Around 10:30 on Sunday morning, arguably the worst kept secret in Patriots history was finally revealed from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport. The Patriots are hiring team Hall of Famer Mike Vrabel as the franchise’s 16th head coach. One week after firing Jerod Mayo less than an hour after the regular season finale, another former linebacker is now tasked with bringing the team back to relevance. There’s several…

Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that Tom Brady has reached out to Bill Belichick to gauge his interest in coaching the Las Vegas Raiders. Brady is a minority owner of the Raiders who fired Antonio Pierce on Tuesday. According to Pelissero, Brady isn’t the only one who has reached out to Belichick. Multiple teams have since he was hired by North Carolina.  “Multiple NFL…

By Alan Segel NEFJ Contributor FOXBOROUGH – The late Harry Truman, our 33rd president, had a saying ‘the buck stops here.’ On Monday, in the wake of Jerod Mayo being fired as Patriots head coach, ‘Give ’em Hell, Harry’ would have been proud of Patriots owner Robert Kraft. “This whole situation is on me,” is what Robert Kraft said at the very beginning of his remarks Monday during a press…

FOXBOROUGH – Less than one calendar year. That’s how long it took to go from Bill Belichick, to Jerod Mayo, to 4-13 twice, to another search for a head coach. After the unnecessary win and then stunningly abrupt firing of Mayo on Sunday night, it was a strange feeling inside Gillette Stadium on a bitterly cold and blustery Monday. The finality of the 4-13 season had set in a few…