Patriots are not SETTLING for postseason consolation prizes

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00:00Feel about that comment there from Mike Vrabel.

00:01No consolation prizes there, man.

00:03I hope that they truly feel that way.

00:06I think Vrabel does.

00:07I don't have any doubts about him.

00:09I mean, you know, given how he approached things when he played here

00:13and what that was all about.

00:15And I would say that overall, you know, I believe him.

00:18I think that the team has taken on that personality,

00:20and I hope that that's how they're approaching it.

00:23That's how they should approach it.

00:25The thing that bugs me the most, and we touched on this the other day,

00:29when you get to these sorts of games in this kind of season,

00:33and when I say this kind of season,

00:35they've obviously had a tremendous regular season.

00:39Okay, 14-3.

00:41Nobody predicted that.

00:43Nobody.

00:44And with a great understanding of why no one predicted that,

00:48because the odds of it were astronomical.

00:50So here they are.

00:52Does that mean now it's okay to go out and lose and suck, and that's okay?

00:56Like, to me, you've got the chance now.

00:58You got a chance earlier than you expected, so make something of it.

01:03Now, does that mean it's Super Bowl or bust?

01:06No.

01:07But you have a beatable team in your building Sunday night,

01:11West Coast, warm weather, coming here,

01:14all those things added together.

01:16Win the game.

01:18Win the game, and then see what the next one is.

01:21I think it's really easy, and in some respects, I can see why you would do it,

01:26or they would do it, is to say that at this point they're playing with house money.

01:30Yeah, they've defied expectations internally, too.

01:33And not just that.

01:34I think they accomplished what they set out to accomplish,

01:36which is change the culture of the team, the nature of the team,

01:41establish May as the quarterback, reestablish Rabel as a coach of the future,

01:45and, like, they've done all that.

01:47So, no matter what happens going forward,

01:50I think it's easy for them to sit there and say the rest is house money.

01:52But, you know, I don't live in that world.

01:55I would hope they're not living in that world,

01:57that now they have a real chance.

01:58And even if things continue to progress, given the way circumstances are

02:03and the way the league works, that you may not be in as good a position for years.

02:07You could be a better team next year and the year after and not have a number two seed.

02:11I guess that's just the way it works.

02:12Strength of schedule, injuries, et cetera.

02:15Circumstance, who knows?

02:16Contracts, all those things.

02:18So, this could be their best chance.

02:20Yeah, now's the time to think big and get delusional.

02:22Is he supposed to stand up there and say, well, you know,

02:24it is only the quarterback's second year and we've defied our own expectations

02:28and we're going to be realistic about it.

02:30No.

02:30You say, there's no consolation prize.

02:32We want to win the whole thing.

02:33So, what are the stakes?

02:35What are the stakes?

02:36I mean, it's a simple question for every team that's win and go home,

02:40but there's different stakes.

02:42Like, I mean, in Buffalo, you're talking about if they don't push through this year

02:46with Mahomes out and Burrow out, do they make changes in the organization,

02:50with the coaching staff?

02:51I mean, that's sort of they're at a crossroads there.

02:53Big stakes, I think, for Sean McDermott and the Bills.

02:56Those are different stakes than yours.

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