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EPISODE 65 -PATRIOTS CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH
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Introduction and Patriots' Win Discussion
00:00:00
Savage Boston
Alright guys, welcome back to the Savage Boston Podcast. I'm your host Scott with Savage Boston Sports here with the usual crew. We got Snooty Boston on Twitter here. and we got my other co-host Brett who does not partake in Twitter, but Brett is here.
00:00:15
Bret
dice.
00:00:15
Savage Boston
And we're coming off a huge, huge, huge game last night. Huge win. Patriots beat the beat the Ravens 28-24.
00:00:26
Savage Boston
And yeah, just I know it didn't technically like mathematically count as people wanted it to. You know what I mean? Like people are saying, oh, this doesn't really doesn't count for, for you know, you still got to beat the Jets. You still have to beat the Dolphins. But honestly, just a massive morale game and especially just the way it played out.
00:00:45
Savage Boston
So obviously we're going to go into it, but, but just to kick it off, you know, we got to start positive, right? We can't start, we can't start with the negatives, but which we'll get into, but the way Drake may finish that game is just like, that's Tom Brady shit.
00:01:01
Savage Boston
Like that is Tom Brady shit. And Tom Brady did it at the highest level, like in the Superbowl. Don't get me wrong. Like, um you know, we're not there yet, but like, To be down 11 on the road in a hostile environment in a really, really good franchise with a solid defense, like, and to come back in the fourth quarter, just couldn't be more impressed with what Drake did. Like he just hit the zone, hit the flow state, whatever you want to call it, but he he was on it. So, Studi, why don't you when do you give me your thoughts, your initial take on the game?
Patriots' Offensive Turnaround and Morale Boost
00:01:34
Snooty
I mean, the first part of the game was was frustrating just as the end of the Buffalo game was where it's just like the offense just looked just disjointed. It just looked like it was stuck in mud for the most part. May didn't look sharp for a lot of it. And it it was just like incredibly frustrating. It was another one of those like you're coming off the bye. Like, I don't understand how you can kind of still be like this for this long type of thing. But...
00:01:58
Snooty
You know, it's funny. It's a kind of like, you know, the winning cures all. Like, yeah. Then you have a fourth quarter like that and you go like, damn. Right? Like, I think he was four for five on passes over 20 yards. And the fifth the the fifth one, the one that he missed, was that non-pass interference call to Booty.
00:02:11
Savage Boston
The booty. That was crazy.
00:02:12
Snooty
he should have have He should have been five for five on passes over 20 yards. That's fucking stupid.
00:02:17
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:02:18
Snooty
Right?
00:02:18
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:02:18
Snooty
So... You're right. I mean, that was that's like vintage, you know, elite quarterback. Like, that's a legacy drive. Like, you know i called for it. Like, we were texting during the game. I called for it. Like, that's a legacy-type drive. Like, you're down. You're on the road. You're getting smacked around because your O-line's playing horribly or pretty bad. And, you know, you step up. You put the team on your shoulders. and And you take them down. And you win the game. Like, that's some fucking legacy drive shit. That was...
00:02:46
Snooty
You know, that's the best thing that could possibly happen. The whole season, that's the best thing that could possibly happen. That moment right there, that that fourth quarter, those drives at the end.
00:03:00
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:03:00
Bret
Well, and I would also say, i mean, we talked about it, right? Statistically for the division, it doesn't necessarily necessarily amount to anything, but with Denver's loss to the Jags, they have a tough matchup at the end of the season against the Chargers.
00:03:15
Bret
That win against Baltimore mattered because it's an AFC opponent and it helps with the win column.
00:03:15
Savage Boston
Big.
00:03:20
Bret
So, Obviously not something we were going in there thinking this is critical. We basically looked at it and said, we don't need this game. We need to win the other two, but we looked it as a morale boost. And to me, the team was on life support heading into that fourth quarter. We could not get off the field on defense. They were just running all over us. On offense, we could not get in sync, and we were not in sync for two back-to-back quarters. So it was just hard-pressed to imagine we were going to come away with a W, and then all of a sudden they all came to life.
00:03:53
Bret
And it was not only just that last drive, but the drive before that where we drove over 80-plus yards to get in for a touchdown to put them in that position to be able to do that final drive.
00:04:04
Bret
Just elite-level quarterback play and one of the areas where the entire team stepped up. So it builds a ton of confidence going in. as we start to prepare for the playoff run and really down the home stretch because I think the final two matchups really should not be that tough.
00:04:24
Bret
ah We obviously will talk some about the injuries, but to me, the momentum and the ability to just, you know, bottle up all of the penalties that didn't go our way and to come away with the W just shows the willingness to compete, win, and the elite-level quarterback we have on our team, which is going to give everyone else the confidence to go out there and win it.
00:04:44
Snooty
I think the one thing the game, i know it doesn't mean anything, but I think, as you said, given the fact that Denver lost, I also think the Eagles are starting you to get healthy and they play Buffalo next week.
00:04:44
Savage Boston
Yeah. so
00:04:55
Snooty
I believe if the Eagles win next week and we beat the Jets, then that locks up the division.
00:04:59
Bret
Thank you.
00:05:01
Savage Boston
Yeah, that would that would lock it up.
00:05:01
Snooty
I believe. So, correct.
00:05:03
Savage Boston
Yes.
00:05:03
Snooty
So it it doesn't directly have help, but like there's other things that where could possibly help. so
00:05:10
Savage Boston
Obviously, winning helps more than losing, definitely. I found it funny that everyone's like, game doesn't matter. I was like, well, it does matter.
00:05:17
Snooty
Thank you.
00:05:17
Savage Boston
That was a weird approach. People were online. They're like, really, just about the Dolphins game week 18. I was like, don't just bypass two weeks. It's like bizarre. But um but just to read off some of his stats in the fourth quarter, right? 12 14, 139 yards and touchdown.
00:05:32
Savage Boston
hundred and thirty nine yards in a touchdown So that's just in the fourth. And again, the two the two misses out of that are a throwaway, a purposeful throwaway, and the Kayshaun booty bomb.
00:05:45
Savage Boston
Who, by the way, Kayshaun kind of should have caught anyhow, but he just got literally tackled. I mean, that was wild. But, oh, did he?
00:05:53
Snooty
He did get a concussion.
00:05:55
Savage Boston
Yeah, I mean, he looked. I don't know. Did he get actually diagnosed with the concussion after that?
