What's up everybody? Welcome into Tom Caron's Patriots Talk podcast. The mini camp is in the book,

and we are just about be on holiday. What do we got for you in this final pod? One big takeaway,

the competition is on.

Did Kim Newton need his Wednesday awakening?

We're going to give you their skinny on Mac Jones up and down week.

What's the crisis level with Stefan Gilmore?

And what will all the offseason additions add up to? All that and more on Tom Caron's Patriots Talk podcast with Phil Perry.

Had a bit of Terry. He's a good at a time. Patriots Talk podcast with Phil Perry. Okay, you know what? Okay, you know what? We are going to go on holiday a little bit. Okay, you know what? We are going to go on holiday a little bit after this one. So I wanted to give a real good intro and I felt good about that one.

Real strong. Real strong. Way to go. Speaking of real strong, that's how Cam Newton looked on Wednesday.

Here's what he had to say on Tuesday about whether or not he was a guy who needed to pick

things up.

It's only 32 guys in the world that could say that they're a starting quarterback in this

league.

And, you know, I'm not going to get too personal.

I'm not going to get, you know, to, where I have a job and responsibility

to myself, to hold myself to a standard that I know I have to play at. And it's going to come

with proper preparation. And that's what it's coming down to. It's going to come down to comfort

of understanding the system. My faults, my bads, I'm going to get them next time. Those are

slowly but surely being flushed out of my vernacular.

And just the expectations of getting back to the standard of the Patriot way is important for me to uphold.

Bill, he looked outstanding on Wednesday.

And I think, yes, it is outstanding relative to how Cam generally looks.

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