The New England Patriots are coming off yet another Super Bowl win, but they have a transitional year ahead of them. The Patriots often have a lot of turnover during the offseason, and this year was no exception. They lost a bunch of key contributors from last year's team, like star pass-rusher Trey Flowers and starting left tackle Trent Brown.

But they also lost a good chunk of their coaching staff. Defensive coordinator Brian Flores left to take the head coaching job with the Dolphins, and he took some of New England's assistant coaches with him. Then just recently Greg Schiano, the man hired to replace Flores, abruptly resigned, leaving the Pats without a defensive coordinator.

The Patriots usually have their assistant coaches on the road scouting all throughout the offseason, but things were switched up a little bit this year with not as many assistant coaches to go around. Bill Belichick even acknowledged things were different this year, according to Phil Perry of NBC Sports.

“Probably a little less than normal,” Belichick admitted. “Doing it, but less activity for the coaching staff.”

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That might not sound like much, but for the notoriously tight-lipped Belichick to say anything at all, it must be somewhat significant. Still, in classic Belichick fashion, he sought to downplay the importance.

“We're not talking about an unprecedented event here,” Belichick said. “We've dealt with changes before. We'll deal with them.”

Tom Brady is 41 now, but didn't show any signs of slowing down last season. Belichick is looking to make another deep playoff run next season, and probably isn't too bothered by the extreme turnover on his coaching staff.