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EPISODE 59 - The Patriots are super bowl contenders
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Introduction and Guest Appearance
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Savage Boston
Alright guys, welcome back to the Savage Boston Podcast. We are here, it's Tuesday, Veterans Day, 11-11. We are here at 8.30 at night. I'm Scott with the Savage Boston Podcast, here with my co-host Snooty, Savage Boston, and here with, ah I'll say, twitter's Twitter's hottest article writer here.
00:00:20
Savage Boston
We got Bryson with us tonight. How are we doing, Bryson?
Patriots' Winning Streak and Fan Enthusiasm
00:00:24
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
I'm doing pretty good, although I will have to say, like, you got to get it up, man. Like, the Patriots have won seven games in a row. Like, that wasn't exciting enough right there. This is a problem.
00:00:32
Savage Boston
I need more. I need more juice.
00:00:32
Snooty
Ha, ha, ha.
00:00:35
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
No, I'm good.
00:00:36
Savage Boston
Yeah, man. It's been, it's been a good, it's been a good, it's been a good time.
00:00:36
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
I'm good. Thanks for having me on.
00:00:40
Savage Boston
It's been crazy. I don't know if everyone, do you feel like people are like, I mean, this is not was going to lead with, but I will now. you feel like people are, are getting a little, not jaded with it, but like, I don't complacent with the winning or do you feel like everyone's attitude is still kind of in this like really fun surprise mode?
00:00:57
Savage Boston
Like, how do you feel like the general vibes are Bryson?
00:01:00
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
It's getting bad. And the last article I wrote, actually had I actually felt like I needed to say something because, you know, this is supposed to be the season where everything doesn't matter.
00:01:12
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
And, you know, a lot of people say year one. I'm not like i'm all like that. But...
00:01:17
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:01:17
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
It seems like the early success, we should say, has kind of... like I remember during the Falcons game, people were getting like really, really mad. And I was like, i'm really confused right now. like Usually, the one I'm the one freaking out. like You guys need to calm down.
00:01:32
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
So it seems like we need to... I'm trying to bash into the minds of these people that we need to be excited for the team. And guess what? like They're going to lose at some point, and probably, knock on wood.
00:01:46
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
But...
00:01:46
Savage Boston
yeah
00:01:47
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Let's all have some fun with this. like yeah i like I like it when we're at like the two or three game winning streak, when everyone's memeing and having fun. But now it's like you start to feel the pressure of your favorite teams winning now. And everyone's starting to look at
Expectations and Enjoyment in Sports
00:02:00
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
you. All the tweets are coming for you, right? We can only dunk on everyone so long before something bad happens to us.
00:02:06
Snooty
Yeah.
00:02:06
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
And then everyone's dunking on us again. Like, I'm waiting for that. But let's just this all just have some fun here, guys. It's like everyone's a little bit too serious Sally for me.
00:02:14
Savage Boston
Yeah. i I mean, I agree.
00:02:15
Snooty
yeah
00:02:17
Savage Boston
Yeah, Snooty, go for it.
00:02:18
Snooty
I was going to say, it's almost like they won in the fashion in which they won. People kind of were like, now they're looking for style points. And it's like, no, no, no, no. You can't just like jump from like four wins to demanding style points. like Winning's hard.
00:02:32
Snooty
And people forget, like at the very beginning when the Patriots run, like this is how they won games. This is routinely how they won games. It was ugly. It was gross. I know it was a little bit of a different era back then. But like they won close games by, you know,
00:02:45
Snooty
doing well in the big moments and having timely plays and and things like that. So know. I feel like there's also a little bit of a sense of like waiting for the other shoe to drop. I think people are buying too much into the strength of schedule thing, um which I personally feel is bullshit, but um it just seems like everybody's almost like completely forgot about winning. Like how they forgot how to enjoy winning.
00:03:07
Snooty
And it's, say which just boggles my mind. Cause like to your point, Bryson, like we went into this year being like, and I was high on them going into this year, but like, They've won eight games in two the last two years, total.
Drake's Performance and Growth
00:03:19
Snooty
Like, if you can't enjoy winning, like, why the fuck do you watch this? Seriously, though, like, why do you follow sports if you can't enjoy winning?
