Especially when it involves you being the person in charge.
Decisions to be made you never knew you’d have to make.
And the mistakes you inevitably make have consequences you couldn’t possibly have seen coming.
There’s no doubt that’s the case with Jerod Mayo right now.
To be clear, I’m not saying he’s in over his head after just six games.
Especially when his team is 1-5 and breaking in a future franchise quarterback.
Mayo: “You tell me.”
[laughter]
Q: “He almost said what he …”
Mayo: “No.
I’m not doing that one.
I’m not doing that one.”
He then went on to mention the guys they re-signed, using Michael Onwenu as an example.
And that’s all well and good.
And if that is what he’s thinking, it’s hard to argue his point.
This was, after all, a 4-13 team despite having a Top 10 defense.
But some questions just don’t need to be answered.
Because what purpose does it serve to talk about where you were at 10 months ago?
I say this as someone who used to sit across that desk from Belichick.
And he had a 7th degree black belt in verbally roundhouse kicking such questions right out of your mouth.
Because they served no purpose when it comes to the only thing that matters.
He didn’t owe me anything other than winning.
And failed to put it to use beyond all those re-signs he alluded to.
The timing of this is especially curious.
Sunday they played seven different offensive lineman, bringing their season total to 12.
Through roughly one-third of the season.
Some of that is due to injury, for sure.
But most of it is due to neglect.
Never forget that the starting left tackle this season was Chuks Okorafor.
No one can know how this is playing inside the Pats locker room or the offices.
Maybe everyone agrees or just doesn’t care.
