Mayo's Success Set as Beloved Belichick's Successor

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00:02 - No, actually Joe, I think the opposite.

00:06 They actually love him.

00:07 They adore him.

00:08 He's 37 years old.

00:09 He was drafted in the first round in '08.

00:10 In fact, Joe and my reporting on this

00:12 for Pro Football Network,

00:13 he actually had a chance to interview

00:16 for head coach of jobs last year,

00:17 coordinator of jobs,

00:18 and the Patriots said, "Hey, wait a minute.

00:21 We really have an interest in you

00:22 becoming Bill Pelichick's successor."

00:25 And they made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

00:26 And also, they bumped up his pay.

00:28 They gave him more responsibility, I'm told,

00:31 on the staff.

00:33 He was a co-coordinator with Steve Belichick.

00:36 Mayo, which I always called their linebackers coach,

00:39 but he really was a co-coordinator.

00:40 And they loved him in there.

00:42 No, in fact, remember, the press conference

00:44 is until next week.

00:45 He's really liked.

00:46 In fact, I know the Eagles were blown away by him

00:48 two years ago before they hired Nick Sirianni.

00:50 Mayo was one of those guys they interviewed.

00:52 Now, he was 35 then, which is a little bit young.

00:54 Now he's 37.

00:55 No, he's beloved by the organization.

00:57 And then Bob Kraft, not Mike Vrabel, Mike.

00:59 This is interesting.

01:00 Like, they could have waited,

01:02 but because this process had been done months ago,

01:05 it sounded like they knew Mike Vrabel was gonna be fired.

01:07 And that one stunned me.

01:08 That was the only one that really surprised me,

01:09 to be honest with you, of the eight changes.

01:12 That's the one where I did right on Monday.

01:15 That's one to watch just because there was uncertainty

01:17 about how control would happen

01:19 and who would make the personnel decisions

01:20 and how everything would go going forward

01:22 with Ray McCarthon and Mike Vrabel.

01:23 But the owner, the owner got rid of him.

01:26 That was a surprise.

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