Yeah, sure sounds like Lombardi ran himself off the rails if that’s how it unfolded. I wonder if he thought he’d get a softball interview like 99 percent of these radio row interviews (or, really, sports radio interviews generally) are despite the bluster, and he said some dismissive, dumb shit when he got pushed on his heels.
Yeah, Lombardi was definitely circling the wagons. I didn't think Felger was being his typically douchey self though, he seemed to have temporarily dusted off his Patriots beat reporter hat.
That did make me laugh as well, Innocent Bystander Mode activated.
Lombardi went in prepared, he had already RT'ed someone shitting on Felger on Twitter (which everyone hillariously assumed was actually Patrick Pass and not some rando using his name) earlier in the week. That was an awesome segment, Lombardi was absolutely unhinged, though, especially with the constant Lee Harvey Oswalt stuff. Just loved how his argument went "oh yeahhh, it was allll Brady, right guys, I know" and jumped staright to "look, Mac Jones was trash and you can't win without the QB, none of the other great HCs in NFL history won without the QB". Cool, so which is it, Mike?
My favorite was when he was fighting back with the "when you're in my industry we are putting ourselves out there" I have no idea what he was referring to or "industry" he's in, what his job is ooutside of writing some book that he was talking about? His constant talking down to Felger and "media" people, when that may be he only job is in the "media" since he hasn't been employed in the NFL since 2016. Plus he was apparently wearing his Super Bowl rings while being a jackass. I need to go take a shower after defending F&M, but this was an all time asshole interview. It's not quite at the Jim Gray levels on T&R but close.
My best guess is that Lombardi thinks he'll get a pop from the Felger-hating audience (me) by "pwning" Felger no matter what he says. The problem is that all he has is "I'm in the building and you're not"; after that it's just "bladdle-addle-addle Lee Harvey Oswald bladdle-addle". He's just not smart enough to piece together something coherent and Frelger can sense it like a shark senses blood.
Felger's worried. Patriots are going to be middling now for the next several years and with that comes a lack of interest. Combine that with Audacy/ weei going into bankruptcy and he doesn't have someone to bounce off his next contract negotiation.
This is the key right here. The Pats need a 3-5 year rebuild, and that’s really bad for him and his talk show. Probably good for the organization and the fans, but awful for him. He saw how quickly it turned for Ordway across the street.
Right. I mean he's spent what, 10 years, saying that spending a lot of money or draft capital on a running back is insane; specifically pointing out that the NFL is a throw-first league and that running backs have lost their luster. And he's right about that. But then he does a complete 180 and is killing the Pats for not signing Barkley. WTF is going on with Felger?
Yep. He’s a notorious goal post mover. He’s a fun listen though. Gotta give him that.
And if they made that trade, all of a sudden Fields would suck, and they would be ranting about them getting a “pony” on the cheap in a trade instead of drafting a “horse”.
I'm a fan of Zo & Bertrand as it's more light hearted but sometimes listen to the opening of Felger & Mazz for a bit and it never fails to strike me how ANGRY they are at whatever. I get it's their job and they are crushing it ratings wise, but at the same time there's a voice in the back of my head that just says it's sports dudes.
I just heard this on a rebroadcast right now and I have to say he’s right. The pitch clock isn’t ruining arms, it’s max effort all the time.
It got funnier later when he was killing the team for targeting a Brissett level “bridge QB contract” and killing them for it instead of getting Wilson instead, only to clearly have someone tell him during a break that Wilson signed for the league minimum. Didn’t even miss a beat.
It should be noted that this week (or maybe it was last week), on a show where Felger and Mazz always call the owner/executives cheap, and that the cap is completely fake and how much the Pats suck for being "29th in cash spending over X years", whatever it is... Mazz bashed the team for "overpaying" Michael Onwenu.
that re-sign mike was a good deal how are they gonna act in june i guess they will be denver nuggers fans
If they draft Daniels or Maye or trade down it'll be a disaster in the F&M world no matter what. They have months of narratives lined depending on the outcome.
Do we credit the eye test for concluding that pitchers can be pro-rata more effective if they are treated as fungible automatons?
My understanding is that analytics determined that pitchers could get increased speed on pitches by taking a longer time between pitches to gear up to throw as hard as possible, and that such a way of working was a better way to get batters out than working more quickly with perhaps less effort on any given pitch.
you would learn more by banging your head against the wall and giving yourself a concussion than listening to this garbage
