00:00Any other thoughts going forward with the Patriots?
00:03Saints, we keep talking about how their schedule is certainly, well, easy.
00:10The easiest schedule going forward for the rest of the season.
00:13By far.
00:14Anything to worry about for the Patriots, specifically this weekend,
00:20not even looking at the quote-unquote easy games they have on the schedule
00:24coming up after this one?
00:26Injuries and fumbles?
00:27I mean, honestly, this is another team where the coaching staff
00:34has made a huge difference.
00:35And Mike Vrabel has taken everything that he did in Tennessee
00:39to have his team prepared and playing at a high level,
00:43executing at a high level, and it's paying off again here in New England.
00:48Just the way that the defensive line has operated,
00:50the linebackers have played well.
00:52I think their defense has gotten even better with Christian Gonzalez.
00:54That goes without saying.
00:55Christian Gonzalez is amazing, but he allows them to be more exotic on defense
01:00because they know that he can take care of one receiver, half the field,
01:03however that they want to play him.
01:05And then the offensive line just seems to be getting a little bit better
01:07week after week.
01:08That's something that we couldn't guarantee was going to happen,
01:11but the fact that it is happening, it's a really good thing.
01:14Everybody's kind of waiting for Travion Henderson to break out.
01:17There's clearly something going on where the coaching staff isn't ready
01:20to unleash him yet, but with Antonio Gibson's sideline,
01:23and that really sucked for Gibson.
01:25Now we've got two running backs that they're going to lean on instead of three.
01:29It should lead to more opportunities for Henderson to get acclimated with the game,
01:33and maybe, just maybe, we start seeing some breakout plays from him
01:37where he can start to take over some of the rushing workload.
01:40The buy-low window is closing on Travion Henderson.
01:43If you can get him on the cheap and trade in fantasy,
01:44I think it's going to pay off in the second half of the season.
01:47Good luck getting him here after that preseason.
01:50There's no way.
01:51Right, but hold on a second, though.
01:53After that preseason, I bought in, too.
01:56I watched him practice.
01:57He looked amazing.
01:58But as the season started, we're five weeks in,
02:01how many big plays has he had for the Patriots?
02:04He's had more big plays in the preseason than he's had in the regular season,
02:08and part of it is because he hasn't gotten a lot of time to play.
02:10Well, he's gotten a lot of touches.
02:12I mean, he has gotten a lot of touches.
02:13He's not breaking out like he did.
02:14But has he gotten as many touches as we thought he was going to get?
02:18I think it's a matter of he hasn't done anything when he's had the ball.
02:23Like, if you look at the statistics, like, he's getting the ball.
02:28It's almost surprising how much he's getting the ball
02:30because we've had this discussion with people that cover the team.
02:34But you would know more than us.
02:36But, yeah, you thought he would do more.
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