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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

How much freedom does Mac Jones have? Josh McDaniels reveals the answer

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

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran and Phil Perry dissect Mac Jones’ first NFL start, and debate how much freedom he will be given with the Patriots’ offense this season. Later, Kyle Van Noy breaks down the loss to the Dolphins.   4:00-How similar is Mac Jones attitude to a young Tom Brady? 6:30-How much freedom will Mac have to adjust plays at the line? 15:30-Why did the Patriots’ defense struggle at the start of the game and at halftime against the Dolphins? 22:30-Interview with Kyle Van Noy 26:30-Van Noy on the potential of Mac Jones Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MDnmGqCpgos

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up, friends?

0:05.0

Welcome to Tom Curran's Patriots Talk podcast featuring the Senator Phil Perry.

0:10.0

You're plenty to get to today. We had access to the Patriots assistant coaches.

0:14.0

So we're going to hear from Josh McDaniels on what he thought of Mack Jones' Sunday debut,

0:20.0

the work he did at the line, the work he did

0:22.6

under center, and his work in communication. Also, Gerard Mayo, why the Patriots start so flat? Start

0:28.4

the game and the second half. We're going to look ahead at the beat up Jets and then at the

0:33.2

end, we're going to have Kyle Van Nort joining us on Quickslans to give his input on Sunday's game and going forward.

0:40.9

But first, Ivan Fier's, what did you think about Sunday's football game?

0:44.9

It was like the classic thing that you wouldn't expect to happen,

0:51.0

and that we would actually give the ball away, give the goddamn game away by turning

0:56.2

the ball over in the last few minutes of the game.

0:59.2

When we're in scoring position, that was a hard one.

1:02.3

That's a hard one to accept.

1:03.6

And for Damien, God, that stings, man.

1:08.8

It stings like a son of a guy.

1:26.6

A bit of Terry. He like a son of a guy. Phil, I don't know how sturdy the filter on Ivan Fier's was when he arrived here in 1980,

1:33.7

but it is completely blown out at this point.

1:37.2

And God bless him.

1:38.5

Because when it comes to the Ron Hobson Media Award that was unveiled like four or five years ago,

1:43.3

I think it's about time we give it to a coach.

1:45.7

He should get it every year.

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