{"id":11146,"date":"2025-01-19T23:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T23:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=11146"},"modified":"2025-01-19T23:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T23:11:41","slug":"breaking-news-patriots-insider-floats-outside-the-box-coordinator-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=11146","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Patriots Insider Floats &#8216;Outside-The-Box&#8217; Coordinator Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2003872\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->Chip Kelly, unlike other coaches who\u2019ve been linked to Patriots this offseason, has never served on the same staff as Mike Vrabel.<\/p>\n<p>But there are links between Vrabel and Kelly, the offensive coordinator of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Those links prompted ESPN\u2019s Mike Reiss to label Kelly as an \u201coutside-the-box\u201d candidate for New England\u2019s offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Vrabel was initially hired as Titans coach in 2018, then-Ohio State co-offensive coordinator Ryan Day was among those he pursued as his OC,\u201d Reiss wrote. \u201cDay\u2019s mentor, Chip Kelly, currently serves as Ohio State\u2019s OC and would be an outside-the-box possibility for Vrabel to consider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josh McDaniels continues to be viewed as the favorite to become the Patriots offensive coordinator, though it\u2019s unclear whether he\u2019s interviewed for the position. New England reportedly interviewed Thomas Brown, who served as the Chicago Bears\u2019 interim head coach and offensive coordinator, and requested to interview Los Angeles Chargers passing game coordinator Marcus Brady.<\/p>\n<p>The 61-year old Kelly, a native of Dover, N.H., hasn\u2019t worked in the NFL since 2016. He served as the Philadelphia Eagles head coach for three seasons (2013-2015) and then was the San Francisco 49ers head coach for one season (2016), following his impressive run at Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly coached the UCLA Bruins for six seasons (2018-2023) following his run in the NFL. 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