NFL Insider Shares Update On Jerod Mayo’s Patriots Job Security

Barring a cataclysmic ending to the Patriots’ 2024 season, Jerod Mayo should be back at the helm in New England in 2025.

Mayo was expected to have a relatively long leash in his first campaign as Bill Belichick’s successor. The former linebacker was hand-picked by longtime owner Robert Kraft, who surely was prepared to give Mayo the benefit of the doubt given the state of the rebuild in Foxboro, Mass.

However, immense struggles and avoidable distractions led many fans and media...