Patriots Unfiltered 12/31: Dolphins Preview, Vrabel Presser/Reaction, Week 18 NFL Picks

Patriots Unfiltered

New England Patriots

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Tune-in as the PU Crew turns the page to the Patriots regular season closer against the Miami Dolphins. We discuss players and matchups to watch, and discuss why the Dolphins could give New England trouble early. We watch Mike Vrabel's weekly presser, and react to his comments on recent player news, facing the Dolphins and more. Plus, we go around the horn to share our final league picks of the regular season.

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0:00.0	Some of the content of Patriots Unfiltered may not be suitable for all audiences.
0:10.1	Listener discretion is advised.
0:12.8	The world's original podcast.
0:18.9	Welcome to Patriots Unfiltered. The field goal kicker stinks. I know, but... They got cut the next day. Well, yeah, but that was the cover-up. You say that, but then they keep winning. They keep winning games and they have to win. How do they do last week? So what? They're in the playoffs. No, they're not. What do you mean they're not? I do want to talk about the Drake May nickname. Done the research. I understand how it started. I like the reasoning. I literally explained it to you last week. What? Why are you laughing? 16 minutes without any exes and overseas. So Paul wants to do nicknames.
0:54.7	I've got tons of them here. Drake O. This person's writing in The Force. Delete. I used AI for the nickname, and it came up with the humble howitzer. I agree with Fred now. But the nickname is Drake. Drake May, May. The way. The way. You're going to continue this tomorrow and catch 22, of course, right? This is Patriots Unfiltered.
1:12.5	Presented by Toyota's official website for deal. The way. The way. The way. You're going to continue this tomorrow and catch 22, of course, right? This is Patriots Unfiltered.
1:12.5	Presented by Toyota's official website for deals by a Toyota.com.
1:17.0	Patriot Unfiltered.
1:18.8	All right, welcome back to Patriots Unfiltered, if you were here yesterday.
1:24.4	Of course they were.
1:25.3	It is Wednesday, New Year's Eve, here at Gillette Stadium.
1:29.8	And we're getting ready for the Miami Dolphins Sunday at 425.
1:36.0	And lots to talk about here regarding football and nicknames.
1:42.8	We're not going to get into that again,
1:44.7	although I still getting emails about that.
1:47.8	But we'll talk about the Miami game coming up.
1:50.6	I trust if you've read them and there was any one that was any good,
1:53.9	you would have brought it to the table.
1:56.3	Okay.
1:57.2	Nothing notable.
1:59.8	But we'll talk about all the implications of the game and likely scenarios and all that stuff.
2:06.2	As we all know, the Patriots are the AFC East champs and guaranteed in the playoffs.
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