September 13, 2024 • 7 mins
Chris Price from the Boston Globe joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about the Patriots hosting the Seahawks this week, Jacoby Brissett, and the defense strength.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now back to the Washington State Beat Commissions Football Friday
with Sati and Dick on your Home for the NFL
Sports Radio ninety three point three KJR FM.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Ah, we had Arizona plus the seven against Kansas State
in Factor fiction right yes, fourteen seven down fourteen to
seven early second quarter. Kansas State just took the lead
fourteen to seven early second from Manhattan, so keep an
eye on that bad boy. But joining us right now
on the radio show. I was looking for somebody who
knows the Patriots organization inside and out. Only one guy
(00:39):
can claim to be that person in Boston. The rest
of them are all pretenders. Chris Price from the Boston Globe,
joining us right now on the radio show from New England.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
How are you man? You are way too kind, my friend.
Thank you so much for nice I'm doing great. How
you doing.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I was gonna say, we couldn't find anyone, so instead
we have you. But that's kind of like an old
trick that kind of gets tired after a while.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
I just kind of keeping my mics from ESPN. Micrie
from ESPN wasn't available, so he went to the next
two name on the list. Fuddy.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
I heard that Malcolm Butler is going to be in
the pregame on Sunday. That's got That's not coincidental? Is
it because they're playing the Hawks on Sunday?
Speaker 3 (01:16):
You? Oh, it's it's completely coincidental. I'm sure that it
has absolutely nothing to do with the end of Super
Bowl forty nine. I just it's just, you know, he's
in the area. He figured he'd stop buying, you know,
be a part of the preking testadies. This is masterful
trolling on the part of the Patriots. Well, he really is.
All we need. Look, all we need is Brian Flores
(01:37):
to be at the bottom of the stairs, going, Malcolm, go,
if you race up the stairs, you know, to ring
the bell.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
That's enough. That's enough.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
At least this team's a far cry from that one.
That's for dang.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Sure.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
So let's talk about the team that they're facing on Sunday.
First of all, the quarterback position. Chris, was it a
good move to start Jacoby Brissett over the rookie because
a couple of teams decided not to do that in
Chicago and Denver?
Speaker 3 (02:00):
And yeah, look yeah, I mean you look at it
in a vacuum. Over the course of the spring in
the summer, Drake may outplay Jacoby Pressett. It really easily
out played Jakoby Pssat. There really wasn't much of a
comparison when you just look at the ability to get
in a huddle quickly, the ability to live the ball.
He checked all of those rookie boxes. Now that being said,
(02:21):
I don't think right now there is the appropriate amount
of infrastructure in place to be able to support a
young quarterback, a rookie quarterback, in the way that he
should be supported. And so you have a guy in
Jacoby Brissett who is the perfect man for this moment
on a lot of levels. Look, he played for alexand
Pelt in Cleveland. He knows the Van Pelt offense better
than anyone else in that building. He is smart, he's capable,
(02:44):
he is he has a great pocket presence about him. Look,
he's not a pro bowler. But at the same time,
this is a guy who you know what exists, you
know exactly what you're going to get with him. He
is not going to be the kind of guy who's
going to make that decisions. He's not gonna you know,
for picks, He's not going to throw takeaways, he is
going to be able to give you a baseline level
(03:05):
of competent quarterback play, something we haven't seen here in
New England for the last couple of years. And I
always go back to this with Jakobe. This is the
bottom line. With him the quarterback now in New England,
with him under center, the quarterback will not lose you
games like we've seen over the last couple of years.
He might not necessarily win you games all the time,
but he will not lose you games with his defense.
(03:26):
That's exactly what they need.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Well, Chris Price Boston Glove with US Hawk's Patriots on
Sunday would be the Amraal Queen for the game. By
the way, where's the playmakers on this football team? On
both offense and defense?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Yeah? I mean right now, they're all on defense. Quite frankly,
you know, there's a couple of guys on the offensive
side of the ball, namely Ramandrie Stevenson, who rushed for
one hundred and twenty five yards last week. Look, you know,
he's not going to break the century mark every single week.
