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Mike Giardi Joins Toucher and Hardy | The Email Bit | The Stack - 6/2 (Hour 4)

Toucher & Hardy

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4.3 • 735 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

(00:00) Boston Sports Journal writer Mike Giardi joins Toucher and Hardy to talk about all things Patriots, AJ Brown and the compensation it took to get him, was it an overpay? Was this a Vrabel or Elliot Wolf decision?, AJ Brown’s character, Vrabel and Brown’s relationship, if offense will be changed for AJ Brown, how many wins will the Patriots have this season with AJ Brown, how this deal affects the way the Patriots do business, will the Gonzalez deal happen? What’s the line for Gonzalez, also Jets draft talk and and more Myles Garrett trade talk.

(21:40) The Email Bit (Proudly brought to you by Jeffrey Glassman Injury Lawyers)

(36:59) THE STACK


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0:00.0

Not sure is got...

0:00.8

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hack-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

0:04.0

We all just take acid.

0:06.0

Take acid. It's unbelievable. Not sure and hard. How does he keep talking about? Like you, Fred, I'm not worried. The sports-lars-cove. The trade itself is unique in that it's like the worst kept secret in the league, and it actually happened. happened. These usually don't work this way. Like it was the biggest topic at the combine. Everyone's

0:22.8

like, AJ Brown's going to the Patriots. Then if free secret in the league and it actually happened. These usually don't work this way. Like it was the biggest topic at the combine.

0:22.5

Everyone's like, AJ Brown's going to the Patriots.

0:24.6

Then if free agency, the Patriots aren't going to break the bank on anyone but Romeo Dobbs,

0:28.4

it's because they think AJ Brown is coming.

0:30.7

Hey, everyone in my life, in my family is texting and calling and it's all about different things.

0:39.3

Nice.

0:39.8

Not the same thing.

0:41.4

How do you prioritize that?

0:43.4

Who do you answer first?

0:44.8

I said, my son just called me,

0:46.6

I said, I'm on the ear.

0:47.2

He said, I forgot.

0:49.5

Well, Hardy has that same problem.

0:52.8

Thanks for jinxing.

0:53.8

It has been three days without a call, an actual phone call, while we're speaking on the air.

0:59.9

Yeah, and there's like 15 things going on.

1:04.1

His mom wants to know about something with him, and then he wants to know about something else.

1:08.8

It's a whole maze of calls in text.

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