After decades of predictability during Patriots‘ press conferences, Jerod Mayo is already offering a departure from the previous model set by 24 years of Bill Belichick.
Mayo, in the midst of his first training camp as Patriots head coach, took the opportunity on Friday to confirm a report from ESPN’s Field Yates that the Patriots were completing a contract extension for safety Jabrill Peppers.
Asked if he could “confirm” Yates’s report during his press conference prior to the day’s training camp practice session, Mayo — having just swatted a bee — hesitated before humorously explaining his thought process out loud.