{"id":224,"date":"2024-10-21T20:44:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T20:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=224"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:44:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T20:44:12","slug":"bill-belichick-pushes-back-on-jerod-mayos-criticism-of-patriots-theyre-not-soft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Bill Belichick pushes back on Jerod Mayo&#8217;s criticism of Patriots: &#8216;They&#8217;re not soft&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When Jerod Mayo said his\u00a0New England Patriots\u00a0were &#8220;a soft football team across the board&#8221; following the organization&#8217;s sixth consecutive loss, the coach took many by surprise \u2013 including his former boss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In an appearance on &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show&#8221; on Monday, former\u00a0Patriots\u00a0coach Bill Belichick \u2013 who not only led the team from 2000 through last season&#8217;s 4-13 finish but also was the architect of the roster \u2013 expressed disappointment in Mayo&#8217;s ridiculing of his team&#8217;s toughness after a\u00a032-16 loss\u00a0to the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a lot of the same players (from last year),&#8221; Belichick said. &#8220;I&#8217;m kinda hurt for those guys, because to call them soft, they&#8217;re not soft.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/10\/21\/USAT\/75780457007-1363703985.jpg?width=660&amp;height=441&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/10\/21\/USAT\/75780457007-1363703985.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=882&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" alt=\"Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots and inside linebackers coach Jerod Mayo talk on the sidelines in the fourth quarter of the game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on January 09, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida.\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_img_ccw gnt_em_img_ccw__cap gnt_em_img_ccw__crd\" data-c-caption=\"Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots and inside linebackers coach Jerod Mayo talk on the sidelines in the fourth quarter of the game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on January 09, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida.\" data-c-credit=\"Mark Brown, Getty Images\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mayo&#8217;s initial comment centered on his team&#8217;s performance in the ground game, both offensively and defensively. The Patriots ran for just 38 yards Sunday against the\u00a0Jaguars\u00a0while giving up 171 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Belichick was quick to point out that last year&#8217;s New England team ranked first in yards allowed per carry (3.3). While the Patriots returned the core of their defense, the unit is without standout defensive tackle\u00a0Christian Barmore\u00a0\u2013 who has yet to play this season and remains out indefinitely due to blood clots \u2013 as well as linebacker and team captain\u00a0Ja&#8217;Whaun Bentley\u00a0\u2013 who is out for the year after suffering a torn pectoral in a\u00a0Week 2 loss\u00a0to the\u00a0Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>usatoday.com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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