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How Brian Hoyer learned to never trash talk new Patriots coach Mike Vrabel

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Patriots center and “The Quick Snap” host David Andrews has never played with or for new head coach Mike Vrabel.

But co-host Brian Hoyer, who played for the Houston Texans in 2015 when Vrabel was the team’s outside linebackers coach, knows the three-time Super Bowl champion-turned-coach well.

His message for players and opposition alike? Don’t get into a war of words with the ultra-competitive Vrabel: “This guy is going to be the alpha dog in the room. That’s just who he was as a player, who he’s been as a coach,” Hoyer said on Episode 22 of “The Quick Snap.