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Mike Vrabel is currently ironing his red Patriots Hall of Fame jacket.
On Thursday, Patriots Hall of Famer Mike Vrabel will interview the Patriots for their head coaching vacancy, via NFL Media.
The Patriots quickly fired first-year coach Jerod Mayo after Sunday’s win over the Bills. The Patriots followed the Rooney Rule on Tuesday, interviewing a pair of minority candidates, Byron Leftwich and Pep Hamilton.
Vrabel could be interviewed and hired on the spot, if both parties are ready and willing to make a deal.
The 49-year-old Vrabel was a third-round pick of the Steelers in 1997. He signed with the Patriots as a free agent in 2001 and spent eight seasons in New England. He was traded to the Chiefs in 2009.
Vrabel started his coaching career right after his playing retirement. He coached the Titans from 2018 to 2023. After six years, the dysfunctional Titans did what dysfunctional teams do and fired Vrabel.
Vrabel spent 2024 as a consultant with the Browns. His contract expired last week, a development that led to a headline that reminded everyone he was in the game. And it definitely is. He could probably get any of the current vacancies he wanted, if he wanted any of them.
The Patriots may believe they have to get an ASAFP deal done, especially with the Raiders firing Antonio Pierce. Raiders minority owner Tom Brady and Vrabel are good friends. And that could lead to a tug-of-war between Brady and Patriots owner Robert Kraft — one that could test the limits of Brady’s status as Kraft’s unofficial fifth son.
