Dan Orlovsky weighs in on Patriots as AFC’s best team; Florio goes OFF on Belichick’s HOF candidacy

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

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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

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Dan Orlovsky tells Tom Curran why he thinks the Patriots are the best team in the AFC, and how Drake Maye and the Patriots coaching staff have improved each week. Later, Mike Florio joins to discuss Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick's candidacies to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome into Tom Curran's Patriots Talk podcast by week edition.
0:17.8	We have a good one today. Dan Orloskey from ESPN and Mike Florio from pro football
0:22.7	talk. Both are going to join. Lorovsky's going to detail the season of Drake May, whether or not
0:27.8	the Patriots are the best team in the NFL. And what has been the key to Drake May's success?
0:34.7	Really interesting stuff from him. And we're going to delve into the Patriots
0:37.7	Hall of Fame conversation with Mike Floreo. Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft have moved on.
0:43.5	It will be, well, in the running when all the Hall of Fame selection committee sits down to
0:50.7	deliberate on who will be inducted into Canton in August of next year.
0:56.4	Adam Vinatieri, also in the mix.
0:57.9	He was a finalist last year.
0:59.5	So it could be a big, big week for the Patriots come late August.
1:05.3	Would it be drama filled?
1:07.7	Or would there be an olive branch extended?
1:10.7	Goodwill all around.
1:12.5	Bill, Robert, hatchets buried.
1:16.1	See, I have this old-timey phone that I just...
1:22.6	Where I get all my important calls.
1:26.7	Oh, no further ado.
1:28.7	Let's bring in Dan O'Olofsky, ESPN, to discuss Patriots, Drake, May, and so much more.
1:35.0	Ladies and gentlemen, it is the great Dan O'Olofsky.
1:37.6	One of the best analysts, great energy, great insight, not afraid to take a stand on anything
1:43.3	he believes in.
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