A Jump For Steve

I'm sure there will be a lot of buzz around Coach Belichick hiring his son Steve as a defensive assistant. He makes the jump from being a student at Rutgers to being part of his father's NFL coaching staff. Although he has never coached, he has been around the team the last few years on game days and training camp. I'm sure he has a similar pedigree as his father.

Growing up with Bill as a dad provided him a very unique set of learning experience much like his father had. I think it's a good hiring. I was just surprised by it. I was wondering he planned to do after graduation. I thought he would end up on the staff of one of his father's coaching friends.

At the same time, the team also announced the appointment of Mike Patricia as Defensive Coordinator. Belichick has often said that titles don't mean anything, but it was always the goal for assistant coach pepper Johnson to get that job.

He has been a loyal soldier on Belichick's staff since they both came here in 2000. He always aspired for a coordinator's job, but never got one. On the other hand, he won three rings as coach and was on the staff for the two losses during Bill's tenure. He also had job security for 13 years and counting.