Mike Vrabel got the best of both worlds on Sunday afternoon.
His team pushed its record to 4-2, winning a one-score game in New Orleans, 25-19 . But the Patriots also played a decidedly imperfect game, giving Vrabel and his staff all the ammunition they'll need to coach their players hard in the upcoming week ahead of a trip to Tennessee.
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"We will never," Vrabel told his team after the game , "ever get to the point where we're not gonna celebrate [expletive] wins, you hear me? But I like where we're headed, where we can sit there and say we can play so much better.
"You guys are already thinking like that. I can tell that you're not satisfied. But I'm still gonna demand that you celebrate this [expletive] for