Chiefs & Pats Ask to Talk W/McDaniels

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Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

The Patriots offense has completely shifted away from McDaniels style of offense. I heard they want to promote Ferentz's son to OC and that would make a ton of sense considering the work he's done with Gronk and Hernandez.

Not really. Offenses are constantly evolving to take advantage of the players that it has. In the early 2000s, without elite WRs and a QB who was very accurate but didn't have a great deep touch, the offense was largely screens, shorter passes and power running (Antowain Smith / Corey Dillon). As the WRs got better (Moss/Welker), they became the focus of the offense. Now with elite TEs, the seams have become more important.

But fundamentally (conceptually) it's the same offense. It's not like the Pats are running the West Coast offense or whatever. McDaniels is perfectly familiar with the entire system and can easily update himself on how the offense has evolved since then.

Imagine the Rams want a pick for him, and may likely squeeze a 5th rounder or something out of someone.

If the Chiefs get him as OC, it would seem to be very likely that is with RAC as HC. Hard to believe Pioli would get the OC before settling on the HC.