With the victory, the Patriots lost the No. 1 overall pick of the 2025 NFL draft. They currently own the No. 4 overall pick after finishing the season with a 4-13 record. Mayo was asked to give a response to Patriots fans who might have been upset by the team winning a game they would have greatly benefitted from losing.
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.
Joe Milton III passed for a touchdown and ran for another in his NFL debut, and the New England Patriots cost themselves the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft with a 23-16 win over the AFC East champion Buffalo Bills.
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.
Pats fans were rooting for him. But as verbal missteps continued, it became obvious Mayo lacked the proper amount of head-coach training.
Just hours after their season-ending Week 18 victory over the Buffalo Bills that cost them the #1 overall pick in next spring's NFL Draft, the New England
The New England Patriots have made an official decision.  After just one season as head coach, the Patriots are parting ways with Jerod Mayo.  This came after Mayo and the Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills in the final game of the regular season,
After the stunning firing of Jerod Mayo, Patriots owner Robert Kraft took the blame for a mess of a season in New England.
The New England Patriots promoted their inside linebackers coach, Jerod Mayo, to head coach after parting ways with Bill Belichick last season. However, the franchise fired the 38-year-old only a year later after finishing the season with a 4-13 record.
It didn't take long for the New England Patriots to make their first major move of the offseason. Shortly after Sunday's season finale vs. the Buffalo Bills, Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced the team parted ways with first-year head coach Jerod Mayo.
The New England Patriots have been requesting interviews with various coaching candidates after shockingly firing first-year head coach Jerod Mayo.  The Patriot