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It's week nine.

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It's week nine at the NFL season and the goal, of course for the Patriots this week to win again.

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But as you probably know, the Patriots facing the Atlanta Falcons today.

Michael Pennix junior Bjhon Robinson both offensive threats for this team.

We'll see how they look though.

What are you two most looking forward from this matchup today?

For me, it starts with Jehn Robinson.

I think you know, it's on that side of the ball.

The our offense runs through him.

They want to get him going.

I think what I'm most interested to see though, is if they alter their attack a little bit and try to attack the Patriots in the middle of the field, maybe try to get him lined up with linebackers.

It's one of the you know, kind of knocks on Michael Pennox that they're not really willing to throw to the middle of the field.

He likes, you know, to throw outside the numbers and down the field a little bit.

So you've watched this Patriots defense, you know that they have had some moments where they struggling coverage for the linebackers in safety.

So you know, to me Bejon Robinson in the passing game, that's kind of an X factor on that side of the ball.

Now.

We see him on the screen against the Dolphins last week.

Unfortunately they lost in that game, but like you said, a threat for the Falcons right.

Now, Yeah, absolutely, I mean its all goes through him, Paul I would say, you know, that's that's where it all starts.

And if you can you know, I have confidence in the Patriots run defense that they can keep him contained.

Hopefully that continues today, but if they do that, I think it'll put pressure on the passing game and probably a good formula for the Patriots.

I have confidence as well.

And you know, if you had asked me in September, I probably wouldn't have had the same kind of an answer.

I would have been wondering when the other shoe was going to drop on the run defense.

But it's you know, it's been you know, eight weeks now, and there's really no let up in sight.

This is probably the biggest challenge.

You know, you might want to say James Cook this, you know, I think Robinson's probably the more dangerous threat.

But they've been able to handle the running game.

I think Mike is right.

I think that's the number one thing that I would be focused on today.

Just to be different, I'll go to the other side of the ball.

Can Drake May and this Patriots offense continue to have this kind of production against another good defense that is particularly good against the pass and has excelled at eliminating big plays, you know, the plays downfield.

So if the Patriots are forced to do it, you know, ten, twelve, fourteen plays at a time, can they maintain that focus without the big plays?

Again, conversations we wouldn't have thought we would be having, you know, a month and a half ago, when we were wondering where all the big plays were for the Patriots.

Now Drake May and the Patriots offense, who are among the most explosive in the league.

Yeah, interesting conversation.

I think today is about the blitz.

This is a heavy blitz team and we got a couple of weeks ago we had a conversation on Patriots Unfiltered about what is a blitz?

The philosophical but this is a.

Team that likes to send five and so you know whether or not you qualify that as a blitz or not.

You know, you can have everybody has their own stats.

But you know, how will the Patriots handle some of that pressure?

You know they're not They're a good pressure team, but I wouldn't say they're a grea pressure team.

Usually to me, when you have to blitz a lot, it usually signals we don't think we can win a lot of one on one matchups.

But I do think this defensive philosophy with Jeff Ulbrick is that's what they want to do.

They want to send five guys a lot.

Third down, early downs doesn't really seem to matter.

So the offensive line's got to be ready, might be tough to help guys out with protection.

So we'll see how that all lines up.

Absolutely, and we're going to talk a little bit more about that matchup, of course from the Falcons perspective, when we go behind enemy lines a little bit later in the show.

But before we do that, we're going to talk about the Patriots.

Of course, the inactives.

If you guys want to get into the Like you said, nothing necessarily stands out.

John Saunders, Vermande Stevenson's, Caleb Murphy, Eric Gregory, Kayden Wallace and of course Tommy DeVito, a lot.

Of the usual suspects.

I mean, ramondro Stevenson is the big one.

John Saunder's just arrived here this week.

Not a surprise with him, but ramondro Stephenson we've known since Friday.

And you know, to me, the interesting question is, you know, it's a Terrell Jennings time.

I think a lot of people look to traveon Henderson and maybe that will be the case.

They promoted Dearness Johnson as well, who's an established, you know, backup kind of running back who's carried the ball in the NFL, has had some success.

So I just wonder do they go all in on Terrell Jennings right now?

And you know, because I don't think it's going to be Henderson has eighty percent of the snaps something like that.

That seems like a stretch to me.

I think today you're going to probably see some Terrell Jennings and to be honest, I wouldn't be totally surprised to see some early down carries from Deernis Johnson.

I know he just got here too.

Yeah, I would be stunned if you didn't.

I think Dearnes Johnson is.

You know, he's not a star or anything.

I'm not trying to overstate what he is.

But he's much more established as an NFL player than Terrell Jennings me even in Henderson, you know, and obviously those guys have been here and in the system and they know the playbook.

But for running back, I think you can sort of put a package of plays a guy understand.

You know, they're running gap, they're running zone, you know, whatever it is.

Darns Johnson has done that in his career.

So he just has to get up to speed as to how the Patriots run it and call it.

I wouldn't be so now if they want to lean on Henderson.

Henderson had you know, a little bit of a breakout performance last week.

Ten carries seventy five yards.

I like him with that number.

I like those kinds of numbers for him.

Now, he only had fourteen snaps in the game, ten of them carries.

Mike, you and I talked about this a little bit off air.

I think that's probably not a tendency that you want to continue and allow defenses to sort of zero in on.

So maybe you get Jennings involved, Maybe you have a way to get if they feel comfortable enough with Johnson.

It's only been here what four days, So if they feel comfortable enough to give him some work today, I think that would make me feel better.

Yeah, lines up too is just an interesting matchup.

I would say today is a chance for the Patriots run game, you know, to maybe take advantage of the of what they do on defense.

And you know, now you're kind of switching things up, So I just wonder if you know, sometimes a guy goes out and then you say, well, we don't want to replace two positions.

Maybe you just continue to use Henderson as you had and you know, kind of a spot role and you give some of the early down carries to to Jennings and Johnson, but two guys who haven't carried the load this season, and you know, really Jennings hasn't had a chance at all to do that.

So it just really lines up in an interesting way.

I don't think the Falcons want to take away the deep passing game that's been so effective for the Patriots, and the best way to kind of counter that and counter some of the blissing would.

