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EPISODE 64 - CRUNCH TIME
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Introduction and Voice Troubles
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Savage Boston
Alright guys, what's going on? Welcome back to the Savage Boston Podcast. We're here. I'm Scott, the host of the pod with Brett, my co-host and frequent guest of the pod. We got Joe from the LFG Pats pod. How are we doing, Joe? What's up?
00:00:16
@JoeLFGPatsPod
We're doing good. We're good doing good at just getting over some sickness and, you know, the loss.
00:00:21
Savage Boston
Yeah, dude, is it being dead serious? Is everyone fucking sick?
00:00:25
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I think so.
00:00:25
Savage Boston
Because like I was sick last week. My voice, dude, had to push this pod two days. because my voice has been trash, literally trash. And I was at a basketball practice for my kid earlier, screaming at children.
00:00:37
Savage Boston
And so now my voice is like, I'm like gonna lose it again. So we'll see how long I can make it here. But.
00:00:43
Bret
Well, I will add as being a witness to this past Sunday, he was also screaming at Bills fans on the way out. So that could be a contribution to the voice, but we'll just blame it on sickness and the kids' basketball practice. That was it.
00:00:56
Savage Boston
I felt like I wasn't that disrespectful to bills fans. I wasn't that bad. I don't think like I was mostly criticizing like the real estate in Buffalo. I was like, you you have terrible housing, housing value.
00:01:06
Savage Boston
Everyone was like, her like, it was like, excuse me.
00:01:07
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, what that's great.
00:01:11
Savage Boston
Um, anyway, yeah.
Game Atmosphere and Comparison
00:01:13
Savage Boston
So, but yeah, man, this was, uh, you know, we were at the game Sunday. i was there. The whole Savage Boston pod was at the game. was a great time. um obviously started, i know everyone's probably done their recaps or by now, but like just from an emotional standpoint, like the place was hyped, man. Like you I thought the crowd was awesome.
00:01:33
Savage Boston
They were awesome for the beginning to nobody said we're in the, in the hundreds, we're in the lower bowl. Nobody sat, nobody said like there wasn't none of this like highbrow crowd, like, you know, sipping tea, sitting down, like, no dude, this was a good crowd.
00:01:47
Savage Boston
People were really into it. They were, they were pumped. And obviously they had reason to be pumped. ah And people were standing even towards the end of the game when they were blowing it. So, um you know, I guess my first kind of point would be like, I thought i thought the team brought it to begin the game off the bye week. I thought the energy was good. The fans were good. Like everything was there until it wasn't.
00:02:11
Savage Boston
So I guess I'll just throw it to Joe to start because you're the guest here on the pod. But like, what happened, Joe? Tell me what happened.
00:02:19
@JoeLFGPatsPod
You know, it just, it felt eerily similar to the Giants game, right? I mean, we weren't smacking people in the mouth as much, but we just, we we dominated the early part of the game. And so it's it's a really, way we talked about it in the pod last night, me and Mike, you know, you had the first nine, 10 games where it was just like,
00:02:36
@JoeLFGPatsPod
We were all like, all right, here we go. The patented slow start and the patent you know like patented, they just drive it down the field. And now we have this new thing going where you know we smack teams in the mouth in the first half.
00:02:48
@JoeLFGPatsPod
And then the second half we go dormant. And i don't I can't really put my finger on it, whether it's coaching, is it ah you know the fact that we're not adjusting well enough?
00:02:58
@JoeLFGPatsPod
um Are we running out of, you know, some of our our own scripting and our own plays and we're just putting too much out there early? i don't know what the answer is, guys, but it doesn't.
00:03:09
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah, it feels like the the wind was just completely taken out of our sails in the second half. And and I felt like I was the guy from the Chappelle show, itching my neck, like, let me get some of them slow starts.
00:03:20
@JoeLFGPatsPod
You know, let me get that slow.
00:03:20
Savage Boston
yeah
00:03:21
@JoeLFGPatsPod
You know, like it it just it feels like I'd rather finish the game
Team Inconsistencies and Injuries
00:03:25
@JoeLFGPatsPod
strong. And this obviously that's that's winning football when you you figure it out towards the end of the game. And clearly the Bills did that.
00:03:31
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Is it is it Joe Brady? Out coaching, you know, Zach Kerr and Vrabel. Is it McDaniels not going in his bag enough? Is it, you know, the defense um doubling, you know, Diggs and Henry?
00:03:45
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Is it, what is it? i don't I don't know what it is. Is it, is it Drake May hasn't, ah hasn't unlocked that ability to play a full 60 minutes yet? I just don't know what the answer is, but I know we haven't played.
00:03:59
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I said this on the podcast yet last night. We haven't played a full 60 minutes. This team has not played a full 60 minutes this whole fucking year, and it's very, very frustrating. Football is literally you have to play the whole game, and this scheme this team just takes takes quarters off, whole quarters off.
00:04:16
@JoeLFGPatsPod
So it's very frustrating as a fan. Obviously, we have injuries, but everyone's got injuries, right? The Bills have a ton of injuries.
00:04:22
Savage Boston
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:04:24
@JoeLFGPatsPod
So yeah, it's just, it's, it's real strange. It's, it's, it's interesting. And then we got, you know, probably one of the worst matchups on paper this week with the injuries we have. So it's just, when is this going to get better?
00:04:36
@JoeLFGPatsPod
um Who knows with, with, with health, with people coming back, but yeah, it's, it was, it was a tough one. just It was, I was at track 15 with ah about eight other people, to all adults.
00:04:43
Savage Boston
yeah
00:04:48
@JoeLFGPatsPod
We were like, all right, let's have our this kind of our quick Christmas gathering. Yeah. We were having a great time, man. That first that first half was electric. It was amazing.
00:04:56
Savage Boston
We were too in the stadium. That was very, there was a fun first half.
00:04:58
@JoeLFGPatsPod
and You guys were in the stadium. oh good Lord.
00:05:01
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:05:02
@JoeLFGPatsPod
and I kind of...
00:05:02
Savage Boston
Brett, what was your, Brett was your your look at it? Like, how do you feel like what happened there?
00:05:07
Bret
To me, I think on a defensive side, the injuries are where we're getting impacted the most. Obviously, Milton Williams being down is hurting us. And you just look at our inability to stop the run the last few games. It's really apparent without having Milton Williams out there. And I think that's what helped Buffalo start to sustain offensive drives and then Josh Allen be Josh Allen is because they established a run. I also think not having Spillane in the game really hurt us.
