Vrabel was hired as the Patriots' new head coach on Sunday.
Amid ongoing rumors that Vrabel and McDaniels could reunite in Foxborough, the ex-Las Vegas Raiders coach’s quote on Vrabel has been making the rounds on social media.
“You were much happier that he was on your team, than not on your team,” McDaniels said of Vrabel on thepodcast in August 2023. “‘Cause if he wasn’t, you thought he was just the biggest a--hole ever. You know what I mean? But, he was our a--hole.” “You were much happier that he was on your team, than not on your team. ‘Cause if he wasn’t, you thought he was just the biggest asshole ever. You know what I mean? But, he was our asshole.”“He had such a good career as a player, he had that kind of confidence… There’s nobody that he pissed off more than Brady,” McDaniels added with a smile.
McDaniels and Vrabel overlapped for nearly a decade in New England starting in 2001, when McDaniels was working his way up from assistant to OC within the Patriots organization while Vrabel played linebacker. In the many years since then, both have tried their hand at respective head coaching stints at different NFL franchises with varying degrees of success.
We’ll see if Vrabel does end up recruiting McDaniels as one of his first of many pivotal decisions as Patriots’ head coach.Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site.
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