Be able to run the ball a little bit.

So we'll see how it all lines up.

Just one of those things where the one day where you feel like, hey, we could get something go on the running game, you got to try to do it without reminder Stevenson exact a challenge.

But to your point, it feels like it will be a running game on both sides, which who presents some interesting I.

Think it'll be interesting to see which team is able to get it going.

And I mean the paid like Paul said, the Patriots run defenses has earned some confidence from me now, and I don't expect them to, you know, get get gashed a lot.

But if they start throwing the ball a little dumpoffs and you see some intentionality to their attack of really trying to target the middle of the field and the linebackers like seventeen coverage, that's that's something that say, hey, the Falcons, you know, identified something and that's what they're going to attack today.

I mean, it would scare me as somebody who watches the Patriots and know what they don't do well.

I think that'd be a good way to try to take him on.

The numpo offs to Pitts and Robinson and get the ball downfield to Mooney and of course London that would be a formula.

Now to me, it's gonna come down to Michael Pennix and can he play at a level high enough to consistently put points on the board.

He hasn't really done that this year.

I know.

It's really his first full year as the starter, so you know, he's in a similar situation that Drake May was, with even less experience.

He didn't even play half the games that May played last year, so he struggled.

I think it takes him a little while to sort of process and get the ball out.

But you know, he put thirty four up against Washington, you know, another twenty four against Buffalo, So they have the ability to do it, they just haven't done it consistently.

Yeah, a young team, you know, that might be part of it, and we talked about it all week.

They've got talent.

They've got talent on both sides of the ball.

A couple of young guys on defense, you know, James Pearce, Jalen Walker too.

Now we'll get Walker today.

He hasn't played for several games.

Jalen Walker one of their two first round picks, so that could give them some juice in the front seven.

Just a guy We talked about a lot in the spring of just you know, do it all, kind of athletic edge Rusher.

I think they got to steal with him.

And you know these two guys, no, not quite there yet, but you've got some Like I said, they've got talent.

They're starting to stack some guys here, and if they can all get together and find some consistency, I think this would be a really dangerous team.

Well, without further ado, let's just get right into it.

These are the Patriots keys to the game.

You've waited all week for the whole teams in the locker room right now, just listening to this, waiting to hear what you're gonna say.

Here are this week's keys to the game.

Alrighty, Paul, I think you're up first this week.

Yeah, Mike pretty much laid it out, and I think he laid it out very well.

It's Bjeon Robinson and this is what the the engine that the uh that allows the Falcons offense to run when it is running.

Now, the last two weeks, he's really been bottled up by San Francisco and Miami.

You know, the Miami one to me was eye opening because I don't think that's a great defense.

I don't think in particular it's a great run defense.

But you know, this is a guy that's gonna be He's got about a thousand scrimmage yards already.

He's not gonna knock on the door of two thousand for the season.

It's very talented, very fast, gifted as a receiver, as a runner.

It all starts and ends with bottling him up.

You can't allow him to get upwards of one hundred and fifty scrimmage yards today.

And if that happens, Atlanta's going to be in the game, you know, offensively, you know, barring turnovers and whatnot.

But if you allow him to have success, I think that makes everything easier for Penix and for the receivers to get going.

Those zone runs, Mike, they can't allow those to get untracked for Atlanta.

If you get those those zone runs, that's how that's how they kills Buffalo.

Patriots haven't allowed that to happen all year.

Let's make it nine weeks that it hasn't happened.

Yeah, I like it.

He's a huge challenge.

I mean, it's just the way he runs the ball, how versatile he is to do it in any manner that, like you said, Paul, it all starts and ends with making sure that he is contained.

Hard to see a game where the Patriots you know, get in control.

If they don't manage to control be Jean Robinson, Yeah, go right into mine, you know, I along those lines.

Nope, come back necessary playing off the the old twenty eight to three thing.

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I might get in trouble today, but but overall, I just think a fast start, you know, and and and not letting them dictate the way that they want to dictate defensive side of the ball.

Love to see them get out.

I mean last week they came right out, they had a third and long opportunity and they let it slide and saw another first possession touchdown from the Browns last week.

So uh, hopefully they get a better start this week on the defensive side of the ball.

Agree, And Josh Kendall from the Athletic is here.

We'll get into just a second before we do grounded flight.

That's my key to the game.

The Patriots are rolling as we know at this point, but this week is about keeping the momentum grounded.

The Falcons offense leaning heavy on the run, like you both mentioned, and that's something that they also need to make sure they're stopping.

If you know, if I think if New England can ground the flight of this Falcons team early, whether it's on the ground or in the air, as we know Pennick's not necessarily successful there, then they'll be able to limit the offensive points that they're able to contribute to the same game.

Yeah, yeah, sorry, all right, without further a dude, Josh Kendall, you're here, we gotta make sure show you some love.

Thank you for stopping by, Thanks for having me.

Well, I'll start right off the top.

We were talking already about this Falcons team very inconsistent this season.

They get a win against the Bills and yet last week they take a loss against the Miami Dolphins.

Two losses in a row at this point.

So what have you been seeing from this team and how do you think they'll respond this week here in New England.

Your guess is as good as mine.

I wish I had something better.

This team has looked great in prime time.

They beat the Vikings on Sunday Night Football.

They rolled the Bills on Monday Night Football.

They've also been beaten thirty to nothing by the Panthers and embarrassed by a Dolphins team that previously had been embarrassing it only itself.

So I don't think anybody has a real clue.

Atlanta has played well against good teams.

Maybe that helps them today, but I don't have a lot of hope that this team is, you know, matches up well with New England.

You guys have the talent, though, I mean just across the roster.

What have you seen from Michael Pennix as he's taken over the starters role full time this year and progressed into this season.

The same thing I saw through three games the three games he started last year.

You can see every tool that you want to see.

You can see flashes of a guy who could be a really good starter here for a decade.

But he doesn't complete enough passes consistently enough to keep this offense rolling.

He is.

He was a fifty eight percent passer last year.

He's a little bit better than that this year, but in high leverage moments, the passing game is not clicking.

When he's under pressure, he's completing in less than forty five percent of his passes.

You know, the book is out on Atlanta.