00:05:34
Bret
I think it hurts us the fact that we just don't have enough depth for rotational guys. So like Chase on and Landry just don't have it. And Tonga is not quite there yet coming back from his injury. So I just think we're really banged up on defense and our offense didn't help them.
00:05:50
Bret
We obviously did a great job putting up points and then we you know got a big Turnaround play when they started bleeding it when Henderson ripped off the, you know 50 yard.
00:06:02
Bret
he basically ran out and then came back around, but he did that on the first play of the drive in the second half and our defense is already gassed. So to me, I think it's an issue with depth on the defensive side and some injuries with some key spots and then on offense at I think there's some areas where there's some concerns. I know there's a lot of chatter about Diggs lately and how he looks in December and how he tends to fade off.
00:06:28
Bret
I think it was another unfortunate spot where Henry made another drop in a critical moment that you normally would see a guy like that make. But I also think as you look back at the old 22s, Drake had options.
00:06:39
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Thank
00:06:41
Bret
There were open guys on different spots that he just missed.
Offensive and Defensive Analysis
00:06:45
Bret
So this was definitely a game where Buffalo did something schematically and threw out a lot of different curveballs at him and it threw him off and he wasn't able to read it correctly.
00:06:54
Bret
And he just wasn't making the right decisions. I know people are getting on Josh McDaniels about his like play calling and you know away from the run. But at times it's like, what do you want them to do when they're going second and long and then they're third and long? like They're not going to run the ball in those situations. And we've never been able to prove that we can run it all that much. So Buffalo clearly came to pet play. They rallied back in the second half, so hats off to them.
00:07:18
Bret
But I also think we're in a position where I'm not going to – like raise the red flag and get highly concerned about where we're at. I think we're going to get a little bit healthier well to the playoffs. I think there's room for opportunity for us to improve upon. And we were still right there at the end of the game.
00:07:34
Bret
So tough to lose that. a lot of momentum obviously had a lot of purpose behind it, but it's, it's not something that I walk away from thinking less of the potential for the team.
00:07:46
Savage Boston
Yeah, I mean, there's there's obviously a lot there. You guys threw a lot out. I mean, think from like what there's like the first couple drives of the game were were great or the first two out of three, you know, touchdown drives.
00:07:58
Savage Boston
And then, you know, and then basically you have the two other touchdowns or home run hits by Travion Henderson. And, you know, those obviously are massive.
00:08:09
Savage Boston
Like having trump plays like that are great. So you end up scoring, you know, 30, what was it, 31 points, whatever they had. Was it 35, 31?
00:08:14
Bret
Yep.
00:08:15
Savage Boston
I forget 31 points and and especially, in you know, the chunk play in the second half Tradeon when you're trying to build something and build momentum and give your defense a break.
00:08:16
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah.
00:08:27
Savage Boston
Like, yeah, it's great to score a touchdown, but you also do need to find a way to get the defense a break. And part of that is sustaining a drive on ah offense and like. The defense was gassed and obviously had no answers. I mean if you give up five touchdowns on five straight drives, you don't have answers. Like they could not dial it up. And it wasn't just, in my opinion, that wasn't just Josh Allen being like, I'm a superhero.
00:08:49
Savage Boston
Like, yeah, you had some good plays, but it was, i mean, really like it was special teams. They got smashed on special teams. It was the running game, James Cook in the running game. They got eaten alive.
00:09:03
Savage Boston
Okay. And it was also timely penalties. Very, very timely penalties. And everyone's like, don't criticize the refs. Sorry. Like, use it's a fucking reality.
00:09:13
Savage Boston
You watch the game. How do you feel? Yeah, jar they had Buffalo had one holding call, called back, and then they scored again. That would have been a big call, but they scored. But when you go back and watch it especially like that Marcus Jones penalty, where it should have been an interception, really, and they called it not only not only not an interception, but a completion, which was just wrong, it's just flat wrong.
00:09:31
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Thank
00:09:34
Savage Boston
And interference. So there's no point in challenging, right? Because they had the penalty. So that was massive. And then like another third and long Carlton Davis, to me, a very ticky tack call.
00:09:44
Savage Boston
Like those are massive game moments that without those calls, you don't know what happens. Like, and and sure, if Drake and the offense just can't play in the second half, then you lose anyway.
00:09:58
Savage Boston
But those are timely, timely, massive penalties. It was the timeliness that killed him. Like, that's why it's a big deal. If every time you get bailed out on a third long on a touchdown drive, like, it you know, it is what it is. So I didn't love the officiating. The special teams fell apart. The offense couldn't sustain a drive, and the defense got shredded. So, and you lost by four.
00:10:22
Savage Boston
So it is what it is, right? this is They're supposed to be, it's their year, dude. Like, they're the the juggernauts. Like, this is supposed to be, this is their year to win. There's no fucking Mahomes.
00:10:34
Savage Boston
There's no, look, Lamar, we're about to see, can Lamar play on Sunday? But there's no Mahomes. You know, Burrow's not there. Like, the the pathway is clear for Josh. And I think the pressure's on them, man. If they can't show
Playoffs and Special Teams Issues
00:10:47
Savage Boston
up, if they can't perform, you know, what happens with Buffalo? Like, this is this is their year.
00:10:53
Savage Boston
No Mahomes. So, I don't know. I don't i mean, you guys, what you guys opinion what happened with the special teams? i Did you see anything there? Like, why did they fall apart from special teams?
00:11:03
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah, I don't know. i mean, I know the running back there, the Ray Davis. um You know, he he can – is it Ray Davis, right? right I'm right in saying – who's the back – the backup runner, the guy who was running the kickoffs back for the – he's like the third string or second string running back.
00:11:14
Savage Boston
who was running
00:11:19
Savage Boston
Honestly, just quickly, couldn't tell you because when you're at the game, as you know, you're not hearing it the same way as when you're watching on TV. Like when you watch on TV, it's like,
00:11:31
Savage Boston
Oh, this person, like you have the commentary in person, everyone's just screaming and mad. And then you're trying to take a piss and it's like, you know, it's such a different environment being, being there.
00:11:41
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Right, right.
