The Patriots will almost certainly miss the postseason in 2024, but that doesn’t make the final five games of the season useless.
New England will, seemingly, use the final handful of games to help shape its roster for the 2025 season. As the Patriots’ focus turns toward the future, Jerod Mayo was pretty blunt when asked which players he’d like to see more from in the season’s homestretch.
“I would say, not to get too specific, but I will,” Mayo began. “You need a guy like Layden Robinson to show what he can do. We need a guy like Cole Strange before the end of the season to see what he can do.