Patriots’ personnel department has given no proof it’s on the verge of getting it right
How much is pass-protection holding back Drake Maye? Tom Curran and Phil Perry examine how the Patriots addressed their offensive line this offseason, and whether ownership and fans have confidence they can fix it going forward.
1:00-Is the Patriots offensive line holding them hostage?
6:00-How much leash does Eliot Wolf deserve?
16:00-What’s your confidence the Patriots will fix the issues that plagued them against the Dolphins?
18:30-Patriots-Colts preview
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42 comments
Hard to know who to blame between the GM and the coaching. Lots of guys have played worse this year than they did last year despite the massive upgrade at the most important position. It makes sense that Curran thinks all the blame belongs with the GM because he isn't going to blame his good friend and inside source on the team, Jerod Mayo. The truth is both probably should be replaced by someone better.
Tom will never say anything bad about Mayo . Thats his buddy. Mayo makes such bad in game head scratching decisions? He also puts his foot in his mouth constantly at the podium not to mention how unprepared the team looks on a weekly basis
Kraft says he wanted a change, and then kept everyone from Bill system, but Bill… Makes asbsolutely no sense.
There is virtually no scenario where mayo or wolf are here by 2026. Keeping either is delaying the inevitable. Wolf is horrendous & another draft would just increase that wolf and groh have caused. Mayo is lost on every level and seems comparable to matt Patricia
Kraft wanted to know how to build around Maye. It all starts with the O line. It's not rocket science.
I am with you on this, Tom.
I don't know why everyone blames Wolf. The dude didn't come in until they already chose their draft picks. They brought him in late. He is going to say positive things about the team because he is trying to be a good employee. Give the guy another year. He built some pretty decent teams around Rodgers.
long past time to raise this issue. they need to replace everyone responsible for talent evaluation and closely evaluate the the entire process for selecting players.
Did this Bozo actually say "are you gonna give them credit for taking Maye? They were basically forced to take Maye it wasn't some great decision they made. And basically every Mock draft we seen had them taking Maye or Daniels at 3. It was the obvious decision to make so they get no credit for that.
The worse thing they did was hiring the most inexperienced head coach in NFL history. But they thought it would work out? 🙄
Phil Perry being a bootlicker for guys who are terrible at their jobs…
Do you want to throw away or ruin Drake Maye? Because allowing this braindead front office to oversee another pivotal draft and record breaking cap space Free agency is how you make sure Maye ends up like Detroit Lions Stafford
The Celtics have signed Michael Jordan?????
People keep saying Wolf deserves more time because he drafted the QB of the future… I feel like we lucked into a (potentially great) QB because the other clear top QBs in the draft were taken with the first 2 picks. If Wolf was so sure Drake was this good pre draft, why did we waste a pick on Joe Milton?
Hey, we can get any big guy to play tackle! Clearly 🙄 this is hiring Matt Patricia to run the offence stupid
Our draft was shit why take an online and block for who jacoby brisset stupidity take the qb those type of qbs come around once in a while
Tom. Your show is too good and you’ve been building this too long for this ridiculous 70’s style set. You can’t even read the name of the podcast on those stupid retro wooden slats. It’s 2025, your show should look like it. Let’s step it up…
That Eliot Wolf sound bite. ☠️😂
These guys are the best. Love the Senator and TC is old school with great one-liners
And yes, the Pats need to fire Wolf. Last offseason failures and putting your franchise QB in harm’s way like he has is enough for me.
Wallace & Robinson were drafted about a round too early. Still hoping Wallace works out. Is he returning from IR? It would be good to see if he could play LT.
There’s no LT worthy of the #4 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
NFL players and good NFL players are two different things Elliot
Yeah Eliot wolf needs to go
Eliot Wolf with one starter in the 2024 draft is a BIG MISS. His job is on the clock. IMO he's got a YEAR remaining on his job if results are not evident otherwise the 2026 draft will be conducted by some one else.