00:03:27
Savage Boston
yeah I mean, it's, it's been interesting. I think people, I think Drake's performance has been obviously like has been so statistically good. It's not like he's just like ah just just trying to crack the surface and like just break the glass ceiling and like having a couple games over 100 passer rating. and You know what i mean? Like carrying a little.
00:03:49
Savage Boston
It's like no, drakees Drake's been actually just so good. And carrying so hard and like they've won games by multiple scores and he had that massive streak with 100 passer rating and 200 yards and like, you know, which broke this past week.
00:04:05
Savage Boston
And like, I feel like everyone's expectations on Drake are are insane. I mean, for a year two quarterback. And I get it. Like he's, he's earned that in some respect. And, and, um and it's, you know, Drake himself is totally fine. Like he's maybe has one of the better attitudes I've ever seen for a 23 year old. I mean, talk about getting it, you know, this kid like opposite Mac Jones, you know what mean? Like, like this kid really, you can feel it. Like he, he, he knows what it's like. Like he wants to be there.
00:04:34
Savage Boston
He can feel the moment. Like, i don't think the moment's too big for him. I think he makes errors like any young quarterback would, but like you can tell like emotionally, like kid wants to win.
00:04:45
Savage Boston
And so it brings me back to a couple points people were making and, I'm not going to name names or anything like that. I'm not doing that. But like a lot of people were saying before this season started, Drake may wasn't a winner.
00:04:59
Savage Boston
That's that was ah a real narrative by a couple major, let's say radio stations and major programs. That, oh, you want, he was really like one in nine.
00:05:10
Savage Boston
And we're just like, listen, like the kid's really good. He's got a ton of talent. He's going to get better. Like, why are you blaming Drake on the faults of Gerard Mayo and that
Challenging Early Doubts About Drake
00:05:21
Savage Boston
whole operation? And so, um I don't know, I would say, ah Bryson, don't you kind of give me your thoughts on the current narrative about Drake and and winning?
00:05:31
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Well, you know me. I always thought this was bogus. And as i've aged, you know we've had that we've developed our quarterback agenda arguments over the years. Me, KP, OB, all these guys. we've We've had to fight the Brady haters. But the one thing that I always, always like to separate is, yes, Brady won games. But you have to separate that he was actually really, really good.
00:05:53
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
he wasn't just winning games, right? It's not like Mac Jones with the Niners.
00:05:55
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:05:56
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
He's doing okay. But Tom Brady is one of the best quarterbacks ever, not because he won games, because he's really awesome. And last year, if you grade the games last year, if you look at his throws and how he's playing, especially under the amount of duress, how good he was, like I always knew once you surround the player with good enough support which to me was like an average offensive line maybe one two more receivers then you would see the what I would call casual stats increase and people the the minds of the average fans would go oh okay so Drake Mays actually good okay I get it whereas me I'm like well I think I kind of think he was always this good so it's it's good I like it for the agenda because I'm only going to use their arguments because no one's going to care that I say well Drake had oh
00:06:41
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
two of the elite throws and and eight solid throws and only three bad throws and no one even cares because no one really
Drake's Influence and MVP Discussion
00:06:47
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
knows what that means. But like to me, you guys and Patriots fans, I'll continue to say is you have to realize just how big of a person Drake may is. Like I know Savage said he's 23. He's so polished. Well, his dad was a professional. His brothers um played college ball. Like he comes from a family. It's, it's, um it's like similar to Gronk, but only if they were all like,
00:07:10
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Super professional, right? Like, I don't, I'm not sure.
00:07:12
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:07:13
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
I think the dad might have played sports. I can't remember now, but similar, but the opposite, the talent level with the professionalism that is Drake may.
00:07:16
Savage Boston
Similar, but the opposite of Gronk.
00:07:22
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
He was Brudence. He was brewed in Southern sweet tea. He's a gentleman. I love them.
00:07:27
Savage Boston
but
00:07:27
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Like they, like they practiced outside today when they could have practiced inside like that. they I don't know how much it matters, but oh that stuff is, that stuff's cool for camaraderie things like that.
00:07:32
Savage Boston
Love it.
00:07:37
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
But overall Patriots fans, have to realize that Drake may, is a massive personality. Like this is, this is, you see it everywhere on Twitter. It's not just our little niche portions. Like I'm getting UNC fans like messaging me and tweeting me.
