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Starting point is 00:01:12 A passing game that produces only 148 yards and converting only four of 13 on third down. It is no wonder your New England Patriots fell to one and four on the 2024 nfl season 15 to 10 lost in the miami dolphins on sunday at gillette stadium jacoby brissett 18 of 34 160 passing yards before adjustment that is and opting for a midfield bound hunter henry on his final throw of the game when a sideline target was desperately needed an overturned touchdown call which still has Patriots fans upset folks it was a major letdown in Foxborough and here today to help us break it all down is the return the triumphant return of a fan favorite here on Lockdown Patriots my good friend that kind of Murphy Pisto himself Thomas Murphy it is good

Starting point is 00:02:03 to see you back and healthy, John Murphy. Thank you, bud. I was missing my time here with you and, of course, all of you out there. Thank you for all the prayers, the well wishes, the good karma that got sent to me after my unfortunate car accident. And here I am. You can't kill me. You can't. I'm immortal.

Starting point is 00:02:26 What does not kill you makes you stronger. And Murph, I think that's actually a really good segue into what we're going to be talking about with the New England Patriots. Because it's almost killing our fan base right now to watch this team. It is weakening our fan base significantly. A lot of questions surrounding the way this team played on Sunday. Murph, obviously, the Dolphins coming in here without Tua Tagovailoa, without Jalen Phillips. significantly a lot of questions surrounding the way this team played on sunday murph obviously the dolphins coming in here without to a tug of iloa without jalen phillips the pass rush is definitely weakened their offense at nearly a standstill a lot of people looked at this as a

Starting point is 00:02:55 potential get right game for the new england patriots but a lot of questionable decisions along the way the calls are getting louder for drake may to step in and now be the quarterback of this team gerard mayo as he usually does every monday speaks to the greg hill show on weei it's typically a time where he will give a pretty solid endorsement to jacoby brissett and say not jacoby's our starter look this happened that happened we've got to be better collectively we all have to do better we heard some of the collective we all have to do better on monday morning but one thing we didn't hear was that vote of confidence and it's getting a lot of people to speculate now including espn's adam schefter that a change may be afoot for your new england patriots but based on what you saw

Starting point is 00:03:40 yesterday on the field based on everything the patriots are going through taking under account mayo's comments on monday yeah are we looking at a beginning of the May era in week six in Foxborough this weekend yeah I I heard I saw Mike uh Mike Reese's tweet this morning about what Mayo had to say I I did not listen to the show and I immediately uh quote tweeted it and said that May will be starting Sunday that's it it's a few weeks earlier than than i had predicted that i had hoped for um i was hoping that it would come out um you know the maybe play the colts game have the week off after that to digest everything and get back into it the patriots simply cannot win with jacoby brissett okay itett. Okay, it's gotten that bad.

Starting point is 00:04:25 Let me give you some, 121, 149, 98, 168, and 160. All right, those are the passing yards that Jacoby Brissett has put up in each game this year. One win. This team peaked in week one. Been playing consistently less good football since that point in time. Amunra St. Brown has the same amount of touchdown passes this year as Jacoby Reset. Okay?

Starting point is 00:05:00 That's a damning stat. No disrespect to Amunra St. Brown, but he's a wide receiver, folks, just in case you didn't know that. He's lined up way the hell out here. Jacoby Brissett is often under center or behind. He actually lines up correctly, but after that, there's not a lot going on. He's missing open guys. He's overthrowing people. And what has come to fruition was my initial fear that this team would panic.

Starting point is 00:05:30 They would be one and five, one and four, and they would throw this kid out there to the Lions. I didn't understand the game plan for Sunday, but if it was to ruin any chance of winning and keeping Jacoby Brissett under center, it was accomplished. Look, if you're a Jacoby Brissett fan or you're an advocate of keeping him in the lineup right now, you can look at it and say he didn't turn the ball over on Sunday. He doesn't turn the ball over typically. Jacoby is not a turnover machine, but Boston Herald's Doug Kite pointed this out, and I think this is a very interesting point. With the game on the line through four straight incompletions

Starting point is 00:06:12 from the Dolphins' 12-yard line with just over a minute left, Patriots still had three timeouts left on the clock. On the final play, 12 seconds, I alluded to this earlier, no timeouts. He completes a pass to Hunter Henry in the middle of the field. That's going to cause the club to run out. Great pass, great reception by Hunter. I would have loved that in the third quarter. Exactly.

