WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:06.320 It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:06.519 Home. 3 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.279 Have no fear, as Nicole says, I am here. My 4 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:13.480 name is Dan Ray. I'm the host of Night's Side 5 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:17.000 here and heard every weeknight from eight them to midnight 6 00:00:17.079 --> 00:00:21.600 on w BZ, Boston's news radio. Delighted to be sitting 7 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:27.480 in this iconic chair, a chair that once I was 8 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:30.920 filled by David Brodnoy and Paul Sullivan and by others 9 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:35.320 before them, and just honored to be here. I hope 10 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:37.079 all of you are happy to be here as well. 11 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:39.399 Rob Brooks is happy he's back in the control room. 12 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:41.520 He is the producer of this program. And Rob will 13 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:45.719 get you set up with calls to six one seven 14 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:48.719 four ten thirty or six one seven nine three ten 15 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.799 thirty once we start taking calls beginning after nine o'clock. 16 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:55.679 But in this hour we have four guests coming up, 17 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:58.640 Gonna deal a little bit with the some of the 18 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:01.399 free agent signings of the PA with Chris Price of 19 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:04.280 the Boston Globe, going to talk about New England slang 20 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:07.439 words here in New England that all of us understand 21 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:11.879 that would probably confuse most people from other parts of 22 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:14.879 the country. And we'll also talk about a growing and 23 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:19.200 a real crisis here hospital bed shortages. But we'll get 24 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.159 to all of that first. Well, if we want to 25 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:26.000 welcome back Mike Dean. He's an Axios Boston reporter and 26 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:32.120 he is looking at Massachusetts Democrats. They're pretty good shape 27 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:36.400 in Massachusetts, but how do they respond to the Trump 28 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:40.439 era message? And they're kind of searching for a path 29 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:44.400 forward and with us. Mike is going to join us 30 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.719 and tell us there's some Democrats out there that maybe 31 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:54.680 have some aspirations beyond Beacon Hill or maybe even beyond Congress. Mike, 32 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:56.040 welcome back to Night Side. 33 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:58.200 How are you hey? Good? How are you doing? 34 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:00.439 Dan greatly with yout well. 35 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:03.959 Obviously Governor Healy has got a little dose of the 36 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:10.199 Potomac fever on this anniversary of the starting of the 37 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:13.240 COVID crisis. Hope it works out better for her than 38 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:18.159 the COVID crisis did for us. Generally, they're in appropriate. 39 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:21.240 The Democrats are fine here. There's no Democrat in Congress 40 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:23.439 that's going to be beaten as far as I can 41 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:27.719 see anytime soon. No Democrat in either the House or 42 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:34.400 the Senate. But there's some little rumblings around here. What 43 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:36.560 are you seeing from your perch on Beacon Hill. 44 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:40.360 Yeah, you're absolutely right, And you know, Democrats have a 45 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:43.800 pre solid grip on Beacon Hill and our congressional delegation. 46 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:47.879 That's why it's so interesting when our Democratic leaders like 47 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:51.680 mar Healey and like Congressman Jake Auchincloss kind of go 48 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:55.960 into national media as they have recently to kind of 49 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:58.280 make the point of what we should what they should 50 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.840 be doing. You know, what are Democrats what their party 51 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:03.840 should be doing to get back voters. Now, it should 52 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:06.599 be said that, you know, the Republicans did a little 53 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:10.039 bit better in twenty twenty four than they did in 54 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.960 twenty twenty. Donald Trump won, you know, a few percentage 55 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.800 points more in Massachusetts than he had the previous election. 56 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.599 But was right. It was actually hundreds of thousands. I 57 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:22.520 think it was actually hundreds of thousands of votes. 58 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:23.599 Yeah. 59 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:23.879 Yeah. 60 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:25.879 The let's say he had one hundred and twenty five 61 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:30.680 million in twenty four versus one point one seven million 62 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:34.039 in twenty twenty. So you know that that is a 63 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:38.599 significant upswing. In the state legislature, it was kind of 64 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:41.360 a net zero gain. I think the Democrats lost two 65 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:45.599 seats and one against two more Republican seats, so it 66 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:48.199 kind of it was a losh there. But it's interesting. 