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00:00I believe that Drake may has all the circumstantial evidence has trended toward watching him play
00:05But as of right now as of Gerard Mayo speaking with the media today
00:09I believe he is still in the protocol. Even if we feel like he's trending toward playing
00:14We don't have any definitive information. Although it will be interesting to see what he is listed on the injury report practice report today
00:21I believe it's probably gonna be that he was limited today
00:24That's what Gerard Mayo suggested would be the case 16 people on the practice injury report, correct?
00:29Yeah, that's fine. It's fine. Only a quarter of your football team
00:32The Titans got a boatload of them that didn't practice yesterday and they kind of stink even when everybody does practice stink
00:38Yeah, that's true. It's more than kind of nothing kind of about it
00:41But no if you could give me one little trick-or-treat wish November 1st wish
00:45I want Drake may to get cleared from the protocol so that Drake may can get his bum bum on the field in Tennessee
00:52No and put on a show against a bad defense that will be without its worst core
00:57Excuse me best corner Sneed out already. That's a bad pass defense that I think you can take advantage of
01:04In the back end there
01:06I know they have some guys that can get after it a little bit
01:08But I think you can throw the ball on them, especially without Sneed
01:11more so with
01:13Your guy Drake may and I know you put out a poll this week because this is a topic that was near and dear to
01:19Your heart doing some shifts during the week and at night
01:22What were the results of your poll if cleared now, we don't have the if cleared part yet
01:27But we're all hopeful that he's gonna be cleared if he is indeed cleared
01:31What percentage of you people and I know they're you people go mark it down. It's 207
01:37We got our first you people of the day. Thank you
01:38What percentage of you people would play Drake may on Sunday if he's cleared a lopsided dub for team stardom?
01:46It's football
01:4865% only 35%
01:50just over a third for sit him be cautious and I am I am sorry to see that only a third of the
01:58rational members of Patriots nation could weigh in on this poll because to me there is absolutely no need
02:05Whatsoever to trot out the Cadillac on Sunday against the worst team in football now
02:11You could argue that it's the Carolina Panthers
02:13Maybe it's the Tennessee Titans any which way you cut it right now with their injuries the way things are going
02:18Bringing will Levis back who has confidence shaken and it's not a day that ends in a why if his coach isn't yelling
02:24What the F are you doing at him?
02:25This is a prime spot to ride the momentum that Jacobi preset established in the second half and especially in the fourth quarter of last
02:32Sunday and be extremely cautious
02:35With the franchise under center. I get it. I know I'm expecting the text to come in at 3 7 9 3 7 whatever bro
02:42It's football. Hey, if he's healthy, you got to start him if he's cleared then he's in the clear
02:47Let's do this thing. All right, you're gonna do it in that voice because that's
02:51Leading the witnesses there you're making that's exactly who they are
02:54No, no, you're making people that want to play may sound like jack wagons
02:58Yeah, and I don't think his head coach is a jack wagon and I don't think he grunts when he talks
03:02Yeah in a real deep. That's how I that's how I hear
03:05That see you're leading you're doing what I can likes to do. You're you're leading the witness. You're leading the conversation
03:11Let's just talk about
03:18So three yards in a cloud of dust I just can't like I look I don't know the science behind it Andy
03:25I'm not gonna protect did I did I reach out to have I spoken with a friend who is a neurologist?
03:30Yes, Bragg. Yes, your friends who are neurologists. Yes
03:35My friends are ah and
03:38Stays it is
03:39209 the first time that I got shamed for actually knowing smart people
03:44You know sports radio is truly something is a special place. It's the place they want you to bring intelligence
03:50They want you to bring passion
03:51They waited your opinion
03:52But God forbid if you actually have some knowledge in a particular area that could be relevant to the conversation
03:57You get shamed for being smack. It's just bragging that you have smart friends. Okay?