00:11:42
Savage Boston
So like, just, that's why I would have, I just don't know. I don't know.
00:11:45
Bret
playdain.
00:11:46
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah, it is Ray Davis. Yes.
00:11:47
Savage Boston
Okay.
00:11:48
@JoeLFGPatsPod
i mean, he he is an electric kick returner. He's not you know necessarily going to run it back to the house a lot, but he he he's probably one of the better ones in the league. However, um you know, I guess this team historically this year hasn't been great on coverage and and special teams.
00:12:04
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I mean, we have, we can be electric. We can we can run the ball back, ah both punt return and kick returns. But I didn't see anything different.
00:12:10
Bret
Thank you.
00:12:11
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I just know that they're good at it. And I know our coverage team hasn't been great this year. um But it's been interesting to see to see this team evolve into what it currently is, which, you know, right now we're just a team that,
00:12:28
@JoeLFGPatsPod
You know, we can't stop the run. That was our that was our strength leading it coming into the year. I thought for sure. I'm like, we have it we're going to have a problem stopping the run because Milton Williams was a sub player with the Eagles.
00:12:39
@JoeLFGPatsPod
And I wasn't sure how he was going to play in early downs in a great pass rush to write more speed than than ah than blunt.
00:12:41
Savage Boston
And a pass a good pass rusher. Yeah.
00:12:46
@JoeLFGPatsPod
So i was I was really worried about that. Come to find out the first eight weeks of the year, nine weeks of the year, we're like one of the best run defenses in the league. And now we have we we play the Bills and our top tacklers are all in the secondary. are So you got guys like –
00:13:05
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Like Woodson, you know, our new safety, he's playing admirably. But but between that's between him and Hawkins, neither of these guys can cover tight ends. Like we have a massive problem.
00:13:15
@JoeLFGPatsPod
again And then this was a problem last year with Peppers and Duggar. And I thought, all right, where're we're going to –
00:13:19
Savage Boston
Yeah, they couldn't cover either.
00:13:21
@JoeLFGPatsPod
They can't cover it. They couldn't cover either. So it's like, in my opinion, Woodson's a great depth piece, but is he the guy? i don't i don't think he's he's a long-term answer. I don't think he's a long-term fit, and neither is Hawkins.
00:13:32
Bret
Thank
00:13:32
@JoeLFGPatsPod
So you need we need a guy who's rangy, who can cover these tight ends.
00:13:37
@JoeLFGPatsPod
We're going to see it again this weekend with Likely and Andrews. They were having a field day. these guys And these guys weren't like had players on them and just didn't in and we just didn't make a play. These guys were just wide open.
00:13:47
@JoeLFGPatsPod
So it's a, you know, it's a mixture of, of adjusting, but it's also a mixture of, do we, a combination of adjust, not adjusting, but then do we even have the right guys? And I just, I just don't know the answer. that I think the answer is no.
00:14:00
Bret
Yeah, I would agree.
00:14:01
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:14:01
Bret
I mean, we can't – we've struggled against the tight ends all year, and Buffalo obviously has two good tight ends, and and we couldn't do anything against them, and it's problematic.
00:14:12
Bret
We typically run a lot of too high safety zone, and it's just we get burnt on those guys coming up the seams. They don't change. I don't know what the issue is that causes it, but I also know that another issue is we can't generate a consistent pass rush unless we blitz.
00:14:28
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah.
00:14:30
Bret
So it's like we either got to blitz, create the pass rush, and then hope our coverage holds up, or we don't blitz. We sit back in a zone, but we can't get any pressure four guys. So schematically, I think they got to stay aggressive. ah It drives me crazy how much zone they play because I just think it's – teams were able to pick us apart.
00:14:51
Bret
And when you've got a guy like Josh Allen who can roll out, and and you know we're going to see that with Lamar, although he's hampered all year, so he's he's not going to be as dynamic as he normally is.
00:15:02
Bret
But these guys, they roll out, that's when coverage breaks down because you're having to extend and you're going on routes that are breakdown plays. And when you're having an issue of coverage, it's going to expose itself. So defense has been my concern all year.
00:15:16
Bret
you know Like I said, offense, I thought, We obviously let the team down in the second half. We just weren't able to produce and sustain drives, but there were plays to be made. i just think they had a letdown week defense.
00:15:31
Bret
Like we've always had this bend but not break. And for whatever reason, regardless of who's coaching the team or who's on the team, it's always been the Patriots m MO. And that's been our thing this whole year.
00:15:43
Bret
It's like, yeah, we don't let up a ton of points. But as soon as the team's in the red zone, it's like, I don't know what the heck it is. Probably like 80% of the time they're going score.
00:15:50
@JoeLFGPatsPod
orange 71 percent 71 percent 75 yeah oh disgusting and the next team is like 34 percent right like it's like 30 31 is like 34 so we're like more than doubled the the next worst team which is
00:15:52
Savage Boston
and so Yeah, Reese said today it or yesterday it was 75% touchdown rate, which is last in the NFL.
00:15:54
Bret
It's.
00:15:58
Bret
Yeah. So we're just crazy.
00:16:09
Savage Boston
They've been very, very bad in the in the red zone, giving up touchdowns.
00:16:13
Bret
Yeah, so ah defense is still and will remain my number one concern, which, again, Joe, to your point, it's not what I thought preseason, right? Preseason, I thought our defense was going to keep us in games and our offense was was going to be kind of middle of the pack.
00:16:26
@JoeLFGPatsPod
and saying,
00:16:29
Bret
but it's just been a total flip of the script. So ah we'll see. i think going into Buffalo, the team's going to be hyped, obviously, for this one, and they'll probably have a good bounce back showing. um But it's, to your point, can they do it for 60 minutes? Can we do it on a primetime night?
00:16:47
Bret
Make that statement. It it really doesn't – the game doesn't count for a ton because it just looks like Denver's going to lock up the one seed. But it's still an AFC opponent. It's still a primetime night.
00:17:00
Bret
It's a statement opportunity. So we got to come out and play.
00:17:03
Savage Boston
I think it's a it's a good – it's a game you you obviously want to win. Everyone's like, oh, it doesn't matter. Like, it matters. It matters to the team. Like, it matters to everyone in the in the building, in the franchise. Like, it matters to come out and show up and play a good game on the road.
