There's no guarantee New England Patriots returning starter Kyle Dugger will trot out with the first-teamer to begin the season. Mike Vrabel confirmed Wednesday that the veteran safety has been relegated to reps with the 2s while recovering from offseason ankle surgery that perhaps has stunted his development against others vying for snaps.

Changes to the lineup are inevitable when a team makes a coaching change and one of the potential tweaks in New England involves safety Kyle Dugger.

Dugger, who signed a big contract extension last year, has seen his reps with the starters decrease recently. The post What Mike Vrabel said about Kyle Dugger working with the backups in practice appeared first on Boston.