With any new coaching staff, there are bound to be big roster decisions made that will be deemed questionable in one way or another. That was expected with the Patriots after five rough years of mediocrity, and Mike Vrabel made it clear he was ready and willing to do whatever he felt was necessary to make the team better.
He made quite a statement early in his tenure by moving on from nearly every tenured Patriot that had previously been a captain, ridding the roster of any player who had been on the team during the tail end of the dynasty years.