New England Patriots followers appear to have had sufficient of Jerod Mayo as the top coach’s first season on the helm winds down.
Reporters in Foxborough, Massachusetts, who took within the Patriots’ 40-7 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday evening heard “Fireplace Mayo” chants coming from the stands at Gillette Stadium.
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New England fell to 3-13 with the loss. If the Patriots lose subsequent week, three wins can be their lowest complete since they completed 2-14 in 1992. The workforce was 4-13 final season – the final yr Invoice Belichick was on the helm. Mayo took over for Belichick in January.
Mayo was requested in regards to the chants after the sport.
“You hear these issues. However on the identical time, they paid to sit down within the seats, and we have got to play higher,” Mayo informed reporters, by way of ESPN. “If we play higher, we do not have to listen to that stuff.”
The offense has been among the many closely scrutinized points for the Patriots.
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Patriots president Jonathan Kraft appeared to get caught on digicam complaining in regards to the play-calling throughout the workforce’s loss in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals two weeks in the past. The offense hasn’t gotten significantly better since then.
Behind rookie quarterback Drake Maye, the Patriots are thirtieth within the league in factors scored and thirty first in yards gained. Mayo’s protection is twenty fifth in factors allowed and twenty third in yards allowed.
Deatrich Sensible Jr., who has been with the Patriots since 2017, and Davon Godchaux every backed Mayo after the loss to the Chargers.
Sensible stated he thought he and his teammates ought to preserve believing in Mayo.
“The man’s in his first season. It is not going to be golden. We did not count on to win a Tremendous Bowl this yr. I get it, no one desires to get overwhelmed 40-7, however the chant is ridiculous,” Godchaux added.
“All people performs a component on this. It is not simply Jerod Mayo. Gamers, coaches, entrance workplace. We simply need to get higher as a complete group,” he stated. “I imagine on this group.
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“We simply had most likely the very best workforce within the NFL proper now on the ropes final week [in Buffalo]. I do not imagine in all that different ridiculous stuff. The man is in his first yr. It is simply ridiculous.”
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