But I think he's underrated back and I think he's
a very important part of what they want to get
done offensively. On the defensive side of the ball, is
really Keon White defensive end, young defensive end who really
(03:59):
his his ability to come on over the course this
summer made it possible for them to part ways with
Matthew Judon. He's not Matthew Judon, but he certainly helps
recreate Judon statistics in the aggregate. So I'll toss Keon
White in there, and then you have a really good secondary.
You know, you have guys like Jabrill Peppers and Kyle
Dugger and Christian goan Zalez, one of the best young
(04:20):
corners in the league, who I think is going to
be spending it off a lot of time, you know,
chasing around DK Metcalf. He was unjermar Chase duty last
week and did a really good job. So they're not
you know, your grandfather's Patriots. But at the same time,
there are enough playmakers on both sides of the ball
to make this thing interesting.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Do Patriots fans think Drod Mayo was the right hire
or would they have preferred a nationwide search as most
teams do.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
I think that the only other guy who was part
of the conversation. If I'm a Patriots say, and if
you know you have to make that move away from
Bill is probably Mike Rabel. That was the name that
a lot of other people had up here as the
guy who, look, he could slide right it in. He's
kind of sort of an extension of the Belichick thought
process are tough physical defense. You know, he's taken. He
(05:09):
took the Titans to the playoffs, so he's got that resume.
He's the only other guy who I think was even
remotely part of the conversation. But look, this is a
situation where the Crafts kind of a couple of years
ago identified girod Mao as the next guy. I don't
think they necessarily wanted to make this move or thought
about making this move, you know, a couple of years ago,
(05:29):
if they thought about making this move, you know, as
soon as they did. But the guys respond to him.
The guys like him, you know, they play hard for him.
He you know the phrase that always people always use
with him. He commands a room. Guys like him, they
enjoy him, and it seems to be working so far.
Look we're a game in but you know, again, we're
seeing a really positive response from this roster.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Frish Price, Boston Glove Seahawks Patriots Sunday. Is this still
a coveted ticket to go watch a Patriot game?
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Yeah, not as your not as nearly as much as
it used to be. But you know, put it this way,
the conversation will be different if the Red Sox were
in the playoffs, the Red Sox were looking at the postseason.
You know, it's basically at this point right now, it's
the Celtics and you know, everyone else down everyone's going
to pay atention to the Red Sox. But you know,
the Celtics are the lead story here at least kind
(06:18):
of you know, as it exists at this point. But yeah,
I mean it's supposed to be nice weather, the Seahawks
still draw, you know, the Seahawks still kind of you know,
move the needle around here for lack of a better term.
So I think it's gonna be you know, it should
be a good crowd on Sunday. I really do.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Well, Chris Price, Before you go, just real quick, I
got to get one in on Steve Belichick. He's calling
the defense over at you. They got the Apple Cup tomorrow,
and I mean the Patriot defense was pretty good last year,
right We're the like ten to eleventh in the NFL scored.
Why did Steve Belichick go from calling a defense in
the NFL to calling a defense in college football?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Because I think there was more possibility of advancements and
you know, a greater sense of ownership it least from
a coaching perspective, with deciding to move on from the
Patriots as also too, And I mean we talked to
his brother Brian here as well. He's stuck around as
a safety'st coach. It was just time to move on,
(07:16):
you know, in a lot of ways. And I think
that things have kind of started to warm up again
at least a little bit between the coach and the ownership.
And that's going to be a really interesting thing the way.
You know, that's all going to play out over the
next few years. But I just think, you know, at
least from his perspective, it was time to move on.
There's a chance for him to, you know, achieve a
real measure of greatness on his own, away from his father,
(07:36):
away from his father's legacy out there in Washington.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
All right, man, Brad stuff, buddy, appreciate you doing this.
Enjoy the weekend, and we'll talk soon.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Mestress sounds good, take care guys, all right.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Chris Price, Boston Glove with a quick thought on the Patriots.
