Getty Mike Vrabel head coach of the New England Patriots. Everything was supposed to be different for the New England Patriots this year. After winning their record sixth Super Bowl in 18 years to cap off the 2018 season, the Patriots have made a rapid descent into irrelevance. Outside of 2021 when they won 10 games and squeezed into the playoffs thanks to the addition of a seventh playoff berth in each conference the previous year, New England has not staged a single winning campaign. In 2023