Robert Kraft revealed that he started planning for Jerod Mayo to be Bill Belichick's successor a lot earlier than we all thought.

Mayo was drafted by the Patriots in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft and has spent his entire playing career in Foxborough up until his retirement following the 2015 season. He then joined New England's coaching staff as the inside linebacker coach in 2019, so he has been around the organization and Kraft for nearly two decades.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft revealed that he selected Jerod Mayo as the team's replacement for legendary former head coach Bill Belichick

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The Jerod Mayo era in New England officially began in earnest last Sunday with a stunning season-opening victory against the Bengals.

Jerod Mayo picked up a victory in his first game as a head coach. That's something Bill Belichick wasn’t able to do in his debut with either the New England Patriots or the Cleveland Browns.

The victory showed the Patriots can blend a little from the past with the present. And perhaps, that mix means they aren’t going to be as bad as anticipated.

Not featuring a coaching search this year, the Patriots have still not conducted a true hunt for their sideline leader

Bill Belichick is spending the 2024 season out of the NFL. He should be a coveted coaching option during the 2025 offseason.

The whole time, Digger Phelps kept staring at the other bench, and after awhile it became distracting. Here he was, carnation in lapel, a full house at Pauley Pavilion, a national TV audience — exactly the kind of moment he lived for his entire professional life — and he had to keep reminding himself: Stop looking.