Kraft told ESPN the thought came when Mayo was a part of his trip to Israel in 2019, recognizing the way he communicated with former and current Patriots players. The post Robert Kraft says he knew in 2019 that Jerod Mayo would be the Patriots’ next coach appeared first on Boston.

Robert Kraft revealed that he started planning for Jerod Mayo to be Bill Belichick's successor a lot earlier than we all thought.

Mayo was drafted by the Patriots in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft and has spent his entire playing career in Foxborough up until his retirement following the 2015 season. He then joined New England's coaching staff as the inside linebacker coach in 2019, so he has been around the organization and Kraft for nearly two decades.