Can you explain why the Patriots have chosen not to name offensive and defensive coordinators for the upcoming season? In lieu of coordinators, who will be making the play calls? –Fitz Read
It’s still a great question and one that has been somewhat swept under the rug in the wake of the draft. Defensively, I expect it will be the same setup as the last two seasons, where Jerod Mayo and Steve Belichick work together to coordinate the defense. They’re facing their most challenging season yet as they look like they’ll enter the year needing to lean on a collection of young and mostly unproven linebackers. Last year they got a chunk of veterans back after the COVID-19 season of 2020, but now it’s on them to get the next generation ready to go without those veteran voices.
Offensively, the two main coaches of focus are tight ends coach Nick Caley and Joe Judge, who has been noted simply as an offensive assistant but made some rounds during the spring scouting college QBs. The team has not…