{"id":11511,"date":"2025-01-22T23:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T23:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=11511"},"modified":"2025-01-22T23:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T23:04:52","slug":"this-change-from-josh-mcdaniels-could-prove-pivotal-for-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=11511","title":{"rendered":"This Change From Josh McDaniels Could Prove Pivotal For Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2006570\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Josh-McDaniels-.jpg?w=480&amp;h=270&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Patriots' Mike Vrabel Had Obvious Focus Constructing Coaching Staff\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Josh McDaniels apparently made the most of his year away from football.<\/p>\n<p>Away from football in the sense he wasn\u2019t concocting an offensive game-plan every week, nor standing on the sideline on NFL Sundays. McDaniels would never <em>completely <\/em>steer clear of the gridiron, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the Patriots officially hiring McDaniels as their offensive coordinator on Wednesday, Sports Illustrated\u2019s Albert Breer offered behind-the-scenes intel into McDaniels\u2019 year off in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think Josh McDaniels would be the right pick to be Vrabel\u2019s OC in New England,\u201d Breer wrote in a column published Monday, \u201cand not just because of what he\u2019s accomplished, but how he used his year off \u2014 spending time with NFL and college programs to evolve his offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn particular, I think McDaniels\u2019s study of the college game will make what has been a pretty complex offense more user-friendly with the adaptations he\u2019s got coming,\u201d Breer wrote.<\/p>\n<p>More of a \u201cuser-friendly\u201d offense? That should greatly help the youthful Patriots.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>One criticism of McDaniels as an offensive coordinator was his scheme and game-plans were too complex. Sure, future Hall of Famer Tom Brady was able to grasp it and excel as were other veterans in Foxboro, Mass. McDaniels helped win six Super Bowls during his first 19 seasons (!) with the organization, after all.<\/p>\n<p>But younger players? Not so much. It was thought to be a major reason why the Patriots failed to develop offensive skill-players like wide receivers during Bill Belichick\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Davante Adams, who played for McDaniels in Las Vegas, called McDaniels\u2019 offense the most complex he\u2019s ever been a part of. And that was when the three-time All-Pro was entering his age-30 season.<\/p>\n<p>With a second-year quarterback in Drake Maye and a collection of second- and third-year players, the Patriots sorely need someone who will aid their development. Difficult-to-decipher schemes aren\u2019t going to help those like 2024 second-rounder Ja\u2019Lynn Polk and fourth-rounder Javon Baker, who rarely saw the field because he wasn\u2019t able to get a grasp on Alex Van Pelt\u2019s playbook. The same goes for third-year wideout DeMario Douglas, who will play for a third coordinator in three years, second-year tight end Jaheim Bell and a cast of young offensive linemen.<\/p>\n<p>Maye, whose showcased a high IQ and ability to grasp things quickly, can only do so much if those players around him can\u2019t understand or execute McDaniels\u2019 vision.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is his vision apparently will be a little less complex than the dynasty days.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels reportedly used his time wisely in 2024, after being fired by the Raiders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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