Locked On Patriots - Daily Podcast On The New England Patriots - New England Patriots ‘Monster Keys’ to Victory Over Seattle Seahawks? Stevenson, Gonzalez and More

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Starting point is 00:01:48 And it is the New England Patriots home opener. A lot of excitement in the air. And if people are excited in Foxborough, they're about to be even more excited by our guest today on Locked on Patriots. Here to lend his wisdom, his counsel, and of course, the keys to victory that only he can cut is our good friend, a legend himself, Thomas Murphy. Thank you for coming to me in friendship today and for lending your monster keys, Don Murphy.

Starting point is 00:02:14 Oh, happy to be here. Happy to be here. Just hope to help the ball club, man. And yeah, we got some keys to turn. We do, Murph. We got some keys to turn. I had the laser cutter out. I had the plasma cutter out this week because I want this team to get to 2-0.

Starting point is 00:02:28 Absolutely. And you know what? I think it is within striking distance for the New England Patriots to get to 2-0. Murph is going to tell us how to get there because, Murph, we all need a man who has powerful friends. We need a million dollars in cash. We need, Don Murph, those monster keys to victory that you carry in your pocket like so many nickels and nines and in that vein bud we have to pull upon your wisdom your counsel your reason to get to the monster keys to victory now last week against

Starting point is 00:03:00 the cincinnati bengals the new england patriots employed a solid rushing attack. They used that run to be able to facilitate limited play action, short routes to play behind what was a makeshift offensive line. And they did it with excellent defense and very timely special teams play. Now that's a pretty good formula, but we all know that from week to week things change, and the Seattle Seahawks undoubtedly saw what the New England Patriots did last week, and they're going to try to marginally disrupt what the Pats did last week. In your infinite wisdom, my friend, in your monster keys to victory, guide us through the process of what the New England Patriots need to do to gain the victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

Starting point is 00:03:45 Well, you know, first of all, they've got to sell out. They need to sell out this week. Stopping the Seattle run game is priority number one for DeMarcus and company. I know it's crazy to say, you know, you've got DK Metcalf, Jackson, Smith, and Jigba, and Tyler Lockett. How old is Tyler Lockett? Seems like I've been cutting keys about Tyler Lockett for more than a decade and a half now. Our good friend Paul Perillo of Patriots.com called him criminally underrated.

Starting point is 00:04:19 Oh, yeah. I think he's right on the money. Tyler is such a good receiver. Never gets the proper credit that he deserves at the national level. but he is someone you have to account for on every snap, everywhere on the field. He can beat you in a number of different ways. He sure can. He sure can.

Starting point is 00:04:33 And that's, that's why what makes this, this key a little confusing to some people, but you know, I can't, I can't not cut, see the forest for the trees. Okay. And Kenneth Walker, uh, the third is, is the big tree here. Okay. Up there in the Pacific Northwest. He's the big tree.

Starting point is 00:04:55 Luckily they're coming, uh, East, but you know, he's still that big tree. He's that Redwood. He put on one hell of a show last week. He's a little banged up right now, but if he's a go, he's the man that you have to stop. Do not let this man beat you. Yeah, without question. And Ken Walker is someone that my good friend and colleague here on the Lockdown Podcast Network, Corbin K. Smith, host of Lockdown Seahawks, talked about and said that a lot of what Seattle does offensively runs through Kenneth Walker. And it really reminded me of what the Patriots do on offense with Ramondre Stevenson.

Starting point is 00:05:29 They use him as the catalyst and help building a solid offense and a solid game plan and a solid attack. Look, if he can't make it, you're all of a sudden putting an awful lot of pressure. Now, if you're the Seahawks on Zach Charbonnet, you're putting it on Kenny McIntosh. They're the only other running backs on the roster so automatically that takes your trio down to two and it really lessens that depth chart that could be an issue and that could be where the New England Patriots could take advantage of the situation because don't forget right tackle George Fant is also doubtful right now with a knee injury. He's a big part of being able to spring that running game for Seattle.

