How Mike Vrabel Turned the Patriots Around
Heed the Call NFL Podcast with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
4.9 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler are back for more Super Bowl LX coverage! First, Marc Sessler plays trivia before we catch up on some news. Then, The Athletic's Chad Graff joins to break down how Mike Vrabel was able to turn the Patriots from a team picking in the top five in the draft to Super Bowl contender just 10 months later. After that, Brian Baldinger stops by to preview Super Bowl LX.
0:00 Super Bowl Week
1:55 Super Bowl Trivia!
11:57 NFL News Catch-Up
14:36 Roger Goodell on Steve Tisch
19:14 Maye-nard, Massachusetts
20:55 Mike Vrabel Dong Update
22:51 Meanwhile in Hell…
30:24 Chad Graff joins!
31:21 How Mike Vrabel turned the Patriots around
49:02 Brian Baldinger joins!
51:06 Patriots Spotlight
55:50 Seahawks Spotlight
1:03:58 Wrap Up
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| 0:27.3 | Thank you. Hey, welcome to heed the call, an NFL podcast. |
| 0:49.9 | Midway through Super Bowl week. Getting closer to Patriots, Seahawks. |
| 1:00.8 | Yeah, that is the Super Bowl. |
| 1:02.6 | Crazy. |
| 1:03.1 | Dan Hanzas, Mark Sessler, Justin Graver, on the ones and twos. |
| 1:09.5 | Another big one today, Mark. |
| 1:11.3 | We have, you know, we covered the Seahawks side of things with Michael Sean Dugar on our |
| 1:16.9 | Monday program. |
| 1:18.1 | Today we're blessed to have Chad Graff, who covers the Patriots beautifully for the |
| 1:22.5 | athletic. |
| 1:23.1 | So we're going to talk about the New England side of things. |
| 1:25.1 | We also have our good buddy baldy chiming in somewhere deep in the Cayman Islands, perhaps, to give his thoughts on Super Bowl 60. |
| 1:34.6 | It's going to be a fun one. Yeah, equal time to both teams. That's how we operate with a little |
| 1:39.2 | dash of baldy on top. And like, we don't know what he's up to. He's an adventure seeker. He's a man that we |
| 1:45.4 | all wish we could be. I think it's one of those things. Let's be very clear about it. |
| 1:51.1 | Mark, you know, I've thought about as we get into things today, we play a lot of games, |
| 1:57.5 | a lot of competitions on the show. And there is a, there is a through line that typically you don't come out on top in these competitions. |
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