Over the course of less than four months, the New England Patriots suffered the mass departure of a number of important players, coaches, scouts, and staffers. Amongst those fleeing Foxborough: Trey Flowers, Trent Brown, Cordarrelle Patterson, Chris Hogan, Dwayne Allen, Brian Flores, Jack Easterby, Chad O’Shea, Brendan Daly, Rob Gronkowski (retired), and the list goes on and on and on…
While it’s typical for most Super Bowl-winning squads to see a heightened degree of turnover after they claim a championship, this offseason stands out as being particularly dramatic for the Patriots. All the controversy and drama surrounding what would have been Nick Caserio leaving to take the Texans’ vacant GM job just further underscores what has been an usual post-Super Bowl period for the Pats.