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Patriots Mailbag: Potential staff changes, ideal 2025 draft and more originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The 3-10 New England Patriots have made it to their bye week. Mercifully. But even though there’s no game on the docket this Sunday, there’s still plenty to discuss, particularly when it comes to the state of this franchise going forward.
For this week’s mailbag, we ventured back to Reddit for another AMA (Ask Me Anything) on the r/Patriots subreddit. Once again, we received a bounty of questions about all sorts of big-picture topics, from the job security of the coaches to 2025 NFL Draft prospects to Drake Maye’s upside and everything in between. Let’s dive right in.
Fuqwon: It doesn’t seem like Mayo is going to be removed. What are the chances of significant coaching staff changes excluding Mayo? Covington gone? Bringing in an experienced HC to mentor Mayo? AVP gone?
Fuqwon, you’re on it. Mayo will be back. And as things stand right now, given how Drake Maye has performed, I’d say it’s likely that Alex Van Pelt will be back. I even think DeMarcus Covington will be back.
Ownership has committed to these guys in real tangible ways ($$), and I think they’re getting some leeway in that they’re all in these positions for the first time. (Van Pelt has been an offensive coordinator, but hasn’t called plays every week since he did it on an emergency basis in 2009.)
That said! I could certainly see staff changes. Whether it’s adding an experienced voice to help Covington, who has led a defense that continues to have communication issues… Or whether it’s making a change in the receiver room…
Whatever it is, they need to make significant improvements in 2025 and the coaching staff should be on the list, even if all three of their top guys are back.
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Publish date : 2024-12-04 21:50:00
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