Starting point is 00:06:07 So if he's unable to go and Ken Walker's unable to go, you have to think that Patriots front seven is going to be licking its chops trying to get after Geno Smith or at least marginally disrupt what the Seahawks team does offensively. Without a doubt, without a doubt. I have full credit in Brian Belichick. Yes, there's still a Belichick here in town. Uh, we'll have his DBs ready for, uh, the aforementioned wide receivers that we were talking about, but the trenches where this is, this game is going to be one. Okay. Set the damn edge. Okay. And I am talking to you, Mr. White, who has been,

Starting point is 00:06:41 uh, glorified and, um, and held up for the entire world to see this week. Even he played so well last week, they even drug tested the man. True, they did. But listen, superstars do not live by past pressure alone and getting to that quarterback. You've got to be able to set the edge. You want to replace Matthew Judon in the lexicon here? You need to set the edge and be better against the run. Last week, he was not great, folks. He was not great when it came to being run at. He needs to shed those blocks and get that running

Starting point is 00:07:17 back to the ground. I think that's exactly right. Keon is definitely going to zero in on using that aggressiveness that he used against the Bengals. I think that's a smart course of action against what is going to be a banged up offensive line. Corbin also talked about can the offensive line show up? Which one's going to show up? Are they going to be able to stop the Patriots front seven? Yeah, in a lot of regards, I really think that's going to be an issue. But what may be even more intriguing, and you touched upon this in your monster keys murph how's the Marcus Covington going to handle this trio of pass catchers that the Seattle Seahawks have because the Cincinnati Bengals pass catching

Starting point is 00:07:55 unit was severely banged up last week marginally disrupted as I like to say it's not the case with Seattle this week you're looking at Tyler Lockettett you're looking at dk metcalf and jackson smith and jingo this is a trio that really has the capability of matching up well with the secondary logic would think that christian is probably going to get dk i think he's the only one that has the size to be able to match up with him man on man jonathan jones tyler lockett that's a match that i think everyone sees coming right and that's going to be interesting and then of course jsn is going to end up probably drawing Marcus Jones. So I'm really looking forward to seeing this New England Patriots secondary match up against this trio.

Starting point is 00:08:34 I think that could be one of the more intriguing options that we see on Sunday. Yeah, or will it be Gonzalez over on the number two on Jackson Smith and Jigma and, you know, double teaming Junior with coverage over the top. They could go that way too. Also, looks a lot Belichickian. Very, very Belichickian. Very Belichickian. Absolutely.

Starting point is 00:08:55 But what are you going to do? That's how these guys were brought up. But I'll tell you what. We talked about nickels and dimes over the past five minutes. Michael mentioned it a little bit, me playing about nickels and dimes uh over the uh over the the past five minutes michael mentioned it a little bit you know me playing my nickels and dimes i expect to see um demarcus covington playing with nickels and dimes this weekend as well and mixing up his coverages um i don't think last week i called for quarters coverages i don't think they're going to get that with with the full uh Seattle's pass catchers being on the field.

Starting point is 00:09:28 I'm not sure that that quarter's coverage will cover that. I expect to see a lot of man mixed in there. But, yeah, we'll see our nickels and dimes thrown out there as well. The thing is, you're not going to confuse Geno Smitho smith right okay it's just not going to happen um we're not talking about rookies here we're not talking about second year guys geno smith has seen it all he's been in this league for a very long time as a starter as a backup he's run scout teams he's he knows what's coming. And one of the advantages that the Patriots have right now is there are wrinkles that have been added and talked about this week by men in that room that maybe Seattle hasn't seen yet on the defensive side of the ball. So we'll see what

