Whispers proceed to hover over the 3-10 New England Patriots, suggesting that first-year head coach Jerod Mayo might have to earn at the very least one win over the season’s ultimate 4 weeks to maintain his job by the winter.
Patriots icon and Corridor of Famer Ty Regulation appears satisfied staff proprietor Robert Kraft will run it again with Mayo no matter what occurs by Week 18.
“I assume Mr. Kraft is a brilliant sufficient businessman to present him time,” Regulation stated about Mayo’s short-term future throughout a Tuesday look on Boston sports activities radio station WEEI, Nick O’Malley of MassLive shared. “How a lot time? I don’t know, however he’s positively safe for subsequent season.”
Mayo’s first season in cost has been full of positives for a rebuilding Patriots staff that was by no means presupposed to compete for a lot. New England gamers have continued to play arduous for Mayo following a earlier declare a few potential locker-room mutiny. Rookie Drake Maye has appeared able to turning into a franchise quarterback sooner moderately than later. Moreover, the Patriots are inching toward probably having the primary decide in subsequent 12 months’s draft.
Robert Kraft and staff president Jonathan Kraft reportedly remain high on Mayo although the 38-year-old has made some comprehensible errors on gamedays. Regulation hinted that Mayo wants one other offseason to get “his personal guys in” the locker room and transfer on from some who performed below dwelling legend Invoice Belichick.
“When I believe Mr. Kraft went in,” Regulation stated, “in fact he wished higher. The expectations had been greater than what we obtained. However I believe that he didn’t have expectations so far as, like, we’re gonna go to the playoffs or be a Tremendous Bowl contender when he [hired Mayo]. You’ve obtained to present him an opportunity.”
Outsiders cannot say with any certainty whether or not or not the Krafts would change their minds about giving Mayo a second 12 months if the staff finishes the season at 3-14. All Mayo can do is attempt to stack wins starting with this coming Sunday’s matchup on the 6-7 Arizona Cardinals.
As of Tuesday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Patriots as 4.5-point underdogs in opposition to the Cardinals.
