After much speculation and many rumors, the New England Patriots decided to part ways with legendary head coach Bill Belichick on Thursday morning, leaving them in need of a new head coach for the first time in 24 years. And it sounds like someone has already emerged as a favorite to land the job.
According to a report from NFL insider Adam Schefter of ESPN, New England Patriots linebackers coach Jerod Mayo “projects to be a, if not the, leading candidate for the job.”
“The Patriots now will embark on their first head-coaching search in a quarter century. Patriots linebackers coach Jerod Mayo, whom the team signed to a contract extension in the offseason and Kraft has identified as a rising head-coaching candidate, projects to be a, if not the, leading candidate for the job, sources said. Mayo played for the Patriots from 2008 to 2014 and has been an assistant under Belichick since 2019,” Schefter reported on Thursday.
Obviously, there will be many potential candidates vying for the job as it is one of the top and most high-profile job openings in the NFL, but it does seem like the Patriots might have had a candidate in mind when they decided to move on from Belichick.
We’ll have to see how this all plays out.
