The New England Patriots will have some offensive consistency with Josh McDaniels’ return as offensive coordinator after a whole lot of drama. What did Bill Belichick and the Patriots offer McDaniels so he would back out of the Colts head coaching job at the final minute?
“Belichick told McDaniels that he would spend more time with him on the inner workings of the Patriots, including roster construction and salary-cap management, which was viewed as “extremely valuable” to McDaniels,” Reiss reports. “It is an arrangement that owners Robert and Jonathan Kraft endorsed because it could ultimately be part of a succession plan for Belichick in the future, although no assurances were made to McDaniels.