Report: The Patriots have interviewed Josh McDaniels for offensive coordinator

What’s old can become new again in New England.

As expected, Josh McDaniels has interviewed for the Patriots’ offensive coordinator job under Mike Vrabel, Mark Daniels of MassLive.com reports.

Vrabel said McDaniels was on the long list of offensive coordinator candidates.

This will be McDaniels’ third stint with New England. He first joined the club in 2001 as a personnel assistant, and worked his way up to offensive coordinator and QBs coach from 2006-08 before leaving to become Denver’s head coach. He returned in 2012 and was New England’s offensive coordinator before becoming Las Vegas’ head coach in 2022.

McDaniels won six Super Bowls with the Patriots as an assistant under coach Bill Belichick.

New England also spoke with Minnesota’s Grant Udinsky, former Bears interim coach Thomas Brown and Chargers’ bullpen coordinator Marcus Brady.