Matt Cassel on the Mac Jones vs. Cam Newton quarterback competition

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

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Former Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel joins Tom Curran and Phil Perry to give his take on New England selecting Mac Jones at No. 15 in the draft. The three discuss what exactly it will take for Jones to surpass Cam Newton as the starting quarterback in Foxboro. 2:50 - Tom asks Matt and Phil at what point in the season they think Mac Jones will take over the starting QB role. 11:40 - Matt gives his insight on where Jones will have to make adjustments as a rookie quarterback when it comes to pre-snap and run game play calling. 22:22 - Addressing Mike Lombardi's comments about how Belichick will approach the QB battle. 31:05 - Why are people criticizing the pick? Tom, Matt and Phil discuss Jones' skillset and compare him to other mid-first-round quarterbacks from the past. 39:27 - Recalling stories about Belichick's mysterious advisor Ernie Adams after it was announced this was his final draft working with the Patriots.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Tom Cruise Pound
0:07.0	World Champion
0:11.0	And there ain't nothing you can do about it.
0:20.0	Welcome to Tom Courrens page.
0:23.9	It's Talk podcast, joined as always by the Senator Phil Perry, and we have Mack Castle alongside to talk plenty of Mac Jones and just how long it would be until he could dislodge Cam Newton.
0:35.1	But before we get into all that, we had to talk a little bit of vaccine,
0:38.8	because we were just talking about it before we came on,
0:40.8	and I'm double-vaxed two times.
0:42.3	I got the two.
0:43.3	And Matt, which is situation now, double-vaxed?
0:45.8	No, double-vaxed as of Thursday of last week.
0:48.3	Had a little tiny, little bit of reaction,
0:51.3	but I feel great.
0:52.3	As of Saturday, 48 hours out, I was good to go.
0:55.6	You look great. Double Vax. I feel great. COVID free. COVID free. Feel good. Got through the wave.
1:01.1	Here we go. All right. Phil's a little bit of a younger individual. I don't want to single him out
1:04.7	as somebody who's not been Vaxed. He also lives. Well, Matt lives in Tennessee. They're just jabbing people left him right now. He's an anti-Vaxa.
1:13.0	I'm only one shot in.
1:14.2	I'm only one shot in.
1:15.0	A couple weeks, I'll be double-up.
1:16.8	Now, I got the Pfizer shot on Easter, and then I got the second one last week, last Sunday,
1:22.1	had a swollen left armpit from the limbs note attacking, saying, what the hell?
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