It's been an eventful offseason for Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, who is entering his second season. In the past few months, the Patriots hired a new

The New England Patriots are charting a new course, and the changes are coming fast. Just one year after Jerod Mayo stepped into Bill Belichick’s shoes, Mike Vrabel is taking the helm in New England.

This could be a future-altering offseason for the New England Patriots. We thought they had the successor to Bill Belichick in Jarod Mayo, but that lasted just one season. Now the Patriots have turned to Mike Vrabel to clean things up.

I think that is what his staple was, what he left on the organization." The post Drake Maye believes Bill Belichick’s impact is still felt with Patriots appeared first on Boston.com.

New England Patriots second-year quarterback Drake Maye and Bill Belichick share some connections. They never spent time together in Foxborough, but now Maye represents the team Belichick coached for 24 seasons and the coach is taking over the quarterback's alma mater, North Carolina.

And he’s already hopped to work reshaping the Patriots’ coaching staff. He hired Josh McDaniels, who was the Pats OC when Vrabel played there in the late 2000s, to do that job for New England once again. He also brought in Terrell Williams to run the defense after working with him in Tennessee.

Mike Vrabel changing the New England Patriots defense puts $6.7 million free agent, San Francisco 49ers LB Dre Greenlaw, on the radar.

No one performed better in this poll than Mike Vrabel, but Ben Johnson and Pete Carroll still drew rave reviews.

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has the final say on roster moves, based on the team releasing linebacker Sione Takitaki

Despite the Patriots notching just a 4-13 record last season, Maye finished his rookie campaign throwing for 2,276 yards, scoring 17 total touchdowns, and being named a Pro Bowl alternate. Under new head coach Mike Vrabel and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, many expect him to make a sizeable Year 2 leap.