Jerod Mayo fell at the hands of defeat to fellow rookie head coach Mike Macdonald, as the Seattle Seahawks took a 23-20 victory over the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.
After a promising season-opening victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, the Patriots have now fallen to 1-1 on the season.
Although there are clear issues that need to be addressed, the Patriots played hard and competed. What more can be expected from a rebuilding team coming off a 4-13 season?
It wasn't all bad for the Patriots in their Week 2 loss.