Mike Vrabel Announces Who to Blame For Patriots Loss After Confirming Stance on Drake Maye

“We had too many missed opportunities, too many penalties, the turnover… and things that just – (we) didn’t take advantage of bad football. And (we had) bad football ourselves.” The Patriots didn’t just lose 20-13 in their home field against the Raiders. For HC Mike Vrabel and QB Drake Maye, the loss exposed all the areas they still need to improve on. Vrabel realized that the pursuit of perfection has to be stopped.

And with the Week 2 matchup against the Dolphins now looming ahead, Vrabel knows the first thing he must work on: the run game.

As Mike Vrabel phrased it, “To have a successful offensive play it takes everybody… Bottom line is we have to run the ball better. We have to run it more efficiently. I think that opens up some of the stuff that we’re doing and can do, and want to be able to do.” But aside from this, there’re big areas of improvement he wants to see in his QB1 as well.

#Patriots HC Mike Vrabel on the run game:

“To have a successful offensive play it takes everybody… Bottom line is we have to run the ball better. We have to run it more efficiently. I think that opens up some of the stuff that we’re doing and can do, and want to be able to do.” pic.twitter.com/Hf20IesHpd

— Carlos A. Lopez (@LosTalksPats) September 8, 2025

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