00:17:19
Savage Boston
Like, that matters. Like, just because mathematically maybe, like, you still – no matter what, like, you're going to lock up the AFC East if you beat Miami and the Jets. Period. You lock up the AFC East. There's no way.
00:17:30
Savage Boston
But versus, like, if Buffalo wins out – and You beat like it's almost this game doesn't matter in that sense, but it matters in the wind column. It matters to build momentum. It matters to beat Lamar. Like you're now you're an underdog too. They're in a two and a half point dog now because they're basically Vegas sees this and says, Derek Henry is going to run all over them. That's what Vegas thinks. So like you have an opportunity to be like, Hey, we're not some fucking, weak ass team. Like we can show up, we can play tough, we can stop the run, you know, but we're back. It's funny. We're back to like, not off season mode, but you're always like thinking about team crafting. Right. And like who you need, who, where you need to get better, what you need to improve. And like, know, I think starting with the defense first, you need guys to be healthy. As we said, like you need Milton Williams, you need Robert Splane. Those are very important pieces, your bestie tackle and your, by far your most important linebacker, quarterback of the defense, your Mike linebacker, leader in tackles. Like he does everything. And like without him. And I heard, I heard about part about his injury, which I'm not divulging, but I heard that it's an injury where could be long-term.
00:18:44
Savage Boston
There's no, like no one's thrown at a timetable, but it's an injury that some people you hear about when they have this injury. Again, I'm not mentioning what it is, when you have this injury, it can be a very, very long-term thing, even like really debilitating.
Injuries and Strategy Critique
00:18:58
Savage Boston
So all I'll say is that you just got to hope it's really minor.
00:19:02
Savage Boston
um I don't know if I'm encouraged or not. I doubt he plays this week. He's been in a boot and not in practice. I really hope he can go. I really hope he can go. That's all I'll say about it. Really hope so.
00:19:14
Savage Boston
So back to the team crafting thing, like you're so desperate for a real edge rusher. You're so desperate for a pass rush. I you just, fucking desperate man and like such a massive need but it's a need for a lot of NFL teams but you need pass rush so badly you know the secondary is is not bad they're good enough I think they're good enough and the linebacker core without spilling like you need a faster outside linebacker you need someone else who can play there like they're not that far away in my opinion on defense but with a couple key injuries it's like man they took a they took a step back and um
00:19:52
Bret
Thank you.
00:19:54
Savage Boston
And just jumping quick to the offense, you know, they went doubling digs and doubling Henry is apparently what they were doing in this game. And you're telling me like either you couldn't draw up a play to get someone up. Like you can't get pop Douglas on one-on-one.
00:20:10
Savage Boston
You can't draw it up so that like booty couldn't win on the sideline. Where was booty? If he's your guy, everyone's hyping up. Everyone's been hyping all year. They're like, Savage, you you hated Booty. You wanted Booty cut. No, I didn't want him cut.
00:20:24
Savage Boston
I thought he could get cut. I didn't want him cut, and he was a trade candidate. So everyone likes to throw that one in my face. I don't want Booty gone. I want him to succeed. But he needs to be good enough to be your, like, legit number two wide receiver, and he wasn't on Sunday.
00:20:40
Savage Boston
So they need a lot more.
00:20:41
Bret
But it was open though. Like booty was open at times and made it.
00:20:45
Savage Boston
He was open on that one crosser towards the of the game and Drake needs to find him. Like that, absolutely. Like I saw that play, no question. I didn't watch the whole All-22. Like, I don't know. Did you guys watch the All-22? Like, I don't know. How open were guys? Was Drake missing everyone?
00:21:01
Bret
I mean, I didn't watch it, but a lot of reports are that there was missed spots. So I'm,
00:21:05
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I saw some highlights. I didn't watch the all 22, but I did see some highlights where people were open. I do. I just think they, I think he got flustered. That's, that's just my two cents. Just based on what I saw in the second half, it just looked like he, he, that they did enough to confuse him.
00:21:15
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:21:20
@JoeLFGPatsPod
And is this, you know, second year player, not sophomore slump by any means, but this happens to him at times, right? This happens to him this season at times where you do see him look a little lost at times.
00:21:34
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Um, and, and, and it's not to say that he hasn't played phenomenal cause he has, um, and, and Sean McDermott's a great coach. He's a great defensive mind. So, um, and this is where i I kind of said in the beginning, I don't know, is this more of a, did, did we get out coach? Did, um, they just do enough to confuse, um, to confuse may where Josh Allen, you're not going to confuse Josh Allen. You just might limit him.
00:21:59
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Um, and, and that's another thing. It's like, where Okay, you're doubling two receivers down the field. Can we run Drake May? Is that is that an option?
00:22:09
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Like, why do why is Drake May not running?
00:22:10
Savage Boston
Pretty good the first quarter.
00:22:12
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Right. It's like, why why are we not... having the threat, roll them out, get them out in space. I mean, Joey Bosa, that, that play where Joey Bosa came bearing down on him. And then it was at the Hunter Henry p play. I forget, but it's like, you can beat Joey Bosa to the edge.
00:22:28
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Like maybe Joey Bosa five years ago, you might not, but right now Drake may runs almost, it was almost 21 miles an hour that when, ah when Travion took it off.
00:22:36
Savage Boston
He's fast.
00:22:37
@JoeLFGPatsPod
So it ain't, please. Like, I don't know. I feel like, you might You might have to see that in this Ravens game. You might just have to see them say, fuck it. Like, just let it loose, run, do whatever it takes to win this game.
00:22:48
@JoeLFGPatsPod
And you might have to see Drake may throw it 40 times and have to have to just take over the game.
00:22:52
Savage Boston
kristata Just to throw this out really quick, just to go over the drives. I mean, it's the most obvious halftime adjustment thing I've seen in a long time. Because, mean, the Patriots' drives were eight plays, 73 yards, touchdown.
00:23:07
Savage Boston
Five plays, 21 yards, they punted. Six plays, 50 yards, touchdown. Eight plays, 94 yards, touchdown. One of those had a big run in it. Um, then the last one before the half, seven plays, 47 yards field goal.
00:23:20
Savage Boston
They did extremely successful first half of moving the football and sustaining drives. Like that is a good model. Then Buffalo says, all right, well, we're just going to play cover to shell with a lot of man and confuse the look. And apparently like that's enough just to rattle them. Like that was enough.
