You’ll excuse New England Patriots fans these days for latching onto anything that smells even faintly of good news.
Tom Brady may or may not return next season to the only franchise he’s ever known. Julian Edelman just got arrested for jumping on a car. Antonio Brown is gone, Josh Gordon is gone, Rob Gronkowski is still gone.
Not that anyone’s feeling sorry for the Patriots of all teams, but still – it’s been a rough year since winning Super Bowl 53 last February.
In the spirit of trying to find satisfaction in the little things and the small victories, we recently noted that it looks like offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels will return to Foxborough for at least one more season, barring anything monumental changing around the NFL landscape.