67 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.039 I think people are looking at, you know, where to 68 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:55.560 go next and what in Massachusetts it needs to you know, 69 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:58.520 what a politician for Massachusetts I should say, and say 70 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:01.560 for the national Party and what heally told the New 71 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:04.159 York Times. She did a big, proper sit down for 72 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:07.439 the interview podcast. It was a pretty big deal for 73 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:09.800 a governor to have a platform like this, and she 74 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:14.159 was urging her party to deliver for everyday American, saying 75 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:18.160 that was what was left out of the Harris campaign 76 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.040 that we just last saw. And she said, you know, 77 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:24.720 to be less distracted by the culture war, but at 78 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:29.680 the same time not abandoning those cultural issues. Heally said that. 79 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:30.600 Demon that's good. 80 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:32.399 That's going to be a little bit of a tight 81 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:33.920 rope to walk. That's for sure. 82 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:36.240 Absolutely is that's where they found. 83 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:41.560 The Democrats in Massachusetts. I think of you know, President 84 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.600 Mike Decaccus in nineteen eighty eight. I think of President 85 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.480 John Kerry as recently his two thousand and four President 86 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:55.399 Paul songis former senator here in Massachusetts. In nineteen ninety two, 87 00:04:55.560 --> 00:05:00.279 President Ted Kennedy uh and of course, most recently the 88 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:06.439 time in the White House that President Elizabeth warrens Laura, I'm. 89 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.240 Gonna say, and only Warren off that list. 90 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.279 No, no, no, no, quite a you know, quite a 91 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:14.879 losing streak here from Democrats in Massachusetts. Got to go 92 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:18.480 back to a guy named Jack Kennedy to find a 93 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:22.160 Democrat to come out of Massachusetts and win the White House. 94 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:27.439 And yeah, certainly fun with friends of mine, my Democratic friends. 95 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:29.480 And I'm kind of one of those people who kind 96 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:32.000 of a parks from both your houses in many respects. 97 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:35.680 I often ask I asked him, my Democrats, would you 98 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:39.120 say that the most famous phrase that John Kennedy invoked 99 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:42.319 in his State of the Union address in nineteen sixty 100 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:46.040 one January twenty, that cold, snowy day was ask not 101 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:48.160 what your country can do for you, but what you 102 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:49.279 can do for your country. 103 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:54.560 I would say was that from the inauguration it was 104 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:58.439 that kind of from that was from the Okay, I 105 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:00.720 wasn't sure if it was from the au speech that 106 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:02.800 was around the same time. There's so many of these 107 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:05.680 kids horns, that's right. 108 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:06.519 So my question is. 109 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:09.480 What thorns and speeches that kind of muddle together? 110 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:13.639 Yeah, well, what my question then becomes what democrat in 111 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:19.319 Massachusetts today would actually quote that speech ask not what 112 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:21.360 your country can do for you, but what you can 113 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.800 do for your country. I don't know that there's too 114 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:26.680 many Democrats who are going to be quoting that phrase 115 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:29.040 from John Right. 116 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:33.839 Yeah, now, I hear you saying. I think from a 117 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:39.360 political standpoint, what these Democratic leaders are looking at is, well, 118 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:43.600 we know that the Massachusetts style of liberal democratic politics 119 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.519 isn't that appealing nationwide. We've seen that, as you just 120 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:51.040 said multiple times. But it's certainly winning here and it's 121 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:54.040 certainly winning in New England. Is there anything that can 122 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:57.279 be extrapolated from that, you know, Mark Healey winning big, 123 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.879 she's going into reelection she very likely will you know, 124 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:05.199 also win big again. What can she kind of show 125 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:09.240 the national politicians about how to get votes and how 126 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:12.360 to win these things. So it is kind of a 127 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:15.600 weird situation to be in where we're not the state 128 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.279 that is going to speak for the rest of the country. However, 129 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:22.079 we do have very successful Democratic politicians who are speaking 130 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:25.199 to you know, real voters, middle class people, about real 131 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:28.079 issues and getting good results. So it's just kind of 132 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.680 you know, where we're an outlier. But there might be 133 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.079 something in it. And I think that's what politicians like 134 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:37.800 Auchincloss and Healey are maybe telling themselves about their potential appeal. 