Starting point is 00:06:32 That's what you need to see when there's time left on the clock or a timeout, or at least the opportunity to advance a little bit more down the field. I think this was a microcosm for the Patriots season, believe it or not, Murph. This is a situation where you finally see something come together and look pretty good from pass to completion, but it's the wrong place at the wrong time. And play calling has to definitely shoulder a lot of that responsibility. But in that regard, you're a veteran quarterback. You've got to show a little bit more heads up in that situation gerard mayo on monday morning called this a mis-execution on multiple levels i think he was referring to play

Starting point is 00:07:10 calling he should be referring to himself all right because this was a terrible game plan to see he is the head coach you could put it on the the the offensive head coach if you want. All right. But at, you know, at a certain point, okay, when you're first and 10 on the Miami 12 yard line with three timeouts, as Mike just said, and Doug had run the ball. This is what you do. You run the ball. You ran the ball well all day long. Everybody you handed the ball off to. All right.

Starting point is 00:07:46 Chunk plays in New England come from the running game. All right. One of the keys that was turned was to take more shots at the red zone from further out. I meant, you know, out by the 20, not out by the 30. But Ramondre looked fantastic. Okay. I asked for more Gibson. But Ramondre looked fantastic. Okay? I asked for more Gibson. I got a little more Gibson.

Starting point is 00:08:08 I think they were both in for the exact same amount of snaps, but Gibson didn't get as many touches as Ramondre did. And run the damn ball. You had three timeouts. Right. Okay? You could have gotten another first down there. You were at the 12.

Starting point is 00:08:26 It was just infuriating. It was terrible to watch it live. I was at work and I'm trying to watch and try to work at the same time. Then I get home and I do my replay stuff and I was losing my mind. I was losing my mind.

Starting point is 00:08:42 That one sequence of plays when, you know, you can't put this loss right now for the first time on the offensive line. You can put it on the offensive coordinator and the quarterback because they did not get their jobs done this week. It was, it was a terrible game plan. I said it in last week's keys, you have to establish your identity every single week. Right. And for whatever reason, Alex Van Pelt decided he was going to come out and sling it on, on Sunday.

Starting point is 00:09:20 How many dropbacks did, did Jacoby have? Do you have that number, Michael? 40, 40 dropbacks did Jacoby have? Do you have that number, Michael? 40. 40 dropbacks. And according to this, pressured on only 16. That's a season low. That's a season low. Well done, Viderian Lowe. Okay. Welcome back, Viderian Lowe, who I didn't see give up a pressure all day. Yep. He was not credited with one pressure all day. No. I'm a little upset about the center play. You know, Nick Leverett, you know, nine times, nine times. Nine times.

Starting point is 00:09:50 He gave up pressures. Okay. That's nine more than I gave up on Sunday. And that's bad. All right. I'm a very large man who used to play this position, and this man is out of position. Okay. He really is.

Starting point is 00:10:05 The only good thing that I could say is he got the ball into Jacoby's hands every time he snapped it. Considering the problems the Patriots have had in that area, Murph, yeah, you have to call that a win. A win. Give Nick some credit. Obviously, stepping in for a legend like David Andrews is not an easy task. There's no question about it.

Starting point is 00:10:23 But I think you hit on so many points. First of all, the establishment of the run. Alex Van Pelt not living up to what we were all sold was going to be his bread and butter. A solid running game. Lean on the running game. Even at times, maybe lean unnecessarily on the running game to establish your identity.

Starting point is 00:10:40 You're averaging more yards per run than you are per pass on sunday right and you throw the ball four times from the 12 7.9 yards per run attempt for the new england patriots that's a team best that's a season best for the new england patriots you had to ride ramondre and antonio that was working i don't understand why they abandoned it down the stretch and in key situations that's on play calling and I think you definitely make a good point. Yes, you want to come at AVP. Ultimately, Gerard Mayo is the head coach. He shares some accountability for that. On the final drive, again, just inexcusable to throw to Hunter Henry in that situation. You have Demario Douglas going toward the sidelines. That's an easy hit. That can stop the clock.

Starting point is 00:11:24 You also have, if you want to try to go for the win at that point, not something I would do, but if you do, Jalen Polk was closer to that line. There was nobody behind him. Exactly. There was no one behind Jalen Polk there. Take that shot. Beautiful throw. Would have loved it in the third quarter.

