1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: I'm doing great. Um, he till he was a former teammate. 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: He's snap fucking obviously for the other team. What do 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: you what do you remember about this beating team game. 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: I mean he taught me a lot, you know. I 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: think he was a veteran guy coming in uh feight Steve, 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: very scrappy guy. Um. But I mean we still remain 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: good friends till this day. Um. But you know, I 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: think you know, that's a fun part of playing in 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: the league for a while. You get former teammates, you 10 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: get friends, you get to compete again. So, um, he's 11 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: one guy. I know he'll be playing his best football 12 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: on the other side of the field. So um. You 13 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: know you see it even in their team, how much 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: better they played on defense with him. He's a leader. Um. 15 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: You know, I think he really gets guys to follow 16 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: him when he goes out there and plays. Um. And 17 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: I thought he brought a great edge, you know, to 18 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: our team when he came. Um, you know, for the 19 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: two years he was here. That's Patton, just from he 20 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: goes up against a lot of paid ends at times, 21 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: takes what you can do as well, just have practice howlpe. 22 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: You notice that he's transcended that position. Oh, I mean, 23 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: the guy is so hard to cover, you know. I 24 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: think a lot of people think of tight ends so 25 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: tough in the red area and making plays. But you 26 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: watch him, like you said, you know, down the field, 27 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: crossing routes, you know, catching the ball for five yards, 28 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: breaking two tackles. Um. You know, I think just the 29 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: way you look at his off the field, of grinding 30 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: through injuries and like that's how he plays. You know, 31 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: I think it showed up Sunday when we needed him 32 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: the most, making big catches, making big plays. Um. You know, 33 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 1: I think for me, it's just cool every every time 34 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: my max about him. We came in the same year 35 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: and to just watched both of us kind of grow, 36 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: you know, in this organization and become leaders, both be 37 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: captains at times. You know, I think, you know, you 38 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: get to kind of be right next to a guy 39 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: and see him growing and obviously for me to watch, 40 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: you know what he's been able to do best tight 41 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: end in football for years. You know that's not easy 42 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: to do a teammate level. What does it take to 43 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: get trust kind of doesn't take to kind of guys 44 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: to everybody forward. So I think it's just what you said. 45 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,839 Speaker 1: Trust you know, I think, um, people are always talking 46 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: about xs and those and you know where you rank 47 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: here or there, um, But people like no one knows 48 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: except for us. You know what we go through in 49 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: the locker room, what guys go through personally when you 50 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: come in here, um, and you kind of put all 51 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: that aside and you got to lean on each other. 52 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: And I think, um, both teams will probably I'm sure 53 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: they have very similar stories of what we have in 54 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: this locker room. Because to make it through, you know, 55 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: sixteen games in a regular season then through the playoffs, 56 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: you have to have a tight knit group. You have 57 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: to you have to be close. You have to go 58 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: out there, um when the game's hard and it's not 59 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: going your way at times, and to keep fighting. That's 60 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: doing it for each other. So UM, I think any 61 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: team you watch to get to this point, and this 62 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: team is definitely like that. Um. You'll hear it multiple times, 63 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: whether someone talking to the position group or Slate breaking 64 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: it down after the game, talking about each guy's character, 65 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,239 Speaker 1: talking about the bonds that we build, talking about being 66 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: there for each other to help you develop as a 67 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: father or a husband. Like it's it's so much more 68 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: than when we're just sitting meetings and go to practice. 