Rodney Harrison laments the softness of the Patriots defense

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

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

🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran is joined by Rodney Harrison to discuss Mac Jones’ rookie season, what the Patriots need to do to improve on defense and Tom Brady’s ‘snub’ of the Patriots in his retirement announcement. Rodney also shares his thoughts on Brian Flores’ decision to sue the NFL and how the league needs to address the issue. 1:00- Rodney shares his thoughts on Mac Jones and what he needs to do to improve entering year two 2:55- What do the Patriots need to do to toughen up on defense? 6:25- Rodney shares his thoughts on the Brian Flores situation and how the league needs to address it directly, starting at the ownership level 12:35- Rodney pushes back on Patriots fans who feel slighted by Tom Brady not mentioning them or the Patriots in his retirement announcement 15:35- Rodney explains why the lack of Black head coaches and executives in the NFL is so hurtful and upsetting Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m8opk1GQMHQ

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0:00.0	Hey!
0:01.0	And there's nothing to Tom 40s.
0:07.0	This time, world champion, and there ain't nothing you can do about it. Hey, what's up, everybody?
0:23.1	Welcome into Tom Carren's Patriots Talk podcast.
0:26.4	We got a banger today.
0:27.5	Rodney Harrison, Patriots Hall of Famer.
0:30.0	And also an NBC analyst.
0:32.0	He's going to join us.
0:33.0	And as always, he brings high, high energy.
0:36.3	Let's roll it.
0:37.4	Rodney and I right now. All right, we are high, high energy. Let's roll it.
0:38.4	Rodney and I right now.
0:44.0	All right, we are joined by the one, the only, the great Rodney Harrison, of course,
0:48.6	from NFL fame, a Patriots Hall of Famer, and he now works for NBC.
0:50.4	Rodney, I'm going to launch right into it.
0:52.2	What did you think of Mac Jones this year?
0:56.2	Man, I thought he was very solid. To be honest,
1:02.5	with you, a young guy coming in there as a rookie having to take over the reins from Tom Brady.
1:05.9	I thought he came in. I thought he was humble. I thought he worked extremely hard.
1:13.2	I thought he gained a respect of the locker room. And it's so hard to do, you know, not only as a veteran player coming in there, but as a rookie trying to establish yourself. And, you know,
1:18.8	it may be changed the perception of what people may have about you in college when you're in
1:23.6	college. You know, you win a national championship. You come in. You got to prove yourself.
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