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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

Would Tom Brady be skipping OTAs if Jimmy Garoppolo was still around?

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

🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran, Phil Perry and Jerod Mayo jump on what's trending with the Patriots: 1:58 - How will the absence of Tom Brady from OTAs impact the Patriots' team progression? 5:00 - Jerod explains why he thinks that no Brady isn't a big deal for the Patriots for now. 6:27 - Is the Tom Brady way starting to hurt the Patriots way? 8:48 - Jerod: "If Tom's not here for mandatory mini camp, sound the alarm." 11:08 - Who is suffering the most by the absence of Brady and Gronk? 12:38 - Jerod admits his disappointment in how things within the Patriots organization have changed since he played? 15:50 - Jerod gives an inside look at OTAs from a player's perspective and thinks back to rookies that impressed him coming into camp. The guys also go off on a quick tangent on tattoos. 23:56 - Tom asks if Brady would be skipping OTAs if Jimmy Garoppolo was still with the team. 24:47 - Which players should we keep an eye on during OTAs and throughout the early stages of training camp? 27:52 - Jerod predicts that Kenny Britt will have a big impact during the 2018 season and Tom and Phil give their own predictions on who will have big years for the Pats.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on Quicksland's podcast, Patriots OTAs in full swing.

0:08.6

The team is all together, except two parties.

0:11.7

We don't talk about those two parties where they are, what it means, how the Patriots move ahead.

0:18.4

All that and more on Quicksand's a podcast.

0:32.5

Thank you. We need to move ahead. All that and more. On Quicksand's a podcast. All right.

0:33.4

It's Phil Perry.

0:35.3

Sculptracher.

0:37.1

John Henry is here with us to document what we say right down the time so that when you

0:41.3

subscribe on your podcasting app or when you hear something that John directed you to

0:49.0

that makes you say, man, these guys deserve a five-star review, then you know exactly where you heard

0:55.3

it from. So, John, let's give you a shout out here. Let me hear you. Hey. Hey, John, hi. Here's that guy.

1:04.6

Here's that guy. Hey, Gerard. What are you doing? Ready to talk some football. The guys are out there.

1:10.8

I'm in the right frame of mind.

1:12.4

Teams out there, they're working hard, hopefully getting better.

1:17.0

The bar has been set low.

1:18.1

It's very humid out there.

1:19.5

DuPoint must have been around 75, nearing 80.

1:22.4

Nothing like down in Newport, Newport, New Jersey.

1:24.3

Yeah, we're not talking humidity.

1:25.5

But still, you're going to get a little back trickle down the butt.

1:28.3

Yeah.

1:29.3

Nothing wrong with a little butt sweat.

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