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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Belichick and Kraft comment on their meeting and tension, and NFL rule changes

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

🗓️ 28 March 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

1:32 - Tom Curran and Phil Perry discuss the new NFL rules change on lowering the helmet to initiate contact, and how it could be more impactful than the catch rule. 4:30 - Why there could be a legitimate problem with the new NFL catch rule and how it will affect the game. 7:20 - Curran describes how Bill Belichick was against the proposed "McDaniels Rule" and how things got heated between Belichick and Giants owner John Mara on the subject. 11:06 - What to make out of Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft's comments about the tension over the past year and the meeting that took place between those two and quarterback Tom Brady. 15:30 - Will the Patriots offer Tom Brady a contract extension and would it make any sense to lower Brady's cap number?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on Quickslance, the podcast, we go down to Orlando, Florida, or Tom E.

0:09.0

Current Patriots Insider is at the annual league meetings.

0:12.8

He has all the news and nuggets you need to be up to date on what's going on behind the scenes with the Patriots.

0:18.9

What's going on with the league at large?

0:20.4

What's up with all these rules changes?

0:21.8

What's the Josh McDaniels rule?

0:23.3

What is a catch?

0:24.5

Tom knows, and he's going to explain it to us right now.

0:46.1

I'm going to explain it to us right now. Hello, Thomas.

0:48.4

Hey, Phil, what's going on, my friend?

0:49.6

Hey, it's good to talk to you.

0:50.5

You sound warm.

0:52.1

It sounds like you might have a tan, even.

0:56.4

I have some extra freckles. I do, and I've enjoyed it. I enjoyed been at the ritz all week i'm here with glen gleason a photographer of course and uh you know i

1:01.4

stayed the first night on point my boy timmy brought him down from providence college we

1:05.7

stayed we went to top golf we played uh we did some bowling uh then i moved out of the ritz on because

1:11.8

there's no way they're paying for the rich and went down the street to the marriott grand vista

1:15.8

which also has a golf course which i have not experienced yet but it's been fun it's good to be out of

1:19.4

the cold that's awesome that's great and i i miss both of you uh both you and glen glen of uh

1:25.0

at camera guys fame actually it's at m at NBCS camera guys. Go follow them on

1:29.4

Twitter. They have a Twitter account. They're awesome. Glenn and Moose, they're the best. Tom,

1:33.0

what have you learned down there? What's your biggest takeaway? You know what? You mentioned the

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