Patriots Join NFL Competition Committee—What Game-Changing Plans Are They Brewing?
One of the NFL’s most important committees will have a New England Patriots presence this season. Head coach Mike Vrabel was recently announced as a new addition to the league’s competition committee, which is at the forefront of modifying rules.
Vrabel was added to the group earlier this month alongside Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton. This week, two more of their peers — Minnesota’s Kevin O’Connell and Houston’s DeMeco Ryans — were added as well.
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For Vrabel, this is not an unfamiliar position to be in. He already served on the competition committee during his time as head coach of the Tennessee Titans.
The Patriots organization, meanwhile, has not been represented on the committee in recent history. In fact, longtime head coach Bill Belichick was a vocal critic of its workings for years, and frequently at odds with the group’s interpretation of rules and vision for the game (particularly under former co-chairman Jeff Fisher).
That battle will seemingly be a thing of the past now.
The full committee, according to the NFL, now looks as follows:
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