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00:07The Patriots have claimed quarterback Tommy DeVito.
00:14What I tell you.
00:15Hey!
00:16Hey!
00:17Ah, ah.
00:19Let's call his agent.
00:21Stilato, let's go.
00:22We'll call his agent right now.
00:24Let's see if we can get him on the line.
00:25I got his number.
00:26Now we gotta make Sunday sauce.
00:27I gotta be honest with you.
00:28The communication during our break was as dysfunctional as a Patriots front office.
00:33It's okay, though.
00:34We gotta figure it out.
00:35Zoe doesn't have his number.
00:37I do.
00:37He always calls me, usually.
00:38I just texted him.
00:40Yeah, good.
00:41Zoe's really bad at saving numbers in his phone.
00:45Sean always calls me, though.
00:47Oh.
00:47La la la.
00:48Oh, yeah.
00:49So I just sent him a text in the last 30 seconds.
00:52All right.
00:52The two Italians I work with up in the booth, they'll be fired up for this.
00:56Yeah.
00:56Capello and Sochi.
00:59All right.
01:00So Tommy DeVito's Giants run is over.
01:03He's out there after being waived, and the Patriots have picked him up.
01:08That's a good pickup.
01:10It's a really good pickup.
01:11It's a kid with experience.
01:13I think he's a headsy player.
01:14He's got some nice size to him.
01:16Play a little bit here in the league.
01:18Won't let it leak down his leg if he has to run in there.
01:20I talked about this last week.
01:23If you're the Giants, you would rather have Russ Wilson, Tommy DeVito, and Jackson Dart
01:30instead of Jameis Winston and Russ Wilson and Jackson Dart.
01:34Because it's sort of that pecking order.
01:35It's a staggered quarterback room.
01:37That's what you want is a quarterback room.
01:38And now he's available, and you bring him here.
01:44That's the guy that could push Dobbs.
01:46That's the way I look at it.
01:47That's what it is.
01:47It has to be.
01:48Well, everything you just said, isn't that what Dobbs was supposed to be when you brought
01:51him here?
01:53It's funny, too.
01:54And, you know, Vrabel told me that pregame, like, Dobbs is more of a gamer than he is
01:57a practice guy.
01:59You know, granted, you want to rather him play well in the game instead of practice,
02:01if that's the case.
02:02But you also want to do well in practice, too.
02:05They feel the need to carry a third quarterback because they fill in the blank.
02:12Don't trust the second quarterback if they need him.
02:16Could be.
02:17They blank don't feel the second quarterback had a great summer.
02:21I don't think he did have a great summer, but they played the second quarterback.
02:24A decent amount of money.
02:25Right.
02:25Which is why you then add a third.
02:26He's on the roster.
02:27This is why you add the third.
02:28Right.
02:28Sort of.
02:29It's insurance.
02:30It's a good thing.
02:32I like the move.
02:33I think it's a good thing.
02:34I think it's appropriate, given what we saw from Josh Dobbs this summer.
02:38Yeah.
02:39I agree with you on that.
02:42I'm not shocked by this.
02:43And I hope that if they need to go to Dobbs at any point, I hope that's not the case,
02:47but I've told you guys, I just, Drake May, to me, is, he's got to prove that he's,
02:53he's real smart about not taking hits when he runs.
02:56Right.
02:56He hasn't done that yet.
02:57That's why he got hurt last year.
03:01There's always a chance he could get hurt and miss a game or two.
03:05If he does, short leash on the second string quarterback.
03:09That's what I would say.
03:12Short leash.
03:13You got to have a quick hook.
03:15You can't mess around with that for two games, especially with the margins being so slim for
03:20this team this year.
03:22Slim margins.
03:22You got to take advantage of every play, every game, every snap on offense.
03:28If the backup's not good, go to the third string guy.
03:31Yep.
03:32And this guy's got a little bit of experience, a little bit of playing time under his belt.
03:36I bet the playing time for him and Dobbs is similar.
03:39No?
03:40Yeah.
03:41In their careers?
03:42I don't think so.
03:45Not quite.
03:50Looks like Dobbs has attempted 549 passes in his career.
03:55And for DeVito, it's only 222.
03:58So, 12 games played versus 23 games played.
04:04But, I mean, what is that?
04:05That's not a massive gap.
04:08They are of similar experience, is what I would say.
04:12What do you got on the phone over there?
04:14Nothing.
04:14Just trying to see some things.
04:15What are they saying now?
04:16Nothing.
04:17You mentioned DeVito earlier in the show.
04:19Almost like you knew something.
04:23He's out there.
04:24So she texted me last night.
04:25Hey, what about DeVito?
04:26I said, I think they should jump on.
04:28Yeah.
04:29I said it last night.
04:29We've been saying it for a week on this show.
04:31We have.
04:32Yeah.
04:33Played well against us in that game last week.
04:36Like, see it right there.
04:37You see the film.
04:38Oh, he's available?
04:39Let's get him.
04:40Just cut Bourne.
04:41Get him?
04:41Yeah.
04:42Good move.
04:43Right.
04:43You'd rather have Kendrick Bourne or Tommy DeVito on your roster?
04:45Tommy DeVito.
04:47Isn't that weird?
04:48What a weird thing to say.
04:49But it's the truth.
04:51And it's team building.
04:52It's team building.
04:53It's like, how do you, you know, your philosophy on building a roster?
04:55You want a third-string quarterback or an eighth receiver?
04:58A third-string quarterback.
04:59Quarterback's the most important position.
05:01I take a third-string quarterback.
05:02But ideally, wouldn't you want that guy to be sort of a young guy that you're bringing
05:05along?
