There’s not much to criticize about Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel, but claiming he deserves the NFL Coach of the Year award might be stretching it a bit.

Currently, the Patriots have the best record in the NFL at 11-2. However, there’s another coach who’s doing an impressive job, and that’s Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson.

Johnson has led the Bears to the top of the NFC with an impressive 9-3 record. Both he and Vrabel stepped in to lead teams that managed only five wins or fewer last season.

Both head coaches are mentoring second-year quarterbacks whom their teams selected in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft: Caleb Williams for the Bears and Drake Maye for the Patriots.

There are many similarities between the two head coaches. Still, the significant difference is that Vr

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