69 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: And that's why I love the whole journey and process 70 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: of going to the super Bowl because it's a week together, 71 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: one last time kind of for a team that you 72 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: feel is special that you kind of want to take 73 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 1: advantage of. So that kind of started today. Um, so 74 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: I should say more than a week started today with 75 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: putting everything in and having fun with this process. Like 76 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 1: I know, it sounds crazy because we always say you 77 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: don't know if it had happened again, and we've been 78 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: we've been three straight years, but you really don't and 79 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: you know it won't happen again with this team, the 80 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: first team in twenty five years to make it back 81 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: to the super Bowl after losing the previous season. So 82 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: what did you learn from the last year experience? Not 83 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: to make sure that well, first I would say, did 84 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: the last team win the next time they went back? 85 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: They did not, So we shouldn't even bring this one up. Yeah, 86 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know, you know, I think each 87 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: time is different. Like I said, each team's different. Um, 88 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: I think guys would experience you try to help guys 89 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: with the logistics part and the different things of studying, 90 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: you know, throughout a long period of time. Usually we 91 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: don't have that many days and studying opponent, so you 92 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: try to prep you know, all of those things, but 93 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: it's tough. I don't think you can take much from 94 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: last year other than the experience of dealing with the 95 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: things that don't actually involve the game at times. You know, 96 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: I think those are probably the hardest things to deal with, 97 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: whether you know, as much as we love our families, 98 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: but dealing with our families when they getting in on 99 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: Thursday and budget in your time the right way. Like 100 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: to me, those are the biggest things that you can 101 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: bring over each time you playing this game, um, And 102 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: then at the end of the day, you try to 103 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: focus on being ready to play in the game Sunday 104 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: because um, like Bill keeps telling us and says every year, 105 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: what you'll remember the most is the outcome of the game. 106 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: How excited are you for your brother? This is his 107 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: first year with PTE, is the first time going to 108 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I'm excited, you know, I think he's been 109 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: He's been a great guy just to see as far 110 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: as excitement and you being ready to go, and you know, 111 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: but when it's time to lock in. He's locked in. 112 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 1: You know, I think the guy you guys see running 113 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: in locker room yelling and screaming after the game Sunday 114 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: and after I mean a lot of our wins this year, 115 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: when we come in here and we get ready to work, 116 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: he's not focused on that. He's showing leadership of being 117 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: ready to go playing multiple positions, and we count on 118 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: him to do that. So you know, along with him, 119 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: Danny Shelton, you know, those guys went from not winning 120 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: the game last year to now playing in Super Bowl 121 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: Like you can't make this stuff up like they I'm 122 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: sure they never dreamed that really or guess that will 123 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: happened this year. So um, you know, I think that's 124 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: he's like, he's Those two guys are prime examples of 125 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: the work we put in for teammates next to us, 126 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: Like we have guys in here that have won Super Bowls, 127 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: won multiple Super Bowls. But this game is important because 128 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: you know, you got guys next to you that you 129 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: know they went owing sixteen last year. You know how 130 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: special this is for them to be in this type 131 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: of environment. Official is it for you to have played 132 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: with Cooks all last year? Going against the training camp 133 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: and practices for all that time now to be able 134 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: to see him a year laters or could carry over there. 135 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: You know him, you know them a little bit personnel wise, 136 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: but you still got to dive into the film see 137 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: how they're using them, Like how we use them isn't 138 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: necessarily the same on how he plays on the RAM. 139 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: So um, it definitely helps when you've played against a 140 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: guy multiple times. The same thing when you play against 141 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 1: a guy that's like in your division for years, you 142 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: know him personally as far as you know how they 143 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: run routes and you know what they might not like, 144 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: you know, different things like that. But um, you still 145 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: gotta go and compete against him and try to make 146 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: it tough. So um, and we know kind of what 147 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: Cook's brain is. Fast guy, whether that's catching passes going 148 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: horizontally and getting vertical or he's getting vertical down the field. Um, 149 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: he's a guy that we kind of got to know 150 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: where he's at. I mean, we we had to do 151 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: that in practice a lot too when he first got here, 152 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: of knowing where he's at it and recognizing his speed 153 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: on what he can do. Although there's two weeks between 154 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: the last game, in the next game without all the 155 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 1: