{"id":9679,"date":"2025-01-08T15:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9679"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:27:04","slug":"patriots-rumors-execs-still-befuddled-by-this-jerod-mayo-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9679","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Rumors: Execs Still Befuddled By This Jerod Mayo Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-1999078\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Jerod-Mayo-4.jpg?w=480&amp;h=270&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Patriots Rumors: Execs Still Befuddled By This Jerod Mayo Move\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jerod Mayo faced the tall task of replacing a legendary head coach, and it became clear to many within the Patriots that he was not ready for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Kraft took the blame for setting up Mayo, who he hand-picked to be the team\u2019s next head coach in 2019, to fail. Mayo earned the respect of New England players, but Kraft felt a change was needed after a 4-13 season.<\/p>\n<p>While multiple players stood up for Mayo publicly, he still struggled in key areas of the job. The Patriots internally felt the 38-year-old \u201cstruggled with discipline and how to enforce it,\u201d according to The Athletic\u2019s Chad Graff on Wednesday. Graff highlighted Mayo telling Scott Zolak on 98.5 The Sports Hub before the Week 17 Los Angeles Chargers game that Rhamondre Stevenson would be benched. However, the running back earned the start without any drop in his typical workload.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still don\u2019t know what happened with that,\u201d a team source told Mayo. \u201cHonestly, Jerod is a good guy. I just don\u2019t think he was ready for all the big decisions and discipline and focus the job takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayo revealed postgame that it was a \u201ccoach\u2019s decision,\u201d and Gibson admitted he hadn\u2019t heard about any possible change to his workload.<\/p>\n<p>It was believed that Mayo would be more of a players coach than his predecessor, but Graff\u2019s report noted how it might have gone too far in that direction. 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