For God and country, Geronimo.
What a piece of news to come out of Sunday Mass to.
The first choice of Mr. Kraft and Jonathan.
The first choice of the vast majority of Patriots fans.
For certain, my first choice.
Despite the fact he was THE most sought-after head coach candidate on the market.
Granted, Vrabel wasn’t everybody’s first choice.
Which I totally got.
Johnson is the NFL’s shiny new object.
And with good reason.
He’s an innovator.
Especially when you factor Drake Maye’s development into your equations.
But I wanted Vrabel for several reasons.
The first being the obvious one.
That I simply have no stomach for giving another first time head coach a season of on-the-job training.
To go from maybe a half dozen press availabilities a season to three or four every day.
Ben Johnson might become the best in the NFL when it comes to putting out those fires.
And that is the biggest issue for me.
That all they needed to fix everything was upgrade the offensive coaching.
But if you believe that, you’re living in a fantasy land.
To think that way is to ignore the massive dropoff in defensive production from 2023 to 2024.
From 7th in yards allowed to 22nd.
From the allowing the fewest rushing yards per attempt to 14th.
The culture of this team has been broken for a few years now.
Perhaps as far back as 2019, when Tom Brady was still here.
And has not put up with any BS as a coach elsewhere.
We’ve all watched Vrabel coach, and it’s not a small sample size.
you’re free to’t.
Because it’s impossible to fathom Vrabel won’t get that nonsense buttoned up, starting on Day One.
Just ask Tedy Bruschi:
But by no means is he some merciless taskmaster either.
And always will be.
With Ryan Tannehill under center, no less.
That he took Tennessee to an AFC championship game and won the 2021 Coach of the Year.
And Bill Parcells pretty much worked out.
He turned the franchise around and turned them into a Super Bowl contender in no time.
This offseason is off to the best possible start.
