{"id":26352,"date":"2025-01-15T09:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=26352"},"modified":"2025-01-15T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T09:04:26","slug":"news-patriots-mike-vrabel-shockingly-doesnt-refuse-trade-for-aj-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=26352","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Patriots&#8217; Mike Vrabel shockingly doesn&#8217;t refuse trade for AJ Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>A new era has arrived for the New England Patriots as Mike Vrabel has taken over as the franchise&#8217;s head coach after they parted ways with Jerod Mayo after just one season.<\/p>\n<p>Vrabel \u2013 formerly the head coach of the Tennessee Titans \u2013 would not be opposed to a reunion with AJ Brown, the top wide receiver from his time in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, we&#8217;ll see\u2026I&#8217;m proud of his development, his personal development. And working on himself\u2026He&#8217;s a passionate player, and I love him to death. And I have a very, very close relationship with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown, who was traded from the Titans to the Philadelphia Eagles before the 2022 season, has only failed to cross the 1,000-yard receiving threshold one time throughout his six seasons in the NFL. In 2021 \u2013 when Vrabel led the Titans to the No. 1 seed in the AFC \u2013 Brown only recorded 869 yards receiving and five touchdowns, a career-low season in both categories, off 63 receptions.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has been a valuable piece of the Eagles&#8217; offense throughout the 2024-25 campaign, catching 67 passes, making him the favorite target of quarterback Jalen Hurts, for 1,079 yards and seven touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>As the Patriots look to get back to being a perennial contender in the AFC, Brown could be the type of player to help expedite the process.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who will be Mike Vrabel&#8217;s OC in New\u00a0<\/strong>England?<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Related New England Patriots NewsArticle continues below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3209841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3209841\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike-Vrabel-l-and-his-wife-Jennifer-r-pose-for-a-photo-with-New-England-Patriots.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike-Vrabel-l-and-his-wife-Jennifer-r-pose-for-a-photo-with-New-England-Patriots.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike-Vrabel-l-and-his-wife-Jennifer-r-pose-for-a-photo-with-New-England-Patriots.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike-Vrabel-l-and-his-wife-Jennifer-r-pose-for-a-photo-with-New-England-Patriots.jpg?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike-Vrabel-l-and-his-wife-Jennifer-r-pose-for-a-photo-with-New-England-Patriots.jpg?resize=1024,574 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike-Vrabel-l-and-his-wife-Jennifer-r-pose-for-a-photo-with-New-England-Patriots.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"Patriots' Mike Vrabel shockingly doesn't refuse trade for AJ Brown\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3209841\">Eric Canha-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With their new head coach in place, who will be at the helm of the Patriots offense when the 2025 season begins?<\/p>\n<p>Vrabel confirmed on WEEI that Josh McDaniels, who has been an assistant in New England previously, is on the list of candidates for the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a long list,\u201d Vrabel said. \u201cThere\u2019s a long list, and, you know \u2013 I\u2019ve had a relationship with Josh, and I\u2019ve had relationships with other offensive coaches and defensive coaches that we\u2019re going to interview and wanna bring in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McDaniels could be a good option as the Patriots try to establish a new offensive identity.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Vrabel, the new head coach of the New England Patriots, would not say no to a reunion with Eagles receiver AJ Brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[778,779],"class_list":["post-26352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-aj-brown","tag-mike-vrabel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NEWS: Patriots&#039; 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