Patriots Just Made GREAT Move For The Offense

The New England Patriots are in the middle of a total offensive revolution. The disappointment of the Matt Patricia/Joe Judge experiment appears long gone as Bill O’Brien is now putting his stamp on a Patriots offense that desperately needs some changes.

O’Brien is taking an interesting approach with this 2023 Patriots offensive, however. He is implementing an offense very similar to the Alabama offense he just ran from last year, under Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban. What makes this interesting is that O’Brien’s Alabama offense was essentially the same as the prior Alabama offensive coordinator, Steve Sarkisian.  This is a smart call by O’Brien because Patriots quarterback Mac Jones is much more comfortable in that “Sark” offense. After all, Jones had an outstanding run and even won a national title running that offense. So O’Brien isn’t installing the offense he ran in Houston, or the offense he ran during his prior stint in New England. He is installing the Steve Sarkisian offense that Mac Jones ran in college. 

Look, a lot of people don’t like Bill O’Brien. As a GM, he made a number of really foolish roster moves (the Deandre Hopkins trade was arguably the worst trade of the past decade). But give credit where credit is due. O’Brien could have been hard headed and tried to run the offense 100% his way. Most coordinators, especially veteran ones, would have. But he recognized that the best way forward was to run an offense that would be good for his QB, which is the right call. The Patriots and Bill O’Brien deserve a lot of credit for making a really smart move. For further details, see video below