Stop the run game, get them in situations where you can rush the passer.

They're not going to be able to get it done in the passing game.

As much as they say we have to run the ball to win, and they do, that's a two step process.

You've got to run the ball, but then behind that, you've got to make the plays in the passing game that they've yet to be to make consistently.

What have you seen the last couple of weeks from John Robinson that maybe has changed.

Do you see opposing defenses maybe devoting a little bit extra attention to him to keep him in check?

Yes and no.

The Falcons would tell you that the blame lies solely on them.

That their offensive line a unit that should be really good.

It's got three three guys who are top thirty eight picks.

Ryan Noosel, the center is a UDFA, but a guy they had a lot of faith in.

We've seen play well.

They lost Caleb McGary the right tackle in the preseason.

That hurts them, but they said his replacement, Elijah Wilkinson.

It's been okay, had at least been okay, but as a unit, they've been too inconsistent.

And I was a little surprised this week that coming into this game, the Falcons coaching staff has underlined that fact.

They have not been shy about saying it's the offensive line.

It's a bold strategy.

We'll see.

We'll see if the offensive line responds to that by saying, you know, playing a game like it did against Minnesota in week two, Week three, or if the offensive line says it's not just us, you know, you know, I'm tired of hearing that this is for the bird.

You can have it.

You got a plenty in there as well.

You wrote about this week, like you said about that offensive line, and obviously, like you already said, you don't necessarily know what to expect, But how do you see them matching up against this Patriots front seven today?

They're good enough to play to do what they need to do.

The Patriots defense has been really good, you know, but we've seen them play a Vikings defense that is very difficult to prepare for and really talented at some key spots and roll them.

That was you know, that was easier.

When the Vikings were struggling on offense, everything got rolling in the Falcons direction.

We've seen that from these Falcons.

If it starts well, the vibes are good, they're you know, they can be a tough out.

But if it starts poorly and this starts to be a slog, they haven't responded well to that.

You know.

You know, Mike Vrabel loves nothing more than a slog.

You know, he'll drag this thing into the mud and be perfectly happy with that.

The Falcons will not.

We're now, She's just still by the defensive side of the ball.

You know, two talented first round picks, all of those two in Pierson Walker assimilated into the defense.

And what do you think is the key defensively for them today?

Coverage.

You know, they have got to cover well enough to give that group time to get home.

The two most impressive defensive rookies have been the secondary guys.

Xavier Watts at safety who's a really good player.

Billy Bowman, who was great for three weeks but is out again this week with a hamstring injury that's kind of popped up a few weeks ago in a practice that's been problematic for them.

Jalen Walker and James Pearce Junior, the two first round edge rushers, have been fine and have helped, along with a lot of other guys, improve that pass rush, which for two decades has been the worst in the NFL, absolutely abysmal.

But neither one of those guys has yet popped.

Walker returns to the line up today.

That'll be a help, but mostly for their run defense.

You know, Jalen Walker is a guy who defensive coordinators will watch a tape and they'll love that guy.

Most of us sitting up here in the stands, we're looking at James Pearce Junior.

We're looking at twenty seven coming off the edge.

They need, you know, some pop from him.

He's been fine.

We haven't seen a lot of pop plays.

So we haven't seen a lot of pop plays from opposing offenses in general.

Against Atlanta.

How have they been able to limit the big plays consistently?

Because you, as you said, they've been a little inconsistent getting the pressure.

What has been the key tost stopping the opponent from getting any big plays.

Jeff Aulbrick, who comes over from the Jets, the guy that y'all are familiar with with.

You know, they struggled there at the end, but he's a really good defensive coach.

He inherited a group that was really low on confidence, was really not happy with Jimmy Lake last year, who was in and out of the door in one year.

So they really rallied around Jeff and the system that he put in that he feels like they're putting him in better positions.

Just that confidence helped him.

Also, Watts, who I mentioned in Jesse Bates.

Watts is a really good player.

Jesse Bates is Jesse Bates.

I don't know if it was raeem or Jeff Albrick said we've got the best safety duo in the NFL.

Coaches say that stuff all the time, but I'm not sure.

I'm not sure he's wrong.

Those two guys are really good players.

They are rased, They take care of a lot of deficiencies back there.

Before we let you go, what's your prediction for this one?

I mean, there's no reason to pick the Falcons.

The Falcons might come out and roll one of those good games and win this game, absolutely, but they need to get the run game going.

New England hasn't let any running back get the run game going.

Drake May has looked lights out, Michael Pennix has not.

I mean this this sets up really well for New England.

As we sit here right now.

I think you'll know pretty quick though.

It seems like that based on the start, how the game's going to come.

So I was I would just say that would be one thing that would concern me from the Patriots side is the vibes.

The whole vibes thing that just talked about.

Everybody's scoring on their first drive against the Patriots.

So if Atlanta goes down in scores, maybe it's one of those games where they have good vibes and it's not the slog that that Mike Rabel is looking for.

You know, the Patriots have struggled early in these games, so I think we might know right away if it's going to be a game.

If Atlanta wins the coin toss, they will take the ball and we'll probably all know in about five minutes, you know, Okay.

I'll take the second half off.

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I do so, Paulo.

I'm quaddi lunis.

And let's talk a little bit about the quarterback matchup today too.

Like we mentioned before the break, second year quarterbacks one having a little more success than others.

Well, Drake has done the thing.

And I got to get Paul credit because every time, you know, everyone wants predictions all off season, and you know, we'd make our predictions and then Paul would always be.

Like, but the one.

Thing is if Drake just makes a huge second year jump, then all bets are off.

And that's what we've seen here and we've seen this.

All bets are off.

And you know, even still as you continue to talk about you know, when you see the Patriots have won six games.

You start to talk about it a little different.

What are their flaws?

You know, what are the things that they need to do to not only get to the playoffs but be successful there.

And this is just kind of all bets are off now with the way Drake is playing for me, it's can he keep it up?

And I think that's a lot to ask.

We have to be, you know, ready for him to you know, have maybe some games where your regresses a little bit.

I mean, today is an interesting matchup just with the amount that they're probably gonna blitz him.

So maybe a unique new challenge.

