FOXBOROUGH — Mike Vrabel won three Super Bowl rings as a player for the Patriots. None of those were on his fingers on Monday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

The silliest media exercise this time of year begs the same question of all new NFL head coaches. Did they win the press conference? Obviously, there’s no scoreboard behind the microphone, and no connection between January talking points and September touchdowns.

With its new head coach and rookie quarterback, New England has answers at the two most important positions on the team.