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00:00I am joined by Robert Griffin III, James White, Field, Yates, Mena Kimes.

00:16All right, so first play we're going to look at, second and two, one of the Patriots' first

00:20offensive plays.

00:26Super slow today on this end, but it's Mike Calica, Taylor Kyles, back with another episode

00:31of Patriots Daily here on the C Atlantis Media Network, powered by PrizePix and GameTime.

00:37As always, we'll hear more from them later, but we got a mailbag for you today, folks.

00:41It's Wednesday.

00:42It's the turnover day going from the Texans to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

00:46So we asked for some of your questions on Twitter.

00:49If you have any more, start dropping them in the chat right now.

00:52We're going to get to as many as possible over the next half hour, 35 minutes, while

00:56we have you here on this lovely Wednesday.

00:59But first, we're going to hit on a couple quick Patriots topics that came down today.

01:03Me and Taylor just got back from Foxborough a little while ago, spoke with Gerard Mayo.

01:08I almost just said Mac Jones, Taylor, but it's not Mac Jones.

01:11It is Drake May.

01:12It's contagious.

01:13Yeah, it seriously is.

01:16But it's Drake May's second start coming up this weekend in London.

01:19Jalen Polk spoke today to Mark Daniels exclusively from MassLive.

01:23Some comments from him that we want to react to.

01:26And also an ESPN way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way too early mock draft coming

01:35from Jordan Reed on ESPN Plus, who does a great job with his draft coverage.

01:39He's one of their sort of core guys now over there at ESPN.

01:42And I want to react to that one first, Taylor, because what they do, especially when they're

01:47this early in the season, is they basically just flip the standings and go from one to

01:5232 that way.

01:53And right now, Patriots, according to standings, FPI, whatever ESPN uses, they would have the

01:58number two overall pick in the 2025 draft.

02:02And with that pick, Jordan Reed had them selecting none other than Colorado's Travis Hunter,

02:08wide receiver, cornerback, connoisseur, if you will, arguably, at least arguably to Alex

02:14Barth, who's obsessed with Ashton Jante from Boise State, arguably the best player in college

02:19football.

02:20I am one who says that Travis is the best player in college football.

02:22I think he's the Heisman front runner, plays both sides of the ball every single snap for

02:27Deion Sanders, Colorado Buffaloes.

02:29And Jordan Reed had the Patriots taking him at number two.

02:32Now, some banter back and forth today between some of our beat buddies, you, myself, Barth,

02:38Ryan, Evan, that that little group of contingents and a lot of people saying it's crazy.

02:44So and you're you're on that side, I think.

02:46So I want to hand it over to you first.

02:49Why should the Patriots not draft Travis Hunter with the second overall pick if that is the

02:55position that they're in?

02:57So when Bill Belichick actually broke it down, he looked at a lot of the receiving class

03:02I think last week or two weeks ago, and he mentioned what I've been saying, like we've

03:05been talking about Travis Hunter and all these guys, and I said, I really think that he's

03:08a cornerback because when you look at him, he kind of looks like Typhon Thornton, except

03:12not as tall like he's a thin guy.

03:15And I really worry about obviously like crazy stamina to be able to play back on defense

03:20and offense.

03:21Obviously, that's not going to happen in the NFL, though.

03:24Nobody's doing that.

03:25There's way too much punishment on your body.

03:26I don't care what position you're in.

03:27No one's playing wide receiver.

03:30Let him do it.

03:31No, it sucks.

03:32But like, we're not talking Deion Sanders here, like, you know, obviously, he's coached

03:36everything.

03:37But like, dudes aren't built like that anymore.

03:39Very, very different kind of game.

03:41So my big thing with Travis Hunter is I just think he's too small to hold up as a wide

03:44receiver as a guy who may have to go up and catch balls and fall down.

03:48Like think about Devontae Parker past couple of years, really throughout his career.

03:51Then Typhon Thornton.

03:52Those guys, when they go up for passes and they fall down with Parker, it was his game

03:56and just all that contact eventually just weighs on you.

03:59And then we've seen what's like one Thornton where against the Packers in a joint practice

04:02last year, he goes up for a pass, falls on his shoulder and gets hurt.

04:05Right.

04:06Now, obviously, that can happen on both sides of the ball.

04:08But as a wide receiver, you can't really make a ton of business decisions like you can choose.

04:12I'm going to go down or I'm going to go out of bounds, kind of like Tyler Lockett.

04:15But as a cornerback, you're not expected to make tackles quite as often.

04:19So you're not really taking on as much contact.

04:21That's why I really think he's a better fit at cornerback.

04:24And also just corner is such a difficult position.

04:26If you can play corner at a high level, I think you should probably stick there.

04:29I think Christian Gonzalez is in a similar spot where I know Coach Flight mentioned that

04:33he was playing receiver and they saw him play corner and they were like, whoa, whoa, whoa.

04:36No, no, no.

04:37You're going to stick with the defense back.

04:39So as talented as he is, obviously, I do not think he can hold up as a wide receiver.

04:44So if he's not a wide receiver for you, which is one of the two positions I'd be OK with

04:47the Patriots taking in the first round, he's still a cornerback.

04:51I don't think you take a cornerback as much as I would love to see him and Christian Gonzalez

04:55blocking down receivers every week.

04:57I just don't think that that's nearly important enough for the Patriots to go after with their

05:01first round pick.

05:02So obviously, you know, Travis Hunter is a fantastic player, but the Patriots have much

05:06bigger priorities.

05:07Get Ted McMillan.

05:08I think if there's a tackle you really like at that point in the top 10, if they're still

05:12there, take that guy.

05:13You can't go taking a cornerback.

05:15So I agree that they probably shouldn't take Travis Hunter with the second pick.

05:20Like I get all of that logic and all that reasoning.

05:23However, I just don't think it's as insane as some people because he is the best player

05:29in college football.

05:30He is one of the better cornerbacks in the nation, and he's one of the better wide receivers

05:35in the nation.

05:36So like you bring him in and you see what you have on him and you see what happens.

05:40And now, realistically, if they do have this, like I just I don't think they should do it,

05:44but I just don't think it's that crazy because it's not like they're reaching for a guy at

05:48the top of the draft.

05:49Right.

05:50He's going to go within those first couple of picks.

05:51Some team is going to take him and try and use them and try and make him a superstar,

05:56no matter what, you know, what phase of the game they do it in.

05:59Right.

06:00And so if the Patriots were to do that, I don't think I would necessarily think it's

06:04an insane move.

06:05But if they do have the second overall pick and they do have have all of it, it's insane.

06:13From the chat, who's going to play offensive line now?

06:17I don't want to just say they'll figure it out because I do think that if they do have

06:19the second pick, they should ultimately trade back.

