{"id":9727,"date":"2025-01-09T00:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9727"},"modified":"2025-01-09T00:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:49:35","slug":"adam-schefter-mike-vrabel-absolutely-leading-candidate-for-patriots-head-coach-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9727","title":{"rendered":"Adam Schefter: Mike Vrabel \u2018absolutely\u2019 leading candidate for Patriots head coach job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL insider provides the latest update on New England\u2019s coaching search.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/OfxOnrxsbuUEdh8ys63jVbg2I94=\/0x189:7448x3691\/1200x800\/filters:focal(3186x485:4376x1675)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73835516\/2188247822.0.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Vrabel leading candidate for Patriots head coach job, says Adam  Schefter - Pats Pulpit\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"pCLiA9\">The New England Patriots are currently linked to five head coaching candidates, but one stands out among them as the clear frontrunner \u2014 at least in the eyes of NFL insider Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3EUgYe\">Appearing on WEEI on Wednesday afternoon, Schefter said that Mike Vrabel is \u201cabsolutely the leading candidate\u201d to eventually land the job. Vrabel is scheduled to interview with the Patriots on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"BRZwZp\">\u201cHe is a logical choice, and I think it probably would be a surprise if it didn\u2019t work out,\u201d Schefter said. \u201cBut you can go through any number of coaching searches over time and say, \u2018Well, Josh McDaniels was supposed to get the Colts job, Bill Belichick was supposed to get the Jets job.\u2019 Things happen, and there is a lot of interest in Mike.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tAYhT4\">\u201cDo I think that the Patriots hold a tremendous amount of appeal to him? Yes. Do I think he to them? Yes. Is it logical? Of course. All those things are true, and in the end it probably gets done. But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s done. There are steps to go through, there\u2019s a process that has to be followed. That\u2019s kind of were we at. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be a quick resolution this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"qrZiU4\">Vrabel is a member of the Patriots Hall of Fame and former head coach of the Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL insider provides the latest update on New England\u2019s coaching search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adam Schefter: Mike Vrabel \u2018absolutely\u2019 leading candidate for Patriots head coach job - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9727\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adam Schefter: Mike Vrabel \u2018absolutely\u2019 leading candidate for Patriots head coach job - 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