But you know, last week we thought he handled it pretty well overall, as we unverre seeing Deannes Johnson there, who might be one of those stories where last week he was you know, not even here and to right, you know, one of the kind of the one position you can do it.

I mean, maybe there's other positions bring it up.

I mean, he's run zone, he's run gap, he's run dual like, he's run the run plays that the NFL runs.

There's there's not a huge amount that you'd have to get a guy prepped for to just say we need you to give us ten twelve snaps and we're going to give you the ball four or five times.

Something like that I think would be in play now.

If they don't feel like he's had enough time to do that, then understood the fact that they elevated him the way they did immediately tells me that he will have a role today.

Yeah, and I wonder too if maybe you take a look at both those guys, Paul, maybe you see can one of these guys, even when Ramonder comes back, still give us a little something help us out.

I think it's a position they need depth that trade deadline coming up.

I don't know if we're expecting any major moves, but if it isn't, these are the kind of guys that you need to maybe step up.

Yeah, take a little bit of a quick detour here from the Falcons game and today, Oh, Mike, this is the game on NFL Network that we.

Were talking about last time, the Falcons defuse the Patriots week ten ninety eight.

Paul Parilla was there, left and discussed in the third quarter anyway, as Fred loves to say, they can't see that, so please stop talking.

But you mentioned the trade deadline, Mike, and over the weekend, looks like one of the National stories is the potential fire sale that could be going on in Miami.

There's some individual talent there.

I am not necessarily a believer that Jalen Wattle is going to be on that list, and they even said like at least a first round pick the least, So I'm not necessarily looking at Jalen Wattle and getting moved.

Not that the Patriots would be looking to do something like that, but there are some pieces there I think that have been tied.

If there was at least one national report had Jalen Phillips and the Patriots tied, that's an edge rusher I'd be interested in.

But that's another one I just don't understand.

If you're Miami and you're looking to rebuild, that's a guy you want to rebuild with.

He's still young, He's a talented guy.

I know Philly's got strong interests.

Vic Fangio has mentioned because he spent a year as the Dolphins defensive coordinator, he's very high on Phillips.

But just some guys to keep in mind.

Mike and I have been sort of we've been on the lookout for edge rushers, and we keep talking about guys like Trey Hendrickson, but there's some veterans also in Miami.

Old friend Matthew Judon.

I think he'd be less of likely.

But maybe Bradley Chubby.

You know, that's not necessarily a difference maker at this stage of his career, but he would give you some depth to go along with jay Son and Landry.

You got Chop Robinson down there, maybe they I would think he's not going anywhere.

You say, hey, let's look get rid of one of these veterans.

Trying to cash in a little bit.

I think it's a position they need.

They traded Keon White this week.

And for what it's worth, Cincinnati has said they're not interested in trade to Hendrickson, but I think so it's kind of correct.

You know, if Chicago goes in and beats the Bengals today, and the Bengals dropped at three and six, which is very plausible with Joe Flacco, it looks like he's gonna play, but obviously very banged up with that shoulder.

You know, at three and six to the Bengals tomorrow have a different answer to that question than they did today.

I think just getting a third rusher would be really helpful.

I mean you're kind of living on the edge right now with just Chase On and Landry and you know Eferty Jennings solid run stuffer.

But look, when you get to the playoffs, you need to be able to rush the passer.

You need to be able to do it consistently.

You need fresh But if you could get a guy like Hendrickson, Mike that I mean your first.

Right now, I mean now you got you know him, and Landry can right out of the gate.

Can he Chase On snaps a little bit, I'd be a move.

I would be all in favor of trying to shore up that edge position, you know, running back it is what it is.

But overall, I can I can see it.

I can see I'd be down with a move this week.

Running back edge.

I always need secondary help.

So you know what I alays wonder too.

Paul is the the old Verbel guy that you may be not quite and maybe not quite on your radar right now, but oh yeah, he played with Rabel briefly for this point, you know, and it's not a running back.

And I heard our buddy Alex Barth talking about this morning.

You know.

I guess someone called in Catch twenty two with Evan and alex during the week.

I think it was Actually he's on the line, Patty and ago On brought up Tony Pollard.

I heard him cheating on us on another radio show.

To you know, I think anybody is probably available in Tennessee based on what they're going through.

Anybody who's not young, you know, they're they're young core.

I would imagine they want to try to build around.

But you know, Calvin Ridley, Tony Pollard.

You know, I saw Roger McCreary already went is it McCreary or macready creary, Yeah, he already went to UH in a trade.

We saw a trade yesterday with Jay r Alexander going.

So the activity is starting.

Yeah, and I would be surprised if the Patriots didn't add something.

Absolutely.

You mentioned Keon White.

Kyle Dugger also traded.

But do you too feel as though those two trades are setting up the Patriots for something maybe big?

I mean, I wouldn't say that it necessarily setting up.

I think this was you know, two guys that they held on to, tried to make it work, needed the depth.

When you've even seen Kyle Dugger start the last couple of games, when injuries have hit it safety.

But I think at the end of the day, they realized that these guys.

Aren't going to be quite what we need and what we're going to ask them to do.

So let's give them a fresh start.

Let's grab a couple late round draft picks.

But you know, I think they can still do what they want in terms of adding a guys.

So I definitely think that the radar will be up on Tuesday, because this is you know, Patriot's scene that does have a couple of little question marks, but you know, move like I'm not anticipating Hendrickson's going to happen, but at the same time, like you know, big move like that, it's you know, we're really trying to patter off some of our weaknesses and make some noise.

And you think there's something to the cliche of there's kind of a window that I don't think a lot of people anticipated.

I think you could make an argument that, you know, five and three, six and two was not out of their own possibility given the schedule for the Patriots heading into the season.

But I don't think what people were anticipating as much of as you know, Joe Burrow going down for the bulk of the season, Lamar Jackson missing a month in Baltimore, having five losses at this stage, Kansas City, you know, losing Xavier Worthy in the first series of the game, and their offense sputtering for a month as a result without him and Rashid Rice.

So those have kind of opened the door for somebody to jump in right now that somebody has been Indianapolis, and that somebody has been to England, to sort of jump into spots that they haven't been in in recent years.

That's why I'd be maybe a little bit more aggressive.

