Boston Update: Sox Playoff Hopes Dwindle, Pats Face QB Decision

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00:00So, uh, Adam Kaufman joins us now from, uh, Boston.

00:08Of course you can see him on sports grid across the board.

00:10He's on all kinds of shows.

00:11God bless him.

00:12Uh, he and I have known each other forever and I still hate him.

00:16So, um, the Red Sox won last night.

00:20Finally.

00:21I mean, their season's been going down the drain, but they're four out of that wild card.

00:28Do you still, and does people in Boston still believe that they can write the ship and get

00:34a wild card at the very least?

00:36Cause that's all they're playing for.

00:39Well, listen, as you well know, Boston is a city filled with optimists.

00:44So clearly everyone is thinking high on the Red Sox and their chances that nevermind making

00:50the playoffs as a wild card.

00:52It's a world series or bust.

00:53No, I mean, look, I, I personally am not high on their chances at this point.

00:58Now, if you would talk to me right around the trade deadline a few weeks back, I would

01:02have sung you a different song, but obviously things have gone south of late and they've

01:06really failed to get out of their own way.

01:09The pitching has been a problem.

01:10And like you said, they're sitting with this deficit with the third and final wild card

01:15spot in the American league and clearly multiple teams in front of them as well.

01:19Is there time?

01:20Sure.

01:21You know, we're talking about roughly 30 games remaining in the regular season.

01:24They are capable of making a run.

01:26It's just, you're asking a lot in terms of knocking one of these teams out that is simply

01:32playing better than them in front of them.

01:34It's not going to be easy, impossible.

01:36No, but not going to be easy.

01:38I just don't think unfortunately they're built for it right now and, and shame on them because

01:42they could have done more at the deadline to address some of that.

01:45And they obviously could have done much more coming into the season to set themselves up

01:49better for success.

01:51Not too differently from a team in Foxborough that's getting ready to kick off at season

01:55a little bit.

01:57So they play next at Detroit, then they go to city field for three games with the Mets,

02:04but then they have the white socks at home.

02:06That's easy pickings.

02:08Then they have the board or three at home and then they play four at the boogie down

02:15in the Bronx against their rival Yankees.

02:19So like that takes you to mid September.

02:23How do you think they'll do in those types of series with the Yankees, O's, White Sox

02:28and Mets and even the Tigers, which are up next?

02:31Yeah, I just don't see how you can outline that and how someone can hear that and say,

02:37yeah, no, they're going to make up ground.

02:38They'll be in the playoff position by the time those series, you know, mid September

02:42rolls around.

02:43I just think it's, it's a daunting road at this point in time.

02:47There's way too much inconsistency in this team.

02:49The bullpen continues to be a problem.

02:52Again, the starters are, are, you know, just a little kind of unreliable across the board,

02:58you know, with very rare exception.

03:00The only thing that you can generally count on is that there's going to be offensive production.

03:03There are going to be runs.

03:04The problem is they're going to allow a bunch of runs as well.

03:07And so you mentioned it, you know, there are some easier series in there, but I'm just,

03:13I'm past the point, maybe it's the better in me, Scott, but I'm past the point of taking

03:17teams like the Tigers or the White Sox for granted or the Orioles while they're reeling

03:22it at points in time as well.

03:23I just, anyone, it's, it's not quite the any given Sunday, if you will, but I mean, we've

03:29seen the White Sox or even a team like the Athletics who I'm on today, you know, the,

03:34these teams, I realized like this year's White Sox are more like last year's A's than being

03:38comparable this year.

03:39But these teams that have nothing to play for are sort of the most dangerous ones.

03:44They're pesky, they're annoying.

03:47They don't quit.

03:48They don't get out of the way.

03:49And there was just a little too much mid-season cruise control out of the Red Sox for a team

03:53that really couldn't justify playing that way.

03:59So before we talk about the Patriots, I wanted to tell you, I haven't seen you since my birthday

04:04at the end of July.

04:05And I got a pair of, I got two pairs of kicks for basketball.

04:11One was the new KDs and I pulled out the old new KDs that I got last Christmas today

04:19because I left my, I played ball the other night, Monday night, and I left the soaking

04:24wet 400 pound watered down shirt that I wore in my bag on top of my jaws and the sweat

04:32just permeated for two days and the water dripped into my shoes for two days.

04:38Not only did they get soaking wet with sweat smell, but they actually reek.

04:43My jaws now I'm convinced are ruined with smell and reek.

