Mike Vrabel is no longer the last head coach to be fired by the Titans.

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But that won’t make his return Sunday to Tennessee any less intriguing.

A day after the Patriots held off New Orleans 25-19 for a third straight road win, Vrabel took a peek ahead to their next trip to play the Titans.

“Having spent six years there or seven years there, I think it’ll be nice to see some people that I haven’t seen in a few years that helped us win, players and staff,” Vrabel said Monday. “But we’ve got a huge job to do here as we prepare for them.”

Vrabel downplayed the significance of Sunday’s reunion, which will pit his 4-2 Patriots against the 1-5 Titans. Vrabel spoke roughly an hour before the Titans fired his successor, Brian Callahan, after a year and a half. Vrabel went 6-11

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