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Kendrick Bourne calls out Patriots' Patricia decision: ‘Crazy choice'

Kendrick Bourne has no problem saying what many following the New England Patriots thought in 2022.

After offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels left the team in January 2022 to become the Las Vegas Raiders' head coach, Bill Belichick made the puzzling decision to give senior football advisor Matt Patricia offensive play-calling duties, despite the fact that he had never called offensive plays at the NFL level and spent six seasons as New England's defensive coordinator earlier in his coaching career.

The results were predictable: The Patriots' offense mustered just 314.