Mike Vrabel has done his best all week to downplay the return trip to Tennessee, and playing against the Titans for the first time since being fired by owner Amy Adams Strunk two years ago.

The Patriots coach acknowledges it being an interesting storyline for media types and others. But wouldn’t acknowledge wanting to beat the bag out of his former employer.

That’s fine.

Plenty of Vrabel’s friends know him well enough to know the score.

Matt Cassel played with Vrabel in New England. He was traded with Vrabel to Kansas City. The former Patriots quarterback also played a year in Tennessee, and now makes his home in Nashville.

He has a pretty good idea where things stand with Titans fans, as well as Vrabel when it comes to the Patriots coach returning to Nissan Stadium on Sunday.

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