Bill Belichick did not attend the Senior Bowl for the second straight year. Instead, he sent scouts Eliot Wolf and Matt Groh in his place last week.
Their presence is notable in the wake of Dave Ziegler’s departure after he left his gig as the New England Patriots director of player personnel for the Raiders general manager job. The Patriots are surely determining how to fill his shoes.
Wolf officially became the director of football operations in 2016. He has football connections, as his father was one-time Green Bay general manager Ron Wolf. The younger Wolf was interviewed for the Bears and Vikings general manager jobs last month.
Groh also has football bloodlines. His father Al was a defensive coordinator for New England under Bill Parcells. He also took over the New York Jets job once Belichick came to New England
As the organization undergoes a fair amount of turnover, Wolf and Groh may help bring the Patriots some stability for April’s draft.
