Devin McCourty achieved plenty of success on the field with Matt Patricia as his defensive coordinator.
But even a former captain in McCourty couldn’t bite his tongue when it came to Patricia’s ill-fated switch over to the Patriots’ offensive personnel during the 2022 season.
A long-time defensive coach in the NFL ranks (including an extended stretch as New England’s DC from 2012-17), Patricia served as New England’s de-facto offensive coordinator last season.
His short tenure as New England’s offensive play-caller was nothing short of a disaster, with both Patrica and Joe Judge implementing a simplified — and still dysfunctional — offense that sapped any momentum from Mac Jones’s Pro-Bowl rookie season.