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Greg Bedard and Nick Cattles preview an overseas matchup between the Patriots and the Jaguars, and discuss the key elements the Pats need to focus on to earn a victory in London. Can Drake Maye limit his mistakes? Can the offensive line contain edge rushers Trevon Walker and Josh Hines-Allen?  0:00 - Intro 3:05 - Rhamondre's game status 6:33 - Full workload readiness 9:03 - Personnel grouping issues 13:04 - Jaguars London trip 15:50 - Patriots' potential trades 18:51 - Future building blocks 20:51 - Patriots vs Jaguars 25:01 - Jaguars offensive problems 27:00 - Patriots wide receivers 28:35 - Jaguars rushing attack 30:34 - Drake Maye's performance 32:25 - Origins of wide zone 34:31 - RPO game strategy 36:19 - Trick plays discussion 37:59 - Jaguars improvement focus 43:30 - Final game predictions   ************************************************ Patriots Content Brought to you by....  Prize Picks - https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS Download the app today and use Code CLNS at PrizePicks.com/CLNS & Get $50 instantly when you play $5!   Gametime - https://gametime.co Take the guesswork out of buying NFL tickets with Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code CLNS for $20 off your first purchase. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime! Merch Store - https://shop.clnsmedia.com  Social Media!!!!  Patriots Twitter- https://twitter.com/patriotsclns  Patriots Instagram-  https://www.instagram.com/patriotsclns/  Facebook- https://facebook.com/clnsmedia  LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/clnsmedia/about/  Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@clnsmedia *********************************************************  ABOUT PATRIOTS COVERAGE ON CLNS:   Welcome to the CLNS Media Network’s YouTube channel for New England Patriots  football.  CLNS Media is the leading online provider of audio/video coverage for the 6X Super Bowl Champions.  Get complete inside access to the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro and everywhere on the road. CLNS Patriots credentialed insiders Greg Bedard, Andrew Callahan, Tayler Kyles, John Zannis, Alex Barth and Mike Kadlick provide instantaneous news and analysis all in real time, as well as full access to complete videos from the players, coaches, ownership and everyone else inside Patriots Place.  If you enjoy CLNS’ Celtics  All Access and are craving more Boston sports content, you head over to CLNS’ Patriots  Press Pass at   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqX7G3pEDTseNxtoDU27PEg?sub_confirmations=1   __________________________________________________________________________  For Celtics Content:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmp3kivpOg3lzoJC7yV7VjQ?sub_confirmations=1   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmp3kivpOg3lzoJC7yV7VjQ?sub_confirmations=1    Celtics Twitter - https://twitter.com/CelticsCLNS   Celtics Instagram - https://instagram.com/celticsCLNS  Twitter Main- - https://twitter.com/clnsmediaCLNS

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

00:10You know, I was going to ask Greg to send me, as they say, constantly across the pond

00:16so I could cover this game, but I just had a feeling that Bedard was going to shut that

00:20down.

00:21So I did not even ask.

00:22But here we are, both of us in New England to cover the Patriots versus Jags out in London

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00:52All right, let's start with the headlines, Greg, as we do each and every podcast.

00:56Of course, we lead with Drake May and his knee.

00:59What's your hearing about the quarterback?

01:01Yeah, you know, what I'm hearing is pretty much what everybody else is hearing is that

01:09the the team doesn't really address the knee or people around the team.

01:14They just say he's fine.

01:15You know, he's fine.

01:17You know, I do think that I think that he tweaked something in the game.

01:22We saw him at one point limping.

01:24That may or may not have been tweaked again during practice on Wednesday, which led to

01:31Ben Bowen reported it was an MRI.

01:33Nobody has shot that down at this point.

01:38You know, am I overly concerned?

01:41No, I mean, I don't love it when the third overall draft pick is already hurting after

01:46one game.

01:47I think he'll be fine.

01:49I did.

01:50I did find it interesting that I was, you know, I was looking at him through my binoculars

01:55and he's one of these guys, Nick, that like his his pants, like come, they don't go over

02:01his knee.

02:02Yeah, he doesn't have it.

02:04They're almost like knickers the way he wears them.

02:07And I thought that was interesting.

02:09Also interesting that he wasn't wearing a knee brace.

02:12We all know, you know, Brady did that for a while until we all know what happened.

02:17And then after that, he always had a knee brace, at least on his on his front leg.

02:23His plant leg.

02:25So I'll be interested to see if there's any developments with Drake in that regard.

02:29I mean, I think the reports have been at least before, you know, with practice here in New

02:35England that he didn't have anything on his knee.

02:39So that's a good sign.

02:41But I wonder if that sort of changes once we get to the games.

02:45The pants stuff reminds me as a Notre Dame fan last year, Sam Hartman looked like he

02:48was wearing shorts on game days.

02:51It bothered the hell out of me for some reason.

02:53Romandre Stevenson running back.

02:55We all know who he is, did not play last week, banged up with the ankle.

02:59He did travel with the team, Greg.

03:01He's likely Mayo said today a game time decision.

03:04If he does play on Sunday morning, how big of a lift could he be for the offense?

03:08Oh, yeah, I mean, I definitely think it's big.

