00:00Gasper, could the team be getting a little too much hype in your mind?
00:03And if so, why?
00:05Yeah, no, I thought about this this week,
00:07and I've been thinking about it like a lot this week
00:08before I was even on the show with you guys.
00:11There just was something that was like kind of nagging at me.
00:13And part of it is I'm wondering, are we sort of doing a sequel to 2021
00:18where the Patriots have this incredible stretch and they surprise us all.
00:23But then eventually the team comes back to earth, water finds its level.
00:28Well, Drake Mays, a million times better than Mac Jones, at least in my mind.
00:33You know, that's what I'm going to say.
00:34And I agree with you that he's legitimate.
00:35But if you look at this stretch that they're on,
00:38you got to give them credit because they are good enough to take advantage of bad football.
00:42That was Vrabel's initial goal.
00:43They're there.
00:44They're definitely good enough to take advantage of bad football.
00:47But part of this to me, I look at and say,
00:50is this a product of them being really this ahead of schedule with what they're doing,
00:55which is exceeding even what they thought internally?
00:58Or is it more a product optical illusion of the schedule?
01:03And you look at it, if you took that Buffalo game out and they didn't win that game,
01:08let's say they don't win that game.
01:10Borgales misses the field goal.
01:11And that's a 52-yard field goal credit to him.
01:13He split the uprights.
01:14It was right down the middle.
01:15But it's very missable field goal.
01:17How do you feel about this stretch?
01:20Are you saying they've arrived?
01:22They're a contender.
01:23They can win a playoff game.
01:25Or are you looking at it and saying,
01:27well, they've just beaten a bunch of first and second year quarterbacks.
01:30And I'm going to throw Bryce Young in there,
01:31even though he's in his third year,
01:32because he got benched last year in his second year.
01:35So this is like year two and a half for him.
01:37So it's Bryce Young.
01:38It's Spencer Rattler.
01:39It's Cam Ward.
01:40This week, it's Dylan Gabriel.
01:42Even next week, I like that Atlanta team.
01:44They have weapons.
01:45The defense is pretty good.
01:47But do we know what Michael Penix Jr. is?
01:49And he's a second-year quarterback.
01:51So there's just part of me that looks at this and says,
01:54and maybe I'm scarred by 2021.
01:55I need to see a little bit more.
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