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[19:16] ..." lousy day on Sunday. Only put up 21 points on the board Bill Belichick added after the game is always left some points on the field that. And they still won the game by nine. They"...
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[0:00]" I'll I'll I'll tell -- well. This is patriots playbook for man coverage and its on the right things -- the seventh round patriots playbook. Breaking down last Sunday's game yeah go ahead and handed it there because the fact going to pass over the top neck and -- want to go bought. Pie and hit it they've won fair and the rest of the 2000 love and NFL's season back -- they want. Beer cans some of the ones that do between even and even -- break payment on break right now."
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[0:40]" Show killer and nice to know the we're appreciated here with the -- we will could be inside the playbook for. Super Bowl week won it up. Super Bowl week one next week will be Super Bowl week -- name -- John wrote yeah I do have a cold providing all the flu for the better part of last week. Hit me I guess. Probably last Thursday or Friday. Would you be happy to know a -- stick on Sunday came -- played it. Did whatever I could for the team."
[1:11]" The team get to a you know two good plot or they could compete where they can put their best four foot forward. And then of course after the game was over one home collapsed for the last 48 hours. From my butt in here -- to be with you here today -- the way it works glad they were no longer contagious although you'll you'll have to excuse me -- by Weezer writes Smith for call for some elected during the course the program at that time a year problem. There are of course. A million different things to talk about what you're going on to the superbowl and you are right on the precipice of doing something that no other team in National Football League history the 88 years of NFL history has ever done what patrons of course now. One game one win away from doing. Com you know I have to admit. As a patriots fan as a follower as someone who has covered this team for the better part of the last twenty years now. I never thought I would see this day and ever thought I would already -- right at them to what this day would beat. Because you know in this day and age of parity equality recap of free agents the everything's there. In the current atmosphere in which we exist now in professional sports not just the title but in pro sports overall I don't know that. The term undefeated ever came in in my mind and what you cover professional sport. For a long. As I have. And that includes the collegiate sports as well because -- quite a bit of the work in the college ranks as well. You know I just don't know that those terms ever come to fruition because it's just it's ludicrous. Nobody goes in. Nobody goes undefeated college football teams play what twelve game regular seasons and go undefeated anymore. They don't. This year we have for the first time ever. In -- BCS championship game two with two losses and LSU and a win the dog thing so undefeated. What the patriots are doing now and what they could do. In what we could you know all the talking about two weeks from you know yesterday and today. Is something that we all all of -- no matter how many of you were listening right now. No matter how many of you will be listening to this program at some point time -- you downloadable podcast. Or or or -- you click on the website of by the way I don't know if you do this knob over two million. Hit in the last month the patriots dot com -- extraordinary. Extraordinary and were happy to have. Do we think that if you do it I think you're off your rocker for thinking about that. That's extraordinary with the patriots are getting rated and do it is mind boggling in the more it would have talked about. The word undefeated often on. Pretty much I guess it's what weeks three maybe. While I was the first on this morning actually brought it up in the POW guys broader open and a and we had a what should be mailers and a lot of you who are our longtime listeners and followers. You know of our programming -- patriots dot com radio in of this particular program as well the playbook. It's it's come open conversation is Kumble put all of your email and -- back and since early to mid September. It was like you know he's -- and we talk about things like this because we pay him the guys that hole in the locker they don't they never do we talked about that as well. Even though they're undoubtedly talking about it now because winning in the who ruled the undefeated thing will be a by product of that. But we can talk about a because that's what we do that's how we generate interest. And the fact that now you're really here. And you really have a chance to this hill just is just is mind boggling. Hi I'm old enough three hole. What happened back in 72 when the dolphins went through this and I was just teenager at -- time. Boy I do remember watching them -- I do remember thinking because I was big Dallas Cowboys fan growing up. I remember thinking that. Well there's a part of me that would love the dolphins do this because. You know I was in the dynasties I was into teams that you know won a lot and it because they were getting ready to do something in the with a team and ever -- before that of course the part of it is. I don't want to win what do you talk about a -- if you nuts and loops. Sosa and the cowboys that won the previous Super Bowl and beat the dolphins the dolphins' turn around and use that loss to fire them to a to an undefeated season. I was kind of 5050 on the but I'd I know one thing I watched. I watched. And I know that there will be many pro football fans would you love. 48 or you don't care. One or the other about the patriots you'll watch. And the reason that you will watch what do you root for or against the patriots you'll watch because you want to remember you Shaw. History being made that simple. And I -- I don't think I'm really stretching it geared to say that you know. I'm -- either I mean I guess we could it can I guess it's conceivable because it's inconceivable that -- is where we are right now. That's inconceivable but we are. Who could have it again yeah sure I guess it could Willits don't know. Fact that we're here is is totally just -- I I I said here I try to -- within over the last couple of days."
