It was suggested final week that the Cleveland Browns changing offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt with Ken Dorsey was immediately associated to the membership’s need to get one of the best out of quarterback Deshaun Watson.
Van Pelt now serves as offensive coordinator with the New England Patriots, and Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot insisted in the course of the newest version of the “Eye on Foxborough” podcast that Van Pelt did not essentially make enemies in Cleveland forward of that membership’s offseason determination.
“The Browns coaches actually, actually appeared to love him,” Cabot stated about Van Pelt, per Chris Mason of MassLive. “(Quarterback) Baker Mayfield actually favored him quite a bit. However I simply have a sense that there was some type of a paradigm shift that they have been searching for when it got here to Deshaun Watson and what he can do versus what Alex Van Pelt is comfy with.”
Mayfield performed underneath Van Pelt in the course of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Most lately, Van Pelt helped quarterback Joe Flacco earn Related Press Comeback Participant of the 12 months honors for this previous marketing campaign, and Cabot known as the Van Pelt-Flacco partnership “a match made in heaven.” The Patriots, in the meantime, may wish a bridge starter in the event that they want to sit a rookie signal-caller for even a portion of the 2024 season.
“I used to be considering it will in all probability be sensible for the Patriots to signal Joe Flacco,” Cabot acknowledged, as shared by Karen Guregian of MassLive. “He’s on the lookout for a possibility to go someplace the place he can compete for the beginning job, or to start out. Alex Van Pelt is aware of what he’s all about and what he can do. And when you’ve got a extremely good receiver that may go down subject, and catch these deep passes from Joe Flacco, you will get a variety of mileage out of that.”
It is thought that the Patriots may enter coaching camp with a rookie, a veteran similar to Flacco and 2021 first-round draft decide Mac Jones of their quarterback room. Whereas Flacco turned 39 years previous in January, he confirmed all through the earlier month he nonetheless had a little bit one thing left within the tank. It is also value noting that the Tremendous Bowl XLVII Most Precious Participant could possibly be an excellent mentor for a first-year professional similar to Drake Maye of the North Carolina Tar Heels.