03:12I think that the you know, and it wasn't Antonio Gibson's fault.

03:16You know what happened with the running game?

03:20You know, last week, it was I do think that the Patriots sort of need all their backs.

03:27They're all sort of complimentary to each other.

03:29And Romandre is, you know, really the the workhorse of the backfield and the you know,

03:35I think that that brings a comfort and I think, you know, Gibson's a little bit more of a

03:40slasher.

03:41So having those guys, two guys together, I think is an asset for the offense.

03:45So yeah, getting him back would be it would be a nice little boost.

03:48I think.

03:49All right.

03:50Let's talk about Gerard Mayo.

03:51He was with the media this week before they left for London.

03:56And he talked about changes and he talked about some personnel changes.

04:01What kind of changes can we see, Greg, on Sunday?

04:05Your best guess as guys that could move around dudes who might start.

04:09We did hear about Christian Ellis from DeMarcus Covington seems like he's the obvious one

04:13replacing Raekwon McMillan.

04:16But any other thoughts about some changes that we could see?

04:19Yeah, I think it's going to be mostly superficial.

04:22I know Gerard talked about, quote unquote, sending a message.

04:27You know, the only guys that I see that would really send a message to where people are

04:32like, oh, crap, they mean business right now.

04:35I think you're looking at a guy like Michael Winnow, who has underachieved since getting

04:40that big contract.

04:44He has not been to the level that we have expected that he's normally played at before

04:49the contract.

04:50But do I think they're going to do that?

04:51No, I think they're going to bump him out to right tackle.

04:54I think we heard today that Leighton Robinson is going to play.

04:58Yeah.

04:59So I assume that's going to mean a Winnow to right tackle Leighton back to right guard

05:06where he got off to a fast start, but then, you know, sort of slumped.

05:09And I think Mayo talked about like a wall.

05:12You know, sometimes that happens and maybe he just needed a breather as a young guy and,

05:17you know, Lowe's going to be out.

05:18So I would expect DeMontre Jacobs to switch back over to left tackle.

05:24So another, you know, line combination here.

05:28But, you know, benching a guy like a Winnow would definitely send a message.

05:32They just they're not in that circumstance where they can do that because they don't

05:36have enough.

05:39As much as Mike has underachieved this year, he's still one of their better offensive linemen.

05:44So what are you going to do?

05:46I would I would probably reduce Jalen Polk's role.

05:50I would probably put him down to, you know, probably third or fourth on the depth chart.

05:59Just give him get back to basics.

06:01Give him, you know, a few certain packages that he's part of just to sort of reset him.

06:08I would put KJ Bourne, excuse me, KJ Osborne.

06:14I was waiting for you to say Kendrick Osborne.

06:16That would have it.

06:17That would have come full circle.

06:18Exactly.

06:19I was getting there.

06:21I would put KJ Osborne out there.

06:23I know he hasn't been great, but he's a very professional receiver.

06:28He does what he's supposed to do.

06:30He blocks really well.

06:31I still don't think Kendrick Bourne's at a point where he's ready for a full workload.

06:36So maybe, you know, Booty and Osborne are the starters.

06:41Kendrick's next.

06:43And then Jalen Polk on defense.

06:47I think it would send a message to bench Keon White, who I think had some run gap issues

06:54in this last game to go along with his pass rush discipline and penalty problems before

06:59that.

07:00But again, you know, you're cutting off your nose to spite your face.

07:03Right.

07:04He's they don't get enough pressure as it is.

07:07He's the one guy who does get consistent pressure.

07:09So, you know, what are we really talking about?

07:11I mean, I do think Raekwon McMillan will go to the bench, as you said.

07:15Christian Ellis will get a bulk of those snaps.

07:19See Taki Taki involves more, you know, a guy that I think that you could talk about benching

07:28or reducing his role.

07:29Kyle Duggar.

07:30Do I think that's ever going to happen?

07:32Not in a million years.

07:35And so really, that's about it.

07:37I don't think there's a whole lot of changes that they can make to all of a sudden makes,

07:42you know, sort of shock the locker room into, OK, you know, our jobs are on the line, all

07:48that stuff.

07:49I just don't think that stuff's going on down there.

07:51It's crazy to think that this is week seven and we'll see the seventh different offensive

07:56line combination this season start a football game.

07:59The injuries have been borderline comical.

08:03These guys just can't find continuity up front and it's killing them.

08:07I'm not telling you they'd be great or terrible.

08:08I don't know.

08:09But the envisioned offensive line never came close to coming to fruition from what we saw

08:14in camp when they went 11 straight practices with, you know, low at left tackle chooks

08:20at right tackle a one who at right guard and David Andrews at center and city.

08:25So at left guard, it's just an abomination of throwing guys in there and waiver claims.

08:32And this dude was claimed in fourth left tackle and it's it's it's maddening.

08:37As far as the changes, Greg, how about scheme wise?

08:39I think, you know, you look offensively.

08:42I've talked about this.

08:43I believe you've talked about this.

08:44Andrew Callahan has talked about this.

08:47Pop Douglas is this team's best receiver.

