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The Patriots were quiet during the trade deadline and didn’t add to their roster. A report surfaced that indicated the Tennessee Titans — Mike Vrabel’s former team — might have been unwilling to do business with New England. It also noted that Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk didn’t feel “inclined to help” Vrabel’s new team due to how things ended in Tennessee. “I haven’t talked to Amy since the day she fired me,” the Vrabel said during his weekly appearance on WEEI. “So her name and my name should not be in the same sentence together because I haven’t talked to her since the day she fired me.” The Titans fired Vrabel in 2024 after six seasons as their coach. He served as a coaching and personnel assistant for the Cleveland Browns before he was hired by the Patriots in January 2025. The Patriots’ decision to stand pat at the deadline simply came down to the team not wanting to add players for the sake of adding them, Vrabel noted. “There were conversations about different things, and those things didn’t work out,” Vrabel said. “Just decided that it wasn’t the right thing for us, and that’s kind of where it was.” New England’s first game post-trade deadline resulted in a 28-23 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to remain undefeated on the road, move to 8-2 and still sit atop the AFC East standings.
