{"id":7663,"date":"2024-11-13T08:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=7663"},"modified":"2024-11-13T08:08:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:08:31","slug":"jerod-mayo-name-drops-young-patriots-player-taking-step-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=7663","title":{"rendered":"Jerod Mayo Name-Drops Young Patriots Player Taking &#8216;Step Forward&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Marte Mapu played fewer snaps against the Bears<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div>\n<article id=\"post-1963415\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\">\n<p><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->Marte Mapu saw a noticeable decline in defensive snaps when the New England Patriots faced the Chicago Bears on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>But Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo made it clear it wasn\u2019t because the second-year defender took a step back in his development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the young players are definitely growing up,\u201d Mayo told reporters Monday, per a team-provided transcript. \u201cI think Marte (Mapu) has taken a step forward, even though he didn\u2019t play that much, especially on early downs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think his overall communication and control of the defense continues to improve while we don\u2019t have the other guys in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mapu serves as a safety\/linebacker hybrid for DeMarcus Covington\u2019s defense. But his role was reduced against the Bears as veteran Jonathan Jones contributed more at free safety and New England leaned on three cornerbacks on early downs. Brenden Schooler also played more defensive snaps (five) than he had all season as the Patriots included a package for him to spy Bears quarterback Caleb Williams.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mapu, who played 98% or more of defensive snaps in three of six games this season, was limited to a season-low 40% of snaps at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Mayo\u2019s messaging, however, makes it seem Mapu won\u2019t remain on the sideline as the Patriots welcome the Los Angeles Rams to Gillette Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marte Mapu played fewer snaps against the Bears Marte Mapu saw a noticeable decline in defensive snaps when the New England Patriots faced the Chicago Bears on&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7663","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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