But now the shine is starting to come off Mayo and the coaching staff. The Patriots were blown off the field Thursday night in New Jersey, unable to do much of anything right against the Jets. This after the Patriots lost to the Seahawks thanks to poor clock management and bad situational football.

Robert Kraft revealed that he started planning for Jerod Mayo to be Bill Belichick's successor a lot earlier than we all thought.

Mayo was drafted by the Patriots in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft and has spent his entire playing career in Foxborough up until his retirement following the 2015 season. He then joined New England's coaching staff as the inside linebacker coach in 2019, so he has been around the organization and Kraft for nearly two decades.

The New England Patriots came into this season entering a new era for the franchise.During the offseason, the Patriots opted to part ways with legendary head coach Bill Belichick. To replace him, they opted to stay in-house with Jerod Mayo.

No incident was more glaring than the rookie coaching display that Jerod Mayo and Alex Van Pelt brought to Foxborough Sunday.

In the most un-Bill Belichick move possible, New England Patriots coach Jerod Mayo pranked some of his fellow coaches and players during their game on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. Mayo got one over on some of his fellow Patriots on the sideline by pretending

Not featuring a coaching search this year, the Patriots have still not conducted a true hunt for their sideline leader

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Belichick — who was known for his short, straightforward answers when dealing with the media during his time as Patriots coach — has shown a bit of personality during his appearances. He’s used humor and experience to draw some positive reviews from around the business — including his former.

The whole time, Digger Phelps kept staring at the other bench, and after awhile it became distracting. Here he was, carnation in lapel, a full house at Pauley Pavilion, a national TV audience — exactly the kind of moment he lived for his entire professional life — and he had to keep reminding himself: Stop looking.

Since becoming a member of the media, Bill Belichick has appeared to avoid discussing the Patriots until they were handed their first loss of the season.