Offensive coordinators don’t usually take out full-page goodbye ads in the local paper when they depart for a new team.
But Josh McDaniels wasn’t a typical offensive coordinator.
The Patriots’ longtime play-caller bid farewell to New England Wednesday with an ad in the Boston Globe. In it, McDaniels, who was named head coach of the Raiders last month, called out the “3 goats” he worked with: Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft and Tom Brady.
He also gave some love to Patriots fans.
“I will miss you, all of you Patriots fans, more than you know. You are the epitome of resilience and the definition of support,” he wrote.
McDaniels, 45, took his first job with the Patriots when he was in his mid-20s. He started as a lowly paid scouting assistant before working his way to quarterbacks coach in 2004, where he developed his career-altering bond with Brady.
“When I moved here 20 years ago, I had no children, no wife, no NFL experience and of course no Super Bowl ring,” McDaniels said. “Two decades here have given me a magnificent wife, 4 magnificent kids and 6 Super Bowl rings. Through school carpools, club sports, my kids’ friendships, Nor’easters, the pandemic and my crazy schedule, you’ve always been there for us. You drew a perfect picture of what ‘HOME’ for an NFL football coach should be.”
McDaniels coached the Broncos from 2009-10 before returning to Foxborough in 2012. It was long believed he would be Belichick’s successor, especially after he had reneged on the Colts’ head coaching job in 2018.
But alas, McDaniels is now Vegas bound.
