Before the New England Patriots landed on Mike Vrabel to be their new head coach, they apparently could have had their pick of virtually any candidate they wanted because of how appealing the job is right now.
On the latest episode of the Scoop City podcast (starts at 25:35 mark), The Athletic's Dianna Russini said the Patriots' job was ranked as the best available this offseason by people around the NFL and multiple head coaches who are already employed by other teams said they would have liked this gig.
The Patriots didn't exactly conduct an exhaustive search before hiring Vrabel.