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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Are the Patriots REALLY better than their record? Plus, a Bills battle preview!

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

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Patriots are 2-2, but are they better than their record shows? Tom Curran and Phil Perry debate that and discuss how Drake Maye compares to Josh Allen at that stage of his career. Will the Patriots be ready for battle against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody.

0:15.1

Welcome into Tom Cairns, Patriots Talk Podcast.

0:17.6

Patriots are two and two.

0:18.7

Phil Perry's going to join me in just a moment.

0:20.7

Bills are on the horizon. Think about this, though. In the opener, the Patriots were a defensive

0:25.5

sieve. Quarterback had a dumb pick. The defense let up a whole mess of explosive plays, and they

0:31.2

lose by seven. Week two, defense remains a sieve. More dumb penalties.

0:38.5

But the quarterback was flawless.

0:41.5

And they won by six.

0:43.8

Week three, defense very good, in my opinion.

0:48.1

The quarterback and the running backs had stupid turnovers.

0:51.7

They lose by seven.

0:53.1

Week four, the defense was very good, special teams was very good,

0:57.1

the quarterback was responsible through accurately, and they win by 29.

1:04.2

Said it before, I'll say it again.

1:06.3

There is a good team in there trying to get out, And it's coming. It's like a, it's like a

1:13.8

butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. In the post-game locker room, Mike Vrybel,

1:21.6

right? Vryble made that point. He said, after the win, we're going on the road 8.20 Sunday night.

1:29.6

Everybody's going to be watching. I think he had a finger in the air.

1:33.6

Everybody's going to be watching and I'm kind of excited that they are. That's how we're

1:38.2

supposed to play. That's what the expectation is. You said it, Mike.

1:47.8

Here's Mike Frable again on Monday talking to the media. Is this game good in terms of being kind of a message validator in terms of what you need to do when the no turnover is, you know, playing to...

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