Can the Patriots cure their predictability problem? Plus, handing out BYE-week awards!

Tom E. Curran welcomes in Phil Perry and Matt Cassel to discuss the offense’s issues with tipping off defenses to their play-calls, is it possible for the team to turn things around during the BYE week? Then, the guys hand out their BYE-week awards and superlatives following the first nine games of the year.

1:00- Cassel explains whether or not it’s common for defensive players to be able to pick up on what play the offense is calling before the snap and if the Patriots’ simplified offense this season is at all to blame

6:40- What do we make of Dante Scarnecchia calling the team’s offensive running plays “very simple”? How much of the issues with the offense go back to the o-line and how much is on the play-calling?

15:50- How drastic can the changes made during the BYE week really be ahead of the second half of the season?

20:55- Curran, Phil and Cassel hand out their BYE-week awards, including offensive and defensive MVPs, most pleasant surprise, biggest disappointment, and best and worst offensive play through nine games

33:29- The guys make their second-half prediction: will the Patriots make the playoffs?

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