It was an afternoon of firsts for the Patriots on Sunday at Cincinnati’s Paycor Stadium.
For the first time since 2000, the Patriots had a head coach not named Bill Belichick patrolling the sideline.
And for Jerod Mayo, Sunday’s hard-fought, upset win over the Cincinnati Bengals not only gave him his first NFL victory as a head coach, it also stood as his first-ever Gatorade bath.
“It was cold, man, it was cold,” Mayo said after New England’s 16-10 win over the Bengals. “I felt worse for my shoes. I was like ‘Ugh, these are done.