Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels is drawing interest from a number of teams looking for a new head coach.  The Patriots assistant coach was widely considered one of the top young coaching prospects last year after directing an offense which outscored every team in NFL history.  

When the Patriots lost Tom Brady, many thought they’d flounder, but between Brady’s replacement Matt Cassel and McDaniels, the team not only survived the loss of Brady, they became dangerous.  

Cassel obviously deserves most of the credit for managing the offense, but league insiders have credited the job McDaniels has done to get his quarterback ready.  Few believed the Patriots had someone capable of running last season’s offense, but McDaniels and Bill Belichick proved those assumptions were wrong.

McDaniels met with the Cleveland Browns today according to team insiders. Cleveland papers have since documented the meeting.  

Here is the latest AP report on the meeting.

McDaniels is also a candidate for the Broncos and  Lions openings.   

Contrary to popular reports here in Boston, McDaniels is NOT a shoe-in should Scott Pioli land the job in either Cleveland or Kansas City.

Pioli Update coming tonight. A source close to the situation tells me the decision is about to happen one way or the other.