00:00Mike Vrabel announced the team captains yesterday in a video the Patriots put out.
00:04Vrabel announced the captains to the team and everybody was clapping for your captains.
00:08We can hear who the Patriots captains were from the video. Here was Vrabel.
00:13Let's talk about these captains. Give them one clap. Great.
00:16Morgan Moses. Hunter. Marcus Jones. Spillane. Kevin Byrne.
00:23Great job, fellas. Listen to me. Those were voted on by you.
00:26Okay. Those were voted on by you. You guys went through. Okay. You guys decided. You guys picked your captains.
00:32Okay. You guys got to lead them.
00:34We'll put a leadership group together tomorrow. I'll meet with the captains tomorrow and we'll go from there. Okay.
00:39But the journey has got to start. Break it down. Let's go to work.
00:43Journey starts right now. All right. Back to the Super Bowl.
00:46Who believes that the players voted for us? Those are to be expected.
00:51Well, that's what we did. We voted for captain. I'm surprised Kevin Byrne's a captain.
00:55All right. Oh, yeah. What's he have? What do all of them have in common?
00:58They're not named Christian Gonzalez? Right.
01:01And they're all Vrabel guys except for Hunter Henry.
01:04Now, Doug from Southeast says nothing burger on Gonzalez not being a captain. Hello, Doug.
01:12Morning, guys. What's up?
01:15Not much. Haven't heard you guys say it yet, but I've heard about it all last night and just reading
01:19stuff.
01:20When's the last time a true lockdown corner for the Patriots has been a team captain?
01:26Was Gilmore a corner or a captain? I don't think so.
01:31No.
01:31I know Ty wasn't a captain.
01:33Ty wasn't a captain?
01:34Yeah, he's a Hall of Fame. I don't think Revis was a captain.
01:37Was Samuel a captain?
01:39No, Asante Samuels wasn't a captain.
01:41Yeah.
01:42Was Rob Gronkowski a captain?
01:44No.
01:45Okay.
01:46Yeah, that's why the players vote on him.
01:48Well, isn't Marcus Jones a cornerback?
01:51Yeah.
01:51Is he a special teams player, Curtis?
01:53Yeah, he's also a cornerback.
01:54Right.
01:55Curtis, is he a captain because he's a cornerback or a special teams player?
01:58Which one do you think he's a captain for?
01:59So, Doug, let me ask you.
02:00I think he's a captain because he's similar to the Slater role, which is based on a special teams performance,
02:04but he's also a cornerback.
02:06Doug, I have a question for you.
02:07If Christian Gonzalez was named a captain, would you say that this is a good sign and a good decision?
02:14It would make me feel a little bit better, but yeah.
02:16Okay, exactly.
02:17So, then you can't say the opposite can't be true.
02:20No, you can't because you're making a big deal out of something that...
02:23Well, none of us are making a big deal of it.
02:24You just said that we weren't making a big deal of it.
02:26I like when you make a big deal out of things, Curtis.
02:29It's kind of my job.
02:30Yeah.
02:31I mean, it took him five minutes to admit that Marcus Jones was a special teams player.
02:34Five minutes?
02:35You've been on the phone for 90 seconds.
02:37All right, Doug.
02:39Doug, wait.
02:40Hey, listening on the radio or...
02:41Oh, you hung up on him.
02:42I wanted to know...
02:43I didn't do anything.
02:44I just wanted to know if he was listening on SiriusXM channel 2097 or not.
02:48Text in, Doug.
02:49What are you listening on?
02:50That's fine.
02:50Whatever.
02:51He's gone already.
02:52I'll see you deja vu.
02:53I think for being in those locker rooms and the players voting on captains is a good thing.
02:58But he also talks about the hell's...
03:03Where then there's a bunch of guys that sit on this...
03:07Leadership committee.
03:08Leadership committee.
03:09Which guys that are not captains, right?
03:11Yeah.
03:11So I've sat on...
03:12We need a leadership committee for this show.
03:13Right.
03:14So I've sat on the leadership committee and I've been a captain before.
03:17I think it's a good thing...
03:19Sick brag.
03:19Well, you know.
03:20It is what it is.
03:21But the players, they vote for the guys to be the captain.
03:25And I think all the players love Gonzalez.
03:28But there's just maybe like...
03:30You know, there are certain things when you vote for the captain is like...
03:32Well, Greg, Mike Vrabel was also asked yesterday at his press conference if he believes this
03:37roster is good enough to compete for a Super Bowl.
03:41We can hear Mike Vrabel's answer.
03:43We're focused on just competing against Seattle.
03:45Not competing for something that's going to happen in February.
03:49I mean, we really just are trying to indoctrinate and, I guess, onboard these new players to
03:56understand our language, our terminology, how we practice, where to go.
04:01I mean, they just got in there late last night and they're going through that process.
04:05So...
04:06But I love the guys that we have.
04:09Yeah.
04:10I mean, he's been like that with us.
04:12I, you know, I appreciate the approach where Courtney complimented Drake May and he shot
04:19that down.
04:19And I mean, I think that's his intention is to be like, we're, you know, we got to work
04:24really, really hard.
04:25I, if you look at getting back there and what could prevent that, how do you like the, when,
04:33when it comes to ranking, how tough the schedule is this year versus last year, is that an,
04:38is that, that's nothing.
04:39I think it's more about the conference being healthier and tougher than it is your schedule
04:43being tougher.
04:44Because like, regardless of how difficult the schedule is, like, I think this team should
04:48make the playoffs.
04:49And then from there, it's just how good are the rest of the teams in the playoffs.
04:52Last year, you were fortunate enough to face inept quarterback play in CJ Stroud, Justin Herbert,
04:58and then Jarrett Stidham in the snow.
05:01This year, you're probably not going to be as lucky.
05:03So it's not going to be nearly as easy.
05:05And then when you look at the, how, you know, we always hear Jones and Keith doing their tears.
05:09Then you start to look at personnel, like, okay, how good can we be?
05:15Let's look at how good is our personnel, right?
05:17You have a quarterback that's considered a top 10 quarterback in the NFL.
05:20Check.
05:21You look at your, your offense should be, and better be better.
05:25Your wide receiver rooms.
05:26Your defense is your concern.
05:28And, and whether Gonzalez plays or not, you're worried, you've been worried about the defense
05:33from jump.
05:34Well, I'm worried about the edge position.
05:36Your D tackles are good.
05:37Your corners in secondary were really good.
05:39That was the strength of your defense.
05:41But without Gonzalez, you go, okay, where's the strength of our defense?
05:45Our safeties are good.
05:46We lost our best corner.
05:48What's your take on the linebacker group, right?
05:50Some people think the line, linebacker group is an area where, um, that isn't as good.
05:56You know, you got Splane, you got Ellis, but that's kind of all you got.
06:00So when you start to look at like where they are grouping wise and kind of how their personnel
06:04is, I think with a guy like Gonzalez, your defense is instantly a top five defense without
06:11them.
06:12It's different.
06:13Yeah.
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