Four years after being named the AP coach of the year with the Titans, Patriots coach Mike Vrabel could be in line to win the award again.

He has a chance to bolster his case on Thursday night, when New England hosts the Jets.

Via NBC Sports research, Vrabel can become only the sixth coach since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to win eight or more games in a row in his first season with a team.

The others who accomplished that feat were Colts coach Jim Caldwell (14 in a row in 2009), 49ers coach Steve Mariucci (11 in a row in 1997), Chiefs coach Andy Reid (nine in a row in 2013), Colts coach Ted Marchibroda (nine in a row in 1975), and 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh (eight in a row in 2011).

Marchibroda and Harbaugh each won coach of the year to cap the respective seasons.

Vrabel currently is a +120 favorite to win the official coach of the year prize, followed by Colts coach Shane Steichen (+175) and Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald (+350).