It’s the right move and one that required Kraft to put his ego aside. The Patriots owner hand-picked Mayo to succeed Bill Belichick, going as far as putting a clause in his last contract as an assistant coach. Mayo could one day be a good head coach, but he isn’t one right now. He simply wasn’t ready.

Robert Kraft said he put Jerod Mayo in an "untenable" situation with the Patriots, but the owner still felt that he had to move on from the coach.

Want to come back to Foxborough? As fast as Bob Kraft moved last year to replace Bill Belichick with the in-house promotion of Jerod Mayo, the table is suddenly set for another familiar face to become the next coach of the New England Patriots.