Ryan Lee, We're going to get to take on the
Apple Cup from the cougar perspective next on ninety three
to three KJRFM,
Now back to the Washington State Beat Commissions Football Friday
with Sati and Dick on your Home for the NFL
Sports Radio ninety three point three KJR FM.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Ah, we had Arizona plus the seven against Kansas State
in Factor fiction right yes, fourteen seven down fourteen to
seven early second quarter. Kansas State just took the lead
fourteen to seven early second from Manhattan, so keep an
eye on that bad boy. But joining us right now
on the radio show. I was looking for somebody who
knows the Patriots organization inside and out. Only one guy
(00:39):
can claim to be that person in Boston. The rest
of them are all pretenders. Chris Price from the Boston Globe,
joining us right now on the radio show from New England.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
How are you man? You are way too kind, my friend.
Thank you so much for nice I'm doing great. How
you doing.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I was gonna say, we couldn't find anyone, so instead
we have you. But that's kind of like an old
trick that kind of gets tired after a while.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
I just kind of keeping my mics from ESPN. Micrie
from ESPN wasn't available, so he went to the next
two name on the list. Fuddy.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
I heard that Malcolm Butler is going to be in
the pregame on Sunday. That's got That's not coincidental? Is
it because they're playing the Hawks on Sunday?
Speaker 3 (01:16):
You? Oh, it's it's completely coincidental. I'm sure that it
has absolutely nothing to do with the end of Super
Bowl forty nine. I just it's just, you know, he's
in the area. He figured he'd stop buying, you know,
be a part of the preking testadies. This is masterful
trolling on the part of the Patriots. Well, he really is.
All we need. Look, all we need is Brian Flores
(01:37):
to be at the bottom of the stairs, going, Malcolm, go,
if you race up the stairs, you know, to ring
the bell.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
That's enough. That's enough.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
At least this team's a far cry from that one.
That's for dang.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Sure.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
So let's talk about the team that they're facing on Sunday.
First of all, the quarterback position. Chris, was it a
good move to start Jacoby Brissett over the rookie because
a couple of teams decided not to do that in
Chicago and Denver?
Speaker 3 (02:00):
And yeah, look yeah, I mean you look at it
in a vacuum. Over the course of the spring in
the summer, Drake may outplay Jacoby Pressett. It really easily
out played Jakoby Pssat. There really wasn't much of a
comparison when you just look at the ability to get
in a huddle quickly, the ability to live the ball.
He checked all of those rookie boxes. Now that being said,
(02:21):
I don't think right now there is the appropriate amount
of infrastructure in place to be able to support a
young quarterback, a rookie quarterback, in the way that he
should be supported. And so you have a guy in
Jacoby Brissett who is the perfect man for this moment
on a lot of levels. Look, he played for alexand
Pelt in Cleveland. He knows the Van Pelt offense better
than anyone else in that building. He is smart, he's capable,
(02:44):
he is he has a great pocket presence about him. Look,
he's not a pro bowler. But at the same time,
this is a guy who you know what exists, you
know exactly what you're going to get with him. He
is not going to be the kind of guy who's
going to make that decisions. He's not gonna you know,
for picks, He's not going to throw takeaways, he is
going to be able to give you a baseline level
(03:05):
of competent quarterback play, something we haven't seen here in
New England for the last couple of years. And I
always go back to this with Jakobe. This is the
bottom line. With him the quarterback now in New England,
with him under center, the quarterback will not lose you
games like we've seen over the last couple of years.
He might not necessarily win you games all the time,
but he will not lose you games with his defense.
(03:26):
That's exactly what they need.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Well, Chris Price Boston Glove with US Hawk's Patriots on
Sunday would be the Amraal Queen for the game. By
the way, where's the playmakers on this football team? On
both offense and defense?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Yeah? I mean right now, they're all on defense. Quite frankly,
you know, there's a couple of guys on the offensive
side of the ball, namely Ramandrie Stevenson, who rushed for
one hundred and twenty five yards last week. Look, you know,
he's not going to break the century mark every single week.
