When Jerod Mayo was introduced as the New England Patriots’ head coach in January, he immediately raised some eyebrows. In a sit-down with WEEI following the introductory presser, he was asked about the team’s vast offseason resources and how they would factor in the organization’s upcoming rebuild.
Mayo, without hesitation, claimed that his team would be “ready to burn some cash.” As he later clarified, however, that was never the Patriots’ real offseason goal.
“I kind of misspoke when I said ‘burn some cash,’ but I was excited when you see those numbers,” Mayo clarified in an interview with MassLive in February.