Wilfork says he supports Mike Vrabel's hiring as Patriots coach, but the team did not give Mayo much to work with.

Patriots great said he’s waiting to reach out to Mayo, whose situation was “heartbreaking” because it was handled unfairly by owner Robert Kraft.

Vince Wilfork loves the Patriots organization and the team’s new head coach -- but didn’t love the way the team treated Jerod Mayo. Wilfork voiced his displeasure with how the Patriots ended things with Mayo in a couple of media appearances this week. The former nose tackle said Mayo was set up to fail as a rookie coach last season in New England.

Mayo, named Bill Belichick’s successor a year ago, was fired on Sunday after the Patriots’ 23-16 win over the Bills in the regular-season finale. The former Patriots linebacker, 38, posted a 4-13 record as head coach. Kraft added Monday he “went back and forth” on the situation over the past month.

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Jerod Mayo's wife, Chantel Mayo, posted a couple of interesting Instagram messages five days after her husband's firing.

The New England Patriots fired former head coach Jerod Mayo just hours after their season-ending victory over the Indianapolis Colts, which reportedly led

The Cowboys have been linked as a possibility for Jason Witten to take the head coaching job. But was there a role already being discussed?

New England's roster lacked the type of talent needed to routinely compete with even average opponents going back to this past September.

In the wake of New England’s decision to fire Mayo on Sunday following a disastrous 4-13 campaign, The Athletic reported Wednesday how the former linebacker-turned-coach “didn’t offer” Steve Belichick, the son of former head coach Bill Belichick, “the chance to continue calling plays” on defense as he had done in previous years.

The final report card for the 2024 New England Patriots has finally arrived and the results are tremendously unrewarding. It started with three gut-crushing defeats in humiliating fashion but concluded with a victory against the Buffalo Bills in the comforts of Gillette Stadium.