Jerod Mayo Succeeds Belichick as Patriots Head Coach

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00:03 It's an interesting time around the NFL, not just injuries and news and notes and

00:07 breakdowns of playoff games, but 14 teams now into the postseason.

00:12 That means the 18 others in the NFL are already looking forward to 2024.

00:18 And what a wild week it has been in the coaching carousel around the National

00:22 Football League.

00:23 Of course, it was expected, but it was still surprising.

00:26 Yesterday morning, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots announcing

00:31 a mutual porting of ways after 24 years together.

00:35 So who would be the successor in Foxborough?

00:38 That has been named as of this Friday morning.

00:42 Gerard Mayo is the new head coach of the New England Patriots.

00:45 He played for the Pats from 2008 to 2015.

00:49 He won a Super Bowl with the Patriots.

00:52 He was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year back in 2008, a two-time Pro Bowler

00:57 who played and worked under Bill Belichick.

01:00 He has been a linebackers coach for New England since 2019.

01:03 Now he gets his shot as the head man in Foxborough.

01:06 >> Yeah, and rightfully so.

01:09 If anyone is following along with the Patriots franchise over the past couple

01:12 years, you knew this was going to happen.

01:14 Well, Bill Belichick was hanging it up.

01:15 Gerard Mayo was gonna be that next guy.

01:17 It was one of those decisions where Robert Kraft made.

01:19 It's like, you know what?

01:20 I'm gonna pay him more money and make sure that he understands when Bill Belichick

01:24 hangs it up, which probably is gonna be sooner than later due to his age,

01:27 you will be the front man.

01:29 And he finally gets his chance here as we all anticipated, and rightfully so.

01:33 And if you're going to trust Robert Kraft's intuition on head coaches, yeah,

01:36 he made that trade decades ago here just to bring in Bill Belichick from the New York

01:41 Jets, and look how that worked out.

01:42 So a judge of character, Robert Kraft?

01:44 Absolutely.

01:45 Think of the players that have come through New England, have glowing responses here.

01:49 Not like, I was underhanded a little bit.

01:50 Robert Kraft has always been the forefront of one of those teams that you would like.

01:54 An owner that goes, you know what?

01:55 I'm gonna give you the chance to win, and I'll back you up.

01:58 And how many times did Bill Belichick go through those cheating scandals,

02:01 got banged for $500,000, a million dollar fine?

02:05 And he goes, you know what?

02:06 Don't worry, next contract, I'll give you that extra million to cover it up.

02:08 He always has A, his players back, and also his coaches back.

02:12 Gerard Mayo's in a perfect spot here for him to succeed.

02:15 But I stress this again, don't you dare grade this guy for two years here.

02:19 You're talking about a regime change, something we haven't seen for

02:22 close to 25 years, and the least amount of talent that we've seen with the Patriots

02:27 in 25 years.

02:28 This might take a year or two just to turn those gears,

02:31 because also remind you of this.

02:33 Bill Belichick, rightfully so, was a great head coach.

02:35 He also came through the AFC East when no other organization could even get their

02:39 foot in the door on knowing what they were doing.

02:41 Firing coaches, horrendous salary cap management here.

02:44 Now he's looking at who?

02:45 The Miami Dolphins going in the right direction.

02:47 The Buffalo Bill is the same thing, and Aaron Rodgers coming back to the Jets.

02:51 So if he wins six games next year, oh man, what a bust.

02:54 No, your head coach Bill Belichick didn't even win six games last year.

02:58 Give him some time, people, it'll work.

03:00 >> A four-win season for Bill Belichick to end out his 24-year tenure

03:06 in New England.

03:07 That was the least amount of wins for a Bill Belichick-led NFL team in any of his

03:12 29 years as a head coach, the 24 in Foxborough, the five previous in Cleveland.

03:19 Gerard Mayo has been there.

03:20 He knows the Patriots way, but it's time now for

03:23 an upgrade to how the Patriots run this organization.

03:27 And good for the Kraft family to name this head coach right away.

03:30 The succession plan was given to the NFL League office many years ago.

03:35 It's why the hiring process could be expedited for the Patriots.

03:39 But it's not just a head coach to replace Bill Belichick.

03:43 You also need a general manager, a decision maker in the front office now,

03:47 who will be tasked with reinventing a roster that, as Donnie mentioned,

03:50 was poorly managed by Bill Belichick the last three to four years after Tom Brady

03:55 left New England to join Tampa Bay in 2020.

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