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00:00This is the Gregg Bedard Patriots podcast with Nick Cavins.

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00:27But before we get to a Drake May, just a couple of quick hits from Gerard Mayo just a little

00:32while ago as we record this on Friday morning, uh, remandre Stevenson looks like he's going

00:38to be out.

00:39Sounds like a Harris could get elevated.

00:41So that's a note that people should know.

00:43Uh, Mayo also said there's a shot at Sione talkie talkie being activated and playing

00:48this weekend.

00:49Uh, and then he also said two things I want your thoughts on quickly that Christian Barmore

00:55is progressing and says that he feels better now about Barmore being able to play at some

01:00point this year than he did a couple of weeks ago.

01:03Uh, just first your thoughts on Barmore and what Mayo had to say.

01:07Yeah.

01:08I mean, I think that was welcome news.

01:09Um, you know, I don't think Gerard was definitive in terms of like now they definitely expect

01:15them back.

01:16It was more like, you know, the chances are, are definitely better than they were when

01:22this came down.

01:24And as I told you at the time, um, it was sort of like a minimum three months him being

01:29out with sort of the, the, the course of medications that he would go through and that would bring

01:35us to sometime in November.

01:37Um, so I guess, you know, everything's going well and he's checking the boxes and I think

01:43we all know that Christian Barmore is a type of guy that they could use upfront.

01:47I mean, we, with each passing week, and I think this will be an interesting mashup with

01:51the Texans who, um, as good as the Texans have been, they haven't really been able

01:56to run the ball.

01:57Um, and they need to be able to run the ball.

01:59And I think on film teams are seeing that you can run on the Patriots, especially as

02:04long as you keep doing it and you stay consistent and maybe wear down Godchow a little bit.

02:08Um, so they need Barmore.

02:11We know he's one of their best players.

02:13Um, they could really use them at some point in time.

02:16The other note I wanted to ask you about from Mayo, because it's something that you talked

02:20about in the past is Cole strange.

02:22And Mayo said that 100% Cole strange, he could see, uh, playing center.

02:27He did say that while strange has been out, he's not been, you know, snapping to any quarterbacks

02:32or anything, but just your reaction to Mayo bringing up this idea, or at least being asked

02:37about it and confirming that yes, a hundred percent Cole strange, uh, could be a sensor

02:42option for this football team.

02:43Yeah.

02:44Well, I mean, you look at what they have and like, um, not that it's perfect.

02:49They have plenty of guards on this team.

02:52Um, I think that Michael Jordan at left guard is a guy that you can argue has been the team's

02:57best offensive lineman this season.

02:59Um, he's done that well.

03:02Um, some of it was David Andrews slipping a little bit with his injury and a when you,

03:07you know, hopefully big Mike with, with another week back at guard is a little bit better.

03:11I mean, he has been underwhelming to say the least, um, this season, whether it's been

03:15right tackler, right guard, and I don't really like his conditioning on film.

03:19I think he gets, he gets worse as the game goes on.

03:21Uh, I guess that changes the more you play.

03:24Uh, but you know, Cole strange athletically, no doubt in my mind, it was my evaluation

03:31of him coming out of the draft that I, you know, I was like, okay, he can play guard,

03:35but I think he has a chance to be a special center because of his athletic ability.

03:40And also with his athletic, he's like the prototype zone blocking set because he can

03:48move, um, better than just about any center or offensive lineman I've ever seen.

03:53Um, you know, so, but with him and with him playing center, I'm not worried about him,

04:00whether physically he can do it, he can definitely do it.

04:02And I think it would be a really good match, uh, with his athleticism to me, I think the

04:07big question, and I think the team even has questions about this, and this is where he

04:11can be working on this right now is the mental side, because so much in this offense compared

04:18to the old Patriots offense is on the center, um, being the brains basically of the protections

04:25of the schemes.

04:26Is that a strength for Cole?

04:28I don't know.

04:29I mean, I, that's not the book on him, but you know, who knows, I mean, maybe he's some

04:35sort of savant when it comes to that.

04:37I don't know, but that's something he can be working on now.

04:41He can be, you know, putting on those VR glasses and looking at actions and calling it out.

04:47Like he, you know, that's where he can be getting reps right now.

04:50And I think those are actually the most important reps when it comes to projecting Cole strange,

04:55possibly as a center.

04:56All right.

04:57Let's get to the story of the week.

04:58We know what it is.

04:59It's Drake may, uh, making his first NFL start against the Texans on Sunday, uh, before your

05:05thoughts about expectations, Greg, this weekend for Drake may, I first want to ask you about

05:11the plan.

05:12What, what kind of changes will the, will there be big changes, smaller changes?

