The Aftermath: Patriots stun Bengals in Week 1 - How'd it happen?!

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

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran reacts to the Patriots’ 16-10 upset win over the Bengals in Week 1 before welcoming in Phil Perry to break down all of the major storylines from the game. 5:40- Phil details the emotional reaction from the team in the locker room afterwards 9:40- Does this win validate their QB and offseason plan? 15:50- What happened at left tackle with Chukwuma Okorafor? And why was the team still able to be successful running the ball? 19:45- Where does the team still need to focus on to become more ‘daunting’ on offense for opposing defenses? 23:05- Phil and Tom share their ‘stock up, and stock down’ picks for Week 1 Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/msUvAwrZW3Y

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody?
0:13.2	Welcome into Tom Carhart's Patriots Talk podcast.
0:16.0	This is the aftermath, and the aftermath is not what we expected it to be.
0:20.1	No black box to search for in this one.
0:22.7	The plane did not craft. The Patriots win 16 to 10. Phil Perry will join us in just a second,
0:28.7	but I just wanted a monologue for a second here because this is a new era, but it's a win that
0:36.7	really felt like old times.
0:39.5	Think about this. The Patriots won with ball control offense, a running game, efficiency,
0:45.0	toughness, turnover is forced, specialty teams, add tip to Joey Sly.
0:54.5	And just being the smarter football team.
0:57.2	The first time the Patriots have won an opener since 2020 with Cam Newton a quarterback,
1:02.9	and that was a year they were playing the rebuilding Miami Dolphins.
1:07.5	The Patriots second drive of the game when they scored a touchdown to go ahead, unexpectedly
1:11.8	seven to nothing. That was a 14-play, 85-yard drive that took seven minutes and 20 seconds.
1:19.2	They had one touchdown drive last season in the entirety of the year that was longer than that
1:25.2	that ended with a touchdown. That was on October 15th against the Raiders.
1:29.4	They lost the game.
1:30.9	Yet the Patriots had three drives of 12 plays or more on Sunday.
1:37.3	Beyond those drives and beyond the performance of Alex Dan Pell,
1:40.4	which we will plumb more deeply into with Phil Perry,
1:44.6	consider these plays that actually, literally,
1:49.8	save the Patriots' points or put them on the board.
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