Less than 24 hours after the New England Patriots season came to a close and the subsequent firing of first-year head coach Jerod Mayo, owner Robert Kraft met with the media to address his decision to move his club in a different direction.

Jerod Mayo’s firing comes at the end of a 4-13 campaign, one of the worst in franchise history. Mayo, 38, was hired less than a year ago and named Bill Belichick’s successor after the