00:05:59
Snooty
I mean, i I don't think he came back in the game. I'm pretty sure he got a concussion.
00:06:01
Savage Boston
Yeah, looked bad on the field, but obviously. But I don't know. ice Yeah, I assume so. But yeah, just – I don't know. I mean, how Drake's doing it, man. Like, he just – it's almost like they had the dip and dunk drive where, you know, you had like they're moving slowly down the field.
00:06:17
Savage Boston
Then you have like, you know, the second drive he has in the fourth quarter, he might be one of the best – if not the best deep ball throwers that we've seen, i don't want to start saying crazy stuff, but like, he's a really ridiculous deep ball thrower.
00:06:33
Savage Boston
ah Like constantly. I mean, the whole season, I think if you looked at statistics, he would be having one of the best seasons in history at throwing the ball past 20 yards. In history. Like, it's it's that absurd. And for for all of what Brady did, Brady was never like Mr. Deep Ball.
00:06:48
Savage Boston
He had moments, but that wasn't Brady's game, right? He was diagnosing until later in his career, and he started throwing deep when he had like Mike Evans and Godwin. You know what i mean? but But I think what Drake's done and like that Kyle Williams ball, yeah how he threw that perfectly to the corner. on the back, you know, kind of like back shoulder dropping in. i mean, that is like, just, you just can't teach it, man. You really can't teach it. I don't know how you develop that type of skill, but, um and in the moment, but just, just tremendous stuff. So I don't know what, you know, how Drake shown up.
00:07:24
Savage Boston
And then after the game, the kid's got the attitude. He's like, he's like, you know, saying everything right. So I think, Clearly, we don't have anybody feeling bad for us as Patriots fans for the last, you know, five years of not being good. Nobody feels bad for us. It's not enough time. Maybe it was 20 years of suck, and then they'd be like, all right, you can have another one. But, like, it feels like we got a real guy, a real, real guy that you should just be able to grow with and, like, build around. And I think if you put you put more talent on the field near this kid, he's going to do some crazy shit.
00:08:00
Savage Boston
So...
00:08:01
Bret
I mean, what's going to be tremendous is the fact that everyone around the league recognizes it.
Playoff Preparation: Confidence and Challenges
00:08:06
Bret
You had like the Puka Nakua is out there talking about who's the top quarterback. He says like outside of Stafford, he basically says Drake may, you look at it and you talk about season acquisitions.
00:08:13
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:08:16
Bret
When you got a coach like Rabel, who's a player's first coach, good culture guy. And then you got an elite level quarterback that people believe in. That's going to draw in free agencies. We're not going talk off season, but like,
00:08:30
Bret
It's the whole mentality shift, and you see it on the field last night. like You're down 11 going in there, final two drives, and guys just ball out, and they know that Drake's going to find a way to get them the ball.
00:08:43
Bret
So it's elite-level stuff. We have not seen this in years. It's so goddamn refreshing to see it. And it's he's doing it in a situation, to what Snooty said, where the offensive line is banged up and playing like shit.
00:09:00
Bret
You know, we got away from it a few times, but he took some he got from the shots.
00:09:02
Savage Boston
was that tough It was a tough game for the O-line. It was a tough game. He
00:09:08
Snooty
I think they they didn't give up a ton in the way of s sacks, but it's one of those, like, that doesn't matter, man.
00:09:08
Bret
Yeah.
00:09:13
Snooty
You got your quarterback pummeled. Like, I don't care. oh we only give up two or three sacks. Like, that's not horrible. That's not good, but it's not horrible. But it's like, yeah. He also took, like, I don't know, fucking 14 hits or something stupid.
00:09:24
Snooty
like i don't know what the number is.
00:09:25
Savage Boston
got pressured. He got pressured a lot.
00:09:26
Snooty
But, like, he just got smacked. Lowe came back to earth.
00:09:28
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:09:29
Snooty
Like, Lowe's good for a spot start.
00:09:30
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:09:33
Snooty
He can kind of put – he's not a horrible – He's not as horrible as we'd like to say he is, but like in small bursts, he's okay.
00:09:38
Savage Boston
No, no. Yeah.
00:09:42
Snooty
He's a decent backup.
00:09:42
Savage Boston
He had a couple of bad misses though last night.
00:09:44
Snooty
He looks, his feet were stuck in the mud at points.
00:09:44
Savage Boston
I mean, he got beat pretty bad a couple of times.
00:09:46
Snooty
Like that really shows the difference between him and Campbell.
00:09:47
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:09:49
Snooty
And I know Moses was gotten through it because they lost the, the, you know, the backup, the, what the fourth tackle or whatever they they lost. Um,
00:09:57
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:09:58
Snooty
So um I know they were gutting through it, but I mean, damn, he was getting smoked. I mean, to his credit, he kept getting back up May, but I mean, they need, they need, if if nothing else, you need the one seed to get the buy. Cause you need, you need a buy would do wonders for this team in terms of health.
00:10:16
Bret
Yeah. On the offensive line, we need Campbell back.
00:10:17
Savage Boston
That's a real yeah, i mean, we can talk about – can go into it not like Again, we don't have to get negative.
00:10:17
Snooty
a
00:10:19
Bret
Defense, those injuries are concerning. Super concerning.
00:10:28
Savage Boston
There's a lot positive. But let's touch on it for a minute. like This defense has problems. There are some serious problems right now. I'm really hoping – don't know how much of it is just scheme.
00:10:41
Savage Boston
I don't know how much of it is personnel. um obviously, you know, you get Milton Williams back next week and then you just hope Spillane can get there. I didn't realize how important he'd be, but it's just not enough. Like having Jack Gibbons run around trying to stuff Derek Henry, just not going to get it done.
00:11:00
Savage Boston
It's not going to get it done. I had a couple of okay plays, but just the squad wasn't good enough.
00:11:05
Snooty
But this isn't like the old Patriots defense with huge middle linebackers, huge inside linebackers like Hightower, right?
00:11:08
Savage Boston
Yeah,
00:11:12
Snooty
They're smaller.
00:11:12
Savage Boston
yeah no.
00:11:13
Snooty
They're more agile. So a guy, that's which is why they stuffed their backup running back there. I forget i forget his name, but he did jack shit.
00:11:20
Savage Boston
Yeah, they're good against the quick guys. And then you get Derek Henry, and he's getting like seven to carry.
