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Turn the page we must, and so together we look ahead to the offseason. It begins with an assessment of the upcoming free agents on the New England Patriots. Looking at first the defense and then the offense, Mark Schofield walks through the various restricted and unrestricted free agents, with some thoughts on each player and whether the Patriots will look to secure them for 2020 or not. As you mi...

What could have been. What should have been. Was not. Instead of riding off into the sunset. Instead of securing a seventh Super Bowl title. Instead of...anything else, the New England Patriots saw their season come to a bitter end in the Foxborough Fog, falling 20-13 to the Tennessee Titans. In this installment of The Scho Show, Mark Schofield walks you through the bad, the ugly, and the question...

Episode 17 of Pats Pulpit: Radio Rewind is here to get you ready for Wild Card Weekend. In the first half of the show Mark Schofield outlines the final injury reports from Tennessee and New England, and then walks through each of the four games this weekend with some news and notes. For each game Mark highlights a matchup to watch, a number to know and then a prediction. In the second half of the...

This week, Pat and Spags are joined by Evan Lazar from CLNS, and they discuss whether the Patriots can turn things around on Saturday night. They give you some reason for optimism in a year where there hasn't been much of that lately. Give it a listen, and enjoy the game on Saturday! Follow us on Twitter: Evan: @ezlazar Spags: @Ryan_Spags Pat: @plane_pats Show: @PatsNationPod Learn more about your...

The New England Patriots were unable to keep their streak of first round byes alive after falling to the Miami Dolphins in the regular season finale, and will have to host the Tennessee Titans on Saturday, January 4th, at 8:15 PM ET. This is the team's first wild card game since 2009, and just the fourth of the Bill Belichick era (2005, 2006). So what will the Patriots have in store for the Titans...

New year, new episode. Mark Schofield is back for the 60th installment of The Scho Show as we get closer and closer to Wild Card Weekend. In this episode, Mark turns his attention to the Tennessee Titans' defense. In the first half of the show Mark looks at their pass defense, and highlights some route concepts that have worked against the Titans' overwhelmingly single-high coverage schemes. Some...

Mark Schofield is back on this New Year's Eve edition of The Scho Show. In this installment, Mark recaps Black Monday in the NFL, highlighting some of the various moves made by franchises and working in some potential implications for the New England Patriots. In the second half of the show, Mark talks Ryan Tannehill. Both the numbers and the film point to how this might be a big test for the Patr...

The New England Patriots had an opportunity to solidify a first round bye if they could simply defeat the once-hapless Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium, and they came up short. The offense was terrible. The defense was bad. The coaches failed to make adjustments and appeared to surrender prior to halftime. What went wrong? Were there any positives? The success of the running game was perhaps the...

We had to put the previous episode behind us... Mark Schofield is back for a bonus episode of The Scho Show. In Episode 58 he starts breaking down the Tennessee Titans. In the first half of the show the focus is on wide receiver A.J. Brown. Looking at what he does well, how he wins on routes, and how the New Orleans Saints were able to contain him. Plus, thoughts on how the Patriots will look to d...

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Mark Schofield is here to get you ready for your football weekend, and a huge one it is at both the pro and college levels. Up front Mark outlines the injury reports from Miami and New England, and then runs through all the various playoff scenarios for Week 17. Then, Mark dives into the college game, and outlines the things to watch for in the two semifinal games on Saturday. (Yes, he's focused o...

Pat and Spags bring you their list of the top 10 Patriots players of the decade, and their top 10(ish) games of the decade. Take a look back at the past decade with us, and let us know what you would change. They also discuss the Bills game last weekend, and how the Patriots seem to be headed in the right direction at the end of the season, again. Make sure to follow us on Twitter: Show: @PatsNati...

Mark Schofield returns to the mic after an extended holiday absence. The show begins with a discussion about Bill Belichick and Don Shula, in response to a column about Belichick closing in on Shula's all-time victories mark. Then Mark dives into what he hopes to see from the New England Patriots in the Sunday season finale. In the second half of the show, Mark outlines some players to watch as th...

