On Monday, the Bengals announced on X.com that former Patriots offensive line coach Scott Peters was being hired in Cincinnati in that same role.
Peters spent one season in New England as the head of the team’s most inconsistent unit, navigating a group devoid of both high-end talent and health, and even saw their opening day starting left tackle quit the team after only 12 snaps in Week 1.
But when you look at how each of his offensive linemen graded out against their peers at their respective positions in 2024, it begs the question of whether or not a different coach could have gotten more out of the group:
- OT Demontrey Jacobs, 81st out of 81
- OT Vederian Lowe, 69th out of 81
- G Layden Robinson, 74th out of 77
- G Mike Onwenu, 33rd out of 77
- C Ben Brown, 39th out of 40
Whether or not Peters would be back in New England in 2025 was in question until today’s announcement, as Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft told the media in his end-of-season press conference that it would be up to his new head coach to decide the fate of the coaches that remained under contract after Jerod Mayo’s firing.
With that new head coach inevitably being Mike Vrabel, there was a non-zero chance for Peters returning to Foxborough.
From 2020 to 2023, Peters was in Cleveland under Kevin Stefanski as the assistant offensive line coach, whereas Vrabel spent the 2024 season with Stefanski as a coaching and personnel consultant. There was thought that a nice letter of rec from Stefanski could save Peters’ job with the Patriots in 2025.
Instead, Peters is headed for a job with one of Stefanski’s division rivals.
Stay locked in to WEEI and WEEI.com for all the latest on the Patriots’ coaching staff in the coming weeks.