New England Patriots 2024 Preview with Evan Lazar of Patriots.com
The Simple Handicap: Daily NFL Betting Podcast with Adam Chernoff
Adam Chernoff
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🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
I am joined by Evan Lazar, senior reporter for Patriots.com to preview the New England Patriots for 2024.
Evan answers my questions at the following time stamps:
(02:47) More coach transparency at pressers without Belichick?
(04:15) Can we believe what the coaches are saying about players/news?
(05:23) How will the staff handle training camp and playing starters in preseason different?
(06:56) What is the Patriots offense going to look like?
(09:17) Is the scheme a better fit for Jacoby Brissett or Drake Maye?
(11:01) How many games will Drake Maye start in 2024?
(12:52) What chance does Drake Maye have to start Week 1?
(14:31) Will the defense fall off without Belichick?
(17:13) Is there any sense of “win now” or is this a full rebuild year?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, everybody, and welcome to team preview number one here on the Simple Handicap |
| 0:04.7 | Podcast feed. Today is Wednesday, July 17th, and we are looking at the New England Patriots |
| 0:10.5 | with the help of Evan Lazar of Patriots.com. Before we get into the interview, I just want to share a little |
| 0:16.5 | bit of my thought process to tell you a little bit about the perspective that I went into the interview |
| 0:21.6 | with and what I was trying to get answers around. The first thing that I'm looking at when it |
| 0:26.3 | comes to the paths is just trying to figure out what this coaching staff is going to be, |
| 0:31.4 | because this is a massive regime change. Gone are the days of Bill Belichick, and it is |
| 0:37.0 | completely new, top to bottom. So trying |
| 0:39.2 | to get a sense of that. Also trying to figure out, is this team trying to win now, or is this a |
| 0:44.7 | full rebuild year? This team is very clearly fourth place in the AFC East, arguably as fourth |
| 0:51.8 | place as any team in any division league-wide. |
| 0:55.6 | It's like, what are the expectations here for New England? |
| 0:58.8 | I also want to figure out the Jacoby Brissette, Drake May, breakdown, who's going to be |
| 1:03.7 | running the offense? |
| 1:04.6 | What is the offense going to look like with Van Pelt as the offensive coordinator? |
| 1:09.0 | And then finally, is this defense going to drop off? Is that |
| 1:13.1 | drop off inevitable when you lose the best defensive coach of all time? Or is there enough |
| 1:18.0 | talent on this roster? Because on paper, there are some big names on this defense. Is that |
| 1:23.1 | talent enough to keep this defense a top 10 unit? Or is this going to be a step back? And what I also |
| 1:29.7 | thought was very interesting at the end, kind of got into, is there a sense of tanking around |
| 1:35.3 | the New England Patriots this year? I think his answer might surprise people based on how the |
| 1:40.2 | pats are being discussed in mainstream media so far this summer. |
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