The Patriots’ future with Drake Maye: After the conclusion of a 4-13 season on Sunday — which culminated with the team’s first-year head coach being fired despite winning a game against the AFC East-champion Bills — it’s probably hard for some Patriots fans to look at the current situation with too much optimism.
Yet that’s exactly what ESPN analysts are doing in terms of assessing the league’s current (or likely) coaching vacancies. During a Monday morning “Get Up!” segment, NFL analyst and former quarterback Dan Orlovsky was asked if he would prefer the Patriots, Bears, Jaguars, or Jets openings were he a head coaching candidate.