00:00All right, well, in studio with us, we love having Justin Turpin, top-tier Terp.
00:03Tier one, Terp.
00:04From WEI.com, who has been with the Patriots all season long, including the preseason,
00:09and we've got to get to some Celtics stuff as well.
00:11Oh, yeah, we do.
00:12Yes, oh, man, there's some Paul George fever people have lately.
00:16Running wild.
00:17Running all over the place.
00:19But first, let's get to this Jets game.
00:21And what are you hearing, and what is your feeling after spending some time down there
00:26about A.J. Brown and whether you think he's going to return?
00:28I'm still leaning that he doesn't, just with the short week, obviously, going to Chicago
00:32on Thursday.
00:33I think they'd like to give him the extra couple days to rest up and, obviously, the quick
00:38turnaround between the two games.
00:39I also think Mike Vrabel's very realistic when looking at these things, and they probably
00:43shouldn't need him against the New York Jets.
00:45Like, you can wait until next Thursday against the Bears, so I lean that he doesn't play.
00:49But he was out there during the portions of practice, open to the media, was limited all
00:53week, enters on Sunday with a questionable tag.
00:56So I guess we'll see what happens.
00:58They'll have to make that move tomorrow, but I still lean he probably doesn't play.
01:01Is there somebody that would be easily chopped off the roster if they could, you know, make
01:06him, even if he says 10 snaps, would you make, like, Kyle Williams an active or somebody
01:09deeper on the special teams chart, or how does that go?
01:11I mean, it had been Efton Chisholm before then, and I don't think it would be Efton Chisholm,
01:15so I think it probably would be Kyle Williams.
01:17I think he would be the guy, which would be weird after the week that he just had, and obviously
01:21what he brings.
01:22I mean, he might be kind of a one-trick pony with just a deep ball, but that's a hell
01:26of a trick
01:27to have if you are going to be a one-trick pony.
01:28So I think it would be Kyle Williams just because I don't think you can put Efton Chisholm back
01:32in that spot.
01:33Kyle Williams did have an impressive title.
01:35Ted doesn't love giving a lot of credit, but he beat that sucker off the line.
01:38It was good.
01:39We highlighted that play in the breakdown.
01:41That was a nice little get-off, we called it, when you can get off the line of scrimmage
01:45without getting jammed.
01:47It was press coverage, too.
01:48So, look, that's exactly what Kayshawn Booty did for Drake May last year, was that nine
01:53route, press coverage, no safety over the top.
01:55So, look, I mean, we know he can run fast, straight.
01:59You know, when he has to throttle down and cut is when he has problems.
02:03So, I don't know.
02:04They seem to give him a lot of opportunities to kind of figure it out because that was their
02:09first wide receiver that they drafted, right, in the Brable era.
02:13So, he's going to get all the chances to make, you know, improve, and he just needs to improve
02:18on his route three.
02:19Can you do comebacks?
02:20Can you do curls?
02:21Can you do in-cuts?
02:23He's still, you know, he's just a one-trick pony right now.
02:25Speaking of that nine route, I found this super interesting, put out by NextGenStats
02:28this morning.
02:29Romeo Dobbs has run a vertical route on nearly half of his routes this season.
02:3448.3%.
02:35Wow.
02:36They're trying to make a mess of that kind of...
02:38Yeah.
02:3940%, it just has the number for the entire year.
02:42Because Rich called this out a couple weeks ago.
02:44Like, he needs to...
02:45Who wrote that story about him running outbreakers?
02:47Tice.
02:47I forget what his name is.
02:48From Yahoo.
02:49Yeah, from Yahoo.
02:50He wrote something in saying that he was using...
02:52He was being used in a completely different way than when he was successful when he was
02:55in Green Bay.
02:56Like, as a matter of fact, the minute that he started running the type of routes that he
02:59was doing in Green Bay, all of a sudden, he's becoming successful.
03:02That was in weeks four and five.
03:03I think getting A.J.
03:04Brown back would just be huge for him.
03:05Puts him more in a role that he's more comfortable.
03:08Like, I don't think he's necessarily a number one wide receiver.
03:10He's more fit to be that number two behind A.J.
03:12Brown.
03:13And just the presence that A.J.
03:15Brown would bring.
03:16Like, going back to his first game, like, two of his catches on third down.
03:19Like, that's so important to have that kind of pass catcher.
03:21So, if he is ready to go, his impact will be felt right away.
03:25Tell me a little bit about this Jets defense and whether they're going to make Drake's life...
03:30Because you look at, like, the rankings and they seem to be, what, number four in yards
03:34allowed?
03:35And on PFF, their secondary rank's pretty high.
03:37Yeah, so how tough are they going to make Drake May's day?
03:40I mean, they're going to blitz a ton.
03:41And that's what they've done throughout the early part of the year here.
03:45In their last two games, they've blitzed over 50%.
03:47Now, I don't know if they can do that against Drake May.
03:49Even with his struggles early in the year, he's still excellent against the blitz.
03:53I think four touchdowns, just one interception, completing almost 70% of his passes in those
03:57situations.
03:57So, I don't know if they're going to be able to stick to their identity and blitz him because
04:01of how good he has been against the blitz.
04:03And I expect them to pick on Caleb Lomu, although I don't think Bailey, the second overall pick
04:09there, who's been awesome, is top five in sacks and pressures generated.
