Bill Belichick had candid response to Jerod Mayo calling Patriots soft NBC Sports Boston [Video]

New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo was very critical of his players after a 32-16 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, declaring “we’re a soft football team across the board” in a postgame press conference.

Calling a football team soft is a significant criticism.

Mayo tried to clarify his comments on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show on Monday morning. “Look, let me just go ahead and correct that. We’re playing soft,” Mayo said. “If you go back to training camp, there was definitely toughness all around the place. We still have the same players, we’ve just got to play that way.”

One person who disagreed with Mayo’s postgame comments is his predecessor, Bill Belichick. The former Patriots head coach was asked about the Patriots and Mayo’s “soft” comments during his weekly Monday appearance on ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show.

Belichick didn’t mince words.

“Defensively, the Patriots led the league last year in rushing defense. Yards per carry (they were) No. 1 in …