08:50But the issue they're running into is that their most efficient offensive grouping is

08:5512 personnel.

08:56They don't want to play pop and 12 personnel because he's not a big dude.

08:59He's not going to block, et cetera, et cetera.

09:03Could we see them move to more 11 personnel and maybe last week's fumble from Austin

09:07Hooper and the fact that, you know, he hasn't made a huge difference in many of these games?

09:12The two plays that I remember the most is, you know, him blowing the block on the field

09:17goal attempt and him fumbling the football last week.

09:21Could we see more 11 personnel from Van Pelt on Sunday?

09:26You know, I guess we could.

09:28You know, my issue with that would be that I think making that kind of move is a little

09:34bit fantasy football to me is like, you know, yeah, pops their most productive receiver

09:40and all that.

09:41But, you know, you got to start with, all right, how do we how do we move the ball?

09:47How do we want to move the ball?

09:48How do we protect our quarterback?

09:50I mean, I this team really needs to get back to being a run focused team.

09:55And I do think that that Drake May and his legs can factor into that.

10:00I think we'll see this this week with Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars.

10:05You know, we're going to talk about the Jaguars more in a minute, but, you know, for all their

10:09difficulties, I do think they have a pretty nifty offense.

10:13I mean, I do think they also have a very dumb team that is prone to dumb mistakes and penalties.

10:18There's going to be a lot of like mirror images in this game.

10:23You know, in a lot of different ways.

10:25Great.

10:26Yeah.

10:27So it should be a fun watch on Sunday morning.

10:31You know, so, but I think given the line issues and you're going to have even more this week

10:36where you're going to have to, well, at least you can, I mean, you could say, all right,

10:40this week, cause we're bumping Mike out to right tackle.

10:43We don't need to help him against what's his name?

10:48Walker, Trevon Walker.

10:50You know, we're going to have to help DeMontre.

10:52So all right, one tight end, but are we, who are we sending out?

10:56I just think I understand the sentiment by Andrew and others.

11:01And I, in theory, it makes sense.

11:03I just think where they are and how they, I want to actually see them keep the tight

11:09ends more, more chips, especially on third down predictable passing situations.

11:17You know, I'm not really worried about, you know, the first two downs and whether pops

11:22out there, I'm, I'm worried about protecting Drake may a little bit more protecting this

11:26offensive line.

11:27And to me, you still gotta be a, a heavier 12 personnel team.

11:31I mean, I, I wouldn't mind seeing them.

11:33I don't know where he is on, if he's on the practice squad or not.

11:38I just had that up.

11:40Oh, the tight end, you're going to give me a Jaheim bell here.

11:44No, not Jaheim.

11:47I'm going to give you a Mitchell Wilcox who got promoted, well, I'd rather him just block

11:56like put them over there next to next to Durante Jacobs and let's see what happens.

12:01But I will say for all the talk about last week and Drake, Drake's debut and everything,

12:05I, you know, I don't know if we mentioned this, but you know, the, the, the pressure

12:11rate was like 35%.

12:13It was much less than the season average, which was over 45%.

12:17And Drake even factored into some of that pressure on some of the sacks and everything.

12:22So maybe they're feeling better about it and can get a little, you know, looser with the

12:29pass protection and get Jaheim bell out there instead of a Mitchell Wilcox.

12:32But we'll have to see Cleveland, not Cleveland.

12:37Sorry.

12:38I wrote Cleveland down in my notes because both teams have stunk this year.

12:41Jacksonville has been in London, uh, the last two weeks, Greg, of course, the Patriots had

12:46a fly over.

12:47They got in at about 2 AM.

12:49Do the travel differences make an impact, a big impact, slight impact?

12:54What do you think?

12:55Oh, I think it has to, um, I mean, you know, to be over there for the whole week.

13:01I mean, I think there was some chatter and I don't know exactly what, what went down

13:05something about like, uh, you know, with the hurricanes, like the Jaguars ended up like

13:09leaving Florida late for London.

13:12And there's some people who think that contributed to the way they played against the bears.

13:16Um, you know, I don't, unless the Jaguars are at each other's throats and there's been,

13:23you know, talk about players quitting and you know, all that stuff and, and Doug Peterson,

13:28you know, unless they're miserable and at each other's throats, which could make that

13:32being over there together for a whole week, even worse.

13:35I've seen that before.

13:36I've been, I've covered teams like the dolphins in 2004, we're saying in San Francisco for

13:42a week.

13:43And I think during that time, Dave Wonstack got fired and Jim Bates was the interim coach.

13:50So that was an interesting time.

13:53Um, you know, if they're, if they're miserable and that they're teetering on the brink of

13:59a self implosion, then this is going to be bad them staying over there.

14:04But if there's still a chance for them to put things together.

14:07And for what I see on film, I do think there's a chance of that, then this could be really

14:11good and it could be a disadvantage for the Patriots.

14:15One last one before we get to the actual game here.

14:17I want to ask you, uh, Devante Adams, Amari Cooper were dealt this week, Cooper to the

14:23bills, Adams to the jets, which was the most predictable trade of all time.

14:27The trade deadline is November 5th.