04:02Well, she did very well for herself and look where I ended up as the fill-in for our can doing a radio show with you
04:07With your friggin underwear drawer open behind you touche
04:11That's it Andy. I know for a fact if
04:15Doc if I believe if neurologists and people that actually, you know
04:18Take care of your mentals if you will had their way you would sit out at least two weeks
04:22If not a month after a concussion, they would probably do things
04:26Drastically different than the NFL and they would
04:29Hey, he's clear to play Sunday. They would get rid of football. Yeah period they probably would right
04:35But they have that live with it because because the RJ Reynolds of sports the Philip Morris of competitive athletics makes billions of dollars for this
04:42Country you live with it and its consequences. I understand but maybe just maybe you don't run the risk of
04:49Getting him dinged up again so quickly and I know the line is better. We're not gonna blame the offensive line
04:54This was a scooting boot. This was not the line getting not at all on Sunday
04:58This is him playing dress May football, correct? And so there is a there's a risk that comes with it
05:03I understand but if you feel like you can win this game
05:06Would you Kobe Brissett and if the win how much does the win matter? I guess that's the big question to me
05:11It's not do you want to see Drake play to me in a lot of ways?
05:13It's how badly do you need to see this win for the Patriots?
05:17It's not for me about needing to see the win because I think you know
05:20I don't really actually want to see wins in a weird way
05:23I'm still of the mind that I'm competing for a high draft pick, but I want Drake may to feel good
05:29I want Drake may to play fun football. I want Drake may how good do you feel as good as can be?
05:35Oh, yeah good except maybe don't win it. So then you can't do all yeah in the post. Whoa camera change
05:40I can see fits it really up close and personal I can see his nose switch to a different angle
05:43I trim them just for you. Thank God you didn't trim up top though. No, I'm not
05:47I still have one more
05:48I still have one more
05:49Costumed affair tomorrow night that I have to attend to so I need the wall of hair, but by next week
05:53It'll be I'll be less here suit. So yeah for me. It's not about wins or losses now
05:58There's the selfish part of me that it's about entertainment value
06:01You know
06:02My theory is that it's sports entertainment and I want to be entertained and I think this team has struggled to entertain people
06:07When Drake may was not the quarterback not only struggling to lose games
06:11But struggling to keep eyeballs on games and we'll get into that later because I had a buddy that actually brought that up to me
06:17The difference between the feeling going into a Sunday now and like 10 or 15 years ago where you're checking other. Hey, they're tea times
06:24Oh, there is a tea time. We're in the old days. You wouldn't even consider it
06:27But now you are what you are and you're a more entertaining football team
06:32Also, I think there's value Gerard Mayo. We'll get into this a little bit later the wide receivers
06:37He thinks they've had a good week. He thinks they might be progressing and moving forward
06:40I need Drake May on the field to get them feeling good because the reality is early in the year
06:46The wide receivers were complaining about not being seen when they were open not being targeted when they were open the narrative changed when Drake
06:53May came into hey, he throws us the ball
06:55we just never catch it so we should probably start catching it because now we're getting thrown to and I need him on the
07:00Field with those guys to progress the offense and this is a winnable football game
07:05This is honestly if it's will Levis versus Drake may it's kind of a fun crappy football game
07:11I guess I'd describe it as it's I'm not gonna say it's good. They're two bad teams
07:15But it's two athletic quarterbacks who are trying to find their way one who's finding a better way earlier in
07:23Drake may one who's trying to salvage he was hot him
07:26He was throwing touchdowns to hot D hop last year now
07:29He's kind of in the doghouse, but it's a much more fun crappy game if it's Levis verse me
07:35I don't think yeah, I which I which I love I like and nobody wants to see Mason Rudolph first Jacoby Brissett
07:42Sorry, no, you know, I'm not really sorry because I don't want to see it. It's I was I was Andy
07:46I was putting together the Sunday 7 for WI comm and I always end it with a
07:51Little section called the the NTK is the need-to-knows and that way you get like the weather
07:55What's the vibe in the city history between the teams etc?
