00:00Morning, Drake May joined Rich, Ken, and Ted yesterday, as he does every Patriots Monday,
00:06and he was asked about the lack of chunk plays, and it's something they were so good at last
00:12year, we can hear from Drake May. I think it's hard to pinpoint one, you know, either or. I think
00:16it's definitely part of it, too, of some teams playing some more softer zone, and there's
00:21definitely some parts of it where, you know, we have some chance to hit some, whether it's a throw
00:25or details in the route, but, you know, we hit a few yesterday, and I think it's something you
00:28don't want to, you know, put too much emphasize on and realizing that sometimes the more you
00:33try to, you know, make a big play is oftentimes more when it hurts you and kind of when something
00:38just comes naturally, so I think it's, you know, realize the weapons that we have in that
00:42skill room, and sometimes, you know, the big plays can come from a four-yard pass or a pass
00:47underneath that the guys can break tackles and realizing that the more plays we have,
00:50the more of those will come. All right. Well, I'm not going to evaluate him until, as Shime
00:56said, the Vegas game, because these next two games are extremely difficult on the road,
01:01so if his performance isn't great... Well, you don't have to be sarcastic. You can evaluate
01:05him right now. That's what we want from you. No, no, no, no. Just because other people disagree
01:09with you doesn't mean that you have to mock them the whole time. I'm not mocking them. I'm just
01:13going to give my evaluation when it's more suitable. That's not what we want. We want your
01:20evaluation. I never said the sky was falling. No, you see... No, no, no, no. The sky was falling.
01:24No, no. Yesterday, you said the entire region was surprised and shocked. They are. And shocked.
01:32Other than you and Shime, you're the only two people that saw him regressing. Greg, you're the
01:37one who said that Wiggy and I called him a bust. We have literally never said that. I don't think
01:42he's regressing, Wiggy. The fact is, is that if he played great for two weeks, not a single
01:47person within our listening audience would say pump the brakes, it's early. So let's
01:51not be fraudulent. He has looked bad in the two weeks. The four interceptions have been
01:56bad. Three of the four have been really bad. Two of the four have been Mac-esque. Those
02:00are just statements of honest clarity. Nope. That last statement, incorrect. The throw
02:06in the interception, the interception in the end zone and the interception, yes, on Sunday.
02:09Nothing is as bad as Mac Jones. How dare you? They were Mac-esque. No, that's the worst
02:15thing you could say about a person. I'd rather you say it's Carson Wentz-esque. Okay. It
02:18was, uh, it was Wentz-ian. Okay. It was Wentz-ian. Thank you. Very topical. In the Twitch chat,
02:25Sarah to go 11 says, Greg and Shime need to get out in them. Screets, people are panicking.
02:34I don't know why. People are ready to turn on Drake May. And I'm, I'm with Shime. I don't
02:39know why, because every, we all saw this coming that he was going to take a few steps back.
02:43I mean, the guy was, you know, MVP running up, runner up last season, but heading into
02:48this season, I think we were all saying, you know what? He probably won't be as good
02:52this year. Wrong-o. Yeah. Right. Yeah. And now nobody, nobody's like, eh, we're not panicking.
02:56I don't appreciate the sarcasm, Jermaine. I mean, but, Shime, is he playing as, he's playing
03:03probably worse than when he was a rookie in these first two games.
03:08I disagree. And I just, all right. Wiggy, I think that there is, look, I think you're
03:13right in that he has not played up to expectation the first two games. Right. But at the same
03:17time, I also don't think you should panic. I think there, I think he will be turning
03:21it around. Like, I think there's a chance. What does he have to turn around? He's played
03:23fine, right? I also don't think. Did you not just listen to what I was just saying to
03:26Wiggy? Like, you jump in with the worst time to say that, because that's not what I was
03:31saying at all. I just said he was playing bad the first two weeks. I didn't say he was
03:34playing just fine. He did nothing to turn around. You sound like an idiot. So shut
03:38up. But, Shime, can I just say one thing? Go for it. Don't you think that Wiggy's been
03:43pretty tempered about it? Like, he's really just laying out the facts, and he's not really
03:48saying the sky's falling. He's not, he's not being, like, he's not yelling about it.
