Remember when Jerod Mayo said back in January the New England Patriots were ready to “burn some cash” in NFL free agency?
Well, that comment aged terribly.
And the first-year Patriots head coach knows it.
“That was a rookie mistake. That was a rookie mistake by me,” Mayo said Monday on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show.” “As soon as I got downstairs, (Patriots vice president of communications Stacey James) slapped me in the head, like, ‘What are you doing?’
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“You understand what I meant, though.