{"id":694708,"date":"2026-01-21T21:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/694708\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:35:17","slug":"mike-vrabel-announces-bad-news-for-drake-maye-as-patriots-hc-confirms-tricks-up-his-sleeves-vs-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/694708\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Vrabel Announces Bad News For Drake Maye as Patriots HC Confirms Tricks Up His Sleeves vs. Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After handling business against the Houston Texans, the Drake Maye-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/category\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/\" 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> have been dealt a massive blow to their offense. With the Denver Broncos up next in the AFC Championship game, head coach Mike Vrabel shared an update on wide receiver Mack Hollins, who has missed the last four games.<\/p>\n<p>In his recent press conference, Vrabel confirmed that the veteran wideout will remain on the injury reserve as he continues to recover from an abdominal injury. NBCS Boston\u2019s Phill Perry confirmed the development.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike Vrabel says Mack Hollins won\u2019t be activated off IR today,\u201d Perry reported on X. \u201cToday is the first day Hollins is eligible to practice after missing the last four games with an abdomen injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hollins had 46 catches for 550 yards and two touchdowns in 15 regular-season appearances after signing a two-year contract with the Patriots this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated soon.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/nfl-active-news-patriots-mike-vrabel-announces-bad-news-for-drake-maye-as-patriots-hc-confirms-tricks-up-his-sleeves-vs-broncos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mike Vrabel Announces Bad News For Drake Maye as Patriots HC Confirms Tricks Up His Sleeves vs. Broncos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mike Vrabel Announces Bad News For Drake Maye as Patriots HC Confirms Tricks Up His Sleeves vs. Broncos<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EssentiallySports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EssentiallySports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After handling business against the Houston Texans, the Drake Maye-led New England Patriots have been dealt a massive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[427,258,833,7,253,9228,838,249,6,11191,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-694708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-commanders","9":"tag-denver-broncos","10":"tag-drake-maye","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-houston-texans","13":"tag-mack-hollins","14":"tag-mike-vrabel","15":"tag-new-england-patriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-usa-today-sports","18":"tag-washington","19":"tag-washington-commanders","20":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115935243667192994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694708","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=694708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}