06:22Go for, like you said, a Tep McMillan from Arizona or take one of the two offensive tackles

06:27in in Kelvin Banks and Will Campbell.

06:29So it wouldn't be the smartest decision, but they are also in need of a wide receiver.

06:34And Travis Hunter has shown that he can play wide receiver at an elite level in college

06:38football.

06:39Now, so did Taekwon Thornton and so have other guys who become busts in the NFL who are on

06:44the smaller side.

06:45Xavier Worthy.

06:46Again, I'm not saying Xavier is a bust just yet, but he's on the smaller side and he's

06:49shown that it's been difficult.

06:50There was a couple of preseason clips that I know you posted.

06:53I think you posted on Twitter.

06:55You got rocked because he was absolutely smoked off the line of scrimmage like it's going

06:59to be a challenge for him to come to the next level.

07:03Now this might be the crazy part that I think of Travis Hunter, and I know we're trying

07:07to do quick hitters here, but I still wonder, like, look, he's playing all every single

07:14snap in division one, big time, college football.

07:20Why can't he do it in the NFL?

07:22Like, and I'm not saying everything you're giving me the look.

07:25Every single play is a, is a force, but he's not going to like, he's playing every single

07:30snap at wide receiver, Colorado, put him in your wide wide receiver rotation and maybe

07:34play him in different sort of packages on defense and let them do both and let them

07:39shine at both and kind of, you don't want to spend a second overall pick though on a

07:43gadget player on both sides of the football.

07:45You want a guy who's going to play every single snap on one side of the ball.

07:48So I do understand it's a tricky situation, but at the end of the day, he's super talented.

07:53He's the best player in the country and he's going to go in the top five.

07:55So why not have the Patriots do it?

07:57Well, first off, he's a one dimensional receiver.

07:59Like as talented as he is, he runs like two or three routes.

08:03So to be a great NFL player, you need a lot of time at one spot.

08:07I think about the practice week, he's going to split time between receiver and cornerback

08:11as a full-time player on both sides of the ball.

08:13That's not going to happen, but he's doing it right now in college that he's doing it

08:16now.

08:17So he's used to it again as a wide receiver though.

08:19He's very underdeveloped.

08:20Like he's a very natural player.

08:23He's got great ball skills.

08:24He's got speed, all of that, but you would need to fully commit to playing one of those.

08:28And I think Belichick mentioned, he kind of likened him to Marcus Jones where he's a very

08:32good defensive back who can also, you know, give you some offensive production gadget

08:35plays that might work, but he's not going to play full time on both sides of the ball.

08:41Yeah, you're probably right.

08:42All right.

08:43Let's move on.

08:44Deion didn't play full time on both sides of the ball.

08:46He like contributed on offense because I think they had injuries or something like that.

08:49So, you know, it's just multi-sport athlete is what Deion was, but yeah, I just, that's

08:53not how the NFL works.

08:54If you take too much punishment, these guys are too good, you know, that's just not feasible.

08:59I think we can both agree that it's going to be exciting to see what happens with Travis

09:03Hunter at the next level.

09:04But I think we both also agree that we probably don't want it to be the Patriots that have

09:08to try and decide what exactly is going to happen because he's a hell of a player, but

09:11it's going to be a tough dilemma and he's going to go at the top of the first round.

09:15And it's not Travis Hunter hate.

09:16I'm reading the, this isn't hate.

09:18I've said it three.

09:19He's going to win the Heisman.

09:20He's the best player in the country.

09:21He's he's incredible and he does both at an elite level.

09:25It's just difficult to see it translating fully on both sides at the next level.

09:29So let's continue on.

09:31Let's talk about another Patriots or not another Patriots wide receiver, but the Patriots wide

09:35receivers currently on the roster and that's Jalen Polk who drawed Mayo talked about it.

09:40I believe it was after Sunday's game or maybe Monday morning at one of his press conferences

09:44post Texans game and said that Jalen Holt, Jalen Polk has a mental hump to get over in

09:49order to eliminate the drop passes that he's had over the last couple of weeks.

09:53Taylor, we had the numbers on yesterday's film show, not off the top of my head.

09:57Don't remember them, but basically weeks one through three, Polk was super consistent catching

10:02a majority of his targets.

10:04And over the last three weeks, he's caught, I believe five out of 19.

10:07So not great from his end, but Jalen Polk actually spoke today to mass lives.

10:11Mark Daniels saying, I'm not dealing with the mental problems at all.

10:15And even said that he has the best hands in the NFL, despite all of the drops.

10:19So Taylor, your immediate reaction to Jalen Polk's comments today with Mark Daniels.

10:24I think he needs to stop being so vocal, to be honest, and I'm not Mr.

10:29Like silence players or anything, but this is the second time he's made a comment.

10:32Basically, there was in the Dolphins game when he thought he got both feet down.

10:37He was very adamant that he was in and all that.

10:39And it's like, nah, man, I'm sorry, by the letter of the law, you were not.

10:42Maybe the rookie, back off a little bit, show a little more humility, I think.

10:48And I don't like telling people what to say, but it's just because it's not true.

10:52Like you don't have the best hands in the NFL.

10:53You've been in the NFL for six weeks in terms of the regular season.

10:56Like bro, like kind of ease off that a little bit.

10:58And I have the numbers here.

10:59So it's been targeted 16 times since week four.

11:03It's got five of those passes.

11:04He said he had two drops on three targets against the Texans.

11:07And we broke it down on our show.

11:08Make sure you check out.

11:10We talked about how Drake made his help unlocking the sophomore receivers, but

11:13the rookie receivers obviously aren't really playing well enough for

11:17the coaches liking.

11:18And part of that is because not only was he dropping passes,

11:20he also ran the wrong route one time and another time.

11:24Didn't look at Drake May on the last play of the game for the offense.

11:27For whatever reason, Drake basically had to throw blind and

11:30took a hit because his receiver kind of hung him out to dry.

11:33So I disagree with that.

11:34Now, they're not counted as drops by PFF because against the 49ers,

11:39he had one punched out.

11:40I think it was similar.

11:41He had two drops against the 49ers.

11:43I don't know why they didn't call the second one because he extended it,

11:46bounced off his hands on a dig and almost got intercepted.

11:49I don't know why that didn't count.

11:51But he also had a drop against the Dolphins where Jalen Ramsey was also right

11:56there and he was making contact.

11:58But if you're Jalen Polk, you're not gonna get a lot of separation.

12:00You need to make the catches.

12:02And then the first drop, it's all these hitches.

12:04I feel like almost every single one is a curl or

12:06a hitch where he's trying to sell vertical, come back to the ball.

12:09First time it's kind of contested deeper downfield, he drops it.

12:11But the second drop that he had was bad.

12:13He's open, not very far downfield, just flat out dropped the ball.

