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6-1-7-7-9-085. That this better not be their last roundup. You know, and I just made the point that you don't trade off Jimmy Garapolo for one more year of Brady in championships. Brady's got to be here for three, four years, you know, two, three years anyway.

And this is the last roundup.

You've got to contend here the next couple of years or trading Garoppola made no sense. That was sort of my point on Friday. This better not be the last roundup. Do you fear that it is? I do fear that it is. And when I say, I fear it. Like, to me, this is how I think of it. I put it in these terms. I am concerned about their future.

Okay. say I fear it. Like to me, this is how I think of it. I put it in these terms.

I am concerned about their future. Okay? I'm concerned about the Patriots future. And so the quarterback thing is central to it. I'm sorry, I can't let the Garoppolo thing go. How about the next couple of years? Yeah. Are you worried about the next couple of years? Yes yes yes i would have felt better about it if

garropolo were here because i don't rule out the idea that things with the quarterback could

deteriorate relatively quickly okay i don't rule that out so i know a lot of people do and that

all of a sudden now you know he has a good year and that means another good year's coming not to me

it doesn't i don't look at it that way.

I think he take every year as it comes. So we'll see what he looks like in the fall. It'll probably be good, but you don't know that for sure. And the quarterback part of it to me is a big part of it. And then on top of it, you're going to lose the coordinators, and I can't help but turn back the clock. and I said this to you in the email exchange today.

I can't help but turn back the clock.

Look at all the moves Belichick made last offseason and wonder if he made those believing that he was going to have Garapolo. Like, I wonder about that. And I know that you can overhaul things to a certain degree during the offseason. You get a whole new draft class coming in. There's a free agent class. But they didn't use any draft picks really last year. They used a couple. And so I don't know how much they really benefited from the drafts here in the last couple of years. Like, I look at it and wonder... You don't think they're the favorite next year?

I don't know.

I don't feel as good about it now as I have in other years. Like, there were other years where they went into the Super Bowl, and I thought they're going to be good again next year. Guaranteed. You don't feel that way? I don't. Is this the last roundup, Murray? No, I don't think that it is.

And because the quarterback is still playing at the top of his game,

I think Belichick, while Mift, of? No, I don't think that it is. And because the quarterback is still playing

at the top of his game, I think Belichick, while Mift, of the two, if anyone was going to walk, if he did, I wouldn't be surprised because there's probably some bad feelings about, you know, this trade of Garoppolo. But, you know, I think he has to bury that, bury the shovel, going to the draft, draft a quarterback, and start anew.

You know, he has to try to find somebody else that he can bring up like he did with that kid.

And I think they're going to still be here for the next three years are they going to be here because they're that good or because no one else's uh no i'm talking about in you know they're going to be in foxborough are they going to be back at the super bowl no this is what i mean are they championship contenders the couple of years. Is this the last roundup? No, it's not, because they championship contenders the next couple of years? Is this the last roundup?

No, it's not because they will be here the next couple of years because of those two. If Brady's playing at this level, yeah, they're still the favorite next year. See, I'm just, I'm not convinced to that. I'm not. I have less certainty about them than I have had probably. And look, maybe it's just because they're older and they're near the end.

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