Finding some help for Vrabel

Does Ben Johnson give you any Adam Gase vibes? Offensive scheme genius, offensive coordinator experience with no head coach experience, odd/unique personality. Not saying he will turn out like Gase but I thought there were similarities. I can’t remember if Gase’s offenses were top 5 like Johnson but I thought he had some good offenses in Denver. – Dan Kim

I don’t see many similarities between the two at all. Gase’s success as offensive coordinator in Denver came during Peyton Manning’s record-breaking season in 2013. When he was in Chicago in 2015 the Bears struggled, finishing 18^th in offense. As for personality traits, Johnson has a reputation for being demanding of the players, but I haven’t heard or seen anything out of the ordinary. Johnson’s work in Detroit, with Jared Goff as his quarterback, has been much more impressive than anything done by Gase. Obviously, you never know how a coordinator is going to fare as a head coach until he gets that opportunity. Some like Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan have worked well. Others like Kliff Kingsbury and Gase did not. We’ll see how it goes for Johnson.

I trust Robert Kraft’s desire to fix it 100 percent but does the organizational decision making since 2019 and the loss of the No. 1 pick give you any doubts that they are able to execute the fixing even if Maye proves to be a legit starter in this league? – Frank Goremann

My confidence in the organization stems from more than two decades of success, and I believe they can get back to that level in time. Certainly, there have been several missteps in the recent past that have caused all of us to have some concern. But trying to fix one of them immediately by moving on from Jerod Mayo and hiring Mike Vrabel is definitely a move in the right direction. And I’m not overly worried about moving from No. 1 to 4 in the draft. The important thing is picking good players to help the team, regardless of draft position.

I am surprised that the…