Patriots Head Coach Jerod Mayo joins! Does Mayo think Patriots roster will be better next year?

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Patriots Head Coach Jerod Mayo joins! Does Mayo think Patriots roster will be better next year? What's one thing Patriots will improve on after bye?

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00:00Is the head coach of the New England Patriots joins us right now.

00:02Hello, Gerard Mayo.

00:05Good morning.

00:06How was that?

00:07I want to, did you guys not want to come in this morning

00:09or stay on your bi-week?

00:11Well, listen, there was some news with regard to Juan Soto and the

00:15news was not good for the Red Sox.

00:17And so we decided that we would head here.

00:21It's a bi-week and we wanted to give you the chance to get right

00:24to work and get us done with early because we know you got a lot.

00:28How thoughtful, how thoughtful of you guys.

00:31I mean, the real reason Gerard is that Greg had a 5k on Saturday

00:35that he can barely move.

00:36Yeah, I can't move at all.

00:38I cannot move at all.

00:41Did you get to sit down and watch any football yesterday?

00:45I did.

00:45I did and you know, took an opportunity this week, you know,

00:48during the bi-week to watch us, you know, just over the course

00:52of the season and things that we just have to continue to get

00:54better at and really focus on the last quarter of the season

00:56and, you know, try to get the 1-0 this week.

00:59Gerard, I know that you probably say there's a bunch of areas

01:02that you got to get better at, but what's the one area that

01:05you feel like from having the bi-week that you really got to

01:09focus on moving forward?

01:12Turnovers.

01:13Turnovers will make everything that much better, protecting

01:16the football offensively and defensively going out there and

01:19getting the ball.

01:20So I think right now we're minus six.

01:22We just got to do a better job there.

01:25Gerard.

01:25It was interesting, you know, it was interesting like watching

01:28those games yesterday too and I'm sure you guys watch a lot

01:30of football and just the situations that come up and it

01:35was just interesting just to see the different philosophies

01:37too. So it was good to be able to sit down and watch some

01:40football. Gerard, you sat down with Tommy Curran last week

01:43for a discussion about the season where you're at and you've

01:47said that year one to year two as a player was the biggest

01:50jump and as a coach, you're looking forward for year one

01:53to year two.

01:54I'm curious.

01:55What's one thing that you most want to improve on as you

01:58enter your second year and finish up your first?

02:01Well, I think the first thing is just wins and losses.

02:04It all comes down to wins and losses and what I will say is

02:07yeah, you know, I got to continue to grow but we're going

02:09to grow together as a team and that's really been my main

02:12focus and you know, just look forward to the opportunity

02:15to get better.

02:16You know that you signed up for this so you know that there's

02:19speculation left and right about all this stuff.

02:21Have you have you has Robert told you that you're back

02:25again next year?

02:27My main focus has just been really getting this team ready

02:30to play this week.

02:32This week.

02:33Sorry, we lost you.

02:35Yeah, you got me.

02:36Yeah, we got you.

02:37So look just getting the guys ready.

02:39This is why we should do it.

02:40This is why we should do it in person.

02:41Yes.

02:42Well, because then I could really grill you on this.

02:43So he so he has has has not told you or has told you that

02:50you're back next year.

02:51No, I'm not.

02:52I'm not going to get into all of that stuff.

02:55Look here.

02:56I go again dancing a little bit but my focus is on the guys

02:59in this room.

03:00The coaches on the staff and and learning this game that

03:02we have coming up.

03:04And you spoke and going back to that conversation that you

03:07told Tom that you and the Robert and Jonathan debrief after

03:11games.

03:12Could you walk me through just sort of I know you're not

03:14going to get into the details of those conversations, but

03:17what kinds of things do you discuss?

03:18Do you go as like into specific game like play calls or

03:22one of those conversations like?

03:25Well, I would say first, you know, but yes, they are the

03:28owners of the team, but they're also huge fans of football

03:30and huge fans of the Patriots.

03:32So they had just, you know, the normal questions that I'm

03:36sure you guys talk about our fans are, you know, fans talk

03:38about Gerard when you look at this team, you're able to

03:42sit back like you said and get a better view and watch

03:45the rest of the league and how where do you think you are

03:50as far as like making the postseason next year?

03:53Like what where what areas do you feel like or players are

03:58like what's your need or how far away are you?

04:01I guess that's the biggest thing to to be able to sit and

04:04look and see and say, okay, we're not that far off.

04:08You know, when you talk about when you have the opportunity

04:11to kind of watch games yesterday and you see all the one

04:13score games around the league like that's what it is and

04:16the reality of the situation is that we've been in seven

04:18of those and haven't been able to really close them out.

04:20And so that's just something that, you know, we can just

04:23do that and if we can just, you know, win the turnover

04:26battle, I will be in a much better place.

04:29I know you may have seen the news, but Bill Belichick

04:33is interviewed with the North Carolina Tar Heels.

04:37Do you ever envision seeing Bill Belichick coaching college

04:40football, especially being as close to Don Shula as he

04:43is today? He's a great coach and to me, it doesn't matter

04:47if you're a young man or or a 10-year vet in a week, like

04:51he's a great teacher and you know, I wish him nothing but

04:54but the best. It doesn't really matter what level I think

04:56he'll be successful. I'm not sure if you dealt with this

04:59way in your NFL career, but I know I have. How would it

05:04feel if you had a legendary coach walk into your living

05:07room back when you were a three-star recruit in high

05:10school? Would you, how would you feel about that? I think

05:13for me, I would be super excited because I would be like,

05:16oh, this guy could help me get to the NFL, but that that

05:19would be my thought process. I agree and what I will say

05:23is I tried to send a shot with the three stars, but you

05:26didn't catch that joke. No, no, no, no. I listen. I was

05:29going to leave it right there because I had zero stars

05:32when I was coming out of high school. So I was going

05:34to leave it at the three stars. Believe me, I'll take three.

