Hey, what's up, everybody?

Welcome into Tom Perrin's Patriots Talk podcast alongside my guy, Phil Perry.

We have an emergency pod because the Patriots have announced all their coordinators.

We already knew that Jeremy Springer was going to do special teams.

DeMarcus Covington is going to be the defensive coordinator. But the big surprise is Alex Van Pelt out of nowhere. He's going to take over as the Patriots offensive coordinator.

Now, before we bring Philly, let's give a little bio. Alex Dan Pelt is

53 years old, former pit quarterback. I remember him playing there. And then he was with the

bills for a long time as a backup quarterback. He had interviews with the Raiders and the

Tampa Bay Buccaneers prior to coming in to see the Patriots. The Patriots basically had him in for an in-person

interview, didn't let him leave, didn't let them leave. Maybe that's because of the other

opportunities that were out there. But Phil, a dozen offensive coordinator candidates came

through here. You and I discussed many times that Nick Cayley was a candidate, a finalist, a favorite to have the job.

I expressed on our last pod just my concern about rookies all over the place. Well, in Alex

Van Pelt, the Patriots do not have a rookie. They have a 53-year-old guy who's been the coordinator

for the Cleveland Browns for the last three years, 2020, 2021, in through 2023 when the Browns go to the playoffs.

And they use a whole fleet of different quarterbacks, Joe Flacco included. So you go to Sean Watson,

to him being in and out of the lineup, to Joe Flacco. And yeah, you're a defensive-oriented team,

but you don't have Nick Chubb and you still get to the playoffs.

So enough out of me.

I'm going to give you the ball once I just say that to me,

this is a DCS situation, best case scenario,

because you needed somebody with some experience who's not going to be an interloper.

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