Why Mac Jones is good enough to win the AFC East... and maybe more

The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

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4.8 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic’s Matthew Fairburn joins Phil Perry to discuss what’s wrong with the Bills and why Mac Jones and the Patriots are good enough to win the AFC East this year. Plus, after Matthew Judon and Mac Jones’ comments this week, the two have no choice but to debate the worst Thanksgiving side dishes, and answer some listener questions. 2:15 - What’s going on with the Bills? Are they too ‘soft’? Can they turn things around this year? 10:05 - Is it possible to win with a rookie QB like Mac Jones in today’s NFL? 14:50 - Is the Patriots’ or Bills’ approach to building around their young QB more effective? 24:05 - Phil and Matt answer some questions from the mailbag Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/h0LUmE4doNM

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? Welcome into the next Pats podcast. I'm Phil Perry, very special episode for you this week.
0:20.0	We've got Matt Fairburn of the athletic,
0:23.0	former Bill's beat reporter for the athletic, newly appointed Patriots beat writer for the athletic
0:30.4	Fairburn. Thanks for being with us, man. Welcome to NextPass.
0:33.7	Oh, thanks so much, man. I appreciate you having me. I believe this is my debut on the next
0:38.6	Pats. We've had other conversations. I don't think on this this forum. Well, actually,
0:44.2	that's incorrect. We have. And clearly, it was a very memorable experience for you.
0:48.7	Well, I can't keep track of all of your, your project. You have your hands in a lot of different
0:53.3	things. A lot of different pies. Yeah. You're on TV. You're your hands in a lot of different things.
0:54.3	A lot of different pies.
0:55.0	Yeah.
0:55.4	Yeah.
0:55.6	You're on TV.
0:56.8	It's Thanksgiving.
0:57.1	It's tough to keep up.
0:59.8	I appreciate you saying that.
1:01.3	And now you're trying to make me feel better about the fact that you forgot being on next pads.
1:06.1	The first time we had you on, I believe it was pre-free agency, last free agent period to talk about what the
1:14.9	bills might do in free agency. We also talked to some Miami people, some New York Jets people.
1:22.2	Anyway, you don't remember because you're a busy man yourself, okay? You've got a family at home. You're wanted in a lot of different areas in terms of media coverage and you're a busy man yourself. Okay. You've got a family at home.
1:27.9	You're wanted in a lot of different areas in terms of media coverage.
1:31.2	And you're also making this transition from Buffalo to New England.
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