See? My Patriots system works Brian! Just need some players Brian! We don't need a OC Brian! Lamar, run it again!
I said this when they cut Prosch and brought it up again when the running game was struggling in the last month of the season.
Having to have backup on top of backup for either bad or injured O-line members is what limited their roster flexibility the most. They couldn't even get a true backup slot receiver active due, and had to resort to a backup QB.
True. Tyler Ervin was the biggest question mark after roster cuts. They had Coutee (was healthy then) and Coates who could return kicks. Bruce Ellington was still on the roster and he could play the slot. It seemed they kept Ervin just to return kicks. Prosch could have taken Ervin's place. The backup slot receiver was weird. If that position is so important, you should have more than one guy who can play it on the active roster. They released Ellington when he was healthy and Coutee was questionable. With all the guys being IR'd and the running game struggling, surprised they didn't go get Prosch.
Why stop at just oc? Let's hire as hc, don't even tell Bob. We can just let him think he's coming to work everyday per usual and yell but nobody is gonna pay attention.