Pats Chat: A Patriots podcast with Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley

It's ALMOST time for free agency, so Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley run through all of the Patriots' needs and lay out some expectations for next week, when the "legal tampering period" opens up around the league. Plus, some big potential trade names like DK Metcalf and Brandon Aiyuk are discussed. The podcast ends with Mark Hoppus' insane ranking of blink 182 albums, a Taco Bell review, and some Bi...

Doug Kyed and Andrew Callahan shared all of the intel they gathered at the combine in a big ol' Sunday column in the Boston Herald, so it was only right that Doug joined himself on his own podcast to answer some questions about it. Michael Hurley threw a few questions his way too, as Doug laid out all that he's learned about the Patriots' plans in free agency and the draft, shared some leftover nu...

The combine is rolling along in Indianapolis and Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley are back for another Pats Chat podcast. Doug has avoided getting into any fights at Starbucks and shares some tidbits from Indy, and Eliot Wolf's press conference is dissected. The Patriots' ugly showing on the NFLPA report cards is discussed before some idiotic musings on the passing of time.

Things are HAPPENING. Mike Vrabel spoke to the media at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, and Doug Kyed was there to talk with the Patriots' head coach. Michael Hurley was not there, so he saved his questions for Doug, and they did it all with the microphones running for this very podcast episode.

It's already time for the NFL Combine, where Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and EVP of player personnel Eliot Wolf will speak to the media. What are Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley expecting from this important week in the offseason? That's one of many questions tackled in this episode, before entirely too much Disney World/Universal Studios talk at the end.

It's an end-of-the-week episode of the Pats Chat Podcast, and while not a ton is happening with the team, everyone is wondering what the team should do in free agency and the draft. Doug Kyed shared some leftover questions from his mailbag, and he and Michael Hurley did their best to explore the Patriots' best path forward. Then they got to the real point of their podcast: Disney World and New Fou...

Patrick Mahomes was AWFUL in the Chiefs' Super Bowl loss to the Eagles, which was the opening topic for Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley this week. Anyone who seriously entertained GOAT talk last week should be ashamed. How big of a hit to this to the Chiefs' dynasty? Will the Chiefs start to fall back to the rest of the league? What can the Patriots take away from this game? Will they be inspired to...

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN after a week away from the podcast mics, and though it hasn't been the BUSIEST week in Patriots history, there was plenty to discuss. From Deron Mayo still being on Mike Vrabel's staff, to trade possibilities with Cooper Kupp/Myles Garrett/Tee Higgins/etc., to the upcoming Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl, to Eli Manning being a Hall of Famer, Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley were bu...

Mike Vrabel continued building his Patriots coaching staff, hiring Terrell Williams, Doug Marrone and Thomas Brown. Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley talk about the impact of those hirings before recapping championship weekend, where Tom Brady called the NFC Championship Game and Patrick Mahomes beat Josh Allen and the Bills yet again. That sets up a whole lot of Brady-Mahomes GOAT debating for the for...

It's an EMERGENCY PODCAST as the Patriots are hiring old friend Josh McDaniels to be the offensive coordinator under Mike Vrabel. Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley evaluate how McDaniels will impact the growth and development of Drake Maye, and they weigh the potential positives and negatives with the hiring. Then they randomly start talking about Tom Brady and the Snow Bowl and Ticketmaster service fe...

Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley discuss the coaching changes Mike Vrabel has made to the Patriots' staff, the NFL playoffs and talk the best strategy for the team in the 2025 NFL Draft and free agency.

Mike Vrabel has officially been introduced as the head coach of the New England Patriots. Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley were at Gillette Stadium for Vrabel's introductory press conference, and they're ALSO here on PATS CHAT to share with you their thoughts on Vrabel's second first impression in New England. This one understandably has some more fanfare than his arrival in 2001. There's also some mo...

