Deron Mayo, 36, has been with New England since 2018, serving as an assistant strength coach under Moses Cabrera until he was elevated into the head role last season. Before that he was playing the game as a linebacker, spending the summer of 2011 with the Broncos before heading to the CFL from 2012-17.

As the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel as their new head coach, it came at the expense of Jerod Mayo who only served one season at the helm. With the Patriots looking to improve in the offseason heading into the regular season, defensive star Deatrich Wise spoke about the coaching change.

Good mailbag this week, with questions about coaching staffs, roster hypotheticals, and much more. Let’s get to it. I’m curious, who has the final say on hiring assistant coaches? Vrabel has an “all-star” staff of coaches, while Mayo was allowed to hire a lot of first-timers. Was he set up to fail?