The Miami Dolphins will be facing two new head coaches in the AFC East in the 2025 season: the New England Patriots’ Mike Vrabel and New York Jets’ Aaron Glenn. Interestingly, both coaches are former players for the respective teams that hired them.
Vrabel spent six seasons as the head coach of the Tennessee Titans, accruing a 54-45 record. He led the Titans to three playoff appearances, two AFC South titles, and a run to the AFC Championship in 2019. He will now coach the team he won three Super Bowls with during his playing career as a linebacker.
Glenn, a former NFL cornerback, spent the last four years on Dan Campbell’s staff as the Detroit Lions’ defensive coordinator.
After playing a major role in bringing the Lions from the bottom of the standings to championship contenders, Glenn takes over as the Jets head coach, the team he played for during the first eight years in the NFL. Glenn reportedly called the opportunity in New York his “dream job.”
While the Buffalo Bills have reigned over the AFC East in recent seasons, the Dolphins haven’t faced much of a battle for a second place. Which of these two teams with new coaches is the bigger threat of causing a paradigm shift in the near future?
The case for the Patriots
Vrabel is a proven coach who’s had success in the NFL. Vrabel’s Titans produced winning records in his first four years as a head coach until their championship window closed and the franchise entered a rebuild.
Now he’s joining a Patriots team that is a couple years into its rebuild and selected a quarterback of the future, Drake Maye, with the No. 3 selection in last year’s draft. They also have some established talent on defense including cornerbacks Christian Gonzalez and Marcus Jones, and defensive end Keion White.
The Patriots are currently projected to have the most cap space in the 2025 offseason with more than $120 million. New England has a chance to fill out its roster this offseason, giving Maye more help on offense while establishing Vrabel’s vision on defense.
New England is well set up in April too with the No. 4 pick in the 2025 NFL draft along with a second-rounder and two thirds.
While the Patriots aren’t quite done with their rebuild, Vrabel’s experience and success as a head coach could spur a quick shift in the team’s mindset and yield a winning culture.
The case for the Jets
Glenn is taking over a Jets team that was expected to be a playoff contender last season with Aaron Rodgers…
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