Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski once shared a locker room with Jerod Mayo. He recently told Ryan Morik of Fox News Digital he thought that Patriots owner Robert Kraft firing Mayo after just a single season was "kind of an ugly situation" because "it wasn't enough time to evaluate" Mayo as a head coach.

‘Fire Mayo’ chants rained down en masse Saturday as the Patriots dropped to 3-13 on the season. But despite the 40-7 blowout and all the peanut gallery had to say about it, New England’s first-year head coach still has his believers in the locker room.

After firing Jerod Mayo at the end of his first season in charge, the Patriots are conducting their first proper search for a head coach in over 25 years. New England has been moving quickly to find its next leader,