When former New York Giants head coach Joe Judge rejoined the New England Patriots and Bill Belichick earlier this month, he was given the title of offensive assistant.
As part of Judge’s new job in New England, he will be responsible for working with the quarterbacks, including Mac Jones.
As it stands now, Judge is expected to work with the quarterbacks, and (Matt) Patricia with the line, and each will do so without much experience having coached offense before they became head coaches over the last few years (Judge came up working with the special teams, Patricia on defense). Which, obviously, is a dice roll given the critical point that Mac Jones is at. (For what it’s worth, I’ve heard the Patriots haven’t so much as talked to Adam Gase about their OC opening, and things have been quiet on the Bill O’Brien front as well.)
Judge’s previous experience with Belichick came as an assistant coach and special teams coordinator. He was also given the wide receivers coaching job prior to being hired by the Giants in 2020.
With the departure of Josh McDaniels to the Las Vegas Raiders as their next head coach, the Patriots still don’t have an offensive coordinator despite the rumblings of Adam Gase or Bill O’Brien potentially signing on.
Does Belichick trust Judge enough to potentially give him the play-calling duties? Things may be trending in that direction, and we could soon see another Jones running back-to-back quarterback sneaks.
