Vrabel, Payton meet again, with Super Bowl on the line

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DENVER -- Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL:

1. Vrabel vs. Payton: In an offseason with 10 teams making a head coaching change, Sunday's AFC Championship Game between the Patriots and Denver Broncos (3 p.m. ET, CBS) highlights two teams that aced their most recent hires. Mike Vrabel vs. Sean Payton is an elite coaching matchup.

Both have earned one Associated Press Coach of the Year Award -- Payton in 2006 with the New Orleans Saints, Vrabel in 2021 with the Tennessee Titans. There are four Super Bowl championships between them -- Payton in 2009 with the Saints, Vrabel's three…