Ending the Matt Patricia/Joe Judge experiment after just one season, the New England Patriots were in dire need for some help atop their offensive coaching staff. They found it in a familiar face, re-hiring former coordinator and quarterbacks coach Bill O’Brien to fill the same two roles this time around.
O’Brien, who already was with the Patriots from 2007 to 2011, has a pretty big task ahead of him. Not only was he brought aboard to fix an offense that struggled mightily throughout the 2022 season, he has to get quarterback Mac Jones back on track as well.