Gonzalez agreed with Jones and added that while outsiders may not have understood Mayo’s messaging, the players did. He pointed to Mayo’s walk-off comment after a loss in Miami that caught fire on social media.

Speaking to NBC Sports Boston, Christian Gonzalez said that Jerod Mayo's postgame comments were never misinterpreted by Patriots players.

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?