00:11:23
Snooty
Right. you get some moose coming through. Yeah. You get some moose coming through and it's like, you know, the, you, the whole scheme is supposed to be for like, have a smaller, you know, small, it's not small. it's NFL standard, but like a smaller, more agile linebacker group, which is why even Bentley's not here. Right.
00:11:41
Snooty
He was trying to slim down to try to make the scheme and they ended up cutting them.
00:11:41
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:11:44
Snooty
But like, that's, that's a bad matchup, that type of offense. Like, so I'm not sure who else in, in the AFC is there. Who you're going to see maybe.
00:11:54
Savage Boston
Jacksonville, they can run the football. Even the Steelers can run the football.
00:11:57
Snooty
Yeah. But with a big back though, mean, Steelers maybe, but still, but like,
00:12:02
Savage Boston
How big is like Warren? It's Jalen Warren, right? Yeah,
00:12:05
Bret
Yeah. The thing is, though, is it's not even just on the linebacker side, like defensive tackle, like obviously Milton Williams, but like Tonga is clearly not right. Went down, back in down again.
00:12:15
Savage Boston
yeah they're all banged up.
00:12:17
Bret
um You lost Farmer.
00:12:18
Snooty
Bomber got hurt.
00:12:19
Bret
He was out for it to out for the game yesterday. So it's like, our and we've already talked about it, right? Should have gotten depth at some point on the defensive side would have been great. But like chase on and Landry are just not getting a ton of breaks. Jennings, I thought, i mean I don't know what a snap count was. I thought he got a pretty good amount of reps, but it's just, they don't have enough rotational guys on their defensive line. So when you're got a team like Baltimore who likes to be heavy set, run the ball and you just don't have the guys for it.
00:12:53
Bret
it's going to be a problem. So if we can get those guys healthy, which is again, why the buy is so critical here. And luckily we don't have super tough opponents down the stretch that even without those guys, we should be able to manage through it.
00:13:07
Bret
But I agree come playoff time. You're going to need these guys healthy. If we're going to be able to stop some of these run teams, because you're right. Etn down in Jacksonville, good run team.
00:13:19
Bret
You look at what cook did against us in Buffalo. That's a good run team. And, you know, was yeah, Colts, well, we'll see if the Colts, where they're going to be at.
00:13:24
Savage Boston
c Colts.
00:13:29
Snooty
i mean, to your point, I know you you said Jennings got a lot of snaps. He kicked inside to get snaps last night.
00:13:36
Bret
He had to.
00:13:36
Snooty
That's how thin they were at tackle. They moved him inside. He's not a defensive tackle. But, you know, I mean, he did okay by all accounts, but it's like that's how thin they got at D-tackle.
00:13:48
Savage Boston
It felt like last night was the first time and in Maybe this season where i was like, oh, shit, like the depth, it's really bad. Like all sudden, like I felt like especially on defense, ah I tweeted at one point, i was like, I think the front seven is just like too thin right now. Like there's just well not enough talent there to hang. somewhat Like the Ravens have a pretty good O-line.
00:14:06
Savage Boston
And they have a really good back. And it's like, and then especially when Huntley came in, people were like, oh, Lamar got hurt. That didn't really like hurt the Ravens very much. You're like, that's why that talking point doesn't bother me at all. Cause it wasn't, Lamar is not the same guy.
00:14:21
Savage Boston
He's barely mobile. You see him. He did like an option play, ran three yards and fell. He can't fucking move.
00:14:27
Snooty
Yeah.
00:14:27
Savage Boston
He's not right. Maybe next year Lamar will be himself again, but he's not right. And so Snoop Huntley, Hand it off, dude. They marched down the field running the football. So, like, clearly that didn't hurt the Ravens losing Lamar. Like, I'll say that, period. But I think, yeah, the big back and a good line, all sudden it was like, oh, I don't know if we have the horses. Like, I think the secondary's all right still.
00:14:51
Savage Boston
But, like, and people get, excuse me, we're getting on Gonzo. And I said, I tweeted on 1.2, like he was having a little bit of trouble with Zay Flowers. Zay's great one-on-one. But I think, like, I think what they're asking Gonzo to do is play off sometimes and play zone, zone scheme.
00:15:08
Savage Boston
And, you know, is that what, is, is that what Gonzo's made for? And I was listening to something with Bedard he had, where he said, you know, the first year Stefan Gilmore came here with Belichick, they're asking him and to play a lot of zone.
00:15:22
Savage Boston
And, and he was getting turned around and he was just having a terrible season. People were like, why did we acquire this guy? And then the next season they're like, all right, we're going straight play a man. And he won defensive player the year.
00:15:34
Savage Boston
So Gonzo to me, it's kind of similar. Like, you know, like when he was man, press man, one-on-one, he's still lights out when they're like, Oh, you're going to play this flat or something like that. It just changes their mindset, I think. So I don't know. I think they got a scheme wise.
00:15:53
Savage Boston
You got to change something there. And yeah, And especially it makes it harder if you if you don't have a a good front seven. So just hoping, again, to to complete the point, like hoping they get healthy, get Williams back, get Spillane back.
00:16:07
Snooty
He's back.
00:16:09
Savage Boston
You need Tonga to be healthy. And then can you can you can you beat some good teams? Because, like, there's some teams coming in that if they know they can come in and just run the football, man, like you're going to have a ah tough go. Yeah.
00:16:22
Savage Boston
so
00:16:23
Bret
Yeah, I agree about Gonzo. I think it's a scheme thing, and they've been having a hard time with him. But I also think they've had to be a little bit more passive because of all the injuries and the fact that they can't get the rush, that they want him to stay back so they avoid any of the big plays. And they expect him to be able to ah you know cover it if it basically is caught. So I think it's just they're playing it safe.
00:16:48
Bret
Unfortunately, but when you're dealing with a ton of injuries, that's sort of all you have to do. One thing I will say about the d defense last night is they were opportunistic, right? It was definitely a point of emphasis going to try and punch out the ball and had two big fumbles that helped us bring life, right? We had the fumble in the first quarter where we were like, this is just not looking good.
00:17:08
Bret
Gave our team the ball back. were able to get a touchdown. And then obviously to seal the deal at the you know last drive when we turned the ball over too. Obviously we had to convert, but still, I mean, just another situation where Ravens had the ball.
00:17:22
Bret
They had the ability to drive down the field. Chase on doesn't make that ridiculous effort play to then chase down the guy from behind and punch it out. if We don't know where we're going to be today. So, Good effort from the defense and being opportunistic when they have to be.
