Raegor spent two seasons plus all of last year's training camp and the preseason with Philadelphia, so he would certainly have information that could be valuable. Teams no doubt try to use this information to help their cause – it's even possible the Patriots added Jalen Raegor to the practice squad in part due to his ties to the Eagles.
In some cases they may even know what kind of game plan the team is going to use against the opponent. Yes players have extensive knowledge of the playbook and various elements of the systems they've been a part of. This is a very common practice all over the league and personally I feel it's quite overrated. Certainly, it wouldn't be ideal for Bill Belichick to need a new coordinator again next offseason but there's not a whole lot that can be done to prevent that kind of turnover. Rothstein has some experience calling plays and has been in New England for three seasons now. Also, Evan Rothstein is the assistant quarterbacks coach and perhaps could emerge as a candidate to replace O'Brien should he find a head coaching job next season. The Patriots tried to introduce some new elements last season under Matt Patricia, but even then it was largely based on the same system the team has used for more than 20 years. But some of that turnover is inevitable, and if O'Brien goes the likelihood would involve the next offensive coordinator continuing with the same offense, or at least one that is very similar, as has been the case with O'Brien and Josh McDaniels. It can be problematic for young quarterbacks to learn new offenses year after year, and Jones has been forced to learn different personalities during his short career. I understand the fears of losing O'Brien and having to replace the offensive coordinator again next offseason. By giving Philly possession at their 48, he allowed Nick Sirianni to use all four downs and the defense came up with a huge stop, but one that was made more difficult due to the adverse field position.
He could have pinned the Eagles inside their 20, or better, and had about two minutes if the defense forced a three-and-out. I also thought Belichick should have punted on fourth-and-17 with 2:24 left and all three timeouts. But I felt there was too much time left to pass up the field goal, and that was realized when Philly then marched to a field goal of their own to make it a two-score game with 5:33 to go. Belichick said later he felt like he didn't know how many trips the Patriots would have deep in Eagles territory, and in fairness to the coach there was no way of knowing the Eagles would subsequently turn the ball over twice in their own territory in the final five minutes, once on downs. But on fourth-and-3 he passed up a 35-yarder trailing by 8 with 10 minutes still remaining. But that would have been a 54-yard field goal so it's somewhat understandable that Belichick didn't want Chad Ryland's first NFL field goal attempt to be from that distance. He went for it on fourth-and-8 and was fortunate to convert when Hunter Henry made a tremendous one-handed catch. He actually did it twice, although the second one was more egregious. I agree with your second-guess of Belichick's decision to pass up three points in the fourth quarter against the Eagles.
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