{"id":25446,"date":"2025-01-11T20:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T20:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25446"},"modified":"2025-01-11T20:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T20:54:05","slug":"breaking-dianna-russini-on-how-the-ben-johnson-interview-went-first-review-on-ben-johnsons-interview-with-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25446","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dianna Russini on how the Ben Johnson interview went. 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That\u2019s one of many reasons he has been among the more sought-after names in this coaching cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson would bring an offensive-minded style to the Patriots\u2019 organization, a stylistic departure for a team that has typically employed defensive-minded head coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Vrabel seems to be the top candidate, but Johnson would be the kind of hire to shake things up and get away from the old way of doing things. There are pros and cons for both candidates.<\/p>\n<p>What direction will the Patriots go in?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Johnson\u2019s interview with the Patriots reportedly went \u201cgreat\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[752,22,232],"class_list":["post-25446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-ben-johnson","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-patriots-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Dianna Russini on how the Ben Johnson interview went. 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