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The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

If the Patriots trade down: Why Spencer Rattler is a better option than Michael Penix Jr.

The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

News, Sports News, Jerod Mayo, Nfl Draft, Football, Ja'lynn Polk, 2024 Nfl Draft, Phil Perry, New England Patriots, Nbc Sports Network, Drake Maye, Nfl, Nbc Sports Boston, Sports

4.8558 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

If the Patriots aren’t sold on the top QBs in the 2024 NFL Draft, what’s their best option for trading down? Phil Perry breaks down the best scenarios for the Patriots, and explains why he’s in favor of drafting Spencer Rattler over Michael Penix Jr. Later, we sit down for a 1-on-1 with Rattler to discuss his college career and preparing for the NFL.  4:00-Michael Penix Jr. vs. Spencer Rattler debate   10:00-Possible trade-down scenarios for the Patriots   19:00-Spencer Rattler scouting report  34:30-Rattler 1-on-1  Watch on YT: https://youtu.be/s61vxpVUCCI

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0:00.0

What's up everybody?

0:10.4

Welcome into the next Pats podcast.

0:11.9

I'm Phil Perry.

0:12.8

We've got more quarterbacks to talk about, but they're not the quarterbacks you think,

0:16.5

at least not off the top of the show today because we're talking about some quote unquote tier two

0:21.9

guys maybe even a tier three guy depending on who you are talking about michael pennix and spencer

0:28.8

rattler we're going to go back and forth a little bit as to the advantages and disadvantages of

0:33.6

drafting both guys if you listen to the patriots talk podcast from earlier this week, myself, Tom Caron,

0:39.4

going over a couple of different scenarios.

0:41.4

We'll go over them here again just to sort of paint a picture.

0:45.1

If the Patriots aren't necessarily sold on taking a quarterback at number three overall,

0:50.6

if they don't have the conviction necessary to be able to draft a Drake May, for instance,

0:56.2

at number three, or a J.J. McCarthy at number three, assuming Jane Daniels is off the board at number two,

1:02.9

then what do you do? I've got a few ideas, and I want to share them with you. We're also talking

1:09.3

with Spencer Rattler himself.

1:12.6

Yes, we've had this interview in the can for a while now. We spoke to him actually during

1:16.7

Super Bowl week, but had a great chat with him, talked about one of his favorite throws from

1:22.1

this past season, talked about what it feels like for him to be a guy that I consider to be relatively underrated.

1:30.0

That was not a great situation in South Carolina in terms of what he was dealing with on the

1:33.7

offensive line.

1:35.2

Now, he had a playmaking receiver in Xavier Leggett, rare physical traits.

1:38.8

We've talked about him on the podcast before.

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