07:58And also your broadcast team and where it's gonna be running to be quite honest
08:02I had never heard of the broadcast team that Fox has assigned. I don't know Stizz
08:07Could you look it up for me? Could you effort that the broadcast team?
08:10You already wrote it and don't remember they don't oh, it's it's like it's like flip flip Zillman
08:17Mark Schlereth and Jen Hale
08:20Okay, I've heard of marshall earth. Yeah, I've heard of marshall earth before but like the play-by-play guy
08:23I have no idea who it is
08:25He probably Syracuse like Spiro Ditas is Jim Nance compared to this guy. So and that's part of it
08:31I want to be entertained and most of the country's not gonna see the game. I saw the map put out for the broad
08:36Six, yeah, basically you're in you're in Nashville. You're in New England or you're one of those places
08:41you're not watching this game otherwise and I do I
08:45Think there's value in because I thought going all the way back to August
08:49They wasted reps for Drake may against the Carolina Panthers in the preseason should have had more reps
08:53This to me would be wasted reps, but more importantly than that is the simple we do businesses businesses done
09:00I have to trust the doctors and the trainers and the independent neurologist and the league and the protocol and I
09:07Don't think there's any reason for me
09:10Individually or Gerard Mayo to not trust the process to not trust the people that this is their X layer of expertise
09:17Because he was saying back to halftime. Oh, he looked good. Actually at halftime. I thought he looked okay
09:22He kind of wanted to go back in the game like just his and this is obviously a layman's perspective. He's a head coach
09:27He's not a head doctor. He's not a brain doctor. Like you're a fancy friends over there and he
09:34They even get the they even get the voice to yeah a little bit a little bit. So you play Drake may one
09:40Because the NFL clears him to play and they're the experts they we've been going through this for years now
09:46they've put a process in place that is supposed to safeguard against most issues and
09:51To
09:52It's supposed to I didn't say it does always I said it's supposed to and then to you do it because
09:59He's the best quarterback on your team
10:01He and if he is cleared to play football players play football and I would say three is if you bubble wrap him for this
10:08Week, when do you take the bubble wrap off?
10:10Is he ready next week? Oh, oh, so he so he's miraculously ready next
10:15Seven yeah, what if what if seven what if seven who cares what if it's 14 then let them make it 14 Andy
10:22Is he 21? Are you married to this guy?
10:25I know you'd love to literally be married to this guy
10:27But are you married to this guy big difference for longer than just even the five the five years?
10:32Are you like you're you want to see Drake may is the quarterback of the New England Patriots for anywhere between 10 15 17 years
10:39Here we go. By the way. Thank you very much. Jacob
10:42Javon Lesnar bringing in our
10:44information it is
10:46Jason Benetti and
10:48Mark Schlereth, you're right. I heard of him Jason Benetti
10:52Sounds like the name of like a like somebody like a famous female would dance with on dancing with the stars
10:58Sounds like a wrestler that would go to the WW and they're like, yeah, Jason Benetti doesn't work
11:03We're gonna have to come up with a different name. Sorry Jason. We're gonna drop the Benetti. Yeah, Jason be
11:09Yeah, uh, so if you give him all the time he needs the reason being this is how are you to decide all the
11:18Room he's ready, but you just said what if it's another seven days? What if it's no, that's my point people like you
11:23No, wait an extra week. Why people like when a recipe says cook it for 30 minutes at 325. Do you say let's do 40?
11:31Okay, Andy. Yeah, there's a recipe here. Okay, there's a there's a rundown and
11:36If they say he's cleared he's gone through the entire process he's sweat for 30 minutes. He's got a little contact
11:42He's recovered the next day. He's done everything and they say he's ready to play football ready for Benetti
11:49Why would it ready for Benetti, baby? Why would you hold him out?
