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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Is J.J. McCarthy now the object of Patriots desire?

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

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Is Eliot Wolf pushing hard for the Patriots to draft J.J. McCarthy with the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft? Tom Curran talks with Tony Pauline to find out what he has heard. Later, Phil Perry joins to discuss players in the draft that could be fits at WR for the Patriots.     4:30-Tony Pauline on the Patriots drafting J.J. with the third pick  8:00-How much can the Patriots get if they trade back?  12:30-Pauline on the WR talent in the draft  28:30-Phil Perry’s prototypical WRs for the Patriots  Watch on YT: https://youtu.be/qx2qqYya9HY

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody?

0:13.0

Welcome into Tom Cairns, Patriots Talk Podcast.

0:15.0

We're getting into it now, right?

0:17.0

By the end of the month, the Patriots will have made a franchise defining decision.

0:25.3

Think about this.

0:28.0

In 54 years, the Patriots have used three for four first round picks on quarterbacks.

0:35.9

In 1971, they took Jim Plunkett.

0:37.6

They didn't win anything with Jim Plunkett, a quarterback.

0:40.4

But when they traded him,

0:42.4

they got three first round picks back that they turned into John Hanna,

0:47.0

a Hall of Famer, Darrell Stingley, a brilliant player.

0:51.7

Sam Cunningham.

0:53.8

Sam Cunningham. If he's not a Patriots Hall of Fame or he ought to be. He was a

0:57.8

beast. And they also continued to draft well through the rest of that decade. And they had

1:02.7

they didn't get to a Super Bowl, but brilliant. The next quarterback they drafted, it was

1:09.2

1983. It was 15th overall pick. It was Tony

1:11.7

Eason. And three years later, they were in the Super Bowl. Now, people can complain about

1:16.0

Tony Eason being a little bit soft. But roll it back. You'll see some good Tony Eason play.

1:22.4

And that team overall, again, bottomed out at the beginning of the decade, 1982. They had

1:27.4

the first overall pick with Ken Sims.

1:29.4

Next year was 15th with Tony Easton by the end of the decade, or middle of the decade,

1:33.6

they were in a Super Bowl.

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