Mike Vrabel took the Patriots' Head Coaching job and a major role in personnel, in part, due to having a great young quarterback on hand in Drake Maye. That was the good news. The bad news was that not much else was in very good shape on the roster at all. In fact, it was considered by some to be the NFL's worst. Welcome back to Foxborough, Coach Vrabel.
Not surprisingly, Vrabel ferociously attacked the task of restructuring the Patriots' roster, just as he used to attack NFL quarterbacks. In stark contrast to the amateurish 2024 offseason, Vrabel pursued established NFL talent in free agency, drafted brilliantly, and signed several top-level undrafted free agents as well.