Patriots New Head Coach Jerod Mayo Joins Zolak & Bertrand
On Wednesday’s edition of Zolak & Bertrand, New England Patriots’ new head coach Jerod Mayo stops by and joins the show.
I’m excited to just get busy…
Zolak: Congratulations. About a year ago, you came on the show. You were promoting mayonnaise around the Super Bowl, and then this thing got fast tracked in about a year. How anxious are you to get going at this thing? Seriously? It happened quick.
Jerod Mayo: Absolutely. I would say, I started working at once, after it was announced. I kind of started working on a bunch of stuff, but it happened very fast. I’m excited to just get busy, you know, get busy, get the coaching staff put together. Make sure we’re squared away. And honestly, right now is about communication from a from a leadership standpoint. I just want everyone to, you know, know exactly what they have to do. And that’s some of the things I’ve been working on.
Bertrand: So we heard you in the press conference get asked about defensive coordinator and special teams and then off of that, offensive coordinator. But with any coaching position and assembling the staff and getting it settled, what’s your timeline on wanting to try and get these things accomplished?
Jerod Mayo: Man, ASAP, ASAP. You know, once again, they say, well, you haven’t been a coordinator. Like titles aren’t that important. But you know, some of the coaches think titles are important, but I want to I want to knock that out of the park early and get running. You got to think about the combine, to draft, the all star games, things like that. I think it’s important to, to kind of knock it out some.
Zolak: You know Jerod, there’s been some criticism, you know, from keeping everything rolling with the guys that do the scouting. We know how hard those guys work, the amount of film and how much of it you have to crunch. But don’t you kind of have to keep this thing rolling? As to the people that did the studying for free agency and the combine that you mentioned, you know, as this thing’s going to get going here.
Jerod Mayo: You know, I think you make a great point. Like some of these guys have been working on what we talked about for free agency and in the draft for a long time. You want to continue to lean on those guys, and honestly as the head coach here, obviously there will be some changes. But at the same time some things won’t change. Right? We’ll have the people that we need to get the job done, whether it’s from internal or external.
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FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS – JANUARY 17: (L-R) Owner Robert Kraft and newly appointed head coach Jerod Mayo of the New England Patriots speak to the media during a press conference at Gillette Stadium on January 17, 2024 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)