No one is more qualified than Bill O’Brien to run the New England Patriots offense in 2022. That comes with the obvious asterisk: it excludes all current head coaches. But as far as coaches the Patriots can actually get, O’Brien makes the most sense.
He was already a great fit when former offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels left for the Las Vegas Raiders. O’Brien makes even more sense after McDaniels poached Patriots QBs coach Bo Hardegree, OL coach Carmen Bricillo and WRs coach Mike Pellegrino, who will be the Raiders offensive coordinator. The Patriots are also likely to see RBs coach Ivan Fears retire, which means they’ll retain just one of their offensive positional coaches: TEs coach Nick Caley. They may have added former New York Giants coach Joe Judge. As talented as he may be — with experience as the Patriots special teams coordinator and receivers coach — he can’t coach the entire offense with Caley.
New England needs to add experienced talent to their ranks. They cannot give up on their pursuit of O’Brien, currently the Alabama Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator.
