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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 fired coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday shortly after the team completed a 4-13 season. Mayo, 38, was in his first season on the job after replacing legendary Bill Belichick after last season. The move was made after the Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills 23-16 to halt a six-game losing streak.

They also lost six games in a row, including last week’s 40-7 debacle before Sunday’s win over the Bills. That’s not a good look for any team, at any level, but especially not in the NFL, where there’s supposed to be a level playing field for all 32 teams.

But Mayo, who served as assistant under former longtime Patriots coach Bill Belichick, was a first-time head coach and struggled to get results from a young roster led by rookie q

Chantel Mayo, the wife of former New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo, has spoken out following her husband's sudden dismissal on Sunday night. The firing came just hours af

The New England Patriots have moved quickly to name Jerod Mayo's replacement with the team agreeing to make Mike Vrabel their new head coach.

New England Patriots legend Vince Wilfork supports the team hiring Mike Vrabel as the new head coach, but he isn't happy with the way former coach Jerod Mayo was treated by the organization. Mayo was chosen to take over one of the worst rosters in the league with the plan

The New England Patriots fired Bill Belichick's successor Jerod Mayo after just one season with reports emerging that the head coach might have lost the locker room with players being unhappy