The Real Thing Patriots Podcast

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Three-time Super Bowl champion & former New England Patriots linebacker/special teams player Matt Chatham goes deep on his former team, breaking down the games with a professional eye & previewing the upcoming contests with other insightful former players, including FBF's own Brady Quinn and Brady Poppinga. A Patriots show that majors in real expert analysis of the game action, and not fluff & hot takes. Real football analysis by real football players...that's the REAL THING Patriots podcast.

Episódios

  • Super Bowl LIII Breakdown: Patriots D Performance for the Ages

    07/02/2019 Duração: 01h35min

    Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were chasing another ring and history, this time in Atlanta against the formidable LA Rams.  But this time wasn't like all the others--or any other Super Bowl that's been played in NFL history.  The Pats defense rose up in hisotric fashion, besting the high flying Rams and holding them to a historically low scoring total under their average, frustrating a group that had scored at will throughout the season.   How did Bill Belichick and his defensive staff, including departing playcaller Brian Flores, accomplish such a monumental task?  And how did Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski continue their march through the post-season?  And how did the Pats running game keep clicking at such productive levels in this so-called passing league?   Huge show as we wrap up the 2018 NFL season.  Let's dive in...

  • Unsung Patriots that Helped Punch Super Bowl Ticket

    25/01/2019 Duração: 53min

    Tom Brady answered the bell.  Rob Gronkowski answered the bell.  Julian Edelman answered the bell.  The big-time players for New England came up big-time in the AFC Championship game.  But in winning in the hostile environment that is Arrowhead, it took an absolute total team effort.   On this week's show, we turn the focus to players across the roster who are unsung, who often get overlooked, who don't come up as frequently in talking about the stars of this team--but that balled out in a big spot at the time they were needed most.   We'll look at both sides of the ball, concentrating on a few guys from offense, and a few guys from defense that stepped up in a big way to help the Patriots advance to the Super Bowl to face the Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta.  

  • AFCCG Preview: Angry Patriots Missile Heads to Kansas City

    18/01/2019 Duração: 55min

    So it turns out the 2018 Patriots aren't near the end of anything...they just might be getting started.  Looking refreshed, renewed, and downright dominant against an LA Chargers team that won earlier this season in Kansas City, America got a big ol' glass of woke juice...quickly remembering all the reasons they need to start worrying about & hating the team from Foxboro.  Tom Brady looked sharp--in other words, he played just like Tom Brady.  The running game was subperb, but can they repeat that kind of ground performance in KC to keep the pressure off Tom and the passing game? The defense put another notch in their belt against a top NFL quarterback, but young Patrick Mahomes is this season's best and looms as a tremendous challenge in the AFC Championship. What's the plan against him going to be?  Can they get him to keep turning the ball over as he did against them earlier this season, and as he has in moments of weakness during his first campaign?  It doesn't happen often, but when it rains with Ma

  • Chargers Preview: Globetrotting LA Returns East to Face Revamped Patriots

    07/01/2019 Duração: 01h01min

    The Patriots' opponent for the divisional round of the playoffs is now clear, so on this week's show, Matt Chatham goes deep on all the strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies of the LA Chargers, using their recent games and a review of last year's contest as context.  He also takes a broad, canvas look at the Patriots current roster, how the roles & strongest groupings for New England have come into greater focus in the last month, putting the Pats in position to put their best foot forward against a talented AFC opponent.   Sure, there's going to be plenty of Tom Brady and Philip Rivers talk this week, and we cover some of that here.  But in this show, Chatham also goes all around the support players & studs that the Chargers lean on outside the QB position.   Going to be quite the battle to decide who goes to this year's AFC Championship, let's dive in...