135 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.720 Yeah, it'll be interesting again as they venture and spend 136 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:48.959 more time on network programs or they spend more time traveling, 137 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.600 that can kind of snap back too. I mean, so 138 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:55.079 that the corollary, if you will, is there's a bunch 139 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:58.759 of Republicans in places like I don't know, Mississippi and 140 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:02.519 Alabama who do really well and they win comfortably in 141 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:04.560 those states. But I don't know that they're going to 142 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:07.800 be the national leaders for the Republican Party either. Uh, 143 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.160 they have they have to find. I think there's a 144 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:14.519 there's a bunch of Democrats nationally who who they can 145 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:18.800 look to, and maybe even Democrats that many people don't 146 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:22.879 know about. Congressman former Congressman Ryan from Ohio. He lost 147 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:26.720 a Senate seat, lost a Senate fight to JD. Vance, 148 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:31.360 but he's he's a really smart guy and uh, and 149 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:34.360 I think a lot of people around the country, Democrats, Republicans, 150 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.679 independence would listen to him before they listen to some 151 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:43.919 Democrat from Massachusetts. That's yeah, I mean, I don't know, 152 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:48.879 it's but I'll tell you. For some reason, Uh, Democratic 153 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:53.799 politicians in Massachusetts are always kind of looking over the horizon. 154 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.799 And I'm not talking about the political horizon. I'm talking 155 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:02.039 about the geographical horizon. It's great fun, It is great fun. 156 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:05.919 I did watch the Ezra Kline interview that you referred 157 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:10.039 to with that Auchincloss had with Ezracline, and he made 158 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.039 a really interesting point in that interview. I'm sure you 159 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:17.360 remember it. Auchinclass said that Donald Trump won the city 160 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:21.639 of Fall River in twenty twenty four, first time in 161 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:26.240 one hundred years that a Republican presidential candidate had carried 162 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:29.360 the city of Fall River, which is a Democratic stronghold. 163 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:35.639 Yeah, he's telling it really is. In that interview, Auchincloss 164 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:37.559 had a lot to say about, you know, working in 165 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:41.120 middle class voters and what they're looking for in his district, 166 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:45.679 and you know, beyond. His advice to the National Party 167 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:48.120 was to not be what he called the Diet Coke 168 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:52.159 version of Republican populism, to kind of focus on the 169 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:57.360 economic messages, he says, to get an abundance agenda that's 170 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:03.639 more supply side rather sorry, I'm on a to increase 171 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:06.320 on the supply side. Rather than subsidizing demand. And that's 172 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:10.519 kind of a wonky economic message there, but it's the 173 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:14.159 kind of thing that, if articulated correctly, could be very 174 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:16.759 appealing to some, you know, working class, middle class, even 175 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:19.639 upper class voters. One of the biggest things he said 176 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:23.240 though in aucin classes definitely among the more moderate of 177 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:26.879 our Democrats in Congress, he said that the party should 178 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:31.039 be quote liberal, but not condescending about it. And I 179 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:34.360 think that's kind of where a lot of voters think 180 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:36.919 the Democrats have lost their way on a national level. 181 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:41.200 I think tone is very important. Mike Then of Axio's 182 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:44.200 Boston Reporter, really enjoyed the conversation. Uh, let's get you 183 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:45.399 back soon. Thank you very much. 184 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:46.919 Yeah, great to be with you. 185 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:47.159 Dan. 186 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:51.200 Absolutely switch and talk about something that we all can 187 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:55.039 agree upon, and that is the Newickland Patriots. They've signing 188 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:57.639 some free agents. Chris Price for the Boston Globe will 189 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:00.639 tell us how critical these signings are. I think they've 190 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:02.200 spent a lot of money. I think they've made some 191 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:04.279 great moves. I'm sure Chris knows a lot more about 192 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:05.759 it than I do. I want to hear what he 193 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:08.080 has to say. Hope you do as well, my name's 194 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:10.440 Dan Ray. We are here on night Side for the 195 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:12.399 balance of the evening, for the balance of the week, 196 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:14.559 and frankly the balance of the next two or three months, 197 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:16.960 every night Monday through Friday, from May until midnight. God 198 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:18.639 willing back on Nightside right after this. 199 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:23.039 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 200 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:26.919 Nights Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 201 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:33.279 Delighted to be rejoined by Chris Price of The Boston Globe. Chris, 202 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:37.919 the Patriots had a busy Sunday and Monday. Looks to 203 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:42.960 me like they've made tremendous strides on sure enough, the defense. 