FOXBORO — Bill Belichick might be in the process of revolutionizing the in-game deployment of offensive linemen.

The Patriots have rotated their line combinations at a breakneck pace through three games, to the point where it’s a challenge to find anyone who has seen this strategy before. The criticism of the tactic might derive from a lack of previous examples, as people fear what they don’t understand.

The communication will suffer, they said. Yet the Patriots have shuffled their line personnel on a period-by-period basis during practice since training camp opened in July, so they’ve been making their calls with new voices for two months.

And the continuity will suffer, they said. But the Patriots offense has scored more points (119) through three weeks than ever before, and Tom Brady is 3-0 without an interception for the first time in his career. It must not be bothering the franchise quarterback.

The innovative tactic is resonating throughout the sport, too.

“I think it’s one of the smartest things I’ve ever seen,” legendary Florida State offensive line coach Rick Trickett said.

“It’s genius.”

Trickett watches the situation closely because he coached Bryan Stork and Tre’ Jackson, and he also is close with former Pats line boss Dante Scarnecchia. So his opinion carries some weight, and Trickett hopes to rotate his own linemen once they’re all healthy.

Of course, the credit shouldn’t be restricted to Belichick. Offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo has done a remarkable job, and coordinator Josh McDaniels always is responsible for drawing up the game plan. And then, if the players weren’t talented enough to be worth the experiment, it’d all be for naught.

Scarnecchia has taken notice, too.

“(DeGuglielmo) is doing a great job coaching them,” Scarnecchia said. “That’s all I need to say. They’re 3-0. They’re doing a great job.”

The Patriots have used nine different line combinations to start 30 possessions this season, excluding kneel-downs. They’ve also implemented a 10th combination with Marcus Cannon at right guard on the goal-line package that resulted in all three of LeGarrette Blount’s touchdowns Sunday against the Jaguars.

The series-by-series rotations have been fast and furious. Against the Steelers, the Patriots didn’t use the same line combination on back-to-back series until their sixth and seventh possessions. The Pats used the same combination for three consecutive series to open the Bills game, which is the only time that’s happened all season, before changing their line personnel on nine consecutive possessions. And the Patriots didn’t use the same group in back-to-back series a single time in nine series against the Jags.

“It’s not done just randomly. There’s a specific reason why we rotate guys when we do, where we rotate them,” DeGuglielmo said. “There’s a rhyme and reason to everything.”

As a qualifier, it seems obvious that any coaching staff would prefer a stable, veteran group to play from start to finish, but the Patriots have reinvigorated the line with youth the past two seasons. So the rapid rotations make sense for a number of reasons.

The brunt of the variations have occurred at guard, where Josh Kline (10 series at left guard, 14 series at right guard), Shaq Mason (20 series at left guard) and Jackson (16 series at right guard) have jockeyed for two positions around center David Andrews, who is the only player on the team to play every offensive snap this season.

Kline entered 2015 with five starts in two seasons, while fourth-rounders Jackson and Mason still are learning. It’s easier for the coaches to manage the rookies for 40-50 snaps per game when they know the pair isn’t quite ready to keep up with Brady’s rapid pace, which has averaged 76 snaps per game. If playing time is an indication, Jackson is third in the pecking order at the moment, so the early-season reps are a huge advantage as an alternative to cementing him to the bench, especially if they needed him later because of an injury. The odd man out for each series has gotten extra coaching on the sideline, which is an added benefit.

“(The extra coaching) plays into it a great bit,” Jackson said. “You get a chance to see what the defense is throwing at you that series, see different things that maybe you didn’t see on film and keep going with it.

“It’s just great coaching. Be faithful to your coaching, taking whatever they throw at you and keep moving with it.”

Perhaps the Pats will settle on their best five linemen later this season when Stork and Ryan Wendell return, but the rotations are working. They also like the idea of forcing a defense to game-plan for the strengths and weaknesses of each personnel combination, particularly as they change on the fly.

So why are the Patriots rotating their linemen at such a feverish pace? The better question might be why more teams don’t do it. There’s a refrain around the league that Belichick is always a step, or a year, ahead of everybody else from a tactical standpoint, so the line rotations could evolve into a new trend.

As long as the linemen are playing well and they have a quarterback like Brady who can successfully adapt to anything, the strategy is nothing but a positive.

“As long as seven of them are working well, then you try to get as many guys as much work as possible,” DeGuglielmo said. “Right now we’re trying to get everybody a lot of work and seeing if they can work on becoming better football players individually.”