The New England coach said Monday that MattPatricia, the former Detroit Lions head coach and New England defensive coordinator, will be part of the team's offensive coaching staff in 2022.
Since entering the NFL in 2004, the primary focus for Matt has been on defense.
Joe Judge, the long-time special teams coach for the Pats, will be joining the offensive staff as a replacement for Josh McDaniels, who left to become the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.
In his first public remarks since mid-January, he said that he will be relying on the two people he already has in place to help replace McDaniels. The presence of promising second-year quarterback Mac Jones made it important for the coach to call plays.
As has been the case with all quarterbacks throughout his 22 seasons as a coach, Belichick will continue to meet with Jones.
It has been awesome, specifically of the 47-year-oldPatricia and his time with the Pats. He has a lot of experience, and he had his experiences in Detroit. The COVID rules and things like that were included in last year's senior adviser for the New England patriots. He has been helpful to me and the organization.
After working as a general coaching assistant and offensive line coach, he was promoted to assistant offensive line coach the following season. He stayed on defense after he was named the linebackers coach.
This year's transition forPatricia is outside the norm.
A lot of coaches take multiple responsibilities. He pointed out that the current New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll started his career as a defensive coach before moving to offense.
A good coach is a good coach. Matt is a good coach. Joe is a good coach. They will help us no matter what position they are in.
It is rare for an assistant coach to be present at the annual meeting of the league.
The offensive coaching staff is likely to be complete, with the likes of Nick Caley and Troy Brown, according to the coach. Judge has one year of experience as a receiver coach in the NFL and also as a special teams coach.
When asked who will call the plays, which he often cited as being the best in the business, he said: "We won't be calling any for a while." He will be hard to replace, but we have good coaches on our staff. They always have a defined role. It will all work itself out once we get on the field coaching players, game-planning and things like that.
The staff is evaluating its system, a key part of any off-season, and that the offense comes together to maximize Jones' skills will be a reflection on him.
He said it was his responsibility.
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