As much as Patriots players supported Jerod Mayo during his lone season as New England's head coach, it sounds like many of them are excited for a new boss with a new message.
On Wednesday morning, third-year cornerback Christian Gonzalez suggested "the building got a little more lax" under Mayo, which "might have hurt" the Patriots' performance on the field. Later that night, second-year quarterback Drake Maye said he's looking forward to new head coach Mike Vrabel providing some "hard coaching."
"For me as a player, especially as a quarterback, you want that, you like that, you want to be coached hard.