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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Superpowers and Achilles’ heels of Patriots AFC competition

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

4.5803 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Patriots are red-hot with a 9-2 record, but how do they stack up against their competition? Tom Curran and Phil Perry break down the pros and cons of the Patriots’ AFC competition to see where they stack up. Also, they look ahead to the Patriots’ upcoming matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody?

0:14.3

Welcome into Tom Curran's Pagetriot podcast.

0:17.4

That's Phil Perry over there.

0:18.9

He and I both had the weekend off, technically,

0:21.9

but being who we are and how we do things, we both watched a boatload of football on Sunday,

0:28.2

gave us a chance to get an eye full, not just of the National Football League, Phil, but the American Football Conference.

0:34.0

So we're going to take a look at the competition down the stretch in the final six games for the nine and two Patriots.

0:40.3

Here's your conference stand as they, well, as they stand right now.

0:45.0

You got Denver up there on the top after their win over Kansas City.

0:48.3

Unimpressive, except for that defense.

0:50.8

Patriots 9 and 2, Colts 8 and 2, Pittsburgh, 6 and 4, they're not that good.

0:56.9

Buffalo, 7 and 3, another year of, oh, if poor Justin Herbert just had more people around him.

1:03.8

Overrated.

1:04.9

And then finally the Jacksonville Jaguarts who scare nobody, Phil, impressions of the American Football Conference on this particular day?

1:12.0

It just still feels wide open, Tom.

1:13.9

We've been talking about this for a long time now.

1:16.0

But if you're a Patriots fan, which of these teams do you look at and say, you know what?

1:22.2

Patriots have a really hard time beating those guys in the postseason.

1:25.2

I don't think that team exists.

1:26.6

There are a number of teams that could beat the Patriots for sure, but I feel as though the Patriots are probably

1:31.3

playing the best of all these teams you mentioned right now. And I think if you're a Patriots fan,

1:36.9

again, you should feel really good about their chances come to postseason because we know

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