The introduction of new head coach Mike Vrabel was the biggest event in town on Monday, and one attended by multiple members of the New England Patriots organization. Among them was the team’s longest-tenured player, long snapper Joe Cardona.
For Cardona, who had a front-row seat next to center David Andrews, Vrabel will be the third head coach in as many years. Unlike the previous two — Bill Belichick and Jerod Mayo — the team’s newest hire brings an element of the unknown, even though he spent eight years as a player in New England in the 2000s.