Patriots Rumors: Coaching staff updates after Super Bowl 52

Recent New England Patriots rumors involve developments of the coaching staff, which could see some big changes for 2018.

New England Patriots rumors are about to pick up with the 2017 NFL season not officially over. The Patriots, along with the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, will now begin their offseasons like the other 30 teams in the NFL have already begun.

The Patriots will have a busy offseason ahead of them. They have multiple key players that are set to become free agents, so there will be some overhauling of the roster. Where they could see the biggest changes is on the coaching staff.

The Patriots look like they will need to hire new coordinators on both sides of the ball for 2018. Defensive coordinator Matt Patricia will be taking over the head coaching vacancy with the Detroit Lions.

The move was made official this afternoon.

Patricia had been with the Patriots since 2004 and their defensive coordinator since 2012. The current general manager of the Lions, Bob Quinn, was a part of the Patriots organization for 11 overlapping years with Patricia.

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He will bring his defensive expertise and winning pedigree with him from New England, something the people in Detroit are hoping carry over. Detroit hasn’t won a playoff game since the 1991 season, but Patricia is inheriting a solid team led by quarterback Matthew Stafford.

Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has been pegged as the next coach of the Indianapolis Colts for a while. However, that seemed to be changing during the Super Bowl.

While the Patriots were facing off with the Eagles in Super Bowl 52, some Patriots rumors popped up about their offensive coordinator’s future.

Pro Football Focus shared it on their Twitter account.

More fuel was seemingly added to the fire when McDaniels wouldn’t talk about the Colts job after the loss to the Eagles.

However, it sounds like those rumors were premature. Tom James shared an update on Twitter that McDaniels to Indianapolis is still a go. He also added that McDaniels will be talking to Bill Belichick today.

Naturally, with the McDaniels rumor popping up, people immediately begin speculating about Bill Belichick. Those people who speculated had their fun cut short almost immediately, as Belichick reiterated that he would be back with the team for 2018.

With Patricia gone, and McDaniels seemingly not far behind, the Patriots will have coaching staff openings. There hasn’t been much discussion about it since Patricia’s departure only became official today and McDaniels still isn’t but we have one name to keep an eye on.

According to Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports 1, Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano has not yet decided whether he will join the Patriots staff as the defensive coordinator.

As Feldman notes, the Patriots could elect to promote an option in-house such as Brian Flores. While another spot on the staff could be had by Schiano, no decision has been made as Feldman states.

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That will be something to keep an eye on the coming days and weeks. With free agency quickly approaching, the Patriots coaching staff should be coming into shape sooner than later as well.