Starting point is 00:10:22 happens there. Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned Gino Smith and I'm glad you mentioned the unlikelihood that he'll be fooled by anything that he sees. He has been in the league a long time. Now the Patriots are definitely going to try to counter that. You know, they're going to try to show him a wrinkle. That's another Belichickian page out of the Mayoian, I don't know, is Mayoian a word? Let's make it a word. Out of the Mayoian playbook that's being run right now in new england but at the same time um smith is also someone that can extend plays with his legs he can make plays with his legs he scrambled for 34 yards and a touchdown last week against the denver broncos um like jacoby he's got the ability he's got solid mobility and that will help him avoid pressure in the

Starting point is 00:11:04 pocket so if they're going to try to hang their hat on the Geno Smith train to try to get this offense in gear, DeMarcus has got to have a way to be able to counter it. Is it with a strong showing up front, or is it with this secondary making plays and really kind of locking down his targets and keeping guys at bay? And don't forget the safeties, folks. Kyle Duggar has been limited in practice all week long with an ankle injury he's questionable right of a betting man I still think there's a chance that he suits up I don't think he's going to sit this one out but does that mean now that a guy like Noah Fant has a cleaner uh opportunity to maybe get some receptions

Starting point is 00:11:41 this could mean a big game for Jalen Hawkins and I think Jabril Peppers comes in and chips in here as well so it's going to take a solid effort on the defensive side of the ball and it's definitely one of the major monster keys to victory but one of the big questions in New England all week long is can the offensive line who surprised a lot of people in week one do the same in week two can they continue to exceed expectations and help not only protect the quarterback, but also spring forward what has been a strong running game? This is a major monster key that Murph is adamant needs to be turned. How does it get turned? The man himself is going to reveal that in just a moment

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Starting point is 00:15:41 And Murph, the previous segment, we went defensive heavy on the monster keys to victory and we talked about the game plan that DeMarcus Covington may employ we talked about the offensive challenges that the Seattle Seahawks present but we all know that if the Patriots are going to win this game they're going to need output on offense and my take is that they're going to need more than 16 points to do it if they're going to need output on offense and my take is that they're going to need more than 16 points to do it if they're going to they need solid contributions from the running game yep they need to improve their passing game and they really need a solid effort a stellar effort from their offensive line while you were cutting your monster keys this week do you see elements that allow you to believe that this new england Patriots team can do it again for the second week in a row?

Starting point is 00:16:29 I do. I love the way the interior of this offensive line bullied a very stout Cincinnati Bengals defensive line. This game is going to be one in the trenches, like I said before, and on both sides of the ball. I want to see Ramon Dre get involved early and often and run the inside, pound the inside, allow him to get to the second level, break a tackle or two, move the chains that way. I'm not saying to abandon the outside run. It's just, it's not going to be a focal point this week. All right. It should not be a focal point this week. This, the Seattle defense that McDaniel has put together is, is one that's very fast, filled with playmakers and guys that, that like to get downhill and hit really hard. And I think exploiting the interior of their defensive line is going to be paramount. They're going to have to get into second and short situations, third and short situations,

Starting point is 00:17:36 to be able to turn that key that I cut every single week on third down. Okay, I would like to see them mix it up a little bit. Maybe get a little further into the depth chart and we could possibly, possibly see a little Jamichael hasty this weekend. I know he's, he's listed as questionable right now, but Antonio Gibson can also catch the ball out of the backfield, you know, keep them guessing, but, you know, bully it up front, run it up the gut for lack of a better term. I'm sorry, folks. I know you guys want to see more excitement. You know, you were promised more excitement all

Starting point is 00:18:17 off season, but let's go for number two here and let's play it smart. Absolutely. And I think the Patriots will play it smart. And look, I think you bring up a very, very good point about bullying from the inside. The Patriots are going to need to do that. And that task may be a little bit easier this week because linebacker Tyrell Dodson, Jerome Baker, they may not end up suiting up for this game, either one or both. Both are listed as questionable right now for this team. So it's going to be very interesting to see what happens over the course of Saturday and right up to Sunday when inactives are announced, whether or not either Baker or Dotson or both end up on the shelf. If that's the case,

Starting point is 00:18:56 that's going to put an awful lot of pressure on Jonathan Hankins and Leonard Williams up front. These guys were very good against Denver last week. They really gave Bo Nix a lot of difficulty trying to find a comfort zone. They held the Broncos to 20 carries for only 64 yards. That's excluding Nix kind of getting out and scrambling a little bit. But bottom line, this team right now could be ripe for the pickings if the Patriots play their game smart. So if they get a solid effort from the interior of that offensive line, it may help to take pressure off tackles right now. That could be a problem.