05:17Are we talking significant here with AVP flipping some stuff around with Drake may, what do

05:22you think the plan looks like with may at quarterback versus Brissett at quarterback?

05:26If Jacoby was playing on Sunday.

05:29In terms of the offense and the approach.

05:31Yeah.

05:32Yep.

05:33Yeah.

05:34What you'll do.

05:35Well, what you'll do with may himself.

05:36What, what kinds of things, what kinds of plays could you run with may?

05:39What does he bring to the table that is different than Jacoby that AVP should be taking advantage

05:44of on Sunday?

05:46Well, I would say number one is the legs and, and I wouldn't, if, if I was scripting a game

05:51plan for Drake may, um, it would, I would try to tick off of things that he's very comfortable

05:58with.

05:59And I sort of talked about this on my solo pod the other day and, and, you know, I had

06:03heard Josh McDaniels talking on Julian Edelman's podcast earlier in the year, because he was

06:08asked about Drake may and how you handle a young quarterback.

06:11And we've seen it in the past with, you know, Josh McDaniels one, a game was a 27, nothing

06:18against the Houston and undefeated Texans team with Jacoby Brissett at quarterback.

06:22And, um, probably something similar to that.

06:26Not, I'm not saying that Drake may is not better than Jacoby Brissett was as a rookie.

06:30We all know, um, that, that Drake may is uber talented.

06:33There's no question about his skills.

06:36But you know, you, you, you basically, as, as a coach, you say, all right, well, what's

06:41in this kid's bucket?

06:43You know, what, what can he do?

06:44What's he comfortable with?

06:46And let's stay, stay there.

06:48And at this time it might be the size of like a coffee cup, but, um, that doesn't matter.

06:54You need to stay there.

06:55You don't want to do anything that he hasn't repped.

06:57You don't want to do anything he's not comfortable with.

06:59And then slowly you add like a little bit like, all right, he's doing this, but what

07:04if we add this and, you know, hopefully at some point in time, what, what may can do

07:10becomes a bucket instead of a coffee cup.

07:12Um, but I think if I were scripting the play for, for, for Drake, um, what we've seen that

07:18he's comfortable with, I would definitely do, you know, some sort of bubble.

07:22I would do some sort of quarterback designed run.

07:25Um, I'm not worried about him getting, taking hits on that because he'll know where the

07:29blockers are and things like that.

07:32Um, you know, I would say that where I think they are going to get a definite advantage

07:38is Drake's a bit of a gunslinger.

07:41And, um, I think that where, where Jacoby wasn't effective operating this offense was

07:49more sort of like the deep in cuts, um, Alex van Pelt loves those.

07:54Um, it's similar to a Polk play that he threw in the preseason, uh, the pop Douglas play,

08:03those types of things like Drake's gonna be, he likes to throw those and Jacoby does not.

08:09And so I think that that the more comfortable Drake gets, I think those types of things.

08:16And then, you know, the, the posts, the goes like Drake's not afraid, like if it's one

08:22on one, that dude's going to sling it out there.

08:25And, um, I think, I think, uh, I do think that he'll have a positive effect on the,

08:30on the offense.

08:31I just want to make sure that I, I let Drake get settled into the game before I start getting

08:38too astray.

08:41Offensive line.

08:42Looks like it's going to be starting for the second straight week, the same offensive line,

08:45which has not happened this year.

08:46Uh, of course, Houston has a ridiculous pass rush.

08:50They're number one in pressure rate.

08:51They've got Will Anderson, uh, you know, on, on one end and they got the Neil Hunter on

08:55the other end, uh, just your, your, your two or three highlights, Greg, if you have them

08:59as far as this Patriots offensive matchup versus the Miko Ryan's defense coming up on

09:04Sunday.

09:05Yeah.

09:06I mean, I, uh, you know, watching the Texans on film, um, and sort of, you know, my, my

09:13fear is that these guys are really fast on film and the Patriots defense, while they

09:18do a lot of, they have the potential to do a lot of exotic things.

09:22Um, they haven't necessarily done those.

09:24And I would say, uh, that going from facing the Patriots defense and their front seven,

09:30which is on the slower side, especially without Juwan Bentley, um, this is going to be something

09:35else.

09:36This is going to be the record player, like, you know, uh, going up a few notches.

09:40Uh, so I'm a little bit worried about that.

09:42I'm obviously worried about the ends because, uh, like you said, those guys are really good.

09:48I've been underwhelmed with the way that Alex van Pelt has dealt with, uh, with good pass

09:55rushers like Nick Bosa, like for me, way too many single blocks.

09:59Now you got two of them.

10:00Is he going to really take care of that?

10:02If I were Gerard Mayo as the head coach, I would be like, dude, we are putting tight

10:08ends on either side and they are staying in and they are leaking out.

