There are still two games left on the regular season schedule, but New England Patriots coach Jerod Mayo was willing to fast forward to some of the looming decisions awaiting him in the offseason.
Mayo touched on the subject of potential future staff changes with the player personnel and coaches.
"Look, I try to stay as present as possible, but the reality is you always have to look out the front windshield when you're trying to built a team," said Mayo, via Boston Herald's Doug Kyed. "For me, after we get through the season, there are a lot of things, a lot of checklists you have to go through: what players you want to keep around, what coaches you want to keep around here.