[7:01]" Knowing that we have this program to do today it is by the way will be our our final week of of the playbook this week because traditionally those of -- problem. In patriot followers and patriots dot com radio listeners of the last few years nobody in the previous appearances in the Super Bowl in this decade and we started this program for you here on the website VFW guys all jet out to wherever the suitable site is in the can take over all the programming from there because I'm just. I'm appeal on -- speaker with -- the contract employee that is I'll ever a bunch of book. College basketball duties that pretty much as I'm sure you'd undoubtedly many of you are aware take a lot of my time at this time of year that's why the show time -- motel room. Because travelling that -- and plus the fact is nobody's ever invited so you know without it and analyze -- easy would be ago. You know what works wink wink but anyway those guys will and everybody will will carry on from here on out my choice second -- the program today both Brian Lowe Kristina Akra from patriots today. Who will all be producing patriots now programming that you will be able to download starting next week from Glendale, Arizona they're going to be joining us your program and our number two. So -- Yeah he -- institute for the Christine has been guest on this program before and she obviously as a on every bit as good to listen to lose to me as far as I'm concerned this year -- to watch. Compatriot that today programming and below will be with a eat normally joins us as well on most Tuesdays during the course -- break down the last game looking at an excellent. Will will take care of that with him that's coming up the second our program today. Arm the other thing I want from you is you know -- a good topic to for us to go back and forth on today via email and hi -- just not sure I mean how much real -- and Owen breakdown of the game that we have to do. Any and all. I mean if your giants -- Or if you are a a fan of another team and you've stumbled -- programming here for the first time you're listening to us. For the first time we do do quite a bit of that as you might imagine. More so than your normal run of the mill I think sports talk radio affiliate in your neck of the woods we do them because the people here are generally speaking hardcore football fans. Patriots fans in particular but hardcore football leagues was spent a lot of time. Look at Xs and those would look at trends a look at tendencies we talk that we talk numbers and -- matchups. All that kind of stuff -- we do as the show opens suggested a lot of fun stuff in between. Like you might be here and obviously you know the POW guys do is well they do as good a job that is probably anybody but. In terms of breaking down -- and comparison comparing and contrasting the patriots personnel and the giants personnel I mean do we really have to do -- First of all these teams played each other just few weeks ago right to do 34 weeks ago. I I you know patriots won the game 3835 as I mentioned with the the guys a little bit ago com. It was a ten point lead until late in the game Trent scored late got a two point where they could you know try an on side kick paid pitcher patriots covered game was over. They had a double digit lead. That they couldn't hold -- at home analysts. So you know I guess there's and several different thought that can be the can be rejected here. On there is of course an X factor in -- foot. Now if you. In the pictures online of he has a foot in the booed his right foot and in a protective boot as he was getting -- visit his girlfriend Gisele in New York yesterday that's part. Whatever I am sure it's just precautionary thing it really did not alarming at all I mean the fact is that if you get a shot of Tom Brady with a boot on his foot. Yeah -- that in itself is probably someone alarming because you just don't see that stuff of course patriots what is going to have closed the best but I -- would be alarmed now. Now if he was really hurt after he heard he would have ever gone back in the game. You know for those. -- final few staff especially if the game was clinched -- the patriots were chewed up the last nine minutes of the clock on Sunday. He was really hurt not using castle there. So -- I do I expect him to be healthy I think muster expects -- to help the I don't think you when the patriot returned to practice this week which will be Thursday heavily used when -- start. Workouts for the game itself -- be surprised if you see you know -- work out."
[11:47]" I don't think you work out here I think you'll continued treatment and you'll. Into the film study the requisite film study all -- but you know these guys and still have I think the giants fairly fresh in their memory. We're talking about it'll only a month going by between games between these two sides that you look at this almost as a as a divisional opponent. Rematch and even so I really don't think you get divisional re matches as soon as the month apart in the regular season did you not usually you don't. But I think this is going to be very much like you would game plan for -- a rematch with the dolphins the jets of the bills. And I don't mean to under score under sell the Super Bowl it is still the game it is of the most watched individual athletic events in the calendar year. On the globe on this planet. More people will watch this game than any other single game. In this calendar year there's no doubt about it that what the Super Bowl is. But the patriots will approach this like like I said they will approach this. Like the divisional rematch they just played one. It'll still be room and in the giants personnel and the matchup to be rolled over afresh -- keep in mind now -- split everybody in the game they didn't do the what thing like Tampa did and like Dallas did. It like some people suggested they do they wanted to play and I gave the giants had tremendous amount of credit after the game and I am still given -- They wanted to play that game to win and they darn near did it."
