One of the questions in the aftermath of Mayo's firing is the status of the front office, particularly vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf. During the presser, Kraft not only illustrated that Wolf's job is safe, but noted that he, along with personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith, will help lead the team in their head coaching search.

When Robert Kraft hired Jerod Mayo a year ago, he felt he'd identified the right person to follow Bill Belichick.

It has been a disastrous head coaching situation for the Patriots. They parted ways with the greatest coach in NFL history, Bill Belichick, in a move to hire Mayo as the head coach last year. Now, they’re making a move to fire Mayo after their second straight 4-13 season.

The Patriots still have officially fired only Mayo, and Kraft said the new coach will decide what to do with this season’s last year’s staff.

Bill Belichick does not have much to say about his former team's latest move. The current North Carolina head coach parted ways with the New England

Robert Kraft spoke about the guilt he felt, the move he made, and his plan to move on. The post 6 takeaways from Robert Kraft’s comments about Jerod Mayo’s firing appeared first on Boston.com.

New England Patriots' longtime owner Robert Kraft was pointing the finger at himself after another 4-13 season, while explaining his firing of Jerod Mayo.

In the statement, Kraft thanked Mayo for his contributions to the team but cited the “trajectory of our team’s performances” as the reason behind his decision.

Mayo was swiftly fired by the Patriots after their Week 18 win over the Buffalo Bills in the regular season finale. It’s shocking that the handpicked coach by owner Robert Kraft only lasted a year at the job. Now, the Patriots must undergo a head coaching search for a second straight year.

A new report from The Athletic shed light on some of the inexperience from Jerod Mayo that led to his eventual firing.

Details of Jerod Mayo's brief stint as the New England Patriots head coach were revealed in a report just days after his abrupt firing.