04:13I don't know if he'll necessarily be against Caleb Lomu, if it is Caleb Lomu, because he
04:18has traditionally lined up over the right tackle.
04:20So, you blitz him at your peril.
04:22He's just...
04:23He has issues when you flood the zones or you drop more guys and then you rush.
04:30You know, teams that have been having success with Drake, getting pressure on him, rush
04:35four guys and they keep two safeties deep.
04:37That's the formula for stopping Drake.
04:39So, if you want to blitz, he'll carve you up, man.
04:42The kid can find the open guy and usually teams are playing man-to-man behind the blitz.
04:47And Drake May is a much better passer against man-to-man than he is.
04:50The numbers against the blitz this year, he's completed 33 of 46 pass attempts at 71%.
04:55The third highest completion percentage behind only C.J. Stroud and Patrick Mahomes, four
04:59touchdowns, one pick in those situations.
05:01So, he's been very, very effective against the blitz.
05:03And that's including the first two, three weeks that he was struggling, three weeks.
05:07What are your impressions with...
05:08I'm going to do a twofer here.
05:10Give me your impressions on Efton Chisholm and the role he has and then also Eli Raritan.
05:16What do you think about the rookie tight end of Eli Raritan?
05:19I've been very impressed by Eli Raritan in both the pass game and the run game.
05:23I think he's been a much better blocker than I thought he was coming out of college where
05:27he's been very effective in that regard.
05:28Last week, he had a breakout game in the receiving game.
05:32Five catches, over 50 yards, both team highs.
05:36Clearly, he's built some trust in that with his chemistry with Drake May.
05:40So, I've been really impressed with Eli Raritan, just what he's been able to do in a lot of
05:44the facets of the game.
05:45And same thing with Efton Chisholm.
05:46He's made the most of his opportunity come in.
05:48And there's a reason they've been so high in their belief for him because they believe
05:52he can be this type of impact player.
05:54And I think we're seeing that through these last couple of weeks where he's gotten more
05:57opportunity.
05:57A couple of weeks ago, it didn't look so great.
05:59It's amazing how a few weeks switched things, Teddy.
06:01But looking at their draft classes from last year and this year and the amount of contributions
06:06they're getting from this crew.
06:07Look at just last year, their first five or six guys all playing.
06:10Campbell, Travion Henderson, Kyle Williams, Jared Wilson, Craig Woodson.
06:14Marcus Bryant's been a swing tackle.
06:16And then, obviously, this year's class, Raritan's playing a lot.
06:18Akis, better than we thought.
06:19Huge.
06:19Pretty good from Vrabel's draft.
06:21But you get two drafts back-to-back where you have a handful of guys that contribute
06:25from each draft class.
06:26Now you've got some.
06:29It's a pair.
06:31There is.
06:32But the Patriots 95-96 draft.
06:34It's not the 95 draft.
06:35I mean, it's hard.
06:37Yeah, a couple Hall of Famers in there.
06:38So, if you can have, like, two draft, you know, classes back-to-back where you hit on a few
06:45players, man, that does so much for your depth.
06:49And it saves you money so you can put the resources somewhere else.
06:53So, Raritan wasn't even there for one of them.
06:54He was in Utah for, like, a couple days.
06:55That's right.
06:56He was just like, yeah, I'll just call this one in.
06:58Speaking of that, I do Gabe Ackes.
07:00Just the outside pass, you know, Ponder, Ackes, what are your thoughts on the outside line?
07:05I think this could be a huge game for them.
07:07I thought it was really interesting the other day that Kevin Byard offered this up, that
07:10Geno Smith has been very intentional in not trying to throw interceptions to a point where
07:14he's holding the ball too much.
07:16And he's been pressured on over almost 44% of his dropbacks.
07:19He's been sacked the fourth most times in the NFL.
07:22He's holding on to the ball a ton.
07:23So, Byard said that?
07:24Byard offered that up at the podium, which you really don't hear from players at the
07:27podium.
07:27You know why he's doing that?
07:28He's going to make a one hell of a media personality one.
07:31He's already doing NBC Sports Boston.
07:32He's doing our show.
07:34Yeah, your show as well.
07:35As soon as he's done, he's just going to go right on to media.
07:39He's going to be great at it.
07:40Joe Buck's partner, Monday Night Football.
07:41Put him in there.
07:42That's going to be Pat McAfee.
07:43But he's obviously saying that.
07:44Yeah, I know, probably.
07:45But he's obviously saying that because he wants Geno to hear that.
07:47So, he makes some dumb mistakes and tries to get rid of the ball.
07:50Yeah.
07:51I mean, maybe it could be that.
07:52Or also, he could just, they really do think this is something that they can exploit.
07:56I talked to Gabe Ackes about it and Draymond Jones.
07:58And they both said that that is something that they believe they can take advantage of
08:01and get to the quarterback because he's holding on to the ball too long.
08:04So, it's much different than Kirk Cousins.
08:06Last week, where you see Kirk Cousins, where he's just getting the ball out super quick,
08:10trying not to get sacked, not wanting to get hit.
08:12Whereas Geno Smith is trying to not throw interceptions when he led the league in interceptions
08:16last year with 17, hasn't thrown any through the first five weeks here.
