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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff lauds Bill Belichick; A deep dive into the newly-released 2019 Patriots schedule

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

🗓️ 18 April 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

1:24 - Tom E. Curran is joined by General Manager of the Atlanta Falcons Thomas Dimitroff, who talks about his impressions of Bill Belichick following the NFL meetings in March. 9:55 - Before letting him go, Tom gets Dimitroff's thoughts on the batch of receivers in the upcoming draft. 13:58 - Tom breaks down each and every matchup of the Patriots 2019 schedule, from their Week 1 opener vs. the Steelers, to their tough Week 5-through-9 stretch (18:31), to an interesting December with games against the Texans and Chiefs (23:55).

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on Quickslanser podcast, Thomas Dimitrov, General Manager at Atlanta Falcons.

0:11.8

He joins us to talk about Bill Belichick.

0:14.1

What his role is in the league now?

0:16.8

How much of a talisman, if you will, he is to fellow coaches and GMs,

0:23.6

and the passion that he still shows in kind of protecting the game from radical change.

0:30.7

Also, we'll get Thomas a week before the draft to weigh in on the tight ends and wide outs in this year's class,

0:37.1

and of course, the schedule is out.

0:40.2

So let's go, game by flipping game, and take a look at the upsides and downsides

0:45.2

of the 2019 New England Patriots schedule.

0:48.3

All that and more on QuitsensePocket. And on the line now we have Thomas Dimitra.

1:04.0

All right, my friend, the main reason I wanted to speak with you was Bill Belichick turned 67.

1:10.1

As we watch him continue to coach and

1:14.1

continue to coach the level he does and continue to really learn himself and expand, what is it

1:21.5

about him that stands out to you, Thomas? You know, it's really interesting. Of course, I've always

1:27.1

been very sort of fascinated

1:32.3

slash enthralled with his level of intelligence and how he approached things.

1:37.3

He's so well thought out that way and, you know, as a team builder.

1:42.3

And having been a team builder now for 12 years, I continue to look at him and look how he leads and how he makes his decisions.

1:49.5

And it's really, really intriguing.

1:52.4

Of course, I saw him recently, you know, at the owner's meetings, and he is on top of it.

1:58.5

He is the lead dog, no question about it. He has strong opinions. He obviously

2:04.1

delivers, you know, succinctly and articulately when he's when he's discussing what is important

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