Grading the Patriots draft, why Cole Strange is a little TWISTED

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🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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UT-Chattanooga Football head coach Rusty Wright joins Phil Perry to discuss Patriots first round pick Cole Strange, break down some of his game film and explain why he thinks the guard and the Patriots are a “perfect fit” for each other. Then, Phil ranks all 10 Patriots draft picks and what he’s learn from people around the league about each player. 2:05- Rusty Wright shares his reaction after learning Cole Strange had been drafted in the first round, and why he had an inkling the guard may go higher than projected 5:00- Wright explains why he thinks Cole Strange will be a “perfect fit” for Bill Belichick and the Patriots 9:50- Wright shares what he thinks is the biggest leap the lineman will need to make to succeed in the NFL 11:00- Phil and Rusty break down some game film to get a deeper understanding of Cole Strange’s game 23:35- Phil ranks all 10 of the Patriots draft picks and what he’s learn from people around the league about each player Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WZqupmIORZU

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? Welcome into the next Pats podcast. I'm Phil Perry. We've got a great show lined up for you today.
0:19.3	We're going to be talking a little bit more about what happened on draft weekend for the Patriots. We talked to you after night one of the drafts about the Cole Strange pick. We talked to you after night two when they selected Taekuan Thornton in the second round and Marcus Jones in the third. But we really haven't talked about what happened on day three. So we're going to be taking a big picture look at the Patriots draft class,
0:37.9	all 10 picks.
0:39.0	I'm going to rank my favorites.
0:40.4	I'm going to tell you what I'm hearing from sources around the league on these players.
0:44.9	We're going to list some players that the Patriots might have been able to take instead of the selections they actually made.
0:52.1	Just to keep it in mind moving forward, we can kind of think about
0:55.2	these players and see how they're doing and look back and say, ooh, was it the right call?
0:59.9	Was it the wrong call?
1:00.8	Did they make the right move there?
1:02.5	All of that, I think, is part of the fun of the NFL draft.
1:05.6	But, but, but before we get to that, we have to play you our interview with UT Chattanooga, head coach Rusty Wright.
1:15.5	Rusty was phenomenal talking all things Cole Strange with us, not just about his on the field demeanor, which he called a little twisted, which I loved.
1:25.9	But what he did off the field for the program there in Chattanooga, we're also going to watch a little twisted, which I loved, but what he did off the field for the program there in Chattanooga,
1:30.4	we're also going to watch a little film.
1:32.6	It's not necessarily the all 22 if you're with us on the YouTube channel, but I think
1:37.7	you're really good to appreciate watching some UT Chattanooga, watching some Cole Strange
1:42.2	and hearing his head coach tell us the how and why of what's going on in front of our own eyes.
1:48.9	What makes Cole Strange, Cole Strange the player when you get to see him in action?
1:54.3	So great conversation with Rusty Wright head coach from UT Chattanooga.
1:58.2	Let's get to that chat right now.
2:05.8	Thank you. coach from UT Chattanooga. Let's get to that chat right now. All right, very excited now to have with us, head coach of UT Chattanooga, Rusty,
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