[13:23]" So that's that's. In NFL -- think this game will be closer than the court -- point spread by the way. The line opened -- fourteen right Vegas line open but fourteen for the game it's already downed at twelve what does that tell you. Tells me that there's a tremendous amount of money obviously already moving on the giants. That patriots have not over the last two months of the season they have not been a good scheme against the number. Far from. Patriots have been horrible team a -- a mediocre team. Horrible mediocre team overall against the point spread that your because of the double digit point spreads that they've been favored bought and late in the season they've had a hard time covering that. Because teams have geared up for this -- Taken out batter or whatever they've done a match up an excuse me but. Fact is that you know that the number continues to shrink. I think he'll probably continue to a that you probably continue to see -- money coming on the giants if you were so inclined. I'll venture a guess here. And I -- that I think that the number could probably get down to about ten. Nine and a half for -- Mike kickoff I think that's possible. When you consider the patriots had a ten point lead at New York did not really play their best game defensively. Allowed New York scored late as well giants dating back to -- December. In the win the game by three. I could with a number shrink to you know right at denied -- inquiries I could see that. And I think there will be some people that will probably portal extra cash from the patriot it would because and they want to winning ticket for team that -- ninety you know. Who would do the greater need to go a lot better all the pats well I'm sure they'll be some penalty shot that. You know just for posterity posterior so I guess there -- several of always look at. But the fact is that I expect the giants would probably like the two playoff games of the patriots have played before them I expect that the giants will keep this game close and keep it within shouting distance into the third maybe even in the fourth quarter again much like it wasn't New York. I don't know the patriots will give up a double digit lead. Or let me put this way I don't know that the patriots will be find themselves and double -- hole going into the fourth quarter elected -- New York but -- of the Johnson -- to give open double digit lead as well I think of anything is more likely happen that the patriots. Knowing that they can come back from a big deficit are probably less likely to fit in that position to begin. That makes sense hope so -- making sense to me but I just said that you would forgive me it's the drugs that -- settling in here -- But I don't know that. Breaking it down and talking about the of them but matchup Michael Strahan on Matt light I just don't know if that's really going to have anything to. That's why I think that you know we're going to city and we're going to talk about the game we're going to talk about whose golden errors don't mind. Where this put the patriots in the overall pantheon of great teams not just in the NFL on talk about it all sports. All sports and workers in this week talking about that in the next week when the guys get to Arizona and -- you listen POW and Ian eagle log on to get patriots today in -- related fix it -- all things patriots from Arizona. I will there be any real Xs and knows the answer that is no of their won't but he. And there won't be because nobody errors -- Nobody wants to know we've Marty done it it was a short time ago and it's already dominates."
[17:13]" Over we know what to expect it's going to be a matter of execution. I'm going to -- trouble -- right here right now saving all four. It's all going to come down to a matter of execution you have the -- match up. You have largely the same personnel going against the same personnel. As we saw a month ago. So that's going to take a lot of his build up it's going to take a lot of the mystique. Away from this game. My guess is it by the time we get to the kick -- third by the time we get there. We're going to be a -- local ready for. We're given credit for by this weekend and we're still going to have another week ago. So if you really think that the two week stretch between the championship the the coverage averages in the Super Bowl as long you ain't seen nothing yet. Does this two week stretch is going to be as long a two week stretch if you probably ever experienced in your sports life. That's just the way it is."
[18:21]" And I don't mean. -- to depress you you know it's just it's a factor one thing that we don't do -- punches. We give your thoughts as we see them give your opinions as we understand that back to be in the give your best guess an aerial and that's what I'm doing here. Not a whole lot of game -- and the patriots already know how to beat the giants conversely the giants already know. What it would take to beat the patriots executing that game plan is a different story."
[18:51]" And even if they execute the game plan you're still going to have to get some help. That's because the patriots have a definitive advantage over everybody played this year in a physical match they are superior. Talent wise that's not denigrating the giants."
[19:08]" It -- the patriots offense makes everything else pale by comparison. They had. -- had a mediocre to lousy day on Sunday. Only put up 21 points on the board Bill Belichick added after the game is always left some points on the field that. And they still won the game by nine. They still -- headed really in the fourth quarter much because the -- came up big with the red zone play and holding the chargers to four field goals."
[19:38]" Meanwhile an an and I think Tedy Bruschi said it best after the games like it or can't depend on Tom Brady in the -- to roll 400 yards every game and he's right. So if you look at it a total team patriots fan you should be thrilled with the way the deepest plight to that mentally yet. Would you like this season things shored up a little bit or we all would happen if those who follow the program. Tuesday -- normally nitpick Tuesday we -- and -- around here we we try to come up with things that could be better could be improved could be worked Don. Before the next game."
