After the Patriots let go of Belichick and Pellegrino, Vrabel has worked quickly to bring in multiple defensive coaches. Booker coached safeties in Tennessee. The Patriots also added Kevin Richardson II, who was an assistant defensive backs coach at the University of Illinois.

The Miami Dolphins will be facing two new head coaches in the AFC East in the 2025 season: the New England Patriots’ Mike Vrabel and New York Jets’ Aaron Glenn. Interestingly, both coaches are former players for the respective teams that hired them.

Mike Vrabel’s drafting of A.J. Brown in Tennessee has been well documented, but what about the other first-round wide receivers that the Titans whiffed on? WEEI’s Jones and Keefe looked back at the new Patriots coach’s track record.