The Patriots Podcast

2020 Week 15: Is it over? Pats lay a dud, Who starts at QB next week, Upsets and great games last week - Plus: Belichick vs. Flores with Pats in Miami

The Patriots had a lopsided LA road trip following up a blowout win over the Chargers with a virtual no-show performance on the same field against the Rams. Sean, Ryan, and JJ breakdown where they go from here before talking through some of the best NFL action last week and looking ahead the Patriots visiting the Dolphins is always difficult conditions

2020 Week 14: Domination - Is Belichick vs. Anthony Lynn worth 45 points? - Special teams is tops in the league - Young guns on defense - Plus Rams Super Bowl rematch and how Pats make the playoffs

Sean, JJ, and Ryan go over how the Patriots annihilated the Chargers and how that victory can propel them to sweeping the LA teams. Plus, looking around the AFC to figure out the Patriots rooting guide to get them into the playoffs and much much more. Thanks for listening!

2020 Week 13: Start the Winning Streak - How'd they win that game? - Props to Special Teams - Worst coaches in the NFL - Chargers skill vs. Patriots brains and much more..

Sean, Ryan, and JJ get together to talk trash about a Patriots victory. The defense did enough by holding Kyler Murray to under 200 yards of total offense, the offense was bad but opportunistic and the special teams carried the day as the Patriots approach .500. The guys go over the Thanksgiving games and talk about some of the worst coaching decisions of the week which leads right into Anthony Lynn and the Chargers. Blessed with a talented roster but hamstrung by poor coaching, how will the Chargers fare against a very fair Patriots squad?

2020 Week 12: Pats back on a skid - What was the defensive plan? - Cam makes plays with his arm - Can the Patriots make the playoffs? - Kyler Murray brings the showtime Cardinals to Foxboro in week 12

Ryan, JJ, and Sean talk about what the hell went wrong against the Texans before looking around the league and previewing the week 12 matchup with Kyler Murray and the Cardinals. Can then Patriots still make the playoffs? If you could add one player to their defense who would it be? All this and more

2020 Week 11 - Patriots best win since 2018 - Special guest Ryan re-joins the show - The 2020 Pats discover their identity - Are the Bills for real - Previewing the Texans in shambles

The guys are joined again by special guest Ryan to continue the good luck from last week's show and breakdown the upset victory over the Ravens. They cover how the defense stopped the run, how the offense ran it unstoppably, and what the path forward looks like for the 4-5 Patriots in a conference with 9 teams with at least 6 wins

2020 Week 10 - Finally a Win! With special guest Ryan Pray plus: How to fix the defense part II, the Dolphins are 5-3 and can we talk ourselves into the Patriots beating the Ravens?

The guys are joined by special guest Ryan Pray to dissect the narrow victory over the tanking Jets, try to find solutions for the Patriots problems on both sides of the ball, praise Nick Folk, marvel at the Dolphins and Bills, before trying to come up with any path for the Pats to upset the Ravens

2020 Week 9 - Fumbled away the game, How the Patriots can fix their run defense and find playmakers on offense - Plus the weekend of upsets and looking ahead to playing the hapless Jets

The Patriots had an up and down game against the Bills with a chance to win at the end. Cam Newton got something going in the second half and Damien Harris continues to come on strong. The guys discuss how to fix the tackling problem on defense, lay a lot of blame on the coaches, then look around the happenings in the NFL in week 8 and ahead in week 9.

2020 Week 8; What the F is going on? The plan to fix the broken offense and the porous defense. Plus Cards and Seahawks and looking ahead to Trade Deadline and Bills Faceoff

The guys discuss what the heck happened against the 49ers, are we still Patriots fans, and what the prospects are for a turnaround in New England. Looking ahead to the division tilt against the Bills and forecasting the NFL Trade Deadline and whether the Pats will be buyers or sellers.

2020 Week 7: What happened to the offense? Can we blame Covid or is more going on? The Bills lose again - And how do the Patriots matchup with the 49ers

Another year and another loss to the Broncos. Did Covid decide this game, what was Belichick thinking, and do we have cause for concern after the Patriots get thoroughly outplayed by a mediocre team?

Plus looking ahead to week 7 and the matchup with defending NFC champion 49ers with the Jimmy G return game.

2020 Week 5 Impressively Frustrating; Five game changing moments, Hoyer vs. Stidham, Unlikeable Mahomes, and Covid

The Patriots played great but still lost by 16 to the Chiefs because of dumb mistakes and missed opportunities. Belichick's great defensive gameplan executed beautifully but the offense could not cash in. If Newton's out, who's the QB going forward? Plus we look ahead to the Broncos coming to Foxboro in week 5