Head Coach Jerod Mayo on WEEI 10/7: "It's a solutions based business and we have to find solutions as coaches"

Greg Hill (0:00)

Good morning, Coach. How are you?

Jerod Mayo (0:02)

I'm doing okay. I was obviously disappointed in the game. I thought defensively and special teams wise, I thought those guys played good enough to win the game. Offensively, a lot of challenges, and just not good enough.

Greg Hill (0:16)

Things look different when you're watching as a fan, so it probably looks completely different to you. Is that the worst game you've been involved in in your professional career?

Jerod Mayo (0:26)

Not at all. There have been bad losses around here, but once again, my focus is on this one. And it's a true loss if we don't learn from it, including myself. So I've been around in some tough games.

Greg Hill (0:39)

12 penalties over 100 yards. I know you're disappointed. You put that more on the guys or on you as the head coach?

Jerod Mayo (0:45)

It initially starts with me, and we just had to be better. I will say, going back to some of those penalties that happened in the game, I mean, some of them were questionable. Like even with Nick, they said he moved the ball forward and called them for that penalty. There were other things that happened, but when it's all said and done, they called the penalty and we just had to be better.

SPEAKER_3 (1:07)

Jerod, one of the things that you consistently talk about where you're struggling is your inability to throw the football. Like you said, you ran the ball well, you played good defense, special teams. What are you going to do differently moving forward that you think you guys need to do to change it so you can stop making some plays?

Jerod Mayo (1:23)

Look, we're in the solution business. No matter who the players are in the locker room, like we as coaches have to come up with solutions. And I say it every week, every spot is going to be evaluated and it still holds true today.

Greg Hill (1:35)

We talk about this with the Red Sox. Do you have the personnel on this football team, on this roster to be winning these games?

Jerod Mayo (1:41)

Look, we're always looking to get better. I'm not going to sit here and say, our roster is good or bad. This is what we're working with. And it's my job and the coaching staff's job to get these guys to go out there and perform at a high level consistently here and going forward.

SPEAKER_4 (1:56)

This past week, there's been a lot of reports, whether it was the mutiny report, that in the locker room, it's teetering on a mutiny. You had Godshou, Covington, talking about players being selfish out there. What is the issue right now? When you look at this team, are we blowing it out of proportion? Or is there a lot of frustration behind closed doors?

Jerod Mayo (2:16)

I don't know. The mutiny report is what it is. Guys put out things all the time. If it's true or false, that's for you guys to decide, and you guys to put your spin on those things. What I will say is-

Greg Hill (2:27)

The unfortunate thing, just heads up, in a mutiny, the captain is the last one to know.

Just be careful. I appreciate that. Lock the doors.

Jerod Mayo (2:37)

Thanks.

SPEAKER_5 (2:38)

Greg has no idea what we're planning.

Jerod Mayo (2:40)

He's never played team sports.

Greg Hill (2:43)

I was on the bench.

Jerod Mayo (2:44)

What I will say is-

Greg Hill (2:45)

I got a uniform, but yes, go ahead.

Jerod Mayo (2:47)

When a player comes out and says, look, the player, you guys use what the players say, and they also use you guys as vessels to get the word to the players as well because they all listen to it. They all read it, see it on special team. I'm sorry, see it on social media. Yeah. What I will say, I agree, some of the plays that we had, and this goes back a couple of weeks now, letting the quarterback out of the pocket, it's like, let's play within the scheme. And I tell the guys all the time, like, this is the canvas. I don't care what picture you paint, but just stay on the canvas. And so you have to have those guard rails to keep those guys in order. And if you're not doing your job, then look, you can't be on the field.

SPEAKER_4 (3:21)

So is there truth to it? Just the mutiny?

Jerod Mayo (3:23)

I don't think so. But I'm the last to know. Yeah, that's right.

Greg Hill (3:27)

But it seemed like...