Have the Patriots run afoul of the league with bizarre GM search? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots have a promising first-year head coach in Jerod Mayo and a potential franchise quarterback in rookie Drake Maye. But there's still one question worth asking: What the heck are they doing at the general manager position?
Director of scouting Eliot Wolf has been the Patriots' de facto general manager since they parted ways with Bill Belichick in January, leading the team through a critical NFL free agency period and arguably their most important draft in four decades.