204 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:45.360 They spent a lot of money. What's going on? 205 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:49.519 They really did. They got some big ticket items too. 206 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:51.200 They were not they weren't shopping in the you know, 207 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:54.960 at filings basement. These are guys who really, in a 208 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:57.879 lot of ways should be transformative pieces for the defensive 209 00:11:57.879 --> 00:11:59.639 side of the ball. Last year we all talked about 210 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.600 how they need some upgrades on offense, particularly offensive tackle 211 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:05.600 as well as wide receiver. But the way they went 212 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:09.120 after some of these defensive guys. Cornerback Carlton Davis, defensive 213 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:13.919 tackle Milton Williams, linebacker Robert Splaine, it's been a really 214 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:17.000 impressive stretch as well as I shouldn't I shouldn't forget 215 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:20.879 about BC's own Harold Landry. So they really did their 216 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:24.919 due diligence when you're talking about shoring up, you know, 217 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:27.799 the defensive side of the ball. I really like a 218 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.039 lot of these. There were some overpays there, quite honestly, 219 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:33.440 but you know, they had to overpay given their situation. 220 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:35.759 So I like a lot of the moves. They certainly 221 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:38.000 set themselves up for success, at least at this stage 222 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:38.679 of the offseason. 223 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:41.639 I love the Landry move because obviously, besides being a 224 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:45.639 BC guy, he played for Vabel at Tennessee with the Titans. 225 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:49.159 Yeah, there are a couple of guys like that who 226 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:54.600 do have those connections to either Rabel or Josh McDaniels. 227 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:58.799 Played for Josh McDaniels in Vegas, you know, or played 228 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:03.120 for Terrell Williams, the d defensive coordinator in Detroit Carled Williams, 229 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:05.879 you know, comes to New England from the Detroit Lions, 230 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:08.159 where he was part of a defense that included Williams. 231 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:11.799 Splaine played very briefly for Rabel a couple of years ago. 232 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:15.480 Mac Holland one of the new wide receivers that they signed. 233 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.720 He has a history with offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. They 234 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:20.720 are together in Las Vegas. So if you want to 235 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:22.799 look for a common thread here, Dan, but a lot 236 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:25.399 of these signings, a lot of these guys do have 237 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:28.240 a history with the current coaching staff in other places. 238 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:30.240 Well. That way, not only do they know what they 239 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:31.799 can do on the field, but they know what their 240 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:34.399 presence is in the locker room, which is important. Now. 241 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:36.919 My view is that the Patriots defensively were not that 242 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:40.000 bad last year. That the place that they have to 243 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:43.080 spend some money is on the offensive side of the ball. 244 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:46.639 And I want to give me a couple of signings 245 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:50.080 that you don't want to predict, but might suggest would 246 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.240 be worthy of the Patriots. You know it as well 247 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:54.799 as anybody, Chris. Whenever I talk to you, I learn 248 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:57.120 a lot. So who do you think we've should be 249 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.799 looking for? 250 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:01.519 I appreciate it, and I think a couple of guys 251 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:03.480 to look for. I think, first of all, they need 252 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:06.639 a little help on the offensive line. The short really 253 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:09.320 one left tackle in my regard, they went out and 254 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:11.919 they got right tackle. Morgan Moses, a guy who's been 255 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.759 around the lake for an awful long time. Very steady, 256 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:18.399 very sturdy. He played in every single game in his 257 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:21.000 career in eight of the eleven years in his career. 258 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:23.080 So this is a guy you can be you can 259 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:25.399 you feel real good about putting out a right tackle. 