  • What Loss of Josh Gordon Means for Patriots Offense (And What it Doesn't)

    21/12/2018 Duração: 52min

    Josh Gordon was a rare talent for the Patriots.  He was their most productive wide receiver--mainly becasue Julian Edelman missed four games--but still.  The offense clearly will have to adjust in the final two weeks, particularly as they look to bounce back from a disappointing week in Pittsburgh.  So we look to the game tape to sort through the common perceptions of what Josh was doing in the Patriots offense that will need to be either replaced or reconfigured.  Was he actually regularly receiving extra coverage attention?  Were defenses playing him as a "deep threat"? Are the coverages and approaches to playing the Pats likely to change with Gordon gone?  Will Brady's progressions fundamentally change without #10 out there running routes?  Was Gordon actually drawing attention away from other players?  And who can fill the production void at the WR postion...or is that how it will work at all?   This show is dedicated to separating perception from tape reality on all these subjects and more.  Let's dig

  • What. Was. That. Breakdown of the Patriots Collapse in Miami

    10/12/2018 Duração: 01h01min

    The Patriots set off to South Beach to clinch the AFC East and come away with an oft-elusive win down in South Florida.  Instead...they came away with one of the most frustrating end of game collapses in recent memory.  Tom Brady put up great numbers and the offense produced over 30 points...but the situaitonal execution was suprisingly poor.  The defense reverted to their occasional 2018 habit of atrocious run defense, and that opened the floodgates, as any listerner to this show knows.  Gronk played great.  Edelman was productive, per usual.  Gordon flashed.  And the specials teams units turned the rare trick of TWO blocked punts in one game.  Yet, the story of the game will forever be the ridiculous failed defense of the final lateral play from 69 yards out that flipped the outcome as the clock expired.   How did this all happen?  How could it have all been avoided?  Where does this leave the Pats going forward?  And what were the positives that shouldn't get lost in the emotion.   Matt Chatham breaks i

  • Vikings Plundered By Patriots, Game Breakdown

    03/12/2018 Duração: 43min

    When the Vikings came to Foxboro in Week 13 of the 2018 seaosn, the Patriots faced one of the better defenses in the the league, with one of the better 1-2 wide receiver punches in Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen...and neither or those two things ended up being much of a problem. On this show, Matt Chatham walks through all the details & problems highlighted in an impressively mundane (is that a thing) victory for the Pats against another NFC North foe.  The running game had another highly productive day, Brady got his 1000 yards rushing thingy, and the defense played one of its most complete performances of the season.  Looks like this team is rounding into playoff form..  

  • Pats Ground Jets; Game Review & Adjustments Made From the Bye

    26/11/2018 Duração: 01h03min

    The Patriots nabbed a 2-score division victory on the road in the division after Thanksgiving--that's what it's all about in this league.  We detail how they pulled it off, the good & the bad, including highlights of unheralded performers vs the Jets.  The Pats running game came roaring back behind the return of Sony Michel, Rob Gronkowski, and Shaq Mason.  The defense played a solid, complementary game, fixing some of the issues that plagued them against the Titans a week ago.  And overall, the team overcame some road adversity to play sharp down the stretch when they needed to most.  This was the kind of performance Patriots Nation was looking forward to New England to come back with after the bye.  Let's dive into the details...

  • Lessons from Titans Blowout; What it Means, What it Doesn't

    12/11/2018 Duração: 01h06min

    After a 6 game Patriots win streak, the Titans walked over New England for a comfortable win & reminder that nothing is guaranteed in the NFL.  On this show, we detail all the issues from that day, and what we learned about how this team must play to win going forward... Old friend and new Tennessee head coach Mike Vrabel led his group to a resounding performance that was dominant in all three phases, making big plays in special teams, offense, and defense--while preventing the other side from doing the same.  It was an uncharacteristic day for Tom Brady and the New England offense, underscoring how important it is for this team (like all NFL teams) to have a running game to lean on to open up other parts of the offense.  Conversely, the defense struggled to stop the run early, and gave up big plays in the passing game to the Titans lone consistent threat, Corey Davis--a big surprise considering stud Patriots cornerback was on the losing end of many of those battles.   As the Patriots head now into the

  • Packers Game Review: Big Stage, Big Win, Big Fun

    05/11/2018 Duração: 52min

    It wasn't just a quarterback showdown...shocker, I know.  The Patriots put together a solid, full-team effort and controlled the Packers down the stretch...here's a full game review of the most things to come from this prime-time game.   Big nights by Josh Gordon, Cordarrelle Patterson, Adrrian Clayborn, Trey Flowers, and James White kept the Patriots on the winning side of things once again, avoiding an upset by Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay on SNF.  We run through all the highlights (and lowlights) of this game in this week's show, paying special attention to the little details that weren't necessarilyexpanded upon in the game broadcast.  Very solid effort by the Patriots with a lot of moving parts, ton to cover...let's dive in!  

  • Packers Preview: How to Avoid a SNF Upset in Foxboro

    03/11/2018 Duração: 59min

    Choo-choo...hype train coming through!  Brady and Rodgers and the Packers, oh my!  In depth look here at all the things that will decide this Patriots-Packers SNF thriller, the quarterback battle, sure, but also all the inside details on the Patriots adjust during a time of running back uncertainty, how the offense changes without their best offensive lineman (Shaq Mason), and how the New England defense prepares to contol a Pack offense with a high ceiling, but middling output in 2018.   Let's dive in!  

  • Buffalo Preview: MNF Mismatch, How Patriots Keep Bills Down

    28/10/2018 Duração: 42min

    Playing in Buffalo is always a test.  Playing on Monday Night Football in Buffalo adds even more juice to the matchup.  Unfortunately, this year's Bills squad has been trending towards the bottom the NFL in advance of this primetime AFC East contest.  The Bills have been forced to turn to street free agent and respected veteran QB Derek Anderson midseason after mismanagement of the their young QB situation--this in the midst of an unusually paltry month of offensive football for Buffalo.  Trying to recover a semblance of an offense in a week where Tom Brady & Co. come to visit is about as a bad a combination as one could as for in the NFL, but that's the challenge that lies before the Bills.  It's a personnel-challenged offense in Buffalo with as many offensive question marks as any group in the NFL.  For the Patriots defense, this needs to be a week to flex a bit and clean up some of the inconsistencies of weeks past.   On this show, we dive into all the ways the Patriots avoid a step backwards in this

  • Getting to Know You: Chicago Bears Preview Edition

    19/10/2018 Duração: 47min

    The Patriots travel to Soldier Field in Chicago for a rare New England trip out to the Windy City.  It's going to be a fun matchup of a salty Bears group that seemingly let one go last weekend against the Dolphins in Miami, against a Patriots team that knocked off the NFL's hottest team in the Chiefs, but still looks like a major work in progress that hasn't yet reached their full stride.   Weeks like this are always a challenge for players in that you have to get up to speed quickly on a team you're not familiar with, but fortunately, many of the concepts should look similar to stuff the Pats saw against Kansas City, and even the Jaguars.   How will the Patriots offense attack a talented Bears D that gave up a big number on the ground a week ago and brings a hobbled star to the game in Khalil Mack?  How will the Patriots defense be attacked after a very solid showing against the Chiefs undone in a flurry of late-game huge plays a week ago?   And can the Patriots quickly fix their kickoff team letdowns tha

  • Patriots Exhale: How New-New England Can Handle the Chiefs

    08/10/2018 Duração: 59min

    The Patriots are back to their winning ways, and the Chiefs come to Foxboro on a roll.  Something's gotta give. Let's dive into the details, how New England can chop down Kansas City... There's a very specific way that Patrick Mahomes must be played.  Matt Chatham walks through the "musts" in overcoming this Andy Reid offense with all its different weapons and an electric young quarterback.  There's a formula, and it takes disciplined play.  If you stray from containing these certain elements as a defense, you have no chance.  Jacksonville's gameplan and execution provides a very nice recent example of what not to do... As explosive as the Chiefs offense has been, the Pats' O has just as much, if not more, potential as they integrate Julian Edelman and Josh Gordon into a group that's growing with their new stud running back, Sony Michel.  The biggest mismatch of the day may very well be New England's offense vs the Chiefs struggling (and suddenly banged up) defense.   This is gonna be a fun one, let's get

  • How the Patriots Reverse Their Early Season Fortunes

    30/09/2018 Duração: 37min

    It's Dolphins week! And the Patriots reeeeeeally don't wanna lose 3 games in a row. Ya squish the fish--especially when they come to Foxboro. But this is a team with a lot of growing to do after 2 weeks of mostly pain. So here's how they reverse course... First we look at the offense and what needs to change now that Sony Michel has a couple weeks of work under his belt.  There are some very specific things they can do to take some pressure of the guy and keep teams from teeing off on him on every run, let him return to the player that ripped up space in college.  Will Josh Gordon play?  Maybe...but that's far from the most important thing NE needs to change their fortunes.  We walk through the play types and presnap stuff that can get the Patriots and Tom Brady back to keeping defenses on their heels... Defensively, it's really prove it week.  Expect some shuffling of personnel.  Expect a new face or two.  Expect the scheme to restrict to the fronts that worked, and for some of the stuff that's been bad fo

  • Jaguars Game Review: The Film Don't Lie

    17/09/2018 Duração: 01h16min

    The Jags knocked the Patriots off in impressive fashion in Week 2, and the overreaction wildfires have started to spread across Patriots Nation.  Matt Chatham reviews the tape to get at what really went wrong--the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Most importantly, Chatham dives into what happens next--how the Patriots must respond and adjust to the mistakes that killed them on this hot September day in Florida. No hot takes, just football.  Let's dive in...

  • REAL THING Texans-Patriots Game Review

    10/09/2018 Duração: 01h07min

    The REAL THING is back!  The Patriots knocked off the Texans to kickoff the '18 season and former Patriot Matt Chatham is here to break down all the details ya can't get anywhere else... Chatham runs through the roster drama that brought us to gameday, the surprises inactives and how that affected the gameplan against Houston.  He then looks at the scheme choices the Patriots made in defending Deshaun Watson and the Houston offense, the approach the Pats offense took in lieu of Julian Edelman's absence, the very solid work of the revamped Patriots defense, and the new faces on the reworked offense that really stood out.  Chatham also works through the mistake and problems that arose in the game, what went wrong, and how those are resolved moving forward.  The most credible, in-depth New England Patriots podcast on the internet is back and ready to roll.  Let's goooooooooooooooooooo

  • Super Bowl Hangover: How the Eagles Flew Past the Patriots

    08/02/2018 Duração: 01h28min

    The New England Patriots come up short on their 2017 championship dream, falling to the Philadelphia Eagles in heartbreaking fashion to Nick Foles & Company.  Both offenses soared, as both defenses played well below their standard, but the Eagles defense made a big-time play when they needed it most.   Losing sucks, but we take you through the important lessons of the game tape--where it all went wrong for the Pats, including how benched CB Malcolm Butler could have reasonably helped this defense (and where he reasonably couldn't have).    As is often the case in a disappointing lost, there was plenty of brilliant football by the Pats that is bound to get buried in the rubble, so we highlight the good with the bad.   They didn't quite get it done this time around, but only the tape can tell the true story.  Let's dive in...

  • Super Bowl Preview from the Mall of America w/ NESN's Courtney Cox

    02/02/2018 Duração: 34min

    The REAL THING Patriots Podcast comes at ya live from the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota, welcoming Courtney Cox from the New England Sports Network to help sift through this Patriots vs Eagles Super Bowl matchup. This show concentrates on the "MUSTS" for the Patriots three individual units in this game: offense, defense, and special teams.  We've organized a bulleted list of things in each of three areas to look for as you watch this huge game to decide if Patriots Nation get to welcome another trophy into the collection.   It's Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and crew back at it again with a new challenge before them.  The REAL THING pod gives ya all the nitty gritty for gameday...enjoy!     

  • How Patriots Secured Another Super Bowl Berth: AFCCG, Jaguars Autopsy

    25/01/2018 Duração: 01h03min

    The Jacksonville Jaguars presented a formidable challenge for the New England Patriots, and the visitors stuck with the defending champs for most of the game.  Until it mattered most.  Matt Chatham breaks down an at-times sluggisth Patriots performance sprinkled with moments of situational brilliance that helped this Pats squad advance to Minnesota for an opportunity at another league crown.   On this show, we run through all the critical drives of the game, picking apart all the good and all the bad illuminated on the game tape--from Brady's big-moment brilliance, to Danny Amendola's clutch play, to Gronk's concussion, to the timely situational stops by the Patriots defense, and the role players that stepped up in big spots to help secure another AFC Championship in Foxboro.   Let's avoid the temptation of looking ahead too soon to the Philadelphia Eagles--there will be plenty of time for that next week--and instead find a greater appreciation for how the Patriots got to this next step.  Enjoy the show!

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