Starting point is 00:11:40 But I didn't, you know, I didn't understand it there. There was nothing to do. We had two men behind him it was unreal hulk had nobody behind him yeah no one just loft the ball over and he had the step um i i god i'm sorry folks i'm sorry i think stupid yeah this is the reason that the patriots lost this game because they were more stupid than their opponent. Yeah, exactly. And I think you echo the sentiments of all Patriots fans right now. And most of us here in the media that are starting to look at this, look, I've been as staunch of an advocate of giving Drake May all the time in the world to get him out there. Don't rush him out there.

Starting point is 00:12:18 After what you saw yesterday, it's hard not to say that Drake May is going to give this team a better chance to win. The only thing that I worry about, and this is my question to you, my friend, before we move on to the other reasons the Patriots lost this game on Sunday, is are the Patriots now forced to go to the well a little bit too quickly before that bucket can fill? Are you worried about the impact this could have on Drake May, putting him out there too soon? Yeah, yeah, without a doubt. That's the way that – that's the reason it played out this way.

Starting point is 00:12:49 And I hope I'm wrong, folks. I really do. I hope he goes out there and kills it. All right? But my entire thing has always been let this kid learn. He has not played a lot of football. Okay? And getting 30% of of the snaps which also might

Starting point is 00:13:07 you know you know i've said in the past might have been hurting jacoby brissett taking 30 from him you know to to let drake drake get uh acclimated to everything but um but it's just it's just gotten to the point where he's not seeing the field at all. He is overthrowing his targets. He is underthrowing his – he refuses to throw anybody open. There is no anticipation to his game, whether he doesn't trust his wide receivers to make the right cut or the right break, or he doesn't trust himself. It's really – I can't believe I'm saying this, it's time. It's time.

Starting point is 00:13:49 I am tired of watching this inept stupidity put out here in front of you. We deserve better. You deserve better than this. Ultimately, Murph, we can point the finger as much as we want to at Jacoby Brissett, and I agree with you. I think this blame pie definitely needs to be on the plate of Brissett and, of course, the coaching staff. But they weren't the only reasons why the Patriots lost on Sunday. Undisciplined play.

Starting point is 00:14:15 Yeah, these things simply cannot happen. There's no question about it. And, of course, folks, Murph and I are well aware of Monday morning's developments and learning of the arrest of Patriots safety Jabril Peppers. All that and more when this episode of the Locked On Patriots podcast continues, a proud part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team, every day. Locked On listeners, when you're hiring for your small business, you want to find quality professionals that are right for the role.

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Starting point is 00:17:14 Check out Locked On NFL, a proud part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. And, folks, we continue to break down the 15 to 10 loss to the Miami Dolphins and here today to help us break it all down and share a lot of your angst on this one is my good friend the count of Murphy Fisto himself Thomas Murphy Murph in the previous segment we talked a lot about Drake May and the transition that appears to be imminent in handing the reins over from Jacoby Brissett to Drake concerns definitely there but I think we're both in agreement that it may just be time no matter what. I don't think the Patriots have a choice anymore.

Starting point is 00:17:50 I think a change is coming real soon, and it needs to, but we'd both be lying if we said that that was the only reason the Patriots lost on Sunday, and I want to delve a little bit deeper into that. The Patriots whistled for 14 penalties on sunday 13 of which at a detrimental effect our good friend espn's mike reese did a wonderful breakdown of some of these penalties and he labeled six of the patriots 13 penalties as being fully avoidable the horse collar tackle on keon white the roughing the passer in the headbutt, egregious, no excuse for either one of those. Then you have coaching problems with too many men, the punt return unit, Joshua Uche's runoff.

Starting point is 00:18:32 Exactly. That doesn't get, that doesn't happen. Call a bloody timeout. Illegal formation, that gets declined. That's Hunter Henry and Jalen Polk. A false start on Hunter Henry and then a false start on Nick Leverett when he moved the ball attempting to snap. When you see six avoidable penalties on the docket for the New England Patriots, what's the first thing that comes to your mind in terms of blame pie here?

Starting point is 00:18:54 Undisciplined coaching. Thank you. That's it. Absolutely. That's it. Okay. You have to practically beat it into these guys. Okay. To play within yourself, to play within the rules.

Starting point is 00:19:09 I mean, for God's sakes, man, a false start. How long have you been in this league, Junior? Okay. You know the snap count. You know, it's not like you're not a big round guy down, you know, in the mud. Got somebody right over him, you know, jumping in your face and you can get somebody to false start. All right. We're talking about a receiver on the edge and you sit there and you know the snap count and you can't do this. This is undisciplined play.

