The Patriots turned to Vrabel after their quick coaching search wrapped up just seven days after the team fired Jerod Mayo.

The fact that Vrabel was available made the best choice an easy one. Kraft hasn’t run an actual coaching search since 1997 ...

This is a defining moment, one Kraft needs to align more with boldly stealing Bill Belichick from the Jets than pushing Mayo ...

He fired Mayo, his hand-picked successor to Bill Belichick, and leapt back into the unknown; a leap that left the rest of the ...

Here we are — one year, one overmatched one-and-done Belichick successor, and you’re right back where you started from last ...

The New England Patriots fired former head coach Jerod Mayo just hours after their season-ending victory over the ...

Kraft did the only thing he could do after the Jerod Mayo firing. He took blame for the "situation" and set out to fix his ...

New England Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft formally introduced Patriots legend Mike Vrabel as the franchise’s 16th ...

When Robert Kraft hired Jerod Mayo a year ago, he felt he’d identified the right person to follow Bill Belichick.

Robert Kraft said he put Jerod Mayo in an "untenable" situation with the Patriots, but the owner still felt that he had to ...

Mayo, named Bill Belichick’s successor a year ago, was fired on Sunday after the Patriots’ 23-16 win over the Bills in the ...

Watch Patriots CEO and chairman Robert Kraft's press conference after decision to fire New England head coach Jerod Mayo.