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If the usual NFL information peddlers are correct and Robert and Jonathan Kraft are indeed intent on keeping overmatched rookie head coach Jerod Mayo on the job beyond this season, the Patriots’ 40-7 loss to the Chargers Saturday in front of an exclusive national television audience was the kind of debacle that had best make them reconsider.
It sure made me reconsider. Thus far, in part because I was extremely wrong about Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla two years ago, I’ve resisted joining the chorus suggesting that Mayo — an excellent and smart player during his eight seasons as a Patriots linebacker — should be one-and-done in the thankless gig as Bill Belichick’s successor.