The New England Patriots will be without offensive line coach Adrian Klemm for “a little while” due to an unspecified health issue. While they were still in the process of figuring out how to proceed, according to head coach Bill Belichick, the expectation is that Billy Yates will play take on most of Klemm’s responsibilities.
Yates, of course, has been with New England as assistant offensive line coach since 2021 — actually arriving two years before Klemm was brought aboard this offseason. As a result, he knows the O-line room and its members quite well.
It was therefore no surprise to hear Yates get a vote of confidence from the locker room.