Josh McDaniels took over as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders two weeks ago. Since then, the offensive side of the New England Patriots’ coaching staff has been, well, raided.
When McDaniels left for Las Vegas, he took Bo Hardegree, the Patriots’ assistant quarterbacks coach, with him. Then, on Saturday, news broke that New England wide receivers coach Mick Lombardi and offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo were joining the ex-Patriots offensive coordinator in Sin City, as well.
With longtime running backs coach Ivan Fears also reportedly expected to retire, the Patriots are staring at the prospect of needing to replace more than half of their offensive coaches.