Dante Scarnecchia’s Return Is a Dream Situation for New England Patriots

February 14, 2016   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

The New England Patriots are right back where they started. And that's a good thing.
Dave DeGuglielmo is out after two years as the offensive line coach, and according to Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, the Patriots have been in contact with former offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia about making a return. Scarnecchia, the Patriots' offensive line coach from 1999 to 2013, retired prior to the 2014 season and was replaced by DeGuglielmo. 
The results have not been good. The most inconsistent position group over the past two seasons has been the offensive line.
In the first four weeks of the 2014 season, the offensive line allowed Tom Brady to be pressured 35.4 percent of the time he dropped back to throw, the 10th-highest percentage in the league, according to Pro Football Focus. The line played better in pass protection down the stretch, but it never established much of a running game that year and ranked in the bottom half of the league across the board.
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