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Week 18 NFL Insights: Strategy of Teams Like Patriots
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1/5/2025
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If we're looking overall at Week 18, Cap, it is so interesting why we're having a blast today.
00:04
Trey's trying to see who's actually in, who's out, who wants to win, who doesn't.
00:07
If we just pick out the New England Patriots, and let's just say owner Robert Kraft says,
00:11
you know what, you're going to be back next year, Gerard Mayo, but we need to lose this football game.
00:15
Now, granted, you can't say that because you get in a little bit of hot water,
00:17
like the Miami Dolphins did a few years ago with their head coach, Brian Flores.
00:21
But how do teams operate on the final game of the season, when technically,
00:24
a lot of these teams, Cap, don't want to win, but you still have to put somewhat of your best foot forward?
00:30
Yeah, Don, here's the way it works. Coaches want to win, particularly those, if you look at New England, right?
00:35
I'm not saying Gerard Mayo won't be back, but just keep an eye on what happens over the situation
00:41
over the next 24 to 40 hours. They thought they'd be a little bit better football team.
00:44
The roster's not very good. But when you're in New England, it's like you talk about,
00:50
who would they be resting at this point? That's kind of roster that they have.
00:54
It's just not very good. Bill Belichick, who's now, as we know, at University of North Carolina,
00:59
he left that roster as one of the top, probably bottom five to seven in the National Football League.
01:06
It's just not a very good roster. They do have their quarterback, though.
01:08
I can tell you that. They're very happy with Drake May's development.
01:11
But it's around Drake May, Donny, that they've got to do a better job developing.
01:16
See, that's another situation. Front offices also have to be held accountable
01:20
because that roster that's been put out there for New England is, again, bottom five to bottom seven.
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