The 6 Rings Postgame Show: The Patriots are Super Bowl contenders

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00:00Nobody is talking out their backside when you say, yeah, they're a Super Bowl contender.

00:04Like, we can stop with the whole, like, oh, the Patriots, a playoff team?

00:08Yeah.

00:09Do you think they can make a deep run?

00:11Yes, they can.

00:12And now they've showed you they belong in the Super Bowl conversation by beating a potential NFC Super Bowl contender on the road.

00:20And don't let the five-point win, even though that's good enough, throw you off.

00:24Like, they were up 12 and just let the Bucs score.

00:26This is a damn good football team, and I am placing zero limits on this team the rest of the way.

00:31Absolutely.

00:32And they're doing more.

00:33They're showing more.

00:34They're playing as well as anybody in the AFC, along with the Broncos, I'd put in there.

00:39And we'll see what happens with the Ravens if they're resurgent under Lamar.

00:43But absolutely.

00:44And the more, you know, need everybody, which I feel like has been a constant message all year for Vrabel,

00:49whether it was back to Ramondre Stevenson with the fumbles or Boragallis or, you know, now you have no Stevenson and you have booty out.

00:58And he's like, we're going to need everybody.

00:59And today, your rookies, who we've all been waiting for, all been waiting for, stepped up and made three massive plays.

01:07That's why you drafted him.

01:08And that's why people were excited about them.

01:10And their guy did, too.

01:12Bucca was good, too.

01:13Like, you know, they have Godwin and those guys.

01:15Yeah, I didn't think Gonzo had a great game.

01:18I thought Gonzo was sort of middling.

01:20Like, neither thumb category, neither thumbs up nor thumbs down.

01:24But I thought Bucca stepped up for them as a young player.

01:27Oh, they ran the ball a little bit on you.

01:29You allowed a 50-yard rusher.

01:31But, oh, God forbid, you found different ways.

01:33You found different, like, Woodson.

01:35Little thing.

01:36That hit from Woodson on Otten late in the game just lit him up, made sure that wasn't going to be a catch.

01:42That's like a blip on the radar of this game.

01:45Because this game was like, this was like a rocky 15-round fight.

01:49It was so fun.