Jerod Mayo’s elevation to Patriots head coach has brought back the return of standard titles throughout the team’s staff, but there were still a pair of coaches whose roles with the team were relatively unknown.
Ben McAdoo joined the Patriots this offseason as a senior offensive assistant while Matthew Slater was hired for a full-time role following his retirement over the offseason.
Mayo provided some clarity on what both McAdoo and Slater will do for the Patriots this upcoming season.
“Ben has tremendous experience,” Mayo told reporters of McAdoo at Saturday’s rookie minicamp. “He has coached every position on the offensive side of the ball, so he was one of those catch-all players, just in case, as we started to build out the coaching staff.