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Nobody!</strong></p><p>Bobby Kraft has once again conjured up his<em> inner Myra</em> and fired Jerod Mayo after he was unable to win more than four games with the weakest roster in the NFL, thanks to some poor draft picks and free-agency pickups. <em>(Jakobi Meyers finished the regular season with 87 receptions and 1,027 yards)</em></p><p>Only one year ago, four days after the last game of the regular season, Kraft parted ways with the legend Bill Belichick, who, like Mayo, finished a dismal 4-13. You don't get to do an encore performance in Foxboro after that. </p><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div><p></p><p><em>Maybe Kraft is auditioning for the lead on The New Apprentice?</em></p><p>The rap on Belichick was that he didn't relate to young players, and his old-school methods had become obsolete in the NFL.</p><p>So the 72-year-old former NFL coach got himself a 24-year-old girlfriend and a job as head coach at the University of North Carolina, officially becoming a <em>Tar Heel</em>. Apparently, the message is that he has plenty of lead left in his pencil and countless frat parties on the horizon. We'll have to wait and see about that national championship…</p><p>Mayo clearly wasn't ready to don the headset and own the sidelines, and by awarding him the head coaching job, Kraft set him up for failure. It was unfair to Mayo and Patriots fans alike. And after Mayo gave the middle finger to Kraft and the fans, winning the only game he needed to lose and dropping the Patriots from first to fourth in the 2025 NFL draft, his fate had been sealed. Less than an hour after the game ended, Kraft told his first-year head coach, <em><strong>"You're fired!"</strong></em></p><p>Now that Drake Maye has taken over under center, there's reason for head coaches to want to come to New England, despite the weather and the taxes. And assuming Joe Milton will be his more than capable backup, the New England offense is in good hands at the quarterback position.</p><p>Plenty of top-tier NFL coaches are available, and at this point, <a href="https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3499514/the-next-coach-in-new-england-should-be-the-guy-youd-most-want-to-have-a-beer-with-and-for-me-thats-mike-vrabel">Mike Vrabel </a>seems to be the odds-on favorite.</p><p><strong>One thing is certain. The announcement will come quickly. The better available coaches get hired quickly once the regular season ends, and Bobby K doesn't want to miss out again…</strong></p><p></p></body></html>

<div class="hq-image"><video autoplay loop muted playsinline alt><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2025/01/06/80ab8126c6af.gif?crop=0.80%2C0.96%2Cx0.15%2Cy0.01%2Csafe&format=mp4&profile=high&level=5.0" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://chumley.barstoolsports.com/union/2025/01/06/80ab8126c6af.gif?crop=0.80%2C0.96%2Cx0.15%2Cy0.01%2Csafe&format=jpg" type="image/jpeg"></video><span class="image-attribution">Giphy Images.</span></div><p></p><p><strong>Nobody survives 4-13 in New England. Nobody!</strong></p><p>Bobby Kraft has once again conjured up his<em> inner Myra</em> and fired Jerod Mayo after he was unable to win more than four games with the weakest roster in the NFL, thanks to some poor draft picks and free-agency pickups. <em>(Jakobi Meyers finished the regular season with 87 receptions and 1,027 yards)</em></p><p>Only one year ago, four days after the last game of the regular season, Kraft parted ways with the legend Bill Belichick, who, like Mayo, finished a dismal 4-13. You don't get to do an encore performance in Foxboro after that. </p><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div><p></p><p><em>Maybe Kraft is auditioning for the lead on The New Apprentice?</em></p><p>The rap on Belichick was that he didn't relate to young players, and his old-school methods had become obsolete in the NFL.</p><p>So the 72-year-old former NFL coach got himself a 24-year-old girlfriend and a job as head coach at the University of North Carolina, officially becoming a <em>Tar Heel</em>. Apparently, the message is that he has plenty of lead left in his pencil and countless frat parties on the horizon. We'll have to wait and see about that national championship…</p><p>Mayo clearly wasn't ready to don the headset and own the sidelines, and by awarding him the head coaching job, Kraft set him up for failure. It was unfair to Mayo and Patriots fans alike. And after Mayo gave the middle finger to Kraft and the fans, winning the only game he needed to lose and dropping the Patriots from first to fourth in the 2025 NFL draft, his fate had been sealed. Less than an hour after the game ended, Kraft told his first-year head coach, <em><strong>"You're fired!"</strong></em></p><p>Now that Drake Maye has taken over under center, there's reason for head coaches to want to come to New England, despite the weather and the taxes. And assuming Joe Milton will be his more than capable backup, the New England offense is in good hands at the quarterback position.</p><p>Plenty of top-tier NFL coaches are available, and at this point, <a href="https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3499514/the-next-coach-in-new-england-should-be-the-guy-youd-most-want-to-have-a-beer-with-and-for-me-thats-mike-vrabel">Mike Vrabel </a>seems to be the odds-on favorite.</p><p><strong>One thing is certain. The announcement will come quickly. The better available coaches get hired quickly once the regular season ends, and Bobby K doesn't want to miss out again…</strong></p><p></p>