{"id":187197,"date":"2025-07-07T01:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T01:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/187197\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T01:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T01:25:13","slug":"julian-edelmans-honest-response-on-what-makes-mike-vrabel-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/187197\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Edelman&#8217;s honest response on what makes Mike Vrabel different"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New England Patriots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New England Patriots<\/a> three-time Super Bowl champion Julian Edelman shared his honest thoughts on what sets Mike Vrabel apart from other NFL coaches.<\/p>\n<p>According to Edelman, the Patriots coach is a perfect blend of brawn and brains.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s the rare case of being a tough guy that&#8217;s really smart. It&#8217;s weird. He can alpha you with his presence, but he can also alpha you with his mouthpiece,&#8221; Edelman said on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NztQAKLkx3s?si=fGLo_xOLL-iMVdGW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Herd with Colin Cowherd;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Herd with Colin Cowherd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That tough guy mentality carries over from Vrabel&#8217;s playing days.<\/p>\n<p>The former All-Pro linebacker has been in the huddle for championship games and multiple Super Bowls. He knows the relentless grind it takes to get to the desired result of hoisting a Lombardi Trophy at the end of a season. But he can also balance the physical nature of the sport with a sharp mental approach.<\/p>\n<p>His presence gives the Patriots the best of both worlds. They are going to play a brand of hard-nosed and smart football across the board. That approach led Vrabel to an AFC Championship Game in 2019 and NFL Coach of the Year honors in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, it can take him a step further in New England.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Patriots Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Patriots_Wire?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PatriotsWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Patriots Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/patriotswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/patriots\/2025\/07\/06\/julian-edelman-honest-response-what-makes-mike-vrabel-different\/84484585007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Julian Edelman&#039;s honest response on what makes Mike Vrabel different;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Julian Edelman&#8217;s honest response on what makes Mike Vrabel different<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former New England Patriots three-time Super Bowl champion Julian Edelman shared his honest thoughts on what sets Mike&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,40722,10745,838,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,18359],"class_list":{"0":"post-187197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-honest-thoughts","10":"tag-julian-edelman","11":"tag-mike-vrabel","12":"tag-new-england","13":"tag-new-england-patriots","14":"tag-newengland","15":"tag-newenglandpatriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patriots","18":"tag-the-herd-with-colin-cowherd"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114809348162777789","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}