Mike Vrabel COY? NE to Address Need at #NFL Deadline? Boomer Esiason Joins! ||The Greg Hill Show

Mike Vrabel COY? NE to Address Need at #NFL Deadline? Boomer Esiason Joins! ||The Greg Hill Show

Hey, Boomer. Hey, good morning. Another victory Monday. Man, this is getting old, isn’t it? Yeah. Thy thy number the or number one seed, thy name is Patriots, how however you say it. Uh where we’re sitting pretty this morning here. Well, I’ll tell you, it is uh it’s amazing. And even when you know, maybe you’re not playing your best game or you make a mistake here or there. Uh and you can still win and you can win against a very good team who’s maddening to say the least, the Atlanta Falcons. Um you know, all I could say is that this is the way it’s supposed to go. You know, there were a lot of games during the Bellich and Brady eras where they didn’t play their best game, but they still won. And that’s exactly what this was. I mean, you know, I thought that their defense and their offense made the plays in the fourth quarter at the end of the game in order to seal the game. And they and they won it that way when it when the game really did, you know, obviously was on the line. But I I mean, like even Drake May after the game was like he’s not happy with the way he plays. He’s got to play better. I took too many sacks. I had to sack and fumble for the return that, you know, put Atlanta back in the game. You know, I love that attitude because, you know, here’s a kid and you guys know this just like I do and and and Patriot fans know this. He’s got eight straight games where he’s got over 200 yards or more passing and his rating is 100 or higher. And there’s only, I think, been four guys that have had that many games in a season in a row like that. And Aaron Rogers holds a record. He had 12 back in 2011. and he won the MVP. And the other guys, you know, were Aaron Rogers again, Tom Brady and Pton Manning. This guy is in some very, very lofty com. Well, time to get this week’s Drake take from Boomer, which is brought to you by your New England Chevy dealers. Together, let’s drive. We saw Mike Vrabel go over and talk to him uh specifically after that second turnover. How important is that when it comes to a a young player? Yeah, 100% most important thing. And you know, he only had the interception and the fumble, but I I I look at his overall playing for the first eight weeks of the season and he’s been everything that we we thought he was going to be. And to have the communication with, you know, Verbal’s not going to back down either. Come on. You know, he’s, you know, former player and he was a a head coach, you know, down he was around Bill O’Brien, too, by the way, in Houston and then became a head coach in Tennessee. So, he he knows how to deal with players. And I think Drake is a kid that he could really talk to, just like Bill could really talk to to Tom. And again, you know, I’ll just reiterate it over and over and over again until I’m blew in the face. The Josh McDaniels play design, the play calls, uh, you know, it’s third and five. The guys on the air are saying, you know, they should run it here. Keep the clock running. I’m like, you know, put the ball in the guy’s hands and let him make a play and win the game. You That’s what That’s what Josh did with uh Drake and that’s exactly what happened. Yeah. I mean, I don’t think we’ve really gotten fully into it with you, but Shime gives virtually zero credit to Josh McDaniels. Wow. For for where Drake May is. I don’t want to speak for you, Shine. But why is this Shine? What What What’s up your ass? Well, no, Boomer. It’s just like we could have iced the game on the drive prior if they just put the ball in Drake May’s hand. Instead, we’re running some cutesy swing pass out to the left. Well, I mean, Drake May has got to negotiate the defensive end that’s going to be jumping up trying to knock the ball down. I mean, you know, still player execution at the end of the day. And by the way, if he throws it and they catch it, it’s probably a first down and you probably win it right there. But that’s why the that’s why you have defense shine. And yet, the only thing I can tell you is that a quarterback coach is like a psychologist. He’s got to sit down every day of the week and prepare his patient for the upcoming game. And he’s got to deal with the ups and the downs, the negatives. especially within the game and he’s got to be able to calm the guy down and he’s got to put forth a plan where he’s going to get the most out of the player that he’s making that plan for. And I’m I’m just telling you knowing all I know about coaches and relationships, you could ask every great quarterback in this league that has ever played and they’ll tell you that the guy who’s calling the plays and the guy that they deal with every single day is the most important person in their life to help them get to where they can go. Boomer, we talk about Drake May’s pocket presence, but just walk us through being a former quarterback when sometimes that pocket presence can lead to you taking sacks and what he might have to do a little bit different