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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Michael Lombardi explains why Malcolm Butler benching wasn't the reason the Patriots lost Super Bowl LII

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

4.5803 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry break down the first impressions they are getting from the newest members of the Patriots. They go through who has shined in training camp, and whether what players we can expect to make an impact during the season. (11:30) Why has this training camp seem to be unenthusiastic? (21:00) Michael Lombardi joins the podcast to talks about his new book “Gridiron genius” that details his time as an executive in the NFL. Lombardi gives some of his favorite Bill Belichick stories from his time in New England, and also explains why he thinks he Malcolm Butler benching gets too much focus from fans on why the Patriots lose Super Bowl LII.

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0:00.0

Today on Quickslance the podcast, early training camp impressions.

0:08.7

Who's up, who's down, who's surprising, who is not really even showing up.

0:13.4

Everything related to the big three, Grunk, Brady Belichick, and everybody down through the

0:18.3

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0:18.7

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0:51.2

Hey, what's up everybody? We are right now on Tuesday, which is an off day in the Patriots

0:57.0

training camp world. We have seen them Thursday and Friday with no pads, Saturday and Sunday

1:02.9

with pads. Those were run heavy football days. Phil Perry and myself are here to bring you our

1:09.3

impressions for the next,

1:11.0

still I would say 28 and a half minutes on what we've seen so far.

1:14.9

And Phil, just hit it up quick.

1:17.5

Let's dive into it.

1:18.9

Some of the surprises, I think, one of the storylines that overarches everything is,

1:24.4

so many of the good first impressions being made are being made by, well, of course,

1:28.2

the first impressions, so many of the impactful impressions being made are by guys who just

1:32.7

showed up.

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