Longtime Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo will return to the club as linebackers coach, according to Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston. Mayo, 33, retired at the conclusion of the 2015 campaign, and expressed no interest in coaching at the time. Viewed as a cerebral player with a strong work ethic, Mayo appeared in 93 games for New England after being selected 10th overall in the 2008 draft. He’ll be replacing Brian Flores, who was not only the Patriots’ LBs coach but de facto defensive coordinator before taking the Dolphins’ head coaching position this offseason.
Here’s more from the AFC East:
- Bills general manager Brandon Beane denied that Buffalo was ever close to acquiring wide receiver Antonio Brown from the Steelers, as Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk writes. “We had productive talks with [GM] Kevin Colbert, with Pittsburgh, but one of the things I made clear with Kevin early on is we would have to be comfortable with where the compensation is going to have to be with AB’s representatives, and that was never something that we were even close on,” Beane said. Brown, of course, was subsequently traded to the Raiders for third- and fifth-round picks, and received a new contract with additional guarantees.
- The NFL’s personal conduct policy will apply to Patriots owner Robert Kraft just as it applies to players, commissioner Roger Goodell told Jourdan Rodrigue of the Charlotte Observer (Twitter link). Goodell stopped short of declaring Kraft will be suspended, indicating a need for all the facts of Kraft’s solicitation case to come out. Kraft has rejected a plea deal from Florida prosecutors, and earlier this week pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanors.
- Although the Dolphins haven’t publicly declared how they’ll use former first-round pick Minkah Fitzpatrick in 2019, sources tell Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald that the Dolphins prefer to deploy Fitzpatrick as a safety. Fitzpatrick, the 11th overall selection in last year’s draft, can play both cornerback and safety, but Miami already has two safeties — Reshad Jones and T.J. McDonald in place. If Fitzpatrick is deployed more in the back end, McDonald could conceivably see action as a sub-package linebacker.
Go Odell is dying to suspend Kraft, anything to sock it to the Pats, but maybe this will spur them on to win it all again!
Win it all for that creep of an owner! I’m sure Brady is using this as motivation. GTFOH.
Where did the Patriots hurt you?
Creep? Why because he paid for a handy?
Probably because he’s paying frightened immigrants peanuts to work his genitals into a lather when he’s one of the richest men on earth. That’s what makes him a creep.
I’m certain all immigrants find it frightening to be paid between $100 and $200 for about ten minutes work.
It wouldn’t be an article about Kraft without a delusional pasha2k Patriots fanboy post defending him. He must be paying you upwards of $100 American to wash his balls so clean.
Yes, why doesn’t Kraft just admit his guilt and take his punishment like a man. I hope that video gets out and he’s too embarrassed to show his face. There’s more to this case than him just getting a handjob. These women were being held as sex slaves to serve men like him. So don’t ask what’s the big deal. Of course, I’m sure he’ll buy his way out and lie like they do in every other Pats scandal. F**k him.
Looking forward to never hearing the media appointed title “de facto defensive coordinator” now that Flores is gone.
mayo will be poached next year to coach some loser organization
Why would the Bills GM talk to the Pit GM about salary? Wouldn’t he need to speak to the agent instead? Sounds like a cop-out excuse from them.
When have any of you cared about women as sex slaves? Not everyone who does this does it against their will. Some girls wanna be strippers, some like being prostitutes. It’s one step above getting a lap dance at your bachelor party
So you are in favor of women being smuggled in from out of this country, being held against their will, and used as sex slaves?
Oh u know that’s what was done there? U know they were “smuggled”? U think Kraft would know? If u care so much about this can u name one thing you’ve done to help prevent this terrible act? If not maybe u should be an activist for it