The Patriots have recorded only eight wins across the last two seasons and secured consecutive top-5 draft picks. Mike Vrabel returns as head coach with a proven run-first approach and a reputation for instilling discipline and reducing mistakes. Vince Wilfork expects Vrabel to rebuild team culture and believes the organization can improve significantly in one season. The roster now contains young talent that must be molded around quarterback Drake Maye, whose leadership in his second year will be critical. Projected improvement centers on better coaching, fewer errors, and Maye embracing his role as the franchise face.
I think with [Mike] Vrabel coming back, and with his roots, you have to understand what he brings to the table," Wilfork said during a recent interview with NBC Sports Boston. "He's done it before in Tennessee. When he became the head coach and left Houston, all he had was [Derrick Henry] and he ran the ball and they got to the AFC championship. He put that organization together, and I can see the same thing here. I think he's going to come in and put us back together. I'm not saying we're going to win the Super Bowl the first year, but I definitely think we do have 7, 8, 9, 10 wins. I think we're going to shock a lot of people this year.
It's going to happen, because you've got to understand Drake is saying to himself, 'Hey, I'm still only in my second year in'," Wilfork said. "I'm still young. But he has a head coach that's telling him, 'No, no, no,' you are the future of this franchise. You are our face, so you have to just because of your position. I think he'll learn that. I don't think he'll lack in that area, but it's learning how to. Once you learn how to to and how to go about it,
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