Patriots Defeat Buccaneers: Statement Win for New England

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00:00in tampa bay where shout out you best bet comes in over the number never in doubt

00:06two weeks in a row hey the totals come in if you're following pro football today over the last

00:13two or three years you're doing all right can i actually ask because i you know i know sometimes

00:17you have a busy sunday were you watching the the final two minutes of that first half i had it on

00:24but i was i was keyed on another game so i i because mike rabel intentionally didn't score a

00:32touchdown on first down and then they ended up just not being able to get in but because they

00:39didn't want the bucks to get the ball back so you almost ended up with what looked like pick you

00:44know quick pat score bucks get it here we go you almost got nothing now they threw the touch

00:49right stefan digs was one of the biggest plays of that game but aside from your over coming in

00:55new england now eight and two five and oh on the road yeah that's a big time statement i think you

01:00could almost argue it's a bigger statement than the buffalo win because now it stacks on top of it

01:06the wind street wind street goes on and they are the new favorites to win the afc east yeah and we

01:12talked about it on the pregame that you know their resume they beat teams like atlanta and they beat

01:17obviously buffalo in orchard park but tennessee was in that mix they beat up on some garbage teams

01:23easiest schedule throughout the year the second half they have the easiest schedule down the stretch

01:28but you know travion henderson all of a sudden lived up to the hype they had some playmakers out and matt

01:34collins it's amazing that matt collins just no matter what team hundred yard performance so you know

01:40drake may has elevated his game i was hot you know down on drake may but definitely looks like the

01:46franchise guy uh that they didn't have with mac jones and defensively their sound and run support

01:52or their opportunistic play great third down defense and this team now is really coming into

01:58form and then just and peaking in the second half of the season which is exactly what you want to see

02:03what mike vrabel right the upgraded head coach that they didn't have last year and now they are the

02:10team to beat the way buffalo has played this weekend and the way some of the others with the jets and

02:16dolphins just being dead football teams new england has an opportunity to potentially be that team

02:22in the conference now come playoff time that's a different animal it's still drake may he hasn't

02:28played in a playoff environment but right now regular season yeah they look like a legitimate

02:34football team yeah i think drake may is a sophomore superstar we've seen guys take this leap before and him

02:39sitting in that this mvp race actually as the favorite is more than understandable but i also

02:45think a big piece of this is mike vrabel who you know i'm a lot more of a fan of than certainly you are

02:51i think coming into the season he's the new coach of the year favorite and i didn't think anybody was

02:56going to have a case over shane steikton and while i still would think it the answer should be

03:00steikton vrabel's right there right and it's a pats team that again it's it validates so much about

03:07that buffalo win and now the fact that you're unbeaten on the road in what feels like an open

03:12afc they are absolutely a part of that conversation they they really really are i will say because

03:19we're going to talk buffalo i want to just say something for people who are in on the box

03:22i think this is a more than fine loss and i would go as far as to say don't be worried if they lose

03:29the buffalo which is their next game or the la rams if you're a believer in the bucks

03:34you are just hoping they win the division and they get healthy and the biggest favorite to win

03:43any division right now is the eagles the second visit the second biggest is the bucks right because

03:47of the state still of the south and for this tampa bay team after they get through these next two

03:52games home versus arizona home versus new orleans home versus atlanta at carolina at miami home

03:59versus carolina they are likely going to be favorites in their final six games of the season

04:06so for the bucks look you'd love to put a win a cup up over buffalo or or the rams or even if you

04:12would have been able to hear against new england joe but if you're someone who's looking to bet on

04:17tampa bay this just gives you a better opportunity to get a better number yeah i mean and and again he's

04:23doing it with playmakers that are rookies tez johnson has come on you know kate otten's had

04:27a bigger role mcmillan's not in that offense obviously bucky ervin you know down and tucker

04:33taking over the slack but this identity of this team looks a lot different with those playmakers in

04:39it as long as they're healthy come playoff time they're going to be just fine i think for me

04:43yeah look defensively that wasn't as best or as good of an effort as we've seen this year

04:50against drake may they broke down they gave up some chunk plays i think over the course of the

04:54year bowls will get it right but mayfield again didn't turn the football over so 273 and three

05:00you put that over the course of the year they're going to be just fine there's a there's going to

05:04be a moment where they get healthy i am not betting the bucks in the futures market but i think anyone

05:09should baker mayfield and the bucks a minus 650 to win a division or 13 to 1 to win the nfc compared

05:15to sam darnold and the seahawks being 5 to 1 that that just gap feels no respect

05:20you

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