Does anyone think there is a chance Mayo is one and done?

[TheRainMaker]

That was a ballsy question to ask.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Playing Maye and getting injured could be an other RGIII situation.

 

[Love The Drake]

Drake Maye to start Patriots' season finale vs. Bills

Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye is expected to start the season finale Sunday against the Bills.

www.espn.com

Kiss our Malik Nabors like talent in Hunter or a treasure trove in draft picks away.

Playing Maye and getting injured could be an other RGIII situation.

If all bottom 4 teams win do we still have the number 1 pick?

 

[WhatJustHappened]

Playing Maye and getting injured could be an other RGIII situation.

Please, no.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Playing Maye and getting injured could be an other RGIII situation.

Buffalo is starting Allen

 

[TheRainMaker]

Buffalo is starting Allen

What does that have to do with Maye who’s had 2 concussions already in his career?

 

[Schmo]

All the fans are booing Mayo and wanting him gone.... why would he intentionally lose this game? All the spoiled, impatient fans will be the ones to blame if we win this last game.

 

[Grogan14]

If Maye is not injured and they did not start him you can be sure Goodell will penalize pats for tanking.
They have to make it liok like they are trying to win.

There is a right and a wrong way to intentionally lose in week 17

The pats are under a microscope for this game

 

[cmasspatsfan]

What does that have to do with Maye who’s had 2 concussions already in his career?

He might want to have a consecutive games streak started, I mean you want to careful, but you can't treat these guys like they're baby chickens, he wants to play and the more he plays the better he should get. He's had 2 concussions? You counting last week as one?

 

[tuckeverlasting]

if the pats win this sunday mayo should be fired immediately.

 

[Lagaffe_07]

I think it was the experience of seeing coach after coach (Flores, Mangini, etc.) get plucked from the Patriots staff. Mayo was drawing interest from other teams and Kraft didn't want to lose another one, especially when he was seeing the end of Belichick coming soon. He saw leadership capabilities in Mayo and we know Mayo was sweet talking old Thundercat. So he wrote the succession plan into Mayo's contract to get him to stay. Mayo didn't leapfrog anyone, he had the promise in his contract first.

If Kraft decided to hire Mayo as his next HC during that Israel trip, he should have prepared him for that. He should have pushed him to take a DC job or other jobs in other organization to see different schemes and most importantly start to build his network.

Kraft failed at everything and transformed this organization in a clown show.

 

[Lagaffe_07]

One other thing I think about is all the excuse-making that is made for Mayo. “It was a year too soon”, “he’s still learning”, “the roster is bad!”, “he didn’t have enough help”… etc.

While we all focus on how silly some of this is regarding why you should not fire him, also consider how it will impact team culture. Mayo will get a free pass and all the excuses in the world, but then they will probably cut 50% or more of their 2024 roster next year. Players who are dumped will be left wondering “what if I was still learning, or it was a year too soon for me to hit my stride? What if I needed more coaching help? Where is my free pass?” When the coach gets a golden ticket but the players are treated as expendable, you will see some tension.

Bedard made a great point yesterday. Usually players are behind a first year HC during the 1st year. It’s the second year that is usually goes to sh*t if there is no improvement.

If they keep Mayo he will be under enormous pressure to deliver and if goes wrong at the beginning of next season everything will turn in even more of a clown show.

 

[Lagaffe_07]

I dont see a scenario where NE looks back in 3 years and regrets firing Mayo. No one will care that he was 1 and done. First step forward is losing a terrible woefully underwhelming first year coach. Whats the downside of just pulling that bandaid off.

Exactly the Krafts have lost the fan base. Firing Mayo would be a first step to regaining the fans.

Nobody will hold against them the firing of Mayo. Firing mayo is such a no brainer that I know the Krafts won’t do it.

 

[tuckeverlasting]

mayo is focused on beating buffaloes back ups ? he should be focusing on evaluating players to keep and not keep and figuring out his roster and keeping their draft position. he's a dodo ! i hope the offense and defense flails again. i hope this is just posturing and he knows the real goal.

 

[n1997y]

…
It's a waste of time. Unless Mayo gets blown out in the last two games, gets in a fist fight with the players, and maybe ****s Jonathan Kraft's wife, he's getting at least the first half of next season.

Or we can just make it look like he was with Krafts wife.
With AI, hackers and Software today.
Come on Patriots nation don’t give up the good fight.

I was thinking we get together and have a nice necklace delivered to her in Jerod’s name. Anybody know if his credit card is available on the dark web?

 

[State]

I don't mind starting him but nor play the whole game. Let's see what Milton has.

That’s what the Bills plan on doing with Allen, to keep his league leading streak alive for consecutive starts. A few handoffs. A dump pass. Then Trubiansky takes over.

 

[Lagaffe_07]

Things we believe we know....

1) Mayo in job preservation mode
2) Kraft looking for any reason to demonstrate his handpicked boot licker is a marginally capable HC (vs a playoff bound team resting starters)
3) Lower draft pick slots cost Thunder less money

I starting to like Mayo playing the starter on Sunday. If we can lose against the Bills backup with our starters it would be a disaster for Mayo and I’m up for that !

 

[sportnik]

All the fans are booing Mayo and wanting him gone.... why would he intentionally lose this game? All the spoiled, impatient fans will be the ones to blame if we win this last game.

Wanting someone who is historically incompetent removed from a position is being honest and fair and demanding justice. There is nothing spoiled or impatient about it.

 

[n1997y]

My biggest concern with this regime is players have shot their way off the team and a few others have raised concerns,

What top free agent is going to land with Mayo.

None.

Players come for other players, not coaches. If Maye is good, they'll want to be here regardless of the coach.

Also who significant shot their way off the team under this regime? I mean the last regime we had Gronk, Brady, Gilmore all ditch and a few lineman take their free agency chances. But so far White is the only one making noise.

Hard disagree. Good players want to play with other good players when it’s a good situation that produces wins and benefits for them. This isn’t such a situation. They know it’s toxic. They won’t come here just to keep Maye company in the toxicity.

All other players have to do is read what White and Brissett are saying. Brissett has been around, he’s known and has a great reputation in the league, so his comments are a big red flag to all the players that know him. There will be no line of free agents looking to come here until the coaching staff shows they know how to win games. They don’t.

 

[Love The Drake]

None.

Hard disagree. Good players want to play with other good players when it’s a good situation that produces wins and benefits for them. This isn’t such a situation. They know it’s toxic. They won’t come here just to keep Maye company in the toxicity.

All other players have to do is read what White and Brissett are saying. Brissett has been around, he’s known and has a great reputation in the league, so his comments are a big red flag to all the players that know him. There will be no line of free agents looking to come here until the coaching staff shows they know how to win games. They don’t.

I’ll take it a step further not just win games but know how to lead and how to motivate.