Preseason wrap-up: How will the Patriots improve their roster ahead of Week 1?

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

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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

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry break down the Patriots roster following their preseason finale against the Giants. They analyze Mike Vrabel’s comments on roster improvements, discuss the futures of players like Javon Baker and Kyle Dugger, and highlight which position groups showed the most progress during training camp

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0:00.0	I don't know other than I'd like to find out where some of these come from, you know, some of these rats around here, so we'll figure that out.
0:21.2	Is that a rat sound or is that a chipmunk?
0:23.4	What's up, everybody?
0:24.4	Welcome to the Tom Cruise Patriots Talk podcast.
0:27.2	Rat 1, Rat 2, right here.
0:29.5	Mike Vrable and the Patriots lose 42 to 10 in their preseason finale.
0:34.3	Starters didn't play.
0:35.4	People of consequence didn't play.
0:37.0	Mike Vrable also had this to say
0:39.1	when asked about the Patriots
0:42.5	and what will happen and unfold over the next few days
0:45.1	with their roster.
0:46.2	Well, again, we're going to continually try to
0:47.9	strengthen the roster every way we can.
0:52.3	You know, there's a couple options, right?
0:54.0	You can try to trade for players. You could try to claim some players. You know, there's a couple options, right? You can try to trade for players.
0:55.9	You could try to claim some players next week. So, again, we're always going to be trying to
1:01.6	strengthen the roster, and that's what we'll try to do here over the course of the next 10 days.
1:08.6	We're not going to delve too deeply into the game.
1:12.1	You guys don't expect that.
1:14.1	What we will delve deeply into is the roster.
1:18.2	And when Mike is asked about where do you see this team now,
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