00:00What is the league saying, I mean, this is kind of a broad question, but we've known each other long
00:04enough, I think you understand where I'm coming from, about the sustainability of this Patriots team, like, they made the
00:14Super Bowl, you look at, do they look at the Patriots future differently than they look at Seattle? How are
00:21people looking at the future of the Patriots?
00:23I mean, I think if you, like, talk to, you know, league people about the two teams in the game
00:27last week, it was, you know, pretty obvious how differently they were seen. And I tried to reflect that. Like,
00:33now, I didn't pick it the way that it happened, but I, you know, I think I expressed to you
00:39guys, I thought that was possible, that the Seahawks could run away with it.
00:44And, you know, like, I think that's sort of reflective of the way that a lot of people felt, which
00:48was, like, when you talk to them about the Patriots, and I think the Patriots came to resent some of
00:52this, but what you would hear is smart, sound, well-coached, you know, those sorts of things.
00:58It was never, they're loaded, you know, the way that with the Seahawks, it was, they're loaded. So, you know,
01:07I, I think all that stuff is good. And it shows that Mike Vrabel's program is in really good shape.
01:14I'm way ahead of schedule after year one, you know, but it probably also would illustrate the fact that they're
01:20a little ways away still from a roster standpoint.
01:24And, I mean, I don't need to tell you guys how many things broke right this year, you know, for
01:29the Patriots. I mean, the schedule didn't look great going in, and was even lighter than we thought it would
01:37be.
01:38Then you get to the playoffs, and, you know, you play these teams, it's like, well, you know, like, the
01:44Chargers have good talent here and here and here and here, but they've got no offensive tackles.
01:49The Texans are a absolutely, like, elite, top of the league defense, but their quarterback had a turnover problem in
01:59the first round that wound up carrying over into the second round, and they didn't have their best receiver.
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