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Is there a new Patriot Way? How Jerod Mayo approaches coaching

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Robert Kraft remembers the day he knew Jerod Mayo would be Bill Belichick's successor as New England Patriots head coach. Kraft was waiting in a private lounge at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, joined by past and present Patriots players at the end of a six-day trip in June 2019.

Kraft has regularly sponsored spiritual visits to Israel, bringing Pro Football Hall of Famers who have described being baptized in the Jordan River and visiting holy sites in Jerusalem as transformative.