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00:02 Well, the poor New England Patriots, they had their great run, Matt, didn't they?
00:05 For, I don't know, 20 years under Bill Pelichek and Tom Brady.
00:09 Their odds this season do not look good.
00:12 And look, the other teams in the division just appear on paper to be so
00:16 much better.
00:16 So let's not pretend we're taking them to win the Super Bowl,
00:20 the AFC Championship, or even the East.
00:22 We'll look at the total at seven and a half.
00:24 And I would ask you this, Matt,
00:25 what is the best case scenario in your mind for the Patriots this season?
00:29 How do they exceed the seven and a half?
00:31 How do they put themselves at least in the conversation this year?
00:35 I just can't believe Bill Belichick, Hall of Fame first ballot guy,
00:39 is hanging around for a squad like this.
00:42 And again, no disrespect,
00:43 they just don't look nearly as good as the other teams in the division.
00:47 >> Well, I think you look at it, you say they still have a very good defense.
00:50 You have a tremendous running back, one of, to me, the best running backs in
00:54 the NFL, and that's how you win.
00:56 You lean on those two things.
00:57 You try to grind out wins, and the other thing,
00:59 you have one of the best coaches in NFL history, and you try to grind out wins.
01:03 Given the power that's in their conference,
01:06 the high power offensive systems we see, I don't think that's gonna be easy.
01:10 This isn't the mid 2000s anymore, so it's gonna be a lot tougher.
01:14 It's tough for me, though, to completely write them off of getting to that eight
01:18 win total to hit their over, just because of the pedigree, the coaching.
01:23 Again, some of the defensive talent, especially in the secondary, and
01:26 a good running game.
01:27 But of course, you worry about the passing game, and we know the NFL,
01:30 you gotta pass to keep up, to score points.
01:33 And yeah, they added Juju Schuster, they have some decent tight ends, but man,
01:37 it's gonna be a struggle.
01:38 And I think if you bet that over, you're sweating out every week.
01:42 You're probably taking that one to week 16 or 17, and
01:45 you're not feeling good about it.
01:46 So that one, to me, just says take the under, but who knows?
01:49 Maybe Mac Jones made a leap.
01:52 It's only his third year, and they hit it, but I don't think I'm betting on it.
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