"Time for a fun game called “Who said it: Yogi Berra or Bill Belichick?”Here’s your quote Youth Andre Tippett Jerseys , you decide:OK, fine, it doesn’t quite have the same ring as “Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical”, but you gotta give Bill some extra style points for matter-of-factly stating that 28-3in a 60-minute world championship was just “not having control of the score”. That’s one way to put it, I guess. So as the Patriots move on to their third defensive coordinator in 3 seasons, after the defense dunked on some of the highest-powered offenses and receivers in the league in 2018........while at other times not exactly doing their job against some not-exactly-elite competition in 2018....Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images....while also doing some extremely cool and nightmare-fuel formations to confuse their enemies........aside from keeping their Points Allowed at a respectable level (7th in the NFL in 2018, 5th in 2017), consistency hasn’t exactly been their calling card for the past couple seasons.So when your would-be-defensive-coordinator peaces out after never formally getting introduced as DC when it’s almost April Andre Tippett Jerseys Stitched , and Brian Flores earns one of the quickest come-ups in recent memory, what’s an eight-time Super Bowl champion coach to do?The same thing the rest of us Average Joes do when you want something done right: do it yourself.That’s the report from Ben Volin at the Boston Globe, anyway, via ProFootballTalk:(weirdly, I can’t find this on the Globe’s site anywhere, but if PFT and NFL Network are reporting it, hey, that’s good enough for us)Maybe it’s just offseason over-analysis season Youth Tedy Bruschi Jerseys , but those reports don’t seem to line up exactly; saying Bill is going to handle the DC duties and saying Bill is going to be the “de facto defensive coordinator” sure leaves a lot of wiggle room for what he’ll actually be doing vs what he’ll be delegating. And on a less serious note, you gotta admit this is also kind of funny because of everyone who’s played the “Brady’s only great because of Bill and Bill is only great because DEFENSE” game with another fanbase, and that crowd almost always has some riff on “well Bill’s BASICALLY the defensive coordinator anyway”, no matter who’s got the headset on.Anywho, with the Patriots bringing in some Legion-of-Boom type pieces to add to a defense that just bamboozled one of those “best NFL offenses of the season” we were just talking about in the Super Bowl and kept them decisively out of the end zone altogether...maybe Colin Cowherd was right that if you guys didn’t stop Bill in 2018, 2019 probably ain’t your year, and, um Tedy Bruschi Jerseys Stitched , 2020’s not looking good either. The Patriots stay intact where they have to."Over the three months since winning Super Bowl 53, the New England Patriots saw considerable departures through all levels of their organization: from players leaving via free agency or retirement, to coaches joining other clubs, to off-field personnel jumping ship. The offensive side of the football was hit particularly hard, with some key pieces of the team’s 2018 championship squad exiting one way or another.The biggest of them is, of course, tight end Rob Gronkowski. Coming off a statistical down-year that still ended in a productive postseason run and ultimately his third title, the future Hall of Famer decided to call it a career after nine record-breaking seasons. He is joined on the list of ex-Patriots by starting left tackle Trent Brown as well as rotational wide receivers Chris Hogan and Cordarrelle Patterson — all of whom left New England in free agency.Furthermore Youth Steve Grogan Jerseys , two assistant coaches also decided to end their tenures with the club: wide receivers coach Chad O’Shea will serve as the Miami Dolphins’ new offensive coordinator moving forward, with assistant quarterbacks coach Jerry Schuplinski joining him to serve in the same role. But despite their departures, and those of Gronkowski and company, the Patriots offense remains a model of stability in the NFL.Three men are responsible for that. Head coach Bill Belichick, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Josh McDaniels, and quarterback Tom Brady will all return for yet another season together — their twelfth season together, and eighth straight since McDaniels returned into the fold following his rather unsuccessful stints as head coach of the Denver Broncos and offensive coordinator of the then-St. Louis Rams.The experience the three men share when it comes to working alongside each other is virtually unrivaled in the NFL. While Belichick and Brady are unquestioned in their respective roles, McDaniels is the second longest-tenured offensive coordinator in the league behind only the New Orleans Saints’ Pete Carmichael. Carmichael is entering his tenth straight season as the Saints’ offensive coordinator Steve Grogan Jerseys Stitched , but had to work under a different head coach in 2012 due to Sean Payton’s year-long suspension.New Orleans’ offensive core, which also includes quarterback Drew Brees, is the only one with similar stability year-in and year-out as the Patriots. Behind the two teams is a sizable gap to the next longest-tenured top trio: Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn enters his third season working alongside offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt and quarterback Philip Rivers. No other offense in the NFL has all three roles tied to the same persons for more than a year.In fact, eight teams enter their 2019 campaigns with first-year head coaches at the helm. A staggering fifteen — almost half of the league — have new offensive signal callers in place. Meanwhile, up to five teams are expected to field new starting quarterbacks. Safe to say that turnover is the one constant in the NFL, but one the Patriots have successfully avoided at the three most important offensive spots.