00:00No, one thing that I'll really be watching for it, you know, and obviously not, I won't be able to
00:05see it, but people who are down there watching practice, especially the media people, the sub stackers, all the people
00:10that are like, oh, here's what I saw at practice.
00:12I want to see what type of leash Josh McDaniels is giving to Drake May this season for him to
00:22kind of start controlling the offense, having the ability to change plays, having the ability to see different things and
00:30go, okay, I don't like this, because that's what you can really gain out of OTAs, because you're in basically
00:36T-shirts and shorts, so you can't really gain physicality and that kind of stuff.
00:40But you can gain, all right, the mental part of the game where it's going to be like, oh, we've
00:45seen Drake change some things on his own at the line of scrimmage, and if that's going to be a
00:52positive for, you know, this offense, if Drake is kind of getting to the level where every year he's getting
00:59more and more comfortable with the offense and Josh McDaniels is giving him that ability, because now that's going to
01:04be the biggest thing.
01:05Can he take that leap to that? Can he take that next step? That's what made Brady so great, and,
01:09you know, what makes quarterbacks really good is they can have the ability to be like, oh, I don't like
01:13this. Let's get the offense out of something bad into something good.
01:16My thing is entirely about off-field, how Brable appears to the guys, and Christian Gonzalez. What are they doing
01:24with the contract? Is that being settled? Because there is no excuse to not get it done, front load the
01:30crap out of it, and then next offseason you sign Drake May.
01:34There literally is no reason to not do that. Christian Gonzalez is an elite cornerback. You pay for those guys.
01:40Next year, you pay for Drake May, and you get ahead of these contracts to the very best of your
01:46ability so it doesn't impact the rest of the team.
01:48And if you are indeed getting A.J. Brown on Monday, which is A.J. Brown Day, does that increase
01:56the pressure to get the deal done with Christian Gonzalez as well?
01:59No, I think it's totally – I think you get the deal done because it's what's best for the team.
02:03Well, I don't know if they look – yes, I would agree with you, but I don't know if they
02:07would look at it that way.
02:09But certainly they can go say, all right, now you got this guy. You're paying him $28 million.
02:14Yeah, but you don't have Belichick to blame anymore. Like, you have to spend. Like, it's you, Robert Kraft. Nobody
02:19believes it's Elliott Wolfe.
02:21Does anybody think Mike Vrabel doesn't want them to sign Christian Gonzalez long-term?
02:25That Mike doesn't want them?
02:27No, no. I'm sure Vrabel wants him long-term.
02:29I just – it's inexcusable for the Patriots to be anywhere near the top five in cash spending.
02:35And I heard Joe Murray saying this across the street that they are going to be unable to pay all
02:44of these guys,
02:44whether it's Christian Gonzalez, Drake May, Will Campbell.
02:47And, like, to me, that is such an excuse that you don't need to make.
02:53Pay Christian Gonzalez $60 million this year. Spread it out over five years.
02:58Do the same – do whatever. $50 million for Christian, $80 million for Drake May.
03:02Whatever it's going to cost, they can afford it.
03:04Can I ask this question?
03:07Always, Wiggy.
03:08Because –
03:08Is it hypothetical?
03:09No, no, no, no. It's kind of what you said is that they said that it was a big Jim
03:14Murray said they're not going to pay these guys.
03:16Let me figure this one out.
03:20Where did Trent McDuffie go, the highest-paid corner in the NFL?
03:24Oh, he went to the Rams.
03:26Rams paid him a boatload of money.
03:27And the Rams just paid Matthew Stafford, I want to say, $60 million.
03:32So, you can pay these guys.
03:34Great point.
03:35And the question – and it's not really a question.
03:38Me sitting here from the outside looking in, I'm not confident that this deal gets done.
03:45Because you already know what the market is.
03:48Trent McDuffie set the market.
03:51He already sent it.
03:52He got four years $124 from the Rams.
03:56$100 million guaranteed.
03:59Christian Gonzalez is probably going, I want that contract but with a little bit more money or something similar to
04:06that.
04:07So, you know what it is.
04:08With more money, I want $105 guaranteed.
04:11So, we know what the market is.
04:14Why hasn't this deal been done yet?
04:17We all know that Gonzalez wants it.
04:20When he's sitting courtside and he's making the money sign, it isn't because Jason Tatum or Jalen Brown just knocked
04:26down a three-pointer.
04:28It's he wants his money.
04:30So, do you feel confident this deal is going to get done when you already know what the money is?
04:36Or there's a really good baseline on what the contract is probably going to look like?
04:42So, when I ask, why hasn't it gotten done already?
04:46Well, you're saying pay that man his money.
04:49If he's – there are people who argue and say he's the best corner in the league.
04:54Like, so, if he's the best corner in the league, don't you pay him that way?
04:57I am at that level.
04:58Yeah, why wouldn't you?
04:59What's the downside?
05:00That's the – that's what I'm asking.
05:01Right.
05:02Like, I don't – and I don't think that Kraft has the leash that he thinks he does with the
05:05fans.
05:06Like, if they're not doing this and Christian Gonzalez is holding out, I think overwhelming majority of Patriots fans side
05:12with the player.
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