12:17Whether he's got a mental hurdle, maybe he doesn't see it that way and

12:20he was maybe offended by the wording.

12:22We don't know the tone that he used.

12:23We just read it, so not totally sure.

12:25But yeah, no, Jalen Polk does have an issue.

12:27He needs to be more consistent.

12:29And whether he agrees or not, we may end up seeing it in the lineup.

12:32Because we've seen these coaches are not hesitant to make you play less.

12:35And we're already seeing Jalen Polk, he played 55 snaps against the Dolphins.

12:39He played 55 snaps against the Dolphins, 40 last week against the Texans.

12:43And you know who's snap count is going up?

12:45Kendrick Bourne.

12:46So it's like they don't need him in the rotation.

12:48Obviously he's talented, we wanna see the guy thrive.

12:51But I mean, he's gotta also own up, he's not playing well enough.

12:54No, I get that.

12:55And I think, realistically, him saying that he has the best hands in the NFL.

12:59And I think that's more of just a, I'm uber confident in myself, right?

13:03And I'm not gonna let anybody else tell me that I can't do this.

13:06And so on one hand, it's like, okay, he believes in himself.

13:11And I think that's a good thing to have.

13:12Instead of, he's not feeling sorry for himself.

13:14He's not sitting there and saying, yeah, I stink and I need, no, I can do this.

13:18I just need to get through it.

13:19I got nothing going on in my head.

13:21But at the same time, you're right, you do have to own up to it.

13:23And be like, look, I messed up and I'm gonna get better from it.

13:25And here's why, because I do have this confidence in myself.

13:28So it is sort of a messaging thing.

13:30But I think you're right, where you kinda gotta back it up before you start saying

13:34you have the best hands in the NFL.

13:35Now, another thing he mentioned is that he's sort of,

13:39A, waiting for an opportunity to get better.

13:40But he's also been limited in what he's able to do on the field.

13:44And Polk was playing a majority of the Z receiver role to start the year.

13:48And that's sort of where he had all the success.

13:50And again, it wasn't-

13:52We saw the flashes.

13:53Yeah, flashes.

13:54Success is maybe a little strong because he obviously hasn't been great this year.

13:58But that's where we saw the flashes and more consistency in targets.

14:00Last couple weeks, Kendrick Bourne comes back.

14:03He sort of rotates and starts playing in more of the X receiver role.

14:06And that's where he seemingly sounds like his role has been limited.

14:10So do you think that needs to change in order for Polk to get better?

14:13Do you think it's a scheme thing?

14:14Do you think it's a fit in this system?

14:16Why do you think Jalen Polk feels like he's limited in what he can do?

14:21Yeah, last week, friend of the show, Matt Harmon,

14:23really hit it on the head of perception, perception that Jalen Polk is a Z.

14:27He's a slot.

14:28We already knew when he came out of the draft that he wasn't an ideal X receiver

14:31because he's not gonna create a ton of separation.

14:33He's not exceptionally big, and he's not exceptionally fast.

14:36But he is a good football player.

14:38Now, I think part of it is the fact that Mayo also touched on blocking.

14:42He raved about Polk's blocking when they drafted him.

14:44But he hasn't really made a lot of impact plays in that regard.

14:48You know who has?

14:49Keyshawn Booty, the guy who now in a lot of those base person,

14:52or in some of those three receiver sets, is the Z receiver.

14:55So he's been making the blocks, and he's close to the line of scrimmage and

14:58close to the play.

14:59So because he's been blocking well, yeah, you want him in that role.

15:02And then Kendrick Bourne, obviously a veteran, he knows what to do, and

15:05he's been a good blocker in the past.

15:06So they've really been the main Zs the past couple weeks, or at least last week.

15:10Because as we know, Kendrick Bourne really just got his feet wet

15:13against the Dolphins.

15:14But yeah, he's not built to play X because at X,

15:16he's basically just running goes, slants, and hitches.

15:19That's the entire route tree because you're near the sideline.

15:22You can't really run a ton of outbreaking routes unless you're closer inside

15:25the numbers, but with their scheme, that X is usually outside the numbers.

15:28So yeah, he is limited schematically because he doesn't have the field to work

15:32with like he would more often as a Z or in the slot.

15:35But at the same time, bro, no block, no rock.

15:37You gotta earn that spot.

15:38Keyshawn Booty's out playing you.

15:39Kendrick Bourne is established on this team.

15:42You need to earn a role.

15:43So yeah, I absolutely agree that it's not the easiest position for him to play X

15:46because it's not a natural fit.

15:48But if you have other guys that are doing their jobs better and the Z role is going

15:52to be the one where you typically see more throws on play action, RPOs and

15:57things like that, you may be more involved than you would at X.

15:59So that's really just what it comes down to.

16:01And I wonder too, Taylor, and this is sort of going to be our last segment

16:05until we break for a second and get into the mailbag.

16:07But I wonder if that turns into Jalen Polk, frankly, being benched right now.

16:12Somebody who they can't trust, who's not catching the football,

16:14he's not running the right routes all the time.

16:16Because Gerard Mayo mentioned today that they will be making some lineup changes

16:21and shakeups because they're just not getting it done.

16:23And there's guys out there that they don't have confidence in,

16:25in doing the right things.

16:27He mentioned-

16:28I will say to that point, I feel like that's more about the defense.

16:31Okay, that's-

16:32Offensive shakeups could be there as well.

16:34But I do think, just because Javon Baker hasn't proved it either,

16:37Taekwon Fortin was a healthy scratch after playing one snap.

16:40So it's like, they're also not really flushed with options at wide receiver.

16:43I think they're still going to stick with Polk.

16:45But I think this may be another week where we see more of Kendrick Bourne.

16:48That's a good point.

16:49I think Kendrick Polk-

16:50Kendrick Polk.

16:51Kendrick Bourne becoming healthier, Jalen Polk sort of dying off a little bit.

16:55Instead of letting him figure it out on the field,

16:58maybe there's a little bit of a discrepancy in the reps.

17:00But that's the offensive side of the football.

17:01I did want to hand it over to you, to the defensive side of the football.

17:04Now, we talked about this a little bit in our standup today down in Foxborough,

17:07which you can check out our sort of full evaluation on the matter

17:10on Patriots Press Pass, and make sure you check out that video as well.

17:13But Mayo mentions lineup shakeup, lineup shakeups,

17:17and the defense letting up 41 points last week,

17:20getting gashed in the run game, clearly unacceptable.

17:23What do you make of Mayo's comments?

17:24What do you expect to see on the defensive side of the ball

17:27that does change moving forward?

17:28Yeah, we're going to touch on some of that stuff tomorrow.

17:31We're going to do a key matchup.

17:32Move away from what we've been doing in the past,

17:34where usually we bring a guest on with the Patriots.

