Nonsense.
When this team flushed Belichick they should have flushed his front office and his coaching wannabes and brought in somebody with at least colorable claims to be able to turn around a program. Like a Harbaugh.
Instead you have Bill's front office without Bill and Bill's defense without Bill. It's not like tree Bill has borne much fruit.
Coddling Maye is transparently part of this program to defer accountability for this front office. If Maye "isn't ready" that defers the possibility of discovery that he might have been a bad pick. That has to terrify Bill's front office left overs. Provides cover for Mayo too.
Again, as far as I'm concerned it's contemptible not to show up in a professional competition. Serendipity is the principle that sometimes you have good fortune. But if you don't even try you won't ever notice that you actually had a chance to win.
I have no doubt that this forfeiture is motivated by the bozos in this clown show trying to defer accountability for as long as they can collect a paycheck and arrange their next move.
Enjoy the suck.