Shane Vereen on why Mac Jones needs a backfield binky

The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

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4.8 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Phil Perry talks with former Patriots running back Shane Vereen about the experience of playing in Super Bowl XLIV against the Seahawks and why he’d add a pass-catching running back over a deep-threat receiver to New England’s offense next year. Then, Super Bowl LII champion Darren Sproles joins Phil to explain why he thinks J.J. Taylor could be New England’s next star player out of the backfield. 2:15- Shane Vereen describes the experience of playing in the epic Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl 5:20- What offensive weapon should the Patriots prioritize adding to help Mac Jones next season? 10:00- Can a run-heavy offense still win in the NFL? 12:35- Vereen shares his experience playing for Bill O’Brien 17:30- Darren Sproles joins to break down why Patriots fans should keep an eye on J.J. Taylor Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FfYYH8P_G8Q

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? Welcome to the next Pat's podcast. I'm Phil Perry. We're coming at you kind of live, not really live, but a little bit live from Los Angeles.
0:22.6	We are downtown. We are here for the Super Bowl, Rams, Bengals, lots of discussions for us.
0:29.6	We're focused on the team building stuff to get into when it comes to these two teams,
0:33.6	to very different approaches, to very different styles. But today we've got an
0:38.8	interesting treat for you. We have a running back heavy NextPats podcast. It's not something we do
0:45.0	all that often because we know what's next in the NFL doesn't usually center around that
0:49.9	particular position, unfortunately, for those guys. But, but, but, but we are thinking always about
0:55.8	what might be next in terms of Mack Jones' development and what helps him get to that next step,
1:01.0	that next level. I thought it was interesting last week when Joe Banner, a long-time NFL executive,
1:06.1	told us if the Patriots can just focus on the middle of the field, those past catching backs, they can't be
1:12.1	covered. Is that really what the Patriots should be doing next to help out their young quarterback?
1:18.7	So we dug even deeper into that topic. We've got two phenomenal past catching running backs on the podcast this week.
1:25.2	We're talking to Shane Vareen, former Patriot in New York.
1:28.2	Giant, great conversation with him.
1:29.4	We're also talking to one of the most productive running backs in league history, top 10,
1:35.2	all time and all-purpose yardage, Darren Sprouls, about how best to build around Mac Jones.
1:41.0	And also, we nibble away at the question of can you win in today's NFL by being a
1:47.6	run first, run-heavy offense? Because we know it seems at least as though everything's trending
1:53.7	toward the passing game, but what about the running backs? What about the offensive line? What about
1:56.8	that kind of approach that the Patriots loved last season. Can they continue it and win
2:02.5	at a high level? Great discussion with both these guys, Vereen and Sproles. Let's hit Shane
2:07.4	Verene first and then we'll transition right into our conversation with Darren Sprouls. Let's get
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