Bill Belichick wouldn't be dictated to...by anyone

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

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran weighs in on the ESPN story by Seth Wickersham on dysfunction among Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, including what his sources are telling him concerning different parts of the story. Two key questions Tom discusses - Are there people in Foxboro that feel there are real issues? Also, are we at the end...Will Belichick and Brady be back in 2018? Curran also talks about the contract offer for Jimmy Garoppolo. Was the money ever the real issue, or did it always come down to playing time? Also, the Alex Guerrero aspect. The Wickersham story made to sound there was a quid pro quo…see Alex, you’re Brady’s friend. The truth is players go to him because he’s good. Gronk couldn’t keep training the same way he had been. Gronk went to Guerrero because it’s good for Gronk, not because of Brady. Did Alex Guerrero cold shoulder Jimmy Garoppolo? Plus, Tom Brady wasn't a mentor to Garoppolo, but that’s no sin as a teammate. Is there really a power struggle between Kraft, Belichick and Brady of who is most responsible for the franchises' success?

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0:00.0	Today on Quickslance, the podcast, you may notice a normal tone of voice because this is an emergency podcast.
0:06.8	Emergency podcasts operate by different rules.
0:09.3	Let's get after it.
0:10.2	ESPN's Seth Wickersham wrote a story quite similar to the one that I wrote a week ago last Friday, saying that there is a level of tension and uncertainty around the Patriots in 2017.
0:23.8	Seth's story hints at a hell of a lot more palace intrigue than mine did.
0:28.7	We will get into a number of Seth's points.
0:31.9	See where he and I differ.
0:33.2	See where he and I believe the same things.
0:36.6	I've covered this team since 1997. I've covered this
0:39.7	team throughout the entirety of Bill Belichick's tenure, Tom Brady's tenure. I've developed a ton of
0:47.0	sources over the period of time, both in the coaching staff, in every level of the team. So I feel
0:53.6	real comfortable when I speak to you about things that I've been told.
0:58.1	There are some things that I know, and there are some things that I have to rely on my sources.
1:02.9	So I will try and be as specific as possible in those.
1:08.0	And with the Patriots, as you folks know, if you're listening to this podcast,
1:11.2	you'll probably follow the team plenty.
1:12.9	There are things you need to infer when you follow this team, whether as a reporter or
1:17.9	a informed fan.
1:19.9	So there will be inferences as well.
1:22.7	Quickslants a podcast is brought to you by Papaginos with Domain Fresh Daily and Walpole,
1:27.3	Massachusetts.
1:28.0	Do me a favor.
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