Any NFL team travels as far as its quarterback takes them. It's not rocket science. But as Bill Belichick would say, "it is what it is". And that is NFL reality. An NFL quarterback is like the engine in a car: if it performs, you'll move forward; if not, you'll stall.
The Patriots' new Head Coach, Mike Vrabel, assumed a massive undertaking. He inherited arguably the worst roster in the NFL, and he was probably expected to perform a miracle and immediately transform it into a Tom Brady-like winner. Not so fast!
Vrabel knew he had a whale of a job on his hands to transform a bottom-of-the-NFL roster into a playoff team.