The Patriots surprised absolutely nobody by hiring Mike Vrabel as their next head coach. Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley are BACK after the longest week in history to break down the selection, how uninspiring the search process was, what Vrabel might do at offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator, what might happen in the front office, and MORE.

Doug Kyed and Andrew Callahan released a detailed story in the Boston Herald on everything that went wrong in Jerod Mayo's one year as head coach, so it was the perfect time for a joint episode between Pats Chat and Pats Interference. After a deep dive into the behind-the-scenes ups and (mostly) downs of the 2024 season, they also get into Mike Vrabel's head coaching interview and whether the Patr...

Oh BOY! The Patriots beat the Bills in Week 18, dropping from the No. 1 pick to the No. 4 pick. Then the team fired head coach Jerod Mayo. Other than that, it was a quiet little Sunday in Foxboro. Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley react to the franchise-altering day and speculate on who might be the next head coach of the Patriots. There's also some talk about the game but honestly it was really bad. 0...

The Patriots have a chance to secure the No. 1 pick in the draft. All they have to do is lose on Sunday to the Bills. They won't screw this up ... right? Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley weigh all the possibilities, while getting into the job security status for Jerod Mayo and the rest of the coaching staff, ahead of Week 18.

The Patriots have hit rock bottom. Again. This time it was a 40-7 whooping at the hands of the Chargers at Gillette Stadium, where the fans who stuck around until the end booed the team off the field. It's reignited the conversation about Jerod Mayo's job security. Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley weigh whether Jerod Mayo will be back in 2025 and recap the ugliness from that game.

Another week, another mess for the Patriots. Is Jerod Mayo's job safe? Is it weird that Alex Van pelt hasn't spoken to Jonathan Kraft after Sunday's viral moment? What in the world is DeMarcus Covington talking about? It's a lot. The Patriots are also two-touchdown underdogs in Buffalo this coming weekend, setting up what could be an UGLY end to the season. That plus talk of Mike Vrabel, Bill Beli...

The Patriots have lost another football game. This one took place in Arizona. It wasn't very good. Drake Maye was good, though. Jerod Mayo was not good at the postgame podium though, seemingly throwing offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt under the bus for some play-calling. Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley once again have to assess what Mayo was talking about, while also recapping the ups and downs of...

The Patriots are rested coming off their bye week. What are fans hoping to see in the final four weeks of the season? Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley hit the mailbag on that topic. Plus, K.J. Osborn is gone, the team signed a new kicker, and ... Bill Belichick is going to coach the University of North Carolina? Really?!

The Patriots are in their bye week, but the Pats Chat podcast is NOT. Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley list their top three reasons why the Patriots are 3-10 at this point, and they lay out what they hope to see from the team after the bye. Plus some draft talk, some nonsense nostalgia about middle linebackers, and continued dissection of Jerod Mayo's odd public statements.

The Patriots probably should have beaten the Colts on Sunday, but they're not very good, so they didn't. Who do we blame? Jerod Mayo? DeMarcus Covington? Hunter Henry? Joey Slye? The list is long, but it doesn't include Drake Maye. Because Drake Maye is tremendous. Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley cover it all (plus Doug's high school reunion recap) in this action-packed Pats Chat.

The Patriots went to Miami and lost the game before halftime. Penalties, putrid offensive line play, and a defense that had zero answers for Tua Tagavoailoa, Jaylen Waddle, Jonnu Smith and everything Mike McDaniel kicked up. Drake Maye was good in spots but also turned the football over twice. Is this the lowest point of a bad season? Is Jerod Mayo showing troubling signs for his abilities as a he...

In what was an oddly news-filled day for the Patriots, offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt admitted that he had no idea that Marcus Jones played offense for the Pats two years ago, Cole Strange worked his way back to the practice field, and Robert Kraft's hope of becoming a Hall of Famer this year was thwarted by ... Ralph Hay. Who the hell is Ralph Hay? Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley (and Wikipedia...