Josh McDaniels has beaten Bill Belichick before. Even more humbling is the fact that Matt Patricia managed to beat his former boss during his short stint as head coach in Detroit.
Do we really think the Patriots have any offensive wrinkles from the minds of Patricia and Joe Judge that McDaniels won’t be able to anticipate?
The former Patriots offensive coordinator hasn’t had a great go of it over the course of his second career head-coaching gig. The Las Vegas Raiders are 5-8 this season, and two of their losses came from a head coach who had never coached above high school (Colts) and against Baker Mayfield, who had been with the Rams for about two days before leading Los Angeles to its comeback win last Thursday.