00:17:37
Bret
But I do think from a health standpoint, for us to be able to make a playoff run, we need to get healthy if we're going to do anything in the playoffs.
00:17:45
Snooty
And I think that's that right there is the the way you can spin it positively. is Williams, I haven't heard any reporting that he won't be back this week. I would expect him to be back.
00:17:55
Snooty
High ankle sprain four or five weeks ago, right? Because of the bye.
00:17:58
Bret
Five weeks.
00:17:59
Savage Boston
he'll be you would have heard i think if he's if he's not
00:18:01
Snooty
Right. So you expect him back. Maybe they sit Tonga for a week because of that, because he's back and maybe they can, you know, who knows. But Spillane sat out a second week.
00:18:12
Snooty
Maybe he'll come back pretty soon. Like, reinforcements should be on the way. Like,
00:18:17
Savage Boston
i just would say with the spleen injury from what i understand um you know, they're keeping it hush hush. But from what I've heard, it's an injury that can linger in people for a while. And it's notoriously been difficult for people to get over.
00:18:35
Savage Boston
So just hoping, and I'm not saying what it is, because I told this person I wouldn't. But it basically, it's an injury that can be lingering. So you hope it's very, very mild, very minor.
00:18:47
Savage Boston
um and yeah, and hopefully he he gets back, but like, I don't, again, like you hear this injury, and you're like, it's one of those like, okay, I don't want, I don't like this.
00:18:58
Savage Boston
So yeah, I think obviously you need Spillane back. It's, it just sucks that like, that's, we're still, we talked about depth the whole year, man. They didn't, they just haven't had enough time. They're not like the Eagles last year where the whole defense is disgusting and they're like trade away guys and they're still good.
00:19:14
Savage Boston
Like it's, it's,
00:19:15
Bret
I mean, Milton Williams was their depth piece.
00:19:17
Savage Boston
I know. billie williams And then he's in the Super Bowl getting like three fucking sacks, you know, like, and they have sweat and they have Carter.
00:19:18
Snooty
Yeah.
00:19:24
Savage Boston
And like, you know, we talk about loaded up with talent.
00:19:26
Snooty
Davis.
00:19:27
Savage Boston
Like, There's a difference, man. Like there's a real difference talent-wise. so that's why i was complaining about the front seven. We got Jack Gibbons and Tavai and then your D tackles, you know, can't hang and are getting blown off the ball. was like, oh, shit. Like we're lucky that first Derrick Henry fumble.
00:19:42
Savage Boston
They were getting blown – the doors blown off early just before them running the football. was like you're looking at the defensive coaching. You're like, guys, we got to do something here. Like what – you know what i mean Like what – you got to change something.
00:19:54
Savage Boston
Like scheme wise, like load the ball. Like, i don't know. I feel like I don't, it is what it is.
00:19:59
Bret
they They were, though. Like, they did load the box.
00:20:00
Snooty
Yeah. But,
00:20:01
Savage Boston
We did the first play they did and then they backed off and
00:20:02
Bret
you just They just didn't have – they don't have the horses, and they don't have the rotations.
00:20:06
Savage Boston
yeah.
00:20:08
Bret
So not only do they not have the horses, they don't have the ponies to go with it because they can't rotate any of the guys out there.
00:20:13
Savage Boston
No horses, no ponies, no mini horses.
00:20:16
Bret
No, no, none of that. So, yeah, I'm honestly, the best thing that happened for us from the Raven side is for whatever ungodly reason, they decided to stop going with Henry and they use the excuse about being rotational and this and that. and then Harvard was like, I wish I kind of think we should have done it. But I don't know.
00:20:36
Bret
I haven't seen any reports.
00:20:36
Savage Boston
That was such a bonehead.
00:20:38
Bret
I haven't seen anything that he was injured, but when you look at him on the sideline in that final drive and he's talking to Lamar with his helmet off and the coat on, I go, that's the coaches basically saying, you're not going in this drive.
00:20:49
Bret
He didn't feel like he was going to go in, which if he's not injured,
00:20:49
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:20:54
Bret
Fucking stupid because we could not stop him. Yeah, obviously we got that turnover, but the guy was averaging like over six yards a pop on us. And the drives up to that point, like we could not stop them to save our life. So thank you, John Haber, for deciding not to play Derrick Henry.
00:21:13
Bret
We appreciate the relief there because our defense desperately needed it
00:21:19
Snooty
Yeah, I mean, you'd you'd you'd have to think he's covering for him. Like, he was banged up somehow. Because otherwise, it's like, all right, I get it. There's a plan. And I get there's, like, a the system whatever. But, like, that's what separates the really, like, the great coaches from the good ones. It's like, you can't just fucking sit with the plan. Like, you have to be like, oh, maybe this guy's ass right now. How about we get the guy averaging 7.1 yards a carry? How about we put him back in the game?
00:21:43
Snooty
That might fucking work.
00:21:44
Bret
won't even I wouldn't even say great to good coach.
00:21:44
Snooty
Who knows?
00:21:44
Savage Boston
wait Hold on. Let me read. Let me.
00:21:47
Bret
like That's just like basic football. Every basic fan saw that.
00:21:50
Savage Boston
Yeah. I never thought Harbaugh was like a bad coach by any means. And he's, he's won. as He's won a title with them or was that before him?
00:21:58
Bret
Yeah, he went over Flacco.
00:21:58
Snooty
Yes. Yeah.
00:22:00
Savage Boston
How long has he been there?
00:22:00
Bret
Flacco.
00:22:00
Snooty
Against the Niners.
00:22:01
Savage Boston
How long has he been there for?
00:22:01
Snooty
Against his brother. He beat his brother in the Super Bowl.
00:22:03
Savage Boston
Okay.
00:22:04
Bret
Yeah.
00:22:04
Savage Boston
He wasn't there for their first one.
00:22:05
Bret
That was the Flacco playoff run where he went off.
00:22:05
Savage Boston
He was there for their Flacco run.
00:22:08
Bret
Yeah.
00:22:08
Savage Boston
So he's been there for a very long time. He's obviously had good teams. You know what mean? Like I'm not in here to trash Harbaugh. Like maybe he gets fired this year, sneaky firing. And they just say, we're going different direction.
00:22:18
Savage Boston
I don't know.
00:22:19
Snooty
Mutual parting of ways.
