bowl championships with the franchise as a player, to lead the organization as its head coach going forward according to CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones and later made official by the Patriots.

The Raiders have scheduled or conducted interviews with former Seattle Seahawks and Southern California coach Pete Carroll, Detroit Lions co-ordinators Aaron Glenn on defense and Ben Johnson on offence, former New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh and Kansas City Chiefs defensive co-ordinator Steve Spagnuolo.

After an unsuccessful season with one of their former linebackers at head coach, the New England Patriots are turning to another one they hope will be able