00:23:39
Savage Boston
You know what? ah it can It's gotta be more than that. Cause in the second half, it's three plays minus six yards. seven plays, 20 yards, 23 yards interception. Then you have a one play 65 yard touchdown.
00:23:50
Savage Boston
That proves nothing about sustaining drives, broken play. Great job. Travion then back to three plays minus seven yards punt four plays, five yards out on downs. So they effectively did quite literally nothing in the second act. They could not sustain a drive. So I think that's where, that's where coaching comes into me.
00:24:08
Savage Boston
And that's where yes, Drake needs to make the right read. But part of that is also coaching. Like, you have to say, okay, we're having trouble moving the football. What do we do?
00:24:19
Savage Boston
Like, there's no screens. There's no easy schedule plays. There's no, let's draw it up and do a couple, like, slip screens. Like, you watch Mahomes try to move the football, it's just fucking slip screens all day.
00:24:30
Savage Boston
Like, they have the whole thing schemed up.
00:24:31
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah.
00:24:32
Savage Boston
For Drake, he's like, yeah, going to have a standard five progression fucking pattern where you're going to through every, you know, like, they really are putting a lot on this kid, and and I'm cool with that. Like, I want him to be an expert Tom Brady, like dissection. Love it. Love it. i think he's capable of that. But when you're struggling to move the football, do you have a couple of plays in the bag that say, Hey, like we need, this is our half to get it play.
00:24:58
Savage Boston
We got digs on a, on a slant. We got digs on a crop. We got Henry up the seam. Like where's your, we got booty on an outside comeback. Where's your fucking, gonna start yelling again.
00:25:08
Savage Boston
Where's your fucking gotta have it play.
00:25:09
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I agree.
00:25:11
Savage Boston
gotta have it. Get, fuck it up. And you fucked it up. Anyway, someone.
00:25:16
@JoeLFGPatsPod
agree
00:25:16
Savage Boston
I
00:25:16
Bret
Well, they they haven't had the gotta to have it. That's why they've also struggled in the red zone on ah offense. um
00:25:21
Savage Boston
don't know.
00:25:22
Bret
And agree. What I've been kind of baffled about all year is historically, McDaniels has been a screen guy. He's done it a lot. We've also had a lot of backs that can be able to do it. And for whatever reason, when we have a guy like Henderson, as dynamic as he is, we just won't do it. And I know earlier on he was making really stupid decisions where he just run into his blockers or just couldn't catch a simple screen pass.
00:25:40
Savage Boston
know
00:25:48
Bret
But he has shown so much growth. And it's like we've never gone back to it to try and get those screen passes. So I agree. Sometimes when you're struggling to generate anything offensively and your quarterback's just not seeing it,
00:26:01
Bret
Give him an easy look. Don't make him constantly have to read the defense. Say, no, here's a dump screen over to here. um And it just becomes an easy play for him to do. The other big thing is, Joe, to your point, let's just start rolling out, right? I mean, he's clearly a threat on his legs. He works great when he gets out rolling out to his right side and forces the defense to break down. We just talked about how that hurts our defense sometimes.
00:26:27
Bret
when it comes to defending Josh Allen and what they're doing from a coverage standpoint. Yet from an offensive perspective, we like are so reluctant and resistant to ever use the guy's legs to put them out into space to cause the team to start to break down. When you allow him to roll out, not only is he a threat to potentially run it, but he's also going to help break down the coverage, which is going to create guys to get open. And so many of his highlights of these big throws are him rolling out and making a great throw. So,
00:26:55
Bret
From that end, I do put some of that on McDaniels, just not scheming up on certain areas. Ultimately, I think on an ah offense, it has to come down to the guys executing. But when you guys are struggling as a coach, you got to be creative to put them in positions to be successful. And to that end, he did not do that in the second half. So i agree.
00:27:14
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I really love, you know, this is goes back to, I forget which game, it might have been the Panthers, but the the rollout and Henry's running parallel with him and he like does that little like quick flick dart and he takes it 60 yards because that you got two guys trailing and they think is Hunter Henry going to block?
00:27:33
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Meanwhile, you flick it to him quickly, and now he's off to the races. Do the same thing with Trevion. Do the same thing with some of these highly talented. Kyle Williams, do it the same thing with these guys. Have them run like an air option and roll out.
00:27:45
@JoeLFGPatsPod
And what are you going to do? are you going to come and bite on on Drake May? Or are you going to stay with Kyle Williams or one of these guys who is electric in the open field? Make them but take the pocket and take it to the outside. They did a great job last week of – of creating a pocket and keeping drake may comfortable in the middle the previous week and that was great but now you got a new challenge and now guess what things aren't working so i i agree i think you need to expand your your rollout packages and you need to attack different areas of the field and and get them on their heels get them on their the back of their heels
00:28:20
Savage Boston
It just more sucks. It's like overall picture and then we'll, we'll put the game behind us. But like, it sucks. Like when you have it in hand and you're playing really well and scoring a lot, and then they just so quickly watched it go away. Like it felt, it wasn't, it didn't feel long. it all in the third, i was like, Oh, this is a game immediately. Like it was like, you're of a sudden one score within like a second, like, Whoa. Okay. Like we're in a game and like, we, we weren't ready for it and they weren't ready to ball there. And and again, like,
00:28:47
Savage Boston
You want to go back on tape and say it's just Drake making poor choices. You know, maybe he clearly missed a few guys, but I don't think it's just that. I think it was just everything. I think it's everything together.
00:28:58
Savage Boston
um All right, let's look forward. So let's look forward to Baltimore. So as we said, like, I think it's an important game as I think anyone should, like we should all be hoping they win and hoping they show the biggest question as we know is again, like run defense, explain probably not playing and Milton Williams will be back. Next week, not this week.
00:29:20
Savage Boston
um So how do you stop? How do you stop Derek Henry? How do you stop? Like, how why do you scheme this up? You got five guys down. you got a lot of guys in the box and you let Lamar try to be one on one. Like you tell me, Joe, how do you what do you do? How do you scheme this up?
00:29:38
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah, I mean, you have to sell out. You have to sell out against this run. Obviously, on early downs, you have to load the box up. um yeah and But the problem is, is they also have Zay Flowers, who I think doesn't match up well for us against against Gonzo. Carlton Davis is hurt. Marcus Jones is hurt. So it's like...
