Bill Belichick fires back at Jerod Mayo after calling Patriots 'soft'
Hearing that label thrown on his former players stung the legendary coach.
Under Bill Belichick last year, the Patriots led the league in opponents’ yards per carry.
That stoutness still has Belichick calling the defensive unit “tough guys.”
That leakiness has Mayo labeling his team — and calling out the run defense — as “soft.”
Hearing that label thrown on his former players stung the legendary coach.
“I’m kinda hurt for those guys because to call them soft, they’re not soft, they were the best team in the league last year against the run,” Belichick said of his former team on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday. “Those guys went out there and did it even though we couldn’t score many points offensively. I feel bad for the defensive players on that one because that’s a tough group.”
The Patriots lost their sixth straight game Sunday against the Jaguars in London and Mayo took his team to task after the 32-16 setback to a terrible Jacksonville team.
Mayo clarified Monday that he did not believe his team is actually soft, but they have played that way.
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