EXPECTATIONS: Previewing Patriots-Texans Divisional Round matchup

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00:00On a big boy Tuesday, Greg Bedard joins us from the Boston Sports Journal here in our

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00:15Maz and Murray alongside.

00:16How are you guys doing?

00:17Good to know.

00:17Let's get this out of the way right off the top.

00:20Maz, who do you like?

00:21Houston.

00:21I'm picking Houston.

00:22Let me get that off my chest right now.

00:24I'm picking Houston.

00:26That defense is freaking ridiculous.

00:27Ridiculous.

00:29Ridiculous.

00:30I'm not sure anybody can handle it unless they have experienced players up and down their

00:34offense.

00:35The Patriots don't.

00:36I like Houston.

00:37Let me get that out now.

00:38Greg, your thoughts?

00:39My initial thought is I'm going to pick the Patriots probably for a couple of different

00:46reasons.

00:46Number one, Nico Collins is probably going to be out.

00:49I mean, to get carted off with a concussion, he already had a concussion.

00:53I don't know, like four or five, six weeks ago where he missed a couple of games.

00:57He's going to be out.

00:58Even if Christian Gonzalez is out, that's a huge net positive for the Patriots.

01:03Like, Nico Collins is really their one difference maker.

01:06Christian Kirk is pretty good.

01:08But I view this as somewhat similar to the Chargers game.

01:13Now, the Chargers defense is very good.

01:17This Houston Texans defense is elite.

01:20It's another level than what Drake May and the Patriots saw on Sunday night.

01:27CJ Stroud, you know, talking about, like on the postgame show, talking about what matchup

01:32they were going to get.

01:33I wasn't afraid of either team because in the sort of crossover film that I've had this

01:37year, watching CJ Stroud, like I watched him against the Chargers, not impressed at

01:44all with CJ Stroud.

01:45And you saw that last night.

01:46I don't think that the offense that he's in, it's another, in my opinion, it's another

01:53coordinator, quarterback mismatch like they just had with Justin Herbert and Greg Roman.

01:59I view CJ Stroud and Nick Caley, who used to be here as the tight ends coach, as a similar

02:06mismatch.

02:07Why?

02:07Because similar to the Chargers, just like the Chargers game, I don't have any confidence

02:14that Nick Caley is going to be able to give CJ Stroud answers, especially during the game,

02:21once the game dictates itself and they see what the Patriots are doing.

02:25I just think that Nick Caley, I don't think he was ready for that role.

02:28He, he's never really coached the quarterback.

02:31Um, they, he's not the quarterback's coach.

02:34They, they held over a guy, Jared Johnson, former NFL quarterback to coach CJ Stroud.

02:40He's kind of like a Stroud's buddy.

02:42So, um, I just, I think I have, again, I have a lot more confidence that Josh McDaniels

02:48is going to, uh, give answers to Drake may, um, just like he did in the Chargers game in

02:55the second half that is going to determine this game.

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