The latest update from ESPN's Mike Reiss suggests Mike Vrabel might keep Patriots special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer ...

Mike Vrabel is returning to the Patriots, the same franchise he won three Super Bowls with as a player in the 2000s. Vrabel has been hired as New England's next head coach, replacing Jerod Mayo.

Less than two hours after the game ended, they fired Jerod Mayo after just one season ... as the franchise announced on Sunday that they had hired Mike Vrabel to be their 16th head coach.