The sneaky reason Bill Belichick may be withholding coordinator titles

Patriots coach Invoice Belichick all the time seems to have one thing up his sleeve.

It’s been extensively documented that Belichick has not named an offensive or defensive coordinator for New England this 12 months. Tom E. Curran, the Patriots’ insider for NBC Sports activities Boston, has grown weary of listening to about it and plainly acknowledged his tackle the matter.

“I’m nearing IDGAF territory on the playcaller/OC/DC speak,” Curran tweeted on Tuesday. “Patricia goes to name the performs and be performing OC. However not naming him permits Pats to let Detroit hold paying him via finish of his Lions contract [2022] and means Patricia doesn’t need to do weekly coordinator calls.”

Patricia, who beforehand served because the Patriots’ defensive coordinator, was fired by the Lions halfway via the 2020 season after compiling a report of 13-29-1. He was beforehand believed to be in a contest with fellow New England alum Joe Choose, who was fired by the Giants in January after two dropping seasons.

Invoice Belichick isn't naming Matt Patricia as official offensive coordinator for sneaky causes.

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As a result of Patricia signed a five-year contract when he first took the Lions job in 2018, the group is obligated to pay him this 12 months. As Curran additionally pointed out Monday in his column, “Naming [Patricia] a coordinator would imply the Patriots must pay him like a coordinator and why try this when the Lions are nonetheless paying Patricia via the top of the 2022 season?”

The offensive coordinator job turned vacant when Josh McDaniels left the Patriots in January to turn into head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.

On the opposite aspect of the ball, Sports activities Illustrated’s Albert Breer factors out that New England has not had a proper defensive coordinator since Patricia left the group in 2018.

Matt Patricia checks his notes because the offense rests throughout Patriots minicamp in June 2022.

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“We're not actually large on titles and all that,” Belichick stated earlier this week of his resolution to not title coordinators. “I feel it’s vital that all of us work collectively and create an amazing remaining product, in order that’s what we’re going to attempt to do. That’s what we’ve all the time performed.”

Title or no title, Patricia — who's listed as a senior soccer advisor/offensive line on the staff’s web site — was calling the offensive performs Wednesday at coaching camp, per NBC Sports activities.