The guys talk about what to do (and what not to do) during summer break, discuss Drake Maye's leadership skills, play over/under with Stefon Diggs' stats for 2025, and more

The Patriots Report with Price & Hogan

1:25: Last week, Mike Vrabel talked about the message he wanted to deliver to the players before they left for the break. What was the prime directive Hogan and the rest of the team got from Bill Belichick before they left for the summer? “Don’t be an assh*le.”

4:30: How do you as a player get away from the game, but also want to try and stay sharp? Are you running on a beach somewhere at 6 a.m. at a resort? “I remember taking my wife to Turks & Caicos and we were doing hill sprints at 7 o’clock in the morning.”

7:15: We asked Vrabel what he was going to do over the next four weeks or so, and he talked about time with family. He also said you sort of got cranky over the last 10 days or so, because you were just ready for things to start. What did you do during your time away, and did you get squirrelly at all in those last 10 days or so before the start of camp? “Yeah, you get anxious,” said Hogan.

10:00: Training camp is all football, but there’s also anxiety and excitement and anticipation. “I’ll see you at Thanksgiving.” What is the best thing and worst thing about this time of year for a player?

16:00: Price is working on a story on John “Stretch” Streicher, Vrabel’s No. 2 guy who has been described by some as the new Ernie Adams. With this in mind, what is Hogan’s favorite Ernie Adams story? “Ernie was always a damn mystery to me. For the first year and a half, I didn’t know who the guy was. … He was a really interesting individual.”

21:15: Ernie was a one-man analytics department in Foxborough.

21:40: On Drake as a leader. Does he have the capability to take that step from rookie quarterback to captain/leader? “He can’t be afraid to be an assh*le.”

27:10: On Maye leading the spring workouts. He would call out a cadence and if the team jumped, they’d run again. He had the reins. “I think that’s a good sign. …. For this team to be successful, [Maye] needs to continue to mature into a genuine leader.”

30:25: On Brady telling Gronk he wouldn’t throw him the ball if he kept making mistakes. “I don’t care how good you are.” Brady was “so detail-oriented.” On building trust with pass catchers.

35:12: Over/under on Stefon Diggs. We take 70 catches, 950 yards, and five touchdowns. Over or under on all three?