00:29:59
@JoeLFGPatsPod
um between him rashad bateman the tight ends uh deandre hopkins who still has it to an extent um and we've been beat by worse guys in the secondary but um yeah i think you have to sell out you have to sell out hard um you know when it comes down to it um lamar jackson if he doesn't have a running game and he's not working the play action He doesn't play very well. He's not a very accurate ah passer. He's not, um you know, doesn't generate massive plays without the play action. So in order for the play action to work, you have to, you have to run the football. And so we have to figure out a way, you know, last week, the the five to six yards a clip was killing me on first and second down. I think everyone just collectively decide every time.
00:30:47
@JoeLFGPatsPod
um And luckily the, the, the Ravens offensive line is not elite. It's not like it used to be. It's not, you know, even, I don't think a top 10 unit.
00:30:58
@JoeLFGPatsPod
um So we, we have, ah we have the ability, I think to stop them, but I think we have to sell out, which means, you know, the backend is going to have to hold it, hold it down. We're going to have to figure out how to cover these tight ends because if you can't run the ball,
00:31:12
@JoeLFGPatsPod
then you're going to be throwing down the field. And, and we got gashed in the second half by these tight ends. um First, one of the first plays of the game, ah Brandon cooks bobbles that ball, right? And this is one-on-one with Gonzalez. So, Yeah, I think at this point, I think the the warts of Milton Williams not being around is really – they're showing.
00:31:35
@JoeLFGPatsPod
um It's showing the secondary. It's showing the run defense. So we just have to sell out. I mean, we we've we we've proven we can do it, even against the Bills. We did it the whole first half. um We sold out, and and the Bills didn't have a clue what to do.
00:31:50
@JoeLFGPatsPod
So we can do it. It's just can we – when are we going to do it? Are we going to do it in the first half, the second half, the whole game?
00:31:55
Bret
Thank you.
00:31:56
@JoeLFGPatsPod
For two quarters, one quarter, I just don't know. um I know this team's going to have a fire lit under their ass, that's for sure.
Coaching and Future Prospects
00:32:03
@JoeLFGPatsPod
And I agree, it's it's it's the biggest game of the year at this point, given that we're playing against backup quarterbacks with the Jets and the Dolphins down the stretch. Those games to mean absolutely nothing. Even if we win by 40 points, it doesn't matter. To this team, that's what you should do to these teams. But heading into the playoffs, right, this is because now we're kind of looking ahead to the playoffs.
00:32:24
@JoeLFGPatsPod
This is like the biggest prep game for the playoffs. If you can't at least to me, the bar for me at this game is stay in the game and make it a competitive game. If we can do that, then I think we we have a chance in the playoffs. If we get embarrassed by these Ravens, I'm i'm not going to feel great about going into the postseason.
00:32:43
Savage Boston
I would not expect – if they get embarrassed, if if then we have big problems. Big problems. Like, that will all be here be like, oh, okay. Like, yeah, this is this is not good.
00:32:53
@JoeLFGPatsPod
right yep
00:32:53
Savage Boston
Because, like, they should be not just in this game, like, winning like close to winning this game. You know what i mean? Like, if they lay an egg, we got big fucking problems. And I don't –
00:33:03
Bret
Oh, yeah. i I let off my take by saying walking away from the Buffalo game because, you know, at the end of the day, we lost by four. We were dominating. The first quarter for sure, but the first half and felt really good. And then obviously second half, not so much.
00:33:18
Bret
If we go into Baltimore and we get dominated, that changes everything. I absolutely go into the playoffs thinking way less of our potential and what we have to be able to do. i agree, though, it's going to have to start with our ability to contain the run. whether it's Henry or whether it's Lamar and what we can do.
00:33:38
Bret
um Obviously, Lamar was out yesterday with a little bit of an illness, came back today. i was a little bit optimistic because I heard Stanley wasn't going to be playing, but he was kind of limited today, so he'll probably be back at left tackle. So, I mean, everyone's banged up this time of year, just hoping in some of the key spots it wouldn't be as impactful for them.
00:33:59
Bret
nu But, yeah, I expect us to come out firing. I expect us to come out with a ton of energy. i think it's going to be ah a pretty electric first half because both teams need this, right?
00:34:14
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Thank
00:34:15
Bret
We need it from a statement standpoint, and we need it to you know build the momentum. Everything you said, mathematically, sure. It doesn't matter for our playoff slot, but it matters when it comes to you know, the pride you have in the team and what you're trying to build towards to get yourself geared up to the playoffs. And this is your best, like real test. Like Buffalo was a real test and that was playoff atmosphere that we just had at Gillette.
00:34:37
Bret
This is going to be playoff atmosphere down in Baltimore and both teams got to have it right.
00:34:37
Savage Boston
Mm-hmm.
00:34:42
Bret
They obviously need it statistically more than we do, but doesn't change the fact that we're not going into their got to have it moment. And if you want a real test and real preparation for the playoffs, like this is it.
00:34:53
Bret
Primetime game Sunday night. You got a, you know, premier team with a premier former MVP quarterback. Like this is it. So you got to you guys got to show up. You got a ball out. Got to compete.
00:35:06
Bret
I think it's going to be tight all the way to the end. um But I think that first half is going to tell us all we need to know about what our ability is to stop the run and and how we're going to be able to do for the night.
00:35:17
Savage Boston
It's a massive game for for the Ravens. I mean, it's just an an incredibly massive game for them. This is their season, literally, in the line. They lose this, it's over. So they're going to come to play, and I think Vrabel will have the guys fired up as well.
00:35:31
Savage Boston
But isn't this a weird kind of talking point for the NFL, which is I think this is a big a broader stroke, but this this ties back into, like, the NFL wants to add more games again. Like, they want to add another game to get to 18 games.
00:35:46
Savage Boston
and maybe an extra bye week with that. And usually like on the surface, like I'm cool that. You want 18 games and two byes, like sure. Extend the season two weeks. I love football. i would love to have two more weeks of football. No problem. Right. The problem is like, it is a war of attrition, right? We're all using the same phrases, as you know what mean? But that's, that's the truth is like, we're getting down towards the end of the season. It's almost like a competition of like, who's the healthiest.