03:52Maybe I just roped him in with Curtis, then. Maybe because Curtis had said things like
03:55foundational shaking, which is insane. You can be personal and attack. That's fine. Believe
03:59me. I got it. But the fact is, is that he's played poorly through two weeks. He's never
04:03had four picks in two consecutive games. If you date it back to the playoffs, which is
04:07six games. Nobody said he's played good. I think what I don't understand. You were up
04:12at the worst possible time. No, you're, you're just not freaking listening. You're going to
04:17make me swear like my Grable. Holy smokes. Like, nobody has said he played great. I just
04:22think that, I just very much expect him to turn it around very shortly. Whereas you got,
04:27you said, and I quote, foundational shaking in week one. Like, that's insane. That interception
04:33shook my foundational confidence in him. Absolutely. Then you have no confidence in anything that
04:37outside of Tom Brady that will ever stand the test of time ever. I have confidence in Greg,
04:41definitely. What bothers me from Wiggy is the use of the word regression after two games.
04:49Right. So that is the difference between our opinions. I am not willing to say that a quarterback
04:56who was the runner up when it comes to being the MVP has regressed after just two games. One of
05:05which was against the defending Superbowl champions on the road in week one. And the other was against
05:13the team that you lost to last season. So I just am not willing. That's all. So I would ask
05:18you then
05:19this question. Didn't we all pick the Patriots to win week one? Yeah, we did. Yes. So if they were
05:23the insurmountable defending Superbowl champions, then why did we all think that was going to
05:27happen? Because people, you picked UNC to win on Saturday. Right. And if it wasn't for the coach
05:32pooping himself, they would have. So I also told me AJ Brown won at a halftime. I might not have
05:36picked the Patriots. So I would ask you this, Greg. If you told me that Drake was going to play
05:40for
05:40the Seahawks in the fourth quarter, I would have picked the Seahawks. I would, I would ask you this,
05:44Greg, then just based on the first two weeks, has he taken a step forward? Has he stayed the same?
05:53Or is he taking a step back? I think he's taken a step back the first two weeks. And what
05:57would
05:57you call that? I wouldn't call it a regression. That term bothers me. I would call it two bad
06:04games. All right. So maybe I won't use regression if that bothers you. Like some people don't like
06:08the word moist. Like Wiggy. Can I ask you a question? He's taken a couple steps back. You seem very
06:13bothered that I disagree with you. No, no, no. That's what the point of the whole show is today.
06:18No, you're very sarcastic. No, because I would think if he had two amazing games,
06:23you wouldn't be like, oh, of course I wouldn't. No, that's like, oh, why? Like, oh, really? Yeah,
06:29no, you're right. If he had two amazing games, I'd be like, wow, guy looks good. I mean, I, what,
06:34like what, what? You're not. And we'd be mocking Nick Wright. If he had two amazing games,
06:37I think he'd be like, wow, look at how mentally strong Drake May is. He's coming off an MVP loss
06:41and then the Super Bowl loss. A lot of people questioned whether it was a, a, a, a easy
06:46schedule. That's the reason that he was so successful last season. Unfortunately, we haven't
06:49seen that. So in my opinion, it is a regression. Okay. Um, so now it bothers me that you're using
06:55that word. You, you, Wiggy and Curtis, Sean and I are on an island. We got it. We have,
07:00we've got to take a break. Okay. You should know that you more than anybody should know that
07:03you're the executive producer of the radio show. Great. I agree. I agree. I'm just saying,
07:07you know, nobody said that about Joe Burrow when he starts bad in the first two weeks of a season.
07:10Because we don't cover Joe Burrow. Nope. Nationally even. Nobody says that about him,
07:14but it's fine. It's a compliment if they talk about your player nationally.
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