Man, Wolf has always looked like a incompetent fool to me. I could care less about the packer way or anything else from wolf or anyone else affiliated with them. Get his ass out now
4:47 where are these linemen Tom? As Mayo said
They got what they could and you are whingeing because you don't know anything so shut up
Wrong Curran just wrong
And how much cap space does this team have? 😂
Hmmm since 2019….Uh oh Paul, four years of those five years were under your do no wrong BFFF Belifraud.
Newsflash. The second they drafted Maye as the guy that was going to save them, when they restarted the rebuild at QB, they announced that they were the Jets, the Panthers, the clown show teams that keep expecting a franchise QB to solve their problems because "he will make everyone better." The saddest, stupidest, most backwards idea (almost wrote logic) in all of sports media and the most incompetent front offices. We need to invest early and often on OT and can't afford draft misses at any key positions. That we missed on much if not all of the 2024 draft post Maye seems like a harbinger that we're destined to be on the dreaded QB carousel. As, again, we are the Jets/Panthers/etc now.
They're going to need to sodo WRs, defense players & Olinemen.
Higgins & Tet McMillan… fr…. every other team has two elite WRs.
I was suspicious and upset on drafted day when they picked Polk then Wallace. When there were better players on the board. And why pick Dial?
The personnel decisions are very frustrating, especially when you watch other teams in the league and how well their rookies are playing
Right now the Patriots are a clown show Krafts have screwed this up so bad it wouldn’t surprise me if they brought Matt Ebergoofs on the team as a coaching advisor. The Pats became the epitome of nepotism under Belichick but rather than clean house the Krafts followed same path by elevating Elliot Wolfe who only has a job because of his father and proved the last several drafts he has no clue how to draft or build a viable roster. No one outside the organization believes this team is moving in right direction and so many of us fans are terrified Elliot will blow this next draft and set the team ever further behind.
Eliot Wolf either is delusional or he just lies through his teeth. Either way he is wrong
It's a lot easier to find o line and wr help than find a franchise QB much much easier. And QBs like Maye don't grow on trees….and hypothetically if we didn't draft Maye we'd be looking at Sanders who wouldn't come here and is nowhere as good or Cam Ward (same) so Maye was the smart move…..either way it's a 2-3 year rebuild best case scenario.
They somewhat lucked into Drake they had the number three pick in what could go down as one of the better qb drafts we’ve seen. Good they didn’t second guess and made the pick but every pick where they’ve had options they whiffed. Taking Polk when you’re in a loaded draft class is inexcusable, another un athletic (compared to other wr) guy who’s a contested catch wr.
Wolf should be at Div 2 Drexel..recruiter
Bulletin ..Patriots are worse than the Jets..Raiders
Screw the clownshow…Lions!
Any pats fan who pays to nfl money to watch umass..deserves the pain
Bottom line is RK willing to spend the money that it will take to get this team to the next level?
Tom Curran, where are all of the free agent receivers and left tackles available last offseason that wanted ro come here but the front office told them no? Go and look at that list and tell us? I'll give u a hint: The available list was GARBAGE. We paid the best tackle.. we signed the 5th and 12 highest aav receivers. The top 4 guys werent coming here,including mike williams who wanted to play with aaron rodgers. How many left tackles taken after the late part of the 1st round are doing well? ZERO! How about receivers taken after the 37 pick with Folk? Devaughn Vele in the 7th? Thats it! But its all Wolfs fault that only garbage was available. Id have passed on Polk for the fact that he played almost exclusively in the slot in 2023. At least mcconkey made plays out of the Z outside. I'll blame Wolf for trying to make Polk an X receiver but lets look a little closer,shall we?!?
Eliot Wolf is absolutely clueless. Hey Phil, they already are a laughing stock. Go get Mike Vrabel. and have him clean house. The next 5 games will result in these bums getting fired. The Senator has lost his way.