I'd take this as an opportunity in a wide open league, where do I think the Patriots are better than Buffalo, better than Kansas City, better than Baltimore.

Maybe they're not better than all those teams, but I don't think that they can't beat all those teams.

They already beat Buffalo at Buffalo.

You might only need to be one in the playoffs.

It lines up, Yeah, I mean, you're probably gonna have to be too, But like I don't care.

Like I think going into the season, I would have said, don't waste any resources because you're not beating Buffalo or or Kansas City in a game that matters.

I don't think that anymore.

I think the Patriots have gotten to a point and those other teams have dropped to a point where it's now pretty close.

I think it's pretty close.

I think there's an opportunity.

Yeah, we talked about the you know, the ninety six season where you never quite know when it's going to line up and the Patriots, you know, couldn't beat Denver, and but Denver gets upset and then all of a sudden, here's you know, Drew bledsone the Patriots going to the Super Bowl.

What was it like, you know, four or three years after he was drafted.

So you know, it's a similar kind of thing.

You never know when a season of opportunity is going to arise or a team gets upset in the playoffs.

And I mean, I love what Paul Saint also would just say the window with Drake.

I mean, he's you know on that rookie, that rookie deal.

We've got a couple more years of it, but to maximize that and I think you saw it a little bit with Marcus Jones, not specifically related to Drake, but just an opportunity to in season tie a guy up this week that you know, you want to continue to build around and who's having a really great season.

So uh yeah, we'll see, we'll see how they how aggressive they are.

But I think this is the time to be aggressive when you have, especially with the way Drake's playing right now, it's you know, give him everything you can and try to afford.

Give it to give it to the kid.

All Right, we're talking about Patty and agoam, so let's hear what Patty has to say in defense of cheating on us this morning.

Yeah, Patty, Patty, now he loves the Patriots.

He dabbles in all shows.

It's all right, Patty, we don't We're not mad, Actually.

I am.

That's true.

That's true.

Good morning, Kwannie, Polly and Mikey.

Yeah.

I mean there's there's very few things that love more in light than than spamming other Patriots talk shows, you know.

But yeah, I'm I'm kind of alling on Tony Pollard if we can get him for for a relatively at relatively low costs because of what's going on with Ramondre.

But what I wanted to talk about regarding Remandre is and I apologize if you guys went over this already because I had a little bit of a chaotic morning this morning.

But how do you feel like.

You know?

We we are?

We know that Atlanta likes to run five man fronts on defense, so there's gonna be a lot of one on one matchups and a sneaky kind of high high value of Vermandre this year has been his pass blocking, So you how do you guys see them attacking?

Like if they decided to bring pressure, Like, who's that extra guys at Jack Westover?

I know tray Bion's been struggling and picking up and picking up extra guys on the blitz and stuff.

I don't know how good the running back they just elevated, geez, I can't think of his name, deannest Johnson.

If he's good at it, how do you guys see them picking this up?

Like it's going to have to be Henderson and blitz, I mean blitz pick up if we're talking specifically, They're not going to ask a new a new guy necessarily to do that.

I wouldn't think.

I don't know if Terrell Jennings has that, and I mean he's a physical runner, but I don't know if that makes him a you know, a pass blocker.

Henderson's been on the team, he's been in the in the system.

He's got to do it.

I mean it's it's a pretty simple thing.

He's got to be able to do it.

I thought he was better at it last week.

Uh he had he had one good rep I can remember in that game against Cleveland.

But this gets back to me to what you just talked about, Mike about Yeah, well, they have a blitz package, but they send five.

You have five blockers, so it shouldn't be up to a running back to make sure that Drake may stays clean if they're only sending five.

Yep, yeah, that's that's you know, the guy's up front need to do a good job of that.

But it is I mean, this is a team too that it's not just third downs, it's the early downs too that they blitzed a lot.

So you know, you're right, it's just going to.

Be a question of can our rookie offensive lineman hold up long enough, you know, I mean, you can still have some chips and that kind of thing.

But I think it's a great question.

You know, maybe Patty picked it up listening to some of those other shows this week of the game within the game and just trying to manage that, trying to trust these guys.

We all know how quickly the game can turn with one blown block in pass protection and the ball's out and it's a turnover, and maybe it's going the other way.

So that's a concern.

The turnovers should be a concern.

They haven't turned it over.

You sort of yeah, look at that and say, I mean we do for one of those games.

Yeah, well, I mean, but you know, last week it was thought you were maybe getting that game for a little while.

Into the credit the Patriots offense and Drake May they you know, didn't let those mistakes bog them down.

They got refocused and you know they were able to pull away.

Now that's an interesting part too, is just how you're seeing this team really put together some good football around halftime, how they've finished up, how they've come out of the locker room in the quarter, something they really struggle with over recent years.

I mean, Paul would be pulling his hair out looking at some of the situational football down you know, the end of the first half where it's hey, you got a chance to get points, and all of a sudden, not only do you not get points, but you handed them three points at least.

So they've been good with that situational play around halftime.

It's big key if it can continue.

So it's how they've separated themselves the last two games where it's.

Just this sequence and all of a sudden goes from a game where the Patriots or maybe a couple of points down to now they've got like a two score lead.

So, like you mentioned, the next man of opportunity who's willing to capitalize and improve that they're worthy of moving their way up in the roster string.

Jason in Florida, How are you, Jason?

Are you awake yet?

All right, Jason's not with us.

Nate in Connecticut, Nate, what up?

Very welcome?

Yeah, what's up guy?

All right?

So my question for you guys today is about Kayshawn Boudi.

You know, obviously he's had a.

Tremendous leap from two years ago and now I'm thinking that, you know, this is going to be.

Our new guy.

This is going to be the the guy that leaves Drake Man in the dynasty.

And then a lot of people were saying that with the trade deadlines coming up, that we could possibly deal him.

I just want your guys thoughts on this because, in my opinion, I think he has way too much potential and Drake Man and Kashawan Boody has been has been looking tremendous this year.

I just don't see us dealing him because of.

The you know, can I ask you where you saw is on the trade life.

I saw a post on Instagram.

Oh that's probably it was probably fake and I'm not trying to make fun.

I'm being dead serious.

It's probably Aige.

