Were the Patriots smart to push away from the table on Calvin Ridley?

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

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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

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Tom Curran and Phil Perry give their grades for the Patriots in free agency. What’s the next move after missing out on Calvin Ridley? Later, NFL Draft analyst Thor Nystrom explains why J.J. McCarthy should be worthy of the third overall pick. 1:00-What grade do the Patriots deserve for their free agency so far? 10:30-Should they trade down after not landing a WR? 14:00-Other free agent WRs the Patriots can target 19:30-Thor on the potential of J.J. McCarthy Watch on YT: https://youtu.be/F6YJ3R8OtSs

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0:00.0	What is up everybody?
0:13.0	Welcome into Tom Caron's Patriots Talk podcast, free agency in full swing around the national football league.
0:19.4	Not so much here in New England.
0:20.5	Phil Perry alongside.
0:23.0	Phil, the momentum built by the Patriots in their resigns
0:25.8	has been a bit diminished in the ensuing days
0:29.7	by swings and misses at Calvin Ridley and now on Thursday,
0:33.5	assigning by left tackle Jonah Williams
0:35.5	that removes that possibility from their grasp.
0:41.8	What's the Patriots grade so far in your eyes? I'm going with a C because I think that they get a
0:47.0	a minus on retention and divorcing themselves from Devante Parker, but it's a D plus C minus on addressing your
0:55.3	needs on the open market.
0:57.7	Yeah, I think a C is fair.
0:58.9	They are treading water.
1:00.1	They are doing the minimum, honestly, in my opinion.
1:08.3	And even that might be giving them a little bit too much credit, Tom, if the expectation
1:12.3	is for them to not win a championship, not even make the playoffs, but to be competitive, be in the
1:18.0	mix. Which I think it should be. Be watchable. And listen to Rod Mayo and Elliot Wolf have suggested that that's the goal. Robert Kraft for years now
1:30.1	has been talking about how he wants to compete ASAP, contend ASAP. Have they done the minimum even to get
1:38.9	there? I would say no, because the Ridley thing is a disappointment at least they were in on him Tom Jonah
1:46.0	Williams I'm not so sure and they need tackles and that seemed to be a very reasonable deal I
1:50.6	believe it was two years 30 million to the cardinals it's not like he's going to a championship
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