Starting point is 00:19:31 If the Patriots can play solid on the interior, maybe that might help to mitigate some of the problems they have on the left side. Something also to watch, that interior, probably going to be manned again by one Michael Jordan. No relation to his airness, folks. City So out once again. He is officially out for this game with an ankle injury. Murph, you and I talk a little bit about this offline on a regular basis,

Starting point is 00:19:56 and we did so all throughout the week. Not a big surprise that City is not going here. Probably want to rest this kid, make sure he's ready for subsequent weeks. The Patriots played relatively well last week without him. So I think they're looking at this game as an opportunity to give him an additional week's worth of rest. I agree. I've said on many occasions, we're probably not going to see him until week four. It makes absolutely no sense to rush a big man back on an ankle like this. It's not something that, uh, that heals overnight and, and week four is a best case scenario in my estimation. Yeah, absolutely.

Starting point is 00:20:32 I'm not a doctor. I don't play one on TV. I'm just a big round guy that's had ankle problems. Yeah, exactly. And you know what? Sometimes that intuition is as valuable as any that you'll find because you've been there before, you know what that's like, and I'm in agreement with you. I think they're taking the right approach on City, and I think they will continue to do so. Layden Robinson, questionable for this game, folks, with a shoulder injury, but he was a full participant on Friday, so I wouldn't read too much into that. We did get a chance to talk to Layden earlier this week through the media, so that's always a good sign. I'd look for him to suit up, and boy, they're going to need him on that right side alongside Michael Wenu.

Starting point is 00:21:08 I think that is going to be, once again, the strong suit of this offensive line and look for Ramondre Stevenson, along with the blockers up front, to try to get that right side going, and they can start making things happen in the running game. But, Murph, one of the things about this passing game that we keep hearing all week, and our good mutual friend Steve Balistrieri joined me earlier this week, and we talked about the need for the passing game to increase and for them to take more shots down the field. Seattle employs one of the best secondaries in the league. I mean, you saw what

Starting point is 00:21:39 Devin Witherspoon and Reek Woolen did against the Denver Broncos last week. 34 yards allowed, one interception, two forced incompletions, and a 14.6 passer rating allowed. That's a hell of a day for a secondary. And they're not just cornerback deep. This team is also safety deep. Julian Love is somebody that can get in there and make things happen. This is a very good secondary that can make life difficult on Jacoby Brissett. Is this the week that the Patriots really want to try to push downfield, knowing that secondary, the problems they're having on the offensive line? Or do you see them once again using the short game to try to keep Jacoby healthy, first of all, and also to try to advance the ball for the run game to get going? Yeah, not to totally cop out here, but they're going to have to take their shots downfield,

Starting point is 00:22:27 but it doesn't have to be a focal point. Okay? You know, if you're going to want to open things up for those guys underneath, you're going to need to stretch the field. I mean, last week, the play at a halftime was unsuccessful on paper, but it made Cincinnati think. It gave them pause.

Starting point is 00:22:52 They knew that this was going to happen. It forced the Bengals to respect the deep ball, and the Patriots are going to have to do that again if they're going to turn the key that I think is going to be paramount in this win tomorrow, and that's more Pop, more better. Pop Douglas was really ignored last week. I'm not sure. I don't think that was the plan.

Starting point is 00:23:19 But Brissette was a little nervous in the pocket, and you wouldn't know what to look at it at first. But he was taking his first read almost on every play. This week, I want Pop Douglas to be that first read a lot more often. And when he is an option A, Jalen Polk needs to. But to be able to do that, they're going to have to clear out the middle of the field to allow them to make these catches, make contested catches. And that's the other thing.

