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PHOENIX -- His offense set an NFL record for points. His quarterback set an NFL record for touchdown passes. His team became the first in NFL history to run through a 16-game season without a loss.
So why doesn't Patriots' quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels get more attention?
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| Josh McDaniels has known nothing but success in seven years with the Patriots. (Getty Images) |
But McDaniels? I counted six people at his table.
"I think he knows his time will come for whatever he wants," tight end Ben Watson said.
What he wants is to become a head coach. In fact, at one point he wanted to become a high school football coach. But that changed the moment he joined the NFL, went on to coach with the Patriots and hooked up with Brady.
Now he'd like to become an NFL head coach, and stay tuned. There's one team out there that doesn't have one, and the Washington Redskins are holding all calls until after this weekend.
Presumably, that's so they can speak to Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, but McDaniels hasn't been ruled out as a possibility -- either by Washington or the New England assistant.
"I'm not going to worry about anything like that," McDainels said. "If it comes up in the future it comes up in the future, and I'll entertain it at the time."
It should come up in the future, and I don't care when or where. But if Charlie Weis, Romeo Crennel and Eric Mangini can parlay the Patriots' successes into head coaching jobs, why can't McDaniels?
OK, so he's 31. So he looks like he's a college sophomore. So he's been working with the offense for four years. He calls the plays for the most prolific offense in league history, for crying out loud.
Sure, Brady makes him look good. He made Weis look good, too. And, yeah, it doesn't hurt to have Belichick there for support. The guy won 100 of his last 127 games, including three Super Bowls.
But the Patriots are where they are today with the help of McDaniels.
