{"id":39812,"date":"2022-02-20T05:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=39812"},"modified":"2022-02-19T21:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T02:50:04","slug":"patriots-news-02-20-groh-schematic-changes-on-defense-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2022\/02\/20\/patriots-news-02-20-groh-schematic-changes-on-defense-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots News 02-20, Groh, Schematic Changes on Defense, Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good morning, here are your weekly <\/span><b>Patriots news 02-20<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and NFL notes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While all of us here are happy to see Brian Flores get another coaching job in the NFL, the simple fact that he&#8217;s a defensive assistant and linebacker coach that he&#8217;s vastly overqualified for speaks volumes about his lawsuit and how it kind of proves itself. But good for B-Flo and for Mike Tomlin. Tomlin just hired a new DC in Teryl Austin on Feb. 6, and having an experienced hand with Flores along with Tomlin will make Austin&#8217;s transition a much easier one.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we get to the team news, RIP to the Patriots&#8217; oldest fan, Myrtle Milledge who passed away this week at the age of 106. Milledge, from Mexico, Maine, was honored by the team earlier this month and was given a Patriots jersey with the number 106 on it. She was the Grand Marshall of the Patriots Super Bowl parade there in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josh McDaniels took out a full-page ad in the Boston Globe to thank the Patriots and fans for all of his success here after taking the head coaching gig with the Las Vegas Raiders. (more below)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Key Dates for the NFL 2022 Offseason:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>February 22<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: First day to designate franchise or transition tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>March 1-7<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: NFL Scouting combine in Indianapolis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>March 8<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Franchise\/transition tag deadline<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>March 14-16<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Legal Tampering Period for pending unrestricted free agents<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>March 16 (4 p.m. ET)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Free-agent deals can be signed, and trades can be officially conducted. The league year begins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>March 27-30<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Annual league meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>April 4<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Teams with new head coaches can begin offseason conditioning programs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>April 18<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Remainder of teams can begin offseason conditioning programs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>April 22<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Deadline for restricted free agents (RFAs) to sign offer sheets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>April 27<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Deadline for teams to exercise the right of first refusal on RFAs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>April 28-30<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The 2022 NFL Draft in Las Vegas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Quick Hitters For the Pats, and the NFL:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Josh McDaniels: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former Patriots offensive coordinator took out an entire full-page ad in the Boston Globe to thank fans, Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft, and of course Tom Brady as he\u2019s now the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. He also mentioned former OL coach Dante Scarnecchia, RB coach Ivan Fears, and late team front office official Nancy Meier<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI will miss you, all of you Patriots fans, more than you know. You are the epitome of resilience and the definition of support,\u201d McDaniels said. \u201cI will never forget snowballs flying around after the \u2018tuck\u2019 game, the way you embraced Matt Cassel after TB\u2019s 2008 knee injury, the LOUD way you expressed a \u2018never say die\u2019 attitude in the second half of our Super Bowl against Atlanta and, most of all, you enthusiastically lining the streets for our half dozen duck boat parades. There is a reason they call Boston the best sports city in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe person who gave me my start in professional football, who gave me my first shot at coaching a position group, who named me OC at age 29, and who graciously welcomed me back to the Patriots after my three-year sabbatical in Denver and St. Louis is another GOAT: Bill Belichick. My father Thom, a Hall of Fame high school football coach in Canton, Ohio, taught me the game of football. Bill taught me how to teach others how to play this game I love, and sculpted me into the coach I am today. Bill\u2019s brilliance has been matched in my life only by his generosity, his willingness to share with the invaluable coaching axioms that have shaped and will continue to shape my career and my life immeasurably.