The Patriots are going to have some big holes to fill this offseason.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Raiders are expected to hire Patriots director of player personnel Dave Zigeler as their next general manger. And Adam Schefter of ESPN adds Josh McDaniels is expected to be their next head coach. The two sides are working out contract details.
Ziegler and McDaniels were viewed as a package deal and the Patriots offensive coordinator interviewed with Las Vegas over the weekend following Ziegler over a week ago.
McDaniels has been the Patriots' offensive coordinator since 2012 and was before that from 2005-08. Ziegler has been with New England for the last nine seasons. The two were teammates at John Carroll University.
Eliot Wolf seems like the top candidate to replace Ziegler, while the Patriots could look outside the organization and bring back Bill O'Brien to be the offensive coordinator.
The Patriots have had to replace top coaches and front office members in recent years, but this may be their biggest challenge yet.