Why a Close Loss Doesn’t Change the Patriots’ Outlook

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00:00What is your impression of the Patriots then if they lose by, like, more than a touchdown?

00:04If in the middle of the fourth quarter the game's kind of decided?

00:09Yeah.

00:12I want to give them some grace if that were to happen because at some point you stub your toe,

00:18and they've been so consistent.

00:19And so if that were to happen, like, I wouldn't be completely out on them.

00:24I try to be, like, level-headed about all this, you know,

00:27and I would say, like, if they lose, it sort of depends how it happens, right?

00:34Like, if it's a handful of things that we thought were going to be problems

00:37that may have been covered up by the schedule, then, like, that might materially affect you.

00:44Do you see those things with them?

00:46Do you see some things that might have been covered up by the schedule?

00:47Yeah, I mean, I still don't.

00:48Like, I still wonder.

00:52Like, so if they go up against Houston, like, how are they going to get guys open?

00:57Do they have guys who can win one-on-one against Houston?

01:00And if that doesn't happen, like, do they have the line that's going to hold up,

01:04that's going to give Drake time to allow for the receivers to uncover?

01:07So there's a bunch of those questions that haven't been answered

01:09because I just don't think they've played that level of competition yet.

01:13Do you have questions about the defense similarly, about, you know,

01:16especially when you consider some of the offensive juggernauts that they faced?

01:20Yeah, so for example, like, if you have a quarterback who can buy time,

01:24which the quarterback that they're facing this week can do, right?

01:28Like, and so if you've got a guy who can extend the play,

01:32is the pass rush going to be able to get to him quick enough?

01:35Are you going to be able to hold the guy in the pocket?

01:37Like, because you still, like, Josh Allen still made plays against them,

01:41you know, like back in September.

01:43So, like, there are some questions about the defense.

01:48I'd be interested to see, again, like, against a high-level quarterback,

01:52does the pass rush become a problem?

01:53I think they're good on the back end.

01:56Like, and I would have said that to you coming into the year with Gonzalez

01:58and Carlton Davis and Marcus Jones.

02:01Like, I think that they're really good on the back end.

02:04There are still some questions in the front seven that I think, you know,

02:07a good team can expose.

02:09It seems we've talked to a couple.

02:11But just to finish my one thought on that, too,

02:12like where I said, you know, like, if it's, like, a handful of things

02:16that we thought were going to be problems that they've been able to cover up

02:19because of the schedule, that would be different than, like, all right,

02:22like, you know, Drake may throw a couple of picks, and he has that game.

02:28You know what I mean?

02:28Like, that probably wouldn't change the way that I think about them

02:31as much as if, oh, my God, all of a sudden they're here.

02:34They get exposed.

02:36They were exposed, right.

02:37Yes.

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