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The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

Protection or playmaker? NFL minds DISAGREE on how Patriots should help Mac Jones

The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

News, Sports News, Jerod Mayo, Nfl Draft, Football, Ja'lynn Polk, 2024 Nfl Draft, Phil Perry, New England Patriots, Nbc Sports Network, Drake Maye, Nfl, Nbc Sports Boston, Sports

4.8558 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Phil Perry talks with Mike Lombardi, Geoff Schwartz and Louis Riddick to get their opinion on what the Patriots should focus on first when building their offense around Mac Jones. Also, we discuss whose stock is on the rise following the NFL combine.    2:30-Mike Lombardi explains why THIS position should be priority for Patriots  5:00-Geoff Schwartz thinks the Patriots should go a different route  12:00-What can the Patriots learn from how the Saints built around Drew Brees?  17:00-Reactions from NFL combine  Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uqzE_lbFLWg

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0:00.0

What's up everybody?

0:15.5

Welcome into the next past podcast.

0:16.7

I'm Phil Perry.

0:17.8

We've got a great episode lined up for you today because we have some combined numbers to react to which players are looking now more than ever like Patriots fits after what they did in Indianapolis.

0:28.9

We're also going to kick off our prototypical Patriots series. That thing is over on NBC SportsBoston.com. We are starting with quarterbacks, believe it or not. We are. And there is one name

0:38.7

in particular who stands out to me as a Patriots fit. And no, you wouldn't have to draft him

0:43.3

on day one. But we're going to start with a discussion. And we're going to be pulling from some

0:47.6

of our friends of the podcast that we spoke to out in Phoenix this year about a very pertinent

0:52.9

topic for this year's off season for the New England

0:55.7

Patriots. That is the everlasting question of offensive tackle versus wide receiver. Where do you

1:03.9

start? What do you prioritize? And if you're the Patriots specifically, what will they prioritize?

1:10.0

We're talking to Mike Lombardi, who we know has worked

1:12.7

here in New England, who we know has Bill Belichick's ear or has for a long, long time and

1:17.4

understands how Bill Belichick thinks. We're also talking to Jeff Schwartz of Fox Sports and

1:21.8

Sirius XM NFL radio, former NFL offensive lineman. He may have an opinion that surprises you. And then we're talking to our

1:28.4

great buddy, Lewis Riddick of ESPN, who has thoughts on this as well, extensive, extensive background

1:34.1

in pro personnel departments in the NFL for years. So fascinating to get his opinion as well.

1:40.0

Well, let's start with Mike Lombardi, who I think is a great person to begin this conversation

1:45.0

with, especially because of our focus on the New England Patriots, because of his background

1:49.4

with the team, because of his experience working for Bill Belichick.

1:53.7

And when you look at it, I think it's important for us, too, to define what we mean when we say

1:58.9

prioritize. Does that mean the most money? Does that mean

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