to get out of some of those sacks that he’s taking cuz he’s kind of looking to make a play downfield. He’s just got to get that part out of him. You know, one of the great things about Tom Brady when he was at his height there in New England is that the ball came out quickly and you’re watching Joe Flacco do that in Cincinnati. Now, the older they get, the the more they realize the ball’s got to get out. You got to make your decision. You got to find your guy and it’s okay to take a check down. You don’t have to always force everything down the field. The problem with him, it’s not a problem. It’s a good thing because he he wants to be aggressive. It’s like Jackson Dart for the Giants. It’s like Jaden Daniels for the Washington Commanders. Uh, same thing with CJ Strad. The play never ends for them yet. You know, they they haven’t learned to live to play another down. And they’ll learn it and he’ll learn it and it will be driven into his head. And and the more tape he watches of himself, the more conversation that he has with Josh McDaniels, the more he starts to understand how these things can hurt the team, uh, then the better he’ll be when it comes to decision-m because that’s really what it comes down to. The other thing I will say is that he is fearless. I I don’t ever want to, you know, that’s the the number one thing. He’s got poise. He’s fearless. And, you know, that’s also something that, you know, he feels like he’s invincible right now, which is which is a really good attribute to have when you’re a quarterback in this league. In other words, it’s nothing’s too big for him. Boomer, when he was explaining the interception, he said it was a miscommunication between he and Hunter Henry. Who do you put that more on, the veteran and Hunter Henry or or the young Drake May? All right, Courtney. It’s always on the receivers’s fault. You’re never going to get me to blame the quarterback on any of these, especially when they’re playing as well as he’s playing. I mean, and I and I know Germaine’s going to be sticking up for Hunter Henry. But what did Hunter Henry, he better have said after the game it was my fault cuz he wouldn’t be getting any more balls if but you know, I mean, it’s it’s one play in a game that, you know, all right, they didn’t have their best stuff, but they won. I mean, that’s the most important thing, you know, that gives the coach a chance to exhale a little bit and also gives a coach a great teaching tape. The, you know, you learn from wins just as much as you learn from losses. And I think what they did learn is this is how you slam the door shut so the other team doesn’t have a chance. And I think the defense did that after that second to last offensive series. And certainly the offense did that, especially with the pass to Hunter Henry that went for that first down on third and five. So, I I just I don’t know. They’re really really solid team. I I would say that yeah, right now they are a top five team in a league. No question. And you take a look at their next four games. I think out of the next four games, they’re all tough, but the next four games next week at Tampa will be the toughest of the next four. I mean, this team could get to I don’t know, man. Could they get to 14 and three and 13 and four? I think I think they can. Oh, I hate saying it on this show with the jinx, but I think they can. Yeah, I I Boomer works perfectly. Is it too early to start talking about this team being a legitimate Super Bowl contender? No, I I mean, look, with the way this the NFL is going right now with all the injuries that that are piling up all over the league, the lack of defense, the one thing I will say about the Patriots, they play defense. It’s one of probably five teams. And that’s the other impressive part about what Drake May has done the last two weeks. He’s played against statistically two of the better defenses in the league and has had really good games even though he wasn’t totally happy with his game yesterday. The game against Cleveland was really good too. But um I would say because of the balance of the team because they have good solid special teams. I mean and they beat Buffalo who made Kansas City look pedestrian yesterday. I would sit here and say yes as long as they stay healthy which is the the key aspect of it all. You’re very familiar with this, but is the old Daniel Jones back? I had a tough day yesterday. I mean, you know, uh, Cam Hayward had a meeting with his defense last week after they got trounced by the Packers, who looked like crap yesterday against the Panthers. By the way, it’s a week- toeek league in this in the NFL. And Cam Hayward went to his defensive players and said, “Guys, we got to step it up now. We’ve been giving up way too many yards and the offense has been carrying us.” And yesterday, you know, the Colts stepped into a hornets nest. That’s all I can say. So, Daniel had his worst game of the year and I’m sure he’ll bounce back cuz looking at their schedule, I think they have a really good chance to at least get the double digit wins as well. Boommy, you talked a little bit about this, but dive deeper