Should Patriots spend newfound cap cash or roll it over?

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

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran is joined by Phil Perry to discuss the Patriots cap space situation in the wake of a handful of players opting out of the 2020 season. The two also discuss the holes left in the roster as well as who was snubbed from the NFL Top 100 list? 2:55 - What should the Patriots do with the roughly $25 million in cap space made available after multiple players announced they were opting out of the 2020 season? 5:58 - Tom and Phil select a few players they think the Patriots should pursue if they were to spend that cap money now. 11:08 - Could this team withstand any more opt outs? Tom and Phil talk about the motivations behind guys choosing not to play this season. 17:07 - There's only one Patriot on the player-curated NFL Top 100 list. Did any Pats get snubbed, and what does the lack of New England players on the list mean? Watch the full episode on YouTube! - https://youtu.be/USOoZs0MYGg

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0:00.0	Hey!
0:02.0	I'm at a bit of Terry!
0:07.0	This time, World Champion, and there ain't nothing you can do about it.
0:19.0	Hey! Hey! What's up everybody?
0:23.8	Welcome to Tom Caron's Patriots Talk Podcast.
0:26.0	I'm Tom Caron, the guy with the hat on backwards and the brother's com and toast t-shirt on.
0:30.2	That's the Senator Phil Perry.
0:32.4	Today we're going to get into Cap's face.
0:34.6	Don't let that money burn a hole in your pocket.
0:36.5	Also the NFL 100. One single Patriot on that list of the 100 best players in the National Football League. Talk a little bit more about the opt-outs and how things are going to go in the future for the Patriots as they open training camp this week. And one thing I want to note is we get ready
0:54.3	for a very unique training camp. There is no Olympics this year. It's been put off, obviously,
0:59.1	but Thursday, July 23rd, it marked the one year mark out from the Tokyo Olympics, which will,
1:06.4	of course, take place next summer. And the world will come back together. We really need to do that to
1:11.9	celebrate competition, unity, and the triumph of the human spirit. Tokyo set to welcome the best
1:17.9	athletes on earth as they pursue a dream delayed after persevering. Check out NBCOlympics.com
1:24.3	for more on what you can hope to see next summer. All right, Philly, how you
1:30.9	doing? Hat on backwards, looking rugged, we're ready to go. Relax. The beard has, this is about a
1:36.8	week's worth of growth right here, and I'm not hating it, to be honest with you. Think we're
1:40.6	going to roll with it. And a lot of people are just listening to the audio version of this, but maybe I'll just scratch it.
1:45.0	Yeah.
1:45.4	Scratch the bunch right in the microphone.
1:47.1	Get a feel for that.
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