Mike VRabel exhibits expectations for Patriots players under his guide
The New England Patriots have won six Super Bowl titles, but, in recent years, the Patriots have undergone more losses than the victories.
The New England has finished four of the last five seasons with a losing record. Mike VRabelwho played Linebacker for the Patriots for eight seasons and won three Super Bowls with the team, now he has the task of shooting the franchise once proud.
During his days of play, VRabel learned what it took to reach great heights the NFL. This week, the first year patriots coach presented some of the expectations he has for players.
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The New England Coach Patriots Mike VRabel discusses the recent additions of free agents of the team with the media at the Gillette Stadium on March 13, 2025. (Eric Canha/Images images)
While the draft of the NFL of 2025 is approaching, the patriots They are starting their out of season program. Some key points of the first formal address of VRabel at the team at the beginning of this week circulated on social media.
Players will have to leave cell phones in their personal bags.
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“We have all cell phones,” said VRabel. “Most of you have more than one, in fact. Leave your cell phone in the bag. You put the phone away.”
The new England coach Patriots Mike Vrabel smiles while he puts himself with the owner of the team Robert Kraft, right, January 13, 2025, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
He also wants players to be punctual. If a player is late, VRabel ordered them to communicate. But he doesn’t even want him to become a habit.
Vrabel therefore asked the players to resist to pulling with hooded sweatshirts over his head during the meetings.
“We are building our identity,” said VRabel. “We are building our team. We are building our program. There will be things within what they are different … And it’s all about how we do the best as you can be an individual, as a player and as a team. This is all our goal, and you have to start understanding this – because we are doing what we are doing.”
Mike VRabel thanks Patriots fans during a celebration of the first half after being introduced to Patriots’ Hall of Fame in 2023 (IMagn)
VRabel also stressed that employees who work in the team headquarters are there to “help” players to be successful, but they are not the “rulers” of athletes.
“I’m here to help you do your job,” said VRabel. “I’m not here to be your waiter, to be your housekeeper, to be your butler. Arrivi where I’m going? We will treat those people with the utmost respect.”
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The Patriots and Bill Belichick agreed to separate in January 2024 after the Patriots only appeared in a playoff game in the four seasons after the release of Tom Brady.
Shortly after the departure of Belichick, Jerrod Mayo was appointed head of the Patriots coach. Mayo was fired after the end of the 2024 season and VRabel took over. VRabel was the Tennessee Titans’ Head Coach since 2018-23 and spent the 2024 season as a consultant with Cleveland Browns.
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