260 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:27.399 They need a left tackle. There's a guy out there 261 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:30.080 by the name of Cam Robinson. Cam Robinson played for 262 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:32.639 the new offensive line coach did a connection with him 263 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:35.440 when they were together in Jacksonville. So you might look 264 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:37.840 for Cam Robinson to be added as a free agent 265 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.759 the other big name. And he just shook loose tonight. 266 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:43.159 He was cut loose by the Los Angeles Rams. Veteran 267 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:46.080 wide receiver Cooper Cup. He's not the same guy that 268 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:48.000 he was a couple of years ago. You know, this 269 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:49.720 is not a guy who's going to come here and 270 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:52.799 catch one hundred and ten passes. But there's still a 271 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:54.240 little bit of juice left. 272 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.559 In his game. 273 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:57.000 And I think that if they can get the money right, 274 00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:59.320 he strikes me the kind of guy who might be 275 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:01.039 kind of a final piece the puzzle. Like if I 276 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:02.919 was Cooper Cup, I would be going to like Buffalo. 277 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:04.759 But if they can get the money right here in 278 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:07.159 New England. I think he would be a really good 279 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.679 fit for this Patriots offense. 280 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:11.320 I don't know what his injury situation is, but he's 281 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.799 only thirty one. I happen to pick that up today. 282 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:18.200 So you know, wide receivers, you know, there are some 283 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:21.759 guys who who play a little well into their thirties. 284 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.240 Jerry Rice types though. He's a different guy than Jerry Rice. 285 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:28.440 But he's an explosive wide receiver, and with the Patriots 286 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:32.200 quarterback situation, he may like to you know, he spent 287 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:35.840 a lot of time obviously with Matthew Stafford with the Rams, 288 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:40.440 and you know, Stafford's kind of like a Derek May 289 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.879 in many respects, mole, pretty mobile and has a has 290 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.639 a gun. I'd love to see him here. I think 291 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:48.279 I think I would session. 292 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:51.960 I would say this, though, Dan, I do like Cup. 293 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:55.120 I'm gonna I'm I'm a fan of Cooper Cup. He's 294 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.879 an impressive receiver, has had great success in the league 295 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:00.679 for an extended period of time. He's you might call 296 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:03.399 an older thirty one. This is a guy who's had 297 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:06.720 some injury problems the last couple of years. So again, 298 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:10.120 I would kind of exercise a little bit of caution there, 299 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:12.600 you're not getting the Cooper Cup of three, four or 300 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:15.960 five years ago. That being said, you know he would 301 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:18.840 still lead the Patriots and catches as currently constituted. There's 302 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:20.559 also two and we could talk a little bit about 303 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:23.679 this as it gets closer the draft and they have 304 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:27.039 the fourth overall pick, and there's some really intriguing possibilities 305 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:29.879 out there when it comes to augmenting the offensive side 306 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:31.799 of the ball. The guy that everyone is talking about 307 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:36.279 in college football Travis Hunter, two way player from Colorado, 308 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:39.519 Heisman Trophy winner, a guy who caught ninety something passes 309 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:41.480 this year and oh yeah, by the way, he can 310 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.080 also play cornerbacks. So he's another guy if you're a 311 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:47.279 Patriots fan, you might want to keep an eye on 312 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:49.279 him and you can contribute on both sides of the ball. 313 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:51.240 Elliott Wolf had a great line about him at the 314 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:53.519 Combine last month. He said, I think this is the 315 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:55.960 kind of guy who can major in one minor in 316 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:57.679 the other. So he's a guy that a lot of 317 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:00.480 people have their eyes on Patriots than should be really interested. 318 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:03.440 Do you think he'll stick around? Will he be available 319 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:05.680 at number four? Though? That'll be biking Sorry. 320 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.799 Well, really for me, the Giants, who picked third overall 321 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.039 are kind of a wild card. They don't have a quarterback. 