Mike Vrabel interviewed with the Jets, but there was another team also looming to pursue him before the Patriots hired him.

Last week, the New England Patriots officially hired Mike Vrabel to be the 16th head coach in their franchise's history, just a week after firing Jerod Mayo. With that change, Vrabel will have the ability to hire his own coaches to work under him,

Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has decided to focus on the 2026 hiring cycle and won't coach in the NFL this season, sources told Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.McCarthy spent the last five seasons with the Cowboys but wasn't able to agree to terms on a new contract with the team after his deal expired at the end of the 2024 campaign.

According to a team release, the Cincinnati Bengals have brought Patriots' offensive line coach Scott Peters onto their staff, along with assistant offensive line coach Michael McCarthy — effectively leaving two more vacancies on New England's offensive staff.

The Dallas Cowboys were reportedly among the teams interested in Mike Vrabel before he became head coach of the New England Patriots. According to

The Dallas Cowboys parted ways with head coach Mike McCarthy in early Jan. 2025 after a tumultuous 7-10 season. After a week of speculation, the veteran coach is reportedly gaining momentum as a potential candidate elsewhere in the NFC.

A few weeks back, right after the NFL season ended, the Dallas Cowboys announced that they were getting rid of their head coach, Mike McCarthy. Prior to joining the Cowboys, McCarthy was coach of the Green Bay Packers, where he won a Super Bowl. He was brought to Dallas to do the same.

Giants coach Brian Daboll faces an uphill battle to keep his job past 2025, his fourth season in East Rutherford. Co-owner John Mara has said he wants immediate significant improvement. And it’s hard to imagine the Giants being any good in 2025 — while playing the NFL’s toughest schedule.

When the Dallas Cowboys announced that they are parting ways with head coach Mike McCarthy after five years when his contract to expire on January 13th, it did

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For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.