00:22:19
Savage Boston
Like I've heard. Yeah. I heard there's going some changes in Baltimore. So we're just talking about there's changes, changes, like who the
Ravens' Game Critique and Lamar Jackson's Future
00:22:25
Savage Boston
fuck knows. But I mean, just read the stats. So Derek Henry at 18 carries for yards,
00:22:32
Savage Boston
two tds averaging seven point one a carry
00:22:36
Bret
It's crazy.
00:22:37
Savage Boston
7.1. He blew their doors off. Then the backup, Keaton Mitchell, number 34. You want to guess his stat line? The little scat back?
00:22:48
Snooty
It was like 1.6 a carry or something. 1.4.
00:22:50
Savage Boston
Nine carries, 13 yards, 1.4 carry.
00:22:54
Snooty
get it.
00:22:55
Savage Boston
no
00:22:56
Snooty
It was too generous.
00:22:57
Savage Boston
And, john you know, John Harbaugh sees this, like, you know, we should probably sit – like, there's seasons on the line, dude. This is what blows my mind. Like, there's seasons on the line.
00:23:09
Savage Boston
They haven't stopped. You could run Henry every play, and I don't know if the Patriots win the football game.
00:23:14
Bret
Yeah, if that was – if we were fans of the Ravens, like – or just flip the script, like if that was our – like they would be getting butchered.
00:23:14
Savage Boston
You know what I mean?
00:23:18
Savage Boston
Oh, you mean – yeah.
00:23:24
Bret
They would be calling for Harbaugh's head. I get it, right? You lost your MVP caliber quarterback. Lamar's clearly not right all year. But you have this game in hand, and this is a got-to-have-it game because they're basically out of the playoffs at this point.
00:23:40
Bret
There's just – I don't even – are they statistically out? I don't know.
00:23:42
Savage Boston
The I know technically I think.
00:23:42
Bret
But –
00:23:43
Snooty
No. No. If they need to win out and they need Pittsburgh to lose out to make it.
00:23:46
Bret
It'd be wild.
00:23:49
Bret
No. So they're they're not going to make the playoffs. And they've got to have a moment where you're up by 11 and your running back is bludgeoning the defense. And you're like, you know what?
00:24:01
Bret
Let's go to Mitchell.
00:24:03
Savage Boston
Yeah, that was, that was crazy.
00:24:03
Snooty
Also, I was thinking about this, like, is Lamar Jackson done?
00:24:04
Savage Boston
It was Like, like,
00:24:09
Snooty
Like, I know he's not that old, but, like, he's got a lot of mileage for the way that he plays.
00:24:10
Bret
As in.
00:24:15
Snooty
And, like, that's what happens to running quarterbacks like that. It's the little stuff starts to just keep nagging them, nagging them, nagging them. It just keeps piling up. And then all of a sudden they just poof.
00:24:22
Savage Boston
He's just a very frail guy.
00:24:23
Snooty
They're not who they were.
00:24:27
Savage Boston
for like He's not built like a thick guy. And then, as you said, like this year, he was it's hard to say done.
00:24:30
Bret
No.
00:24:34
Savage Boston
like Look at his stats from last year. He should have been the MVP.
00:24:37
Snooty
I mean, Don is in like a, as that type of MVP type of guy, like, is this the beginning of the end?
00:24:43
Savage Boston
I would say no if he gets healthy.
00:24:44
Bret
sir
00:24:46
Savage Boston
But that's an if.
00:24:46
Bret
Too soon.
00:24:47
Savage Boston
If he's not the same guy health-wise, then yeah, like if you make Lamar a pocket passer, he's not the same person. Like he's not going to be the same person.
00:24:57
Savage Boston
You can't just, you know, like him, that's what happened last night, dude. He got he ran, it barely ran the football. clearly extremely injured. And then he got a bone bruise in the back or whatever. I thought he'd fracture rib. He didn't, just took a shot.
00:25:11
Savage Boston
But it's like, and he sat out. Like it's like they're looking for reasons to like, sit him out. Someone said, uh, someone on online said he had the immune system of the Victorian child.
00:25:23
Savage Boston
It's not because he was, they held him out with like the flu this week or something like a sickly Victorian child.
00:25:23
Bret
you
00:25:29
Savage Boston
That made me laugh. Uh, but, but no, he's, but he's, he's frail.
00:25:32
Snooty
an Oddly specific reference.
00:25:37
Savage Boston
He's frail. You know what i mean? He's a, he's a frail player, but, um, I do want to get back just to circle back to, you know, we don't have to deep dive the the Ravens, but like, you know, what do you do?
Patriots' Offseason Needs and Upcoming Games
00:25:50
Savage Boston
What's your first, what's your first move you make if you're in this off season and you, and you're going for needs and I am jumping off season. Cause I enjoy this.
00:26:00
Savage Boston
Like, you, do you go you know, is it like you have to get the premier edge rusher? You have to get the premier wide receiver. a right tackle, a tight end, a young tight end. Like there's so many spots. Like what's your first move you make?
00:26:13
Bret
So we're talking about the Patriots though, right?
00:26:15
Savage Boston
Yeah, Patriots, not the Ravens. I don't give a shit about that.
00:26:17
Bret
You're sitting there, you're like,
00:26:17
Savage Boston
I'm not playing the Ravens offseason.
00:26:17
Snooty
we're young I don't want to do a deep dive into the Ravens, but like what's your first move in the offseason?
00:26:20
Savage Boston
Yeah. No, no, no.
00:26:22
Bret
how will you bill are you are you rebuilding?
00:26:23
Savage Boston
I said we're not deep diving. No, I do not want to deep dive the Ravens offseason. I don't know what –
00:26:27
Bret
So it's it's funny you say that because i was I was watching the game last night, obviously, like we all were, and that was running through my mind. And to me it was defense, and it was defensive line.
00:26:38
Bret
And I was thinking to myself, if you can somehow get – a solid defensive lineman. That would be my first get. If you can't get that, you can usually find some good talented cornerbacks in the back end of the first round.
00:26:54
Bret
So that would be my second go. I do think we got to continue to build on the line. So I wouldn't go away from that in the second round. second round i think from wide receiver standpoint and i haven't even looked at it i'd be curious to see what we get for free agencies because like i said i think players are going to come here but to me it looks that i look at the team and i say we gotta build that defense there's still a lot of young talent i mean barmore and milton will milton williams are still like super young guys obviously gonzo are probably going to lock up this offseason
00:27:13
Savage Boston
Not much.
