The New England Patriots may very well be beginning a brand new period in earnest now that Mike Vrabel can be their head coach.
Vrabel demonstrated a capability to maximise considerably underwhelming rosters throughout his time with the Tennessee Titans from 2018 to 2023, and he’ll once more have an underwhelming roster to work with, at the least for now, in New England.
Patriots insider Mike Giardi just lately known as Vrabel the “absolute proper man for this group at the moment,” however he additionally expressed one important concern.
“My reservation right here, his offensive imaginative and prescient in Tennessee wasn’t superior. They by no means had been that kind of cutting-edge offense,” Giardi mentioned, through Patriots on CLNS Media. “… Clearly when you’ve a quarterback like Drake Maye, there’s a excessive ceiling right here.”
“My reservation right here, (Vrabel’s) offensive imaginative and prescient in Tennessee wasn’t superior. They by no means had been that leading edge offense.”
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With Tennessee, Vrabel by no means had a top-level quarterback. Ryan Tannehill did properly there throughout the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and ended up making one Professional Bowl, however he was by no means near being among the many league’s elite.
The Titans rode operating again Derrick Henry, and it was ok to get them to the AFC Championship Recreation after they upset the Baltimore Ravens within the divisional spherical.
Now, the one main piece Vrabel should work with is Maye, who confirmed appreciable promise as a rookie quarterback.
They don’t have the personnel to play dominant offensive soccer, and thus Vrabel should determine one other technique to information the Patriots again to respectability.
For many of Vrabel’s time with the Titans, they had been constantly among the many NFL’s leaders in dashing makes an attempt and towards the underside of the league in passing makes an attempt, and that isn’t more likely to get it completed within the present AFC.
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