Ranking the 2020 Patriots positional groups, worst to first

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

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran is joined by Phil Perry to talk about the Patriots whittling down their roster size before getting deep into the ranking of each of New England's positional groups. 1:10 - Off the top, Tom and Phil discuss what happens when a player tests positive for Covid-19 during training camp. 4:20 - The Patriots cut 10 players over the weekend. Which cuts make sense and which ones are tough to see? Tom and Phil also touch on who should be returning punts in 2020. 13:00 - Tom and Phil go through the positional group rankings, starting with positions that are 'highly suspect.' 18:40 - Which positional groups fall under 'could be good, probably won't be' and 'could be good, might not be?' 29:05 - Getting down to the better positional groups, Tom and Phil discuss the 'OK to good', 'should be really good, but...' and 'elite' bunches. Watch the Podcast on Youtube! - https://youtu.be/TSaBRVrZFQ8

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0:00.0	Hey!
0:02.0	I'm out of been a Terry!
0:07.0	This time, World Champion, and there ain't nothing you can do about it.
0:19.0	Hey!
0:20.0	Hey! Hey! What's up everybody? Happy Monday.
0:24.9	It's Tom Cairn. This is Tom Cairns' Patriots Talk podcast, along with the Senator Phil Perry.
0:29.3	Phil and I have got plenty to hit on as the Patriots begin to report this week down to Gillette Stadium, take their tests, and get ready for the opening of camp on Friday.
0:38.4	On this pod, we're going to go over some of the attrition of the Patriots are already experiencing
0:43.3	the undrafted players, the Patriots have had to release. Additionally, I'm going to go through
0:48.3	the roster rankings, worst to first. What are the best positional groupings on the New England Patriots
0:55.6	2020? And Phil and I are going to bat that pinata around for a little while. Phil, how you
0:59.8	doing? Doing great. Doing great. Ready for camp to start here, hopefully smoothly, safely,
1:07.3	hopefully not too many positive tests when these guys check in so that we'll have some
1:11.0	real football to watch. Yeah, important thing to do, I was just reading Peter King's article,
1:16.1	and, you know, there was a handful of positive tests as players come in, and I think people
1:21.0	have to get their brains adjusted to the fact that there are going to be plenty of people who walk
1:25.1	in feeling fit as a fiddle and they test positive.
1:28.7	What happens then?
1:39.0	Just to give you a quick overview, because I think it's important this week, according to Peter King's football morning in America today, and this is out there in different places.
1:42.2	If a player test positive, he falls into one of two categories. If he have symptoms of COVID, chills, temperature,
1:46.8	etc. 10 days must pass since the first symptoms occurred and 72 hours have passed since
1:52.1	symptoms last occurred. He must test negative and have his return approved by a team doctor.
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