Matt Patricia was shifted to coaching the safeties in 2011 which is an interesting move in that…

• BB didn’t name a Defensive Coordinator for 2011
• Patricia should have less bodies to coach, and will have experience coaching two of the three levels of the Patriots defense. He looks primed to be a defensive coordinator at some point.
• Patricia should continue to be the one who calls the defense and with less players to worry about he might be more involved with big picture defense stuff.
• Pepper Johnson remains as the defensive line coach and you have to wonder if he really does project as a defensive coordinator. It certainly seems like Patricia is being groomed.