But I think he's underrated back and I think he's
a very important part of what they want to get
done offensively. On the defensive side of the ball, is
really Keon White defensive end, young defensive end who really
(03:59):
his his ability to come on over the course this
summer made it possible for them to part ways with
Matthew Judon. He's not Matthew Judon, but he certainly helps
recreate Judon statistics in the aggregate. So I'll toss Keon
White in there, and then you have a really good secondary.
You know, you have guys like Jabrill Peppers and Kyle
Dugger and Christian goan Zalez, one of the best young
(04:20):
corners in the league, who I think is going to
be spending it off a lot of time, you know,
chasing around DK Metcalf. He was unjermar Chase duty last
week and did a really good job. So they're not
you know, your grandfather's Patriots. But at the same time,
there are enough playmakers on both sides of the ball
to make this thing interesting.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Do Patriots fans think Drod Mayo was the right hire
or would they have preferred a nationwide search as most
teams do.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
I think that the only other guy who was part
of the conversation. If I'm a Patriots say, and if
you know you have to make that move away from
Bill is probably Mike Rabel. That was the name that
a lot of other people had up here as the
guy who, look, he could slide right it in. He's
kind of sort of an extension of the Belichick thought
process are tough physical defense. You know, he's taken. He
(05:09):
took the Titans to the playoffs, so he's got that resume.
He's the only other guy who I think was even
remotely part of the conversation. But look, this is a
situation where the Crafts kind of a couple of years
ago identified girod Mao as the next guy. I don't
think they necessarily wanted to make this move or thought
about making this move, you know, a couple of years ago,
(05:29):
if they thought about making this move, you know, as
soon as they did. But the guys respond to him.
The guys like him, you know, they play hard for him.
He you know the phrase that always people always use
with him. He commands a room. Guys like him, they
enjoy him, and it seems to be working so far.
Look we're a game in but you know, again, we're
seeing a really positive response from this roster.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Frish Price, Boston Glove Seahawks Patriots Sunday. Is this still
a coveted ticket to go watch a Patriot game?
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Yeah, not as your not as nearly as much as
it used to be. But you know, put it this way,
the conversation will be different if the Red Sox were
in the playoffs, the Red Sox were looking at the postseason.
You know, it's basically at this point right now, it's
the Celtics and you know, everyone else down everyone's going
to pay atention to the Red Sox. But you know,
the Celtics are the lead story here at least kind
(06:18):
of you know, as it exists at this point. But yeah,
I mean it's supposed to be nice weather, the Seahawks
still draw, you know, the Seahawks still kind of you know,
move the needle around here for lack of a better term.
So I think it's gonna be you know, it should
be a good crowd on Sunday. I really do.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Well, Chris Price, Before you go, just real quick, I
got to get one in on Steve Belichick. He's calling
the defense over at you. They got the Apple Cup tomorrow,
and I mean the Patriot defense was pretty good last year,
right We're the like ten to eleventh in the NFL scored.
Why did Steve Belichick go from calling a defense in
the NFL to calling a defense in college football?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Because I think there was more possibility of advancements and
you know, a greater sense of ownership it least from
a coaching perspective, with deciding to move on from the
Patriots as also too, And I mean we talked to
his brother Brian here as well. He's stuck around as
a safety'st coach. It was just time to move on,
(07:16):
you know, in a lot of ways. And I think
that things have kind of started to warm up again
at least a little bit between the coach and the ownership.
And that's going to be a really interesting thing the way.
You know, that's all going to play out over the
next few years. But I just think, you know, at
least from his perspective, it was time to move on.
There's a chance for him to, you know, achieve a
real measure of greatness on his own, away from his father,
(07:36):
away from his father's legacy out there in Washington.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
All right, man, Brad stuff, buddy, appreciate you doing this.
Enjoy the weekend, and we'll talk soon.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Mestress sounds good, take care guys, all right.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Chris Price, Boston Glove with a quick thought on the Patriots.
Ryan Lee, We're going to get to take on the
Apple Cup from the cougar perspective next on ninety three
to three KJRFM,
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