Top five offensive play-callers in the NFL right now

#4 Josh McDaniels

The least discussed name among offensive play-callers probably is this guy up in New England. Josh McDaniels has done it for a long time despite one not so successful stop as head coach in Denver and almost taking over the gig in Indianapolis, before pulling himself out that job at the last moment.

Once again, Tom Brady has been unbelievable during his two decades in the league and I don’t think there is much of a discussion anymore if he is the GOAT, because he has simply accomplished more than anybody else, but a lot of the success especially, later on, has a lot to do with that Patriots system keeping him young. Not a lot of people run this type of system because it is hard to really define and even tougher to teach.

New England uses the highest amount of different personnel packages and can change their look upon every single snap. Last year they went back to being more of a power run game with James Develin clocking the second-highest percentage of snaps for a fullback behind only Kyle Juszczyk, but with him on IR and no elite run-blocking tight-end like Gronk, they have needed to go back to more spread looks.

They love to roll out empty sets and create mismatches with their backs in the passing game, set up easy YAC-opportunities for their receivers underneath and I can not even count the number of cheap first downs they have picked up on screens to James White and those other guys over the years.

I know the defense is the big story for the Pats this year, but with a somewhat declining Brady and no real threats on the outside, they are still somehow scoring 30 a game.