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

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.

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.

Robert Kraft showed no shame in taking full ownership of how New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo's first and only season at the helm shook out. Kraft, the New England Patriots CEO and Chairman, addressed the press on Monday to discuss the firing of Mayo along with fielding questions on other topics within the organization.

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.

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 legend Rob Gronkowski gave some interesting thoughts on the team's two most recent head coaches in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.

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The New England Patriots' decision to fire head coach Jerod Mayo after just one season shocked the football world, no one more so than his former teammate Rob Gronkowski.