With back-to-back four-win seasons in the rear-view mirror, three-time Super Bowl champion linebacker Mike Vrabel opens his first training camp as New England Patriots head football coach in just over two weeks.
The once-proud Patriots have not won a playoff game since Super Bowl LIII in February of 2019. Since then, New England has hired two new head coaches and gone throug six different starting quarterbacks.
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