Back here on WEEI afternoon, and right to the guest line for our weekly chat with Tommy Curran.

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And Tommy Cairn is powered by Verizon. Mr. Caren, how we doing this week?

I am great. How was everybody there?

We're great because it's Ted's birthday. Do you hear?

I know I was going to interrupt and say, I'd like to say for just a quick second,

Happy birthday to Ted.

Happy birthday to Ted. Happy birthday number 52.

Happy birthday to Ted. Thank you. Thank you, Tom. Wow. I think you brought a T. That was a little head away. He just cried. That was majestic there, Marilyn Monroe. You made him cry. It was very thoughtful in a time. Wow. Appreciate the well-wrecious. Thank you, too, see. Very good man. All right. Let's get to some football. Well, Tom Curran, a simple question. Are the Patriots the best team in football?

Oh, sure, they are. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. The reason being, they have the best record. They have done everything that they could. And when you say, well, they're bad, schedule, schedule, worst in the league. Look at the Rams. They've played the toughest in the league. Patriots combined winning percentage is like 360 of their opponents. The Rams is like 580. Well, you know what?

That would be harder for me to defend. If it wasn't for the simple fact that when they get

against the Panthers or the Giants or all these other teams they used to look eyeball to eyeball with.

They beat the absolute pus out of them.

They really do.

And then when we look at teams like the Packers or the Lions or the Bears, how do they

do when they play the Giants?

They don't play the way they're supposed to as an elite team.

So I'm giving the Patriots the credit that they deserve for answering the bell each and

every week.

You know, how many times have I talked about the stupid egg laying?

I think it was Cincinnati.

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