Answering questions on free agency, WR targets, who the Patriots could take at No. 4, the AFC East at large, and more.

While the team still isn’t operating with a traditional front-office hierarchy, it doesn’t sound like there will be any power struggle between some of the team’s major voices.

FOXBORO -- The New England Patriots have hired Mike Vrabel to be the team's next head coach. For Vrabel, it's a return to the franchise that he won three Super Bowl titles with as a player. Sources confirmed to WBZ-TV's Dan Roche Sunday morning that the Patriots have hired Vrabel.