Albert Breer: Potential Offensive Coordinators Under Jerod Mayo
On Wednesday’s edition of Zolak & Bertrand, Albert Breer of the MMQB lists off some potential offensive coordinators that new Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo may look at hiring.
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Bertrand: Who’s going to be this team’s offensive coordinator?
Albert Breer: I think they’re going to have a wide open search.
Bertrand: So it will not be Bill O’Brien?
Albert Breer: I think they’re going to talk with O’Brien about it. I think with both him and Josh, I think there will be they’ll take their temperature on it. I also think like things were really sideways here last year and both those guys know it. I think for both those guys, it’s like they’re sort of in this place where they’re trying to restart their careers, you know? And so is it the right thing to be here?
Zolak: Someone’s going with Bill(Belichick).
Albert Breer: I think that that will be a possibility for both of those guys. Go with Bill(Belichick). Now, I would say in both cases, in both Josh’s case and Billy’s case, there are family reasons to be here. You know, so that’s the flip side of it. There are things about being in this region that would be easy for them. But I think it’ll be wide open. I think Jerod’s going to look like into the Shanahan/McVay family. And there are some guys that make sense there. I can give you a handful of names of guys that would probably be in that next group up. When it comes to that family of coaches.
Zolak: Is Nick Caley one?
Yeah, I think he’d be one. Another would be Zach Robinson who played here. He was aquarterback at Oklahoma State. Played here, was here I think, you know for a spring in the summer. He’s their pass game coordinator in LA. Another one, Brian Fleury, who is now in an elevated role in San Francisco under Kyle Shanahan. He Took on some of the responsibility that Bobby Slowik had before he went to Houston. So those would be some names to start with. You could also look at a more experienced name. Maybe it would make sense to bring in somebody who has experience and that’s Kellen Moore. Like do you do you make a phone call to Kellen Moore who’s been in Dallas and with the Chargers the last few years. And has called plays for a while, right. Like, would you rather do something like that?
Zolak: He’s out there. He’s fired.
Albert Breer: It’s one of those like that where you’re free to go look for a job and things, you know, like they’re still under contract. And like what they always say in these situations is you’re free to make that decision. One name that’s super interesting to me that has local ties, that might be the crossover guy is Shane Waldron. He was in Seattle last few years.
FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS – JANUARY 17: Newly appointed head coach Jerod Mayo of the New England Patriots speaks to the media during a press conference at Gillette Stadium on January 17, 2024 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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