NFL Coaches, Execs Reportedly Pointed Out These Jerod Mayo Mistakes
Jerod Mayo’s missteps in his first season as Patriots head coach were well known in New England.
The rest of the NFL took notice of them, too.
Mayo made a myriad of perplexing decisions both from the sideline and the podium throughout his brief stint at the helm of the franchise — the Patriots announced his firing following their regular-season finale Sunday against the Bills.
The sentiment about Mayo’s blunder from those around the league was similar: He couldn’t stop getting in his own way.
“As coaches and execs around the league observed Jerod Mayo and the Patriots this season, they continuously pointed out how many self-inflicted, unnecessary and avoidable mistakes they made both on and off the field,” The Athletic’s Jeff Howe wrote on the X platform.
There are almost too many Mayo miscues to count this season, from having to repeatedly walk back comments he made in the media, like when he called his team “soft,” to questionable and conservative in-game decisions like when he failed to put Christian Gonzalez on one of the Los Angeles Rams’ top two receivers.
Mayo equated himself to a rookie player this season since he was a first-time head coach, saying he would learn from his mistakes and be better in his second season.
But that chance won’t come for Mayo, and it seems like those around the NFL can’t blame Robert Kraft for parting ways with the former head coach.