05:37I had zero, but what when you start to look and I think

05:43when you start to kind of evaluate everything, damn

05:45Gerard, I was the three stars thing just threw me off

05:48what I was getting ready to say to you.

05:52So damn, wait, you forgot your question. I had a good

05:55question. Oh, man. How did that happen? Because the three

05:59stars, yeah, no, the three stars and then you kind of

06:02had me going in another direction. Oh, here it was.

06:05I'm so sorry. I had started by saying I don't know if

06:09this is something that ever happened to you in your

06:11career, but I had dealt with it. What's the four games

06:15left? You're out of the playoffs. What's the message

06:18to make sure guys are still competing and not basically

06:24checked out and just looking towards the end of the year.

06:28Yeah, every single year is unique as far as the team

06:31and as far as the culture and all that stuff. What I

06:33will say is, you know, over the last few weeks, I think

06:36you still seen the guys fighting going out there

06:38competing on each and every snap and trying to win a

06:39football game. And so that's my expectation. I know

06:42that's the expectation that the guys put on each other

06:44is to go out here practice hard today, get a good week

06:48of practice and then go out there and try to win a ball

06:50game by week. I know it's kind of not a specific game

06:53to react to. So I'm just curious at this stage. What

06:55has been the toughest part of your job that maybe you

06:58didn't expect and what is the part of your job? You've

07:00most enjoyed in your first season as a head coach.

07:03Yeah, I'll start with we enjoyed and instead, you know,

07:06every day is different and just the opportunity to go

07:09out on the field with a group of guys, you know, players

07:12and coaches and staff and try to get everyone swimming

07:15or pulling in the same direction. That's been it's been

07:18great. And again, I wake up every morning feeling blessed

07:20to even come in here and have that opportunity, you know,

07:23on the other end of the spectrum. I'll pull a wiggy.

07:26What was the other end of the spectrum?

07:29Was the worst part is the worst part of it. Yeah, it's

07:33probably I wouldn't say is it this interview?

07:39No, no, it's like, look, I feel I don't feel like there

07:43is a worst part. You know, I'm sure people are like, well,

07:46he's full of it. No, like when I took this job, I understood

07:49what it entailed. And to me, there is no worst part,

07:52especially when I'm inside this building.

07:54Chime never gets to ask a question. You haven't met

07:56Chime yet. He's always here running things while we're

07:58out there. Chime, you got a question? Yeah, I know exactly.

08:01I know who it is. Yeah, I appreciate you, Gerard. So I

08:05do have a question for you. So one of the biggest things

08:08I've noticed this season and at least it feels to me like

08:11they're at times offensively, you guys sometimes lack

08:15aggression in my opinion. I feel like and I've seen you

08:18use it, utilize it during the game, like you zero blitz

08:21Matt Stafford. So like I know it's there and yet sometimes

08:24I feel like there's a passiveness to the offense that

08:27I don't particularly love. Is that designed or is that

08:29just kind of a case-by-case basis? I was curious your

08:33thoughts. Yeah, it's definitely a case-by-case basis.

08:36I would also say, you know, I've heard, you know, go

08:39forward on fourth and five here, go forward on fourth

08:41and six. All those things sound good as long as you pick

08:43it up. And so when we even go back to the one score

08:46games, like the way that we're playing, I believe is

08:49the right way to play in saying that, but we need to

08:52win more football games and it is a game plan element

08:55to it. Gerard, you had talked about, you know, just like

09:01things that you can change and what you're doing and

09:03you know, like as a as a rookie when you come into this

09:06league as a player, you kind of know like, oh, I can be

09:09successful at this level. Do you feel the same way when

09:13it comes to you as a head coach? Like do you believe

09:16that you could be successful? 100%. I know I'll be

09:21successful 100%. And look, you're going to go through

09:24these, you're going to go through these trying times.

09:26Like that's what it is. And the mark of a true leader

09:27is being able to navigate this and knowing that you're

09:30going the right way. And I truly believe that we are

09:32going the right way in short term. It may be disappointing,

09:36but in the long term, we're doing it the right way.

09:38All right, Gerard Mayo, go ahead Curtis. I was just

09:40going to say, watching the games yesterday, it was

09:43clear to me, I know you're not going to say this, that

09:45the talent gap is massive. When I watch the Bills

09:48offense, when I see some of these successful teams

09:51and I see what Drake May has to work with, are you

09:54confident that this team will be in a much different

09:58position in terms of the roster as we get ready for

10:01year two of your tenure as head coach? We'll 100%

10:05be a better football team next year. All right,

10:08Curtis, that was the Hellman's Mayo question of the

10:11week from Chris Curtis. You can purchase Hellman's

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10:18deliciousness and creamy flavor to your game day

10:20dishes this football season. Give it three stars.

10:23Do you give Hellman's three stars, coach? No, five

10:26stars. Hellman's five stars. Five stars. Five stars.

10:30All right. All right, Gerard Mayo, we will see you

10:32down there in person on Monday. All right. Sounds

10:36good though. All right, that is Gerard Mayo on a

10:39Mayo Monday.

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