New England Patriots Head Coach Addresses His First Cutdown Day

The New England Patriots have gotten through cutdown day and trimmed the roster down to 53 players.

As is the case every year in every locker room in the league, tough decisions had to be made by the team and players who have put everything into it over the summer and done all they could had to be told that there was not a place for them on the roster.

The business side of the NFL is never easy, and for a brand new head coach , that gets even more amplified. Jerod Mayo addressed the media on Wednesday and in his opening statement, he was sure to address how tough the decisions have been and how the team had to part with some talented football players.

"The last couple days have been pretty difficult as far as cut down day is concerned. It's tough on the players; it's tough on their families. It's also tough on the coaches and the scouting department," Mayo began . "We all understand the business part of it. It's still very fluid as far as the practice squad and our roster as a whole. But at the same time, I told the players privately that I'm very thankful for their professionalism and understanding of the business part. I want to make sure I express it here publicly as well. Those guys just – they handled the news like true professionals, and I'm very appreciative of it. That was my first time doing it, but like I said, it was very difficult. We're looking forward to putting the rest of the roster together, the practice squad and then really just looking forward to getting the team ready to go against Cincinnati."

Now that the business side of building the roster is complete, the focus will turn to winning football games.