During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, ESPN's NFL insider Adam Schefter discussed Vrabel's return to the franchise and indicated that executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf was going to report to Vrabel. In short, as Schefter put it, "Vrabes is the man," in New England, when McAfee asked about the front-office hierarchy.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter told the WEEI Afternoon Show on Wednesday that the New England Patriots front office is “there to serve [Mike Vrabel],” and that Eliot Wolf and Vrabel need to “figure out how well they work together,

NFL insider Adam Schefter reveals the new dynamic between new Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and VP of Player personnel Eliot Wolf.