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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Tom E. Curran, Mike Vrabel, Afc, 2024 Nfl Draft, Football, Afc East, New England Patriots, Nfl, News, Sports News, Jerod Mayo, Phil Perry, Sports, Drake Maye, Patriots Nation, Ja'lynn Polk

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

0:27 - Tom Curran outlines his argument that the Patriots defense, from a statistical standpoint, should be considered to be in the running for 'best defense ever.' 2:59 - Sunday Night Football analysts Cris Collinsworth, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison answer Tom's questions about where this Patriots defense stands in the conversation of best defenses in the history of the game. 8:04 - Does the number of of Pro-Bowlers, All-Pros and Hall of Famers matter when determining if a defense can be considered historic? 11:21 - The one knock on the Pats defense is that they haven't "played anyone yet." Tom goes through the details of each opponent of the historic 2000 Ravens and compares them to what the Patriots have faced so far this season.

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0:00.0	Hey!
0:01.0	And there's nothing
0:02.0	a bit of Terry
0:06.0	This is a
0:09.0	world champion
0:11.0	And there ain't nothing you can do about it Hey, what's up, everybody?
0:23.0	Time for an emergency Patriots talk podcast.
0:25.6	Why is it an emergency?
0:26.7	Well, because you never know what's going to happen on Sunday night.
0:29.4	The Patriots Chase for the most stingy defense in NFL history is well underway.
0:36.4	I wrote a story on it.
0:37.4	You can find it on NBC SportsBoston.com, and it really is detailing the fact that the Patriots
0:42.8	are, quote, chasing Ravens.
0:45.4	Can the 2019 Patriots top the legendary 2000 Ravens record for points allowed?
0:49.9	And what does it mean if they do?
0:51.9	In this story, I try in detail what you guys already know.
0:55.9	Those 2,000 Ravens allowed 165 points.
1:00.1	They actually allowed two returns.
1:02.7	So their defense only allowed 151.
1:05.6	These Patriots right now, and that was a record, mind you, as you know,
1:10.0	these Patriots right now, they've allowed 61
1:12.7	points as a team, but the defense has only allowed 40 points, okay? So the Ravens had allowed 82 through
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