Josh McDaniels responds to reports of tension between coaching staff, Tom Brady
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From Phil Perry of CSNNE.com:
"I’m not necessarily aware of exactly what you’re referring to," McDaniels said. "Whatever reports are, they are what they are. I don’t know. You have to ask the people that reported that. I know that it’s exciting for us to come to work together and [I] look forward to working together each week with the staff and the players and trying to put together the best plan that we can. And I think we have a lot of fun doing that."
McDaniels, 38, touched on the close relationship he has with Brady, who is only a year younger.
"Well, we’ve experienced a lot of different things together," McDaniels said. "I started on defense and didn’t have certainly the same type of relationship with him when I was on the other side of the ball. But when I came over to the offense and started working with him in 2004, obviously I spend more time with him than I do anybody, honestly, for these six or seven months so it’s hard not to become very close with those kinds of people that you work with and interact with on a daily basis.
"We’ve both become parents and husbands and all the rest of it as we’ve grown up. I think just things, naturally you get closer as you go, and you experience more, and know more about the other person -- the things that they do and like and a lot of things that don’t even involve football as well. I’ve been fortunate to have this experience in my life, and it’s certainly something that I look forward to each day."
If there was any tension between the two parties, it was temporarily erased by virtue of the Patriots dominant performance over the Cincinnati Bengals. They'll need to keep the momentum going this Sunday in Buffalo, as the Bills present a tough challenge and a solid front seven that will be another good test for the suddenly resurgent Patriots offense.
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