Graphics, so I could I've seen a ton of them.

You know.

And I look at him, I was like, that didn't happen, don't.

Yeah, I mean there was there was some talk back in eight and eight around the draft that he could be a veteran that could be on the move someone.

Now.

I think Jeremy Fowler for ESPN had him among a column.

Adam Schefter and Jeremy Fowler like veterans that could move around the draft for draft picks, and Kayshawn Booty was was mentioned.

I don't believe that I've seen anybody suggest that.

First of all, I'd be very surprised that the Patriots were going to deal off any player like Keon White and Kyle Dugger really weren't playing.

Keon White wasn't playing at all.

Duger had played a couple of games when Hawkins was out, but then was back.

He was inactive last week.

So they dealt two guys that really weren't in the picture.

I can't imagine they're going to deal a guy that that's contributing on a on a weekly basis like Booty.

Yeah.

No, I mean, especially still on a rookie deal.

I mean, he's got another year after this under contract, and you know, I just I love the signal of Marcus Jones getting extended, and you know, like Booty's the same kind of guy.

Like he's really developed.

I think if you watch Josh McDaniels micd up last week, he saw some of the interactions he had with Booty, his attention to detail and you know, those kind of things.

It really seems like it's all clicking for him.

And yeah, I wouldn't be in a move to deal him at all.

And in fact, some people, and I think we've gotten away from people saying, oh, they're going to go trade for a wide receiver, which you know, certainly they're a handful of wide receiver ones that I would definitely be interested in.

But I'm not interested in bringing in somebody who's not going to totally move the needle.

I'd rather, you know, continue to let Booty develop and clearly Drake May has so much confidence in him to chuck it down the field.

And I'm sure we'll probably, you know, it'll be interesting to see today.

As Paul pointed out, Falcon's very good against the deep ball that's been Booty's bread and butter.

We'll see how he does today.

It look good together.

I don't think anyone wants to see them broke it up.

All right.

We have an email question from Dan Envidge in Michigan.

He asked, the Falcons defense has not allowed a two hundred yard pastor this season.

Are they that good against the pass or have teams been able to run it to get the win?

So they don't pass the ball a lot.

But this is a little bit of a nick nitpicky thing.

Yeah, they have allowed a two hundred yard passer to Well last week, but they haven't allowed two hundred net yards passing as a team, So it's a little bit of a thing.

But no, I mean, statistically, statistically the Falcons pass defense has been excellent.

I tried to sort of get to that a little bit with Josh when he was in with US Josh Kendall from the Athletic I think they've done a good job with those safeties in the back, as Josh said, of keeping everything in front and limiting big plays.

That keeps yards down.

So they're probably contend to give up some completions, but keep everything in front, tackle, swum to the ball, and they have the ability to turn you over.

So that I think is probably why they're also playing some teams you know that haven't been I mean when they beat Washington, I'm pretty sure that was a game that Mariota played and not Jaden Daniels.

They were San Francisco has been was beaten up with Mac Jones, so they haven't played a lot of high powered passing attacks.

This, I mean, the Patriots passing game might be the best one they've seen.

Yeah, it's one of those interesting matchups too, where it's you know, if the deep ball isn't there for Drake and the offense like it has been, it's been such an engine for them.

Are they able to stay patient?

Are they able to you know, make up some of those yards in the ground game, maybe with an explosive run.

I just you know, each week you get kind of a game within the game, and that to me really interesting of you know, is the Patriots offense, if they're not able to have the big passing place to rely on for big scores, are they able to consistently execute and put together some of these drives that you know, take a little bit more consistency because sometimes other teams like that they want to force you to continue to execute because that's when mistakes start to happen in turnovers.

So hopefully we'll learn a little bit something new about you know, Drake and the offense today.

Just look at Buffalo and Tampa would probably be the other two that were you know, and they held those two reasonably in check as well, you know.

So yeah, I think it's a better defense than they've seen traditionally.

But it's different because there's no real big names.

Jesse Bates is probably the biggest name now, and I think he's a little kind of heading to the back nine.

Still a cerebral safety.

He doesn't get beat a lot, But I think the names are more on offense for Atlanta and those guys have not performed all year, whereas the defense has got a guy, a bunch of guys that you have to sort of learn more about, but they've played at a much higher level.

They have, I mean the disparity two between their past defense, which ranks first in attempts first and yards, I mean thirteenth in tds, you know, and then on the rushing side it's twenty third in attempts, twenty second in yards.

And you know some of those some of those games, good defense they run.

I mean they've given up last three games one hundred and thirty four rushing yards, one hundred and seventy four, one hundred and forty one.

So I think part of it too is that once teams get a little bit of a lead, they're not able to stop the run, and teams were able to kind of grind out to victory.

So that might be a formula today for the Patriots.

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Sokwe continues to set the pace at thirty and eighteen, twenty eight and twenty and loser Paul is twenty twenty eight.

I was trying to be cocky about it, all right, you ready for this week?

Well, he wiped his.

I don't know.

Keep you enthusiastic.

Okay, we're gonna start with Drake May passing yards to thirty and a half.

I'll let you go first.

Yeah, you know, I like the number.

I I I'd like to think that Atlanta's past defense will live up to their ratings today and keep them below three hundred dish.

But I'm gonna say Drake is the first to officially break two hundre passing yards, I'm gonna go over.

I'm gonna take I'm just gonna say two or three for over two hundred last week.

I'm just.

Initially for over two hundred yards last but he got too many sack yards.

Yeah, balance, I'm gonna take the over with Drake on this one.

I'm going to take the under because I am going to listen to our guest Josh Kendall, who is playing, how they're limiting the big plays, and I would not expect Drake made a suddenly complete fifty percent of his passes today when he's completing seventy five percent on a routine basis.

So I think he'll continue to be successful, but they'll make him do it a little bit, a little bit shorter chunks at a time as opposed to the big place.

Oh, because that's but that's what killed them.

You know, like that number last week.

You know it's like the forty five yard played to Pop Douglas at the end of the first half.

You know, the thirty nine yard touchdown a booty.

It was kind of one of those games where it was looking like it was going to be under that number, and all of a sudden it was like way over it because of a couple of big plays here or there.