Starting point is 00:23:53 I really want to see Brissette trust these guys to make those contested catches. They, they weren't, they were NFL open, open last week. You know, a lot of people said there wasn't a lot of separation. They were NFL open last week. A lot of people said there wasn't a lot of separation. They were NFL open last week. Get the ball to these guys. I know Jacoby doesn't have the quickest release in the NFL, but no, he's not Dan Marino back there when it comes to getting rid of the ball. So let these guys get into a slight pattern

Starting point is 00:24:21 and then go get me that yak that i really love but they're gonna have to take those shots downfield steve is right about that um just two or three just to keep these as we talked about these these safeties you know thinking in the back of their heads that wow there goes taekwon i i've really got to double up on that man otherwise he could end up burning us quick absolutely again another mutual friend of ours phil perry of nbc sports boston wrote about that uh early on this week and said it's time to unleash pop and i do agree with you i think this is an opportunity for him to showcase what he can do and i think jacoby would be smart to do that murph before we take

Starting point is 00:25:00 our leave of this subject i have to ask you the question that I've been waiting to ask you all week long. Caden Wallace last week, utilized as an extra lineman on 18 snaps. Claire Cooper ordered a Caden Wallace jersey this week. Absolutely. You've got to love that. You know, tight endage all over the place and nothing Claire loves more than tight endage. But bottom line, when you look at how the Patriots employed Caden last week, do you think we could see something similar to what they're doing this week?

Starting point is 00:25:29 Or do you think that was essentially a way for them to be able to navigate against Cincinnati's defense? No, I really do think that they're going to utilize him again in the same way. Not a lot, but he'll get mixed in a little bit because, unfortunately, they have to. Okay. They need that extra tackle out there, you know, go out there, you know, I'm eligible. And that was the thing. Everybody talked about the brilliance of that plan. It was, it was in Mayo's back pocket and I'm glad it was there. Okay. But, uh, he pulled that out because things stopped

Starting point is 00:26:05 working. Right. All right. And you had to go that way. That outside stretch run was not working in the way that, that, uh, that they had hoped because quite frankly, they don't have the horses. They've got ponies. Okay. And until we get some horses at the tackle position, especially on the left-hand side, they're going to have to do that. They're going to have to do that. And so, yeah, I think we will see a little bit more of it. I think, you know, the Patriots got a little happy in the press conference afterwards, especially Jacoby, in saying that, you know, we lined up that way. Everybody knew what we were going to do, and they weren't able to stop us. So, yeah, I think that the Patriots have it in their head that that's the way to go and we're going to end up seeing more of it. Yeah, absolutely. And of course it worked down

Starting point is 00:26:54 the stretch. You look at what happened with Ramondre Stevenson in the closing minutes, final eight plays, he got the ball on seven of them, excluding the kneel downs. So you know, the Patriots are going to be going back to that well if it runs dry that's where they're going to have to get inventive but if it continues to yield a pretty good return then i think the patriots go that again so thank you for your infinite wisdom and your expertise when it comes to a subject like that especially the old line done murph folks as i love to say here on locked on patriots and do several times per week as the late

Starting point is 00:27:26 great Gorillamon Soon Murph would say the time for the talk is just about over and we are ready to bring you up to kickoff on Sunday September 15th Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts as the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots get ready to do

Starting point is 00:27:42 battle in week two, the New England Patriots home opener. Before we do so, the man who defines the word every day are here on Locked On Patriots, our good friend LJ at show underscore one. Murph, we teased about it earlier this week about doing a Monster Keys mailbag mashup with Mike and Murph. And this was the question of the week, but I really want to give a tip of the cap to LJ

