Even though he is entering only his third season on the New England Patriots’ staff, inside linebackers coach Jerod Mayo has considerable experience at the NFL level. A former first-round draft pick by the Patriots, Mayo appeared in a combined 111 regular season and playoff games between 2008 and 2016 and won a Super Bowl with the club.
He certainly knows his craft, but the same cannot be said about all of the players under his tutelage — at least as far as some elements of playing the linebacker position are concerned. Among them is film study, as Mayo himself pointed out ahead of Wednesday’s training camp practice.