Bill Simmons Demolishes Jerod Mayo, Patriots With Insulting Label

Outspoken media personality and longtime Patriots fan Bill Simmons has never been one to keep his mouth shut about the New England franchise.

Last week, Simmons went on a ferocious rant about the Patriots’ starting rookie quarterback, Drake Maye, against the Houston Texans. Fast-forward to New England’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and Simmons unleashed his ire on head coach Jerod Mayo.

“This is the worst-coached Pats team since Rod Rust,” Simmons wrote on X. “They play all the hits every week — dumb penalties, drops, special teams mistakes, incredibly poor play calling. Each week is worse than the last. You get what you pay for.”

Rust coached the Patriots to a 1-15 record, the worst in franchise history, in 1990. New England suffered 14 straight losses with Rust at the helm and was fired less than a week after the end of the season.

Mayo called out the Patriots for being a “soft football team” and singled out wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk in his postgame press conference following New England’s blowout loss to Jacksonville in London. Simmons took exception to the comments and fired back at the first-year coach.

“Hey Mayo, we need more from you actually,” Simmons wrote on X. “Why is your D worse every week? Did Polk jump offside on a PAT to set up a 2 point? Did Polk give up a punt TD? Did Polk call all those (expletive) run plays? You’re only good at throwing shade at everyone else – including the previous coach.”

Is Simmons right to call out Mayo? Is it the coach’s fault the Patriots are 1-5 so far this season? Will New England end up with a worse record than when Rust was the coach? Sound off in the comments below.