14:29I know some Patriots fans are feeling froggy out there, Greg, do you think the Patriots

14:33going to feel froggy and pull a deal off?

14:37So I've been asking about that.

14:39Um, uh, do I think they're going to be sellers?

14:41Um, in some respects, I mean, I think, you know, some of the, uh, limited pieces, remember

14:47even in the off season, you know, as far as, you know, what do they do is at different

14:52positions and bringing people in.

14:53We always talked about, all right, they're, they're trying to get the, the nucleus of

14:58a team together.

14:59And that means younger players with term going forward.

15:04And you know, if you sort of look at their roster, um, we already know Taekwon Thornton's

15:09available.

15:10I think we're, I think we all agree.

15:12There's not really a future here for him.

15:15Um, I don't know what you'd get back for him, you know, a six or seventh round pick, um,

15:20pick swaps are big these days.

15:22Uh, we, we heard the other day, and this isn't a surprise.

15:26Mike Lombardi said that Joshua Uche is available for a fifth round pick.

15:30He's on a one-year deal, very manageable money.

15:33Um, you know, if I'm, if I'm a team like the lions that just lost Aiden Hutchinson, Uche

15:39would be a guy I would come calling for just a guy who just rushes the passer.

15:44And he, you know, that's, that's a guy, Nick, that I wanted to mention that, um, I wouldn't

15:49be shocked if he was inactive for this game.

15:52I mean, he, he hasn't really had much of a role.

15:54He's done a right in this role, but you know, if they want to keep them healthy for the

15:59trade deadline, you know, maybe he's inactive on Sunday and that's sort of a tip off that,

16:04you know, they're getting closer to a deal.

16:07Um, you know, I think guys like KJ Osborne, Kendrick Bourne, I would be, you know, maybe

16:13this has been him getting back has been sort of a showcase.

16:16We know the Patriots, uh, we're going to throw them into the trade potential trade for Brandon

16:21Iuke.

16:22Um, could the 49ers or chiefs or somebody come calling for Bourne?

16:27Um, I think that's definitely possible, um, on defense aside from Uche, Jonathan Jones

16:36would be a guy I think that would have some appeal across the league for people who are

16:41a little bit short on cornerbacks.

16:42Now, you know, on the other, the flip side, could the Patriots find any talent to bring

16:49in?

16:50Um, I think you're going to, in theory, it makes sense, but I think you're also looking

16:57at a similar situation where, you know, those teams that are similar to the Patriots, one

17:02in five sort of out of it, um, you know, they don't want to give up.

17:07And I've been asking about this, like nobody wants to give up their young talent.

17:10Oh, you know, a lot of these GMs who want to say the coach is going to get fired and

17:14want to argue for their job.

17:17Giving away some of your decent young talent is not a way to do that.

17:20So that, that doesn't really happen very much.

17:23Again, you're looking at older guys on short term and you know, if I'm the Patriots, I'm

17:29only doing it if I know ahead of time that this guy will sign X extension to say here

17:35for the next two years beyond this year, uh, so that we know we're getting something and

17:40you also don't want to get into giving up draft picks.

17:43I mean, like I have, for example, somebody tweeted at me and asked me about Deontay Johnson

17:47on the Carolina Panthers, the wide receiver.

17:49Um, I love Deontay Johnson.

17:52He's on my fantasy team.

17:53He started to be productive since, uh, uh, the red rifle got in there.

17:57Um, so that's been really good, but, um, you know, what are you going to give up for him?

18:03I mean, what are the Panthers going to want?

18:05What's, uh, uh, the GM there, the former player, um, Morgan and Morgan.

18:10Yeah.

18:11If you're Dan Morgan, who just got into this job right now, you just hired a new head coach.

18:16You know, if you're going to trade off a decent young wide receiver, you're going to want

18:20to get something you're, I don't know, second, you know, maybe at best probably a third round

18:24and then a pick swap.

18:26But if you're the Patriots, aren't you just saying to yourself, don't I want to draft

18:31my own guy?

18:32And again, anytime you get into these trades, we saw it with a core four in terms of signings.

18:38Anytime you start getting guys from outside your own building, you're running the risk

18:43of not knowing them and not knowing what makes them tick and that could be a bust.

18:48So I, I could see the Patriots selling off a few pieces.

18:52I would be shocked, not shocked.

18:54I would be surprised if they found, um, a willing team to give them a future building

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19:53So my picks for this week, and I feel a little bit better this week than I did certainly

20:00last week.

20:01I don't know what to make of, or last week was okay, but Jalen Polk killed us.

20:07So we got the Anthony Edwards free square.

20:10The Mario Douglas more than 47 and a half receiving yards.

20:13I think that this is a, uh, with the lack of discipline on this Jaguars defense, I think

20:18pops going to be able to find some openings with Drake, especially on the move.

20:22I have Drake May more than I was going to go rushing total, but I decided to go more

20:28than 225 and a half passing and rushing yards.

20:32I think Caleb Williams rushed for 47 yards last week against these Jaguars.

20:39I think this is, they didn't do a much last week.

20:41I think this is the week they take advantage of Drake's, um, legs, but I also think he's

20:46going to find some passing yards and, and I have Hunter Henry and I actually just realized

20:53I clicked the wrong box, but okay.

20:57Hunter Henry, less than seven fantasy score.

20:59I have a moment fantasy team.

21:00I think it's actually going to be more than seven.

21:02So make you make sure you don't make my mistake.

21:05Go more than seven fantasy points on Hunter Henry.

21:09Uh, I have Evan Ingram, the Jaguars tight end for more than 39 and a half receiving

21:15yards.

21:15I don't love the Patriots, uh, past coverage over the middle.

21:19Ingram's really good.

21:20He had a boneheaded, uh, fumble last week, but he's a matchup problem.

21:25And I have Trevor Lawrence more than a half interception because he's a little

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21:50All right, let's get to the Patriots defense versus Jack's offense.

21:53Lots of talent on this Jaguars team, which is weird to say for a team that's one in

21:57five, but they are more talented than the Patriots.

22:00Uh, you got BTJ, Kirk Davis, Ingram, uh, on, on the offensive side.

22:06How much though, Greg, when you look at this team, because of course, when you

22:11have a team that's one in five and you had a quarterback that was drafted number

22:14one overall, and he has not necessarily lit the world on fire, especially

22:19compared to his expectations.

22:20But in reality, when you watch this team, how much of the offensive

22:24inconsistencies are on Lawrence and how much of the offensive

22:28inconsistencies are on the other guys?

22:31I would say, well, I'll put it this way.

22:34I think that Trevor definitely shares in it.

22:37Um, there are, he reminds me a lot of, um, the more I've watched them

22:41and I haven't watched them a ton.

22:42I mean, it's the Jaguars.

22:43Why would I watch the Jaguars?

22:45But I did watch the film against the bears and it seems similar to some of the other

22:49things that I've seen over the years.

22:51He reminds me a bit of Andrew Luck, which is, and I think basically Trevor

22:56Lawrence was talked about as sort of the next generational

23:00quarterback since Andrew Luck.

23:02And you know, Andrew Luck, and I don't know how people remember him, but in

23:08actuality, you know, Andrew Luck was really good and he was really athletic

23:13and he could run and really played smart most of the time.

23:19But to me, I thought he just made too many mistakes.

23:21There were too many, too many interceptions, too many strip sacks.

23:27Um, I, I just didn't, I think he was a really good quarterback who may be in

23:31a better, with better surrounding talent and better coaching could

23:35have been an all time great.

23:37Uh, but, and I see that sort of with Trevor Lawrence.

23:40Now I would put, he's certainly part of the problem.

23:43He threw up a terrible interception.

23:45I don't know what he was looking at, um, last week against the bears.

23:49It was very similar route concept to what we're going to see, what we see

23:52a lot of with the Patriots, you know, spot routes and, you know, little slants

23:57over the middle, like typical West coast stuff, and he threw it

24:01like right to the linebacker.

24:02I don't know what he was looking at, but you see, you see spurts of that in games.

24:07Um, you know, he also makes some tremendous throws.

24:12Um, I still think he's, he, he can run, he throws the ball really well.

24:17I would say his accuracy on the most part is pretty good.

24:21Um, and I, I liked Doug Peterson's offensive system.

24:25They will scheme up a lot in the run game in the past game.

24:29I just think there's just that, that whole outfit is inconsistent.

24:35I don't think that they're very smart.

24:37Um, you know, like I said about the Ingram fumble, I mean, that

24:40was, they, they opened up the second half.

24:42He's like, you know, wide open at 24 yard gain.

24:44And he just, he fumbles the ball and he doesn't need to, he was fighting

24:47for more yards and just put the team in a terrible spot.

24:51I mean, you see some of the young wide receivers, you know, with some

24:54route issues, some drop issues.

24:57Um, but you know, I think that, I think that they're going to, I think

25:02that this Jaguars offense is going to pose problems for the Patriots.

25:06Peterson over the years has kind of had the number of the Patriots defense.

25:10And we know it's a little different.

25:12Bill's not here anymore.

25:13Remember what he did in the Superbowl with the Eagles?

25:16Um, you know, in my mind, it seems like that the Jaguars offense with Peterson,

25:21as long as he's been there has always been, uh, decent against the Patriots.

25:25I think he understands the rules of this defense.

25:27So that scares me along with their extra prep time being over there in London.

25:32Um, I love Bigsby the running back cause ETN is dealing with a hamstring injury.

25:38He practiced the other day.

25:40Is he going to be an answer to the bell?

25:41I don't know.

25:42He's a dynamic talent out of the backfield, but I think that tank

25:46Bigsby, uh, is a type of guy.

25:48He's a workhorse that can do inside outside.

25:52He's tough to, uh, break down and the wider seat, the rookie wide

25:56receiver, Brian Thomas, a guy I loved in the pre-draft process.

25:59Um, it would have been a guy that I would have loved to see the Patriots

26:03get and pair with Drake may, if they could have traded up for him.

26:06I don't think that was in the cards, but I can't wait.

26:09I want to see Gonzalez against Brian Thomas because that's two really

26:12talented young guys who could be really good for years to come.

26:16Um, Ingram's good.

26:18I think their offensive line is pretty good for the most part, right?