17:37They're one and five right now, so I know people don't really care about that.

17:40We're going to get more in the film regarding the Patriots

17:42and kind of give you more on that perspective.

17:43We'll tease.

17:44But I think the one that stands out the most is Raekwon McMillan.

17:48I also asked Rod Mayo about the linebackers.

17:50He said that they are not playing well enough and that they've got to do better.

17:53And Raekwon McMillan is the name that kind of flashes on the billboard for you

17:57because he's been a huge liability in the run game.

18:00If he doesn't diagnose the play quickly and shoot down and plug the gap,

18:03he's usually going to get washed out or he's going to end up overrunning it,

18:06like outside zone.

18:07Within a couple of weeks, it seemed like he overran the play

18:09and then they cut back against him for huge gains.

18:11They're on gap.

18:12Like, he's just kind of getting manhandled.

18:14So I think he could end up getting benched.

18:16They've been trying to get Jelani Tavae to play more Mike linebacker,

18:19like Jawan Bentley, where I think he actually looks pretty good.

18:22Like, they've had Christian Ellis at weak side linebacker.

18:25They've used Sione Taketaki.

18:26Obviously, he was activated last week.

18:28They've had him in that adjuster role where he plays on the line of scrimmage

18:31and off the line of scrimmage.

18:32So I think that's what they want to do, is they want to have more.

18:35Like, Christian Ellis has earned his snaps.

18:36He's mostly been a dime linebacker, but he's been pretty good there.

18:39So I think they're trying to get him some more opportunities on base downs.

18:42But really, I think the ideal lineup that they're going to have

18:44is probably Jelani Tavae, middle linebacker, Sione Taketaki

18:48as that guy who moves on and off on early downs.

18:51Christian Ellis is your dime.

18:52And then also Keon White.

18:55Now, Keon is kind of like Leighton Robinson for me, where they're raw

18:58and they make a lot of plays.

19:00And it's like, yeah, I see why you like this guy.

19:02Like, Keon White has made plenty of impactful run stops.

19:05But also, if you look at the explosive runs that they've given up,

19:07he's at the point of attack almost all the time.

19:09A lot of these offenses are attacking that pass rushing defensive end

19:12they use in their odd fronts, which is Dietrich Wise or Keon White.

19:16Dietrich, you definitely do expect it.

19:18Like, this has happened for years where he gives you more pass rush.

19:20And he's good against the run.

19:22But if you double him, there's not a whole lot he can do.

19:24And with Keon, sometimes it's single blocks

19:26where he'll get completely washed out or he'll kind of go upfield

19:29rather than hold his ground and shed and go inside.

19:32And that's been a pretty consistent issue for him.

19:34So I think maybe a lesser role for Keon White on early downs.

19:37I really think if you want to unlock him and play him at his best,

19:40he's really an interior pass rusher.

19:42That's the best role that he has right now.

19:44Still solid as a stand up outside linebacker or edge on rundowns,

19:49but still been very inconsistent.

19:50So frankly, I'd like to see on those early downs

19:53more of the beefier three defensive tackle packages where it's like Godshaw,

19:57Jeremiah Farms, Daniel Equality, or however you want to mix it up.

20:00Eric Johnson, Jaqueline Roy in the middle, whatever it is like enough of this.

20:04Like you're not getting pass rush anyway.

20:06Keon White's not giving you a ton of pass rush

20:07when he's on the field on base downs.

20:09Dietrich Wise is giving you some, but it also takes him a while to win.

20:12So if you're really worried about the run and like Tank Bigsby

20:15has been one of the most efficient running backs in the NFL, beef up.

20:18Stop the run.

20:19Like we already know you're probably going to get to the faster anyway.

20:22Maybe some simulated pressures up the middle.

20:23I don't know.

20:24But like I it's been a consistent problem

20:27where they keep running at the same people.

20:29So the rest of the defense, I think they've been doing like Godshaw

20:32leads the NFL in run stops.

20:34He's been playing fantastic.

20:36Daniel Equality has been solid, especially in a bigger role.

20:39Jelani Tobias has not been good in coverage, but he has been good as a run stopper.

20:42Like most of these guys are doing their jobs and they're doing them well.

20:45Or like Marte Mapu, where you're kind of being put in a tough spot

20:48because he really shouldn't be near the line of scrimmage.

20:50But Joe Peppers, you know, is has his situations.

20:53Right. Rayquan McMillan is the name that stands out for me

20:55in terms of guys who might get benched.

20:58And that's really pretty much it.

20:59Marcus Jones was flagged twice last week.

21:01One was B.S. Dietrich Wise, who was talking about penalties

21:04and disappointing all that.

21:05He had an offside penalty that wiped out a third downstop, almost led to score.

21:10But the Texans ended up missing the field goal.

21:14So, you know, those are the names I'm thinking of.

21:16But really, it's McMillan that stands out the most and maybe just a lesser role

21:19for Keon White.

21:20We will see what happens.

21:21Patriots lose five straight.

21:22Something's got to give as they head over to London.

21:25Let's get into the bail bag, Taylor.

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22:41All right. Here we go, Taylor.

22:43Let's do some questions.

22:44And again, if you guys have questions, Patriots questions, Jags questions,

22:48anything in between, throw them in the chat.

22:50We'll try and get to those here.

22:52So hello, beast mode. How are you?

22:55All right. Here we go.

22:57Offensive line.

22:58We talked about it a little bit on Monday's mailbag.

23:00We've talked about it.

23:01Really, it's it's it's the topic that everybody wants to know about, Taylor.

23:03But where do you put the blame on the state of the offensive line?

23:07Now you've been

23:11one to not blame the front office and sort of put it on the injuries.

23:15But if there is if there is a place to blame, what's wrong with it?

23:18Because there's no denying it's in the numbers.

23:19It's in the product that their offensive line is not great.

23:23And if the question says you think offensive line

23:26will be a priority with a rookie quarterback.

23:27But I think this guy understands that it's not always that simple.

23:30So he might be on your side.

23:32Yeah, I mean, I have the injury bug more than anything.

23:35And I know that's not a fun answer, but coaches are usually the first ones

23:39where when it comes to injury, they're like, yeah, but we need to play better.

23:42Scott Peters has acknowledged that Gerard May was acknowledged several times.

23:46It's tough. They have a different lineup every single week.

23:49Now we've seen Vardarian Lowe and Michael Jordan both far exceed expectation.

23:53Right. Vardarian Lowe looks like a guy who at first we thought was really

23:57just purely a backup this year.

23:58He looks like a legitimate spot starter, maybe even a low end starter.

24:02Honestly, if he had stayed on the field, who knows how much further he'd get?

24:05Michael Jordan hasn't been great, but he's been solid.

24:07And this is a guy who was on teams practice squads for several weeks.

