What's up everybody?

Welcome into the Next Pat's podcast.

I'm Phil Perry just days away from the start of Patriots Training Camp.

And there's lots to talk about friends.

We're going to talk today on this episode of the next Pat's podcast.

Some breakout candidates for training camp.

Young players, maybe some new players, some veteran players potentially mixed in there.

As well, we're going to be taking your questions in sort of a pre-camp mailbag.

Thanks to all of you who contributed to the bag this week.

But what we'll start with today is Terry McLaren.

Terry McLaren, and the Terry McLaren story looms.

Not only over D.C., but I think in the backs of the minds of Patriots fans, as it should, this is one of the best

receivers in football friends, and he is disgruntled, not happy with his contract.

He is about to be 30 years old, and so the commanders may be not happy with his asks in terms

of what he's looking for financially, maybe in terms of term

and the length of this next deal that he is looking for.

He does still have a year left on his contract.

An excellent, excellent player, an excellent citizen, an excellent teammate, an excellent

leader by all accounts through everything he's done over the last few years in Washington

playing with quarterbacks that quite frankly no receiver in his right mind would ever want

to play with until last season when he played with Jaden Daniels and oh when you know it

he submitted yet another thousand yard season which is basically what he does every single year.

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