Titans Head Coach Reveals Why He FaceTimed Tom Brady, Julian Edelman

The New England Patriots may lose their star quarterback this offseason. Tom Brady will enter the open market for the first time in his career. Where will Brady go? Is he interested in signing with the Tennessee Titans? Titans head coach Mike Vrabel FaceTimed Brady and Julian Edelman during the Syracuse-North Carolina basketball game last weekend.

Vrabel appeared on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football,” and talked about this convo.

“It would be no different than a conversation you would have with two of your (friends) on a weekend,” said Vrabel. “And listen, my relationship goes back to 2001 with Tom Brady and training camp at (Bryant College in) Rhode Island (and) Parente’s. We’d go practice, and a bunch of us would go to the bar at Parente’s after practice, and that’s where a lot of those friendships were made. And those friendships aren’t going to stop or not continue to grow and develop now that I’m a head coach and he’s a quarterback with an expiring contract. Those are going to continue on well after he’s done playing — with his family, with my family.

“And having the ability to meet Jules and all those players, there’s a special bond that goes on in the locker room, and that’s not going to stop, the same way that Larry Izzo or Tedy Bruschi or Willie McGinest or Wes Welker and Matt Cassel and I will have a relationship.”

The Titans head coach may snatch TB12

The Titans are considered a front-runner to sign the Patriots quarterback. They will do this if head coach Bill Belichick doesn’t give Brady a good deal.

The Titans lost the AFC Championship Game to the Kansas City Chiefs. This means that Vrabel and general manager Jon Robinson may be interested in making some changes. Will they eliminate Ryan Tannehill?

“You mentioned both (impending free agent running back) Derrick (Henry) and Ryan, and those two players were a large part of our success,” Vrabel said on “Good Morning Football.” “They helped us get to where we were. It wasn’t good enough, but we always recognize those players who help us get to where we are. And obviously, the business of football to me is that every day, Jon and I are trying to look for players that are younger and cheaper, and the players in those seats are doing everything that they possibly can to make sure that doesn’t happen. And I recognize that that’s what the definition of the business of football is to me. I recognized it in my (playing) career and obviously see it in the same sense as a head coach.”