Apparently Cam Newton was also perturbed by the move. Here's what he had to say about the Patrios firing Mayo on his latest 4th & 1 podcast. Cam Newton on Patriots firing Jerod Ma

Chantel Mayo, the wife of the former Patriots head coach, seemed to criticize the Patriots in a string of posts to her Instagram story on Friday.

The New England Patriots are still looking for stability in the post-Tom Brady and Bill Belichick era, and that stability starts at the top of the organization with the head coach. The Patriots elected to hire internally after parting ways with Belichick,

Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski once shared a locker room with Jerod Mayo. He recently told Ryan Morik of Fox News Digital he thought that Patriots owner Robert Kraft firing Mayo after just a single season was "kind of an ugly situation" because "it wasn't enough time to evaluate" Mayo as a head coach.