00:07:51
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Like I love Drake so much. I'm actually a Patriots fan now. It's like, it's the Tom Brady thing. They're like ah Brady May stands essentially. Like they just, they just want to follow Drake. And so they love Drake May, which, you know, for me, I love that. But yeah, I think Drake's awesome. And yeah,
00:08:07
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
You know, we're going to continue to push for the MVP, Savage and Snooty. That's what we're going to do.
00:08:13
Snooty
Yeah, i mean, even like he went to like the local high school game, right, and stayed and like went through like a public exit and shit. Like he gets it. Like being around, being like seen, being like accessible.
Drake vs. Brady: Comparison and Preferences
00:08:26
Snooty
Like and I know he got married and stuff and he's only 23 and all that. But like he seems very, very humble. he seems like literally tailor-made to be in that type of spotlight, that type of personality.
00:08:38
Snooty
Doesn't throw his coaches under the bus, doesn't throw his players under the He even stood up for Gerard Mayo at the end of last year. he was he was because he liked He probably liked Mayo as like a ah guy, but mayor was a disaster as a coach but um go
00:08:52
Savage Boston
Well, I mean, talk talk about believing in yourself. You know, I think, you know, we believe in Drake. I think Drake really believes in himself in the best way. He's like, I don't have aura. I don't have swag.
00:09:04
Savage Boston
But like, you know, Drake May doesn't give a shit. Drake May is here to win games.
00:09:10
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Thank you.
00:09:10
Savage Boston
and And that's what he gives a shit about. And so, like, I love the fact that he gets to the podium. ah And i I messaged Reese today and I was talking with Reese about um his question to Drake. He's like, hey, Drake, do you have one play from the season that was your standout favorite play you made?
00:09:28
Savage Boston
And of course, you know, i don't know if you saw the clip, but what's Drake's answer? He's like, my favorite play is victory formation. And I'm like, this kid, it's like on the spot. He's like, bam, I love victory formation. I'm here to win.
00:09:40
Savage Boston
You're just like, this kid's created in a lab. Like maybe Bryson's theory with the with the brady ah Brady cloning.
00:09:44
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
just
00:09:47
Snooty
Thank you.
00:09:47
Savage Boston
I mean, Bryson, that you might be onto something.
00:09:50
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
I think actually I actually You know what? I hate to, I don't want to, again, blaspheme our Tom Brady, but I, yeah.
00:09:58
Savage Boston
That tweet went nuclear, by the way.
00:10:00
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
And because like most people didn't realize it was a joke, but then like 75% of people thought it was real. Right. Like even the news picked up on some of our tweets about this, but like, I just want say you guys probably are different.
00:10:14
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
I think you guys are a little bit older than me, but I hate to tell you guys this, but I also love to tell you guys this.
Patriots' Super Bowl Prospects
00:10:22
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
I think that I like Drake May more than Tom Brady.
00:10:28
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
And I love Tom Brady, um but Drake is just, he's more, he's one of us. He's more one of us as of right now, right? Like maybe you guys were around more in the beginning than me.
00:10:39
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
um I remember the stories about Brady drinking beers with the offensive lineman, but now Brady's ah he's a different guy, right? like He's partying with billionaires. he's whatever he's Whatever he's doing.
00:10:48
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:10:50
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
i'm not I'm not saying I'm not a fan, but I just like and don't care anymore. Drake, is he's one of us now, and I love him. and i i think that I think I'm going to like him more than Tom Brady.
00:11:02
Savage Boston
Well, it's more, it's more so Brady, obviously, as you know, and Bryson, you're like, I don't know, you don't have say your age, but like young, early thirties or something like that.
00:11:02
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
hate
00:11:10
Savage Boston
i don't know how old you are. Right. But we're, we're in our upper thirties. And so, you know, watching, watching Brady's whole career from when we were, you know, I was 14 when, when Tom's playing, you know, when started right at the beginning.
00:11:23
Savage Boston
So I remember every step. And so when Brady at the beginning, man, like he was that wonder kid, similar to Drake, really, like he came in, you know, nobody had any expectations at all, though, for Tom. I mean, that's the difference. Drake comes in. He's like, I'm King shit.
00:11:38
Savage Boston
He knows it in his head and he's performing. And I love that about Drake. Tom knew Tom in his head was like, I'm King shit. No one else thought that no one gave like Brady went out there and we don't need to talk Tom Brady in the pod all day, but like Brady went out there and proved himself. And I remember arguing with Peyton Manning fans, dude, this is back in 2004 on like the beginning of Facebook.
