After three days of craziness, it seems things between the New England Patriots and Matthew Judon are at a decent place. 

"I know a lot of questions today will be about [Matthew] Judon and things like that, but just so you guys know, my philosophy and our philosophy is to keep as much internal as possible," Jerod Mayo said in his opening statement on Thursday. "We had a great meeting with Judon, and we’re all moving forward. I remember as a player, it’s always a difficult time, right? It’s always a difficult time when you go through contract negotiations and things like that. In saying that, for the rest of the team, we’re pushing forward. We fully expect Matthew to be out here today and participate in practice."

While it was not a great situation, Mayo learned from it and is very optimistic going forward

"First-time head coach and first time in pads, I’ll always remember what happened that day. In saying that, look, we had a conversation," Mayo explained. "I have a great relationship with Matthew; I have a great relationship with the players. But we’re moving forward, and we’re trying to work through it."

On Monday, Judon came up the steps the took part in his daily game of catch with the fans. But once practice began and the players headed over to the field to begin the stretch period, the linebacker simply walked over to the sidelined and sat on a stack of mats. 

With him not participating, Mayo walked over to the linebacker and began having a discussion. Based on the body language, it didn't seem things were going well. And it resulted in Judon walking away.

Then, on Tuesday, it was reported that Judon wasn't even in the facility. Mayo was asked about this as well. 

"I’m not ready to talk about that right now. What I will say is we gave the guys a day off yesterday to come out here today and be energized, and once again, we fully expect every player to come out here, participate and get better," he answered. 

Here is everything Jerod Mayo said about the Matthew Judon situation

JEROD MAYO: We’ve got the players back in the building. Yesterday, we gave them the day off. I know a lot of questions today will be about [Matthew] Judon and things like that, but just so you guys know, my philosophy and our philosophy is to keep as much internal as possible. We had a great meeting with Judon, and we’re all moving forward. I remember as a player, it’s always a difficult time, right? It’s always a difficult time when you go through contract negotiations and things like that. In saying that, for the rest of the team, we’re pushing forward. We fully expect Matthew to be out here today and participate in practice. But we’re looking forward to getting better out here today, and honestly, we’re a week away from playing football. I’m kind of excited to watch the Hall of Fame game tonight. So, the guys are ready to come out here and compete.

Q: Jerod, how do you look back on what happened out here on Monday with Matthew?

JEROD MAYO: Yeah, I’ll tell you this. First-time head coach and first time in pads, I’ll always remember what happened that day. In saying that, look, we had a conversation. I have a great relationship with Matthew; I have a great relationship with the players. But we’re moving forward, and we’re trying to work through it.

Q: I know you can’t get into the specifics, but how would you characterize that conversation with Matthew?

JEROD MAYO: It was good. It was healthy, and I’ll always encourage those guys to come in and speak with me or speak with Eliot [Wolf.]. That’s what it is, and those things should happen inside of those walls.

Q: It also must feel good to be able to get some kind of closure with Davon [Godchaux].

JEROD MAYO: Oh, absolutely. Look, that was a long process, but I’m glad we got that deal finished. Once again, it goes to the point of we want to sign players that we know still have good ball in them.

Q: How much did Monday help you, being an ex-player and having gone through situations with contracts, negotiations and stuff?

JEROD MAYO: Yeah, it’s helped a lot. In saying that, I will say each situation is unique to itself. So, we can sit here and say, ‘You should do this or do that.’ They’re all different situations. But like I said earlier, I feel good about where we are right now. I feel good about the way the players are operating out here on the field. I feel good about the way that Eliot and his staff are going about this stuff because obviously, he’s very heavily involved. So, we’re in a good place.

Q: Jerod, on Tuesday, Matthew wasn’t here at practice following what happened Monday. There was a report also that he wasn’t at the facility. Was that team-driven, and was he fined at all?

JEROD MAYO: I’m not ready to talk about that right now. What I will say is we gave the guys a day off yesterday to come out here today and be energized, and once again, we fully expect every player to come out here, participate and get better.

Q: You mentioned you want to keep things in-house. There was a report yesterday that there had been a contract offered, and his Twitter [X] account, which he says he does or does not run, immediately disputed that and said, ‘They’re trying to make me look bad again.’ Is that something that’s been addressed? Because it seems like that keeps pushing things into the forefront again.

JEROD MAYO: For me, and for Eliot as well, look, those are internal conversations. Once again, we always think about these as long-term relationships, whether we sign a player to a long-term extension, whether we sign a player off the street, whether we release a player. These are long-term relationships, and that’s something that I’ve always taken great pride in. All of those things aside, I mean, look, at some point in time, you’ll talk to Matthew. But right now, we just want to keep that in-house from our perspective.