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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Is J.C. Jackson a must-have for the Patriots or a luxury item?

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

🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran and Phil Perry discuss the future of J.C. Jackson with the Patriots, should the team place the franchise tag on the cornerback or can they afford to let him walk? Also, the two break down some of the potential wide receivers the Patriots may decide to draft this year, and what on earth is going on with the coaching staff.  1:00- Is J.C. Jackson a luxury item at $17M a year? 8:20- How do they replace Jackson if he leaves? 14:30- How good is this year’s wide receiver draft class? 19:05- Breaking down the Patriots’ limited contingent at the NFL Combine, and is this really their final coaching staff for next season? Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lLmoqXpKgus

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up in a bit of telling me.

0:07.0

This time, world champion, and there you? Literal boots on the ground. I happen to be wearing boots today. It's about 60 degrees. It's a beautiful day here.

0:41.9

There's already plenty going on. All right. Well, we want to get, we want to vomit you out into the streets of Indianapolis to make sure that you cover everything.

0:50.3

I will make a note of weather.

1:00.0

The missus and I went down to Nashville, hoping last Wednesday, just a brief visit,

1:06.1

that we would enjoy the same 70 degree temperatures that we were experiencing in New England on that Wednesday.

1:09.7

When we got there, no, it was 35, 35, 35, 35, 35.

1:17.1

And rained like, well, it peed rain on us on the first day.

1:23.9

So despite that, I feel really refreshed. We had a great time and I'm back and ready to get at it.

1:29.0

And Philly did a great job last week, talking to J.C. Jackson, who clearly wants to get paid and clearly ought to get paid, undrafted guy, who's got 17 interceptions over the last two

1:34.1

years, 23 past breakups. My question is, and we're going to get into the level of play of J.C. Jackson,

1:42.3

what exactly he is. Is he really good? Is he a

1:46.0

ballhawk or is he a shutdown elite corner? But for the Patriot's purposes, is J.C. Jackson

1:52.8

a luxury item at $17 million per year, whether it's franchised or in a long-term deal?

2:00.4

Boy, $17 million a year, you've got to be more than a luxury item.

2:04.3

I think in today's NFL, Tom, you could make the argument that having a number one corner

2:09.0

is a luxury item.

2:10.6

That's what I mean.

2:11.4

It just hasn't been proven that you need that to get to the promised land.

2:16.2

And, you know, that's been the case for the Patriots, right?

2:19.6

The Patriots have had a lot of success with number one corners. But if you just look at this past

2:25.0

year's postseason, I know the Rams had a number one corner, but he wasn't a shutdown guy in that

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