Starting point is 00:28:04 who asked multiple questions on the offensive line all week long, really honing in on City. So Leighton Robinson, whether or not we were going to see Caden Wallace take additional snaps as a blocker. These are the types of things we love to see. So LJ, thank you for this segment. And we always appreciate that. And once again, folks, please continue to send in your questions each and every day whether there's a mail call or not murph and i always go through the mailbag and who knows maybe you'll get a segment dedicated to you just like lj did here today but bottom line bud we are

Starting point is 00:28:37 ready to offer our game predictions and maybe a little something extra on what to watch for when the pats and the seahawks hook up this Sunday at Gillette in week two. Bringing it all home for you in just a moment when this episode of the Locked On Patriots podcast wraps up right here on the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Listen up, Locked On listeners. Football is back and there's never been a better time to use PrizePix, America's number one daily fantasy sports app with over 5 million active members. PrizePix is the easiest and most exciting way to play daily fantasy sports. And unlike those other apps on PrizePix, it's just you against the numbers.

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Starting point is 00:30:35 getting you ready for kickoff and a week two matchup Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern. The Patriots hosting the Seattle Seahawks in their home opener. The pats come at this one and oh they're looking to go to an oh but guess what folks so are the seattle seahawks they would like nothing more than to ruin the patriots homecoming already our good friend the legend himself thomas murphy has lent his monster keys to victory and i think laid out a very clear path on how the patriots can bring home win number two in as many weeks Murph how do you see this one shaking out do the Patriots make it two in a row

Starting point is 00:31:12 on Sunday if they can um turn the keys that that they turned last week yes yes they can but I mean what they did last week was they turned every weekly. They turned every one of the weekly keys that I lay out, that I cut. Limit the laundry. They didn't get a lot of penalties. They didn't end up playing behind the chains. Win the turnover battle. That will not be as easy this week as it was last week, believe me. Owning third down.

Starting point is 00:31:42 Again, they're going to have to get it into second and third and short to be able to do this. They owned third down on both sides of the ball last week. But less than 50% is not going to be enough. Own the red zone. All right? This is probably one that they didn't turn all the way last week. They were able to kick field goals, but they didn't get sixes. I want sixes, not threes this week.

Starting point is 00:32:05 And of course, you know, flip the field. Bryce Berenger was fantastic last week. I expect nothing less of him this week. If they can do those things, if they can keep it the way that, you know, play within themselves, not get stupid, they should be able to go 2-0. I think it's going to be another low scoringscoring game on both sides of the ball. These are two fantastic defenses. And I see the Patriots winning this game 17-13.

Starting point is 00:32:33 Ooh, interesting final score prediction. I predicted earlier that if the Patriots were going to win this, it was going to take more than the 16 that they put up against Cincinnati. And you did get it by one. And I will say that again, I think if the new England Patriots are to make it two in a row, which I do think is a distinct possibility. First of all, they do have to establish the run once again.

Starting point is 00:32:53 I know it is repetitive. I know it's something that they've done. I know it's something that everyone's expecting, but it is a key in what Alex Van Pelt loves to do. And it's such a big part of the way this team is going to be able to attack a Seattle defense right now that I think could be primed to be hit when it comes to the running backs. You know, we love to quote Godfather quotes here, Murph. You know, they hit us, so we hit them back.

Starting point is 00:33:17 So I think right now that's where they're vulnerable. That's where the New England Patriots are going to try to attack. And if they do that, they can find traction with Ramondre Stevenson. They can find traction with Antonio Gibson. Michael Hastie, like you said before, a little banged up. Maybe he goes, maybe he doesn't. But if that's the case, Patriots still have a good one-two combination. And Kevin Harris is still on this roster, folks.

Starting point is 00:33:38 He is a member of their practice squad. So keep a sharp eye. Michael Jordan will probably be one of the elevations. Maybe the Patriots make Kevin Harris. We hit Bruno Tattaglia at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Yeah. Bruno cancels out what they did to my father. What do you say?