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI had a front-row seat to watch TB12 play the most important position in all of team sports better than anyone has ever played it. Far more personally significant, almost 2 decades of sharing a game day trench with Tommy forged a close relationship of trust and gave rise to a priceless friendship. Tom is as great as it gets on and off the field, and I appreciate how he\u2019s made me better in so many ways.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He thanked the people of the region for turning him into a \u201cwicked savvy New Englanduh.\u201d Classic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Eric Bieniemy: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chiefs offensive coordinator, whose contract ran out at the end of the playoffs was the subject of an eye-raising piece by \u201cChiefs Kingdom\u201d, an operation that has been around for 25+ years and has broken several stories from inside sources within the team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report, which has since been taken down,\u00a0 stated that the relationship between Patrick Mahomes, Bieniemy, and HC Andy Reid, hasn\u2019t been all rosy and that things came to a head during the AFC Championship Game. According to the piece, Bieniemy blamed Mahomes&#8217; poor Super Bowl performance against Tampa Bay a year ago as the primary reason why he didn\u2019t get a head coaching job.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bieniemy, who was quoted as saying of Mahomes \u201cHe\u2019s a great kid, but he\u2019s a competitive prick,\u201d only added fuel to the fire. Tyreek Hill immediately came to Bieniemy\u2019s defense on Twitter, But the only way we\u2019ll truly know how much of the story is true is if, KC resigns Bieniemy since he didn\u2019t land a head coaching gig again this offseason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patriots 4th &amp; 2 Podcast:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you haven\u2019t checked out our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/cottage-talk\/patriots-fourth-and-two-blog-talk-radio-feed\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PatsFans.com podcast, <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPatriots 4th &amp; 2\u201d in a bit, please check it out. Russ, Derek, and I discussed the team\u2019s free agents a couple of weeks ago and the Brady retirement news. We\u2019ll get back in the studio ASAP.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Russ Francis\/Chuck Fairbanks:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The former Patriot tight end and head coach both should be in the Patriots team Hall of Fame&#8230;this will be on our Sunday posts until it happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Could the Defense Be Looking At Schematic Changes in 2022:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patriots\u2019 linebacker coach Jerod Mayo last week said that the goal for the defense in 2022 was to get faster and more explosive and get more playmakers on the field. Mike Reiss of ESPN, who seems to always have great insight on the pulse inside Gillette Stadium, intimated that schematic changes could possibly be coming in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayo\u2019s comments from last week are repeated once more: \u201cNow, we have some guys who were new to the system last year which I expect going forward they\u2019ll have a better understanding of that. Also through the draft and through free agency, we\u2019ll definitely look to get faster, look to get more explosive, and look to put more playmakers on the field.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reiss\u2019 piece poses an intriguing question. While a lot of people expect the team to target an athletic linebacker in the upcoming 2022 NFL Draft, it isn\u2019t like the team hasn\u2019t attempted to do so in recent years. The team drafted Josh Uche, Chase Winovich, Anfernee Jennings, and this year drafted Cameron McGrone, although they knew he was injured and wouldn\u2019t play in 2021, and then signed free agent Raekwon McMillan who like Jennings was placed on IR this past season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uche and Winovich were invisible last season. And Uche who was one of the standouts during training camp and preseason particularly seemed poised for a breakout year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But when Reiss stated it is \u201cpossible that what the Patriots are doing scheme-wise is not allowing the natural abilities of young linebackers to be maximized.\u201d It raises an intriguing question. Does their system need to change to keep up with an NFL that placing a premium on speed?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team certainly has a plethora of off-the-ball linebackers who could thrive in the league, if the system is playing to their talents in the best way possible. While Winovich may have been in Belichick\u2019s doghouse and could be traded this offseason, before they invest in more young talent, they may be looking at ways they can better utilize the talent that is already here. While Belichick is on record as saying that the system has to remain in effect, the team could be looking to tweak that. It is what makes the offseason so intriguing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How Will Matt Groh\u2019s Promotion Play Out in 2022:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This winter the Patriots lost Dave Ziegler, the Director of Player Personnel to the Las Vegas Raiders to be their new General Manager. Ziegler had only been in the position a year after Nick Caserio bolted to the Texans to be their new