{"id":867879,"date":"2026-04-16T19:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/867879\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:01:46","slug":"eliot-wolf-reveals-mike-vrabels-involvement-in-patriots-draft-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/867879\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliot Wolf Reveals Mike Vrabel&#8217;s Involvement In Patriots Draft Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been all quiet on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/new-england-patriots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a> front since second-year head coach Mike Vrabel became the subject of some less-than-ideal public attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Executive Vice President of Player Personnel Eliot Wolf was the first member of the organization to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Patriots\/status\/2043750966982279286?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">address the media<\/a> following the Dianna Russini scandal. The press conference spanned 17 minutes, and reporters were friendly to the Patriots\u2019 pseudo-general manager, keeping the questions focused on the football happenings leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>The one question that delved into the Vrabel direction dealt with his involvement with the team during this pivotal juncture in the 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery involved. Business as usual,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cI\u2019d say he\u2019s been in there with us this round, probably a little more than he was in there last year. \u201cHe\u2019s been in there. He\u2019s been contributing. He\u2019s watched a ton of the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly what Patriots fans needed to hear leading into next Thursday\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p>In Vrabel\u2019s first season at the helm, many games were won during the three-day draft. He and Wolf hit on a starting left tackle and left guard, a heavily featured running back, a wide receiver who contributed in packages and on special teams, and a fourth-round safety who led all defensive backs in tackles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a hard performance to follow up, but with higher expectations than last year, everyone in New England\u2019s war room needs to be at the top of their game.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL: <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/new-england-patriots\/news\/patriots-linked-drafting-4-td-te-potential-hunter-henry-replacement\/2f2197285db7c41a76757887\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patriots Linked To Drafting 4-TD TE As Potential Hunter Henry Replacement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been all quiet on the New England Patriots front since second-year head coach Mike Vrabel became&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-867879","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-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-newengland","12":"tag-newenglandpatriots","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116415935937820513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867879","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=867879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}