Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo seems fairly confident that he’ll be sticking around for another season.
Mayo, free from his grueling new schedule for one week thanks to the bye, took some time to sit down with NBC Sports Boston’s Tom Curran on Thursday and discuss his first season running the show in New England.
It’s probably not all that surprising given how things have gone this season, but the 38-year-old made sure to display confidence that things will get better for the Patriots moving forward.
“I still have a lot to learn as the head coach of this football team, and I’ve understood that,” Mayo said. “It’s a very different role, and I tell players this same thing, ‘The biggest jump that you’ll ever have in your career is from Year 1 to Year 2,’ as far as becoming a better player, a better professional.
“I’m sure, one hundred percent, that I’ll be a better coach in Year 2 than I am in Year 1. I would also say, when you’re out there on the field, for me, at least, I’ll always try to do what is best for the football team. We’re always trying to win every game.”
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New England hasn’t exactly done a great job of that last part, entering the final four games on their schedule with five one-score losses — with matchups against the Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts proving to be particularly disappointing. It’s up to Mayo to make adjustments from those learning experiences moving forward, which he very clearly believes he will.
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