24:11Ben Brown right now played so well after getting to the team.

24:15Not even on Monday.

24:16I think he got there on like Wednesday or Thursday play so well.

24:18They feel comfortable enough to cut Nick Leverett for whatever reason.

24:21We still don't know for sure.

24:22Wish we'd asked him about that earlier today.

24:24But like Ben Brown has been playing pretty well.

24:26Obviously, teams have film on him now.

24:28Maybe they'll try to exploit him with some more explosive rushers.

24:31Who knows?

24:32But you still got a quality performance out of that guy.

24:34No unblocked pressures last week for the Patriots.

24:36That was the first time all season.

24:38A lot of that has to do with Drake May, but also a lot of that's Ben Brown

24:41just clogging up the middle.

24:43Mike and Wenu has definitely not played as well as you would expect.

24:45I don't really know why.

24:47It just feels like last week.

24:48I know there are some of their combo blocks.

24:50I mean, Michael Jordan didn't look quite as good.

24:52Couldn't really get to the second level very often or pick up those guys

24:55when they blitzed, which is tough for a big guy like him.

24:57But still, you expect Mike and Wenu to be far from one of your main problems.

25:01And I think he's been one of the issues.

25:03But like so we always talk about it like this.

25:06Imagine if the offensive line was what it looked like

25:09in the beginning of the summer or like once the Darian Lowe got into the lineup.

25:12We're talking Lowe, City.

25:14So David Andrews, maybe, you know, Mike and Wenu, Chukso Correfour.

25:18That's a solid lineup.

25:19I really think of that group with chemistry.

25:22I think they'd be fine.

25:23Would they be great?

25:24It's a good word for it.

25:25But like, I don't think they'd be bottom ten necessarily.

25:28Chukso Correfour has started games at right tackle.

25:30But Darian Lowe, like we said, has looked good.

25:32City's a little bit more of a wild card.

25:34And Wenu again isn't playing well.

25:36But on paper, you're looking at the lineup and saying this is pretty damn good.

25:39And then when you talk about Demontre Jacobs, Zach Thomas, guys

25:42that they got right after roster cuts who have played pretty significant roles

25:46for them relative to what we probably would have expected earlier.

25:48So I really just think they've been put in a bad spot.

25:51I think you see the flashes of wow, especially on the left side

25:54when Lowe and Jordan are together.

25:55You're like, if we had this every week, I don't think like line games

25:59are as much of a problem on the left side.

26:01You can tell they have a decent feel for how each other work.

26:03Like it literally is night and day when you look at the right side

26:06compared to the left when those guys are healthy.

26:08So I don't really think it's about putting blame anywhere.

26:11I think the front office has genuinely done their best.

26:13You can definitely critique some of the things that they did,

26:15you know, not bringing in Jonah Williams was one that we talked about.

26:19I still don't know if he even would have come here.

26:20And the injury thing, I think that's a stupid reason to be like, oh, look,

26:23what if they had signed him?

26:24Because like you don't know if you would have gotten in.

26:26Yeah, right.

26:26Butterfly effect. Yeah.

26:28Right. I think he may have a history with an injury.

26:29I don't really know too much about that.

26:31But butterfly effect. Yeah.

26:33So I just I really think that the injuries have been extremely tough.

26:35So I think the coaches have done

26:37a really good job considering what they've had to deal with.

26:39And the front office is on a solid job

26:42giving them some players during the season that can play, you know,

26:46a functional level of football for them.

26:49I think you're I think you can,

26:52I guess, critique now the signings of Okorafor and Leverett

26:57because they didn't work out.

26:59And so did they know a did they know Nick Leverett would get hurt

27:03or maybe didn't want to be here after what happened last week?

27:06Again, we don't know what's going on with him,

27:07but he's obviously not on the team anymore.

27:09So in theory, not a good signing because he's gone.

27:11Same with Chooks Okorafor, where he doesn't want to play here anymore

27:14and he leaves. So looking at it now, not good signings.

27:17But I think you're right when you say that original starting

27:21offensive line without injuries.

27:22Low. So Andrews on Wenu, Chooks is fine.

27:27And could you have done more than that? Sure.

27:30But it's not like they didn't try at all.

27:31And then so that's my big thing. Critique that.

27:34They just were like, oh, we're fine on the offensive line.

27:37They got more guards when they already had guards.

27:39Right. Critique that.

27:41Critique that first five offensive line. Fine.

27:43But you can't critique really.

27:44You you can critique where they are now, but it's not right,

27:47I don't think, to put this on the front office

27:49because when the injury bug comes through, that's just something

27:52you can't really you can't really predict and you can't really have happened.

27:56Yeah. Go one more thing.

27:58Also, we always forget about this.

27:59People like, oh, you had Nick Leverett as your backup playing at center.

28:02And I understand that that was still a new position to him.

28:04And he acknowledged that to me.

28:05But at the same time, who was the backup center at the beginning of the year?

28:08What they expected on paper was Jake Andrews.

28:10Yeah, right. He's got hurt.

28:12So it's like it's very hard for me to sit here and say, yeah, man,

28:15they really relax the day school last year.

28:18Like, I still kind of defended the front office

28:20because it was another year where I didn't really love the tackles in free agency.

28:23And I feel like a lot of that proved to be right.

28:25Tackles in the draft weren't all that good either, really,

28:27unless you wanted to get one in the first round was Broderick Jones.

28:30He's not even playing well.

28:31So like it really I think the biggest issue for me when we talk about tackle

28:35is that they probably could have addressed this years ago

28:37when Isaiah Wynn was constantly getting hurt

28:39and it was very inconsistent when he was on the field.

28:41You could have addressed it like two or three years ago, but you chose not to.

28:44That's right.

28:44And now it's being compounded because you know what tackles are hard to find

28:48and you had a lot more holes that you had to fill.

28:50So, you know, I think they made the effort.

28:52You can debate the moves.

28:53But yeah, I just I think injuries crushed them.

28:56It's been tough.

28:56So with the injuries and with the trade deadline coming up, Taylor,

29:00should they panic?

29:01And by panic, I mean, call the Cleveland Browns,

29:03who are seemingly in a fire sale right now and call about Jedrick

29:07Wills of Jack Conklin.

29:09This old man mob says Wills is a free agent after this year.

29:11Conklin, 30 years old.

29:13So do you think they should try and fix this problem through the trade market?

29:16Do you think they should sort of just wait and tackle this in the draft next year?

29:21So my buddy, Andre Weingarten, actually did suggest

29:25a couple of interesting options.

29:26He suggested trading for Taylor Moten.

29:29I think that's how you pronounce his name from the Panthers

29:31or Colton Miller from the Raiders.

29:33Now, both those guys are about 30 years old, but they're good players.

29:36Now, Moten, I think, is someone who's more been on the right side.

