Patriots ‘Rivalry Is Back On’ After Josh McDaniels Backs Out — Colts GM

“I didn’t want the explanation”. McDaniels informed Ballard that he had some bad news to deliver before telling Ballard that he’ll be staying in New England. That may come in New England in just a few years’ time anyway, but that move is far from a guarantee.

That’s where Josh McDaniels’ bombshell of a decision to back out of the Colts’ head coaching job could affect the Vikings. No. 1, Bill Belichick said to him, ‘I want you to be by my side.

While fans and doctors are uncertain, Ballard is confident in Luck’s recovery and return. However, Ballard did confirm Luck has not yet picked up a football in his rehabilitation routine. ESPN’s Chris Mortensen has reported there are still concerns about whether Luck’s shoulder could require additional surgery.

“It was a pretty short conversation”, Ballard said Wednesday in a news conference to address McDaniels” stunning 11th-hour reversal. We had an agreement in place. He’s working on his throw motion.

Ballard handled the situation with class.

“Les told me he had another job being offered to him, and that if I would just tell him he had a job with him that he would turn the other people down”.

Ballard said there were no indications McDaniels was vacillating.

The Colts didn’t even get a scratchpad resignation letter and an awkward news conference out of McDaniels, though one was scheduled for Wednesday before he changed his mind.

“To me, it’s about being right”. They went 3-13 in 2017, which gave them no choice but to fire Pagano.

“As a GM, you always keep a list of guys. All of them are on board with where we’re going”.

That led to the franchise re-opening their coaching search and going back to square one. “We’ve got work to do, and I want someone that’s 100 percent committed to partnering with us in getting that work done”.

Belichick’s track record indicates that he prefers to promote coaches from within the organization, and that he likes his coordinators to have coached multiple positions before such a promotion, which makes Flores a prime candidate.

The report also mentioned that DeFilippo’s interest in the Vikings job is very high and he looks forward to interviewing with them.

It seems that New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels will not be leaving the team after all. Some of these coaches have already agreed to a contract with the Colts, including defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus.