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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

121: Andy Benoit from SI.com on how to beat the New England Patriots

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5803 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Phil Perry sits down with Andy Benoit of Sports Illustrated and the MMQB to discuss his recent article on how teams can scheme to better their chance to beat the New England Patriots. He breaks down what the Houston Texans did to slow down Tom Brady and the Patriots offense last season, and go in depth on how other teams in the NFL can use this strategy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on Quickslance the podcast, we have a very special guest.

0:08.4

It's Andy Benoit of Sports Illustrated and the Monday morning quarterback.

0:12.9

Andy came out with a fascinating piece earlier this week about how to beat the New England Patriots.

0:18.5

And he thinks that the answer may reside in Houston with J.J. Watt, Whitney Mercilus,

0:25.5

and Jadavian Clowny.

0:27.0

He covers all kinds of X's and O's ground with the likes of Mercilus,

0:32.4

Danny Amidola, Julian Edelman, Bill Belichick.

0:35.7

It's a deep, deep dive on how to beat

0:39.2

New England. And it's not

0:41.5

clickbaited. The evidence is there.

0:43.9

So if you like that kind

0:45.6

of chatter, if you like the X's and O's

0:47.5

stuff, if you like real

0:48.9

football talk, you're going to love

0:51.3

this episode with Andy Benoit.

0:53.1

Stick with us.

1:24.1

Music You're going to love this episode with Andy Benoit in from the MMQV, NFL analyst, staff writer, Sports Illustrated.

1:26.4

You see his work online in the magazine. An X's and O's aficionado, too. Andy, can we say that about you?

1:33.3

I appreciate that.

1:35.3

That's kind of how I've come to look at the game.

1:37.3

Once you start thinking about it like that, you can't think about it in any other way.

1:42.3

So that's what I strive to do.

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