Following the season, Bill Belichick said he and the coaching staff would get some time away after a long grind of a year, but they are now back to work.
According to ESPN's Mike Reiss, the Patriots coaching staff have been back at the Gillette Stadium facility working since last week.
"I think everybody’s put a lot into this season," Belichick said the day after the regular season. "It’s really been a daily process since late July. There was no bye week, there was no break, there was no break in the testing, there was no break in the availability of everyone pretty much on every day. So, I think we can all use a breath of fresh air and a break to get away from things for a period of time. But, during that time, I’m sure that I know our staff, and even though we’re away, we’ll still have access to information and we’ll start working on it.
"When we come back after that period, then we’ll eventually get to everything. We’ll have to prioritize what comes first and what comes second and what comes third. There’s a list of things that we’ll accomplish before certainly the deadlines – the start of free agency, the start of the draft, the start of whatever OTAs are or aren’t. We’ll get things done well ahead of that schedule, but it will be a combination of working through all those things."
It isn't just the coaching staff getting back to work, so is quarterback Jarrett Stidham. The third-year QB posted a picture to his Instagram working with quarterback guru Jordan Palmer in California. Stidham has worked with him for the last several years.
