Jerod Mayo Sounds More Open To Starting Drake Maye After Week 5 Loss [Video]

Jerod Mayo previously spent his day-after-game press conferences doubling and tripling down on Jacoby Brissett as the New England Patriots’ starting quarterback.

But Mayo’s Monday morning sentiments were a bit different after New England’s ugly loss to the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium.

“When I meet with the coaches today it’s about we’re in a solution-driven business and we aren’t playing good football,” Mayo said when asked if he anticipates talking about a quarterback change to Drake Maye.

That’s far from what Mayo said last week when he claimed Brissett was 100% the starter.

“We have to look at every single unit and every single player and figure out how we use this roster to go out and win games,” Mayo said.

Mayo followed up with a blunt assessment of Brissett’s performance (18-for-34, 160 yards). Brissett’s completion percentage (52.94%) and yards per attempt (4.71) were season lows.

“It just wasn’t good enough,” Mayo said. “I thought we played well enough defensively and on …