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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Vrabel word choice signals the bar has been raised...Chaos in the AFC!

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

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Mike Vrabel has started using words like “champions” and “championship” in the past week, is that a sign of the bar being raised for the Patriots? Tom Curran and Phil Perry debate that, discuss the latest with the AFC, and give their down the stretch predictions.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody.

0:14.0

Welcome into Tom Carman's Patriots Talk podcast coming off the bye week, feeling spry.

0:18.0

Phil will join in just a second.

0:19.4

I'm going to monologue.

0:21.4

You know, on January 13th, when Mike Vrable met with the media,

0:25.8

he wondered if his team would be able to take advantage of bad football.

0:29.6

They have come a long, long way.

0:32.0

Now, dripping from the lips of the Patriots head coach are words like playing like champions and playing

0:39.3

for championships. The bar has been raised.

0:43.3

Is Mike Vrable on Monday speaking about what the Patriots have at stake this weekend?

0:48.3

Hats and T-shirts.

0:49.3

No, I don't use a hat and t-shirt.

0:51.3

We're just trying to play for the championship that we have available this week. And I think it's a great testament to our players that have put us in this position

0:59.7

to be able to do that. The Patriots can clinch the division with a win over the bills on Sunday.

1:06.7

So for those of us who thought the Patriots getting to the periphery of the playoff

1:11.2

conversation in December would be a sign of great growth, this is a little bit mind-blowing.

1:16.2

And I guarantee you that these players who have been pushed together at a big jambalaya of new

1:22.1

guys are probably turning around and looking at each other once in a while and saying,

1:27.1

this is a little

1:29.3

mind-blowing.

1:30.6

Did we expect to be here?

1:33.6

So maybe Mike Vrable, who's pulled every lever and pushed every button so well all season

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