The case for the Patriots trading down

Tom Curran and Phil Perry are live from radio row in Las Vegas. The guys welcome in Eric Eager and former NFL GM Thomas Dimitroff, both now of Sumer Sports, to debate whether or not the Patriots should trade down from third overall in this spring’s NFL Draft. Then the guys talk more with Thomas Dimitroff about whether he’d be interested in a return to New England, the value of a football ‘overlord’ for a franchise and if he thinks Bill Belichick will be coaching in 2025.

1:00- Making the case for and against the Patriots trading out of the third overall pick

17:00- Would Thomas Dimitroff have any interest in returning to Foxboro?

18:55- Why Thomas thinks there’s value to a franchise ‘football overlord’ and how it can be done correctly

24:05- How do Jerod Mayo and the Patriots prevent there from being too extreme of a culture change going forward?

27:15- Why didn’t things work out between Bill Belichick and the Falcons? Will Belichick be coaching in 2025?

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