The Patriots’ decision to fire Jerod Mayo just over an hour after the 2024 regular season wrapped has led to several strong reactions from former Patriots players — many of whom believe that the first-year head coach was put in a bad spot by Robert Kraft and Eliot Wolf.
Granted, if there was anyone who might relish the dysfunction these days in Foxborough, it’s former head coach Bill Belichick.
Whether it be Jerod Mayo being tabbed as his successor while Belichick was still under contract or Kraft’s decision to fire Belichick immediately blowing up in his face, Belichick had several reasons to take a victory lap during his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday.