Robert and Jonathan Kraft they couldn’t hide their displeasure even in the privacy of the box where they were sitting at State Farm Stadium on Sunday during the Patriots’ loss to the Cardinals on Sunday.
Television cameras on the CBS broadcast caught the reactions of the Patriots team owner and president after a set of failed plays in the second quarter. The Krafts didn’t seem happy with the call.
during Jerod Mayo’s Zoom call with the media, and Monday’s weekly appearance on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show, he was asked about the Krafts and whether they had expressed any concerns about Alex Van Pelt and the call, or anything else.
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“I’m not going to go into what they said. I didn’t even watch the clip,” Mayo told WEEI. “I heard about it this morning. But look, they own the football team. They’re fans of the team. And they’ve supported us 100 percent on the football side because we haven’t really gotten involved in those things, it’s been good.”
During an interview with Tom E. Curran on his Patriots Talk podcast on NBC Sports Boston last week, mayo indicated that he talks to the Krafts after every game.
“We always report on the games,” Mayo said on the podcast. “They’re very … they just want to know at least my thought process. And absolutely, just like the fans, sometimes they don’t agree with the way the game is going. Obviously, when you lose games, questions abound ( i) very punctual.
“Again, though, as a head coach, I have to be able to answer those questions. And my job is not just to protect the coaches, but to protect the players. And that’s why I try to take 100 percent responsibility “.
on monday, mayo he didn’t seem too concerned about what the lip readers thought Jonathan Kraft was saying about the call being terrible or if they were in trouble.
“They’ve given us full support as a team,” Mayo said. “They’re big fans of the team… No matter what they say, they said.”