00:27:27
Bret
And you know we'll see what happens with some of the other players. like Woodson's getting and a ton of run for rookie safety coming out of here. So that's promising, even though he's got a lot of growth to have.
00:27:39
Bret
To me, I look at it and say i would go edge if possible, and then defensive back would be secondary if there's not a good edge guy at the top of the at the chart draft where we go first round.
00:27:54
Snooty
For me, it's it's always best player available, but within the few spots that you want to go. So it would be mine would be O-tackle, edge player, and linebacker.
00:28:08
Snooty
would be those three. What's the best player that you get in that spot? If like a stud wide receiver happens to slip and fall or whatever because of whatever reasons he falls, then maybe, okay, fine, maybe.
00:28:19
Snooty
But to me, i think May's proven that you can you can find guys and you should be able to attract, like you said, veteran talent to come here for that. It's O-Tackle because Moses is old. You just saw what happens when he goes down. um I'm not opposed to having two first-round tackles on on the line. That would be that's That's how you invest and protect the quarterback. um To me, they I think they need at least two starters next year up front, maybe three, depending on your feelings on when you're in the future.
00:28:50
Snooty
um O-Tackle, linebacker, they have no depth at all. At the end, it's even somehow even less depth. So those are those would be my three spots.
00:28:59
Savage Boston
So I think like You know, as we talked about, I would love for just a first round pick, edge rusher. Like I said, not that you're going pinhole the position we talked about.
00:29:09
Savage Boston
You can't do that. You got to go best player. But like, for instance, you know, Trey Hendrickson's on the market. He's probably the top free agent and people he's old and hurt. And it's like, yeah, he's still really good, but he's also going to sign for too much money.
00:29:23
Savage Boston
Like someone's going to be like, yeah, sure. You want three years at 32? Two, and then it's like, you don't want to give all that in Australia, all that assets to a guy like Trey Hendrickson, you know, like, or like, yeah, exactly.
00:29:32
Snooty
With bad back.
00:29:34
Savage Boston
Like Khalil Mack is like 35 years old next year. you know, like there there are some, some okay free agents, but like, I don't know, man, it's, it's kind of, it's kind of like a Hassan Radek who hasn't been that great at edge.
00:29:49
Savage Boston
Like it's really fairly bleak. Um, the stuff it's just like, here's the league, man. Maybe the salary caps going up so fast. Like the stud players stay like they're not leaking out. Like you, you could trade for somebody. You could trade for a stud player like Micah Parsons. Right.
00:30:06
Savage Boston
Um, he got traded, he got dealt, but like, I think the only, you know, we talked about this and I'm being dead serious. I think you trade for AJ Brown. And I'm actually being serious. I think he wants out of out of Philly.
00:30:18
Savage Boston
I think they're done with dealing with his bullshit. And they don't have a good relationship. And obviously the ties here are extremely strong. So that's how I'm getting elite talent at wide receiver in here is I'm going straight for straight for AJ Brown.
00:30:32
Savage Boston
People bring up like Alec Pierce, the wide receiver. I'm not paying him 28 million bucks to come here. I don't know. That feels wild to me. Like people are suggesting like, let's give him all this money. I don't, I don't know about that, but yeah, AJ Brown. Absolutely. And then again, in the draft, yeah, you could draft a right tackle.
00:30:50
Savage Boston
You could draft an edge rusher. You could draft the young linebacker would be awesome. A fast athletic linebacker. Like I would go a long way. Like there's a lot of positions of need, you know, which brings you back to like, this is the problem.
00:31:02
Savage Boston
It's like, you it's hard to fill a full roster of like, and be good everywhere. It's hard in this league.
00:31:07
Snooty
Well, it's like, I think Brett was saying it earlier, like, this is where you see, like, the it being year one. Like, this is really where it's showing... like rearing its ugly head.
00:31:18
Savage Boston
Yeah, it's not there yet.
00:31:19
Snooty
It's like, because like they, there's the depth is being stressed, but like, you can't add all that depth in one year that takes three, four years of, ah of, you know, solid player acquisition draft or whatever, like to do that. And they don't, it's year one.
00:31:34
Snooty
So like they plugged a bunch of holes, they got guys to play and that's why they're so much better. part of why they're so much better. But, you can't like it's hard You can't create depth in free agency. You create depth in the draft. That's how you do it.
00:31:48
Snooty
and and they just they they haven't had This group hasn't been here long enough to do that.
00:31:48
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:31:52
Snooty
so This is really where it shows.
00:31:55
Bret
Yeah, got to get healthy before the playoffs. The good news is we're not talking about the draft too far into the season, whereas last year this is all we were talking about by like week seven. So obviously got the Jets this weekend.
00:32:05
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:32:09
Bret
i think our predictions have been pretty solid. I know you retweeted out where we're at.
00:32:13
Savage Boston
Oh, yeah.
00:32:14
Bret
We were pretty close with the points. You know, I obviously i thought they would get up to 31 and be 31 27, but I picked them to win by four, which they did. i also picked a big digs game, which was a good digs coming out game. So what are your thoughts for this week versus the jets?
00:32:33
Bret
What do we have for our stat line?
00:32:36
Savage Boston
ah Um, I mean, honestly, it should be, ah you know, I don't, I just, the jets are starting Brady cook at quarterback. It's just,
00:32:48
Savage Boston
I just, they're how motivated are the Jets coming into this game? It's like with people a week ago, i was talking about the Miami for a minute and people online were like, Miami's going be, they were spoiler with Fitzpatrick in 2019. They're going be motivated, blah, blah, blah. They just got their doors blown off by Cincinnati.
00:33:05
Savage Boston
Like these teams the end the year, I think that's the anomaly. It was like the Fitzpatrick game. Like, that's an anomaly game. Like, normally, these teams, the end of the season, like, they want to go to fucking Cancun.
00:33:16
Savage Boston
You think Miami wants to come to fucking New England week 18 to get smacked in the mouth by a Vrabel team? You think they want to do that? Like, I just don't see – unless they're like – unless Quinn Ewers is a dog or whoever the fuck's going to end up starting that game.
00:33:26
Bret
now
00:33:31
Savage Boston
Like, I just don't see it. And and for the Jets this week with Brady Cook, Again, just don't see it. I don't know what you're gonna do to confuse him or mix him up or get pressure, but the Jets are, you want to talk talent depleted. They've traded off everybody. I don't know.
