The New England Patriots announced on Friday that they had completed an interview for their head-coaching vacancy with Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson.
We wrote earlier this week that Johnson was at a disadvantage when compared to Mike Vrabel -- the other top candidate interviewed by the Patriots this week -- for a variety of reasons. The primary one? He's an unknown commodity as the leader of a coaching staff.
After speaking to multiple league sources, one question that arose when it came to projecting Johnson as a head coach was this: How exactly would he manage his time as a play-calling head coach?