00:12:01
Savage Boston
This is talking going to lose our whole audience right now. Like who's like 20 years old, but the beginning of Facebook, dude, We had like Facebook groups and it was like Peyton Manning. I'm like, you don't get it. Manning can't win. He's not a winner, dude. He's got the stats, but Brady's a winner. And like, that was always what we argued was Brady had what it takes to win.
00:12:21
Savage Boston
And it was just ah it was a wild era. And then ultimately Brady's statistical stuff and EPA and MVPs, that all stuff all caught up to him. But at the beginning of Tom's career, it was more like he was doing the right things to win the games, but he didn't have the gaudy numbers of Peyton Manning. He was still a top-tier quarterback.
00:12:39
Savage Boston
Don't get me wrong. like You can't compare... numbers in this era to that era. It's extremely different. um And you can bear that out by looking at statistics from that era. but But yeah, like the Tom Brady thing, he was our guy at that time.
00:12:54
Savage Boston
Now, I mean, just like with Bill, we could go on about weird behavior, behavior you think is odd. Again, with Brady stuff, I think the dog cloning stuff, like he just loses me with it, dude. He loses me. Like I don't, this is like
00:13:09
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Thank you.
00:13:09
Savage Boston
weird stuff to me. That's just, it's just weird. So Snooty, go for it.
00:13:13
Snooty
No, I was going to say that like the way that May is playing, like it's more than statistically, it's a lot more than Brady did, that first especially that first year, but those first few years. But again, different league. That was before the Colts bitched so much that they changed the rules.
00:13:28
Snooty
um But like it's not dissimilar from the way May is playing, in the fact for at least for the last few games, where... like Okay, maybe he doesn't have as great a game statistically as he had before, but in the key moments when he has to make a play, the pick in the end zone excluded, like, he's made the play.
00:13:44
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:13:44
Snooty
And that was Brady at the beginning. Brady was the ultimate, like, you need it, like, clutch time, crunch time moment, like, he's going to get it. So he's not totally dissimilar from from early Brady in that sense.
00:13:57
Snooty
Brady definitely peaked famous. He got way too famous, and now he's fucking weird like the rest of them, but... It is what it is. um But anyway, um i mean, i don't...
00:14:08
Savage Boston
yeah
00:14:10
Snooty
I don't know. i mean, I think they've completely flipped me. I don't see why they can't win the Super Bowl this year at all. I honestly...
00:14:16
Savage Boston
I love it. I love that. set I was actually about to segue to that. And I was going to literally segue right and be like, all right, Bryson, you know, what's the reality here on, on Superbowl real Superbowl contenders? Like where are we at with this?
00:14:32
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Well, listen, guys, this is what I wrote the article about, because, you know, i just, well, I have to preface this by saying that For most of you that follow me and you see you see a lot of the mainline tweets, but Savage knows in the chat, we go hard, me and the chat, sometimes. Sometimes I'm just trolling, sometimes we're going at it, but in the summertime, I was like, you guys think they're going to win nine games?
00:14:55
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
I think you're crazy. um I wasn't as high as Mike Frable, so I just want to say, I'm just going to tell you guys I'm sorry. you know Mike Frable, Josh McDaniels, ah Mike has been the opposite of what I thought he would be, thought What I disliked about him was his lack of aggressiveness.
00:15:11
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
And now he's like totally aggressive guy, like believes in Drake May.
00:15:14
Savage Boston
Yep. yep
00:15:15
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Same with Josh McDaniels. They've really unleashed him, which to me is one of the main reasons why they're so dangerous. And I think maybe is it a product of their run game not being so good that they're so aggressive?
00:15:26
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
It doesn't matter to me either way, because this is exactly how I want them to play. And, you know, they do have Stephon Diggs, who they have they really have not unleashed yet. Like, he's still not he's still not involved as much as you would want a wide wide receiver one to be. He's still kind of like injured, recovering back.
00:15:44
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
I know Kishon Booty didn't play last game, but they they have good enough receivers, right? And they have a good enough off offensive line and they have an MVP style quarterback. And as I said, Modric, like ah one of the main a couple of the main things that a Super Bowl team has, they they can stop the run, which to me doesn't matter as much.
00:16:03
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
But the facts are the facts. is You stop the run. A lot of that that says a lot because the teams are obviously passing.
