The New England Patriots aren’t messing around. Mike Vrabel doesn’t like losing, and he’s looking forward to turning the team around overnight. Of course, he knows that good football teams are built in the trenches,

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel met with the media in Indianapolis, IN ahead of the NFL Draft Combine, and shared his desire for his new organization to be aggressive this free agency cycle.

Big name free agents and trade candidates are being connected to the Patriots, including Ronnie Stanley, D.K. Metcalf, and Jamien Sherwood.

Well, I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t have wanted to be the head coach here if I wasn’t comfortable in my impact on the roster,” Vrabel told reporters ( via Doug Kyed of the Boston Herald ). “So we want to continue to have great conversations with the personnel staff,

Patrick Stewart, the Patriots' director of pro personnel for the past two seasons, will be hired as general manager of Nebraska's football program, sources told ESPN.

Armed with more salary-cap space than any other NFL team, new Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said he's confident that the team will "be aggressive" in free agency.

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