The New England Patriots earned a first round bye every season from 2010-18, and they have a chance to secure their 10th-straight bye week if they can defeat the once-hapless Miami Dolphins in week 17. First round byes are incredible valuable because they reduce the amount of games a team has to play in the postseason, where the opponents are all the top teams in the league. In a game with a lot o...

The New England Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills on Saturday in what might have been the team's best game of the season. The defense played well, outside of two or three plays, and the offense looked solid against an elite Bills defense. If the Patriots can play like this against other teams, they'll have a real chance in the postseason. Tom Brady and company led a handful of impressive drives...

Football is a game of emotion. Deny emotion, a wise writer once wrote, and you miss an important element of the game. Whether it is seeing your wide receiver return to the sideline and immediately deliver on a huge catch and run while spinning away from contact, or seeing a running back refuse to be denied short of the goal-line, or whether it is seeing your 42-year old quarterback push the sun ba...

Episode 15 of Pats Pulpit: Radio Rewind is here to kick off your weekend. The show begins with an update on the Patriots' injury situation as we look ahead to a huge AFC East tilt on Saturday. Then Mark Schofield walks you through the Saturday slate of college games, highlighting some players to watch from a scouting perspective. In the second half of the show it's time for some of the best the PP...

Pat and Spags discuss the matchup with the Bills this week. How the game will go, and whether or not you should be worried about the Bills. They also discuss the big stories of the week: the Josh Gordon suspension, AB's descent into madness, and the joke that is SpyGate 2.0. Make sure to subscribe to the Pats Pulpit Podcast Network to get great content every day! Follow us on Twitter: Show: @PatsN...

As we inch closer and closer to a huge AFC East clash on Saturday, we at the Pats Pulpit Podcast Network are doing more and more to get you ready for the action. In this installment Mark Schofield dives into the film to see what has changed in Josh Allen since Week 4, and the one thing that he has going for him even when he makes a mental mistake. Then during Quality Time, Mark welcomes Joe Marino...

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has the opportunity to clinch his 16th straight AFC East division title (he didn't play in 2008) with a week 16 victory this Saturday against the Buffalo Bills. It might feel like a long time since the Patriots have had to stave off competition in the AFC East at this stage of the season, but the Patriots didn't clinch the AFC East title last year until.....

The 53rd installment of...a Patriots podcast that you enjoy is here to start getting you ready for a huge AFC East clash this weekend. In this episode Mark Schofield starts with some nerdy football talk, walking listeners through some number and film to illustrate just how the Buffalo Bills' defense has frustrated Tom Brady and the New England offense over their past five meetings. Then during Qua...

The New England Patriots defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in convincing fashion, setting a season-high in rushing yards and locking down the Bengals offense for most of the game. But what should Patriots fans take away from this game? Is the offense back on track, or is this just the result of playing the worst team in the league? Is the running game for real, or should we be concerned about the la...

Pat and Spags are back with another instant reaction show. The Patriots had been struggling, but were able to get back on track a bit against the Bengals. The defense struggled in the first half, but, as they have been doing all season, they shut down the Bengals in the second half. Make sure to subscribe to the Pats Pulpit Podcast Network to get great Patriots content every day! Learn more about...

The New England Patriots got themselves back in the win column on Sunday, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 34-13 at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mark Schofield is back with another Glorious Victory Installment of The Scho Show as a result, breaking down the great, the good, the bad and the elephant in the room in the wake of New England's victory. The show begins where so many have this season, talking ab...

Mark Schofield tries to get you ready for the weekend ahead with the 14th installment of Pats Pulpit: Radio Rewind. In this episode Mark catches you up on last minute news and injury notes, as the Patriots look to be pretty healthy as we head into Week 15 of the NFL season. Then, he brings out the "Rake Scale" once more, and while there are not a lot of games at the FBS level, there is one pretty...