By Conor Ryan Former Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman has already offered up his endorsement for Mike Vrabel as New England’s next head coach. But the three-time Super Bowl champion also believes that Josh McDaniels — set to begin his third stint as Patriots’ offensive coordinator — is the right man for the job when it comes to getting the most out of second-year quarterback Drake Maye. Speaking with NBC Sports Boston’s Tom E.
Curran on the “Patriots Talk Podcast”, Edelman pointed to McDaniels’ experience — especially when it comes to developing quarterbacks — as the main reason why he should spur Maye’s development. “I think with Josh — we know his resume,” Edelman told Curran. “He helped develop Tom.
He developed Mac Jones to a Pro Bowl quarterback. Say what you want about Mac Jones and where he’s at in his career now, but he went to the Pro Bowl with Josh. I think there will be good communication (between Josh and Drake).
“Josh is really good at getting on those pages with the quarterback, those meetings before (games). Saturday meetings that usually the OC, the play-caller and the quarterback have to get on that same page, finishing each other’s sentences, doing things that the quarterback’s comfortable doing, but also challenging him with things that will make the unit better. I think he’ll do that, and I think he’s going to be working on his fundamentals better.
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