00:16:07
Savage Boston
Mm-hmm.
00:16:09
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
And, you know, there you have the MVP quarterback and you're low in points per game. They're still pretty. i think they're about average in yards per play, which is what I like. The only thing that really bothers me is is about the Patriots is that they really don't have that much of a pass rush, despite having what we think are pretty good corners.
00:16:29
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
Christian Gonzalez and then you paid a lot of money for Carlton Davis. And at the beginning the that was a little bit different, but that's starting to change. So we'll see if that turns around. But based on the rest of the NFL, all the rest of the quarterbacks, if the, you know, the Patriots have proven like they can win game consistently, no matter if they're bad teams, good teams, whatever, they're just beating everyone on the schedule right now, which is exactly what you do.
00:16:51
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
And they're not really, they're not really like peaking yet. Like they still have another level to go as we just talked about. Like they can still get the run game going. They can still get Stephon Diggs at 100%. We kind of saw that in the Bills game, right? They were, Drake and Diggs are unstoppable when they want to be really, which is what you like to see, which is why I think that they can win a Super Bowl. They can absolutely catch the Chiefs on an off night. They can absolutely catch the Bills on an off night.
00:17:15
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
all the And the AFC is a little bit worse, I think, the than the NFC. Maybe not quarterback-wise, which is a little bit scary having Mahomes or Allen or you know any of these guys, Lamar
AFC Competition and Patriots' Strengths
00:17:26
_Brycen2047 _Drake Maye_
potentially. But you know they do have...
00:17:36
Snooty
I mean, I think you touched on it. Like, it's as much about everybody else as it is about them. They have enough pieces where they can beat anybody on any given night. And, like, just given their schedule and stuff, like, they they're in the running for the number for the number one seed, right? They get a bye. That means you only have to win two games to get to the Super Bowl.
00:17:55
Snooty
yeah All of a sudden, all of sudden you need one upset. And, you know, now you're in the championship round, AFC championship game. And, you know, who knows at that point, hosting them. Right. And there you go. um I just think like, i mean, if May's playing at that level and if they can get good enough play from the defense, I don't see who in the AFC, at least that like they can't beat at all.
00:18:06
Savage Boston
yeah
00:18:17
Snooty
Right. I mean, I know Kansas City's good, but they don't. They're not like they used to be. Um, the Bengals, I think you match up pretty well against the Bengals, given that their strength is literally entirely their quarterback and two receivers.
00:18:31
Snooty
And they have absolutely no defense to speak of the Ravens kind of scamming more than anybody. The bills, the bills are still good, but don't know. They're there. The shine is off that star.
00:18:41
Snooty
Um, I mean, and I'm not a believer in the Colts. I don't believe in Daniel Jones. I don't think you win. I don't think you will go the Super Bowl win the Super Bowl building through running back and a running game. I don't see why they can't beat anybody at this point.
00:18:54
Savage Boston
I mean, this so it's all the league. ah It's obviously very wide open, which is which is awesome. I mean, that's what you want. Like, ah to be the beginning question is, like, how real are they as Super Bowl contenders? Like, they're they're real. They could really be contenders. Like, I think they – the path is there. I mean, like Snooty said, they could be the first seed in the AFC. I mean, that's wild. and get the Get the one by now and, you know, the Super Bowl goes through Foxborough, ah which would be amazing.
Improving Patriots' Playoff Chances
00:19:21
Savage Boston
But to address Bryson – A couple of things, like couple the roster holes, I find one problem, as you said, is is pass rush and especially edge rushers like Harold Landry, just, you know, not giving you as much as you need.
00:19:29
Snooty
Correct.
00:19:35
Savage Boston
This is kind of like falling off a little bit in the season. Chase on had a really good game. But again, he's kind of like that's a more of a specialist role, but he did have a great game. He's come on.
00:19:45
Savage Boston
But, you know, their their pass rush sometimes falls short. um Love the interior tackles. No problems at all there. um But again, I love again Milton Williams. Great, fantastic signing. Love that.
00:19:57
Savage Boston
I think what we haven't touched on yet is what um I think was a big point from this past game. The past game was you know on the stat sheet, the running game looked good.
00:20:08
Savage Boston
right You look at the stat sheet and say, whoa, Travion Henderson had two massive rushes. right He broke off two huge ones. That's huge. right However, take away the two massive explosive plays.
