According to ESPN, Bill O’Brien will fill the same position at Ohio State, meaning the Patriots will have a new offensive coordinator in 2024. Here’s a list of the top candidates:
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Evan Lazarstaff writer Pictured is former Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. Pictured is former Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. The Patriots will have a new offensive coordinator in 2024, led by head coach Jarod Mayo. Former Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien will take over the same position on Ryan Day’s staff at Ohio State, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. O’Brien returned to school after spending a year in New England.
In New England, the Pats offense ranked 31st (13.9 PPG). Not surprisingly, O’Brien is in his second stint with the Patriots after parting ways with former coach Bill Belichick. The Patriots are also set to lose another assistant as Mayo builds its coaching staff. As Belichick moves with a sign indicating the former Pats coach has landed in Atlanta, we need to know more about who’s staying and who’s leaving.
But there are signs that Mayo’s workforce is undergoing significant change. O’Brien was unable to turn water into wine last season due to a weak offensive line and internal chaos within the coaching staff. The Patriots were short-handed on the offensive side of the ball, with offensive line coach Adrian Klemm taking a sick leave in early November and assistant wide receivers coach Ross Douglas leaving midseason for Syracuse. The coach’s absence didn’t help Belichick’s already thin staff.
The new Patriots regime should help develop the talent on offense. Who you hire, that’s a given. In the end, Belichick and O’Brien were collateral damage, mainly due to roster deficiencies. Both can train. The lack of talent on last season’s roster proved costly. However, Mayo should see this as an opportunity to update an offensive system that could use an upgrade. The Patriots’ system relies on high IQ players developing structures, with a mental quarterback one step ahead of the defense both before and after the offense to win.
That’s not likely for a young QB, especially a rookie. Honestly, I haven’t had much success with any quarterback other than Tom Brady. On each play, the quarterback and his receivers must: Set up your defense based on your defensive alignment, set your pre-coverage composition, and then send your timing based on leverage/site adjustments while reading the coverage. After the shot. The bullpen in particular requires not only a very smart group of players, but also organization through practice.
It may not be on the current NFL calendar. While most offensive production is still structured, today’s offensive production is adapting. This makes it easier for players to execute creative play designs with less mental stress and allows sports players to create magic off-script by orchestrating the chaos when the game breaks down. Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, for example, doesn’t just go out at night to jam. Instead, the chiefs have their own rules for cooking Muhammad. New England currently holds the third overall pick in the 2024 draft, so they could move into the early fourth round this year.
At some level, three prospects want to play outside the lineup: Caleb Williams, Drake May and Jaden Daniels. . Plus, the offense would have to be streamlined for an inexperienced quarterback named Brady, and the defense would have a scheduling conflict.The Patriots will likely overhaul their offensive coaching staff. Yes, you will hear the name Josh McDaniels a lot.
Like O’Brien, McDaniels is a good coach. But with the prospect of following Belichick to his next destination, Mayo will have to adopt a new offensive system, and it’s time to go in a different direction with Foxborough’s offense.Here are the top candidates to be the next Patriots offensive coordinator.Josh McDaniels (former Raiders HC, former Patriots OC)McDaniels was in attendance at 1 Patriot Field during the final days of the Belichick era, including Belichick’s farewell press conference.
Early indications are that he will follow Belichick to his next stop. However, reports suggest that Mayo could end up short-listing McDaniels to run the offense, so they should at least look into that as a possibility. It’s also worth noting that Kraft are big fans of McDaniels, suggesting he was once viewed as Belichick’s successor.While there is significant overlap with O’Brien’s plan, McDaniels does things differently. The Patriots’ run game and defensive system are the same. But the first major attack changed. McDaniels relies heavily on a “21” man with two backs, while O’Brien bases his offense on a “12” man with two tight ends.
From that perspective, McDaniels has a diverse and effective running game. O’Brien reduced the Pats’ rushing attack to a duo-and-trap scheme. The simplicity may be due to issues along the offensive line, but McDaniels comes up with much more creative schemes in the running game and combines them with effective play-action concepts. McDaniels’ package always seemed to give the Patriots a core offense they could rely on when they needed to find a rhythm. Leading ISOs, FB counters and play-action separation schemes dominated his early sequences. As a result, McDaniels’ offense has ranked 5th, 9th and 8th in the last three full seasons.
