Out of all the changes in the past year for the New England Patriots, the departure of Nick Caserio is one of the most crucial.
Caserio was the team’s director of player personnel and he spent two decades putting together units that accumulated six Super Bowl wins in nine appearances. He was Bill Belichick’s right-hand man and his institutional knowledge is invaluable. Now, Caserio’s with the Houston Texans and Dave Ziegler has to step up in likely the most difficult offseason since Tom Brady was drafted.
Ziegler has spent the last eight seasons with the Patriots and most recently in the assistant director of player personnel role.