00:20:20
Savage Boston
they They couldn't run the football. So it's like, Remondre's out. They're struggling to have like a consistent run. And I know this is like very nitpicky, but you gotta to have to have those solid like four yard gain, five yard gain. You can't have Drake in third and 10 every series. it can't You're not going to succeed.
00:20:43
Savage Boston
And like, then you bounce it back to what teams are going to be... um what teams are you scared of, quote-unquote, or not even scared of. But if you go toe-to-toe, honestly still, if the Chiefs get in there and you go toe-to-toe with the Chiefs, with that coaching staff and that defense, let alone Mahomes, that to me is like – that's a really difficult matchup.
00:21:04
Savage Boston
That is really difficult. And and I don't want to – I don't, you know, I'll be happy to be in the playoffs. That was my whole goal for the whole year, make the playoffs. But that's a tough matchup versus you getting like the Jaguars or, you know, even, or even maybe even the bills who you've already beaten. Right. So I know there's a lot there, but I guess I'll throw it throughout to you, Bryson again. Like, do you feel like they need to be more consistent running the football to, to go deep into the playoffs?
00:21:30
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:21:37
Savage Boston
Mm-hmm. Okay.
00:22:23
Savage Boston
Yeah, yeah. You call it.
00:23:08
Savage Boston
Yes.
00:23:13
Snooty
So two things when Terrell Jennings is, um, uh, he's, he's got the old, the Garrett blunt splits every time he's in, it's a run every time. And you can't have that. And I know they survived with blunt doing that and, and all that, but like, you can't do that. I hated it when they did it with blunt. I hate it. Now you have to have some level of, you know, unpredictability, good unless you're storing up that trend breaking thing for like a key moment and you're not burning it on, you know, the bucks are certainly not the jets this week.
00:23:41
Snooty
Um, that's so That's something that's like it it's always irritated me with McDaniels. um Yeah, the passing game should, in theory, open things up. i If they're going to sit in single-eye safety looks trying to stop the run, then which is what they were teams were doing against the Patriots at the beginning of the year, and that's why there were so many open looks for May, and he was you know really airing it out. It's like, at some point, you're going to have to you know play more guys deep because...
00:24:06
Snooty
you can't sit like that and just get picked apart by me because he is good enough to do it. Like, and he's proven that at this point, um, and this week specifically, um, it was a tough matchup. That's one of the best run defenses in the NFL. I think they're number one or two, particularly inside the tackles.
00:24:23
Snooty
Um, that With Vitavia, I mean, he ate Bradbury alive, and that's just a bad matchup for Bradbury. Bradbury's
Challenges in Patriots' Offensive Line
00:24:30
Savage Boston
Very bad.
00:24:30
Snooty
smaller.
00:24:31
Snooty
I mean, he's not a small human, but he's like, what, 6'3", 295, 305, something like that.
00:24:35
Savage Boston
so
00:24:37
Snooty
I mean, he's not a huge guy. That's not his game is to just overpower someone like that, and and it's that's very, very difficult. Vitavia is one of the best in the league at doing that. um Because I think you've seen them have some, or at least certainly more consistency and more success with consistency running the ball against other opponents. So it's in some aspect, it's matchup based.
00:24:59
Snooty
I would like to see them get better. you know, the old extension of the run game, you know, short little passes to the running back in the flat. I would love to see them get that with Henderson because it's about him getting him in space and getting him outside. That's where his success, I know he had the one long run between the tackles, but ah where Morgan Moses just murdered a man. um But I also think Jared Wilson has been struggling a little bit.
00:25:26
Snooty
ah Savage, I sent you a text earlier. and think it was earlier today yesterday, like, If you look at, I watched a few clips of the footwork between him and Campbell, and they're both very good athletes, but you but like Campbell's footwork is is really fucking good.
00:25:43
Snooty
It's really good.
00:25:43
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:25:44
Snooty
um and you It's just little things like that. that he's i mean Wilson's a center moonlighting at guard right now. well Wilson's going to be your center going forward, so I think that's why going forward they're going to need to replace him at guard, and he'll slide in and replace but Bradbury center. I think that's part of the problem as well.
00:26:00
Snooty
um They're holding their own for the most part, but and And the backs, until last week, the backs hadn't been great as well. um I think through we talked