Just four games into his tenure as the New England Patriots head coach, Jerod Mayo is dealing with a huge crisis behind the scenes.
On the latest episode of the Patriots Catch-22 podcast, Evan Lazar of the team’s official website said the Patriots are “teetering on a mutiny” in the locker room due to frustration with their performance amid their three-game losing streak.
Lazar explained that the “defense is mad at the defense, the offense is mad at the offense” coming out of Sunday’s 30-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
The primary issue, based on what Lazar said, stems from the issues at quarterback with Jacoby Brissett struggling while Drake Maye remains on the bench.
“You have young receivers who are throwing tantrums,” Lazar said. “… At what point in time do some of these guys say to themselves ‘why am I out there getting my butt kicked and Drake can’t? Why am I going out there with a quarterback that can’t get me the football when we have a Ferrari back in the garage?'”
The Patriots offense wasn’t expected to be particularly good coming into the season, but things might be worse than anticipated through four games. They rank 31st in points per game (13.0), last in yards per game (238.8) and last in pass yards per game (112.3).
Brissett has been sacked 15 times and has thrown just two touchdown passes in four games. Maye’s only appearance so far was during garbage time in Week 3 of the Patriots’ 24-3 loss to the New York Jets.
