Jerod Mayo Retiring as a Patriot.

Top 10 pick, defensive rookie of the year, 2x pro bowler, got paid, and won a Super Bowl!

And he's only 29!

Hell of a career Mr. Mayo. Thanks for the memories and enjoy life.

patsinthesnow said:

Coach Mayo sounds sweet. I'd take him as successor to BB in a half decade or so.

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5 years coaching experience and you think he'd be ready?

PatsWickedPissah said:

I could be wrong but I doubt he becomes a Pats coach.
Why?
Because reading Pepper Johnson's excellent book about the Pats the job is ~12 hours x 7 days in season.
Jerod has grossed ~$40 million. He's not a high living fool so he probably has most of his after tax earnings. So unless a certain moron becomes President and redistributes it, he's comfortably set for life and able to spend reasonable time with his wonderful family. Tedy made the right decision to eschew coaching for the easy TV money and family time. Jerod will skip NFL coaching too despite his likely ability to coach.

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Even Sanders isn't proposing a wealth tax.

And I'm not sure the money is the point anyway -- which career has, for example, more $1/2 million/year total jobs: NFL coaching or NFL-related TV?

(Or pick a different number.)

But I do think that even a guy who's going to be a coach might take a year or two of light work to spend time with his family and accomplish as much injury rehab as he ever will.

Fencer said:

5 years coaching experience and you think he'd be ready?

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Yeah, you're probably right. I still hope he joins the coaching staff one day.

IllegalContact said:

I think he's just tired of not having full use of his arms for 8 months out of the year

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Yeah so is Steven Hawking but you don't see HIM throwing in the towel... Figuratively speaking...

One of my all time favorite Patriots. Straight up hard work, dedication and determination. Always brought his hard hat and lunch pail to work. A true leader by example. One of the smartest and most reliable players I've seen. Bravo Mr. Mayo, on a great career.

SVN said:

http://prod.video.patriots.clubs.nf...io/2015/04-April/20150428_chya_mayo-5000k.mp4

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MUST watch (with cameo by BB).

With all the CTE info out there ... a quicker career seems to be the way to go anyways IMO.

Funny that Mayo and Patrick Willis played for relatively the same time frame and left the league right before their 30th birthday.

Thats pretty huge. Could soon become the norm.

IcyPatriot said:

With all the CTE info out there ... a quicker career seems to be the way to go anyways IMO.

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No kidding and Mayo was a ballhawk , being in on tackles all over the field , at an extremely impressive rate. The guy is definitely a warrior in my book.

great leader kinda sad his career was cut a little short by injury but he made the right choice IMO better to retire as the respected leader of the franchise you started with then to try to make some other teams roster and maybe failing and having to retire anyways

Mike the Brit said:

MUST watch (with cameo by BB).

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Perhaps even better:

Lil' Mayo at Super Bowl Media Day

No Jerrod that I could see, but plenty of Vince, BB, Brady, Gronk, Edelman and others.

TheRazorsEdge said:

Funny that Mayo and Patrick Willis played for relatively the same time frame and left the league right before their 30th birthday.

Thats pretty huge. Could soon become the norm.

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Mayo never fully recovered from that patellar tendon tear. You could see it in his play.

Mike the Brit said:

MUST watch (with cameo by BB).

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Seeing that sort of makes Mayo's retirement extra sad.

wish him all the best - Jerod : you have been a great playier/a great Patriot ! take care and good luck
for the future !

thanks

Deus Irae said:

Mayo never fully recovered from that patellar tendon tear. You could see it in his play.

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Same with Willis and his foot. I wonder if the advancement in health/wellness have players waving the white flag alot earlier due to actually knowing now what a long career and repeated injuries can do to a quality of life later on in life.

Was listening to the mediots on the radio yesterday, while they were not completely denigrating him, their praise was subdued and about what he did not do because of injury..

If you think about it, Bruschi in his last years was replaced by Mayo who was replaced by Hightower, Butler replaced Revis, Solder replaced Light, Malcolm Brown replaced Wilfork.. although it has not been completely seamless it has worked pretty well overall and a reason why this team has fared so well.

My view of Mayo was simply he was much better than an average NFL Linebacker, was "football smart" and a great leader both off and on the field.

Jerod Mayo was a disappointing player. Not a bust but not the impact player he should have been given where he was drafted. Smart guy with good values. He will do well in retirement.

Hard to call a two time first team all pro a disappointment. I think the thing that hindered Mayo the most was his supporting cast while he was at the top of his game. He had great mentors who were past their prime and then played with the likes of Gary Guyton and other than VW on the DL not a lot of support. He was also forced to cover a lot more than he should have. That really wasn't his forte.

Hopefully they will be having a press conference announcing coach Mayo in the near future.

Mayo a disappointment? Lol.