New England Patriots - NESN.com
Josh McDaniels is expected to do things a bit differently during his third stint with the New England Patriots.
Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard believes that, anyway, as he shared pertinent information regarding the retread offensive coordinator that helped paint the picture of why he was hired for another go-round at One Patriot Place.
McDaniels’ system supposedly has been tweaked thanks to experience working with the Kansas City Chiefs, (possibly) the Los Angeles Rams and others during his season “away” from the NFL.
“What you’ll hear talking to people who know Josh… they basically say, ‘I don’t think you can comprehend the amount of work that Josh has put in this past year.’ I mean, he’s been a bunch of places — including the Chiefs,” Bedard said on CLNS’ “Greg Bedard Patriots Podcast.” “He spent time with the Chiefs, he spent a lot of time in college football, I think he spent time with the Rams, the Browns I would imagine. I’m sure it’s gonna come out at some point all the places he’s been…
“Everybody’s like, ‘Wait until you see it.’ There’s gonna be a lot of the bare bones of it. Normally the way Josh operates is they start very basic and then they start moving, but one person was basically like over the moon… Here’s a quote from one person, “People don’t understand how much work Josh did last season. All the places he went, how much he studied. He’s added — tinkered with mobile quarterbacks, space, movement plays, motions, and all kinds of (expletive). Add in the new viewpoints from the staff… This has the potential to be really cool.’ People are — they said basically be prepared to be a little bit shocked.”
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and Rams head coach Sean McVay are perhaps the two most respected offensive minds in football, so that’s a decent place to start.
The Patriots are hoping that new systems, concepts and tweaks to what traditionally has worked for the 48-year-old are enough to launch Drake Maye to another level in his second season.
It’s up for debate whether those tweaks, as well as some major roster movement, will be enough, however.
