If there's anybody who knows what it's like to go from worst to first with the Patriots, it's the team's head coach. Mike Vrabel's first year in Foxborough as a player in 2001 was a remarkable story that Julian Edelman could write a Pulitzer novel about, as the Patriots went from a last-place 2000 season to Super Bowl champions.
Fast forward to 2025, and the Patriots are coming off back-to-back 4-13 seasons and a last-place finish in the AFC East in 2024. At the center of the task of revitalizing a broken-down franchise? A man named Mike Vrabel.