Arguably the biggest storyline of the Patriots’ offseason and preseason was their succession plan in replacing Josh McDaniels.
New England’s longtime offensive coordinator left to become the head man in Las Vegas, but the Patriots never officially named his replacement.
Instead, Bill Belichick inserted Matt Patricia to become the team’s offensive line coach and appeared to give him offensive play-calling duties in the preseason. He also brought back Joe Judge to be the team’s quarterbacks coach.
Following a rough start for the Patriots’ offense in the preseason, Belichick defended Patricia and Judge in an interview with The Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy.