The Patriots clearly wanted to get one piece at quarterback in place before free agency started.

愛國者隊顯然想在自由市場開始之前，把四分衛的位置上的一件事搞定。

They have a lot of cap space to manipulate and to see what's out there.

他們有很多的上限空間可以操作，也可以看看有什麼。

But if they're talking to receivers and tight ends, those players going to want to know who's throwing them the football.

但如果他們跟接球手和接球后衛說話 那些球員會想知道是誰把球傳給他們。

And by bringing Cam back.

而通過讓Cam回來。

It was something that the Patriots had in their control.

這是愛國者們所能控制的事情。

We've talked about other options on the show, like Jimmy Garoppolo, Marcus Mariota.

我們在節目中談到了其他的選擇，比如Jimmy Garoppolo，Marcus Mariota。

But those dominoes there, out of the Patriots control.

但那裡的那些多米諾骨牌，脫離了愛國者的控制。

Here's Cam, who wanted to be back.

這是Cam，他想回來。

That's in the Patriots control, and they say, Let's take control of this situation.

這是愛國者隊的控制權，他們說，讓我們來控制這個局面。

I get it.

我明白了。

And so now I'm going to ask you to do something that all reporters hate to do.

所以現在我要請你做一件所有記者都討厭做的事。

And that is to guess.

而這就是猜測。

So how would you assess the likelihood that Cam Newton winds up being QB one when the season begins?

那麼，當賽季開始後，你會如何評估卡姆-牛頓獲勝成為QB之一的可能性？

Well, greeny, I would say this.

好吧，小綠，我想說的是。

Look at the numbers from last year, and what do they tell us?

看看去年的數據，它們告訴我們什麼？

The Patriots were 30th in the NFL and passing yards per game, 30th in terms of highest interception percentage, 27th and total yards, and 27th and points scored.

愛國者隊在NFL和每場傳球碼數方面排名第30，在最高攔截率方面排名第30，在總碼數方面排名第27，在得分方面排名第27。

If the Patriots thought that Cam Newton was the main reason for that, would they have brought him back?

如果愛國者認為卡姆-牛頓是主要原因，他們會把他帶回來嗎？

I would say no.

我想說不。

So to me, what this tells me is they're going to go out and put better weapons around Cam Newton and see what that looks like.

所以，對我來說，這告訴我 是他們要去把更好的武器 圍繞卡姆・牛頓 並看到什麼樣子。

And they'll also leave themselves a little bit of flexibility should an unexpected opportunity pop up down the road that is out of their control.

而且他們也會給自己留有一點彈性，萬一以後有意外的機會出現在自己無法控制的地方。

But for now, I would say it will be can.

但現在，我想說的是，它會是可以的。

Flexibility is an interesting word, but I'm interested to hear you say that for now.

靈活性是個有趣的詞，但我有興趣聽你說，目前。

It does appear it could be Cam.

看來確實可能是Cam。

No one is closer to this stuff than my creases, Mike, thank you very much.

沒有人比我的摺痕更接近這東西，邁克，非常感謝你。

Let me bring the crew back in here.

讓我把隊員帶回來

For those of you just joining us, I have Tim Hasselbeck, Dan Graziano and Bart Scott.

對於那些剛剛加入我們的人，我有蒂姆-哈塞爾貝克，丹-格拉齊亞諾和巴特-斯科特。

And let's be fair to camp again.

又讓我們公平地營。

This was a season last year in which there was no training camp.

這是去年一個沒有訓練營的賽季。

There were no preseason games.

沒有季前賽。

He got there basically right before camp began.

他基本上在夏令營開始前就到了那裡。

It was all truncated.

都被截斷了。

Then.

那麼

After the season began, he got the coronavirus and did not seem to be himself when he returned.

賽季開始後，他感染了冠狀病毒，回來後似乎並不是自己。

There are a lot of reasons we could point to if we want to, Why it didn't go well.

如果我們願意，可以指出很多理由，為什麼不順利。

So, Tim, you just heard Mike Reiss say right now he thinks there's a real chance it will be camp.

所以，蒂姆，你剛才聽到邁克-里斯說，現在他認為有一個真正的機會，這將是營地。

Do you see it that way?

你是這樣看的嗎？

Um, I think that I guess there's a shot if they don't get the guys that they want, whether it's in the draft or some other, you know, way of acquiring quarterback.

嗯，我認為，我想有一個鏡頭，如果他們沒有得到他們想要的人， 無論是在選秀或其他方式，你知道，獲得四分衛。

Look, the deal looks like is the numbers, you know, preliminarily come in, you know, one year, $14 million worth up to.

你看，這筆交易看起來像 是數字，你知道， 初步進來，你知道，一年， 1400萬美元價值高達。

So there's going to be incentive later.

所以以後會有激勵。

So if you're down around the $10 million range for your starting quarterback, you're at the bottom of the league in terms of that, especially if you're not, if you don't have a rookie quarterback.

所以，如果你的首發四分衛降到了1000萬左右，那麼你在這方面是聯盟最底層的，特別是如果你不是，如果你沒有新秀四分衛。

So look, uh, quarterback in his rookie contract.

所以你看，呃，四分衛在他的新秀合同。

So to me, Look, I guess it's an option.

所以對我來說，看，我想這是一個選擇。

I can't imagine it's the option that New England would prefer.

我無法想象這是新英格蘭人更喜歡的選擇。

So could I see it as look, he starts and they drafted somebody high.

所以，我可以把它看作是看，他開始和他們起草的人高。

Yeah, potentially.

是的，有可能。

But to me, they're not a threat.

但對我來說，他們不是威脅。

with Cam Newton has a starting quarterback.

與卡姆-牛頓有一個首發四分衛。

I understand what you're saying about last year.

我明白你說的去年的情況。

The truth of matter is, Cam has not had a good season since 2018.

事實是，自2018年以來，卡姆就沒有一個好的賽季。

What do you think?

你覺得呢？

Part?

部分？

Well, I think camp can be a quarterback for them.

好吧，我想營地可以成為他們的四分衛。

And you?

你呢？

Do you think we're not mixing the fact that they brought back Trent Brown?

你認為我們沒有把他們請回特倫特-布朗的事實混為一談嗎？

We know that Isaiah Wynn is a stud as well.

我們知道，以賽亞-懷恩也是個種馬。

Um, and you know, you think about them trying to run the ball, but can can body hold up.

嗯，你知道，你想想他們想跑球，但身體能不能撐得住。

I mean, when you only sign a quarterback to a one year deal, you treat him like a rental car.

我的意思是，當你只和一個四分衛籤一年的合同時，你就會把他當做一輛租來的車。

You don't care if he gets hurt.

你不在乎他是否受傷。

You don't care if if his cigarettes McDonald's built in the back seat, you know, so if they want to go that route and can go through defense, they have tremendous amount of money to try and build a roster around them.

你不在乎如果他的香菸麥當勞建在後座上，你知道，所以如果他們想走這條路，可以通過防守，他們有巨大的資金來嘗試和建立一個圍繞他們的名冊。

This is an old roster that they're going to have to try and improve and get young.

這是一個老牌的陣容，他們要努力改進，讓自己變得年輕。

They got old and expensive very fast, and now they have a lot of salary cap space where they can kind of get depth at positions and when the way New England used to be, you know, before Tom Brady and they really kind of decided to let him win.

他們很快就老了、貴了，現在他們有很多工資帽空間，他們可以在位置上獲得深度，當新英格蘭過去的方式，你知道，在湯姆-布雷迪之前，他們真的有點決定讓他贏。

You know, win with defense when we're running the ball.

你知道，當我們在跑動的時候，以防守取勝。

And if you have to, you know, in Cameroon's career, who cares?

如果你必須，你知道，在喀麥隆的職業生涯中，誰會在乎呢？

So be it.

那就這樣吧

You know, you only got up to a one year deal.

你知道，你只得到了一年的合約。

You'll get all the trade off the tires.

你會得到所有輪胎的交易。

So Graziano, let me then come to you.

那麼格拉齊亞諾，讓我來找你。

We talk about the other options.

我們談談其他的選擇。

Let's go through those.

我們來看看這些。

What?

什麼？

What do those seem to be?

這些好像是什麼？

What other places might New England go from here to find other quarterbacks?

從這裡開始，新英格蘭還可能去哪些地方尋找其他四分衛？

Well, you heard Mike Reiss reference a few, and I mean, look, there's not a ton left on the market.

你也聽到Mike Reiss說過一些 我是說，市場上已經沒有多少人了。

There are some potentially interesting options, such as Marcus Mariota, who's been available in trade from the Raiders and could end up being cut and available to be signed.

有一些潛在的有趣的選擇，比如馬庫斯-馬里奧塔，他一直可以從突襲者的交易中獲得，最終可能會被裁掉，可以被簽下。

You know, I mean, Alex Smith was recently cut by Washington.

你知道，我是說，亞歷克斯-史密斯最近被華盛頓裁掉了。

He's a guy that still wants to play.

他是個還想玩的人。

Could they find a way to get their old friend Jimmy Garoppolo back from the 49 ers?

他們能不能想辦法讓他們的老朋友吉米-加洛波洛從49人隊回來？

That would depend on what the 40 Niners found in terms of other options besides Garoppolo.

那就要看40號九人隊除了加洛普洛之外，還找到了什麼其他的選擇。

So you know this is Belichick and the Patriots operate by by, uh, playing the percentages, right, like it's not going to lock in on one option unless it's Tom Brady.

所以你知道這是貝利奇克和愛國者隊的運作方式是，呃，打百分比，對吧，就像它不會鎖定在一個選項上，除非是湯姆-布雷迪。

They're going to give themselves a potential, you know, to to maximize their potential for success.

他們要給自己一個潛在的，你知道， 最大限度地提高他們的成功潛力。

And so this is one option that they feel good about.

所以這也是他們覺得不錯的一個選擇。

If something else better comes along, I'm sure they're positioned to go that way.

如果有其他更好的東西出現，我相信他們的定位就是走這條路。

But right now, look, Mike made the point free agency next week.

但現在，你看，邁克提出了下週自由市場的觀點。

You want to sign wide receivers?

你想簽下外接手？

You wanna sign tight ends, They're gonna say Who is throwing me the ball?

你想簽下控球后衛，他們會說誰在給我傳球？

You don't have an answer As of yesterday, As of today, you have one that sounds pretty interesting to some people.

你昨天還沒有答案，今天就有了一個對某些人來說很有趣的答案。

Yes, correct.

是的，正確的。

As you point you made earlier.

正如你剛才所說的觀點。

A lot of Cam is popular around the league.

很多卡姆在聯盟中很受歡迎。

Other players like him there may be other players were, regardless of what we think, as analysts, other players who might be interested in playing with him.

像他這樣的其他球員可能還有其他球員是，不管我們怎麼想，作為分析師，其他球員可能有興趣和他一起玩。

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