Matt Patricia Riles Up Patriots Fans With Apparent (And Strange) Brag
The Patriots now are two years removed from Matt Patricia's disastrous run as de facto offensive coordinator, but he recently found a new way to annoy New England's fanbase.
Patricia will be featured on the premiere episode of "COACH," an Underdog Fantasy show starring Bill Belichick. The outlet on Tuesday released a preview of Episode 1 that features Belichick and Patricia breaking down the Patriots' offseason roster moves, and the latter appeared to slide in some bizarre bravado during the segment.
"You can really see -- they did re-sign a lot of the players that we had, you know, brought there and had there," Patricia said. "They obviously like those guys."
Unsurprisingly, Patricia apparently taking a share of credit for New England's current roster construction didn't sit well with the Foxboro Faithful.
Belichick -- and perhaps Patricia -- do deserve some credit for bringing in players who proved to be foundational pieces of the franchise, including Jabrill Peppers and Hunter Henry. That said, praise can only go so far when you're talking about a team that went a combined 12-22 the last two seasons.
Patricia and Belichick will be working together in the media this NFL season, so we probably can expect more instances of the former Patriots coaches irking New England fans this fall.