The Patriots from a coaching perspective should be ad good as they were in 2021. Troy Brown was a good player but he's yet to show he cam develop receivers. O'Brien and Klemm should return the play calling and offensive line to respectable play.
I don't expect much change on defense. If Gonzalez can come in and play like a number two, to start his career and Jack Jones can play like a number two, the Patriots should be set at corner. The Patriots have enough defensive backs to replace McCourty but will they is the question.
On offense the Patriots have three questions. Who replaces Damien Harris, Will Gesicki make any impact and can JuJu be as productive as Meyers. Looking at the Patriots offense, JuJu is the make or break for the team having the same success it had on offense in 2021 and I think he will be fine.
With Judge returning to special teams, the team should return to normal. Yeah, the team drafted some new legs but I think it was more fundamentals on that side of the ball than anything. Judge will correct that. Judge is a smart coach that needs to learn defense as he cannot run offense but being a special teams coordinator isn't a bad gig.
Overall, I expect the Patriots to be no better and no worse than the 2021 Patriots. Is that good enough to make the playoffs in 2023, I don't know. Belichick screwed up the team in 2022. And so who knows what the 2023 version is truly capable of.
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