potential distractions and unfamiliarity with the Rams last time you 156 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: play them a virtually different team. How difficult is how 157 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: challenging is it to get familiarity with the Rams the 158 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: personnel giving this rebuilding. Um, I think you try to. 159 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: That's why I say experience really helps. Like being done 160 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: with everything logistically, I guess that was Tuesday and coming 161 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: in here Wednesday and like all right, we're on the 162 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: RAMS and scouting reporter, watching film. Very fortunate, you know, 163 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: since the playoffs started, Like I go home and my 164 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: wife's like, dude, what you gotta do? Like throughout the playoffs, 165 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: she was, I want to go to super Bowl, So 166 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: do what you gotta do. I got the kids study filming. 167 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: It's the same way now like if she if she 168 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: ever is on me, I'm like, you want to win 169 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: the super Bowl or not? So that that definitely helps 170 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: at home with m with her stepping up and taking 171 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: even more of a lead that she already has. UM. 172 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: And that's what we just try to encourage and tell guys, like, 173 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: for one, get as much studying and work done while 174 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: we're here. You know, your normal kind of routine going home. Um, 175 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: because it gets even harder once we get there and 176 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: you know hotel. Now you're trying to balance watching film, 177 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: you know, media and all of that stuff. Um, So 178 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: we try to get a lot of work done here 179 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: and then just keep sharpening it. As the game gets 180 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: closer and closer, your personally will be in your favor 181 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: super Bowl. How can you describe to each other the 182 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: journey playing your fifth Super Bowl? It's been awesome, you 183 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: know you I can't ask for a better career to 184 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: be able to play and five super Bowls. Um. You know, 185 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: guys that are Hall of famers, that are you know, 186 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: top five players at the position ever, you know, don't 187 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: get that opportunity. So, um, I'm blessed. You know. I 188 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: think to be drafted here by the Patriots to play 189 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: with some you know, amazing players and then have a 190 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 1: coaching staff like we have here. Um, that works, I 191 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: think as hard as any coaching staff and all of football, 192 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: you know, I think it shows up and gives us 193 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: of our opportunity. Um. But I mean we're we have 194 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: a lot of guys in that locker room that have 195 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: played in five plus Super Bowls, or four guys that 196 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: came here three years ago and been in three straight 197 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: Super Bowls, And the truth is, individually, it's not really 198 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: because of any of us, you know, it's it's been 199 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 1: a group effort, and it's been a lot of guys 200 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: and a lot of different people in this organization putting in, 201 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: you know, hard work for us to get there. Devin 202 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: starting to ask you about their offense when it comes 203 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: to using those those fast motions right before the snapper 204 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: jet motion, wherever you call it, I know they're not 205 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:30,599 Speaker 1: the only team that doesn't. Seems like they do it 206 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: a lot challenge. I think the one good thing is 207 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: we've seen out a lot this year that I would say, 208 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 1: like RPOs last year was like the biggest thing in football, 209 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: And I would say the missile motion is now like 210 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: each team, like you said, each team runs some type 211 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 1: of missile motion. The rams I think make it tough 212 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: because they do it. It could be cooked, it could 213 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: be woods, you know, it could be anybody that they 214 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: have over there that they run it with, So that 215 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,599 Speaker 1: kind of makes it tough. It comes from, you know, 216 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: both sides to the tight end, away from the tight end. 217 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: But I think the experience of seeing it and kind 218 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: of understanding the challenges we know, but a lot of 219 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: times it's just gang tackling. Like when they give it, 220 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: it's you know, guys running inside out and trying to 221 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: get the guy down. And then it's guys understanding if 222 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: you don't have that, you need to play your responsibility 223 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: that you have on the play, whether that's a gap, 224 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 1: whether that's a man, it's one of those you know, 225 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 1: kind of smoking mirrors things that if your eyes go 226 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: straight to that and you chase that. Teams are really 227 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,839 Speaker 1: good at running, toss action off it, downhill, runs off it. 228 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: So you really have to do your job on it's 229 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: it's missdirection, and whenever you get misdirection from an offense, 230 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: guys have to do their job, thank you.