Felger & Mazz: Ben Watson's Release, the Patriots Roster, and the Final Word (Hour 4)

Felger & Massarotti

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4.1 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In the fourth and final Hour, Felger and Mazz got back into the New England Patriots, the release of tight end Ben Watson, and Tom Brady's comments from today's press conference. To wrap up the show, it's the Final Word with Jim Murray.

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0:00.0	These guys B-Pod Studios
0:03.0	These guys know how to connect with you about Boston sports.
0:11.9	This may feel strong, but you people are stupid.
0:14.0	OMG.
0:15.6	It's Felgrimaz, 95, the Sports Hub.
0:30.1	All right, so the release of Ben Watson yesterday, Tommy Kern on NBC Sports, Boston called it weird.
0:35.0	It calls it weird that there wasn't a roster spot for him, which Bill is maintaining.
0:37.7	There just wasn't room on the roster for Ben Watson.
0:41.8	Curran says, really?
0:48.6	In Watson, a guy who caught 95 passes over the previous two seasons, 95 over the previous two,
0:52.0	now can't wedge his way onto a team with two tight ends, Matt LaCost and Ryan Isso,
0:54.7	who've combined to make seven catches in the last five games.
1:00.1	He says, meanwhile, the quarterback's banging against the bars and screaming for the guards to bring him some experienced receivers.
1:02.6	So he says, Brady banging the bars, which is, I think, pretty clear, too.
1:07.9	He says, on this roster, there's a designated punt catcher, Gunner Olshevsky, three dedicated
1:13.5	special teams coverage guys, Matt Slater, Nate Ebner, and Jordan Richards, a third
1:17.8	quarterback, and other assorted guys who don't play a whole hell of a lot, but might someday
1:22.2	Brian Coward, Germain Illuminaur, Dietrich Wise, and Terrence Brooks, yet no room for a tight end with experience and a little bit left in the tank. No space in the huddle for a guy who's been around and seen some things. Color me surprised. Could he once again be just sort of echoing the feelings of a certain somebody in Foxborough? Sure. Absolutely. So you think Brady's unhappy about the Ben Watson situation? I would think, and he'd be right to. And I think that's also, you know, you find out that he didn't end up traveling with the team. I think that part of his attitude that he had on Friday, where he wasn't really giving a strong endorsement to some of the wide receivers and sounded pissy about the offense, because he probably found out that morning. wait, Ben's not going to be part of the plan this weekend. I was counting on him coming back. What? Ah!
2:04.6	So you're going to be part of the plan this weekend.
2:02.0	I was counting on him coming back.
2:03.3	What?
2:03.8	Ah.
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