04:48And so today I busted out my new KDs, but the point of this conversation is you won't

04:53believe this.

04:54I got the new tatums for my birthday.

04:57And as you know, not only do I hate Jason Tatum, I hate the Celtics more than any team

05:02on earth in any sport.

05:05So they're the lavender ones.

05:07And I have to say they're bad-ass they're beautiful and I can't wait to play in them,

05:12but I will never admit to anyone that they're tatums.

05:18So when, when I go to play, people are, man, it's got, it's got the JT on there.

05:22People have eyes.

05:23They can see it.

05:24It's got it.

05:25Got it right there on the, on the tongue.

05:26No, no, no.

05:27They're going to go for all.

05:28Those are bad-asses.

05:29And I'm going to say, yeah, I don't know.

05:30I don't know who's there.

05:31I don't know who's she better.

05:33I just sit well, you better, man, you better hope that you don't hoop better than ever

05:38before while we're in the JTs, because you will know you will have an, a deep introspection

05:43as to what that means for you.

05:45You're going to get superstitious about it.

05:47It's going to, you're going to become a Celtics fan.

05:49You're going to be out there wearing a tatum Jersey when all of a sudden done.

05:52Now what's going to happen is that your team's going to go under because they paid two guys

05:58over a half a billion dollars and they can't afford to pay anyone else.

06:02And they're going to have your boy, Richard will be the other best player on the team

06:06for the next 10 years.

06:09That's why someone like Bezos with deep pockets needs to come in and pay the 6 billion to

06:13buy this team and you know, keep paying into that second apron and keep this thing going

06:17for a little while.

06:18They got a window here, Scotty, we don't want to lose it.

06:21So the Patriots are going to be the worst team in the NFL this year.

06:26I don't think so, but they'll be in the conversation.

06:29They'll be a, you know, probably a top five pick again, depending on how all of this shakes

06:33out.

06:34And obviously, and I know part of what I'm here to talk about, whoever winds up being

06:38the starting quarterback for this team to begin the year could potentially dig them

06:41a little bit of a hole.

06:42It may not matter actually, given the schedule and it is, you know, a little overwhelming

06:47at the beginning of the year.

06:48And, and this is also a team that is going to be in all likelihood underdogs in every

06:53single game, pre-season underdogs for all 17 games.

06:58And that's unlikely to change too much along the way.

07:01It's just a, it's a very talent deficient team, unfortunately.

07:05That being said, you got some bad teams there, man.

07:08I mean, you got the Panthers, you got the Broncos, you got some, so it's not like a

07:13runaway under four and a half wins, you know, they're going to be right there at the number

07:17one pick next year.

07:19I think there are some teams that are going to put up a fight for that spot.

07:23So, did May outplay Brissette because I think Brissette sucks and I always have, and I think

07:29the kid's better than him, flat out.

07:32So Drake May unequivocally outplayed Jacoby Brissette in the pre-season games and in recent

07:37weeks during training camp, Gerard Mayo, the head coach, of course, you know, we need to

07:41keep saying that with no Bill Belichick anymore.

07:43He's off doing his litany of media deals at this point in time.

07:46Mayo said just a couple hours ago that he has made a decision on who the starting quarterback

07:51is going to be, but he hasn't told the players yet and therefore he's not telling the media

07:55yet that's going to come tomorrow.

07:57So probably, you know, less than 24 hours from right now, we're going to know whether

08:01it's Brissette or May under center for week one in Cincinnati.

08:06The thing is, I just, I don't understand in what world it wouldn't be Jacoby Brissette.

08:11And that's not me sitting here saying it should be, it's just, this is what the Patriots have

08:15been preaching all the way along.

08:17This is what they have been laying out as the plan.

08:19They wanted to bring in the veteran bridge guy to groom the rookie and not put him out

08:24there before he is ready.

08:26And you can make the case that he's maybe a little bit more ready right now than they

08:30expected him to be as, as we sit here in late August.

08:34But that being said, the offensive line in front of whichever guy it is playing quarterback

08:39is an absolute disaster.

08:41You can't put May out there as it exists right now and risk getting the man literally killed.

08:47Unfortunately, your crash test dummy right now is Jacoby Brissette for at least the first

08:51month of the season.

08:52As far as I see it anyway, I don't know why Mayo is dragging his feet in this announcement

08:57because the only thing that would be the least bit surprising, nevermind, shocking would

09:03be if he says, yes, Drake May is the week one starter.

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