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00:00Jones and Keefe here on WEEI. Robert Spillane, one of two signings the Patriots have made from outside the organization.
00:07All right!
00:08Signs of life. Harold Landry last night, three years, 43 million. Robert Spillane, linebacker for the Raiders most recently,
00:15but he started his career with Mike Vrabel in Tennessee, three years, 37 million.
00:19So, they've spent a combined 80 million, you know, not even getting into guarantees,
00:24but a combined 80 million total so far on an edge player in Landry and an off-the-ball backer in Robert Spillane,
00:30who, as you said, Keefe, had 140-something tackles and 150-something tackles the last couple of years.
00:34Yeah, you know, it's kind of funny. One of these guys, maybe like Vrabel,
00:38where early in his career was a little bit of a grinder and then found kind of the right spot
00:42and went from a guy that barely played, maybe some special team stuff, I would assume,
00:46into becoming a leading tackler for the team in the last couple of years.
00:50So, Vrabel obviously still must like him from his time there that they had back in 2018,
00:55but it's not a position of need that gets brought up a lot, but I think it is one.
01:01They got carved up on the run last year. I know Juwan Bentley was hurt, so he was not a part of most of it,
01:06but Jelani Tavai became sort of public enemy number one by the end of the year
01:10because he was calling out fans and telling them not to boo and everything else and, like, know their role.
01:14So, if you're looking for some replacements there and if you're looking to get into, like,
01:18a more physical, hard-hitting defense, all right, this could help.
01:22Well, if you take away the big runs, Keith, they weren't that bad.
01:25If you take away all the 50-yard runs, they actually were average.
01:28But what I find interesting about this, they supposedly really wanted Sherwood,
01:32the linebacker from the Jets, right? That was a player that they, quote-unquote,
01:35coveted, according to the Herald, when they had their roundup a couple of weeks ago
01:38from Callahan and Kyde coming out of the combine. So, he feels like a pivot off of that.
01:42But, OK, they're adding to their front seven. That is a need.
01:45It's not shiny and sexy. No, no, no, no.
01:48It's not, you know, offense. Those aren't needs for this team.
01:51And that doesn't make them bad signings, right? Spillane and Landry could be good signings.
01:54But they are not headliners, is how I would put that.
01:57But maybe they help the defense and they help the middle of the roster. I'm not going to deny that.
02:00No, but hopefully this is like, and I'm not saying that it will be,
02:03but hopefully this is like Chapman and Buehler before you get Crochet and Bregman.
02:07Good point. Because if you just take the order out...
02:10If it is, we'll give them credit. Yeah, but right now, I don't feel great about that.
02:15Mike Silver, the Athletic, is linking both the Patriots and the Jets to Colton Davis, the cornerback,
02:19who is a top-20 free agent on Florio's list. So, that's a little more information there.
02:23Meantime, let's knock out some phone calls. Tom Curran just wrote his latest for NBC Sports Boston.
02:27We can set that up at the top of the hour. We'll talk to Curran tomorrow on a Tommy Tuesday
02:31here on Jones and Keefe WEEI. Zackson, Maine. Hello, Zack.
02:35Hey, guys. How are you doing? Great.
02:40I was just... I know you guys were saying before the break that, you know, they haven't done nothing,
02:44but, I mean, she and DK go for a second, and I know he didn't want to play here,
02:49but where you've got so much money at the cap, why not give the Seahawks a second
02:54and then just overpay the guy? I mean, I get that, again, he doesn't want to play here,
02:59but, I mean, if you throw an extra $20 million at him... I don't believe he didn't want to play here.
03:03And so, I don't believe Godwin didn't want to play here either.
03:06Godwin got, supposedly, $20 million more from another team, is what Rabsheet said.
03:10He left $20 million on the table. I don't think Godwin wanted to leave Tampa.
03:14And I think the Patriots might have gotten used in this, and maybe they wasted their time
03:17and chased their tails, but I don't buy that DK Metcalf didn't want to come here.
03:20No, that's right. Metcalf and Debo both were traitors, also out of their hands,
03:24so they might not want to at first, but then if you... Yeah, him going to Pittsburgh
03:27kind of throws everything out, whereas, like, Debo at least is going to a team that was just
03:30in the playoffs and all that stuff, but DK immediately sends a new deal with Pittsburgh,
03:34who doesn't even have a quarterback, and they play in the cold. That doesn't really add up.
03:37No, and if you were... Phil Perry said they didn't even make an offer,
03:40so they weren't in on him. The question is why? Probably the money,
03:45or the combination of money and a draft pick attachment. They don't want to pay both.
03:48Text line, Keith, always very reliable. 617-779-7937.
03:53Guys, I don't know if a player is good or not, but I googled Spillane.
03:57His Madden rating? 82. Ooh, so Woody Johnson's kid maybe wanted him for the Jets.
04:02That's not bad. That's how they did their whole scouting. That's not bad. 82? I'll take an 82.
04:06It's not great. It's not bad. They don't have a lot of 82s on this team? Probably not. No.
04:09Although, eh, it might surprise you. Yeah. Eh, it might surprise you.
04:12That would make him the third highest rated Patriot. Wow. No way.
04:16I'd like Christian Gonzalez, Jabril Peppers, and that's it. He'd be one above Hunter Henry.
04:20Okay. Good signing. When you put it that way. Jeez.
04:24Also this one from a random Broncos fan on the text line. All right, what do you have?
04:28It says Spillane is a good player. As a Broncos fan, he's a good player.
04:31How about that? Pats need a lot of good players. I'm not going to papoo this. They need good players.
04:35I'm sure he's a, I shouldn't say I'm sure he's a good player, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
04:38He's a good player. Yeah. They need more than just a couple of good players.
04:42Can he block or catch passes? I wouldn't know.
04:45How many touchdowns does he have? He can fall on top of a pile like you read about him.
04:48Good, they need that. I mean, that guy can fall on top of a pile for 150 tackles.
04:51Man. Catch passes and block? No, no. No.