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Jahlani Tavai has strong response to booing Patriots fans

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New England Patriots linebacker Jahlani Tavai had an interesting response to fans booing and calling for coach Jerod Mayo to be fired. He elaborated on his point of view on WEEI’s "The Greg Hill Show" on Friday.

"I don't know. There's a reason why they're fans," said Tavai, as transcribed by ESPN’s Mike Reiss. "Everybody can say what they think that we should be doing. In the long end, they're not qualified to do what Mayo is doing, or whatever the Pats are doing.

"The fans, I appreciate them at times, but sometimes they just have to know their place and just understand that it's a work in progress.