1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: Who ahead market, MRK. I can congratulations. First, what was 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: your what was your contact like with the Patriots and 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: per draft process? And just I guess how surprised for 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: you to get drafted if if you were in this round? 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: Uh? Contract I had just came out for a visit. Uh. 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 2: And that's usually just to get a feel from the 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 2: environment and meet the coaches and kind of just like 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: I said, just get a feel for how the relationship 9 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: would be. I'm surprised I was. I was gonna be 10 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 2: the client no matter whether I was gonna be drafted, 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 2: whether I went undrafted or not, no matter what team 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: I went to in all honestly. 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 3: And that you know, what I've read about you is 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 3: that the versatility seems to be. 15 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: The key word. 16 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 4: How would you describe your game and that what. 17 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: What position would you say you play? 18 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: Uh? I said, I described my game by just having 19 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: the fundamentals, like I could run, cover, hate and make plays. 20 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: I have an instincts. So I feel like that's just 21 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 2: how it is for me. The position I'm gonna play, 22 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 2: We're gonna see him the fall. I don't really know 23 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 2: how that's gonna fall in the place. Uh, that's gonna 24 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 2: be to be determined, but wherever I am, I'm gonna 25 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 2: work to be the best at it. 26 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: So one last one for me that what was it 27 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 1: like working with DeMarcus coming Taylor album? 28 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: All Right, he's real cool. I see him on my 29 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 2: visit was kind of crazy. I don't know why I 30 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 2: had a thing I was gonna see him, but he's 31 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: just he's just a good dude. I was able to, 32 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 2: like they're in the Senior Bowl, go and ask him 33 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: questions personally about the defense because I do that a lot. 34 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: I did that with the linebackers coach too, but he 35 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: was super open, invited me and welcomed me to be 36 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: able to do that, and that really helped me being 37 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: able to play faster that week often. Thanks so much 38 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: for congratulations, No problem, Thank you. 39 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 4: Next question is gonna make re Juth Bryant. 40 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 5: Thanks and congratulations. You mentioned taking a visit with the Patriots. 41 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 5: Was that like one of many visits or was that 42 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,839 Speaker 5: one of the few visits that you had leading into 43 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 5: the draft? 44 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: Yes, sir, I ended up going on fifteen visits in total, 45 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 2: and the Patriots are one of them. Wow, fifteen visits. 46 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 5: How your frequent flyer miles that's unbelievable. What was that experience? Like? 47 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: It was cool just to be around freaking flyer Miles 48 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: I got them up for sure, But it was just 49 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 2: cool to be around football and be able to meet 50 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 2: different coaches and field different coaches and environments for football 51 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 2: and approaching the game and how to win, and just 52 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: to get to take a lot of the different football 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 2: minds in the league. 54 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 5: Why do you think so many? Do you think that 55 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 5: was like senior maybe and and sort of putting you 56 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 5: on the map a little bit more. 57 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 2: Uh, yes, sir, I think you were just a mix 58 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 2: of my unique situation being that, Uh, I didn't get 59 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: to go to the combine and there were some questions 60 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 2: that I had to answer at my pro day, But uh, 61 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 2: a lot of the teams just wanted to have a 62 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 2: further evaluation down me and then uh kind of just 63 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 2: get to know me a little bit more. So, I 64 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: think that's really where it came from. Thank you, no problem, 65 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 2: especially from jim and Bride in me one second area, 66 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: Jimmy Bride told like. 67 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 4: That, come yes, sir, I I tay congratulations. 68 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: Uh. 69 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 4: Just taking you back to that Patriots visit, do you 70 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 4: remember who you who you were with and what kind 71 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 4: of questions did be the Patriots want. 72 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: To know about you? 73 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: Uh? I was pretty much visited, like I got to 74 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: see pretty much everybody on the staff and and really 75 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 2: was just getting to know me, pick my brain about 76 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: football and see kind of how I was gonna be 77 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: to me how I viewed it was more than how 78 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 2: was the environment going to be that I was gonna 79 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 2: be stepping into and uh, kind of what was our 80 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 2: relationship going to be like? And what was it like 81 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 2: speaking with coach Pelichick? 82 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 5: Uh? 83 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 2: Cool? You know is different seeing him on TV and 84 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: then seeing him in person, not in like not in 85 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: like a bad or good way. But these are one 86 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 2: of the football legends, you know, so it was it 87 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 2: was just cool to be in the same room as him. 88 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: Thank you. 89 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 4: Next question Zach Conx, followed by Chris Mason. 90 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 5: What do we do? 91 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 4: Zach? We did? We're gonna go to Chris Mason and 92 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 4: see if Zach rejoins the call. 93 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 3: Yes, sir and Mark, I just want to echo what 94 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 3: everyone else said. Congratulations. I just wanted in the page. 95 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 3: I have had some pretty high profile safeties over the years. 96 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 3: Have you watched much stape on them? 97 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, they had one of the great Dani mccordy, 98 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: and they have very I feel like it's hard not 99 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 2: to be familiar with him. If you watch the football 100 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 2: in twenty sixteen or twenty tens and all, it. 101 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 3: Is there anyone that that's game you know, you think 102 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,239 Speaker 3: is similar to yours that maybe they've had in the past. 103 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 2: Uh. And I'll honestly, I feel like everybody at the 104 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: Patriots just does their job, and I hope to end 105 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 2: like something like that. You just being able to come 106 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 2: in and execute at a high level. U, no bus, 107 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 2: no mi assignments, and then just playing really good football 108 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 2: all around. 109 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 3: And I saw that you tore your peck in February. 110 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 3: I think it was you know, just what the recovery 111 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 3: time mine effect for that? 112 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 2: Uh, yes, sir, I'll just be working with the team. 113 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 2: Right now. It's been feeling good and uh I'll be 114 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 2: ready by training camp, a lady, But right now it's 115 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 2: feeling good. 116 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 5: Uh. 117 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: We'll see what that processive is like with the team, 118 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 2: but I know I'll be helping when I'm happy. I 119 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 2: ready to go. 120 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 4: Congratulations the last the last question of the Jack talks 121 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 4: for his. 122 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 1: That Hey Martae, congratulations again. Uh, just for for folks 123 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: who aren't especially familiar. 124 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 2: With you as a player. Just what should Patriots fans 125 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: uh know about what you'll bring to New England? Just somebody, 126 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 2: that's all they really know is football. This is where 127 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 2: I live, This is all I would be thinking about. 128 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 2: This is fun for me, this is a part of 129 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 2: my life. So by saying that, I'm trying to say, 130 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 2: this is all I my energy into. I go hard 131 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 2: at it. I try to perfect myself as I got 132 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 2: as a person. I grow in football and vice versa. 133 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 2: So I just am really intent when it comes to 134 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 2: something like this. You know what I'm saying, And this 135 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 2: is kind of where all I want to be. This 136 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 2: is really all I do. 137 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 4: Marchie, thank you very much. We appreciate you giving them 138 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 4: the media of the time and we look forward to 139 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 4: seeing you too. 140 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 2: Yes, I thank you.