Exclusive 1-on-1 with Robert and Jonathan Kraft

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

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Patriots owners Robert and Jonathan Kraft sit down with Tom E. Curran to discuss a variety of Patriots topics heading into Super Bowl LLIII. (2:00) Robert and Jonathan talk about how it feels to go from underdogs 17 years ago, to being the most hated team in the NFL (4:30) The conversation transitions to the relationship between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. The two talk about the future of the team’s ownership, head coaching and quarterback. (11:55) The Krafts address the media coverage of the Patriots this season and how the team used that negatively to fuel their success (14:15) Robert Kraft shares how he met Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill while in prison. The visit had Robert up all night which eventually led to their involvement in prison reform. (20:15) Josh Gordon and the topic of addiction comes up and the Kraft’s share their perspective on Gordon’s leave of absence from the team (23:30) the Krafts discuss the rumors of Rob Gronkowski and Devin McCourty possibly retiring

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0:00.0	Quickslance the podcast is brought to you by Nissan.
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0:14.1	Today on Quickslance the podcast, we repurpose and redistribute our interview with Robert and Jonathan Kraft from Boston Sports
0:23.0	tonight. The Patriots owners joined us on set from Atlanta, Super Bowl 53 for a conversation
0:30.5	ranging from the immediate plans for Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and ownership. Their feelings
0:35.5	on the Hall of Fame and the Patriots underrepresent representation therein. Also, Rob Grancowski and plans for retirement and a ton more. Enjoy the hell
0:44.5	out of this and enjoy the game. Here with here with jonathan craft and a robert craft and tommy kirk
1:02.4	welcome tommy craft not yet not yet but i'll be happy to join along do you want to be in there
1:09.3	it's k u r uh yeah we can put the k right right exactly hey thanks for Not yet, but I'll be happy to join along. Do you want to be in there? It's K-U-R-R-R.
1:11.8	Yeah, we can put the K right on there.
1:13.4	Exactly.
1:14.4	Hey, thanks for joining the show.
1:16.0	How are you guys doing?
1:18.7	It's not a trick question.
1:20.2	Actually, we just had a great dinner with some friends,
1:25.5	and it's a tradition we do when we're ever privileged to be in this
1:29.7	game and Jonathan said he was going to see two of the wisest men in our market did I want to
1:36.9	join him and check it out. So when's he got to see him? We're waiting. When you look at all
1:43.4	those numbers, all those statistics and the fact that this is going to be the 100th anniversary next year, and you guys will have been in 11 Super Bowls, more than a tenth of all the Super Bowls played, how unfathomable is it in this year, 25th year of ownership to have these things happen?
1:59.4	Yeah, I just speak for myself.
2:01.8	And, you know, Jonathan came with me
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