29:38I think Colton Miller can play right or left

29:41if they want to do something like that.

29:42Maybe resign those guys to the next, like, you know, extend them

29:44maybe to like a two more years on their contract.

29:47So you got some time, you know, build that rapport.

29:49I'd like that.

29:51I don't know about the tackle.

29:52So Jack Conklin's always hurt, bro, unless it's like a conditional sixth round pick.

29:56I'm not biting on that.

29:58And then Jedrick Wills, you know, I don't know if they want to get rid of Jedrick

30:02Wills. I think that's a red flag.

30:03You know what I'm saying?

30:04Yeah, like he's a young player.

30:05If he's if you're willing to trade it before his contract is up

30:09as a team that, you know, you have Dwan Jones, but he's not a left tackle.

30:12I think that if that were to happen, I'd be like,

30:15why do you want to get rid of him so bad?

30:16You know, so I don't I don't want that idea.

30:18And this sort of goes to

30:21to this question here.

30:22And I want to kind of wrap up the the offensive line talk

30:25because it just it gets stale.

30:27And I think we all know that this offensive line isn't that good.

30:30They again, you can argue if they did their best or not in free and say whatever,

30:34but it's not good and it needs to be fixed.

30:36So do you think they should feel offensive line through the draft?

30:39Should they do that through veterans next season?

30:42I know it's only August or October 16, but we did mock draft talk.

30:46The Patriots are one in five.

30:47They're probably not playing for much this year.

30:49So looking ahead to next season, what position should they fill through the draft

30:52and what should they try to fill through veterans next offseason?

30:56I'm going to kind of cop out on this because, one, I don't really know

30:59the draft prospects very well, and two, we don't even know

31:02what veterans are going to hit free agency and, you know, those situations.

31:05So I'm kind of going to punt on this, but I will I will say the positions

31:08I want them to fill, period,

31:09because I don't really care if it's an experienced guy or what.

31:12Like you just need talent.

31:13So I would say left tackle and wide receiver.

31:15Those need to obviously be your absolute top priority.

31:18So just get players who you think can be instant contributors.

31:21That's the bottom line.

31:22Like receiver, you need a true X.

31:25Then you need a left tackle.

31:26You know, maybe Caden Wallace, they start repping him at left.

31:29But, you know, whatever happens there, I would rather just have the right tackle.

31:32Like you have another swing at it.

31:33Just get a guy who's been there for his entire career.

31:35So you don't have to worry about the whole switching sides thing.

31:38Then cornerback.

31:39And I think edge are huge, huge areas are going to have to fill.

31:42Cornerback. So Travis Hunter.

31:46Cornerback, I think, is one where you either get a veteran

31:48or you can maybe get like a mid round pick, because I don't think it has to be

31:51like a dude, but I think you need someone with size who can hang

31:54with some of the bigger receivers, because like you got Marco Wilson,

31:57you got Isaiah Bolden, they got size, but like they're kind of just guys right now.

32:01They're not really dudes or anything like that.

32:02Marcus Jones, he's a dude in the slot.

32:04Gonzo, obviously a dude on that one bookend.

32:07But Jon Jones might not even play next season.

32:09So that might be a whole edge we already know.

32:11Like they need to do something.

32:12I don't know if Joshua Uche is going to be here next year.

32:15So I think edge rusher maybe is one of your earlier draft picks, like third round,

32:18unless you can get a veteran on the market that's your scheme.

32:22But yeah, those are really the big ones.

32:23Like I think you got to address those two premium positions on both sides of the ball.

32:28But for the defense, I think you can maybe wait till the middle rounds

32:31or get a free agent.

32:32But when it comes to receiver and tackle, like those need to be guys

32:35who can come in and immediately be very sizable contributors for you.

32:39I think so, too.

32:40Wide receiver tackle one and two.

32:42They sort of hit on wide receiver with the second round pick

32:45this year in in Jalen Polk.

32:48And they obviously go with Baker as well.

32:49But you still need sort of that tier one, a one guy.

32:52And whether that be through vet, through vet, signing a veteran or through

32:58through the draft, well, I guess we'll see what happens.

32:59Like you said, you don't exactly know who's going to come up,

33:02who's going to be available on the trade market.

33:04If T Higgins is going to stay franchise again, if they let him test the market.

33:07So there's a ton of factors.

33:09But I think obviously tackle wide receiver one and two cornerback as well.

33:12And I want to kind of tie Jonathan Jones, as you mentioned that

33:16into this next question, because you don't know if Jon Jones is going to play next year.

33:19He's 31 years old.

33:21He's I believe he was on the injury report again today with an injury.

33:24He's someone who's been sort of banged up.

33:25But he's also somebody, Taylor,

33:27that I think they could dangle on the trade market if they do want to be sellers here.

33:30So do you see the Patriots entering the trade market?

33:33Should they trade older players like Kendrick Bourne, who was,

33:36you know, dangled in the in the Brandon Ayoub trade discussions?

33:40He's somebody they could potentially trade out Jonathan Jones as well.

33:44And the question comes in as some as the guy saying that,

33:48you know, these guys do deserve to play now and compete now and compete

33:51for titles now they're at the back end of their career.

33:52So I will just answer this one first and say that

33:56I do think Jonathan Jones is someone who maybe could be

33:59potentially out there if a team's looking for a cornerback.

34:01I know it stinks.

34:02He's been a guy here forever and someone who been a leader here,

34:07won a Super Bowl, won a couple of Super Bowls, I believe,

34:09and has been a patriot for life.

34:11But if you can get something for him,

34:14similar to my stance on like Matthew Judon, where if he's not in your

34:18plans beyond this season, then trade him.

34:21I think Jonathan Jones could be a potential guy in that mix as someone

34:24who they could try and try and get something for and try and build

34:27towards the future.

34:28I think they need to retain John Jones,

34:30because I think they're losing so many leaders on the defensive side of the ball.

34:34Yeah, like right now, we don't know what's going to happen, obviously,

34:36but like they don't have Peppers.

34:38They lost you on Bentley.

34:40I know that Jonathan Jones is more in that Kyle Dugger mold

34:42where they're more quiet leaders.

34:44But we've heard Mike Pellegrino freaking raves about Jonathan Jones.

34:48Yeah, also, frankly, selfish.

34:49You would like to see him retire as a patriot because, again,

34:51you get to play next season.

34:53I don't know that I trade him,

34:54especially because I don't think the depth behind him is very good.

34:57Like, yes, you want to get pieces for the future,

35:00but also you want to be competitive.

35:02And I think if you trade John Jones, you're throwing Marcus

35:04Marco Wilson out there.

35:05And then maybe I say a bold and who's barely played for whatever reason,

35:08probably because he hasn't earned more of a role.

