O’Brien’s major undertaking will be to get Jones back on track. Rumors of Brady’s returning or trading for Lamar Jackson notwithstanding, Jones is likely to be the signal-caller.Īfter a promising rookie season followed by a lackluster 2022, Jones will be in the spotlight this year. Whether Jones will be up to the task in his third season with the team is questionable, assuming he’s the starter in 2023. That notwithstanding, we can expect a far better showing from whatever version of the New England Patriots offense they run, simply because they’ll at least have a competent offensive coach at the helm.
The prospectus for the 2023 New England Patriots offense
But … and it’s a huge “but”, his quarterback was Tom Brady. O’Brien got solid results in two of his three years as offensive coordinator. They lost the Super Bowl in 2012 to the New York Giants, 21-17 that season. In 2011 they were 13-3, first in the AFC East. In 2010 they were 14-2, first in the AFC East. In 2009, they were 10-6, first in the AFC East. In addition, O’Brien’s work with the New England Patriots as offensive coordinator was solid. Want your voice heard? Join the Chowder And Champions team! Write for us! New England Patriots new Offensive Coordinator Bill O’Brien Hopefully, it was not a sham though if you wanted to bet on who’d get the job, the odds of anyone other than O’Brien would have been miserable. If the job was already O’Brien’s, prospective candidates should at least be made aware of the “likelihood” that O’Brien would be hired, and decide if they wanted to waste their time in a sham process.Īs an individual who has been personally involved in such a sham process, it is not only insulting but also infuriating. The NFL coaching interviewing process generally is in many cases a sham. The thing that is potentially very irritating about the process is whether the other prospective candidates were cognizant that their appearances may at best be meant to enhance their interviewing situation or at worst, be a despicable use of them in a futile, pre-determined process. O’Brien was the odds-on favorite from the get-go. They never won a Super Bowl during that time but the amazing and still painful 2007 mega-undefeated regular season and Super Bowl loss was during his initial tenure with the team. O’Brien had been with the New England Patriots for five years from 2007-2011. If you’re an old Friend of Bill (FOB), you’ve always got a leg-up on the competition. In O’Brien’s case, it was a big leg, indeed. The O’Brien hire seemed like a lock from the get-go if you pay attention to Patriot politics and demeanor under majordomo Bill Belichick. But before entering into that discussion, let’s first address the process itself. While euphoria may reign in certain circles, the hiring of O’Brien can be looked at in a number of ways. O’Brien had been the Patriots’ offensive coordinator for three years from 2009 to 2011 during Tom Brady’s top years. Bill O’Brien is rejoining the New England Patriots as offensive coordinator after about 12 years away from the team doing other football jobs.
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