Kraft did the only thing he could do after the Jerod Mayo firing. He took blame for the "situation" and set out to fix his fallen franchise.

Jerod Mayo was the hand picked heir to Bill Belichick. When New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft fired his six-time Super Bowl winning head coach last winter, he didn’t have to go through an official job search; he’d already filed his succession plan with NFL officials.

The New England Patriots have made a stunning decision to part ways with head coach Jerod Mayo, despite his team's victory over the Buffalo Bills in the final game of the 2024 seas

This is a defining moment, one Kraft needs to align more with boldly stealing Bill Belichick from the Jets than pushing Mayo to the top spot before he was ready.

Patriots great said he’s waiting to reach out to Mayo, whose situation was “heartbreaking” because it was handled unfairly by owner Robert Kraft.

Watch Patriots CEO and chairman Robert Kraft's press conference after decision to fire New England head coach Jerod Mayo.

Among the Boston-area media and fans, ever since New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft fired his own hand-picked head coach, Jerod Mayo, on Sunday, there’s been a widely held belief that Kraft has already hand-picked the next one.

Following the dismissal of Jerod Mayo, the New England Patriots will meet with a former Super Bowl champion alongside Tom Brady with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

six Super Bowl wins and dreadful final year which ended with a 4-13 record. At that point, New England already had their next head coach in waiting. Patriots owner Robert Kraft had placed language ...

Mike Vrabel got the call from the Patriots that the team was trading him to the Kansas City Chiefs. Eight years of service in New England, with three titles, and the linebacker was out of there a year too early perhaps rather than a year too late like so many others who played for that team under Bill Belichick.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Monday blamed himself for having to fire Jerod Mayo, saying he put the first-year head coach in an "untenable" situation.Kraft met with the media one day

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