As clear-cut as the narrative was entering Sunday’s matchup against the Tennessee Titans, Mike Vrabel spent most of the last week downplaying any sort of talk of New England’s Week 7 bout being a “revenge game” on his account.

“We’re not trying to win one for the Gipper here,” Vrabel said earlier this week. “We’re just trying to make sure that these guys are focused on improving, and I think that they are. I think they’re locked in. And hopefully we can get them as prepared as we possibly can between now and Sunday.”

Vrabel’s measured comments stood in stark contrast to the circumstances at play in Nissan Stadium.

Sunday marked Vrabel’s first game back in Tennessee after helping to usher in one of the more fruitful chapters in the Titans’ history — leading them to an AFC title game an

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