into how important is it to win a game like that yesterday where you’ve been in games where you’ve been able to win blowouts, but you win a game that you controlled and you make mistakes and you almost give it away. How important is that for a team to show like we can win in a in a number of different ways? You know, it it’s it’s it’s about confidence. And I think about the Giants here, you know, they step on the field, they know they have no chance to win. They they know it. I mean, the Jets may win one here when they’re when they’re especially if they play the the worst uh defense in the history of the NFL, which is the Bengals right now. But I I I just there’s a confidence about an air about a team that is winning and expects to win. And you know, they they all step on the field. They don’t want to be the reasons why a team loses. And you go back and you look at the Patriots two losses and you look at to as at to who they lost to. If they would have played those teams later on in the season, they’d probably be undefeated right now. Um that’s how that’s how well they’re playing. And and like I said, they didn’t play the most perfect game yesterday, but they expected to win the game. So to answer your question, Jermaine, it’s everything. It’s a belief that you can win. The coach is standing up in front of the team. He’s going to make fun of some guys today, making a mistake here, mistake there. gave out some game balls. Everybody looks forward to coming to work. Everybody looks forward to the next opportunity. I mean, they are in a great spot right now. Question of the week for Boomer is presented by McFarland Energy, the region’s most dependable provider of home heating oil delivery and expert HVAC services. Find them at mcfarlandergy.com. Where does Mike Vrabel sit on your list when it comes to coach of the year? You know, I figured you were going to ask me that. Um, he’s he’s a top five guy. Mike McDonald in Seattle. I would say Shane Stiken in Indianapolis. Uh you’d have to say um Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco. I don’t know. I swear to God, I don’t know how the hell they’re winning football games. The amount of injuries that they have because of M. Jones. It’s M. Jones is out there, man. It’s amazing. But Kyle Shannan is much like, you know, like like uh like Josh McDaniels is the quarterback whisperer. Like who whoever the quarterback is who’s playing for those guys that are designing and calling the plays seems to play really well. So yeah, Mike’s Mike’s up there, but you know, we’re halfway through the season. We got a long way to go. And for all those teams that had rough, you know, first half of the seasons, they can easily turn it around. And I think Baltimore is one of those teams to keep an eye on because I do think that they have a really good shot at making the playoffs because you look at their schedule and I mean, they could run rough shot over the next four or five teams they play if they played the way that they played last week. Boomer, if you were Vrabel or Elliot Wolf and the trade deadlines tomorrow, what would be the main focus for this Pats team? You know, I you always are looking for depth. Right now, I don’t think there’s anybody out there that’s going to make a huge difference over the starters that they have playing their respective positions. Everybody wants a defensive lineman. Everybody wants a cornerback. And everybody could use another extra running back. And you know, I think those are probably the three areas. And let’s not forget Jacobe Myers is out there. And I think Buffalo would love to have him. And maybe New England keeps him away from Buffalo. I don’t know. that could be in the thought process of Elliot Wolf as well. So I, you know, those four positions, I don’t necessarily know that they’re going to do anything that’s going to be earthshattering, but the fact that they traded away White and Duggar, you know, tells you a lot about how comfortable they are with the young players on this team. Boomer, is this the year that Mahomes does not make the AFC Championship game? I mean, I thought that they were the best team for the last three weeks. I really did. I thought that their defense was smothering people. They were scoring 30 points per game and yesterday was a little bit of a wakeup call. He did not look great yesterday. Um, however, Josh Allen did look great. I mean, Josh Allen was Superman yesterday and that’s the that’s the guy that I would worry about if I were New England. I mean, that one player right there is playing at such a high level that, you know, they are going to be really tough to beat again a second time. But, uh, I can’t wait for that matchup. still probably about five, six weeks away uh from now, but that will be the biggest game of the week obviously when those two teams uh get together. All right, Boomer, always great to talk to you. We’ll do it again next week. You know what? I love Victory Monday in New England because we never have Victory Monday down here in New York. So, thanks for having me. I appreciate it. Uh,

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