So I'm gonna I'm going to go with Josh Kendall and say under there we go.

Stephan Dick's receiving yards fifty and a half on the tricky one.

So I'm going to go with a trend here.

I think Diggs looks like he might be slowing down a little bit and they're just kind of using him on got to have it place.

I'm going to take the under.

I'm one hundred percent with you on the under.

As much as I'd love to see him get more yardage, it feels as though he hasn't been doing that.

So thinking with the trends with Paul.

I'm gonna make it interesting.

I'm gonna go over.

I mean, I agree with Paul's thing.

If if the ball isn't there to go deep down the field, you might have to execute little more.

You might have to convert a few more third downs, you might be in the situations a little more.

We need sefon digs.

So a great job of using my nonsense against me.

It's only taking six years.

Up next we have be John Robinson.

His rushing yards at seventy and a half, I'll start.

I'm gonna take the over on that one.

If they're going to be relying on him for the run game, he needs to produce.

It's a good it's a good number.

Defense though, that's a good number.

I'm gonna go.

I'm gonna go over to I think that they contain Bijon enough to get the win and not let him control the game.

But I think he's too good.

I think this is going to be the first time Patriots give up a rusher over whatever it is, fifty ish.

Yeah, I'm going to take the under because I think it might be more receiving yards.

Oh, I like it.

I think it might be more receiving yard today smart play.

But I think that they're able to contain the wide zone.

I think they've done a good job of that all year, and I think that plays to their strength.

So under un.

Up next.

We have undreds kicking points, seven and a half.

And a half.

Yeah, that's like that's like and two touchdowns.

I'm going to go under on this one.

I just feel like it's uh, I don't know, spinning the spinning the dial on.

That I am just going to contradict everything I picked and go over.

I'm going to take you over to I think the Patriots will score some points today, so obviously the kicker has to come out and kick extra points.

All right, up?

Next, total New England touchdowns at two and a half.

Hm hmmm, that's tougher math.

I'll take you over.

But because I'm a Homer, you are.

Paul the high scoring game according to us, I'm gonna take the over as well.

Yeah, I'm with you, guys.

That's I think they'll score three.

And finally the final score total score forty two and a half math Uh Okay, I guess from everything I picked, I'm gonna have.

To go with over going over.

Yeah, I took the over also, trying to be consistent the hard thing.

God, I'm like, right on it.

Trust your shoot, I'm gonna go over.

Yeah, Grad, you are so tortured trying to say people.

Are going through trying to figure out what their meaningless prediction is going to be.

To capture the spirit of the thing.

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Pretty much the same?

Oh my gosh, it's Kwannie and Mike at four and two and Loser Paul at two and four.

So it's Kwanny twenty six and eighteen.

You didn't quite go six and oh this week what you did last.

I would like to thank the academy, though.

Mike, you're perfectly adequate in your adiquocity at twenty two and twenty two.

That's really nice.

You should have played a lottery there.

And loser Boy is nineteen and twenty five.

It's a good year.

I'm sorry, Paul, you will get better.

I want to remove a loser from your vocabulary before the season end.

You don't want to do that.

No, okay, let's get into this.

Expect the Minnesota Vikings at the Detroit Lions Detroit nine and a half points.

JJ McCarthy is back, But man, I don't think it matters Detroit at Detroit.

We're going to make a message.

I'll take Detroit.

I'm gonna lay the nine and a half.

Yeah, I am with you.

I am going to take Detroit also at home.

I like that offense.

All three of us with Detroit at home, they're five and two.

May better be six and two by the end of the evening.

All right.

Up next, Chicago Bears at the Cincinnati bengalsicago and a half.

So this one is a tough game because the Bears just haven't really looked great offensively.

Caleb Williams continues to show the inconsistencies from game to game and week to week.

However, I think that Bengals defense is wretchedly bad.

So I'm going to take the Bears on the road.

You wan me to go?

Yes, Yeah, I'm paul.

I'm gonna take the Bears to part of it.

I hope that maybe convinced Sincy to sell off some of their pieces.

Maybe, but I think this is one of those weeks where Chicago back on the up swing.

I'll take the Bears.

I'll take the Bengals at home and see if they can rally.

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Yeah, go, I am taking San Francisco.

Oh wow, to not see that turning on Jackson Dart.

Uh, yeah, I'm gonna go.

I'm gonna go San Franco.

Yeah, that's close enough.

So I like the Giants at home, and I think that they play differently there, and Jackson Dart I still think has given them a little bit of a lift.

Take the Giants for the mild upset.

Did you say your son was doing a dart eye?

Yeah, he was trying to.

He couldn't find his eye blocked this morning though, so luckily we didn't have.

To have to deal with that, all right.

Jacksonville Jaguars at the Las Vegas Raiders Jacksonville three.

It's another one points.

I just I can't pick the Raiders right and again that that Week one loss for the Patriots continues to vex me now more and more with each passing week.

But I'm going to take Jacksonville on the road.

Well, I don't want to be vexed like Mike, so I'm going to take Jacksonville also.

Okay, Well, I'm taking Jacksonville without being vexed and without not being vexed.

I'm vexless, vexless, all right.

Kansas City, we just talked about them at the Buffalo Bills K's City two and a half.

I'm excited for this one.

Might get a little red zone time.

We will be talking about the post show.

If you need updates on the Chiefs and Bills, great team, I'll be here to give them to you Hanson style.

Uh So, Kansas City is favored on the road, Mike by two and a half.

I think Buffalo wins out right, Yeah, I think Buffalo.

I think Buffalo likes to play Kansas City in the regular season.

It's the playoffs when they can't beat them.

Well, I'm gonna go against what Paul just said.

I don't know, I just I'm back to thinking Casey's starting to really peak, I get everything he said.

This could be a huge win for Kansas City though, over the Bills in Buffalo, just to kind of reset their season, really get them on a good tracks.

I'm gonna go, Casey.

I feel like if my record's at stake with this one, and I am very nervous, but I will be taking o.

I think I'm gonna take the Buffalo Bills.

Out, all right.

I'm a little concerned.

I think Mike might have This game means more to Kansas That means a lot to both teams, sure, but Kansas City has two teams that they're dealing with that are ahead of them in the standings.

