Patriots coach Mike Vrabel reacts to facing Titans for first time since firing
Mike Vrabel is no longer the last head coach to be fired by the Titans Related Articles How Mike Vrabel reacted to officiating in Patriots win over Saints How Patriots Drake Maye impressed Mike Vrabel before Saints win Callahan Mike Vrabel s Patriots pass another big test as rising playoff contenders Patriots NFL bureaucrats react to bizarre pass interference penalty Will Campbell enjoys return home to Louisiana in Patriots - win But that won t make his return Sunday to Tennessee any less intriguing A day after the Patriots held off New Orleans - 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 several people that I haven t seen in a insufficient years that helped us win players and staff Vrabel noted 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 - Patriots against the - Titans Vrabel spoke roughly an hour before the Titans fired his successor Brian Callahan after a year and a half Vrabel went - over his final season in Tennessee where he was fired in Jan Over six seasons Vrabel finished - as the Titans head coach and won two division titles He also clinched a Wild Card playoff berth in when Tennessee made a run to the AFC Championship Battle and beat the Patriots along the way Two years later he was named the NFL s Coach of the Year Vrabel also minimized the expected storylines this week during a Monday morning interview on WEEI Patriots veterans are already echoing Vrabel s message starting with veteran center Garrett Bradbury It doesn t matter what you did the last evening you have to have a good in the present day That s kind of the message Coach Vrabel shares Bradbury declared as transcribed by ESPN We have a lot of guys former Tennessee people in this building so there will be a little extra for them But as players we have to show up and execute