05:05Again, it goes back to the disappointment with Josh Dobbs.
05:08But he is kind of a young guy you're bringing along.
05:09He's still a young guy.
05:10What's happening with Ben Woolridge?
05:13Practice squad.
05:13So, Reese just tweeted this out.
05:15By the way, Patriots did not have any players they waived claimed.
05:19Perfect.
05:19So, everyone that they released, they can bring back.
05:21They can put them on practice squad.
05:22So, Woolridge is a perfect practice squad guy.
05:25That gives them...
05:26I love that.
05:27Three quarterbacks plus a Woolridge.
05:32Wooly...
05:32Wooly Mammoth.
05:36There he is.
05:38All right.
05:39Yeah.
05:39Good move.
05:40Good move.
05:40They have a better roster at 1 o'clock than they did at 9 a.m.
05:45That's the truth.
05:46Boy, that's saying something.
05:47By releasing Bourne and getting DeVito.
05:50Yeah.
05:50Wow.
05:51Bye-bye Bourne.
05:52See, there are good players out there.
05:54There's some good players still out there.
05:57Jeremy Fowler adding,
05:58Patriots did some homework here before roster cuts,
06:01calling the Giants about DeVito.
06:03Oh.
06:03Patriots exec Ryan Cowden also was in New York previously
06:06and knows DeVito's game well.
06:10Cool.
06:11Score one for Vrabel and company.
06:15Cowden pick, huh?
06:16Yeah.
06:18All right.
06:19I like that.
06:20We need a new graphic.
06:21We need a new graphic, Fowler.
06:23We credit Cowden now.
06:25Oh, they're going to love him in the North End, aren't they?
06:28Absolutely.
06:28Yeah.
06:31He'd be signing footballs in front of the Prince bakery down there.
06:36The what bakery?
06:36Whatever it is.
06:37I don't know if it's down to Prince.
06:38Right?
06:39Just in time for feast season.
06:41What?
06:43Just in time for feast season.
06:44Oh, he's there for the feast of the, yeah, seven fishes, right?
06:47Is that, or is that a Christmas thing?
06:49That's a Christmas thing, right?
06:51Yeah.
06:51Yeah.
06:53What feast do they have coming up next?
06:55What weekend do they carry the statue down there?
06:57I don't, I don't know.
06:58That feast of the St. Mary, right?
06:59They carried a statue down, down the street.
07:02I heard a commercial that, uh, St. Gennaro is coming up that we were airing a commercial
07:07on it.
07:08Oh, really?
07:08Is this, uh, this is the long weekend.
07:10This is St. Anthony's this weekend.
07:11Oh!
07:12Right?
07:12That's a big one.
07:13This is the big one.
07:14That's what the rides and the funnel cakes and all that, right?
07:18Nice.
07:19It's a good eats.
07:21Uh, the one you're thinking of is the Fisherman's.
07:24Sorry.
07:25Fisherman's feast.
07:26That's what you're thinking of, not seven fishes.
07:28Seven fishes is the Christmas Eve.
07:29Yeah.
07:30That's right.
07:32That's not a bad feast either.
07:36I heard they're having, uh, like, crowd control problems.
07:39Pour it down there.
07:39Yeah.
07:40Some of the feasts going on over there.
07:42I mean, they still have the, what, the street eating out on the curb?
07:47Yeah, but what was, that wasn't it.
07:49I think there was, I just saw a story a couple weeks ago.
07:52Um, they were talking about making teen, like teenagers couldn't come without the air.
07:57Oh, that sucks.
07:58Yeah, they were kind of taking it over and causing problems and stuff.
08:01Well, that's not good.
08:03Yeah, there was, yeah.
08:06Delinquents.
08:07Juvenile delinquents down there.
08:08Yep.
08:09Causing issues.
08:10Sits down here causing issues.
08:11The old people don't like that.
08:13Ralph's at Cranston.
08:14Hey, Ralph.
08:15Hey, guys.
08:16Uh, look, I, I love the DeFito thing.
08:18I was saying, too bad they didn't have an experienced quarterback in case something happens.
08:22The fans are going to love it.
08:23Guys, is it foolish to even discuss, or is it possible in any way, even though I really like their receiving calls, to look into Jacoby Myers?
08:32He doesn't want to sign there.
08:33I know he's looking for more money, and he worked out well here.
08:36Does it make any sense to even look into that, or is it a possibility of bringing him back?
08:41I don't know.
08:46Zoe's face tells you the story.
08:48Yeah.
08:48Yeah.
08:49Yeah.
08:50No.
08:50Not interested.
08:51Not interested at all.
08:52No.
08:52They need to finalize their damn, get their practice squad together, still scour the internet, see what other players are out there at the tackle position, maybe the interior guard, add something there.
09:05I'd like to say they're mad at the interior lineman.
09:06I'd go after him, but I think it's dead.
09:08It would have happened by now.
09:09Or it's going to happen after week one.
09:12They asked for them to take on too much money.
09:14Too much money.
09:16Too much money.
09:17Their cheapness got in the way.
09:19Again, if you're the Raiders, why the hell would you help New England?
09:21Prior to the game.
09:23Come on.
09:25It's dumb.
09:25It's stupid.
09:29Well, because you look at them and say, they got no receivers anyway.
09:35They've already got eight.
09:36What's a nine?
09:37Let them have them.
09:38Maybe they did that.
09:38It would be like that Bledsoe thing, though, right?
09:41What Bledsoe?
09:41Send the Buffalo up there.
09:42We're not afraid of them.
09:43Oh, man.
09:44You get a first-round pick, you get a first-round pick.
09:46Yeah, that's true.