Starting point is 00:19:38 It's undisciplined coaching. This is terrible. And you can and this goes back the past couple of years. Okay. It's not just this year. So I'm not just laying this on Mayo for everybody out there that says that, that Murph is a Belichick stand. It was going on last year and it went on the year before undisciplined play.

Starting point is 00:19:57 I've said, I preach it and preach it and preach it every year. I mean, that's why it's part of the weekly keys limit the laundry. And this is the laundry. And this is the laundry that you can definitely limit. Without question. And I know a lot of my colleagues in the media were having a lot of fun at the expense of the officials yesterday and flags being thrown all around.

Starting point is 00:20:20 Yeah, the officials were flag happy. There's no question about it. I'm not going to deny that. But the penalties were there. But the penalties were there. And that is something that really, I think, needs to be. You can't do this. When you are struggling in the way that this team is, and the one thing that you can control are these types of

Starting point is 00:20:39 pre-snap penalties, you've got to do it. You have to. You can't hand any team, even the worst team in the NFL. Right now, it's the Patriots. The Patriots are the worst team in the NFL right now. It was a battle. It was a battle for the toilet bowl on Sunday. It was. It really was. The Patriots got flushed. You can't hand even a team like Miami, who's struggling in the same way that you are,

Starting point is 00:21:09 you can't just hand it to them. And that's what happened. Okay? You came in with a terrible game plan. You sat there. You put yourself behind the chains even more with these stupid, sub-moronic penalties. And they are.

Starting point is 00:21:22 They're really sub-moronic. To get a roughing the passer call there right after you get a horse collar call. All right. It's just you sit down. But there's nobody else there. Okay. There's no one else there right now. And I'm just at a loss.

Starting point is 00:21:41 And I really don't. When I say that Drake may is going to start next Sunday, that's because I have the feeling that, you know, they've been pressured into it. I would still rather not see him go out and get killed. And I don't want them to think that because the line played as well as it did, and they came out unscathed, nobody got hurt. Nobody on the line got hurt. And I think they're going to get another week in there. But I still, I don't think Drake is ready. It's just the fact that I think everybody's fed up.

Starting point is 00:22:15 I don't think that there's been a mutiny in the locker room, but there was the, that's something that I tip my hat to certain people for pulling out because there is some dissension in there. There is some. No question. Even if players aren't coming out and saying it people for for pulling out because there is some dissension in there there is some question even even if even if uh players aren't coming out and saying it when they're being interviewed by some of the best people in this business there's dissent because these guys all see it nobody hates their coach that's not what i'm saying but they are asking you know we've got we've got

Starting point is 00:22:43 something better over here. You know, can you, we're out here fighting for our lives. So could, could you guys help us out in the battle? You know, it's a trade deadline move that you don't have to, you don't have to do except put a guy in. So I think it's going to end up being this weekend. Again, going back to the holding calls, going back to these penalties that the Patriots have, undisciplined play has been a problem for the Patriots the last couple of years. And ultimately, the responsibility lies with the head coach at the time. In the last couple of years, Bill Belichick does deserve that criticism. This year, Gerard Mayo still does.

Starting point is 00:23:19 And in Mike's breakdown, you really see that. It's articulated and really, I think, put so well into print for people to see and for people to read. Yeah, I'm going to run off and read that right now. We talked about the six previous that were egregious. Like you said, bonehead penalties. I mean, there's no other way to sugarcoat that. The remaining six, with the exception of one more delay of game in the punt unit, which

Starting point is 00:23:40 probably was intentional by the way, but five out of six of them were holding calls. Yeah. Montre Jacobs, Ramondre Stevenson, Nick Leverett, Jalen Polk, but Darian Lowe, these all have to be better coached. And this is something that the Patriots need to work on this week. We've talked several times about, well, what are the Patriots going to do to improve? Ball security was number one priority heading into this game against the Miami Dolphins. The ball security was much better here. They need to do a much better job of coaching discipline, coaching these guys to better technique, better judgment calls, get these guys to make better decisions. The Ellis call. The DPI on Christian Ellis.

Starting point is 00:24:17 You know, third and 13. Yeah. Third and 13 and you get called for defensive PI on a five-yard out. Exactly. What are you doing? Yeah, it's true. It really, really is true. And there's a lot of frustration on New England Patriots fans' plates right now.

