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Speaker 1: How y'all doing. My name is Joshua Ucha. Pleasure to

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Speaker 1: meet you, guys. Cool. Uh, it's the name my father

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Speaker 1: just trying to make my dad proud. So yeah, also

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Speaker 1: tell you that my father, Manuel Uchu, originally from Nigeria,

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Speaker 1: immigrated here on his own, went to school at Southern University,

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Speaker 1: studied architectural design and engineering. Uh, went back to Nigeria

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Speaker 1: to America. Went back and brought my mother over to

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Speaker 1: America from Nigeria, and you know, works out of Miami, Florida.

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Speaker 1: Has done a lot of big projects down there, and

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Speaker 1: just one of the biggest disciplinarians other than Bill Belichick

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Speaker 1: he's the reason I'm standing here today. So how excited

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Speaker 2: Most phil don't think I earlyered this new team with

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Speaker 1: You know, it's great, It's great to be back. You know.

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Speaker 1: It's it's different because Coach Belichick was the one that

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Speaker 1: brought me here to New England, gave me an opportunity

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Speaker 1: and has instilled a lot of the fundamentals and principles

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Speaker 1: that you know, I'm carrying on today. And you know,

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Speaker 1: he's also another reason I'm here today standing, you know,

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Speaker 1: in front of you guys as well. But you know,

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Speaker 1: it's exciting to be back seeing how you know, everything

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Speaker 1: is coming together Coach Mayo being also drafted by Coach Belichick,

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Speaker 1: and just carrying on that tradition of the system in

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Speaker 1: bring in this new era, this new energy, and get

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Speaker 1: things going, get things on track, and just just be

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Speaker 2: There are some reports that you've tricked out quite a

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Speaker 2: bit more money in free agency to come back. I guess, hey,

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Speaker 2: is that true? And and be it?

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Speaker 1: So why did you do that? You know, there were

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Speaker 1: some options on the table, But in my heart, I felt,

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Speaker 1: you know, I I was destined to be a Patriot,

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Speaker 1: and you know, despite what was offered, I I just

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Speaker 1: and I felt like it's what I was destined to do.

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Speaker 1: And I felt like this is what I you know,

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Speaker 1: it's what I wanna want, It's what I wanna be. Man,

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Speaker 1: I don't wanna be anywhere else. You know, and so

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Speaker 1: you know, you gotta do what you gotta do and

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Speaker 1: follow your heart.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, how would you describe that to situating the posss?

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Speaker 1: You know, it was you know, it was interesting. You know,

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Speaker 1: I had a lot of people calling me crazy, you know, uh,

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Speaker 1: a lot of people focusing on, you know, the financial

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Speaker 1: parts of the decision. But I feel like, you know,

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Speaker 1: nowhere else I'd rather be. I can't envision myself playing

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Speaker 1: you know, I just know, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 2: Should the opportunity that you playing for Driving Hill Park

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Speaker 2: is coming to motivate that decision, to say.

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Speaker 1: Played a large role, you know, getting here to New

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Speaker 1: about you know, the Patriot away. They they were patient

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Speaker 1: enough to to you know, bear with me and kind

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Speaker 1: just the familiarity we have with each other, the trust

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Speaker 1: want to go anywhere else because they know me best.

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Speaker 1: They know me better than any other coach in the

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Speaker 2: Was there any aspect of betting of yourself sense it's

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Speaker 1: Uh? Yeah, you could say that this is home for me,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it's that much of a bet

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Speaker 1: But if I'm gonna bet on anybody, I'm a bet

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Speaker 2: So what excers that would make him a good head

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Speaker 1: That he's fully in that golf. I think last year

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Speaker 1: see who's gonna still stay in the fight, who's gonna

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Speaker 1: hard every day? And I s Mayo was coming in

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Speaker 1: what you want out of a coach, someone that's gonna

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Speaker 1: be there through thick and thin. And you know it's

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Speaker 1: my coach right there. Josh, you mentioned betting on yourself

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Speaker 2: Stimulated? And how are you playing on the crew and

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Speaker 1: Twenty two performance, you know, twenty twenty three, I was

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Speaker 1: stuff like that. Sometimes you know, you hit those home

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Speaker 1: but sometimes they don't. But you gotta do your job

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Speaker 1: and allow your teammates to step up and also you know,

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, do.

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Speaker 2: You expect people maybe play more of your strengths and

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Speaker 1: Sir.

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Speaker 2: Joshua Christian Barber deciding an extension or does he need

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Speaker 1: Defense Barber, you know, just a locker room guy. You know,

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Speaker 1: I just remember the stress that Christian went on last

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Speaker 2: Joshua, see Christian resigned, you got big Mike gets big

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Speaker 2: new deal, dougas Pact. What does that say to you

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Speaker 1: STEWERGI says, you know, keep the homegrown talent. You know,

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Speaker 1: guys that were drafted here, Guys that were brought in here,

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Speaker 1: you know that have been around for a while. You know,

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Speaker 1: they wanna they wanna build off of the foundation that's

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Speaker 1: I feel like that's the message I'm getting from that.

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Speaker 2: Does that matter to you, Like, I know we can tell, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I feel like everyone's just there to play football. I mean,

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Speaker 1: but we all got a job to do. But you know,

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Speaker 1: the themes of the guys being signed, like you're saying,

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Speaker 1: But you know, we're just here to play ball and

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Speaker 1: we're excited to keep some key pieces to help us

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Speaker 1: continue to have some success. So what does it take about.

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Speaker 2: Against the culture that everyone wants.

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Speaker 1: To sign Yeah, I think it says that gods understand

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Speaker 1: the value of playing for the patriots, like gods understand

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Speaker 1: And you know it requires you doing the hard things,

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Speaker 1: But finally, like what are you what are your thoughts

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Speaker 2: So since it's convenient to talking to you now be able.

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Speaker 1: To do anything personally for a little bit where it

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Speaker 2: So's and also when we're answering how to use your question,

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Speaker 2: you talk about Polish sons watching football together, its something

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Speaker 2: like you and your dad dead as well, Yes.

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Speaker 1: You know, growing up after church, come home after church,

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Speaker 1: So yep, does he have to go to you too?

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Speaker 1: But he switched it up, man, He switches it up man.

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Speaker 1: Like you know, my dad sometimes he'll you know, go

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Speaker 1: the little stubble, you know, sometimes he'll just clean shave.

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Speaker 1: But I just, you know, I wanted to switch it up,

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Speaker 1: go go te you real quick. So yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: joke South of Last Rustan got.

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Speaker 2: To joke me.

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Speaker 1: You know, I remember our days back at Michigan together.

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Speaker 1: Just an athletic, physical, determined guy. You know it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be fun.

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Speaker 2: Thankscrip Yup's dieting right here a