Bill O'Brien wasn't a fan of the sports-radio discourse over Drake Maye's absence from Mike Vrabel's press conference.

"I want to galvanize our football team. I want to galvanize this building. I want to galvanize our fans," he said.

On Sunday, Robert Kraft hired Mike Vrabel to be the 16th head coach in franchise history, according to multiple sources. Vrabel, 49, returns to a place where he played for eight seasons under Bill Belichick, won three Super Bowls, was voted an All-Pro and became a Patriots Hall of Famer.

On Wednesday, O’Brien made his appearance on the first show of The Bill O’Brien Podcast With Jon Meterparel of 2025. In the episode, the 55-year-old spoke on the future and shared his idea of what steps the team has to take to get to where it wants to be.

Now, with O’Brien revitalizing BC and Vrabel looking to do the same with the Patriots, the area’s most prominent football teams are led by men who bonded in Foxborough.

Vrabel said on sports radio WEEI that he has a "long list" and confirmed it includes former Las Vegas Raiders head coach and Patriots coordinator Josh McDaniels, who still lives in the region and last worked with the Patriots in 2021 when he worked wonders with then-rookie Mac Jones.

After a wild card weekend with a few surprises and a bunch of blowouts, the NFL playoffs move to the divisional round with

Boston sports talk host Michael Felger doesn’t care if Drake Maye was getting engaged in Mexico. He’s still ripping the New England Patriots quarterback for missing Mike Vrabel’s introductory press conference.