As Josh McDaniels begins the second chapter of his career as an NFL head coach, he appears to be trying to step out of Bill Belichick’s shadow.
Many former Belichick assistants have struggled in head coaching positions of their own (a list that includes McDaniels in his short tenure with the Broncos from 2009-2010). Part of the issue might have been down to their attempts to simply replicate the “Patriot Way.”
McDaniels, who took over as new head coach of the Raiders earlier in 2022, is actively trying to avoid the same trap.
According to former Patriots safety Duron Harmon, who recently signed with the Raiders, Las Vegas’s new coach is trying to build something of his own.