Tom Curran and Mike Giardi discuss Drake Maye’s comments on Wednesday about being motivated to get the Patriots back to the playoffs next season. And is Jerod Mayo really coaching for his job in the next four games?
1:00-Drake Maye’s urgency to make the Patriots a playoff team next year
8:00-Expectations for the final four games
10:00-Is Jerod Mayo really coaching for his job?
20:00-Is Mike Vrabel the best option to replace Mayo?
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Drake Maye is a leader and we haven"t had that sense Brady the future is bright!!!
Without maye I’d be okay riding the Mayo suck bus for a few years. But looking back to his first press conference where he was giggling with young thundercat and saying we would definitely win more games than last year….he needs to go. If you guarantee more than 4 wins and then the reason you don’t even get 4 wins is because the defense regressed in every way…that bad
Hey Pats Fans: Check out Mayo's learning curve: BB puts him on staff and he coaches LB (shocker, he was a superb LB when he played). 5+years on BB staff, and Mayo can coach how many positions? Can he scheme the x/o's for the defense? Does he create schemes and game plans? Know anything at all about offense (someone had to tell Wolf NOPE we're good on O-line and WR don't need anything else). The injury rate on the Pats is above league average, and the Boston writers have noticed players being 'gassed' in the 2/nd half of games. Who is the strength/conditioning coach ? Mayo's brother. All the blown plays on defense and getting pushed around the field? Mayo's best pal Cov is the DC. Mayo seems either unwilling or unable to help. No one wanted the Pats OC job, and only NOW does it come out that Mayo interviewed them and they sprinted away – feedback that during interviews Mayo asked about non-football things. Trust me, Mayo getting another year on the BB staff wouldn't make a bit of diff, he got the secret deal and then strutted. He NEVER learned more than playing LB – period full stop. If VRABEL was the coach, they would have won 5-7 games this year and be in line for .500 or wildcard in a year. Keeping Mayo assumes he will grow and learn. He has not shown ANY evidence of thiis – actually the opposite. Charm Kraft all you want. Mayo, decision making, joke, and winning. 3 of these things are part of the same thing, one is not. Can you guess which?
The future is bright if the Krafts do what they have to do, fire Mayo and Wolf and bring Ben Johnson or Mike Vrabel.
Yall notice the Washington huskies defense this year ? They are a top 5 defense in the big 10 way better than last year when the huskies went to the championship lol
Wht bout the patriots defense this year ?
Pretty weird our former coach for 20 years is going to coach the team where our first round drafted QB played just last year.
They are not firing Mayo they will probably end up scapegoating Van Pelt, which in my opinion would be a huge mistake unless they are bringing in an obvious upgrade. Van Pelt is the only experienced coordinator they have and IMO has done a good job with Maye and the pile of garbage he has to work with the offense outside of Maye and a few others is bereft of NFL caliber players. The worst WR room in the league, hands down. A couple of journeyman RBs and a couple of decent TEs they need upgrades at every position. If I’m Wolf I’m taking Ashton Jeanty at three. I would have zero interest in Travis Hunter because this coaching staff is not capable of figuring out how to best use him. If not Jeanty take Mason Graham or Abdul Carter. That first rd pick has to be a grand slam and reaching for a Tackle “ but maybe he is a guard” ain’t gonna cut it
Would be nice if Mayo's urgency to win matched Drake Maye?
Hypothetical for both sides obviously, but would you all give up our first round pick for Shanahan? Cause I would in a heartbeat. Krafts give him full control, he has a bare bones roster but the QB is set. Which he doesn't have in SF
The Kraft's have created a disaster, with the incompetent decisions putting a staff in all areas of importance, with no coaching and management experience. The lack of respect towards the fans and season ticket holders, with wasting seasons so Wolf, Mayo, and the remaining staff may garner experience to see if they develop, is a slap in the face, if not a negligent process.
Why do you want to "stabilize" a situation that stinks? Curran is full of it.
I beg all Boston talking heads tell us something we don't know or have a take that's not a low hanging fruit take y ru all ru so lazy u have the same take over n over again
Belichick is looking like a pathetic old fool between the 24 year old girlfriend and taking a mediocre colllege head coaching job because nobody in the NFL wanted to turn over their franchise to him.
I'm just glad we don't have to see bill coaching against us
i thought I wanted Jerod before his acceptance speech. I've been brutalized by his non-progress. Let's get Mike Vrabel…speak with him NOW! Get Robyn out of players' meeting rooms, out of football operations!!. The players don't like Jonathan 'micromanaging' the team, with Robyn being head consultant(?) to the Head Coach. END play-calling decisions via computer analysis. It's always missing the particulars in any particular game! Offer Mayo the linebacker coach position. STOP PLAYING 'NOT TO LOSE', and get new play-calling, especially on 1st down!! (Apologies! I just had to get it out.)
The drake really reminds me of Larry Bird as a rookie.
How do these guys not get that Jerod is a clown??
They keep talking about “this is what we were expecting it to look like”
We were expecting a top 5 defense to drop all the way to a bottom 5 defense?
We were expecting the offense to get worse (statistically) despite a much better QB?
We were expecting half of the Free Agent signings to not even be on the team for the full season?
We were expecting every single draft pick outside of Maye to be absolutely terrible???
If not for drafting Maye, this would be the worst team in the league BY FAR, with the worst GM in the league, and a bottom 3 coach.
Curran getting paid to be patriots PR here?
Get Josh McDaniels’ name out of your mouths
Maye deserves so much better than Mayo. I hope Mayo knows we dont buy his rebuilding bs. You have your quarterback you should be winning games
Was hoping for the Belichick Bowl, UW vs UNC, if Steve doesn't join Big Daddy
why not bring mike vrabel in a similar role that he's in at Cleveland
We have to get Drake some weapons next year he’s ready to compete now! Weaponize this offense Tee Higgins + Travis hunter or Tet McMillan no excuses
Maye is too good for Mayo. They should go throw all the money at Ben Johnson.
Maye and Gonzalez are the only two who has really improved. This is on Kraft. You hired a guy who has no clue on being a head coach you can tell the way he talks. How long do you keep embarrassing yourself.
Urgency….! I love it in my rookie QB!
This Kid has QUICKLY become my favorite rookie, and not cuz he's on my favorite team here…
Patience.