The New England Patriots lost another close game on Sunday, this time against the Buffalo Bills . But even though they are now 2-6 in one-score games this year and lost in frustrating fashion once again, their 24-21 defeat also saw plenty of encouraging things from the team of head coach Jerod Mayo. Let’s get into our takeaways from the Patriots’ 12th loss of the season.
Based on the rumblings surrounding the team, it appears ownership wants to keep Jerod Mayo as the Patriots’ head coach for 2025. However, it appears a bit of challenge to the coaching staff and players was issues as well: look like a competent NFL team, or else. The Patriots, for the most part, did that on Sunday against the Bills.
It wasn’t perfect, and there were still plenty of mistakes, but the team was fighting tooth and nail against one of the better teams in the AFC and the NFL as a whole. In that sense, it was also making a statement on the behalf of Mayo and his staff. “I love playing for Jerod and I love playing for AVP,” said team captain Hunter Henry about his head coach and offensive coordinator, Alex Van Pelt.
“That are two guys I love going to battle with.” Regardless of the outcome, and the actual decision making during the game, it was nice to see the Patriots actually go out there and compete — something it feels like they have not done in a while. Just because the team played hard for its coach doesn’t mean that there weren’t some head-scratching coaching decisions as .
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