The New England Patriots are starting to ramp things up with their offensive coordinator search with two more candidates reportedly being interviewed for the job.
Per NFL on CBS’ Jonathan Jones, the Patriots have interviewed Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Thomas Brown and Houston Texans quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson.
Brown spent time as an assistant head coach and running backs coach for the Los Angeles Rams, during their Super Bowl run in the 2021 season. He then joined the rebuilding Panthers in 2023 as an offensive coordinator.
Meanwhile, Johnson has experience working with multiple teams in various roles, including the diversity coaching fellowship, offensive quality control coach, assistant quarterbacks coach and quarterbacks coach.
Texans QBs coach Jerrod Johnson is interviewing today with the Steelers for their vacant offensive coordinator position, source says. Johnson has already interviewed with the Browns, Saints, Patriots and Eagles for their OC jobs. His work with Stroud has been noticed leaguewide.
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) January 26, 2024
Thomas Brown, who remains under contract with the Panthers as their OC, interviewed recently for the Patriots OC job, per source. He also interviewed for the Steelers OC job, as previously reported.
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) January 26, 2024
Strictly from the Patriots’ perspective, Brown is the more interesting candidate of the two due to the team interviewing multiple coaches from the Sean McVay tree in Los Angeles.
It hints at a clear direction of where Patriots coach Jerod Mayo could potentially go with the offense.