Rob Gronkowski said the Patriots' decision to fire Jerod Mayo was unfair. Mayo lasted just one season with the franchise as a head coach.

The New England Patriots' decision to fire head coach Jerod Mayo after just one season shocked the football world, no one more so than his former teammate Rob Gronkowski.

Former Patriots star Rob Gronkowski was "surprised" by the team's decision to fire Jerod Mayo, but thinks they're angling to hire Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniels.

Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski once shared a locker room with Jerod Mayo. He recently told Ryan Morik of Fox News Digital he thought that Patriots owner Robert Kraft firing Mayo after just a single season was "kind of an ugly situation" because "it wasn't enough time to evaluate" Mayo as a head coach.

Rob Gronkowski couldn’t hide his feelings during the Fox halftime show as he made somewhat critical comments about the decision by Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

Chantel Mayo, the wife of the former Patriots head coach, seemed to criticize the Patriots in a string of posts to her Instagram story on Friday.

Jerod Mayo's wife took to social media on Friday to speak out against rumors associated with Mayo's firing as head coach of the New England Patriots

Former New England Patriots coach Jerod Mayo’s wife, Chantel, fired back on social media at what she deems as “lies” and “fake stories” following Mayo’s firing. Owner Robert Kraft announced the decision to fire Mayo after only one year as a head coach.

I t was a terrible hire when it happened, but the New England Patriots not even giving Jerod Mayo a chance to improve or grow as a head coach was another terrible look for the fal