00:36:12
Savage Boston
You know, and that kind of sucks. Like, this isn't week three where everyone's ready to rock and you got all your superstars. Like, no, dude, like, Holmes got ACL torn. You know, like, they're out. You know, Joe Burrow got hurt all year. You know, like, you just have, like, which teams are, like, Denver's been relatively healthy with a couple defensive injuries, but their offense is doing well. Like, they're kind of clicking right now. The Jaguars are clicking, although they have faults.
00:36:43
Savage Boston
um And I don't think they're that great of a team, but Liam Cohen's a good coach, but like, yeah, this is, you know, it's a war of attrition. Like this is who's the healthiest team going into the post season. And I don't,
00:36:57
Savage Boston
Love that. And I don't remember it being quite like that with Brady. Like, yeah, they had injuries. Sometimes like Gronk might be hurt one season, but like they always had most of their core group.
00:37:09
Savage Boston
And it just feels like that's more and more rare now. we have so many injuries. So I don't know. I guess the point is, I think the leagues would be really careful with how many games they add because it's such a physical, violent sport.
00:37:23
Savage Boston
And I would just hate like you're going have some schmuck team. Maybe take it because everyone's fucking hurt. i don't know. Anyway, I digress.
00:37:34
@JoeLFGPatsPod
it's It's tough. it's ah that This is another reason why i really, really hate what we did at the trade deadline. And I hate to say it.
00:37:41
Bret
Thank you.
00:37:41
Savage Boston
Yeah, I We're on it. Yeah.
00:37:43
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I hate to say I feel like I'm a broken record every fucking week with it. But it's like, man, this is where you just you need these depth guys. You need guys. You need like more horses on the line. You need more horses. on the like Just give me guys we're at spots where we know we're going to be dealing with injuries in the trenches linebacker. It's just, I don't know. It's what bothers me a lot. And I get it. They want to build through the draft and draft picks are so sacred. And they actually did have a great draft this year. I'm not going to lie. and And I get it, but we're hurting right now and we don't have the depth to, to withstand, you know, like you said, we get into, ah into December, January football and,
00:38:29
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Who knows what we're going to have and who knows what some of these other teams are going to have. So yeah, it's like you have, you know, the Jaguars, who knows the Jaguars, even though they lost Travis Hunter and a few other people, Basial Tutton, I think just went to IR.
Season Extension and Player Health
00:38:41
@JoeLFGPatsPod
um Who knows?
00:38:41
Savage Boston
That team can run the fucking football.
00:38:43
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Oh yeah. Etienne people, a lot of people counted.
00:38:44
Savage Boston
They can run the fucking ball. Like they're only dangerous because they can run the football. Liam Cohen's a good OC.
00:38:50
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yep.
00:38:50
Savage Boston
You know, I don't trust Trevor Lawrence at all. I mean, you're going get into a spot in the playoffs and Trevor, law you don't you you want Trevor Lawrence to carry you?
00:38:53
@JoeLFGPatsPod
No.
00:38:57
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:38:58
Bret
I mean, their defense is also balling.
00:38:58
@JoeLFGPatsPod
No.
00:39:00
Savage Boston
and know They're balling out, dude, as a team. I just think it's kind of like the Broncos in a lot of ways. Like, I don't try, you know, it's like, that's been the formula we've talked about for years is like, you need the, the, the great quarterback to ball out in the postseason and the rest of the team will win around you. It's rare now that you have the amazing team and the medium quarterback. It did happen kind of with the Eagles, the hurts, although he played really well in the postseason, he's not so much of a carrier.
00:39:27
Savage Boston
um and then we've been through it's like many years before it's mostly Mahomes, Brady like an an all pro quarterbacks that have to elevate themselves so we obviously we're going to the postseason like no one knows what's going to happen but like there's a lot of teams I don't trust I don't trust Pittsburgh I don't really trust Trevor Lawrence I don't trust CJ Stroud although they have a great defense I don't trust Bo Nix although he's been balling out too so it doesn't leave a lot of teams but I think you know Buffalo is clearly going to be very, very dangerous.
00:39:59
Savage Boston
And with the path clear for them, yeah I don't trust the Chargers. They've been playing awful too. like there's the It's wide why I don't want the Pats to fuck this up.
00:40:06
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Oh,
00:40:09
Savage Boston
It's wide open. And I wish it was like one more year with this pathway of like reloading talent. Because think next year, returning borderline everyone with additions, like this Pats team is going to be really, really good next year.
00:40:23
Savage Boston
So, yeah, it's going to be good to look forward. We got lots of good stuff coming up, but yes, there's, ah it's going to be a really fascinating
00:40:34
Bret
Well, what about you talk about a death piece and adding something going in?
00:40:34
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I agree.
00:40:37
Bret
What about a guy like Judon who we know just hit the available market? Would you kick the tire on a guy like that? Bring him in here. Another guy off the edge, just on the depth side.
00:40:45
Savage Boston
say. I weighed in on this. I weighed in on it months ago and I said, no months ago. Cause he's washed. And then he is virtually washed. Would I bring him in anyway? Yeah. I don't give shit.
00:40:59
Savage Boston
Bring it. Sure. Why not?
00:41:00
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I'm with you, I'm with you.
00:41:00
Savage Boston
Can he do anything? Can he give you anything?
00:41:02
@JoeLFGPatsPod
All right, a situational,
00:41:04
Savage Boston
What's the downside other than the roster spot and like who, okay, I'm sure you can find someone to, to remove or is there someone still get put back down in the process or something? You know what i mean? I don't know what the exact limits are on that. I know it's like a first and second year player thing, but. Long story short, would I do it?
00:41:22
Savage Boston
Sure, for the story. But is he going to really add something for you? No, he's not.
00:41:29
Savage Boston
Unfortunately.
00:41:30
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah, you look at i mean you look at ah you know Jennings. You look at the guys we have there that are good rotational guys. Do you really want to take snaps away from them? Probably not.
00:41:41
@JoeLFGPatsPod
But could Judon – who knows?
00:41:42
Savage Boston
Wander.
00:41:44
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Judon could have a res researcht a little bit of a resurgence coming back. You never know. Is it worth finding out? Throw him in there for you know some games against the against the Jets and the Dolphins and see what he's got.
00:41:55
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Say, hey, man, if you can make this team, you could you'll get some playoff snaps. Who knows? I've seen crazier shit happen.
