Jones & Keefe: Tom E. Curran on why he is interested in Chip Kelly as the Patriots' next OC

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00:00As the year played out and Vrabel wasn't a head coach, I'm sure, first of all, he was a bit surprised that he wasn't a head coach in 2024,

00:06but as the year played out and he was looking to line up another job and get back in,

00:11do you think he had sort of the ideal coaching staff in mind then?

00:15Like, so as soon as he was hired, not that he immediately signed everybody that day,

00:20but as he's kind of playing it out in his mind, do you think he had the ideal offensive coordinator

00:25for whenever he was going to get his next job all set?

00:28I think, of course. Like, if you and I were in that position, or even Jones, who can be a little bit haphazard,

00:35if you and I were in that position, we had a whole friggin' year off and we had the opportunity to get a $10 million position,

00:42we would sit there, and I don't know how much he's being paid, we would say, well, boy, I better have a staff around me,

00:48so I can't imagine that he would not have that staff.

00:51You know, you can say McDaniels and the Patriots could hire him tomorrow.

00:55Does Josh want to be here? Are there other opportunities for him?

00:58Does Ray want to look at some of the people who have been involved in the playoffs right now

01:02and are coming available, for instance, you know, now that there's more opportunity to interview them?

01:07And is he looking at those guys? Is he interested in Chip Kelly from Ohio State, having been there?

01:12I'm intrigued by Chip Kelly, honestly. Chip Kelly, what was that noise?

01:17I said same. You can hear me nodding. I was nodding and Keith said same. We both like Chip Kelly as well, yeah.

01:24I do too, and I think the people, oh, I want the baby-faced coordinator who barely just started shaving

01:30because I don't know how bad. Look, he got 27 touchdowns and two picks out of Nick Foles.

01:35I know it didn't go great at San Francisco, but he is an innovative guy,

01:42despite the fact that his birth date is in the 60s, I'm sure. It might be the 50s.

01:4660s.

01:48So to me, I like Chip Kelly. He's a Manchester, New Hampshire native, coached at UNH,

01:54has been at Ohio State, knows Mike Farabel. It intrigues me.