26:21Tackle Anton Harrison is sort of the weak link over there, but I I'm, I'm

26:27a little fearful for this matchup for the Patriots defense against the Jaguars.

26:30Cause I do think they're pretty good.

26:32It just, it's just a matter of the Jaguars just limit their mistakes.

26:36If they play mistake free, this is going to be a tough game.

26:40A couple of thoughts, uh, the wide receivers, uh, the issue for the

26:44Patriots, I think, especially aside from the natural talent, but the last

26:49time we saw the Patriots play against a team that had bigger wide receivers

26:53in the past, try to go, man, they got smoked and it was Aaron Rogers.

26:57Of course, different world than Trevor Lawrence, but it was, Hey, look, if

27:01you're going to play man against our wide receivers, you guys don't have

27:05the biggest corners in the world.

27:07We're going to get rid of the football quickly.

27:09And we're just going to let the wide receivers make some plays with their

27:11size and Gabe Davis is six to Brian Thomas jr.

27:15Is six foot three.

27:16So you could see some elements of that play out on Sunday morning.

27:19The other thing is the run game, Greg of Jacksonville.

27:23It's interesting.

27:24They're they're a 12th and success rate in the league.

27:27And they're actually second and yards per carry.

27:30But when you look at the details, it's not really the offensive line.

27:34I go back to like week one where the Patriots had a great

27:37rushing attack against Cincy.

27:39And a lot of people looked at the, you know, yards after contact stuff.

27:43I mean, the Jags, they have the fourth worst yards before

27:47contact per carry in the league.

27:49So they're running backs are getting hit pretty quickly under one

27:52yard, 0.85 yards is when they get that contact.

27:56So what's going on?

27:57Well, if you look at, if you look at their rushing yards after contact,

28:02their first in the league, they're averaging four and a half yards

28:05per carry after contact their third and rush yards over expected.

28:09So that tells me they're running backs are making plays.

28:12So you got to watch out for that.

28:14Those are two things.

28:16I have them as a, as sixth, uh, offensive total rush EPA.

28:23They're 26 and pass.

28:24So like, you know, for a Patriots team, that's, um, sort of been dealing

28:29with some issues on the ground.

28:31You know, this is, uh, you know, you, you're a little bit

28:35fearful of what might happen.

28:37All right.

28:37Before we get to the Patriots offense and Drake may, uh, against this

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30:35It's Drake May time for the second straight week.

30:38He gets to start against Jacksonville in London.

30:41Uh, I'll say it again, Jaguars defense.

30:43They do have some talent, but man, oh man, they have awful, awful

30:46numbers against the past, Greg.

30:48I mean, you look up and down 30th and pressure rate 31st and pass rush

30:52win rate 30th and EPA play action.

30:56Uh, 32nd and total DVO a 32nd and EPA per drop back.

31:01Uh, they have been absolutely thrashed through the air.

31:05What's, what's the problem for them defensively, uh, against.

31:09Quarterbacks.

31:11They are, you're absolutely right.

31:14They are talented.

31:15Um, they have a couple of, uh, really good as Ed rushers and

31:19Trevon Walker and, uh, Josh now Heinz Allen on the edge.

31:24Um, not much on the defensive interior.

31:27Um, you have Devin Lloyd at linebacker.

31:31The safeties aren't much what I see, Nick, and a lot of this

31:34is based off the bears game.

31:36Um, they are completely undisciplined and overaggressive.

31:41Um, so that's the good part.

31:45Um, my question is, and we saw the bears take advantage of this.

31:49Um, and you know, not to get sort of philosophical here as far as, and

31:53I hope people can follow me on this.

31:54So, you know, we heard all the talk about Alex van Pelt wanted to install

31:58the wide zone and the boot action.

32:00And basically the point of that is to get the offense or

32:03the defense going side to side.

32:05And I'm actually, I've started to, I've started to read the book by, um,

32:09Michael Silver about, uh, Kyle Shanahan, which is, um, fascinating.

32:14And if you, if you want to know about sort of the origins of the wide zone,

32:18there's a lot of talk about Mike Shanahan and how he sort of took the

32:21West coast to the next level, but be that as it may, um, but I do recommend the book.

32:25So far, it's a very interesting read.

32:27Um, if you want to see how the NFL got here to where they are on offense.

32:32Um, but so we, we saw them wanting to do this and that it's definitely

32:38in theory, it's definitely a good thing to do.

32:41And it opens up thing in the passing game, opens up things in the running game,

32:45you know, and we saw the bears last week.

32:49If you watch them on film, they were doing, it was all wide zone back and

32:53forth, like, you know, that's what they were doing and the Jaguars

32:58are just over pursuing this way.

33:00They're leaving gaps.

33:02So, you know, the way Alex van Pelt started this season, you would say,

33:07okay, well, this is a good matchup.

33:09The Patriots can take advantage of this.

33:10The problem is, is because of the difficulties on the offensive line,

33:14they've had to abandon all of that because they, they, all the pieces are changing.

33:18You need to work on wide zone is all about, you know, timing and execution.

33:24And when you have different guys in there and guys who don't really fit like

33:27Michael winning, what right tackle doesn't fit Ben Brown at center.

