How do 49ers view Mayo's new-look Patriots? Coaches offer insight originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Jerod Mayo has been hard at work trying to establish a new culture in New England, and through three games, the results have been mixed. After a rousing upset in Cincinnati in Week 1, the Patriots lost their home opener to the Seattle Seahawks in overtime, then laid a dud in Week 3 against the New York Jets on national television.
But despite that clunker, Mayo's team is starting to build an identity as a hard-nosed team that can stay in games with an aggressive, physical defense.