If the Bills lose this game, they were a game behind the Patriots.

I know everybody makes a big deal out of the whole tiebreaker.

The tiebreaker doesn't matter until the season's over they play again.

So if buff if Buffalo beats them, then that tie breaker was eliminated as well as the game lead.

If the Patriots win, they don't need the tie breaker, they'd be ahead of them, you know, seeing my point, Yeah, So I think it means a little bit with Kansas City if they're going to win the AFC West.

This is a big game for them, whereas Buffalo.

I mean, Buffalo needs to win too, but if they lose this, they have plenty of season left to catch up.

One game, you know, with a game to play against the one team that's ahead of them in New England.

Breaking that down.

Yeah, all right, that's what I do, Minutia, the things that do not matter.

I'm your guy.

The Atlanta Falcons here ad against the Patriots New England with four and a half, You guys know, I'm already taking the Patriots.

Taking the past until they Yeah, yeah, I think all of us have the Patriots of this one.

I'm not going to tell you that Atlanta can't win because I think I think that well.

I think they have a lot of talent.

I think you can make a strong eye argument that Land is more talented than the Patriots, but they haven't shown it all year, and they don't have Drake May.

Yeah, and ultimately that's the talent equalizer key spot.

I mean, I think you'll know pretty quickly, you know, as we talked about with Josh earlier, that right out of the gate you'll have a sense and I just get the Patriots get off to a good start, you know what the formula is going to be for Atlanta, and if it's if it's unfolding, you'll have a good sense of it because they're gonna be able to rush the ball with Bijon, They're going to be targeted in the middle of the field and that's going to open up Pennix doing what he did in college, which was throwing the ball down the field with great accuracy.

And that's an element with Drake London that that I think is a good challenge for the Patriots.

Even Mooney, he's got some speed.

So the Patriots come out good right from the get Go get a lead, don't let them to get in control of the game, don't allow them to play the way that they want to play.

And I'm going to say, Patriots, what I land on twenty seven sixteen?

He landed somehow on exactly the score that I pay you think.

I actually just say, well, he changes he changes his scores because he steal it, and then I say it first, he changes them like very slightly.

I believe he had.

I believe he had twenty eight seventeen when we did it on Monday, and now it's twenty seven sixteen.

That's more.

But I agree with everything Mike said.

This is the kind of game that I think both of us see unfolding.

I don't think that Atlanta will just completely no show the way they have against Miami and earlier in the season against Carolina.

But I don't think that they're consistent enough to beat the to beat the Patriots in Foxborough right now, Given the way the Patriots are playing, I'm a believer in that momentum.

I think they make it six in a row.

I was gonna ask earlier, do you feel as though Pennix being a lefty?

I know they played a few weeks ago that in panaw but do you think that makes a difference in a game like this, especially if he can't.

No, I mean a little bit, But I think ultimately you know they're going to do what they try to do.

Maybe it alters your rush plans a little bit and you're trying more to send guys off his backside to get them where he.

Can't see them.

But no, I mean at this point, they've they've seen a couple of lefties, so I think they'll maybe they beat that one.

I don't think lefty right it matters for an offense because stuff is sort of structured in a different way.

But defensively, you got you got to.

Keep your eye on the person.

Yeah, the fruit.

All right, we have time for one more caller.

Who should I pick?

I won't read the names because then the fields that I've made.

Let's go to friends in Maine.

Hi Francis, Hello, France.

Hello, how are you doing today?

You're a lucky caller?

All right, I have I want to say our defensive mind has been doing a great job, and my concern is.

Morgan, Morgan, Mosey Moses.

He's always had a high.

I'm making a complete season without injury.

What a is out planning their offensive line on that side of the ball.

To protect Drake May.

Yeah, that's my question.

You I say, the first part of the is giving him Wednesdays off.

He's like, that's been part of the dan at least this week with Mortgan Moses.

But if it gets to that point, you probably have Marcus Bryant, the rookie who's been like I said, he's the next st up.

Yeah, so we'll see, uh how that plays out.

But yeah, Marcus Bryant's a giant though.

He's a big, big boy and old friend Vederian Lowe was there as well.

So I think Brabel and staff are doing everything they can to manage some of the veterans.

You heard him say it after the game last week.

You know, we're gonna have to start managing some of these guys who are older and vats.

And you expect that from a former player who knows the wear and tear that starts to add up at this time of year, especially with a late buy and you're not really going to get a break.

So you know, fingers crossed mark and Moses has been you know, important part of that change and you know, solidifying the offensive line right now.

So they need him for sure, and hopefully he can get seventeen games.

Hey, we'll see, all right, you know what, Jacob, we'll close out with you.

You're a lucky caller as well.

How you doing in Indiana, Jacob?

Or maybe Jacob's not with this ol fee less bad perfect?

Sorry Jacob?

All right, wellcome for that cold scamming final thoughts as we had upstairs.

Good opportunity for the Patriots to the ball, you know, protect the ball and you know, don't don't let it get away from you early.

Go out there and you know, get a fast start, but really interested just to see, you know, a how the Patriots handle the blitz and the aggressiveness of their defense to some extent, but ultimately the running backs.

Just how does that all play out?

Who gets the chances?

Do they find a bit of a spark there?

Is it a complete dud?

And they really have to lean.

Into May in the passing offense.

That's I think the most interesting thing for me right out of the shoot.

I love Mike's Mike's two pronged attack there, you know, just fast start, protect the ball, and I feel like the Patriots have the momentum right now to continue the good vibes for Drake May.

I mean, I I do have some concerns, you know, if if the Falcons are as aggressive defensively as people are making them out to be, which when I watch them, I don't really see that.

But everybody's sort of talking all about this blitz stuff.

I don't think the offensive line has been great.

I know I'm on an island with that because I think everybody is still in PTSD over how bad it was last year, and there's no question it's been better than it was last year.

But you did allow six sacks last week.

You get behind the chains consistently and they're going to come after you, and that's when turnovers happened.

So what Mike said, protect the ball, fast start.

Atlanta hasn't been able to put sixty minutes together and haven't been able to put good games together.

Don't let today be the day.

Don't let it.

I like that.

That's the way to end the show, all right for Paul Parillo and Mike do so.

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