The New England Patriots don’t have an offensive coordinator and Bill Belichick does not seem interested in appointing one this season. And so things are a little weird in New England.
Belichick doesn’t abide by normality but, even by his standards, the layout is a little strange for the offensive coaching staff. Gone are the days when Josh McDaniels, the team’s former offensive coordinator who took the Raiders head coaching vacancy, would follow his quarterbacks around the field and coordinate just about every team drill, from 7-on-7s to 11-on-11s.
No, now the Patriots rotate. Offensive line coach Matt Patricia seems to run the 11-on-11 drills — for the most part. Quarterbacks coach Joe Judge seems to take charge for most of the 7-on-7 drills. And Belichick will jump in to take over on occasion in both sets of drills. That’s an oddity in itself. But consider, also, that Patricia spends position drills with the offensive line. That means he spends a large portion of practice on a totally different practice field than quarterback Mac Jones. Then Patricia calls plays for 11-on-11s.