35:10I think if he was doing it behind the scenes and playing well,

35:12then we would see him get some role maybe over Marco Wilson.

35:15So I wouldn't like Jonathan Jones.

35:17Kendrick Bourne, we know that they were thinking about floating him

35:20in a trade with Brandon Ayuk.

35:22If you were going to trade

35:23Kendrick Bourne, it would have to be for that kind of like

35:26difference making wide receiver, because I do not think one.

35:29I think the energy that he brings really is pretty significant.

35:32Although Drake May's confidence in his swagger obviously helps.

35:35But we've already mentioned it.

35:37It's not, you know, if Jalen Polk isn't going to play.

35:39All right, then, like, who's it going to be?

35:41Yeah, that's a good point.

35:42A lot more thin than I thought we thought it would be

35:45a little bit earlier this season or maybe in the summer.

35:47So are there guys that could trade away?

35:48I'm looking at the roster now.

35:51It's kind of the same problem as last year.

35:52You don't have a lot of players that people would probably want

35:54in the ones that you do have.

35:56You don't really have the depth just be getting rid of them

35:58because you wouldn't have a competitive enough roster situation at that spot.

36:02So are there any names that stand out to you?

36:04I don't see anybody who I would think any team would be knocking

36:07on their door for that.

36:07They could also afford to lose.

36:09I think mine's Jonathan Jones.

36:10And the only reason I know they, I guess, can't afford to lose them.

36:13But, I mean, maybe it's it's not the mindset that the team's in.

36:17But my mindset on it is, OK, so what?

36:20You have to mend the fence for the rest of the season

36:22with Marco Wilson and Isaiah Bolden, like you're one in five

36:25and you're not playing for anything this season anyway.

36:27So if you can get a decent pick for him, OK, you you.

36:31Gonzo takes on the first guy and you figure it out

36:33with the rest of the Marcus Jones is playing decent football as well.

36:35So figure it out and get to the end of the season

36:38and you get something out of Jonathan Jones.

36:40That's really my thought on it.

36:41But besides that, I don't want Kendrick Bourne to be gone.

36:43They signed him to a three year deal for a reason.

36:45I think they see him as a, you know, in here for not just the short term,

36:50but a little bit more so of the long term, too, as they get through this rebuild.

36:53But I do think Jonathan Jones is one guy.

36:55Besides that, I don't really see many other huge trade ships for them.

36:59Yeah, somewhat.

37:01That's what happens when you're not a very good thing.

37:03Exactly. All right.

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38:10All right.

38:10Couple more.

38:11I am going to go to the chat because there were a couple decent questions in there

38:15and then we can wrap up with some of the preloaded questions.

38:19If you just give me one second.

38:23I had one.

38:24Oh, here we go.

38:26Do you believe Ramondre will play this week, Taylor?

38:28Now, the injury report did just come out.

38:30He was a DNP with that foot injury.

38:33And I would say that I'm led to believe that that injury was a little bit worse than they

38:39let on at first, only because he didn't practice all week last week.

38:43He didn't.

38:43He was ruled out early on Friday when realistically they were the home team.

38:48So they didn't have to rule him out till Sunday.

38:50They could have sort of let him work through it.

38:52They did not have to rule him out because they weren't traveling.

38:55Right.

38:55So it wasn't like he didn't get on the plane.

38:57So he's not playing.

38:58They could have tried to work him through Sunday, but they knew Friday he ain't playing.

39:02After the game, he said it was fine.

39:04I feel like that was also him talking out of adrenaline because he had just got rolled

39:09up upon.

39:09He went out back out there and continued to play.

39:12Obviously, I'm sure the thing swelled up like a balloon after that game the other day, but

39:17still no practice today for Ramondre.

39:18So I wonder if they do end up having to continue with Antonio Gibson as their lead back.

39:24Yeah, I kind of want this in and we can talk about the injury report because it came out

39:27while we were streaming.

39:29Ramondre did not participate today with a foot injury.

39:32I would lean towards no, honestly, because it's got a quick turnaround this week.

39:35They're flying to London tomorrow.

39:37I think that's a lot to ask him, which stinks.

39:40But also, I think the Jaguars have one of the better run defenses in the NFL.

39:44One of the things we're going to talk about the preview tomorrow.

39:46I think this is the week that you do air it out with Drake May and then also did not

39:50participate.

39:50Marcus Jones wasn't there.

39:51We didn't know why.

39:52At first, we now know it was because of a groin injury as well as an illness.

39:55But Darian low ankle did not participate.

39:59He didn't know if Darian Lowe was going to practice, but he did kind of leave the door

40:02open to potentially playing this weekend.

40:05Some other guys that stood out on the injury report.

40:07No additions other than Drake May.

40:12Knee injury, but he was a full participant.

40:14Maybe he'll have like a brace or something on.

40:16Who knows how serious it is.

40:17Like, I don't think he had anything on during practice.

40:19No, he didn't.

40:20Yeah, it's not anything that serious.

40:21Again, he's a full participant.

40:23Did we know that Devon gotcha had an elbow injury?

40:25Was that new?

40:25Yeah, he was on there last week with that.

40:27Okay, yeah.

40:27So yeah, those are the big ones.

40:28Marcus Jones, Romandre Stevenson.

40:30I do not think Romandre is going to play this week.

40:32Sneaky big one for me is just that Kendrick Bourne has been upgraded to a full participant.

40:36Oh, I didn't call.

40:37Yes, he was.

40:38He was limited ever since coming back off of PUP.

40:41He was listed on the report and was questionable.

40:43Had questionable heading into last Sunday.

40:45We knew he was going to play, but he was still sort of working back.

40:48Full participant tells me they're looking to continue increasing his workload, which

40:53means like we were talking about earlier, maybe less snaps for Jalen Polk if they sort

40:57of bring it out that way.

40:59So yeah, I'm with you, though, on on Mandrake.

41:01I don't see him playing on Sunday either.

41:05All right, we'll get a few more in here, Taylor, before we get out of here.

41:11Here we go.

41:11Another trade question to the Patriots.

41:13Try and trade Josh Uche or Dietrich Wise to the Lions with Aiden Hutchinson being out

41:18for the rest of the season.

41:19I don't know what they could get for a return on some of these guys.

41:21I'm not a specialist in this, but.

41:25I don't hate the idea of dangling a couple of those guys for the lot to the Lions, who

41:29are seemingly all of a sudden in need for some pass rush.

41:33Yeah, I'm looking up Uche's numbers right now because I don't think he's been very

41:36productive as a pass rush for the past couple of weeks because he's been more disciplined

41:39and then, you know, you kind of had that right effect there.

41:43Dietrich Wise.

41:44Again, this is what the leadership thing like.

41:46I think they need as many defensive leaders as they can.

