It was prompt final week that the Cleveland Browns changing offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt with Ken Dorsey was instantly associated to the membership’s want to get one of the best out of quarterback Deshaun Watson.
Van Pelt now serves as offensive coordinator with the New England Patriots, and Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot insisted throughout the newest version of the “Eye on Foxborough” podcast that Van Pelt did not essentially make enemies in Cleveland forward of that membership’s offseason choice.Â
“The Browns coaches actually, actually appeared to love him,” Cabot mentioned about Van Pelt, per Chris Mason of MassLive. “(Quarterback) Baker Mayfield actually preferred him lots. However I simply have a sense that there was some sort of a paradigm shift that they had been searching for when it got here to Deshaun Watson and what he can do versus what Alex Van Pelt is snug with.”Â
Mayfield performed below Van Pelt throughout the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Most not too long ago, Van Pelt helped quarterback Joe Flacco earn Related Press Comeback Participant of the 12 months honors for this previous marketing campaign, and Cabot referred to as the Van Pelt-Flacco partnership “a match made in heaven.” The Patriots, in the meantime, may need a bridge starter in the event that they want to sit a rookie signal-caller for even a portion of the 2024 season.Â
“I used to be pondering it will in all probability be good for the Patriots to signal Joe Flacco,” Cabot acknowledged, as shared by Karen Guregian of MassLive. “He’s on the lookout for a possibility to go someplace the place he can compete for the beginning job, or to begin. Alex Van Pelt is aware of what he’s all about and what he can do. And if in case you have a extremely good receiver that may go down subject, and catch these deep passes from Joe Flacco, you will get plenty of mileage out of that.”Â
It is thought that the Patriots may enter coaching camp with a rookie, a veteran resembling Flacco and 2021 first-round draft choose Mac Jones of their quarterback room. Whereas Flacco turned 39 years outdated in January, he confirmed all through the earlier month he nonetheless had somewhat one thing left within the tank. It is also value noting that the Tremendous Bowl XLVII Most Helpful Participant might be a great mentor for a first-year professional resembling Drake Maye of the North Carolina Tar Heels.