Joe Milton III passed for a touchdown and ran for another in his NFL debut, and the New England Patriots cost themselves the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft with a 23-16 win over the AFC East champion Buffalo Bills.

Barely over an hour after the win for the Patriots, they provided a surprising NFL headline: Head coach Jerod Mayo has been fired: The #Patriots are moving on from coach Jerod Mayo, as the handpicked successor to Bill Belichick goes one-and-done, per me, @MikeGarafolo and @TomPelissero.

FOXBOROUGH — The Patriots have made Jerod Mayo a one-and-done head coach. Mayo was fired immediately after Sunday’s 23-16 win over the Buffalo Bills that dropped New England down to No. 4 overall in next spring’s NFL Draft. The Patriots went 4-13 in his lone season at the helm.

Rob Gronkowski believes the New England Patriots made an "unfair" decision by firing Jerod Mayo on Sunday. The Patriots announced Mayo's dismissal just

The Patriots have fired their head coach after just one season in charge of the team, with the former New England linebacker failing to turn the franchise's fortunes around

The Jets were already searching for a new head coach. Former Tennessee Titans bench boss Mike Vrabel is available and he had an interview in New York last week. More noteworthy: Vrabel, 49, is a former Patriots player as well and the speed his former team moved on from Mayo sure does look like Vrabel is on their radar.

The New England Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, which made way for the obvious move – firing their head coach. Jerod Mayo coached for his life wh

Mario Ferraro produced a fight and the game-winning goal, Marc-Edouard Vlasic notched a point in his season debut and the San Jose Sharks broke an eight-game losing streak by edging the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday.

Jerod Mayo lasted only one season as the chosen successor to coaching legend Bill Belichick with the New England Patriots. The Patriots fired Mayo on Sunday after they went 4-13 in his rookie season as an NFL head coach,

The decision came after the team ended the season 4-13 and won against the Buffalo Bills, costing the Patriots the number one draft pick. WBZ-TV's Samantha Chaney reports.

The New England Patriots fired head coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday, announcing the move just after team’s final game and leaving the Patriots searching for a new head coach for the second time in two offseasons.