Several Patriots players expressed shock and sadness on Monday when asked about the team’s decision to fire Jerod Mayo after just one season as head coach.
But a few veterans in New England’s locker room apparently didn’t think too highly of Mayo and the team’s revamped coaching staff in 2024.
“I lost faith we were headed in the right direction,” one anonymous veteran told Boston Sports Journal’s Mike Giardi. “When? ‘In the spring.’ Why? ‘Felt like he — they — were making it up as they went along. It was amazing how one day it would be this and then the next, something completely different.