INDIANAPOLIS – Josh McDaniels will no longer be the man mentoring Mac Jones in the nascent stages of the young quarterback’s Patriots career, which was made all the more clear as he took questions at the NFL Combine Wednesday as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Without the now-former Patriots offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in the fold, New England’s offensive coaching structure and outlook remain murky heading into 2022. No one knows whether it will be Joe Judge, Nick Caley, or even Bill Belichick himself calling plays for the offense.
But McDaniels, who arguably knows Jones better than any coach in the league, believes the second-year passer has what it takes to overcome that uncertainty.