Matt Patricia’s debut as the offensive play-caller for the New England Patriots hasn’t been a complete disaster, but it clearly hasn’t been good, either.
It’s been bad enough where Patriots fans are already twisting their brain into pretzels thinking up dream scenarios for a night in shining offensive armor to come galloping in and save the team.
But then they wake up, and it’s right back to the same offensive struggles we’ve seen throughout the season. So it’s no surprise the fun thing to do right now is look beyond 2022 and think of better days for the offensive play-calling.
Keep in mind, Patriots coach Bill Belichick typically isn’t the kind of coach to bring in outsiders as main assistants on either side of the ball. That tendency is the very reason why Patricia ended up with the offensive responsibilities after Josh McDaniels left for Las Vegas.
So we’re going to keep things realistic here with five legitimate candidates to serve as offensive coordinator for the Patriots in 2023.