Good news, everybody: Drake Maye isn't bad at OTA practicing anymore. The second-year QB looked much, much better in the latest session open to the media, and Doug Kyed is here to provide some detail on that performance plus everything else from Foxboro ... including a standout performance from undrafted rookie receiver Efton Chism. Some non-gossipy Bill Belichick conversation ensues, before some embarrassing news for The Offspring and New Found Glory is tackled.

The boys are back in town -- Podcast Town -- and they're here to CHAT. This week, they're showing their expertise in party drugs, as it relates to the video of Stefon Diggs on a boat that's made the rounds online. Will he get in trouble? We'll find out. Also, Doug Kyed shares his observations from the Patriots' second OTA session open to the media, including slight improvement but still shaky play from Drake Maye. Plus, David Andrews is retiring, we throw around some takes on shows and movies, and Michael Hurley comes up with a great new podcast name. You better get used to it.

The media got to watch the Patriots' OTA practice on Tuesday, when Drake Maye threw four interceptions. Doug Kyed was there and shares his take on that plus which players appear to have the early track to being starters. Mike Hurley was not there but he asks Doug some really, really strong questions in this podcast, which includes thoughts on Mike Vrabel, an amended win total for 2025, "Forged In Foxborough," the concept of bringing a cat to a minor league baseball game, the challenges of chaperoning a field trip, and much, much, MUCH more.

It's Christmas Morning aka Schedule Release Day. Even if it's not actually THAT exciting, it's always a big deal when the full schedule is released, and Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley are here through the 2025 slate game by game to lay out realistic expectations for the Patriots. The floor should be eight games ... but should they get to 10? There's a case for it.

There's not a ton happening in the land of the Patriots, so Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley are here to weigh in on which players are LOCKS to make the 53-man roster. They also touch on football comparisons to Rafael Devers being unwilling to play first base as well as football comparisons to the Celtics blowing 20-point leads in back-to-back playoff games. Then before time runs out they realize they forgot to talk about Julian Edelman making the Patriots Hall of Fame.

The draft is over. It's officially NEXT season. With that in mind, Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley pull out their red pens and apply grades to every positional group on the roster. What's the most improved unit? What's the biggest trouble spot? Plus, Drake Maye spoke to the media and briefly mentioned Joe Milton's new opportunity to ... be a backup quarterback. And of course, power ranking the best pop punk albums of all time to close the show.

MIchael Hurley is back from Florida! Hurley and Doug Kyed grade and recap the Patriots' entire 2025 NFL Draft class. Spoiler alert: It's a good one!Kyed and Hurley go pick by pick to recap the draft.Kyed and Andrew Callahan will also host a post-draft party featuring some incredible guests at 7:30 p.m. ET on YouTube and Twitter. Tune in and donate money via Superchat to win cool raffles and support cancer research for LLS.Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/63az1kKeXzeiQOXCJ8EJiIApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pats-chat-a-patriots-podcast-with-doug-kyed/id1658450530YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@patschatpodcast

Michael Hurley is in Florida, and Doug Kyed and Andrew Callahan recorded a podcast recapping Days 1 and 2 of the Patriots' 2025 NFL Draft for a joint Pats Chat/Pats Interference podcast.

Kyed and Callahan talk at length about Will Campbell, TreVeyon Henderson, Kyle Williams and Jared Wilson and get into a debate on whether the Patriots were ready to take a running back in the second round.

Kyed, Hurley and Callahan will all be recapping the Patriots' draft Monday night at 7:30 p.m. with Danny Kelly and Danny Heifetz from The Ringer Fantasy Football Show, ESPN’s Mina Kimes, Jason McCourty, Steve Palazzolo and Sam Monson from Check The Mic, NBC Sports Boston’s Phil Perry, CLNS’s Taylor Kyles and the Boston Sports Journal’s Mike Giardi to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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