Starting point is 00:24:32 And there should be. And one area, Murph, that I don't think we'd be doing our job if we didn't at least touch upon it, was the touchdown at the end of the game, which could have swung the pendulum directly into the hands of the patriots let no mistake be made the correct call was made the way this rule is written the correct call was indeed made yeah whether you like it or whether you don't a toe drag is not the same as a toe tap no my problem is the rule itself i think it's kind of a ridiculous rule when you take a look at what to me you get two feet down you get two feet down and you have control it doesn't matter what happens after that exactly okay whether it's the toe whether it's the days where you couldn't even push somebody out of bounds when they were in the air and have it not be a catch

Starting point is 00:25:20 exactly all right so i it's a ridiculous rule, but it is the rule. If he had his heels down, it would have been a catch. Yeah. But he had, but he had the toe down. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:25:33 And that's gotta be, that's gotta be it. He came down. If he, if he dragged, sure. If he, even if he had tapped and his feet came up in the air and he got pushed out,

Starting point is 00:25:44 it still would have been a touchdown. I believe if I'm reading that right, but it didn't, it didn't meet the criteria. He stepped back and the, his heel was out of bounds. That's the way it is. You know, the foot didn't come back up and it didn't,

Starting point is 00:25:57 you know, stay there and he didn't get put. So that's the way the rule is. I thought it was a touchdown wrong on me. I thought it was a touchdown as well. And if you read the actual rule, the way the rule is. I thought it was a touchdown. Wrong on me. I thought it was a touchdown as well. And if you read the actual rule, the way the rule is written in the bylaws, if any part of the foot hits out of bounds during the normal continuous motion of taking a step, whether that be heel to toe or toe to heel, then the foot is out of bounds.

Starting point is 00:26:19 A player is inbounds if he drags his foot or if there is a delay between the heel or the toe or the toe or the toe and the heel touching the ground so the toe heel that caused this to be an incomplete pass folks was because there was one continuous motion from when the toe hit to when the heel hit if he dragged his feet or again if he tried to you know pull like a michael jackson lean style out of smooth criminal video then no he would have had a chance to do it. I understand why a lot of you are upset with that. Murph and I are not happy with the rule either,

Starting point is 00:26:52 but it was officiated correctly and it was called correctly. And you don't often see it called correctly. Exactly. You don't. That's what really ticked everybody else off because you don't see that. You see toes get down on the sideline and guys get pushed out and you know or they they fall but yep touchdown no problem and that's what screwed everybody up and that's

Starting point is 00:27:11 where consistency comes in in officiating these guys they they were they were flag happy as hell yesterday but they were getting the calls right everything that we're complaining about is a valid complaint because these guys got the call right yeah it made for a rough afternoon for the Dolphins and for the Patriots but the Dolphins made that a little bit better they were the ones that came out on top tip your cap and credit to them they were able to eke out a victory in a very ugly afternoon but the New England Patriots problems Murph are not just on the field now unfortunately taking a more ugly turn than we had thought. Yes, folks, on Monday morning, there was a problem with a Patriots player happening off field.

Starting point is 00:27:51 Jabril Peppers, yet another team captain whose status could be in question. We're going to talk about Jabril's arrest and the impact it may have on the Patriots on the field when this episode of the Locked On Patriots podcast wraps up right here on the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Hey, NFL fans, you can start the season with a big return on FanDuel, America's number one sports book. So when you get a hunch in the middle of the game, you can check out the latest stats, view live play by play

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Starting point is 00:29:04 as the Patriots continue to lick their wounds from a 15-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 5. That's dropping to 1-4 on the NFL season with the Houston Texans coming to town. 4-1 Houston Texans. Will we see Drake May under center or taking snaps at quarterback? That's the big question right now,

Starting point is 00:29:23 and we'll continue to talk about that each and every day this week right here on Locked on Patriots. So stay locked in. You're not going to want to miss a single second of the action. But here today, we are honored to welcome back our good friend, Thomas Murphy, who is back healthy, angry as ever, and we don't blame him one bit. And Murph, we've talked about this Patriots loss from a lot of different angles, but I'm going to have to segue off of that for just the time being because that's not the only story that the Patriots right now are dealing with in Foxborough of course Monday morning news breaking

Starting point is 00:29:55 that New England Patriots safety Jabril Peppers arrested on early Saturday morning on multiple charges this according to a report from Braintree Police. Police responded to an altercation at a home that led Peppers to being arrested at the scene. He's being charged with assault and battery. Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation, and possession of a class B drug that police believe to be cocaine. Peppers is expected to be arraigned in Quincy District Court on Monday. Murph at the time we're recording this his arraignment may actually be happening

