The New England Patriots have hired Mike Vrabel as their new head coach. Vrabel will replace Jerod Mayo who was in the unenviable and possibly impossible position of following Bill Belichick's long tenure.
Vrabel, a former Patriots player who won three Super Bowls in New England, will now go about filling out his coaching staff. While he has plenty of names in his rolodex from his time coaching in Houston, Tennessee and finally Cleveland this last season, his former teammate, Rob Gronkowski has an obvious choice for the Patriots' next offensive coordinator.
