What's up everybody?

Welcome into the next Pat's podcast.

I'm Phil Perry coming at you from one of the more desolate convention center workrooms you'll ever find.

Nothing but plain beige walls in all directions.

But we are just beyond the hubbub of the combine.

I needed to get into a safe space, a quiet space, so that I could talk to you, the people,

so that you could hear from Patriots head coach, Dorad Mayo.

We had the opportunity to meet with Mayo this morning hit on a variety of different topics

over the course

of about seven minutes before he ran off to his morning meetings.

A lot of work for staffs, just as a bit of a preface before we launch into the Mayo

conversation.

A lot of work for staffs given the new structure of the combine where the workouts and the interviews all take

place in quote unquote prime time late night interviews late night workouts means the day is open

but not for very long because it is open to be filled with meetings for if you're somebody like

Gerard Mayo or Patriots front office members. Agents, agents of your own players, agents who

might happen to represent other players that aren't on your team but might like to be part

of your team given the amount of cap space you have. That might technically be tampering,

but that's the sort of thing

that happens this week in Indy. You're meeting with potentially outside private entities

that have the ability to help your team, consult in some way, shape, or form. A good example that everyone is familiar with now if you follow the NFL is Pro Football Focus.

Pro Football Focus is an entity that did not always work with all 32 NFL teams.

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