The New England Patriots promoted a pair of internal candidates as they backfilled the wide-ranging role of Bill Belichick this offseason.
But was that the correct way to go about it?
New England on Saturday officially named Eliot Wolf as its executive vice president of player personnel. Wolf, who previously served as New England’s director of scouting, was widely viewed as the favorite to land the job given he was the team’s de facto general manager since the Belichick departure.
Wolf’s promotion concluded the Patriots hiring carousel some four months after Jerod Mayo was named as the successor to Belichick’s head coaching role.