Jerod Mayo's wife, Chantel, seemed to call out the Patriots in a string of posts to her Instagram story after his firing.

Instead, that power dynamic lasted one year, strained their relationship and divided a staff and made casualties of a Patriots team that sunk to historic lows in 2023. So exit Belichick, enter Mayo, and despite the fact he matched Belichick's 4-13 record last season, Mayo met the same fate Sunday because losing is always the symptom.