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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Do the Patriots have enough to actually fix Mac Jones?

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

4.5803 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Phil Perry joins Tom Curran to look deeper into the root causes of Mac Jones’ struggles and if the Patriots even have the pieces in place to fix those issues. Then, Tom welcomes in Mike Florio to discuss the dysfunction in Foxboro and where things are headed for Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft. 2:46 – Phil and Tom break down Mac’s issues and how solvable, if at all, they are this season 15:05- How do the Pats slow down Maxx Crosby on Sunday? 18:45- Are the Raiders issues on offense caused by the same thing impacting the Patriots – an outdated scheme? 27:00- Mike Florio explains why he ranked the Patriots last in the NFL in this week’s power rankings and discusses the overall dysfunction in New England 31:50- Is the writing on the wall for the end of the Belichick era in New England? How many teams would be interested in him if he became available? Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xeGYwKZEHHU Presented by FanDuel Sportsbook

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tom Curran's Patriots Talk podcast is presented by Fandual Sportsbook.

0:12.7

Make Every Moment More.

0:14.9

Hey, what's up, everybody?

0:15.9

Welcome into Tom Curran's Patriots Talk podcast.

0:18.4

The Patriots play the Raiders on Sunday, but there are troubles

0:21.4

afoot. We're going to talk to Phil Perry at the top of this pot about Mack Jones, his

0:26.1

tenor in front of the media on Wednesday, and whether the Patriots offense is kind of

0:31.1

betwixt in between in terms of personnel and what they had hoped to do philosophically last

0:37.2

year. We'll also talk to Mike

0:39.1

Florio from pro football talk. He's always got great insight from a league-wide perspective on all

0:44.3

the teams and specifically on the Patriots over the years of covering them. He's been as plugged in

0:48.6

as anybody in the national media. But first, we're going to lead off with a little Mac Jones talk.

0:52.9

And to get into that, let's take a look at Mac Jones numbers from the last time they played the Raiders.

0:57.8

That was last season.

1:00.1

Not good.

1:00.7

There it is.

1:01.3

Brought to you by Shaw is perfecting the art of fresh.

1:03.4

13 for 31.

1:05.2

Mac Jones was in that game.

1:06.5

The Patriots fell behind 17.3.

1:08.5

They tied the game at 24, and then one of the worst plays I've ever seen unfolded.

1:15.7

So, where is Mack going into this week?

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