Dave Richard IMPRESSED with Patriots Under Mike Vrabel

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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,

00:51the linebackers have played well, I think their defense has gotten even better

00:53with Christian Gonzalez.

00:54That goes without saying, Christian Gonzalez is amazing.

00:56But he allows them to be more exotic on defense because they know that he can

01:01take care of one receiver or half the field, however that they want to play him.

01:05And then the offensive line just seems to be getting a little bit better week

01:08after 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 to

01:21unleash him yet.

01:21But with Antonio Gibson sidelined, and 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,

01:45I think it's going to pay off in the second half of the season.

01:47Good luck getting him here.

01:49Yeah, not a chance.

01:49After that preseason, there's no way.

01:51Right.

01:52But 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.

02:14He'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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