Imagine a situation so bad that your home crowd has turned hostile against you. Yes, that’s what happened to Jerod Mayo, whose team was humiliated by the playoff-chasing Chargers. At one point during the fourth quarter, when the Pats were already trailing by 30 points, their fans started to chant ‘Fire Mayo.’ They made their feelings loud and clear in the most brutal way possible on Saturday.

However, it still didn’t affect Mayo, who playfully dealt with it in the media. When asked to express his thoughts on the ‘Fire Mayo’ chants, the first-year Patriots coach was like, “Look, you hear, those things. But at the same time, they paid to sit in the seats. And we’ve got to play better. If we play better, we don’t have to hear that stuff.” Now, the fans are also losing their patience with Bill Belichick‘s successor.

When the 6-time Super Bowl-winning head coach vacated his position after leading the Pats to an embarrassing 4-13 season, they promoted Jerod Mayo from the linebackers coach position. However, this move hasn’t really produced the results Foxboro would have hoped for. Instead of progressing, the Patriots have clearly regressed this season. Not only are they in utter shambles, but there’s probably nothing for the Patriots to take back as a positive from this season.

Now, after hearing the fans’ grievances about Mayo’s position in New England. Their defensive tackle, Davon Godchaux, wasn’t pleased at all, “Yeah, I hear it. A lot of fans—I get it—they’re pissed off. They pay money to season tickets and see the Patriots.” After somewhat echoing Mayo’s thoughts about fans paying to watch games at the stadium. He went on to call those chants ridiculous, “We still want to win football games. But the Fire Mayo chants is just ridiculous. The guy’s first season, it’s not going to be golden.” 

Well, the Patriots aren’t even close to being termed golden under Jerod Mayo, at least after his first season. But still, their owner, Robert Kraft, has refused to give up on Tom Brady’s former teammate.

Robert Kraft continues to stand beside Jerod Mayo despite a horror season

Robert Kraft is often known for his instinct-driven decisions as the owner of the greatest NFL franchise. Choosing to give up their first-round pick to the Jets to bring Bill Belichick turned out to be more than a masterstroke. He built a dynasty with seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady to bring the Pats 6 Super Bowls in his 24-year reign. However, will his decision to stick behind Jerod Mayo even after constant drubbing prove to be useful? Right now, it doesn’t feel like it.

This is probably the Pats’ third blowout loss of the season. His first heavy loss came in week 3 when the Jets won 3-24. Then, in week 6, the Pats lost 21-41 to the now-AFC South Champions, the Houston Texans. And now Saturday’s 7-40 loss to the Chargers is yet another brutal reality check for Mayo’s supporters. Now, here’s another interesting thing that recently came to light as per the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport. They believe until some type of calamity happens in the last two weeks, Kraft’s stance on Mayo will remain the same.

However, that calamity has already happened in week 17 with a 33-point deficit defeat. So Mayo still has one game left in his pocket to show that the Patriots can end their season strong. But it doesn’t look like they will have any hopes of securing a win against the Buffaloes, who have somewhat taken the Patriots’ spot as the AFC East’s dominant faction.