PATRIOTS HEAD COACH JEROD MAYO
JM: Obviously we’re disappointed. Six losses in a row, never a good thing. Last night, after the game, I felt like we just went out there and played soft. We’re playing soft at the moment, and when I say playing soft, that means stopping the run, being able to run the ball, and being able to cover kicks, which we weren’t able to do. In saying that, look, do I think we have the guys in there that can turn this ship around? 100%. But, that comes through hard work, hard work on the practice field, and going out there, just getting better each and every day. Fire away.
Q: Jerod, from day one with your coaches, you’ve talked about being demanding without being demeaning. I’m curious how much your core belief in that has been shaken by the way that the team is playing, and what’s happening around the team?
JM: That’s in my DNA. Once again, a lot of these things are about relationships and treating people as human beings, so that’s in my DNA. That doesn’t mean we’re out there coaching these guys soft. I think the coaches do a good job of coaching them hard, and obviously it would be easy if we were sitting here at 6-1 to continue to have that message. But, at 1-6, I guess it’s a natural question from you, should we change up our coaching style? Right now I think that we need to continue to work hard and continue to push the players to get the results on the field.
Q: The second drive the Jaguars had in the second quarter, the first two plays was a three-yard run and then the 58-yard pass. That was a big play. It looked to me, and correct me if I’m wrong, you stayed in base. The first down play, they had the three tight ends. I think they switched to two tight ends, two receivers. But I think you stayed in base on the 58-yarder. I’m just wondering if you were okay with that, not subbing there?
JM: I am okay with that. I would say you can play base to multiple personnel groups…
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