Much of the talk around the Patriots this offseason revolves around the challenge of replacing Josh McDaniels‘ contributions to the team’s offense. Two of the assistants that will be tasked with working on the new-look staff are ex-Patriot staffers Joe Judge and Matt Patricia. As Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer writes, the specific roles for those two seem to have been identified. 
As Breer notes, Judge is expected to work with the team’s quarterbacks, something he hasn’t done at any point in his coaching career. When it was announced that he would be returning to New England, it became clear he would work on the offensive staff in some capacity. His only role as a position coach with the Patriots came in 2019, when he worked with the receivers in addition to his more familiar special teams coordinator duties. Regardless of his experience, Judge will have a hugely important role, given that much of the team’s success will likely hinge on Mac Jones‘ development in his second season.
As for Patricia, Breer states that he will work with the offensive line. That would be a slightly more familiar spot for him, since he was an assistant with that position group in 2005 with the Patriots. Still, it’s a long way from the defensive work that earned him a head coaching job. In any event, that position change would confirm the recent belief that Patricia would be transitioning away from the quasi-front office role he took when retuning to New England back to the sidelines.
In addition, Breer writes that “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”. That would suggest that their staff is more or less intact as is, something which ESPN’s Mike Reiss corroborates. With regards to the front office, Breer points out that Matt Groh being promoted to director of player personnel as Dave Ziegler‘s replacement – rather than the more experienced Eliot Wolf – is striking. He posits that Bill Belichick likely found Groh to be the safer option to remain with the team long-term, as Wolf has generated outside GM interest.
Overall, there is a degree of risk with entrusting these staffers with positions they haven’t served in during their ascension up the organizational ladder in New England. If it works out, the team’s offense in particular could be in position to take a step forward; if not, though, more shuffling along the staff could prove necessary this time next year.
So Judge is going to control the QB’s and the last time he focused on one part of offense was in 2019 with the pats WR the same WR who sucked all yr long this organization is screwed but theirs on one person to blame and that’s Kraft he should stop trying to find his next rub and tug place and pull the leash back on Bill
Bill’s ego is so big he thinks he can just plug unqualified people in and things will be fine. How’d that work out with Cam?
Pretty poor comparison and Newton was never meant to be more than a placeholder.
In your heart of hearts, do you really think this comparison makes a lick of sense?
The Patriots have a fantastic system in place regardless of what the haters on the outside have to say. Judge should do fine in the QB room and Mac10 is looking like a very solid young QB. Using the signing of Cam as a comparison to plugging coaches into the coaching staff is way off. They had to do something to replace Brady and there weren’t too many QB’s on the market to give a shot. They quickly pivoted to a promising young QB after one year, it’s not like they dragged out a failing experiment for multiple seasons. I’m a Raiders fan so at the end of the day I hope the Patriots die a dog’s death but I’m not too much of a homer to give credit to an organization where it’s due.
So many of you are simply put id*ots. There’s a reason you all watch football. Tell me why NE is the most poached team when it comes to the front office and it’s coaches? Right Bc bill is so terrible I forgot. Can anyone tell me another coach/GM with his success? Let’s wait for the crickets or horrible responses to this.
Ya and about 90% of those guys fail and fail bad
Bill Parcells ,Jimmy Johnson,
Maybe they fail overall as head coaches but to even get to become a head coach is an honor and means that they were at the top of the pack as coordinators
I trust in Belichick’s credentials, and I think overall that the team will be fine. That said, I’m not quite sure why Judge will be in charge of QBs. He has had some dealings there with New York in running the team as a whole, and certainly was a hands on coach, but I’m not sure that he’s the person to put there at this time with the limited experience that he has in the position.
Belichick has earned the right to position his own assistants, but it seems that this year would have been the time to lean on experience instead of inexperience as the Pats build back into long term competitive form.