The Patriots should make previous offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels the next play caller under new head coach Mike Vrabel. McDaniels could usher Drake Maye into elite quarterbacking in 2025.

New Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has confirmed that he's considering hiring Josh McDaniels as his offensive coordinator, but he says there are lots of other candidates for the job as well.

Kelly and Vrabel also have history. They both served as members of Bill O’Brien’s staff with the Houston Texans. Kelly rose up the ranks to offensive coordinator there and survived O’Brien’s firing but not David Culley’s a year later. Vrabel hired him in Tennessee, where he served as passing game coordinator in 2022 and OC in 2023.

The New England Patriots named Mike Vrabel as the next head coach of the franchise on Sunday to little surprise within the NFL community. Vrabel, who most recently worked as a consultant to the Cleveland Browns and previously coached the Tennessee Titans,

“There is buzz in some coaching circles that Josh McDaniels could be a prime candidate to be Vrabel's offensive coordinator. That would be quite the nostalgia tandem, and though McDaniels is a two-time failed head coach, no one disputes his coordinator chops,” Jeremy Fowler reported.

Josh McDaniels worked on all nine of Bill Belichick's New England Super Bowl teams. Here's why he would fit if Mike Vrabel takes over the Patriots?

Newly hired New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel is still figuring out his coaching staff, but he confirmed that a familiar face is

Josh McDaniels and Mike Vrabel were together on what came close to being regarded as the NFL's best team of all-time.