Mike Vrabel interviewed with the Jets, but there was another team also looming to pursue him before the Patriots hired him.

The Patriots struck gold with Mike Vrabel, who tops the ranking of NFL head coaching hires, while the Cowboys fell short with Brian Schottenheimer.

The Dallas Cowboys were reportedly among the teams interested in Mike Vrabel before he became head coach of the New England Patriots. According to

Josh McDaniels is back for a third tour of duty as the Patriots' offensive coordinator, but there are a couple of big differences from his first two stints in New England.

It looks like the former Cowboys coach will be following in the footsteps of previous high-profile sideline bosses, clearing the way for one of his protege.

A few weeks back, right after the NFL season ended, the Dallas Cowboys announced that they were getting rid of their head coach, Mike McCarthy. Prior to joining the Cowboys, McCarthy was coach of the Green Bay Packers, where he won a Super Bowl. He was brought to Dallas to do the same.

"We need the right coach for everybody, on the football field and off the football field,” Cowboys great Michael Irvin said.

And then there were two. The NFL offseason began with six head coaching vacancies and a seventh eventually arose when the Dallas Cowboys elected to not

There are a number of strategic plans that can be devised and executed in the NFL Draft. A year ago, the Rams had the idea to pair Florida State defensive linemen Jared Verse and Braden Fiske to compensate for the singular loss felt from Aaron Donald's retirement.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reportedly cost himself the chance to hire a top NFL head coach with a bizarre decisino.

For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.

The New England Patriots are hiring former Wisconsin football assistant Thomas Brown as their tight ends coach and pass game coordinator, according to NFL insider Tom Pelissero.