322 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:18.480 But again, Hunter is this absolutely electric performer. They might 323 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:20.839 want to go Hunter at three, or they might want 324 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:22.759 to go after one of the quarterbacks at three and 325 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:25.240 cam Ward or should do or Sanders the son of 326 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:28.880 Dione Sanders. So the Giants kind of hold all the 327 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:32.400 cards here. If the Giants end up going quarterback, then 328 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:34.839 someone like Travis Hunter could be there at number four. 329 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:37.079 The other guy who Patriot Sam should keep an eye 330 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:39.440 on what the possibility him fall into four. I don't 331 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:43.559 think he will, but the possibility of Penn State's Abdual Carter, 332 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:47.880 an absolute game wrecker of a defensive end. Abdual Carter, 333 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:49.799 I know we talked about the needs on the offensive 334 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:52.440 side of the ball. Abdual Carter is the one guy 335 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:56.160 where you tear up the plant you cross out of 336 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:58.160 the draft board and you say, if Abdul Carter is there, 337 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:03.440 we're going to go get him. So the two guys 338 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:05.359 head and shoulders above the rest of the draft. 339 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:07.720 Class, I mean, that's the best player approach. By the way, 340 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:10.240 when you say that Cooper Cups and older thirty one 341 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:13.279 wouldn't you, and I like to be an older thirty five. 342 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.519 I remember the world that ain't bad football different story. 343 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:20.599 I remember what it was like a little bit more 344 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.839 spring and my stuff back then. 345 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.599 Me too. Hey, Chris really enjoyed it as always, you 346 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:28.680 know your stuff. I love talking football with you because 347 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:33.079 that's one sport that I need to spend more time reading, 348 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:35.920 reading your columns on because you do a fabulous job. 349 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:39.079 Chris Price on the Boston Globe. Uh. We're going to 350 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:42.880 talk with Chris, hopefully a lot between now and I 351 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:46.079 guess the started training camp and probably even beyond. Chris, 352 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:47.559 thank you so much for your time tonight. 353 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:50.839 I appreciate it. Dan take Caarin. We'll definitely talk again soon. 354 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:53.039 You bet you, you bet you. Okay, We've got the 355 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:55.039 eight thirty News coming up. We also have the new 356 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:59.440 iHeart app. It's new and improved. 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Most of us know, but 366 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:30.680 some of our listeners who are outside of New England, 367 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:32.680 We're going to stun him in the next segment back 368 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:35.640 right after this on Nightside. 369 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:42.680 It's Night Side Boston's news radio. 370 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:47.000 All right, all of us know that in different parts 371 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:51.759 of the country this words slang, your clean words, not 372 00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:56.680 bad words, and that are endemic to that particular region 373 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:59.599 of the world. Here in New England, We're no exception 374 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.720 with us, is Stacey Milbauer. She writes for the Granite 375 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:08.200 Post News, which is a digital site. Welcome, Stacy, how 376 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.759 are you tonight? 377 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:12.039 I'm good, Dan, how are you great? 378 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:15.720 So you got some unique, quirky slang words that are 379 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:19.400 pretty endemic to New England. You got fifty of them. 380 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:21.880 This must have been a fun assignment. Maybe you came 381 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:23.599 up with this idea of yourself, which was it. 382 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:26.720 I did not come up with the idea of myself, 383 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.799 but it was a fun assignment. I could have done 384 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:32.000 fifty more. I found so many because I had the 385 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:33.960 whole region, not just New Hampshire. 386 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:37.680 Yeah. I love the picture of the sign that says 387 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:45.279 frost heaves. Can you imagine being up here from Mississippi, Alabama? 388 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:52.519 The hell of frost leaves frosts? Yeah? Seriously, I almost 389 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:56.440 used the word flat lander earlier this evening. I didn't 390 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:58.759 realize that was one of the words you got. Let's 391 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:00.480 go over some of the ones that you found to 392 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:02.920 be most fun. Let's hit a few of them. Tell 393 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.079 us the word, and then let people think for a 394 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:08.759 second or so, and you can explain what it actually 395 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:11.200 means for those who you know who might not know 396 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.839 a word here here or there. 397 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:16.599 You want me to pick a word, I'd love. 398 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:20.960 You to tell me the favorites you've You've studied it. 399 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:26.880 One of my favorites is spucky. So I did it spucky? 400 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.680 That yet? 401 00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.240