McCourtys battle feelings of 'hopelessness' after Kenosha shooting

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

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Tom E. Curran, Mike Vrabel, Afc, 2024 Nfl Draft, Football, Afc East, New England Patriots, Nfl, News, Sports News, Jerod Mayo, Phil Perry, Sports, Drake Maye, Patriots Nation, Ja'lynn Polk

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran addresses Patriots fans in an episode focused on both football and something much bigger than the sport. Devin and Jason McCourty both express how they're feeling in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake. Cam Newton talks about his role as a leader on the Patriots and Tom runs through who popped in the most recent practice. 0:59 - Tom talks about the historic week in sports, as professional athletes continue to speak out about social justice in the United States and prove to be some of the most important voices in the nation. 8:34 - Devin McCourty talks about the 'heartbreaking' events that unfolded in Kenosha, WI earlier in the week and how he's struggled to figure out what the right thing to do is: to play or not to play. 12:29 - Jason McCourty also opens up and discusses his mixed feelings about practicing this week and how helpless he feels about the nation's inability to find an answer for its current problems. 19:05 - Cam Newton talks about establishing himself as a leader on the Patriots as Tom breaks down the QB's week at practice. 30:51 - Who popped and who dropped this week at practice? Tom talks about the performance of Damien Harris, N'Keal Harry and Deatrich Wise.

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0:00.0	Hey!
0:02.0	I'm at a bit of Terry!
0:07.0	This time, World Champion, and there ain't nothing you can do about it.
0:19.0	Hey!
0:20.0	Hey! Hey! What's up, everybody? It's Tom Karin. This is Tom Karin's Patriots Talk podcast.
0:26.6	On today's podcast, we'll get into what the Patriots are wrestling with, specifically, Devin and Jason McCordy, and all the players who've been so involved in trying to be active for social justice
0:39.3	in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting.
0:42.2	Additionally, we get the offense in the crosshairs after a difficult Thursday.
0:47.5	Cam Newton speaks about his role as a leader and a few other news and notes as the Patriots
0:52.3	turn into the latter part of their second week of training camp.
0:56.6	All that and more on the Patriots Talk podcast.
0:59.6	All right.
0:59.9	So obviously, this is an historic week in sports with the NBA playoffs in the bubble down in Orlando,
1:06.9	deciding on Wednesday night to forego games as a show of unity, support, and maybe in some
1:16.1	ways confusion as to what to do in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
1:24.9	And obviously from that, flows conversation among so many professional athletes
1:31.3	who have such a powerful platform where, in my view, in many ways, across America, so many of these athletes
1:42.5	might be the only African American black individuals
1:47.2	that much of white America happens to identify with on a daily basis. Sure, there's rappers and
1:55.2	there's politicians and Obama was the president of the United States, but I think that
1:59.3	the interactions and parts of your life
2:02.6	that if you're a sports fan, athletes play or hold is important.
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