41:49I also don't think I feel like Dietrich Wise is one of those players who's much more valuable

41:53to the Patriots than he is anybody else.

41:55Like, Aiden Hutchinson is one of the most explosive humans in the NFL.

41:59Dietrich Wise is a bigger guy.

42:00It's just not his skill set.

42:01He's slower, but really his game is more about power and technique.

42:05So I don't really think that they'd be interested in him.

42:08Joshua Uche now pass rushing.

42:10Yeah, so he in two of the last three weeks, he's had a pressure rate under 10%.

42:16He had 5.6 against the Niners, 13.3 against the Dolphins, but that was only two pressures.

42:22And those pressures were real quick.

42:25Those pressures were the first one was really more effort.

42:29That was his sack where he ended up going all the way around and chased down Huntley.

42:32And the other one was actually against a running back.

42:36He went inside the tackle, took a blitzer, and he ended up on a running back.

42:40So I don't think any team is going to be looking at Joshua Uche

42:43in terms of his numbers or the tape that he's put up and think,

42:46wow, we got to bring this guy in.

42:47Here's the more telling thing.

42:50He's had one pressure in week four, two in week five, and then one last week.

42:54So for a designated pass rusher, that's not very good.

42:57Obviously, he's been a little bit better against the run,

42:59not as much of a liability when he's on the field.

43:02But yeah, I don't know who's going to really see those guys.

43:06Yeah, I'm with you.

43:07And I also think listening to Dan Campbell over the last couple of days,

43:10they seem fully committed to filling.

43:14Now, granted, it's impossible to replace a guy like Gaten Hutchinson, right?

43:18He's one of the best pass rushers, one of the best defensive linemen

43:20in the entire sport.

43:21But they seem pretty gung-ho on patching it up with what they have.

43:25And the Lions are deep.

43:26As much as Gaten Hutchinson is important to that defense,

43:29their offense is filthy.

43:30The rest of their defense is still really good.

43:32And I think they're going to be just fine.

43:34And they'll try and make it work without him.

43:35And they seem committed to doing so.

43:37I don't see.

43:38There was a report that they maybe kicked the tires on trading for Hasan Redik,

43:42who, I mean, you bring that guy and you don't know if he's going to even play for you.

43:45It's happening to the Jets right now.

43:46But I think they're going to be fine moving forward without Aiden Hutchinson for now.

43:51All right.

43:51I want to wrap it up on this one, Taylor.

43:53Continuing on with the Patriots defensive line.

43:56Do you expect to see more of Jaqueline Roy play more snaps?

44:00He was pretty good last week.

44:02He was good the week before, too.

44:04Somebody who is all of us.

44:05And you mentioned, too, using some more three defensive linemen sets for the Patriots.

44:10Do you think they could rotate Roy in there and kind of let him wreak havoc up front?

44:15Yeah.

44:15So unfortunately, the one play from the last game that sticks out to me

44:20is when he tried to tackle Damian Pierce with his shoulder.

44:25Yeah, that was tough.

44:26That was a pretty significant blemish.

44:27Like, really, Jaqueline Roy has played both the last two weeks.

44:30Hasn't been perfect, but he has had impact plays.

44:33Back-to-back sets.

44:34Both examples of great, great effort on his part.

44:36He's been pretty sturdy in the middle of the defense at that nose tackle spot.

44:40Has allowed Devon Gottschall to play more odd defense at end,

44:43where he's one-on-one against guards and tackles.

44:45And they cannot block that dude one-on-one.

44:47Again, huge credit to him.

44:49He has 18 run stops a season, most in the NFL for any player.

44:53But yeah, I think definitely.

44:54I thought it was surprising that Eric Johnson hasn't played the past two weeks,

44:57considering he played much better against the 49ers than he did the week before.

45:01Against, that was the Jets?

45:05Was that against the Jets?

45:06I think so.

45:07Yeah, that sounds right.

45:08This is the point in the season where we start to blend together a little bit.

45:10And I don't know what happened when, where, why.

45:13Yeah, you almost had this thing titled the Texans Week Mailbag earlier on,

45:16if I didn't catch it.

45:18Yeah, thank you for that.

45:18But yeah, no, I do think we'll see more of Jaqueline Roy.

45:20The coaching staff seems to like him.

45:22And he's putting some good stuff on tape.

45:24So it's been really cool to see him fill that role.

45:26And another tip of the cap to Elliott Wolfe, man.

45:29Some of these in-season acquisitions have been pretty good for them.

45:32I know they're depth pieces,

45:33so no one really wants to shine a light on them or give them credit.

45:36But I can't really think of too many personnel moves that they've made

45:38where I'm just like, oh, what is this?

45:41What are we doing here?

45:42I'll say it if I feel it.

45:43But I won't say anything, actually, rather.

45:45If I think they made a mistake, I'd tend to just be like, you know what?

45:48I didn't agree with it.

45:48And if I'm not talking about it, that's how you know I didn't like it.

45:51But I've really liked a lot of the moves that they have made.

45:53Yeah, I mean, Ben Brown is the big one before we get out of here.

45:56I mean, the fact that he's come in essentially allowed them to cut Nick LaVret

46:00and move forward with him for the time being

46:03as they figure out that center position.

46:05He was really solid last week,

46:06so kudos to them for finding that guy sort of a diamond in the rough there.

46:10So that's going to do it for us here, Taylor.

46:13On this mailbag Wednesday on Patriots Day,

46:15we'll be back tomorrow for some more podcasting.

46:19We're going to preview Patriots versus Jaguars with some film.

46:23So make sure you keep it here for that

46:26as the Patriots head over to London tomorrow afternoon.

46:28Yeah, Taylor, what do you got?

46:29I just wanted to say for the film rooms,

46:31so we're really trying to lean more towards those.

46:34It's probably not going to be as much, on my end at least,

46:36going to be maybe less written content.

46:38I'm going to put more of my time into these film breakdowns.

46:40So if you guys have anything you want to see,

46:42any recommendations, anything like that,

46:44please put them in the comments.

46:45We want to make these as good for you guys as we can,

46:48as easy to digest and all that stuff.

46:49So any comments, questions, concerns, whatever you guys have,

46:53let us know.

46:53They'd be greatly appreciated.

46:54Your support also on those has been fantastic.

46:56Yeah, we appreciate it.

46:57We're working hard on those.

46:59So yeah, throw any and all critiques,

47:02comments in the comment section.

47:04Feel free to tweet at us as well,

47:06if you guys have anything that we can improve on

47:08in these film breakdowns as we try and bring you

47:10the best Patriots content as possible moving forward.

47:14So Taylor, thanks for joining me.

47:15Thanks for doing this.

47:16We'll be back, like I said, tomorrow here

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47:34Peace out, everyone.

47:38I don't know where Taylor went, but bye guys.

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