The Patriots haven't announced if DeMarcus Covington is staying, but it appears they're moving on at defensive coordinator. The post Who people around NFL reportedly think Mike Vrabel’s ‘ideal’ defensive coordinator is for Patriots appeared first on Boston.

Our look at some of the likely candidates to become the Patriots' next offensive and defensive coordinators includes familiar faces.

According to Reiss, sources around the NFL also expect former Titans strength coach Frank Piraino to join Vrabel in New England. Pieraino was the Titans strength and conditioning coach from 2019-2022. In 2023, he became Tennesse’s director of sports performance.

Josh McDaniels and Mike Vrabel were together on what came close to being regarded as the NFL's best team of all-time.

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has been on the job for a week and is ramping up his efforts to build out his coaching staff in Foxboro.

The New England Patriots may be closing in on bringing back another familiar face. They hired Mike Vrabel to be their new head coach on January 12 after he played for them from 2001-08 and they might be bringing back Josh McDaniels to be their offensive coordinator.

Just one year after the Patriots promoted Jerod Mayo to head coach, they were already looking for his successor: Mayo was fired shortly after his team’s 4-13 season concluded, making him just the second head coach in franchise history to go one-and-done.