Patriots to interview Ryan Wendell for OL teaching job
Report: Ex-Patriots lineman to interview for OL coaching job initially appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Invoice O’Brien has formally been named the New England Patriots‘ offensive coordinator, however there’s extra work to be completed on the teaching workers.
Offensive line coach is one other place that must be stuffed forward of the 2023 NFL season. Matt Patricia was employed for the function earlier than the 2022 marketing campaign earlier than relinquishing it to assistant Billy Yates.
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On Friday, The MMQB’s Albert Breer reported ex-Pats heart Ryan Wendell will interview for New England’s offensive line teaching job. Wendell, who performed with the workforce from 2009-15, will meet Bill Belichick and Co. in Las Vegas the place Patriots coaches are making ready for the East-West Shrine Bowl.
Wendell has served because the Buffalo Bills‘ assistant offensive line coach since 2019. On Friday’s Early Version, our Phil Perry shared his response to the Patriots contemplating Wendell for the job.
“That’s important information. That is a large, large place that must be stuffed on the workers,” Perry mentioned. “I am questioning although, this could possibly be the sixth completely different offensive line coach that they’ve had since 2019, Dante Scarnecchia’s final 12 months. That is a whole lot of turnover in a single place.
“Billy Yates is any individual who’s actually well-respected by the Patriots and is aware of the Scarnecchia system, not the system that they tried to make work final 12 months. Rather well-respected man. I am sitting right here questioning, why do not they only let Billy Yates coach the system that he is aware of versus making him run a system that no person knew final 12 months?”
Whereas acknowledging Yates’ {qualifications} for the place, Perry notes Wendell additionally has familiarity with Scarnecchia’s system.
“He does, and he performed beneath Invoice O’Brien,” he mentioned. “So these two, you’d assume, would have a very good working relationship. However once more, that is a whole lot of turnover for these guys on the offensive line.”
The Patriots are also expected to meet with one other certainly one of their ex-players, Adrian Klemm, to debate the offensive line teaching job. Klemm interviewed for the offensive coordinator place earlier than O’Brien’s hiring.