33:31Now doesn't fit as far as the running game.

33:33He's fine.

33:34He's really good in pass pro.

33:36Um, you know, the Demontre Jacobs at left tackle, not an ideal fit.

33:41Now, Michael Jordan at left guard, he's probably their best wide zone guy.

33:45But the, the point is the Patriots right now, aren't, aren't spreading

33:50the field horizontally in the run game or the pass game, which is

33:53what the bears did a great job of.

33:54They stress the Jaguars.

33:56They exploited the Jaguars.

33:58The Patriots are now playing basically in like a phone booth, the

34:01way that they're playing right now.

34:03And so yes, the Jaguars have had a lot of issues in the secondary.

34:08I do think that there will be some things there for the Patriots.

34:11It's just, they have to figure out, all right, well, how are

34:13we going to take advantage of it?

34:14I mean, I think one way to do it.

34:16And we did see it last week with the bears.

34:20They're going to have to involve Drake may in the running game.

34:22I think this is, this is more of an RPO game.

34:25That's one way you can do it without doing the wide zone.

34:28I, I, if I were Alex van Pelt, I would run this game almost

34:32probably exclusively RPO.

34:34I think it takes advantage of Drake may.

34:35I think it gets the Jaguars moving around and falling for things that

34:40aren't there and play action.

34:42Um, you know, but I do think that I think that Drake May's legs will be

34:47a lot more active in this game.

34:49And if that doesn't happen, you know, I, I don't know how much the

34:54Patriots are going to be able to duplicate sort of what the, what

34:57the bears did the week before.

35:01You look at the offensive line too.

35:02You, you mentioned this earlier.

35:03Oh, I knew moving back to right tackle.

35:05It looks like Jacob's at left tackle.

35:07You're going against those dangerous defensive ends.

35:10Hopefully.

35:11Uh, I, I mean, I'm, I'm just, I'm tired of saying it.

35:16I'm tired of hoping, but for the love of all that is holy on this earth, Alex

35:24van Pelt actually helps Jacobs at left tackle this weekend.

35:28More often than he has in the past, especially on third down.

35:32Yeah.

35:32Um, but I have no hope of that because van Pelt has stunk at doing so.

35:39Um, so when you, when you look at what they could do, you just mentioned

35:42the RPO stuff may with his legs, of course, the knee injury, you

35:46know, how much does that play?

35:47Will that impact Alex van Pelt's play calling?

35:49Will he want to utilize may less, uh, with those kinds of designed

35:53runs and, and some of those other things that we talked about, we'll

35:57have to wait and see, but I think everybody wants to know Greg against

36:00this defense, what should, what should the reasonable expectations

36:05be for may on Sunday morning?

36:09Well, I mean, you know, look, and let me also point out that, um, if, if

36:14I'm Alex van Pelt, along with the RPOs, um, I'm using multiple trick plays

36:19in this game, um, you know, this is the type of dumb ass defense that

36:24does he have those Greg does Alex van Pelt have trick place because we

36:28have talked about the lack of creativity is, is he going to bust?

36:31I mean, is, is, is, uh, is his trick play bag from like the 1960s?

36:35Is that what we're going to see?

36:36Or are we going to see?

36:37I mean, we did have that lateral, you know, but, uh, you know, I want to see,

36:43I want to see some cool, like, you know, double reverses and, you know, uh, you

36:48know, all that kind of stuff and, you know, I wouldn't mind seeing, you know,

36:52if it's Ramond Ray or Antonio Gibson, a halfback pass, you know, maybe back to

36:57may or something like it, this is a type of game against this type of defense

37:01where, look, if you can't get a moving sideline to sideline with your run game,

37:06which I don't think they're going to be able to do, then you're going to have

37:10to, you know, pull everything out of the bag and, you know, I don't know what

37:13you're waiting for and, you know, help your quarterback out.

37:16But as far as may, you know, I just want to see may, I just want

37:20to see may limit the mistakes.

37:22I want to see him, you know, be a little bit more accurate.

37:26The decision-making, you know, I, I, you know, I thought last week was

37:30a good, solid start for Drake may.

37:33We certainly saw the play, uh, the, the playmaking ability.

37:36I'll be interested from now on to see now that it's on film, how

37:40do teams start to play him?

37:41Are they going to spy him more?

37:43Um, you know, I had an NFL source told me that they thought the Texans were

37:47sort of screwing around at certain points in that game with sort of their man

37:51coverage, even on like the booty touchdown, like, you know, why would

37:54you do man coverage, you know, with the safety all the way on the

37:57other side of the field?

37:58So I'll be interested to see if the Jaguars, you know, make may beat them

38:03and make them go down the field.

38:04Um, but I, you know, I just want to see, I just want to see improvement.

38:08I want to see him to be more comfortable, you know, every game.

38:11So if he makes 11 plus plays, like he did last week, that's awesome.

38:16Now let's get the, the mistakes to more in like the 11, 10 range.

38:21And all of a sudden we're talking, we're talking something.

38:24So I just want to see him make, make progress every week.

38:27All right.

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38:51This week's pick, Greg, we look at the record so far for you and I.