11:52I like especially in a game if you told me this was a game against they're gonna be overmatched
11:58It's you know, whatever the the bills the ramp even even next week the Bears obviously the bear right
12:03but this is a winnable game where the reps could be valuable moving forward put him in situations that it's a competitive game or
12:11Put him in situations where it's not maybe they get a little momentum and maybe they treat the Titans like the Lions did and maybe
12:17They roll them motorboat him molly. Whop him as the missing host likes to say, maybe they have some fun
12:23And maybe they build some momentum. We did see this week coming off a win. Yep. Things felt better. Oh the vibes were good
12:30There were no calls for firings
12:32Nope, Gerard Mayo Alex van Pelt and DeMarcus Covington all had been discussed as should they be replaced at some point last week?
12:39There's been no discussion of that. It's been delayed at least a week
12:42so if this team is not hell-bent on my little plan of getting the number one overall pick then
12:47Put your best football players out there. Let them get experience. Let them build momentum. Let them build culture
12:53Let him build his leadership. Let him show his toughness. Let him do whatever you do because the league says
12:59Ready to go if that's what the league says
13:02That almost make that almost leads me to believe that he was never truly
13:06Concussed in the first place that this glancing blow like he's been in the protocol
13:11But at any point has anyone ever said? Oh, yeah. No, he was concussed
13:14He it almost leads me to feel like you can be in the protocol out of an abundance of caution
13:19Sure, because he seems to be he looks fine. He's moving around like something. It wasn't just the hit now
13:25You can get hit in the head and not go in the protocol
13:28Something took place in the evaluation process either in the blue tent or then
13:32Well definitely in the blue tent
13:33I think the spotter that was walking from the up top saw it and said that was too
13:36Significant for him to still be in that game
13:38No
13:39But he would have gone back in if he didn't there was something else when they started doing
13:43Eyeball tests or asking him questions something drink. Where are you from Tuesday? All right, let's go ahead and take the half off
13:49Well, no if he said Tuesday, then I would say he shouldn't be playing this week
13:53I don't think there was anything to that degree. I think it was
13:57Cautious something was like, yeah, something's not quite right and we're not gonna risk it
14:03And I think that's smart that aspect of it is I think if there's anything like even if the league today, yep
14:10Is a little bit uncertain as to how he recovered to something or how he reacted to something, you know
14:17They got his heart rate up and then they were hitting him in the head with pool
14:20Tubes or something to get him a little contact and he's ah the old noodle test
14:24Yeah
14:25well
14:26you know they do stuff like that to bring guys back slowly from
14:29concussions like a little bit of a blow to the head a little bit of contact just a little trauma a little slap slap and
14:34Take a little and if if if there's anything then yes, I agree with you be cautious
14:38But if the league says your trainer checked off on it your doctor checked off on it and our league
14:44Expert independent neurologist checked off on it. Who am I to say? He's not I'm just a football coach
14:49You're telling me my players ready
14:51I'm gonna put him on the field and I'm just a football fan that happens to be on a microphone
14:54Opposite you on an afternoon radio program, but I will tell you this
14:57It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the NFL given that they understand
15:02the NFL is a better place when the evil Empire the new evil Empire the Patriots is a good football team that when they have
15:08Stars that they can market the league around like a Drake May and when they actually have
15:12quarterback prospects that turn into high level high level quarterbacks as opposed to all these different stars that are now being benched at the
15:18quarterback position
15:18I almost wouldn't even be surprised Andy if the league
15:21Dialed up 1-800 Patriots and was like, why don't you go ahead and let the kids sit this week?
15:25How bad of a look how bad of a look would it be for the team over the team for the process for the protocol?
15:31No, if he takes another glancing blow by chance, and oh, no, he's out again
15:35No, I'd be terribly scared scared money. Don't make money Patriots in the business of making money big time
15:40They're moving forward with Drake May don't let Fitzy's persuade you