Jakobi Meyers is symbolic of where Bill Belichick and the Patriots have gone wrong

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

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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

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🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran explains why the decision to move on from Jakobi Meyers is symbolic of where Bill Belichick and the Patriots have gone wrong over the last few seasons. Then, Curran welcomes in Phil Perry to discuss where the team stands as they look to ‘start all over’ after their shutout loss against the Saints. 1:00- The decision to move on from Jakobi Meyers is symbolic of where the Patriots have gone wrong in recent seasons 5:50- Tom and Phil break down why Belichick’s inability, or unwillingness, to be able to identify a good offensive player at this point in his career is the root cause of the team’s problems 8:30- What does it actually mean to ‘start all over’ mid-way through the season? 16:50- What changes can realistically be made to save this season? 23:35- What should Robert Kraft do? How should the team handle the rest of the season and going forward beyond that? Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DDKDGDmv3h8 Sponsored by FanDuel Sportsbook

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0:00.0	Tom Curran's Patriots Talk podcast is presented by Fan Dual Sportsbook. Make Every Moment More.
0:15.0	Shotgun snap, Hops his right arm, one's right throw, caught in the hashbook to the three, diving in, down the middle.
0:20.3	Touchdown.
0:21.3	Jacobi Myers, caught the chest high pass, slamming inside.
0:26.5	The Raider quarterback Garapola with the nine-yard touchdown, laser.
0:31.3	And the Raiders have taken their first lead.
0:36.6	Hey, what's up, everybody? Welcome into Tom Carren's Patriots Talk podcast. Yeah, that's
0:40.7	Jacobi Myers scoring a touchdown for the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday, and you're going to see
0:45.9	Jacobi Myers this Sunday when the Patriots play the Raiders. And we're going to have a lot
0:51.5	of Jacobi Myers talk this week, and we should.
0:58.7	Because as we look at a one and four Patriots team that's taking on water at a rapid rate, and we are interrogating exactly how to proceed,
1:03.6	or how the team will proceed with Bill Belichick,
1:06.5	Jacobi Myers stands apart as the perfect example of what's gone wrong here. Maybe even more so than
1:13.2	Tom Brady, which by 2020 was complicated, maybe even more than replacing McDaniels with Judge
1:18.9	and Patricia because, you know, the root problem there wasn't hiring Judge and Patricia. It was not
1:23.9	bothering to have a plan in place if and when McDaniels left.
1:29.7	You just grabbed the two nearest guys to the job.
1:38.8	Now, the Myers thing was a premeditated, aggravated assault on talent evaluation.
1:45.3	The plan was to move on from a player that everyone but Bill Belichick could tell was one of their best players and then replace him with an injured player in Juju Smith-Schuster whose best days were
1:51.0	behind him for God knows what reason.
1:54.6	You know, think about it.
1:56.3	Myers was a value player that the team got really high production from for three season, and over the
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