00:00how did he phrase it will be need to prepare to play isn't that leaving it out yes be prepared
00:06to play be prepared to play and then i don't play you you know leave it i would say most everybody
00:11that's that's healthy uh should expect to play in the game how long most play i don't know okay
00:15wait most everybody is it everybody who's healthy or most everybody who's out i would say i would
00:20say it's 85 to 90 percent of the healthy guys are going to play but what about the other 10
00:24why can't they play well it could be a guy like uh i don't know morgan moses who could take off days
00:31at camp but he wants because they're sort of uh maintenance days guys are aging like that but
00:36young competitive guys that are healthy are probably gonna all play why shouldn't morgan
00:40moses play in a game because he's old because why because he has no backup how about how about
00:48say you lose him say you lose one of these tackles that's what i'd worry about okay well you could use
00:53them uh lose them excuse me is it true that if you don't use it you lose it uh you could lose
00:58them in the first series week one because he hasn't had any real contact and any real ramp up to the
01:04season that's the thing i would be more fearful of you go into the season these guys have had such a
01:08cushy august that in september they do end up getting hurt morgan moses just signed a contract here
01:15i think he's getting paid a decent amount right yeah it's getting paid well yes okay and is this about
01:22getting ready for the season and setting a culture of being aggressive and going all out or is it about
01:28just taking care of veterans i mean i think this is a legitimate concern for this team
01:31playing the damn game it's a preseason game it's the first one three years 24 million the patriots
01:38just gave him i think you can go play a series i'm not saying go play a half i'm saying play a series
01:43or two that's too much to ask of a veteran no i don't think it is no i don't think it is either and
01:48so if he doesn't play i think that's kind of lame i think rabel should play everybody who's healthy
01:52simple as that you want to see drake play in this game yes yes i want to see these games mean
01:57something you're not this isn't tom brady year 18 established team where you're winning 12 four
02:02games mike's mike's trying to establish something here and i think if you're going to clear the deck
02:07for drake may like you did in the offseason you're going to make sure you hit that hey it's his team
02:11and he's taking him by the horns and we all like how drake has been talking and how he's played i like
02:14how he played again in the joints the other day and mike was mike was impressed with it so
02:18yeah you go play you're the starter at your team go play a couple series you know if you're talking
02:22tom brady in year 10 no i don't need to see him play no thanks don't need that oh you're a team
02:28that's coming off the super bowl guess what you can treat the preseason like the garbage that it is
02:32this is not one of those teams the patriots have proven nothing they have a lot of players on
02:39their roster that have proven nothing in their career drake may love him i think he's going to be
02:44great do you know what he is he's a loser at this point all he's done is lose a bunch of games he
02:49hasn't proven anything yet so if you're at that stage of the game and your program is at that
02:55stage of the game which right now the mike rabel patriots and their program in its infancy yeah you've
03:01got to go out and play games and do everything you can to get better and that includes preseason but
03:06you're also at the stage of the program where drake may is the only thing if drake may goes down and
03:10gets hurt in one of these games god we're not doing this again are why not that's legitimate
03:15it's football you have to play your sport okay and i say it all the time football players the real
03:22ones play football so go play some football that the the sport has never been easier as a quarterback
03:30to avoid taking hits that sport has never been less physical than it is right now stop crying about
03:39you could get hurt any athlete could get hurt at any moment playing their respective sports
03:43i'm sorry football's a physical sport they do less of the physical stuff now than they ever have before
03:50that's all true but i just there's no reason to put your quarterback in a situation where something
03:54could go wrong when nothing matters there is reason yes there's nothing getting on the same page
03:58developing your offense gelling with your receivers having your offensive line group play together in a live
04:04situation there are things to gain tim mccomb no there are things to gain in this thing you don't
04:08need drake may out there to do that you don't yes you do what do we like from the joint the other day
04:13this regular season is going to go off the rails if drake may doesn't play in these preseason games
04:17i think i think playing in the preseason games could give you more experience together as a group that
04:22could help you be a better offense which is the difference between winning seven games and winning
04:26nine games yeah bad message to your team i think it is bad message jayden daniels didn't play last year in the
04:31preseason he was fine in washington we have seen it time and time again with young quarterback does
04:35that mean it was right does that mean it proves that not playing in the preseason is a good idea
04:39i yes it does he had a healthy quarterback no it doesn't if if drake may gets hurt in one of these
04:46if drake gets hurt in one of these games your season's over it's over and for what for for four
04:53extra snaps against the washington commanders in preseason game number one there's no reason to put
05:00your face of your franchise in that situation for this game
05:03the risk first reward is not not adding up in that there is a reward for this team it's not big
05:10enough to potentially it's not big enough to potentially ruin your season it's not
05:14you're gonna have to play at some point you're gonna have to put on your big boy pants and go play
05:19football patriots why not have it be at home this week against a team you just got to have a practice
05:26against and you have some i don't know some experience with it's familiar now playing that
05:32team what could be a better warm-up to play a game than having a practice together yesterday
05:36how about running a two-minute offense or say hurry up too like if you're a newer team and you're
05:44you're trying to work on that camp these are the type of games you do then hey guys we're gonna go
05:47no huddle here just this third drive we're going no huddle just just take a look at it see who can line
05:52up who's paying attention who could function uh it's creating those situations and you can't
05:57create situations if you don't play you can't develop rhythm timing i mean look how impressive
06:02they looked at a red zone offense throwing the ball where it wasn't like that throughout the
06:05course of the other thing so they brushed up cleaned things up and they played fast the other day i don't
06:10know how they were able to do that without these preseason snaps for drake may unbelievable that you
06:14were able to get up to speed like that with that offense without putting your quarterback at risk in a
06:18preseason game as a shock we should put him in bubble wrap then mcone the one and i'm not saying
06:22you rest every single person but your starting quarterback that you're relying on heavily for
06:26this year doesn't need to be put in a position where you could get hurt unnecessarily
06:30i disagree with that when you're trying to establish a culture here if that's your team
06:36leader you can establish a culture of losing if he gets hurt in one of these games forget forget the
06:40culture part how about the football part establishing your offense and and having the offense come together
06:45and have as many real reps as possible before playing real football that september schedule is not easy
06:51and so just got tougher and so drake may could just as easily get hurt on his first series
06:56in week one as he could in a preseason game that's the risk of playing football injuries are a bad bad
07:03excuse bad excuse to not play a player when you've got an offense that has plenty of new pieces to it
07:09and wasn't very good a year ago and needs to be better you know what you can do too you can blame it on
07:15these joint practices too i heard say he wants to cancel them did you hear that yeah get rid of
07:21them and force the play force the teams to play out the preseason games oh it's it's good points
07:28it is because i mean i remember just we had four preseason games you would practice that third one
07:33would just be like final dress rehearsal starters would go deep and they would play basically the
07:37whole game like those are real preseasons preseason football has gone away it really has
07:42yeah my the joints seem more prevalent nowadays than they used to be don't they yes and which is oh
07:48yeah i just i think it's a good idea and a good thought from felger but i think the ship has sailed
07:52i think you can't put that toothpaste back in the tube the joints are here to stay so if the joints
07:58are here to stay i've moved on to the next thing which is eliminating the preseason games they don't
08:02do these anymore they would like to get another day out of it yesterday i think vrabel said it was
08:07was washington only want to come in for one day so pats are getting two next week they're going out early
08:12like yeah we'll do two with you
