Appearing on a podcast, Belichick said he and Kraft achieved plenty of success by remaining on that same page, but that cohesiveness slipped away over his final seasons.

After Bill Belichick was fired by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, after 24 seasons as head coach of the team and six Super Bowl trophies in nine appearances, the expectation around the NFL was that the legendary coach would have little trouble finding a new job at the helm of a different NFL franchise.

Bill Belichick does not have much to say about his former team's latest move. The current North Carolina head coach parted ways with the New England

Jerod Mayo lasted just one season as head coach of the Patriots. Did Bill Belichick, Mayo's former coach and later boss, play a role in the failure?

And to Kraft's credit, he seemed to acknowledge as much in his Monday press conference, expressing dismay at how he treated one of his longest-tenured employees. Except, well, he managed to do it ...

This is a defining moment, one Kraft needs to align more with boldly stealing Bill Belichick from the Jets than pushing Mayo to the top spot before he was ready.

Bill Belichick gave a hilarious reaction after the Patriots fired former head coach Jerod Mayo after Week 18's win.

It looks like Robert Kraft got lucky. The Patriots owner probably should have hired Mike Vrabel a year ago, when the former Titans coach was unexpectedly available. But he’d already made his ill-fated contractual promise to Jerod Mayo which left him stuck.

After trying to move on from the Bill Belichick era, the Patriots are now going right back to a successor much more like him.

The New England Patriots have a new head coach, their third in three years. Former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel was named by team owner Robert Kraft on Sunday to take over from another former New England linebacker,

Roughly 12 months after New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft parted ways with living legend Bill Belichick, Kraft fired first-year head coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday following New England's 4-13 ...

The long-time Patriots coach said that it was Robert Kraft’s decision to oust his successor, but once again pointed to a Jonathan Kraft and Robyn Glaser having the owner’s ear. Belichick then added that he believed a “shared vision” was key to his success in New England, but said it evaporated during his final four seasons.