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What hiring Taylor Embree as running backs coach means for the Patriots

The New England Patriots have made another move to bolster their coaching staff. Taylor Embree, who spent the last three years with the New York Jets, will join the team as its new running backs coach.

The 35-year-old will therefore succeed Vinnie Sunseri, who left the Patriots for the University of Washington after three seasons working with the position group. What does hiring Embree mean from a big-picture perspective, though? Let’s find out.

The Patriots add a coach with an intriguing résumé

Embree was a wide receiver at UCLA before a brief and ultimately unsuccessful attempt at an NFL career in 2012.