Starting point is 00:30:28 obviously there's still a lot to learn with this and neither you nor i are legal experts enough to be able to comment on the type of legal danger that jabril peppers will be in as a result of this arrest but from a logistical and an on-field perspective, this is a huge blow to the New England Patriots. What were your thoughts when you first heard this? And what are your thoughts on what it may mean for New England moving forward? I was shocked. I was completely shocked and taken aback. Anybody that has ever, you know, listened to Jabril Peppers, you wouldn't think that this situation was something that would have his name attached to it. peppers you wouldn't think that that this situation was was something that

Starting point is 00:31:06 uh would have his name attached to it i really don't um this is my initial first reaction very good okay yeah i think that's an important point to make here folks there is still a lot to learn about the situation not even from commenting from a legal standpoint but just the circumstances surrounding this matter, such a sensitive issue and such a sensitive matter that, yeah, I think we owe it to all parties involved just to learn a lot more about what happened before any type of judgment is passed. You know, to his credit, Gerard Mayo was asked about this on WEI's Greg Hill show on Monday morning. He said, yes, I mean, there is a situation, you know, we're aware of the situation. He said Jabril called him and let him know what was going on. So the Patriots are aware. They did

Starting point is 00:31:50 issue a statement stating that they are aware of the incident involving Jabril Peppers. Police are currently investigating. They will have no further comment at this time saying that he's still a member of this team, meaning Jabril Peppers, and he will be until they find out more information from an on-field standpoint Murph obviously this could not come at a worse time for the New England Patriots who are already struggling with the health of their one of their team captains one of their anchors in that defensive backfield and that is Kyle Duggar New England Patriots needed Jabril to come in and be that stabilizing force. This is a team captain. He's expected to act in accordance with that honor.

Starting point is 00:32:29 Welcome back, Marty Mapo. Yeah, exactly. And here's the green dot. Why was Marty Mapo wearing the green dot? Because there wasn't anyone else on the team that could do it. And I'm glad you mentioned Marty Mapo because not only did he play a very good game coming back from an injury and coming back and playing his first game of the season but you're right he's also given the green dot in that respect and that is a sign of respect not only to the job that he

Starting point is 00:32:57 can do in terms of dictating and knowing where players and teams and teammates need to be but also his communication skills we We heard this from Bill Belichick since the guy walked through the door here after being drafted a couple of years ago, that Marte was very interested in going on the sidelines and learning from players, being very close to Juwan Bentley and trying to learn what he did in terms of directing traffic, being very close to Kyle Duggar. Marty Mapo is going to be such an integral force here in trying to help this secondary in what could be the absence of Jabril Peppers. Folks, we don't know the answers yet.

Starting point is 00:33:33 We don't know whether Jabril is going to miss time imminently or whether that's down the line. You have to think that's at least a possibility at this point. So the Patriots are going to need guys to step up. Hopefully, Kyle will be able to get back on the practice field sooner rather than later but you're going to miss Jabril Peppers out on that field 36 games for the New England Patriots he's appeared in since 2022 and coming through the door three interceptions two fumble recoveries one sack but he's a warrior out there he plays

Starting point is 00:34:02 every single snap every single round and he's a guy that you can always count on that's going to be a tough player to replicate and the New England Patriots right now are going to have the unenviable task of doing so if in fact he is removed from the roster or removed from this team's field of play for any time soon um yeah just a terrible incident all the way around and really coming at a bad time for the Pats. It really is. And I'm not going to sit here in judgment.

Starting point is 00:34:29 Like I said, you know, that was an initial reaction. Let's just wait to see everything that, and how everything plays out. Can we end on a good note, Michael? Absolutely. Bud, the highest note that we could possibly end on today is seeing you back here on the airwaves. We love having you around.

Starting point is 00:34:48 Thank you so much. I'm so glad that you're okay and everything is working well and progressing well there. Folks, you can catch him at TeamMurf207 on the Bird app, on Zitter, as my good friend likes to call it. Anytime he puts pen to paper, voice to microphone, every single week, folks, you have to turn Murph's monster keys. You check out the keys and turn them. You go to the top. You don't. You're never heard from again.

Starting point is 00:35:12 I stand by that. Always the best read of the week as far as I'm concerned. So thank you, my good friend, for joining me here today on Locked On Patriots. And, folks, we all thank you, each and every one of you, for making Locked On Patriots a daily part of your New England Patriots coverage. A lot more still to come, so stay locked in to Locked On Patriots, folks. You will not want to miss a single second of the action. But in the meantime, on behalf of my good friend Thomas Murphy, I'm Mike DeBate reminding all of you to stay safe, to stay well,

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