{"id":421375,"date":"2023-03-28T17:49:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T17:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=421375"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T17:49:39","slug":"robert-kraft-thinks-of-jerod-mayo-as-bill-belichicks-potential-heir-apparent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/robert-kraft-thinks-of-jerod-mayo-as-bill-belichicks-potential-heir-apparent\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Kraft Thinks Of Jerod Mayo As Bill Belichick\u2019s Potential \u2018Heir Apparent\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although there are no indications that Belichick will be leaving soon, Patriots owner Robert Kraft would not rule out the potential that Mayo may replace him as the team&#8217;s head coach. Although emphasising that the team had &#8220;other terrific individuals&#8221; available as well, Kraft described Mayo as a &#8220;strong contender&#8221; for that position in an interview with Judy Battista from this week&#8217;s league meetings.<\/p>\n<p>It appears the Patriots are considering former linebacker Jerod Mayo as the head coach&#8217;s potential replacement since Bill Belichick&#8217;s career in the NFL is coming to an end and numerous of his best coordinators have been stolen away over the years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Robert Kraft on Jerod Mayo: &quot;Strong candidate&quot; to follow Bill Belichick as head coach. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k9aUvnAMXq\">https:\/\/t.co\/k9aUvnAMXq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProFootballTalk\/status\/1640650465917509639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Robert Kraft Thinks Of Jerod Mayo As Bill Belichick\u2019s Potential \u2018Heir Apparent\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>It comes as no surprise that some have questioned whether Jerod Mayo might be considered as a potential replacement for Bill Belichick as the head coach in New England given that he was a longtime player for the Patriots and is back for a fifth season as an assistant coach after declining opportunities to interview with other teams.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWell, he\u2019s definitely a strong candidate to be the heir apparent, but we have some other good people in our system,\u201d New England owner Robert Kraft told NFL Networkat the NFL Annual Meeting on Monday. \u201cSo right now, we have a good head coach, and we\u2019re doing everything we can to support him, and make sure we do everything we can to win.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Jerod Mayo, Robert Kraft said: \u201cJerod is an individual, I think there is no ceiling on his ability to grow and how competent he is. \u2026 I was happy we were able to sit with him and keep him long term. I\u2019m going to do everything I can to make that happen.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cjiekczzq8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Cjiekczzq8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1640437059755327488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Patriots released a 39-word statement in January, as their offseason got underway early for the second time in three seasons, announcing that they had &#8220;begun contract extension conversations&#8221; with Mayo in an effort to keep him around &#8220;long-term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It occurred after a season in which the Patriots went 8-9 and had offensive problems under Matt Patricia and Joe Judge. It was an astonishing amount of information for the infamously secretive team to divulge.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think he got put in a difficult position; it was sort of an experiment,\u201d Kraft said of Patricia. \u201cHe worked very hard at it. In retrospect, I don\u2019t think it was the right thing. I feel bad for him because he is such a hard worker and he got put in a difficult position.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;He&#39;ll be a head coach, I&#39;m sure of that. I hope he&#39;s with us.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Who will eventually replace Bill Belichick? Robert Kraft has his sights squarely set on Jerod Mayo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NFLQywINCA\">https:\/\/t.co\/NFLQywINCA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zack Cox (@zm_cox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zm_cox\/status\/1640470772836712449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even though he won&#8217;t start the third-year quarterback, Bill O&#8217;Brien, Belichick&#8217;s former offensive coordinator, was brought back to help right the ship and boost Mac Jones&#8217;s future growth.<\/p>\n<p>For Kraft, bringing the team back to the playoffs regularly in the post-Belichick era will depend on selecting the proper head coach.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;He&#39;ll be a head coach&#8230; I hope he&#39;s with us.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Kraft on Jerod Mayo<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForeverNE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForeverNE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4YC6KeXjfJ\">pic.twitter.com\/4YC6KeXjfJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBC Sports Boston&#39;s Patriots Coverage (@NBCSPatriots) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSPatriots\/status\/1640442763119304719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cVery important. I think that\u2019s our objective,\u201d Kraft said. \u201cWe\u2019ve gone through four years where we haven\u2019t [won the Super Bowl]. We\u2019ve been spoiled, but after my family, my passion [is] the Patriots football team and winning football games and that\u2019s a great turn-on for me. So last year was tough. I\u2019m a fan first. I sat in the stands for 30, 40 years, dreaming if I ever had a chance, what I would do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo we want to get back to winning as best we can.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But in the end, this is a business. You either execute and win, or you don&#8217;t. That&#8217;s where we&#8217;re at. I think we&#8217;re in a transition phase. 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Although emphasising that the team had &#8220;other terrific individuals&#8221; available as well, Kraft described Mayo as a &#8220;strong contender&#8221; for that position in an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":413876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,48],"tags":[3366,6278,6279],"class_list":["post-421375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots","category-nfl","tag-robert-kraft","tag-robert-kraft-jerod-mayo","tag-robert-kraft-jerod-mayo-bill-belichick"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}