Vrabel's Impact on Titans and Patriots' Strategic Moves

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00:00But Vrabel, you know, as we talked about, had some success in Tennessee.

00:05You know, he had Derrick Henry, you know, and he had primed Derrick Henry for about

00:09five years.

00:11And when you have that player, you can basically build around that and let the rest do the

00:15dance, as they say, on defense and offense.

00:17Never had a great quarterback.

00:18Ryan Tannehill, I guess, was the guy there.

00:22But I don't know if there is dysfunction in Tennessee.

00:26Seems like maybe a little bit, George.

00:27They fired their GM in the offseason.

00:30So I feel like Vrabel is getting a second chance.

00:34But maybe his first chance should have continued with the Titans, and the Patriots are going

00:39to take advantage of that situation.

00:40Yeah.

00:41The Titans made a mistake when he moved on from Vrabel.

00:44All right.

00:45I think there's very little doubt about that.

00:47Vrabel, he's called the leader of men, right?

00:50That's what they keep saying.

00:51He's the leader of men.

00:52So you certainly need that.

00:54Maybe he's close to an older time, Coach Craig.

00:57I think he'll be the right guy for New England.

01:04But Craig is going to have to be patient.

01:06This is not something they're going to fix this year.

01:10I don't care what they do in free age.

01:11I know they have a ton of money.

01:12I think it's $110 million off end.

01:13So they could do a lot of damage here.

01:15They didn't get the number one pick.

01:16That certainly would have helped.

01:17They would have lost that last game.

01:19They could have traded down, because they have Drake May here.

01:22But they have the number four overall pick.

01:23It's a good starting point here.

01:25You're going to get a top player.

01:26Maybe end up with Travis Hunter.

01:28So good for New England.

01:29It's a good start.

01:30But it's going to take a couple of years here.

01:31I do think Drake May is a franchise quarterback.

01:33When I say that, though, Craig, I don't mean Josh Allen, Pat Mahomes, Lamar Jackson.

01:39Not that type of franchise quarterback, but a guy you can win with.

01:41But you need to build a round.

01:43And that building round is going to take some time here.

01:45Even if they hit everything correctly, it takes two years.

01:48I doubt they'll hit everything correctly.

01:49But I think it's a really, really good start.

01:52Having three picks in the first 70 and four picks in the first 80, that's going to help

01:56the Patriots start.

01:57They just have to identify some weapons on offense or tight end.

02:02How great would that Penn State tight end look, Warren, with Drake May next year, if

02:07they could pull that off?

02:08But they have the fourth pick, the 38th pick, the 69th pick, and then the 77th pick.

02:12And then from there, let's just be honest.

02:14It's a crapshoot.

02:15OK?

02:16Anything after 100, no one really knows.

02:18But those are all the picks that they have there.

02:20And George is right.

02:21They have to be patient.

02:23It's not just Drake May.

02:24They've gotten some decent performances on offense.

02:27We know that their line is not very good.

02:29He was running for his life most of the season.

02:31We know their running backs are not very good.

02:33We keep naming guys that sound good and have cool names, like Ramondre Stevenson, but the

02:37dude never does anything.

02:39And so just because your name is Ramondre doesn't mean you're going to be any good.

02:42Like I've talked about, cool names doesn't do it.

02:44Give me Ray Davis.

02:45I'm very happy.

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