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There is an important reality fans of bad sports teams need to understand — players do not tank for draft position. They do not care about draft position. They do not want to hear about losing games on purpose for draft position.  They only care about winning the next game,…

Only three college football games remain, which means the tape for the 2025 NFL Draft class is just about finished. Although the top names in the class are well-known, there are always new angles to explore in NFL mock drafts. As NFL teams begin slowly gearing up for their own…

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. This made sense. Seeds…

Patriots fire Mayo as Kraft makes swift decision about team's future originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jerod Mayo won his first game and his last game coaching the New England Patriots. The only problem? He lost 13 of the 15 games in between. The Patriots fired Mayo as their…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots fired coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday after one season, beginning another reboot for the franchise just a year after it parted with longtime coach Bill Belichick. Owner Robert Kraft announced the firing in a statement shortly after New England closed its 4-13…

The New England Patriots fired head coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday, the team announced. The Patriots finished 3-14 in his lone season in charge. Mayo was the Patriots’ inside linebackers coach from 2019 to 2023. He was promoted to the head job last January, succeeding six-time Super Bowl champion Bill…

Zach Bachar Contributor I January 5, 2025 Nick Cammett/Getty Images The New England Patriots are "expected to pursue" Mike Vrabel as the team's next head coach after firing Jerod Mayo on Sunday, according to Chad Graff and RJ Kraft of The Athletic. Vrabel previously served as head coach of the…

The New England Patriots fired coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday after one season, beginning another reboot for the franchise just a year after it parted with longtime coach Bill Belichick. Owner Robert Kraft announced the firing in a statement shortly after New England closed its 4-13 season with a 23-16…

Julia Stumbaugh January 5, 2025 Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The New England Patriots could turn to Mike Vrabel as their next head coach after firing Jerod Mayo on Sunday, according to The Athletic's Chad Graff and RJ Kraft. Mayo was dismissed on Sunday after the Patriots finished…

Whoever took over for Bill Belichick was going to have a nearly impossible task. Beyond Belichick's six Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots, his poor personnel moves in his final few Patriots seasons left the franchise with a talent-deficient roster. The next head coach was going to likely…