What would be considered a successful Patriots season?

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00:00This is Derek the Steelers fan. Good morning, Derek.

00:05The kids are all back together. Isn't this cute?

00:09So I'm supposed to believe a guy who wasn't at the facility or on the practice field

00:16because he was too busy ripping lines on a boat, okay,

00:20and only showed up because he got caught.

00:22But he suddenly, from that time a month ago,

00:26has become the leader in the room that the receivers need all of a sudden.

00:32And all of a sudden, a guy who's, what, eight months out from blowing his knee out,

00:38he's going to be ready week one because Hildok, he's been grinding 16 hours a day.

00:46That's what I'm supposed to believe?

00:47Change of scenery for the guy. Obviously worked.

00:50Derek just likes leaders that lock people in bathrooms.

00:53Here he goes.

00:54Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:55Go back 15 years to make your point.

00:58Good job, Derek.

00:59Well, the only thing Steelers have is the history.

01:01I mean, they're now kind of sucks.

01:02Guys, guys, slow down. Just slow down.

01:05It's okay.

01:07Now, let's go to your offensive line that you just said is going to be,

01:11it's absolutely going to be better.

01:13Because you drafted one kid,

01:15you're still counting on guys like Cole Strange,

01:19who stinks, by the way,

01:22and can't stay healthy.

01:23He can't play football.

01:25He doesn't, he's not on the field.

01:27And don't forget Mike on one who's overweight, Derek.

01:30Yeah, and Morgan, what is it, Morgan, Moses, Malone, whatever they got.

01:34Give me a break.

01:35He'll be better than your tackle last year.

01:37Yeah, maybe, maybe he's going to be another year older.

01:42He's a stiff who's kind of moved around the league, Wiggy.

01:46Please, slow down on eight wins.

01:48And I know, Curtis, I know we're all washed,

01:53and Rogers is going to meet up with Roethlisberger,

01:56and they're going to, like, start sex trafficking people.

01:59Like, yeah, I get it.

02:00Oh, my God.

02:01What in the world?

02:04Well, that's what your go-to is.

02:06Anytime anybody...

02:07Well, you're just talking about leadership.

02:08I mean, your quarterback was a scumbag.

02:11Guy.

02:12And again, he's been gone for, I don't know, eight years now.

02:16Yep.

02:17Okay, you can't get off of that.

02:18We're talking about your current team, bud.

02:20You refer to pretty all the time.

02:22What are you talking about?

02:24Well, what I'm talking about is fanboys like you.

02:27Like I've said before.

02:28Yeah, a guy that grows up in Boston and is a Steelers fan

02:31because they won is talking to me about fanboys.

02:34Suddenly, Christian Barmore is going to be a Patriot way,

02:39and he's going to dominate, you know, two weeks of practice.

02:43You people are going to say he's on the Pro Bowl

02:44and quickly bury the fact that he lied about racism down in Providence.

02:50Right?

02:50We're going to bury that and make him a captain again?

02:53How many wins do you expect for this Patriots team, Derek?

02:58The schedule, as we sit right now, seems favorable,

03:03but you don't know who's going to be what.

03:05I'd say it best six.

03:06Okay.

03:08All right.

03:09And that's two for Abel.

03:10Yeah.

03:12I hope you're wrong about that.

03:15Training camp gets underway in two days.

03:17The Steelers' last playoff win was the game before Brady kicked their ass

03:22in the AFC title game in the 2016 season.

03:25That's a long time.

03:26Nine years.

03:28I look at this year's offensive line,

03:30and granted, I'm not saying that you have the Dallas Cowboys

03:35of the 90s offensive line,

03:37but this year's offensive line,

03:40you've got to admit, is going to be better than last year.

03:42Well, at least that's the expectation going into the season, right?

03:46Every year they have projections about every position

03:50and that kind of thing.

03:51Your offensive line projection is going to be much better this year

03:56than it was last year.

03:58Would everybody agree with that?

03:59Yeah.

04:00Okay.

04:00So your quarterback is going to be much better.

04:04Your running back group should be better, right?

04:08You kind of have the same guys.

04:10You still have Ramondre Stevenson.

04:13Who's got to figure it out.

04:14Hopefully he's not going to fumble the ball seven times.

04:16Right.

04:16Hopefully he figures it out.

04:18Shime's boy, Travion Henderson,

04:20just signed his contract fully guaranteed.

04:23Remember when Mayo dramatically said that Ramondre Stevenson

04:26wasn't starting and then he started?

04:28Yes.

