Curran: Stressing the importance of choosing the next Pats OC originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
One week after being introduced as New England Patriots head coach, Jerod Mayo is in the process of assembling his staff.
Atop Mayo’s to-do list is finding a new offensive coordinator. The position became vacant after Bill O’Brien took the OC job at Ohio State. It’s a critical decision for the first-year head coach as he looks to fix an offense that was flat-out abysmal in 2023.
Our Tom E. Curran broke down the importance of finding the right offensive coordinator during Tuesday’s episode of Quick Slants. First, he explained that whoever the OC ends up being won’t be walking into the most pleasant situation.
“I wanna know who the OC is. You wanna know who the OC is. Wanna know what the OC will wanna know? Who he’s coaching,” Curran said. “Let us run through for a moment, position by position, how many players the Patriots have under contract that would be considered top 15 in the league at their position.
“Quarterback, none. Tackle, none. Guard, none — Cole Strange may be sniffing around 20. Center, David Andrews, we’ll give you that. Tight end, none. Running back, Rhamondre Stevenson probably in the top dozen or so. X receiver — that’s Davante (Parker) — none. Y receiver — that’s your slot DeMario (Douglas) — OK, we’ll give it to ya. Z receiver, JuJu (Smith-Schuster) or Kayshon Boutte, neither one qualifies.”
Unfortunately for Mayo and Co., they need to find their offensive coordinator before going on the spending spree they plan to have when free agency begins in March. Whoever takes the job will have plenty on their plate, and that leaves Curran wondering whether the Patriots should opt for someone with previous experience coaching an offense.
“If the new OC has a vision for building his offense around the center, running back and a slot receiver, hire his ass. If not, the vision’s going to have to wait,” Curran added. “To borrow the always apt shopping…
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Publish date : 2024-01-24 00:16:13
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