Starting point is 00:33:56 Ba-da-beep, ba-da-bop, ba-da-boop, ba-da-beep. But again, with establishing the run comes controlling the line of scrimmage. And they did that last week to a T. They did it to perfection. I think they'll have a little bit more of a difficult time doing it against Seattle than they did against Cincinnati. I think Seattle is going to be ready for them to try to do that. The Patriots may have to get inventive a little bit in their methods

Starting point is 00:34:17 of being able to win this game in the trenches. And once again, it's always a monster key, folks. It's always a must-have. It's always something that we talk about on our crossovers each and every week Patriots need to force and they need to capitalize on turnovers they did that well against the Cincinnati Bengals can they force this Seattle team into a mistake and turn the tide and keep the momentum on their side if they do that you always have a puncher's chance to win this game so i think the new england patriots will take this game i am picking them to win this i have the pats coming

Starting point is 00:34:50 out on top 21-17 against this seattle team i think the patriots are going to feel that home crowd a little bit i think there's going to be a little more optimism in foxborough than maybe we thought there was going to be two weeks ago i think the Patriots ride that to a victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. I don't agree. And that is the spice of life. I don't agree. It is the spice of life. I don't think they're going to get that high.

Starting point is 00:35:18 Nomechek does not believe that they're going to get the score there. But I do think they come out on top. Take the points, take the pats, and the under. Interesting, folks. And definitely, when our good friend Connor Murphy-Fisto talks, he listens. He is the EF Hutton here of Locked On Patriots, of the Locked On Podcast Network.

Starting point is 00:35:39 Whenever he talks, we're always listening. We stop what we're doing. We cup our ear. Folks, what are your thoughts what are your game predictions if you're watching this on youtube drop us a comment in the comment section below let us know your final score prediction maybe we'll share that on monday when murph and i are back here in action breaking down all of the ins and outs the ups and downs of the week two matchup between the pats and the seattle seahawks and of course if you're listening

Starting point is 00:36:04 to this podcast and not viewing it on YouTube, you can always reach out and share your predictions on X at MDABATENFL at LO underscore Patriots, or you can definitely tag Murph as well at TMurph207. Bud, what can I say? Thank you so much for coming along on the ride. We started off the week together. We closed the week together. What better way to bring you up to kickoff folks than with the wisdom, the counsel, and the monster keys of my good friend, Thomas Murphy. Before I let you go, my friend, please let everyone know where they can reach out to you, interact with you, and what you got marinating in Murph's kitchen

Starting point is 00:36:39 between now and Monday when we welcome you back to the hot seat. Nothing. I've got baseball. I've got double headers on Saturday and Sunday. So do not tweet any scores to me on Sunday, please. Absolutely, folks. As far as we're concerned, Murph is in the dark ages on Sunday. Until he returns home, he doesn't want to hear your scores. He doesn't want to hear your updates. He's going to turn off notifications. But fear not, folks, because our good friend, the Count of Murphy Fisto himself, will be

Starting point is 00:37:08 back here on Monday, as will I, as we continue to break down all of the ins and outs, the ups and downs of whether it be a Patriots victory or a loss. It'll be a victory Monday or it'll be a melancholy Monday. But either way, we'll be back here to bring you the very latest from Foxborough. In the meantime, I would also like to thank once again, my good friend, the Count of Murphy Fisto himself, a legendary Thomas Murphy for joining me here on the microphone today. And of course, most importantly, we thank each and every one of you for all of the support you provide to Lockdown Patriots each and every day, each and every week.

Starting point is 00:37:41 You help make the show what it is, and we appreciate you more than words can say. And on that note, folks, I am Mike DeBate, and on behalf of my good friend Thomas Murphy, we remind you to stay safe, to stay well, to be the change you wish to see in the world. Have a great day, everyone. Enjoy the game on Sunday. If you're headed to Gillette, have a great time.

Starting point is 00:38:01 Drive safe, enjoy the game responsibly, and make sure to get home safe as well. Have a great time. Drive safe. Enjoy the game responsibly and make sure to get home safe as well. Have a great weekend and we'll see you back here again next time on Locked on Patriots.

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