00:00And it's not the first time the Commanders-Patriots comparison has been brought up.
00:03And let me tell you right now, I hate it.
00:06People were talking about as the season was going on,
00:08and this was kind of lumped in with some of the fool's gold talk.
00:11They were like, look at the Commanders.
00:12Look at the Commanders.
00:13They went from like five wins to the NFC Championship game,
00:17and now they suck again.
00:18Like, look at them.
00:19Look at them.
00:19Let them be a cautionary tale.
00:21So don't do it.
00:21No, I agree with Bedard.
00:22So don't do anything.
00:23Don't do nothing because the Commanders made the NFC title game and then suck.
00:26So don't do anything.
00:27That's smart.
00:27But I really don't understand the comparison other than you were a bad team,
00:31then with a new coach and a new quarterback, you were a good team,
00:34and then the next year you're bad.
00:36And you're like, whoa, watch what happened with them.
00:38Their quarterback got hurt.
00:40Their star receiver got hurt and was in a contract dispute with the team.
00:43And a lot of the guys that helped you, like, have that really good season
00:47that go to the NFC Championship game were really old dudes that put together good seasons.
00:51So if you thought Bobby Wagner, Zach Ertz, and Austin Eckler
00:54were going to be just as good the next year,
00:57that's on you.
00:58The Patriots team is different than that Commanders team.
01:00They aren't so reliant on guys in their mid-30s as the Commanders were.
01:05And guess what?
01:06If Drake May misses half the season, I bet they won't be very good.
01:09But if he plays the whole season, I would have him back in the playoffs.
01:12So, yeah, I don't like the Commanders comparison.
01:15It doesn't really add up.
01:15I just, so the Commanders went out and tried to add to their team
01:20and put themselves over the top because they were in the NFC title game.
01:23And they got it wrong, I guess.
01:24Was Tunsil bad?
01:25I don't know.
01:26Debo looked pretty good for chunks of the year last season.
01:29Like, I don't think adding him for a fifth-round pick or whatever killed their team.
01:32He didn't sacrifice the future for Debo Samuel.
01:34Like, I don't think, unless Tunsil was a disaster, and I didn't think he was.
01:38I don't think so.
01:39Like, I don't really see how those moves made him worse.
01:42Their quarterback got hurt, as you said.
01:44And their best playmaker, their wide receiver, got in a contract dispute.
01:47So, pay Christian Gonzalez.
01:49That should be your lesson, Patriots.
01:51And, you know, hope Drake May doesn't get hurt.
01:53That's part of the reason why maybe you should think about moving Will Campbell.
01:57So, I mean, keep your quarterback healthy
01:59and don't get in contract disputes with your best players.
02:02Those are the lessons they should learn,
02:03not look at the stupid commanders trying to get better.
02:06Don't do that.
02:07Just sit out free agency.
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