10:11We are going to protect our number one quarterback and it's especially early on in the game.

10:17I worry about van Pelt doing that because I don't think these guys, these West coast

10:21guys like to do that.

10:22They love to get their, their five out in the route.

10:25And I just don't think that's a recipe for success.

10:28I worry about that.

10:32This Texans defense just faced Josh Allen and you could see their plan on film was they

10:40had a really strong pass rush plan against Josh Allen and that include mixing things

10:44up with a spy and things like that.

10:47If I'm them and I see the way Drake may has played, I'm taking that exact same game plan

10:51and I'm putting it right to this game.

10:53So not a great matchup in terms of that.

10:56You would have liked them play some sort of like Joe Flacco the week before, um, you know,

11:02a stationary pocket quarterback, they just faced a mobile quarterback.

11:06That's what they're going to get with sort of Josh Allen light in, in terms of Drake

11:09may.

11:11Um, the Patriots, you know, they have, they have to run the ball well in this game.

11:17You know, I ha I think you can run on the Texans a little bit.

11:21I do not want to be throwing at Stingley the cornerback.

11:25So it'll be interesting to see who they match up with.

11:27If I'm Drake may, I'm, I'm being very weary of that.

11:31Could be Jalen Polk.

11:32I might just eliminate Jalen Polk altogether in the game plan and go to pop, go to pop

11:37Hunter Henry, um, you know, Kendrick Bourne with another week.

11:42Those are sort of my thoughts on that.

11:44All right.

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12:10So I feel better.

12:12Last week was not good.

12:13I told you I didn't feel good about it.

12:15Hopefully, you know, you sat that one out.

12:17I feel a little bit better.

12:18So this is my lineup this week.

12:20Little, little bummed, no free square, but I am going Drake may more than 25 and a half

12:26rushing yards.

12:27I think, uh, I think that's where he's going to make his hay in this game.

12:30I do think he's going to make some plays down the field, but, uh, those legs are dangerous.

12:36I just talked about Polk, but I'm going Jalen Polk more than 22 and a half receiving yards.

12:42I think that Drake may really likes Polk.

12:45I think that they'll scheme something up.

12:46They'll get, you know, a couple of deep in cuts, uh, maybe a little bit of a go, but

12:51I may and Polk work well together.

12:54This one I don't feel great about, but I think that that pop Douglas is going to find some

12:59room underneath more than 33 and a half receiving yards.

13:03I have Dalton Schultz, the Houston Texans, tight end more than 33 and a half receiving

13:09yards.

13:10I don't love the Patriots, uh, safeties, even though Kyle Duggar could be back this week.

13:15He got back on the practice field and CJ Stroud who does not like to run.

13:20He has a pocket quarterback, uh, but I took more than eight and a half rushing yards because

13:25I still don't think the Patriots are all that disciplined.

13:28I do think that they cover well.

13:29I think that they'll, they'll cover.

13:32And at a certain point in time, CJ Stroud is just going to say, I'm going to take this

13:36myself and convert the first down.

13:38And I think he's going to hit on that.

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13:56All right, let's jump to the defense.

13:59My first question to you is, uh, the Patriots, they seem like they have the talent and they

14:04play man pretty well, but they haven't played man as much as they played last season.

14:10Uh, so they've been leaning on, on zone.

14:12Uh, when you look at CJ Stroud Stroud's done well against man so far this year, uh, are

14:18you playing man?

14:19Are you playing zone?

14:20Uh, will you, will you, of course you'll play both, but will you ramp up?

14:24Will you ramp up the man numbers, Greg, in this matchup?

14:27Or do you like sticking with the, you know, 65, 70% zone plan?

14:32Yeah, I want to go more man.

14:34I think the Patriots can really cover well.

14:36I mean, outside when Marco Wilson's out there, but, um, Christian Gonzalez has been really

14:42good.

14:43He was really good against Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle last week.

14:46Um, you know, the, the, the Texans don't have Nico Collins this week.

14:50They just put them on IR, which is huge.

14:51He was the leading receiver in the league.

14:54Um, you know, they have digs, they have tank Dell, they have Hutchinson, but you know,

15:01digs, isn't the same digs.

15:02And Jonathan Jones has a lot of experience against this guy.

15:05Not great.

15:06Um, you know, but digs, isn't the same guy I am.

15:09I'm blanketing these guys.

15:10I, I am, I'm going back old school.

15:13Um, you know, yeah, Stroud's really good, but, uh, right now, when I look at the Patriots,

15:20the strength of their team right now is in their past coverage.

15:23And I think that they need to play into that and maybe that'll free up, that'll free up

15:29the ability to blitz a little bit more.

