PATRIOTS NEWS Jerod Mayo FIRED per Schefter

[archstanton543]

I hope the Krafts can get the meddling tendencies out of their system.

Get the right guy and leave him alone.

They're the least meddlesome owners in the league. For the entire BB era they let him do what what he wanted. That's the opposite of meddling.

 

[Tunescribe]

I have a feeling they told him to lose and he went ahead and won anyways. That’s why he was so cheerful (unlike Any other game this year) throughout the game. And hence why the Krafts looked so pissed and miserable in their box throughout the game, and at the end of the day why they did the unprecedented and fired him right after the game and not tomorrow.

I hope he has a hard time getting a HS coaching gig. Something he might have the qualifications for, but im not even sure of that.

They had every reason to fire him last week. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to know he was gonna do everything he could to win this game to feed nothing more than his own big ego and sail off giving the organization the middle finger. If any Patriots fans still have a mayo jersey, they should burn it tonight.

It makes no sense they would order him to lose vs. a team playing second- and third-stringers. If the Bills needed that game it could have been a different story, but it was in THEIR best interest to see the Patriots -- a division rival -- actually win and miss out on that first pick. Plus, as I've already pointed out, nobody counted on Milton playing like he did. It ended up being a preseason game that was up for grabs regardless of what the coaches did.

 

[Hawaiipatsfan2]

They didn't tell him to lose.

Ridiculous.

Of course they didn’t tell him directly!

It’s as simple as a small conversation that goes along the lines of this.

“Hey Jarrod, how’s the game plan coming along? I hope it’s going well, BIG game this week. Look I hope we win, but worse case we lose and we get the number one pick. So if anything that would probably help the our team long term. Don’t over stress it, just keep doing what you’ve been doing all season long”

Along with a harder than normal handshake and a stern look in the eyes.

You don’t become a billionaire without knowing how to have a conversation that tiptoes the lines of legality and leaves you with a lot of plausible deniability.

 

[Hawaiipatsfan2]

It makes no sense they would order him to lose vs. a team playing second- and third-stringers. If the Bills needed that game it could have been a different story, but it was in THEIR best interest to see the Patriots -- a division rival -- actually win and miss out on that first pick. Plus, as I've already pointed out, nobody counted on Milton playing like he did.

Hate to break it to you Tune, we’re still not taking one of your beloved big boys before the 3rd round.

 

[The Gr8est]

I have a feeling they told him to lose and he went ahead and won anyways. That’s why he was so cheerful (unlike Any other game this year) throughout the game. And hence why the Krafts looked so pissed and miserable in their box throughout the game, and at the end of the day why they did the unprecedented and fired him right after the game and not tomorrow.

I hope he has a hard time getting a HS coaching gig. Something he might have the qualifications for, but im not even sure of that.

They had every reason to fire him last week. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to know he was gonna do everything he could to win this game to feed nothing more than his own big ego and sail off giving the organization the middle finger. If any Patriots fans still have a mayo jersey, they should burn it tonight.

If they told him to lose, wouldn’t the league take a dim view of that?

 

[The Gr8est]

If the reports are true, the decision that Mayo was going to be fired was made before the game.

How long before the game?

We could have fired him before and used an interim coach.

 

[mike_usagisan]

How long before the game?

We could have fired him before and used an interim coach.

When the “leaning” report came out.

 

[TomPatriot]

Scar was a freaking survivor.

The guy worked under Ron Meyer.

 

[sambam94]

It makes no sense they would order him to lose vs. a team playing second- and third-stringers. If the Bills needed that game it could have been a different story, but it was in THEIR best interest to see the Patriots -- a division rival -- actually win and miss out on that first pick. Plus, as I've already pointed out, nobody counted on Milton playing like he did. It ended up being a preseason game that was up for grabs regardless of what the coaches did.

play calling decides games, Mayo was not holding back, he wanted the win to screw the Pats.

 

[Hawaiipatsfan2]

I loved it when Glazer destroyed Gronk at Brady's roast. Idiot.

My favorite was “even gronk knows that’s not real money”

 

[Vindicate]

The crazy negativity was getting to me.

But I had to come back on this day of days.

there was a lot of schadenfreude. didn't miss much. welcome back.

 

[Family]

Of course they didn’t tell him directly!

It’s as simple as a small conversation that goes along the lines of this.

“Hey Jarrod, how’s the game plan coming along? I hope it’s going well, BIG game this week. Look I hope we win, but worse case we lose and we get the number one pick. So if anything that would probably help the our team long term. Don’t over stress it, just keep doing what you’ve been doing all season long”

Along with a harder than normal handshake and a stern look in the eyes.

You don’t become a billionaire without knowing how to have a conversation that tiptoes the lines of legality and leaves you with a lot of plausible deniability.

Everybody knows what everybody wants.

And the coaching staff and players out there are expected to try their hardest to win.

Mayo was clearly getting fired.

Kraft isn't wink winking at Mayo in that situation to throw the game.

 

[Ross12]

New Curran is up. He's not defending Mayo. Praising the Krafts for being decisive.

Curran: Mayo firing shows urgency, but Krafts' work has just begun

Why did the Patriots fire Jerod Mayo after one season? Where does Robert Kraft go from here? Tom E. Curran reacts to a stunning development in New England.

www.nbcsportsboston.com

Well yeah no reason to defend his source after his source is fired and no longer any use to him. Now he needs to suck up to the Krafts even harder

 

[Tunescribe]

Hate to break it to you Tune, we’re still not taking one of your beloved big boys before the 3rd round.

"Beloved" is an odd choice of words. The team's biggest need is OL, we'll see if your crystal ball is a mirage come April.

 

[RobertWeathers]

The guy worked under Ron Meyer.

Meyer was a hard man.

 

[Ross12]

Top offseason needs:
-WR1
-LT
-DE
-FS
-CB2
-LB

Nice thing is they can probably plug a lot of this in free agency with a respectable coaching program. Putting down a projection on their first year cap hits here

-WR1 $20M
-LT $10M? (Depends on who is out there)
-DE $10M
-FS $6M
-CB2 $6M
-LB $8M
Total $60M, only around a third of their 2025 cap space

 

[rogerthat]

They didn't tell him to lose.

Ridiculous.

Maybe not in those words...

 

[Tunescribe]

play calling decides games, Mayo was not holding back, he wanted the win to screw the Pats.

Execution decides games. Mayo was playing reserves as well, you can't tell players to just lie down.

 

[Hawaiipatsfan2]

"Beloved" is an odd choice of words. The team's biggest need is OL, we'll see if your crystal ball is a mirage come April.

If you want a guard with the 4th pick then so be it. Cause that’s all that’s out there buddy. I’d be completely onboard with your desires if there were a Joe Thomas or even a Penix, but the simple fact is, there’s not even close to that level of OT where we’ll be picking, and no team is trading up and giving anything worth while to trade back. Maybe we could trade that pick to get a top OT worthy of the number 4 pick, but that’s an even bigger dream.

Simply put they blew it today.

 

[ahmed]

This looks like the Krafts are pissed that they won and fired him on the spot.

This is my take on it too. There is no reason to fire Mayo, a former well liked Pats player, 1 hour after the game unless they were really pissed at this game.