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00:00It's pretty simple, and it really has nothing to do with wins and losses.

00:02Some people might choose to answer it that way and feel free.

00:05It's got something.

00:05I don't think it does.

00:06I think if they if the young guys play well and we'll start with Drake May,

00:11I know he's not starting week one at some point.

00:13We are going to see him, I truly believe.

00:15And as long as he plays a little bit better than Bryce Young,

00:18I think I'll be in good shape.

00:19I'm not asking for CJ Stroud.

00:20Wow.

00:21I don't even need that much.

00:22I don't need him to be like amazing because I know it's pretty limited around him.

00:26Bryce Young was not amazing.

00:27He was not.

00:27No, he needs to be better.

00:29So I'm not just saying, hey, you need to go out there and take a snap.

00:31Like, I'm not going to be Dan Orlowski and be like,

00:33look at what he handed the ball off.

00:34Look how smooth that was.

00:36I want him to play.

00:36I want him to play well.

00:37But I also think setting a CJ Stroud, Justin Herbert level is too high.

00:43It's too much.

00:44And you can still come back and be better in the second year,

00:46even if that's not what you do as a rookie.

00:48So I want to see Drake May sooner rather than later.

00:51And you want to see him be competent.

00:54Maybe as important, because we don't know when we're going to see him,

00:57is the rookies.

00:59The wide receivers, I should say.

01:00Polk and Baker.

01:02The Patriots have chosen as an organization,

01:04whether it be Bill or Elliott Wolfe or Robert Kraft,

01:06to not pay top end for wide receivers.

01:10You've seen guys left, right, and center sign massive, massive contracts.

01:14And they are not partaking in that.

01:16So how do you find a blue chip elite wide receiver?

01:21I guess you have to draft them.

01:22If you're not going to sign them, you're not

01:23going to make a big trade for them.

01:25You have to draft them.

01:26And do we at least see enough flashes from Polk and Baker?

01:29Does Baker even make it through the year?

01:31I mean, we didn't talk a lot about his Instagram thing yesterday.

01:34But it doesn't seem great, right?

01:35Like his reaction to being drafted, which I was a fan of.

01:39But it already got people kind of like, OK, what about this guy?

01:41That to me was harmless.

01:42I think so.

01:43But maybe it's also a little bit of a keep an eye on.

01:46Indication he's got no filter.

01:48And he doesn't think before he speaks.

01:50And I think he has a much better chance of surviving here under Mayo

01:54than he would have under Belichick.

01:56Not that Belichick wouldn't have taken him.

01:57I think that's sort of a misnomer.

01:58Look at all the characters that Bill Belichick brought in.

02:00Like a ton of guys.

02:01Tons.

02:01Tons of guys.

02:02And so he might have drafted Baker because it

02:04was good value in the fourth round.

02:06But what kind of player is he going to be?

02:08He's already been disciplined by the team before the first game.

02:11Right?

02:12And you know me.

02:12I like these guys.

02:13Give me as many knuckleheads as possible and figure it out.

02:15Give me the talented guys.

02:16But that's not a great start.

02:19But I think Polk, Baker, I'd add Pop Douglas to the list

02:23as a second year guy.

02:25To me, really about the young guys.

02:27At the end of the year, whether it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 wins.

02:31But at least if they're, you know, the arrow is up on them

02:34and we go into next offseason being like, well,

02:36quarterback's not a need.

02:38Wide receiver one's not a need.

02:39Wide receiver two's not a need.

02:41Then I would look at that as a real big time success.

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