When Mike Vrabel took over as New England Patriots head coach in January, the expectation was that he'd make significant changes to "remove entitlement" from a team that had gone 4-13 in back-to-back seasons.
It's safe to say reality has met expectations.
The turnover began at the top, as Vrabel brought in a completely new coaching staff that featured just four holdovers from the Jerod Mayo regime. It continued throughout the offseason, with New England releasing several established veterans, including former captains David Andrews, Ja'Whaun Bentley and most recently Joe Cardona.
After Cardona's release, zero members of the 2018 team that won Super Bowl LIII are still on the roster, while the team's longest-tenured players -- Kyle Dugger, Mike Onwenu and Anfernee Jennings -- were drafted just five years ago (2020).