New decade, different Patriots as the playoffs approach

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

🗓️ 31 December 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

1:06 - Tom Curran gives an update on the state of the Patriots and Tom Brady as they prepare for their first-round matchup with the Tennessee Titans. 6:00 - Tom explains his opinion on why Bill Belichick didn't use his timeouts at the end of the first half vs. the Dolphins. 9:42 - Matt Cassel joins Tom to discuss what the Patriot can expect to see from the Titans offense. 14:06 - The Titans young receivers have proven themselves this season. So why can't the Patriots get the same production out of their young drafted receivers? 19:42 - Matt explains what the Titans defense does well and how Mike Vrabel and Dean Pees' familiarity with the Patriots will benefit Tennessee. Also, where do the Patriots have an advantage? 25:40 - Why did Tom Brady look so great against the Bills and then struggle against the Dolphins? 31:02 - Matt gives his thoughts on Belichick's decision not to use the timeouts against the Dolphins. Tom wonders if the decision was damaging to the offense's confidence.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody?
0:15.0	Welcome into Tom Carren's Patriots Talk podcast. Happy New Year, December 31.
0:20.1	Hope you've got big plans for tonight. And if you don't
0:21.8	have big plans, I hope you got some relaxation. Take a moment, reflect. Okay, get yourself set for
0:26.9	2020, 2020 vision. We all got it. We got Matt Castle. And when we bring him in, we're going
0:33.5	to discuss the Titans matchup. Tom Brady's night and day performance between Buffalo and Miami,
0:39.0	and that much-discussed halftime decision for the Patriots to fold their tent.
0:44.0	We're heading into the playoffs.
0:46.5	It's Tom Caron's Patriots Talk podcast.
0:48.3	Right out.
0:49.8	Out of been a telling.
0:51.4	This is a fourth one.
0:52.7	This time, world champion. And there ain't nothing you can do about it.
0:59.0	Hey!
1:04.0	All right, we've got Matt coming in in just a couple of minutes.
1:09.0	Before we get to him, though, I want to give a little perspective on where things are,
1:13.8	and I don't know where they are either.
1:15.8	Look, I've told you all season that the Patriots offensively were kind of overmatched,
1:22.7	and we've seen it.
1:23.4	Not only did they enter the season without enough artillery, injuries they suffered plagued them.
1:29.5	We've seen it in third down stats as a season rolled along.
1:32.1	We've seen it in Red Zone and goal to go stats as a season rolled along.
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