00:33:46
Savage Boston
You know, you should win, you know, again, my prediction, I'll well, you should win like 34 to 14, 34 to 17. Like, I'm not, like, who knows? They probably aren't going to win by 20, but you should win.
00:33:57
Savage Boston
You should win handily. They'll probably be like a 10 point favorite going in. I don't know what the numbers are, but yeah, I don't know.
00:34:04
Snooty
I think of the two games, i i would be more concerned with this one than the Dolphins. The Dolphins are a team that's on the way down, right? So, like, their coach probably – I mean, i don't know.
00:34:15
Snooty
There's a report that he won't get fired, which is fucking insane to me.
00:34:18
Savage Boston
Yeah, it's very debatable.
00:34:19
Snooty
But, like, either way, that's a coach of a system that, like, is clearly on the way down. Like, that's a team that quits. They're allowed to play off contention. They got nothing to play for.
00:34:29
Snooty
Whereas a team like the Jets, they're theoretically – like still taking off on the runway, like no pun intended with like the, with a new coach, right there, there, there are new coaches trying to like establish the culture and stuff.
00:34:39
Savage Boston
Like their coach is trying to make them play hard.
00:34:44
Snooty
So to me, if you combine that with a bit of a hangover at the beginning of the game for the Patriots, from the emotional win, the short week type of, the you know, slightly shorter week, I think it's going to be like 31 17, but it's going to look a little bit closer than that at the beginning, because it's going to be,
00:35:00
Savage Boston
Spread is 13 and a half.
00:35:02
Snooty
Okay, well then I got him covering. so
00:35:03
Savage Boston
That is a big, that's a big spread in the NFL.
00:35:06
Snooty
so i But I think it's going to be ugly early because I think it's they're going to have a little bit of a hangover. The Jets are going to be up, they're at home, that type of thing. And then eventually talent's going to level out and May will take over the second half.
00:35:19
Snooty
That's my prediction.
00:35:22
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:35:22
Snooty
I have no fear of the Dolphins.
00:35:22
Bret
Yeah.
00:35:22
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:35:23
Snooty
They're going to come up here. It's going cold. They're going to be like, I don't want to be here.
00:35:27
Savage Boston
Dude, there's no way they want to be here.
00:35:27
Snooty
We have nothing to play for. We've just benched our quarterback. Our fucking coach is a dweeb and probably going to get fired. I'm out. Like, I'm done.
00:35:35
Savage Boston
I'm just hoping, to be honest, i I'm hoping, and just hope the bills hope the Bills lose the Eagles and you beat the Jets and and just have a, you know, but the problem is, again, back to the
Playoff Scenarios and AFC Analysis
00:35:47
Savage Boston
one seed. It's like, well, do you need to win week 18 for that one seed, right? Because otherwise i would just straight rest everybody.
00:35:54
Savage Boston
Like if it's week 18, I would just be like, fuck it, rest. You know, because what do you do in that situation? Like you still try to win the game, but you rest guys. You know, like I don't know how you're going handle week 18.
00:36:04
Bret
Well, the reality is, so with the Jets, I think the Jets, we're going to beat them. I'm going to 28-10.
00:36:16
Bret
I think it's going to be something where we're going to run away with it. They'll probably get a fluke drive. And then other than that, it's going to be pretty much it. I don't see them being able to move the ball on us much. And I think offense, we're kind of going to go in cruise control like we've done in numerous games where we take a heavy lead and then we just kind of putter around because we've already got the game locked up.
00:36:36
Bret
So I think this one's an easy, easy matchup. And we move on. Regarding week 18,
00:36:45
Bret
the The thought here is the one seed's still in play. And, yeah, we'll see what happens with the Broncos and Chiefs. I doubt the Chiefs are going to somehow come up.
00:36:56
Bret
I saw the other day, I think Garden Minshew now has a torn ACL or something like that.
00:37:00
Savage Boston
Yeah, no, the chiefs are the Chiefs are like done, done.
00:37:00
Bret
So he might not.
00:37:02
Savage Boston
But they but it's Broncos versus the Chargers.
00:37:03
Bret
So, like –
00:37:05
Bret
Week 18.
00:37:06
Savage Boston
Yeah, Week 18.
00:37:06
Bret
So to me, I look at it and say that is a huge matchup to be able to determine because obviously they lose that game and we went out, we do get the one seed.
00:37:13
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:37:18
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:37:18
Bret
And then the other team to obviously keep a close eye on is the Jags because they're roaring ahead and they got the Colts this week coming up and the Colts definitely are not the c Colts of old.
00:37:31
Bret
Um, So we'll see. they They might be able to do fits on them or something like that. but And I'm trying to see who do the Jags have. ah They have the Titans on the final game, which is a clear win.
00:37:44
Savage Boston
theres The playoff picture, the AFC playoffs are just so wide open.
00:37:45
Bret
Yeah.
00:37:47
Savage Boston
like This is the thing.
00:37:48
Bret
Yeah.
00:37:48
Savage Boston
it's it's good It's good for us this year, but like there's no... i mean really like who do you really Who do you really trust? I think like the Jags are one of the best teams around right now. The Jags went into Denver and blew them out. or you know The Jags are playing really well.
00:38:05
Snooty
I think that's why if you have a chance at Dubai, you have to go for it because like there's no one team you're trying to avoid, although I'd probably say Buffalo just from a familiarity standpoint.
00:38:15
Savage Boston
I
00:38:16
Snooty
And Allen is, if you don't believe it's May, Allen is the best quarterback in the AFC, in the playoff picture. So I'd obviously like to avoid that, but not that I'm afraid of them, but...
00:38:29
Savage Boston
mean, right now, Buffalo would be going to Jack right now. Buffalo would be going to Jacksonville round one.
00:38:35
Snooty
But I'm just like, if you get a buy, it's stating the obvious, but like you just, it's one less fucking game where you have to deal with some random weird shit.
00:38:35
Savage Boston
That's like.
00:38:42
Snooty
Like, it's just one less game.
00:38:43
Savage Boston
yeah
00:38:44
Snooty
It's not about avoiding anybody or anything.
00:38:45
Savage Boston
I'm saying that's a tough matchup.
00:38:46
Snooty
It's just...
00:38:46
Savage Boston
Somehow the weakest matchup would be the four five, which is like, would right. As of right now, would be Pittsburgh and the chargers. Like those, those teams to me are very flawed and injured. Those, both those teams.