GM. But the team promoted Matt Groh, who has been with the team for 11 years to take over for Ziegler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziegler and Bill Belichick had a pretty impressive 2021 draft, something that the departed Ziegler helped Belichick fashion. Groh comes from the scouting side of the house. He worked his way up through the ranks (a Patriots\u2019 must), from scouting assistant in 2011, an area scout from 2013-2018, and national scout from 2019-2020 before becoming the team\u2019s national scouting director last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He should be working closely on the draft side of the house with draft consultant Eliot Wolf and in free agency with the director of pro personnel Steve Cargile along with Belichick in shaping how they want to construct the 2022 version of the team. It remains to be seen if Matt Patricia will be involved in personnel decisions as he was in 2021 or, if recent rumors are true, that he will take a more active role in coaching in 2022 (more below).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The continuity of promoting from within, however, remains in effect. Groh and Wolf were in Mobile for the Senior Bowl recently. And Groh will have a lot of say now when it comes to the upcoming free agency period. But for now, the team needs a new national scouting director.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Coaching Changes Will Continue to Develop:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bill Belichick and the Patriots are used to seeing the coaching staff poached every spring. But this year, over half of the offensive coaches have been snatched away. Josh McDaniels, Bo Hardegree, Carmen Bricillo, and Mick Lombardi are all gone. Longtime RBs coach Ivan Fears, who actually predates Belichick is thought to be close to retirement. Changes are coming and the staff will look very different in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joe Judge is back after being fired from the Giants. His official designation is \u201coffensive assistant\u201d but the former STs coordinator and WR coach will probably have a say in calling the plays. Tight ends coach Nick Calley is also a possible name for Belichick to groom as the next OC. Vinnie Sunseri (asst RB coach), and Troy Brown (asst WR coach) should also see an uptick in responsibilities this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the rumors have swirled back and forth that the Patriots would try to rehire former OC Bill O\u2019Brien, rumors continue to circulate that Belichick, who always relinquished control to McDaniels in offensive playcalling, would take a more active role in that aspect of the team. That would lead to which coach would get the most of the play-calling responsibilities as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3136313\/2022\/02\/18\/how-will-patriots-bill-belichick-go-about-filling-offensive-coaching-staff\/?source=weeklyemail&amp;campaign=602288\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff Howe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Athletic posted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matt Patricia is also rumored to be a candidate for moving into a coaching position for the offense, however, while some think that Belichick could move him into an OC-type of position with play-calling responsibilities, as Howe pointed out, it may make sense to place Patricia as the offensive line coach, where he was Dante Scarnecchia\u2019s assistant in 2005, to give time for Billy Yates, the current assistant to work into the role.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing that won\u2019t change is the system. That is Belichick\u2019s hard and fast coaching philosophy, while it is a fact of life in the NFL that coordinators may come and go, the system has to remain the same. And with 2nd year QB Mac Jones\u2019 development something to watch this year, it is the reason why Belichick hiring outside of the team rather than internally, is probably not going to happen. This is why hiring guys like Adam Gase or even Eric Bieniemy, who some were calling for this week, is a pretty low possibility. They don&#8217;t want their QB to have to learn an entirely new system, each time a coordinator comes in the door. The current Patriots offensive system hasn&#8217;t changed since Belichick took over the helm in 2000. The OC has gone from Charlie Weis, to McDaniels, to O&#8217;Brien, back to McDaniels. Now they are facing some uncertainty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019ll add to the staff as the spring wears on, but unless they were to bring back O\u2019Brien, the staff will probably all get promotions up from their current jobs. They have traditionally promoted internally and that won\u2019t change much as long as Belichick is at the helm.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">_____<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">____________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo, how was your week?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow me on Twitter @SteveB7SFG or email me at<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/patspub.patsfans.com\/stevebpatsfans@gmail.com\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stevebpatsfans@gmail.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen to our<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/patriotsfourthandtwo\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patriots 4th and 2<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> podcasts on Stitcher and Streamyard as Russ Goldman, Derek Havens, and myself from<\/span><\/i><a 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