A day after cutting ties with the second Patriots head coach in as many years, team chairman and CEO Robert Kraft stepped up to the podium to address the media regarding the shambolic current state of the team.
He began with the obvious: The news following Sunday’s regular season finale win over the Bills that first-year head coach Jerod Mayo had been fired.
“I’m going to be very brief here,” Kraft began, “and say this whole situation is on me. I feel terrible for Jerod, because I put him in an untenable situation.