00:42:00
Savage Boston
I'm down. Whatever.
00:42:01
Bret
I just think Landry and Chase on look worn down.
00:42:01
Savage Boston
Who cares? Fuck it.
00:42:06
Bret
Like they're just not, they look worn down.
00:42:06
@JoeLFGPatsPod
they do This is, I'm telling you,
00:42:06
Savage Boston
Oh, yeah. Dude, have you seen a play from – I mean, Landry, at least, like, he got seriously hurt midway.
00:42:09
Bret
So.
00:42:14
Savage Boston
But, like, I haven't seen much from Chase Son in a while. Like, he's tired, dude.
00:42:17
Bret
No.
00:42:19
Savage Boston
Like, they're both – there's nothing. They got nothing. This is, like – this is the shit. This is why you need Milton Williams back so bad. You need him and Farmore in the middle. taking doubles and freeing each other. Like you just, they got nothing, dude. They got, it's so rough. Like this is all scheme now. Like the secondary is still okay. If Carlton Davis is not hurt, they don't have enough. They don't have the horses right now.
00:42:43
Savage Boston
And like, this is what I'm scared of. Like you can't just ask Drake to elevate. He was already being asked to elevate the team. Now you need him to like, how much you need him to elevate everyone.
00:42:55
Savage Boston
You know, and it's it's a big ask for that young QB.
00:42:55
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah.
00:42:57
Savage Boston
That's all saying.
00:42:58
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I was talking to Mike about this, you know, the Milton Williams effect. It's, you know, bar more. Just think about all these plays where he's getting doubled every single play versus, you know, 30 to 40% of the time with Milton Williams in there.
00:43:07
Savage Boston
Every play.
00:43:12
@JoeLFGPatsPod
And he's gassed there. he's He's getting to the sideline. They're giving him oxygen. He is. This guy is absolutely gassed because he's he's going up against two guys every single play.
00:43:22
@JoeLFGPatsPod
So it's like that impacts the, the, the edge guys, it impacts everything. It impacts the secondary. So this is where it's like, yeah, it's great having two interior elite guys, but when you don't have one, it makes it even worse.
00:43:34
@JoeLFGPatsPod
And then when you don't have a bonafide edge, like a Nick Benito or one of these guys, you're even more fucked because now you've got your, your average to above average edge guys. And they just can't, they can't do it.
00:43:45
@JoeLFGPatsPod
They they can't get after it. They can't, um they can't get home. So it's,
00:43:49
Savage Boston
And you don't have your middle linebacker who relied on the entire.
00:43:49
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Yeah. And you don't have your middle linebacker, so just, yeah.
00:43:54
Savage Boston
So, you know
00:43:54
Bret
You can never have enough edge, guys. Never have enough.
00:43:57
Savage Boston
ah
00:43:57
@JoeLFGPatsPod
No.
00:43:57
Bret
Fresh legs.
00:43:58
Savage Boston
know, like talk about needs, dude.
00:43:58
Bret
All day.
00:43:58
@JoeLFGPatsPod
No.
00:44:00
Savage Boston
we get it We'll have a whole pod. Once the season's over, i'll have a whole super long pod about what they kind of what do they need to do, you know.
00:44:06
Bret
Let's go on.
00:44:09
Savage Boston
All right. What's ah what's your score prediction for for Sunday night? Joe, what do you got?
00:44:14
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Ah, it's, it's a sad one. um I do feel like, uh, these Ravens are going to get us. I, I think it's going to be a tighter game. I think like, you know, we've all been saying Vrabel, um, is going to get these guys, uh, back in a competitive mindset. Um, and they're going be jacked up and I, hopefully they play a full competitive game, but I do feel like, uh, the Ravens are going to beat us. I think it's going to be something like 31 to 27, um,
00:44:41
@JoeLFGPatsPod
something around that.
00:44:41
Savage Boston
Friends. Gotcha.
00:44:42
@JoeLFGPatsPod
um I think it'll be a little more higher scoring. Both these defenses have been kind of sloppy at times. Their secondary is very beatable. So I do, I think we'll get some chunk plays against them.
00:44:54
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Big plays, you know, Hunter Henry, pop Douglas booty. I think they'll, we're going to get, we're going to see hopefully our first, maybe our first even 300 yard Drake may game. um but i do think it's for us to win the game he's gotta he's gotta uh he's gotta throw 30 40 times um because i do feel like they're gonna sell out against us um to stop trevion because so if i'm them i'm i'm saying i gotta take out trevion because that's how we're gonna that's how we could easily beat them if trevion just you know constantly uh going to the races so
00:45:05
Savage Boston
friends
00:45:11
Savage Boston
sure
00:45:28
Savage Boston
Brett, what do you think?
00:45:30
Bret
Yeah, I agree. I think it's going to be high scoring because the defenses aren't that elite. um I'm going to go with the Pats just because I feel like based on the way they performed in Buffalo, they're going to have a ah bounce back, but I think Baltimore is going to be respectable. So I'm going to go with 31, 27 Pats.
00:45:52
Bret
And I'm predicting a big digs game.
00:45:55
Savage Boston
is that what you just predicted, Joe?
00:45:57
@JoeLFGPatsPod
I did the opposite. So I well i said 3127 Ravens and he's that.
00:45:58
Bret
i didn't.
00:46:01
Savage Boston
Oh, magical score.
00:46:01
Bret
And I'm saying 31-27 pass.
00:46:01
@JoeLFGPatsPod
So he's going. Yeah.
00:46:03
Bret
And I'm predicting this is going to be a big Diggs game. I think Diggs has been quiet. I think, you know, i don't know. They're talking about is dealing with a hip, dealing with this, dealing with that.
00:46:15
Bret
This guy, I think, can ball. I think this is a team that he can go against that's going to work out effectively. And I think this is going to be big Diggs game.
00:46:28
Savage Boston
All right, well,
00:46:32
Savage Boston
Pass.
00:46:34
Savage Boston
The Ravens won't get that final touchdown to get Joe's score. That would be my prediction. All right, guys, thanks for tuning appreciate everybody taking the time and hopefully get a W on Sunday.
00:46:34
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Love it.
00:46:40
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Love it.
00:46:47
Savage Boston
We'll see you next time. Peace.
00:46:49
Bret
Peace.
00:46:50
@JoeLFGPatsPod
Let's go.