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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

How important is it for the Patriots to keep Devin McCourty in 2022?

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

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran is joined by two of the up-and-coming reporters on the Patriots beat, Henry McKenna of USA Today and Boston.com’s Khari Thompson, to discuss all the latest on the Patriots offseason front, including how big a roll Bill Belichick will play in coaching the offense next season and the importance of the team re-signing Devin McCourty. 1:00- Henry and Khari share how they got into the business and covering the Patriots 6:10- How concerning is the Patriots’ offensive coaching situation and how big a role will Bill Belichick have in Mac Jones’ development next year? 18:05- Breaking down the potential outcomes of the J.C. Jackson situation 26:00- How important is it for the Patriots to bring back Devin McCourty in 2022? 33:30- What is going on with the Patriots and the top wide receivers in this year’s draft? Are they planning to draft a big name for Mac? Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BwYcRds2b_8

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up in a bit of telling,

0:05.0

Patriot Time, World Champion, and there ain't nothing you can do about it.

0:18.0

Hey!

0:39.4

What's up everybody? Welcome into Tom Carver's Patriots Talk podcast. Combine Week is ongoing. We've got boots in the ground, but different boots today. We got Kyrie Thompson from Boston.com joining us. And also, Henry McKenna from USA Today, he's going to join us as well, been covering the Patriots for a long time. We figured we'd get Phil a little bit of a blow and get some of

0:43.5

the younger voices on this beat in here so you can have a perspective that isn't just Phil and Tom

0:48.6

and Tom and Phil all the time. So I hope you guys are going to enjoy. We'll bring these guys in right now.

0:57.0

All right. And here they are, Henry McKenna, Kyrie Thompson. Fellas, appreciate you taking the time.

1:03.3

Yeah, how'd be here? Thanks for having me, man.

1:06.0

Hey, you're at the combine, Carrie. How's it going so far? How many combines have you been to?

1:11.8

So this is my first one. So I'm, you know, kind of still wandering around. You're like, what am I supposed to be doing

1:17.6

right now? But, but hey, having a good time with it. And it's going to be interesting watching these

1:23.0

guys work out today. It is a weird beast, isn't it, to try and figure out, what should I be doing?

1:28.8

The bottom line is get something, just get something by the end of the day.

1:33.8

Henry McKenna, I work with him at NBC Sports Boston earlier last decade now, but he is one of the

1:42.1

most determined questioners of Bill Belichick that I've encountered.

1:45.8

And I've often said, Henry, you're doing it exactly right.

1:49.4

Bill, Bill sees you start to open your mouth.

1:52.4

And he starts to go, oh, no, here comes Henry.

1:55.0

But I love the way you do your job.

1:56.8

Henry, welcome.

1:58.1

How did you give me your path from when I knew you to where you are now

2:02.9

and what you do now. Yeah, so going back to my first day at NBC Sports, Austin, I was like a

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