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Speaker 1: So just now that the dust has settled a little bit, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: what goes through your mind when it comes to this season?

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Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, I'm honestly just grateful.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, I think you know, this season didn't go how

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Speaker 1: I mean it doesn't take away from all the work

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of time and dedication that goes into it,

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Speaker 1: and I think that you know, everybody still deserves that

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Speaker 2: Obviously, Bill Belichick's at the forefront of everything right now.

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Speaker 2: What was it like to play for him? And how

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Speaker 2: much did you like to play for some more? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, I'd love to continue to, you know, play for

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Speaker 1: So it was something that I'm always always gonna be

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Speaker 2: What kind of you guys were so good in training camp,

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Speaker 2: everything looked great. What kind of went wrong in your

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Speaker 1: You know, I think honestly, you know, in some cases,

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, we're playing in a monsoon the

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Speaker 2: And you know, I think that.

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Speaker 1: We were able to continue to compete and fight and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Max a professional and so I I

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Speaker 2: Know some of the tough situations. So Mike, who for

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Speaker 1: I mean, I wasn't here when you know that all originated.

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Speaker 2: It's just football and all business. That's not what it is.

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Speaker 2: As a pending for your agent, Would you want to

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Speaker 2: stay if New England? Yeah, absolutely, I love my time here.

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Speaker 1: You know, I've had a year that you know, I've

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Speaker 1: That, but uh, I am grateful for you know, this,

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Speaker 1: How would you evaluate your own your own season, how

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Speaker 1: Uh, you know, for me, I'm I would say trying

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Speaker 1: I was ready to do my job, and you know,

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Speaker 1: there was always opportunity and the game plan and all

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna attack this offseason, you know, harder than I've

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Speaker 2: Some plays and have some fun out there. Thank you,

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