00:38:57
Bret
Yeah, but the the Chargers have won like seven of their last eight games.
00:38:57
Savage Boston
um
00:39:02
Savage Boston
I know I watch them and I'm like, I, I Herbert's for good player, but like, they're just so banged up.
00:39:02
Bret
So...
00:39:07
Savage Boston
I'm like, how are they doing it?
00:39:07
Bret
Yeah, so... but How are we doing that, right? It's just, you're competing.
00:39:11
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:39:12
Bret
the If I look at the AFC side of things, the only team that I would go in there and be like, that's a W, it's Pittsburgh.
00:39:13
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:39:20
Bret
After that, everyone else, I'm like, we'll see.
00:39:24
Savage Boston
Who knows?
00:39:24
Bret
I mean, I'm confident.
00:39:24
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:39:25
Bret
I think we have a shot, but... For me, it amazes me how many people are like, I'm not like, I was listening to radio today and now everyone's on the Jags bandwagon and basically saying how they are fearful of the Jags and they're not scared of Denver.
00:39:42
Bret
I'm like, guys, a week ago we were all saying we were scared of Denver. We just freaking laid an egg against Buffalo. these are These are not teams that we are far and away head and shoulders above.
00:39:54
Bret
So let's not take them lightly. The only team right now, only team in the AFC that's in the playoff picture that I'm like, this is nothing, is Pittsburgh.
00:40:05
Snooty
The only way I fear Denver is going to Denver.
00:40:06
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:40:08
Snooty
I don't fear Denver coming here. I don't.
00:40:11
Savage Boston
You can be, you can beat Denver.
00:40:12
Bret
I mean...
00:40:13
Snooty
I think you can beat...
00:40:13
Savage Boston
Like generally you can beat at anybody, but like you can beat Denver.
00:40:15
Snooty
I think they can beat anybody, but like going to Denver is a different animal for the Patriots.
00:40:19
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:40:19
Snooty
It just is. It's like going to Miami. It's just that it's just weird voodoo shit happens there.
00:40:24
Savage Boston
By the Denver's strength of schedule, Denver, like everyone's bitches about us.
00:40:24
Snooty
Denver coming here, it's it's ass too.
00:40:28
Savage Boston
There's his ass too. Like, as you said, ours is, 391, which is bad. Theirs is 415. Theirs shit, too. They're almost catching up to us in strength of the schedule. And i was like the Chargers, 422. Very, very weak. But then you got like the the Steelers, 529.
00:40:47
Savage Boston
like A lot of these teams like have Houston 525. There's some better. Even the Jags have an over 500 strength of the schedule. So that's like impressive.
00:40:56
Snooty
What's the bills?
00:40:58
Savage Boston
The Bills is bad too, I think.
00:40:59
Bret
blue
00:41:00
Savage Boston
It's not hard, but it's 4-6-7. So, like, it's not great.
00:41:02
Snooty
Right.
00:41:03
Savage Boston
But, like, obviously they don't get amazingly hard until you get, like, down in the shitty team. You know, like, the Raiders strength schedule is 583.
00:41:11
Snooty
yeah
00:41:12
Savage Boston
They're just playing every single football team in football, which is...
00:41:13
Snooty
Because they can't play themselves.
00:41:17
Savage Boston
Just insane. Yeah. The Raiders can't play themselves. That's true. But um yeah, no, I think the the, I mean, if you have to, if you're telling me it's, it stays as is, and you're playing Houston Texans at home and it's, it's playoffs.
00:41:30
Savage Boston
It's the wild card.
00:41:31
Snooty
Win.
00:41:32
Savage Boston
You got to take care of business. Like you got to win that game. I understand their edges are great. You got to fucking scheme it. Like, like, yeah, their defense is real. And you, you got to show Stroud has not played that well, period. He has not played. what He didn't play well against the Raiders last week. He hasn't been that good.
00:41:51
Savage Boston
So you got to take it down. If you're a home game, you're the two seed. You got to win the game. And if they don't got off season to build, you know,
00:41:57
Snooty
The Beatles... The Beatles been talking about this, that like defensive teams don't scare them, and offensive teams do. And the reason the reason I agree with them is, like would I rather have May...
00:42:12
Snooty
like being facing the stiff, like the hardest part of the other team, May, in the offense, or would I rather have our defense playing some fucking juggernaut?
00:42:20
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:42:20
Snooty
You know what I mean? Like, much rather be like, you know what?
00:42:21
Bret
Oh.
00:42:22
Snooty
You're going to this game being like, if May can weather the storm and handle the defense, we're going to be in good shape.
00:42:27
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:42:27
Snooty
It's like, I have way more faith in May than anything else on this off and on this team.
00:42:32
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:42:33
Bret
That's exactly what we were texting each other last night after the two drives that May had. We basically said, now can the defense stop them? And then we're like, can they do it again? 100% agree.
00:42:43
Bret
It's that feeling alone just tells you all you need to know. You have way more faith in our offense to go out and win us a game than our defense to go out and win us a game. So if we had a matchup choice, we would choose a weaker offensive team and a stronger defensive team to go against.
00:43:01
Savage Boston
mean, honestly, I think in the NFC, like, you could beat a lot of those teams too, but a couple of them are really tough, man. I think at Seattle is just – Seattle is pretty dirty. They're just a dirty team, especially if you don't – if Darnold's not confused, that team is just dirty. And the Rams are obviously a dirty team. Like, there's some there's some tough squads there.
00:43:21
Savage Boston
But this is the thing, man. I like how open it is. Like, if you had the Chiefs right you are the chiefs right now at, you know, 14 and one, you know, like with Mahomes going crazy, like an old school Chiefs team, old school, I say, quote unquote, like a five years ago or something, you'd be like, I don't know okay who's going to beat the Chiefs. Can someone knock them off before we put like, you'd be trying to scheme around it. Like right now there's no scheming. Every team has their weaknesses. Every team has their strengths. Like you got to have to go through teams. You got to play.
00:43:56
Savage Boston
You what mean? You got to play. So it is what it is. But but yeah, anyway, um you know, we got some good stuff going on.
Conclusion and Listener Gratitude
00:44:04
Savage Boston
it's ah It's been a fun, you know, it's been a fun season.
00:44:08
Savage Boston
And Jets and Dolphins left. So we appreciate you guys tuning in and we will catch you next time. Peace.
00:44:14
Bret
Peace.
00:44:15
Snooty
Yep.