The Patriots’ decision to make Matt Patricia their de facto offensive coordinator and Joe Judge their quarterbacks coach certainly confused many around the league and was even reportedly questioned by some of their own players, Conor Roche of the Boston Globe reports.

As New England’s offense struggled through much of the 2022 season, Mac Jones sought help from outside of Foxborough, causing him to land in the Bill Belichick “doghouse,” NBC Sports’ Chris Simms said in February.

Now months removed from the season, it appears Belichick hasn’t gotten over Jones’s action to reach out to non-Patriots people for help. NBC Sports Boston’s Tom E. Curran said that he was recently told Jones’s decision to seek help from other people “really pissed Bill Belichick off” during an appearance on WEEI’s “Jones & Mego with Arcand.”

“As we know, a disloyalty in Bill’s mind is almost worse than bad play,” Curran said of the situation. “Mac, even though you could say it’s ironic because he’s trying to get better and he’s wondering ‘Are we supposed to be doing it this way?’ And he’s asking around the football world about it. That effort to improve was showing up the Matt Patricia-Joe Judge contingent that Bill put in charge. When Bill caught wind of it — he’s still pissed about it.”

Curran didn’t know who in particular Jones spoke to during the 2022 season for help, but he also said that Jones wasn’t alone in questioning the offensive coaching setup. Curran believes that Brian Hoyer was released by the Patriots in March, in part, because of his disapproval of the coaching setup.

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