The Patriots are scheduled to interview former linebacker Mike Vrabel for their head coaching job on Thursday, NFL Media first reported. Vrabel, who spent 2018 to 2023 as the Titans’ head coach, is one of the top candidates in this hiring cycle and an option the Patriots were expected to pursue since firing Jerod Mayo on Sunday.

When the Patriots kicked off firing season by axing Jerod Mayo the assumption was that room was being made for Mike Vrabel. The former franchise legend’s name was already circulating in coaching rumors,

Mike Florio and Chris Simms take a lap around all the interviews Mike Vrabel has completed or has lined up and spell out why this might be his last chance as an NFL head coach.