Jones & Keefe: Taylor Kyles highlights the key position group to watch this weekend in Patriots/Chargers

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00:00But we, Taylor, unlike you, we're simpletons.

00:02We think this matchup is going to be all about the quarterbacks.

00:06Drake May and Justin Herbert, what is this matchup in your estimation going to come down to?

00:11Funny enough, I think it's actually going to come down to the running backs.

00:14Now, obviously, quarterbacks are going to play huge factors.

00:17We're talking about the Spider-Man meme here pretty much with Justin Herbert and Drake May

00:21and all the ways that they excel as quarterbacks.

00:23But I feel like if the Patriots can win in the trenches on both sides of the football,

00:28that's going to be huge.

00:30We know this run game for the Patriots has been surging since pretty much about, like,

00:34week 13 for Ramondre Stevenson when he gets back from his toe injury,

00:39really started to gain some positive momentum,

00:41finished the year as the NFL's best back over the last month of the season.

00:45So on offense, if they can have that unpredictability,

00:48get Travion Henderson going the way he's been doing really since even before Ramondre found his groove,

00:54that's going to take pressure off Drake May.

00:55It's going to keep the playbook wide open.

00:57And against this Chargers secondary, that's going to be huge.

01:00They've got a lot of veterans and a lot of guys who can make plays on the football,

01:04so you don't want to be one-dimensional against them.

01:06And then when it comes to the Chargers offense, I mean, their offensive line is shot.

01:10They may have some guys returning, but they've got backups at both tackle spots,

01:14and their interior is one of the worst in football.

01:17And here are the Patriots.

01:18You've got Milton Williams back.

01:19Barmore looked really good last week.

01:21Hopefully Harold Landry is back for you as well.

01:23And Omari and Hanson and Kamani Vidal, despite the fact their offensive line has been so bad,

01:28have been highly productive, especially outside the tackle.

01:31So if the Chargers can get their run game going and they have the element of unpredictability

01:35and they don't need to rely on Justin Herbert and his busted hand,

01:39I think it's going to come down to a really tight game,

01:41and I don't love that scenario for the Patriots.