00:00How do you think the offseason, if you're going to give a letter grade for the Patriots,
00:03what would you give it so?
00:04Joe?
00:05Hey, you got better.
00:07Your team's better.
00:08You were a Super Bowl contender last year, and your team's better.
00:10I would give it an A.
00:11You fixed your wide receiver room.
00:13You added Romeo Dobbs and A.J. Brown.
00:16You added a stud at safety.
00:17An all-pro.
00:19Vera Tucker could be a lottery ticket.
00:22Moved the big kid from Georgia to center.
00:25I mean, how about Kevin Byard out of the safety?
00:28The guy led the league in interceptions.
00:30When hosts aren't listening.
00:32Oh, I'm sorry.
00:32I didn't hear that first part.
00:34Byard.
00:35CBS Sports listing the Patriots with their third worst offseason of 2026.
00:41They hate the Patriots.
00:42They talk about the Mike Rabel story, and they write to make list of teams that had the worst offseasons
00:49and not include the Patriots would be disingenuous.
00:52To make matters worse, the Patriots are the prime regression candidate in 2026
00:56after going 14-3 last season, they write, with the help from the easiest schedule since
01:01the turn of the millennium.
01:02The Patriots have the sixth toughest schedule in 2026, including the toughest weeks one through
01:07four strength of schedule by any team in 40 years.
01:11That's exactly what you're already talking about.
01:12Metrics.
01:12They're factoring metrics.
01:14Schedule strength.
01:15Stack that against them.
01:17Money spent.
01:19Picks given up.
01:20They got Dobbs and Brown in a secondary.
01:24Your quarterback, another year older, with Josh McDaniels.
01:29Your front should be pretty good.
01:32How about adding...
01:33Your secondary, if you get Gonzalez done, will be excellent.
01:36How about adding a fullback and stealing him from Buffalo?
01:40Boom.
01:41One of the top rushers in the league.
01:42Would the clouds at CBS give him?
01:44Is a fullback going to move the needle?
01:46That's going to be...
01:46Yeah, well, we're going to run the ball.
01:47How bad was third one look?
01:48How bad were they in the red zone in short yardage last year?
01:50Terrible.
01:51Terrible.
01:53Terrible.
01:53Terrible.
01:54Terrible.
01:54Terrible.
01:54Terrible.
01:54You
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