Louis Riddick explains why Mac Jones makes the Patriots CONTENDERS
The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast
NBC Sports Boston
4.8 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everybody. Welcome into the next Pat's podcast. The horns are blaring. You know what time it is. And you know what week it is. It's Mac Jones week here on the next Pat's podcast. He is your starting quarterback for the New England Patriots. Patriots release Cam Newton. Mac Jones elevates to the number one slot. Did he even need to elevate? Was this a competition at all over the course of the summer? |
| 0:39.9 | You know it was because you followed along with us, but a fascinating, fascinating storyline, |
| 0:44.5 | the fact that Mack Jones, somebody that we've been talking about here on this podcast, |
| 0:47.7 | you've been hearing about this player here on this podcast since well before the draft, |
| 0:52.7 | he is now going to be the Patriot starting quarterback in |
| 0:55.7 | 2021. What does it mean? Well, lucky for you, lucky for me. We're bringing in all kinds of |
| 1:01.6 | massive brains on this topic this week because it is such a huge topic. So we're welcoming in |
| 1:07.1 | ESPN's Lewis Riddick. You know him well, Monday night football. This guy is all kinds of tapped in. |
| 1:13.5 | And he is a tremendous evaluator in his own right. And he has been on the Mack Jones bandwagon since the very beginning, even dating back to before the draft, before the Patriots selected him. |
| 1:26.7 | Lewis also the perfect guest this week because he played for Bill Belichick. |
| 1:29.7 | He understands how Bill Belichick works. |
| 1:31.5 | We're also going to be bringing in Josh McDaniels and Troy Brown, Patriots Offensive |
| 1:35.4 | Coordinator and Receivers Coach. |
| 1:37.3 | I was able to ask both of those assistants to Bill Belichick about why they feel comfortable |
| 1:43.1 | with Mack Jones as the Patriots |
| 1:44.9 | starting quarterback going into this fall. Some really insightful and interesting answers coming |
| 1:50.3 | from both McDaniels and Brown there. But first, first, first, first, we've got to get to |
| 1:55.7 | Lewis Riddick. So let's get to him right now. All right. very excited now to have with us, Lewis Riddick, ESPN, Monday |
| 2:06.1 | Night Football. You know him well. He's a must follow on Twitter at L. Riddick ESPN. And if you've |
| 2:12.0 | been following Lewis, you know Lewis has been on the Mac Jones bandwagon for months and months. |
| 2:17.8 | Lewis, thanks for being with us, man. |
| 2:19.2 | How surprised were you, though, to hear that Mac Jones would be QB1 here in New England |
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