15:31Um, so yeah, that's what I'm doing.

15:34All right.

15:35You're DeMarcus Covington.

15:36You're getting the game plan together this week.

15:38You're looking at the Texans offense, uh, two or three things, Greg, that you're highlighting

15:42walking into this matchup.

15:44Well, I say, you know, the big thing is I think the Texans are really going to try to

15:48run the ball.

15:49They haven't been able to run the ball very well.

15:51Their offensive rushing EPA is 29th in the league.

15:55Their pass EPA is eighth.

15:57Um, but I do think that Houston needs to run the ball, especially without, um, without

16:04Nico Collins out there.

16:05Uh, I think there are different beasts, so, you know, I really want to be better against

16:09the run.

16:10Um, you know, and I think that, you know, Stroud is Stroud's a special guy.

16:17You know, you got to stay alive with your coverage.

16:20He goes to a lot of second windows.

16:21Um, you know, again, he doesn't like to run, but he will run to, to, to find an opening

16:27to throw.

16:28He will.

16:29He's, he's mobile that way.

16:30And, you know, tank Dell's a guy who knows, you know, we might see a little bit more this

16:37week for the Texans.

16:38He's a guy who really hasn't gotten, gotten on track there for them.

16:42Um, but you know, I, Stefan digs is the go-to guy.

16:46I'm probably doubling him on third down.

16:48He really likes Dalton Schultz as well.

16:51Um, you know, but making sure you also take care of tank Dell.

16:55Yeah.

16:56The run game, you know, 24%, uh, I mean, 24th and run rate.

17:00So they haven't run the ball a ton and when they run the ball, uh, 30th in success rate

17:04in the league.

17:05So that's, uh, yeah, not good.

17:07And their run block win rate, their offensive line is 28th in the league when trying to

17:11run the football.

17:12So they've had some issues upfront, uh, succeeding and, and making those blocks that they've

17:16needed.

17:17All right.

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18:39All right, Greg, this week's pick I'm three and two on the season against the spread.

18:44I believe you're two, two and one against the spread.

18:48We are both three and two straight up that Miami game hurt us last week.

18:51They should have won that damn game.

18:53But let's let's look at the the Texans match up here and the pick and the numbers Texans.

18:59I saw it yesterday, FanDuel.

19:01Maybe you have it differently.

19:02I had it six and a half.

19:03Do you have six and a half?

19:04Yeah.

19:05Yeah.

19:06I have six.

19:07All right.

19:08So I've got Texans minus six and a half.

19:09And the overrunner is 37 and a half.

19:10Greg, give us your pick.

19:12So I do think they're going to get a I do think they're going to get a Drake May bounce.

19:16I think they are going to make plays.

19:18I think Drake's going to make a couple with his with his arm.

19:20I think he's going to make more than a few with his legs.

19:25I think they're going to up the total.

19:27I think they they are going to score some touchdowns.

19:30I do think that, you know, Drake May's probably going to turn the ball over a time or two.

19:36You know, I worry about fumbles getting hit and also the Texans just fooling him.

19:43I mean, D'Amico Ryan's their defense like they do a lot of shit on third down.

19:47And like, you know, this is where Drake this is going to be different from college and

19:51what he saw in the preseason.

19:53And I do think there's going to be some confusion.

19:56I do think he's going to throw the Texans once, but I do think it's going to be fun.

20:01It's going to be adventure.

20:02I think they're going to they're going to stick for a while.

20:05I do think without having Collins, I do think that that's going to affect the Texans and

20:10make this game a little bit closer.

20:13But I have the Texans 3017 in this game, so I like them to cover.

20:22Yeah, I mean, I'm concerned about the turnovers as well.

20:26I do think Drake will have one or two turnovers.

20:28I'm concerned about the Ramondre Stevenson injury doesn't look like he's going to play

20:31this weekend.

20:32Now you're down to Gibson and hasty and Harris.

20:35So, you know, what does that look like?

20:38We know Alex Van Pelt didn't want to run the football against bad run defenses when he

20:41had Stevenson out there.

20:42I don't know what the hell he's going to do on Sunday without Stevenson.

20:45Your guess is as good as mine.

20:47I like the Texans 2717.

20:50I would I would take those Texans minus the six and a half.

20:53And let's see what the math is.

20:55That's the that's the overwrite 2717 is 44 points, I believe.

20:59So both Greg and I have the over 37 and a half.

21:02All right.

21:03That'll do it, everybody.

21:04It should be a fun time this Sunday.

21:06You know, some chaos, I'm sure.

21:08But it's the start of a new era with Drake May out there.

21:11Greg and I will be back early next week to recap how Drake looked and how the game went.

21:16Until then, everybody, enjoy your football weekend and be well.

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