In nearly every situation, an action can be interpreted by a third party as humbling, selfish, idiodic, foolish or completely and totally justified. So it’s with that in mind that we attempt to revisit Robert Kraft’s decision to abandon Jerod Mayo after just one season, hire Mike Vrabel and, in the following months, propel the team to a 1.5-game lead in the AFC East through 10 weeks.
This reappraisal now comes after a significant 28–23 win over the Buccaneers on the road Sunday. It was a game billed as the greatest schematic test for Drake Maye in his young career (Maye still finished with a quarterback rating near 90 despite a costly interception). A game that was billed as the biggest test of Vrabel’s defensive acumen (Baker Mayfield threw three touchdown passes, though New England had its thumb on the Buccaneers for most of the day).
