Locked On Patriots - Daily Podcast On The New England Patriots - LOCKED ON PATRIOTS- 10/16/16- Who Wins Sunday?

Episode Date: October 16, 2016

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Learn more about our healthy benefits at fepblue.org slash getmore. Good afternoon. I'm Chris Simino, your host of Locked On Patriots, your source for everything Patriots. It's game day. Welcome to our pregame podcast, something we're going to feature every week for the rest of the season, right here on Locked On Patriots. There is a lot to get to today with the injuries, with the game about 49 minutes from now. Let's talk about any roster moves that were made in the last 24 hours, who's going to

be active, and who's not going to be active, and let's get down to business. So the Patriots inactives for today could lead to us Bengals actually having a little bit of luck on offense, something they haven't had much of this year. Linebacker Jamie Collin leads the list. He is out with a hip injury. That is a big loss for the Patriots. That is a huge advantage for the Bengals, so let's see how the Patriots deal with that. Running back Brandon Bolden is still out.

Defensive end slash linebacker Shane McClellan is also out another hit to the linebacking core quarterback Cyrus Jones is a healthy scratch, not a surprise Vincent Valentine, rookie defensive lineman still over the back injury tackle Adrian Waddell is still out, another good depth player that the

Patriots could use back in the offensive line and quarterback Justin Coleman is another one who is a healthy scratch who will not be playing today. So the Patriots do have some guys that they lean on, especially Collins being probably the best player on their defense. So he is out today, so guys are going to have to step up. So we'll see what happens.

Bengals are also not looking so hot. Tyler Rife being out again is huge. So so for the Bengals quarterback Jeff Driscoll wide receiver Cody Core defensive back Kavari Russell quarterback Cheeky Brown offensive lineman Christian Westerman defensive lineman Deshaun Williams and again tight end Tyler Eifert which is the big one the loss of Eifert for that Bengals offense is I won't say it's as big as Collins for the Patriots defense but it's close considering that the red zone woes for the Bengals have pretty much been caused by his loss and along with who said earlier Sunu and Marvin Jones but the Bengals are gonna need to get it going today if they want to win they

need to score and they need to not kick field goals. They need to score touchdowns. So no effort equals lots of trouble in the red zone again. So let's see how they handle it. Both teams have missed some major pieces, but I think the loss of Jamie Collins is going to have a huge effect overall on the defense. Linebacker Jonathan Freeney was also placed on injured reserve yesterday. So Landon Roberts, a rookie linebacker who had a great game last week,

he needs to step up again, take on a huge role for this linebacking corps. This is how guys become players. This is when guys all of a sudden, you know, when Landon Roberts ends up on the map as a kid that can play, a kid the Patriots found as a rookie free agent, and he can play. You know, it happens. You've got to slip through the cracks, and let's see if Roberts can step up today for the Patriots

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and I'm going to explain why. The Bengals, as we stated on Friday in our earlier podcast, they've been averaged defensively. They give up 11th in the league in yards allowed, and they also allow 22 points per game, which is right in the middle, the 16th in the league. Like I said, they're very average. But when you're allowing 22 points per game to regular teams, it's going to be a little

different when you're up against Tom Brady and the Patriots jugging out of an offense. They've struggled to defend the run. They've given up 114 yards per game rushing. That's also 20th in the NFL. And the Patriots have had a good year running the ball. Last week they got shut down a little bit, but I think if they put more of a focus on it and they continue to put a focus on it, they're going to keep it going.

So this season has been good, and I think the Bengals are going to have a focus on it they're going to keep it going so this season has been good and i think the bangles are going to have a tough time stopping the run today and that's going to be a recipe for disaster for them um i don't see how they're going to stop kronkowski and bennett combination either i just it looks like something that team's going to have to take a long time to figure out how to stop you know even if they try to use four defenders with those two tight ends brady's going to go out and to stop. Even if they try to use four defenders with those two tight ends, Brady's going to go out and find his wide receivers and running backs that are open instead.

So there really is no way to slow down this offense with Brady running it, so the Bengals are going to need to force turnovers to keep this close. The only way they're going to force turnovers is to force fumbles, and this team has been pretty secure with the ball. So I think the Patriots are going to score a ton of points today. I think the Bengots are going to score a ton of points today.

I think the Bengals are going to struggle to stop them. And the only way that they have a shot is to score a ton of points. And the loss of Jamie Collins is absolutely going to hurt the Patriots. And it gives Cincinnati that break, one of the breaks that they need offensively, something that's been hard to come by. Can Andy Dalton find his new carpet receivers in the red zone? Last week, old friend Brandon LaFell, he caught two garbage time touchdowns versus Dallas. Can that carry over into today's

game? It's the question that all Cincinnati fans are wondering. My prediction is that it will to a degree. I do think that Cincinnati is going to start getting the passing game going. LaFell does look healthier, and when he's healthy, he can catch the ball, and he's focused. He definitely is a different player. So I think that they're going to get it going a little bit,

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