04:30Crazy times, Greg.

04:31The Patriots have just been such a dumpster fire.

04:34He could change his mind.

04:35Things happen.

04:36Remember when the Patriots had to suspend the punter?

04:39It's a communication thing or something.

04:41I just look at this team.

04:43I look at this team.

04:44We can't even suspend guys, right?

04:47I look at this team this year and the addition of Vrabel with this talent.

04:55And granted, I'm not saying they're the most talented team,

04:57but they should be better.

04:59If they have seven wins, I look and I go, okay, something went drastically wrong.

05:08And you're going to put most of the blame on Drake May.

05:10I'm going to say.

05:11Wait, how did something go drastically wrong?

05:13You said, so the position groups that you mentioned got better.

05:19Yes.

05:19But you also have to realize that they got better from going like 32 to like,

05:23let's say 25, 24.

05:25That's the kind of better we're looking at.

05:27And if that's the case, doubling your win total from the year before is good.

05:31What do you say to people that say that Josh McDaniels can't do anything without Brady?

05:35We're going to find out.

05:36Well, but then people can look at Mac Jones and say he did okay with Mac Jones.

05:39Yeah, he did do okay with Mac Jones.

05:41Like he did do okay with Mac Jones.

05:43Enough of the Brady talk.

05:44So are you also planning on doubling Wiggy's win total when it comes to your Courtney and

05:49Curtis might not know that.

05:50That's right.

05:50They might not know that you're coaching in high school sports.

05:53Yeah.

05:53I actually was told about this before I, before I didn't know you got the job though.

05:58I did.

05:58Yeah.

05:58Which one I'm coaching, uh, high school soccer careful with those union assistant varsity

06:03coach.

06:03Are you in the union?

06:05No, no, no.

06:06We don't have to worry about that.

06:07Okay.

06:08You got to be in your union.

06:09You know how they get it.

06:10No, no, no.

06:10Private school.

06:10Oh, okay.

06:11Oh, you're fine.

06:11Yeah.

06:12I'm golden.

06:12It's a lot more games in soccer though.

06:14So number one responsibility, orange slices and water.

06:18Yeah.

06:19That's it.

06:19I'll make sure there's plenty of free water, Greg, for everybody.

06:22Well, and, and handling all the emails from the soccer moms and soccer dads about why the kids

06:27are not playing.

06:28Yeah.

06:28We didn't have those type of emails at Brockton.

06:31A lot more, you know, it was a lot more concerning.

06:34And by the way, if we want to go just to a Shimes movie with the second year, 20 touchdowns

06:38for Josh Allen, that was also a 16 game season.

06:41So should have more in a 17 game season.

06:44Yep.

06:44I agree.

06:44You should have more.

06:45Also, they went 10 and six.

06:47I said that.

06:48Yeah.

06:48The team was way better too.

06:50That Bill's team was better than this Patriots.

06:52Well, I, I, I, what's the, I really, I mean this sincerely.

06:54So Drake may needs a top 10 offensive line, top 10 receivers.

06:57I'm not Curtis.

06:58I never said he needs those top 10 things.

07:00I'm just saying that if you expect a position group that went from 36 to 24 to result in

07:0510 wins, you're insane.

07:07But if he's playing the full season, the position group was worse because they had Jacoby Brissett

07:12for how many games to start the season.

07:13No, they were worse because they were terrible.

07:15Curtis, regardless of even, I mean, Drake may played what?

07:1913 games, 12 games last year.

07:21They were still the, like the worst position group in football.

07:24Right.

07:24But they were a matter of the quarterback.

07:25At one point in time, they had a, they were, they were higher rated, rated than the Washington

07:31Commanders.

07:32And Jaden Daniels was able to take.

07:34When was this?

07:35It was like at the beginning of the season, we went over it and Jaden Daniels.

07:38No, I don't think they ever were.

07:39No, no, they were not.

07:40They were not.

07:41Go back and look.

07:42And this was, I, cause we talked about how the Washington Commanders were able to win

07:48games with an O-line that wasn't very good in Jaden Daniels.

07:52So the expectations.

07:54And I, hey, listen, I give the Commanders credit.

07:57They do have a better receiver in Terry McLaurin.

08:00The Patriots don't have that type of guy.

08:02Steph Diggs.

08:03I'm kind of with Derek DeSteele's fan a little bit.

08:05The jury's still out.

08:06If this guy's really going to be ready to go week one.

08:09And is he going to be the same Steph Diggs that we've seen in Buffalo, Minnesota, that

08:14type of player?

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