Mike Vrabel didn’t come out and say it. But over his introductory press conference Monday, Vrabel did mention Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf six times, and in doing so hinted at a future where Wolf keeps a leadership role in the team’s front office.

Vrabel reunites with his former NFL team after more than a decade, taking over the helm of the organization for which he played eight years from 2001 to ‘08. During the presser,

It was clear to me, and to my family, and my soul that this was the place that I wanted to be,” Vrabel says at introductory press conference Monday