38:55How about that?

38:56Grammar stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

38:58Uh, I'm four and two on the season against the spread.

39:01Greg is three, two, and one.

39:03We are both four and two straight up.

39:05Interesting number this week.

39:07You know, you go back to last week, the Texans were six and a half point

39:11favorites and the Texans are seen as a much better team than Jags, but yet

39:14you've got the Jags as six point favorites in this game in London.

39:17The over under is 42 and a half.

39:20I ask you old sage of the football world, Greg, but Dard what's your pick, bro.

39:27So I do not have a good feeling.

39:30I don't have a strong feeling either way on this game.

39:33I can't believe how the line, first of all, it opened at four and a

39:36half and now it's up to six.

39:38And, you know, you know, this betting world more than I do.

39:41I don't know what would be, does that say anything to you?

39:43Like, is it just that the, is the money coming in on the Patriots and they're

39:49trying to get more people or is it the opposite?

39:54Uh, well, when, when you got money coming in, that, that

39:58absolutely sways the line.

39:59So if, if the Jaguars were, you know, four and a half point favorites and

40:04now there are six point favorites.

40:06Uh, I, I think that would tell me the Patriots, we're getting some of that

40:10money, um, but I could be totally wrong on that, the ins and outs of those

40:14kinds of things, I get confused by them.

40:16So I apologize to everybody out there, but I'm as confused

40:19as Greg, some of that stuff.

40:20We're easily confused on this pod.

40:22I think that's the bottom line.

40:23Um, I just love us or hate us.

40:26You know what, look, would I be surprised if the Jaguars

40:30blew out the Patriots?

40:31No.

40:31Would I be surprised that the Patriots blew out the Jaguars?

40:34No.

40:35And Doug Peterson's fired.

40:36I'm coming back from London now.

40:40So, um, and I ha as you could tell, I haven't given this a lot of thought.

40:44I wrote down the point spread and all that, but I didn't really

40:46think about what my pick would be.

40:48I six points is just too much to me.

40:52So I think the Jaguars win the game.

40:56I think they saved Doug Peterson's job for a week.

40:59I think it, I'm going to go, uh, Jaguars

41:0727 Patriots, 24.

41:13So you got Jags 27, 24.

41:17Before I get to my pick, I have an example here.

41:21If the Kansas city chiefs were minus three and a half in a game.

41:24And then three days later they were minus five.

41:28The line moved from three and a half to five.

41:31That means the Ravens became a bigger dog.

41:33In this case, it's likely that a lot of people bet on the

41:36chiefs when the line opened.

41:40Yeah.

41:41So there you have it when the line goes, so people putting money on the Jags.

41:46And then it moved up to six because people said they're way too much, you

41:50know, that's way too easy of a favorite.

41:52That makes sense.

41:53I feel exactly the same as you do about this game.

41:56I hate predicting this game with every fiber of my being.

42:02The Jaguars could be like, look, we're out, you know, Cisco, uh, not the

42:06dude that used to jump around and have the dragon as his logo back in the day.

42:10The thong song.

42:10Is that what he did?

42:12Not the, not the thong song guy, but Andre Cisco said last week that

42:16he saw a lot of quit from the team.

42:18Uh, so there's a lot of people angry at Doug Peterson in Jacksonville right now.

42:24Uh, they thought they had a good team.

42:26They thought they should be there in the hunt for a playoff spot.

42:29They're one in five with their season about the tank.

42:32I don't know what to expect from the Jaguars.

42:34I mean, do they, are they like, geez, we've been out here in London for two

42:37weeks, you know, this team's not good enough, we don't like the coach.

42:42Dudes are quitting.

42:43They just made a trade this past week for a sixth round pick in 2026.

42:47They're selling pieces off.

42:49So where are they mentally?

42:51Because if they're not there mentally, you're going to see a ton of mistakes

42:53again, and a ton of undisciplined play for the Patriots.

42:58I mean, now you've got a week of film on may you're making

43:02the travel over to London.

43:04Uh, you have all of the stuff that continues to happen with bar more.

43:07Uh, it's so it's just, this game is really difficult to pick.

43:13Uh, I'm going with the Patriots.

43:16I'm going 24, 20.

43:18So same kind of range as you, as far as points go.

43:22So we, we both bet the over.

43:24So I guess the takeaway from this is if you're going to take a bet, take the

43:26over because Greg and I think there's going to be some points scored, but I'm

43:30just, I think may we'll make some more plays than Lawrence will.

43:33And it's not necessarily because may is better than Lawrence.

43:36It's because of the outfit.

43:37So I think this is the week that the Patriots put some things together and

43:41that they come away with the w a 24, 20.

43:43Am I confident held to the note?

43:45I am not confident in that pick.

43:47Uh, so that'll do it folks.

43:49Hopefully you learned a lot today.

43:51If you didn't, maybe you were entertained.

43:53If you weren't, we apologize.

43:55We'll try to get better.

43:56He's Greg omnic.

43:58The weather's going to be great this weekend in new England.

44:00Enjoy it.

44:00We'll talk to you early next week about this game.

44:02Hopefully it doesn't suck.

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