Christian Gonzalez’s Contract Update // Will The Athletic Release Their Findings on Russini? // Garrett Crochet and Roman Anthony’s Injuries - 6/16 (Hour 2)
Felger & Massarotti
Beasley Media Group
4.1 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
- (0:00) The second hour kicks off by digging into the latest reports regarding the lack of progress on a new deal for Christian Gonzalez in New England.
- (10:53) The guys discuss reports that The Athletic could issue a statement on its investigation into Diana Russini.
- (20:12) The callers weigh in on topics discussed on the show.
- (31:01) Breaking down Garrett Crochet and Roman Anthony’s injuries: What’s taking so long?
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| 0:00.0 | I think that feels like a nice package there. |
| 0:04.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:05.0 | Wow. |
| 0:06.0 | Look at those phones light up. |
| 0:07.0 | It's Selger and Madz. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm not at the Sports Hub. |
| 0:11.0 | What I would consider is this, giving a little bit of ground in negotiations, understanding |
| 0:15.0 | that if you're with the Patriots who were dead lasting cash spending from 2014 to |
| 0:20.0 | 2023, according to ESPN. And you just signed AJ Brown to |
| 0:23.8 | $29 million, making him the highest paid player in this team. And third highest paid Patriots player |
| 0:28.7 | ever for a single season. Drake May is going to get a contract now that might be $70 million |
| 0:34.0 | per year when he gets extended presumably next spring. And now a third premium player at a premium position is going to sign this big extension, |
| 0:42.8 | even if you don't like the number or find it palatable. |
| 0:46.4 | A, you keep him under contract long term to keep him for this season when clearly you're going |
| 0:51.1 | for it. This is a Super Bowl. |
| 0:52.5 | Yes. |
| 0:53.1 | And you keep him happy. |
| 0:53.9 | Number two, you keep him with the idea of when we signed Drake to that contract and an ownership group that, again, I would pay him. They should pay him. This is all worth it. This is what you were a billionaire with a sports team for to pay the best players to have them on your team and to go win games and jammichips. But if they're unwilling to do that or don't find that they can, you can recoup the |
| 1:14.7 | 2028 first round pick that you lost in the AJ Brown trade, presumably because just as Drake |
| 1:19.8 | may will be extended in 2027. |
| 1:22.5 | A.J. Brown has $4 million guarantee to him next year, so he's going to need an extension. |
| 1:26.8 | A couple of Patriots items here mixing Mix him with our basketball conversation. There's |
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