[20:16]" And so in the spirit of nit pick Tuesday got a hard to pick minutes with a team -- eighteen and don't isn't it. That we had that last week week before the week before that and the week before that it was probably few weeks before that as well but this -- of -- Tuesday. If you could change one thing about this thing. If you can improve what aspect of this team."
[20:42]" If you could. Say or do one thing that would improve the patriots chances of winning. The Super Bowl one thing what would have been. Web radio -- patriots dot com is the email address web radio at patriots dot com that's the email address that how. We want you to get in touch with a shuttle program today if you like you can certainly -- a phone call it's 5 wait 5437482. In the telephone number is area code Bible wait 5437482. But web radio -- patriots dot com email address and that value reaches in and what you consider the question for a moment at least. And think about if you could. If you could. Change one thing about the team in the in the like a hit in the spirit of -- Tuesday. If you could change one thing about this team to increase the team's chances of winning. And realizing perfection and etching their name in the record book for ever more. -- it."
[21:53]" On the -- to give them down and bought myself. He's not going to come out of the question -- like let's get an idea that and bought some hope he'll give us thought as well no new converse would be again this is our. Our final week of the program here will take it all that the the of patriots today at patriots. Football weekly guys take it in the Glendale, Arizona starting next next Tuesday of course patriots Monday program and -- money will originate from a Arizona as well. Leading up to game time between the pats in the giant. In Super Bowl 42 so we have today we have tomorrow and we have Thursday's program this week you're inside patriots playbook two. You know kind of look back and look ahead at the same time. So I'd love to hear from him if you are a first time listener. Great to have you -- us. Whether you're a giants fan or fan from another team were glad that you samples were glad that you're here what your -- Want your feedback watcher common criticisms suggestions whatever it may be watching -- just take a couple of minutes of fire up the email. Let me know where you're writing from that's all I needed just let me know where you're writing from that we've been so fortunate this program like PFW and progress to hear from so many all over the globe all over the world. Europe Asia Africa South America certainly all point in between in North America it it's it's been wonderful it's been a great thing two actually connect with so many patriots fans. Excellent football fans all over the planet it's just it's -- but the short -- again as I mentioned earlier. Fact is is that in the last month and you'll see this printed in Europe patriots football weekly magazine if you subscribe to it when you get into the mail this week. There are over two million hits on the web -- alone this last month two million. -- patriots dot -- So people were coming here people are clicking on people would get here people are are interested and obviously why wouldn't they be. Because they want to do whatever they can't keep up with a get a small piece of history."
[23:59]" And this is exactly what. Patriots are about that I mentioned also just a couple of moments imagine briefly. That if the patriots are able to complete this voyage to perfection. And they Dougal nineteen and -- we actually to realize. The patriots have to go down in my book as maybe these single greatest sports team of all time. Why it and in no matter the sport. Why wouldn't they be."
[24:33]" I mean when you consider. The day and age in which we live the environment in which environment in which the patriots have to operate on the field and off the field."
[24:44]" When you consider how tough it is because of the sport like so many more games in the patriot and in than than they do in the NFL. Why wouldn't the patriots -- one of the greatest sports teams having one of the greatest sports season. Oh all time if they're able to completeness."
[25:05]" A -- pretty gimme some are your thoughts on that as well. Did you come up with a another."
[25:11]" Similar season. -- similar team. To the patriots in what the patriots have done this here in in your annals in your estimation. As there have been another team that stood out. Football basketball baseball what have you doesn't matter hockey I don't care what Williams of the that you know certain within our. Relatively close by memory banks. Was on the maybe that you -- that you knew about I'd be interested to know. I'd be interested though because at the patriots will have to go down as one of the greatest teams of all time certainly having one of the greatest seasons of all time. In the history of all sports forget. Collegiate amateur professional whatever. I'm talking all sports for all all in there and with a major to doing this year what they could end up with this year. Could end up being the best that they were ever will be. And could be the best that will never see again ever. That may be what we -- all experiencing right now that's how that's and you know that's overall experiencing right now. -- what that's going to where I'm coming from today. Also Christina and -- joining us from papers today in the second -- of the program we will also have some low post game sound off from the locker room and from Leo podium. All in the aftermath of the win over the chargers in the AFC championship on Sunday that will also get to. A couple of choice -- for you -- she might have missed it some good stuff to kind of get you warmed up and ready to go and already looking forward to the kickoff of Super Bowl 42 what is it 6:18 eastern time. -- third. Chock a block away we'll get some of that coming up next and at the play."
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