It was only two years ago that the Patriots were a free agency wasteland — a four-win team with cold weather, no quarterback, and outdated facilities. The Patriots couldn’t give their money away, with Calvin Ridley using the Patriots only for leverage and Brandon Aiyuk refusing a trade to New England.
Nowadays, Eliot Wolf’s recruiting pitch is a lot easier.
“Every free agent kind of says the same thing — I want to play for [Mike] Vrabel, I want to play with Drake [Maye],” said Wolf, the Patriots’ executive vice president of player personnel. “It’s pretty cool.”
Foxborough is still a cold, sleepy town, but Vrabel and Maye have made the Patriots a hot destination again.
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