With Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft agreeing to part ways on Thursday, Kraft later said that the plan would be to move quickly as the team begins assembling its new staff ahead of the offseason.
On Friday, they made the most important one.
According to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the New England Patriots officially hired former linebacker Jerod Mayo as its new head coach, which begins the start of a new era here in New England.
Mayo, who is a former first-round pick for the club in 2008 and played linebacker for Belichick and the Patriots until he retired after the 2015 season, has certainly risen quickly on the Patriots coaching staff.