Patriots expected to hire former assistant Josh McDaniels as next offensive coordinator

[Richard Noggin]

There are legitimate questions about McDaniels as a leader and as a developer of QBs. That being said (lol), I've always respected his commitment to fielding physical offenses that run the ball and utilize the short passing game as an extension of that rushing attack. He's obviously been the OC for some VERY successful offenses/teams, and we all know the easy way to discredit his contributions to those successful seasons...but he's always struck me as a clever, ultra-competitive, worthy foe. (Totally possible that he's too intolerable and unyielding to work with today's players; I'd think that's where the HC and all the assistants could help to round out the workplace/meeting room culture.)