The fact that Vrabel was available made the best choice an easy one. Kraft hasn’t run an actual coaching search since 1997 ...

The Patriots turned to Vrabel after their quick coaching search wrapped up just seven days after the team fired Jerod Mayo.

This is a defining moment, one Kraft needs to align more with boldly stealing Bill Belichick from the Jets than pushing Mayo ...

Owner Robert Kraft admitted he put Jerod Mayo in an “untenable situation” as the New England Patriots head coach when ...

After trying to move on from the Bill Belichick era, the Patriots are now going right back to a successor much more like him.

Kraft did the only thing he could do after the Jerod Mayo firing. He took blame for the "situation" and set out to fix his ...

When Robert Kraft hired Jerod Mayo a year ago, he felt he’d identified the right person to follow Bill Belichick.

Watch Patriots CEO and chairman Robert Kraft's press conference after decision to fire New England head coach Jerod Mayo.

Robert Kraft said he put Jerod Mayo in an "untenable" situation with the Patriots, but the owner still felt that he had to ...

Mayo, named Bill Belichick’s successor a year ago, was fired on Sunday after the Patriots’ 23-16 win over the Bills in the ...

He fired Mayo, his hand-picked successor to Bill Belichick, and leapt back into the unknown; a leap that left the rest of the ...

New England Patriots' longtime owner Robert Kraft was pointing the finger at himself after another 4-13 season, while ...