The New England Patriots are, in most minds, expected to be better in 2025.

It’d be hard to be much worse than they were in 2023 and 2024, when they went 4-13 in both seasons.

How much better the Patriots will be this year is a debate on many fans’ minds, however.

Mike Vrabel is one of seven new NFL head coaches entering the 2025 campaign and unfortunately for the former linebacker, is in a tough spot, according to ESPN’s Neil Paine.

The sportswriter ranked all seven first-year coaches on Sunday in order of who is in the best position to win with their new group. Vrabel is sixth on the list, only ahead of New Orleans first-year leader Kellen Moore.

“We set out to quantify what kind of situation each of 2025’s new head coaches is walking into,” Paine wrote. “Specifically, we created

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