At this point, it would be fair to assume we've heard it all about the Jerod Mayo era in New England, mainly because it was a chaotic time that proved to be a big mistake by Robert Kraft. Although the former linebacker was widely praised and projected to be a star head coach by many of his peers, he wasn't ready for the position and wasn't promoted at a time when he would have been successful.
But there is also a lot that's been revealed, showing he didn't exactly help himself during his one-year stint, either, with the latest comments from Eliot Wolf hammering that home even more.
As one of the only remaining people on the current Patriots' staff who was with the team in 2024, Wolf hasn't spoken too much about the one season under Mayo, but that changed this week with a random comment that sparked a lot of discussion amongst Patriots fans.
It probably wasn't meant to become anything, yet it only made the Mayo era look even worse.
It didn't seem like the Jerod Mayo era in New England could get any worse, but...
While speaking to Todd McShay on his podcast at the NFL Combine, Wolf shared a big difference between the 2024 and 2025 seasons that he's grateful for, which surrounds the handling of player discipline.
It was a detail that not many had considered was part of the issue under Mayo, but it now explains a lot.
"In 2024, handling some of the player discipline stuff was challenging. You're trying your best to keep it consistent while also working with the coaching staff. Mike (Vrabel) kind of took over most of that this year, so that helped a lot."
Hearing now that Mayo had Wolf handle any disciplinary issues during a season with a lot of them, which ultimately led to rumors of a mutiny, is shocking and certainly adds a lot of context to what was a chaotic season.
It also shows just how unprepared Mayo was for a head coaching role, which wasn't entirely his fault, but it doesn't sound like he was too eager to take on some of the more uncomfortable aspects of that responsibility, either.
Fortunately, that time is behind us now, and Vrabel has not called upon Wolf to do that kind of work over the past year, so we won't be hearing about anything like this again.