1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: What this team is heady through service. How hard do 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: you think this team has been working and bringing back 3 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: that new weel and old hature with him very hard. 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: Each and every day we come out, we compete with 5 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: each other. We got other guys across the ball that's 6 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: ready to come out and compete. Older guys pushing each 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: other each and every day. We just trying to get 8 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: better each and every day and just come out and compete. 9 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: Come on that thank you though you got did you 10 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: have push your reds tolschstunity on playing on Sunday? You 11 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: should do some more opportunities for someone up yourself. Just 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: put your mind steady and or a chance to play 13 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: and make your just being ready, just staying on top 14 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: of everything, stay on top of all my calls. Just 15 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: blessed to have the culture that I have. I'm more 16 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: than I'm overly confident in myself and my skill set 17 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: to go out there and be ready to compete as 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: a room. How do you guys kind of view that 19 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: next man up mentality all of us? If you if 20 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: you active, you with us, next man up, you gotta 21 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: be ready to play and the standard that's the standard here, 22 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: So one to go down the next person needs to 23 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: be ready to step up open up the season on Sunday. 24 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, he said. How excited are you got to 25 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 1: open up the season? Oh? Very excited, just my first 26 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: first official game. I'm very excited, very excited to see 27 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: the dilect stadium, dilect crowd coming out for the first game. 28 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: I know they're gonna bring the energy, new head coach, 29 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: so it's gonna be fun. How MU should help us 30 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: just be in the stadium to stay in and practice 31 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: and sort of give you a feel for being on 32 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: the field game. Oh yeah, all the time. We tend 33 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: to do some practices in the stadium just to get 34 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: a feel or the grass the turf, instead of going 35 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: from grass that we practice on to the turf that 36 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna have to play on the end of game, DJ, 37 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: what do you remember about watching the Patriots play on 38 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: TV as a as a younger first leason? A lot? 39 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: That was my dad's favorite team growing up, so he 40 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: used to force me to watch the Patriots a lot, 41 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: even though I'm from Alabama, so it used to be, 42 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: you know, a little bit of a time difference. But 43 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: he made sure he got those New England games going 44 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: is he bandmaging guys winning? He didn't. I mean no, 45 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: he wasn't. He really just was a true New England 46 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: Patriots thing. His whole life, really his whole life. Do 47 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: we know what I need to aks him? I need 48 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: to aks him. That's fo I need to aks me. 49 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: We'll need be here on Sunday. He will not be 50 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: here on sunder, but he he's gonna be the some 51 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: games for sure. How excited to see you, know, to 52 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: watch you play? Oh, he's very excited. He's very excited. 53 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: He so happy for me. He takes me every day 54 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: just telling me to keep going strong. He seeing all 55 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: the good news on me. He just he's really excited 56 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: for me cause I'm a junior, so that that touched 57 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: him even more. Does he usually like talk to you 58 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: before a game? Do you have time for a pubday? Oh? Yeah, 59 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: I talk to him each and every day nights before games. 60 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: He takes me, call me the day of the game. 61 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: He'll give me some motivation as well. I'm the Patriots. 62 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: Thin you're about to play a game at jo the Stadium. Oh, 63 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: it's a blessing. It's a true blessing, just to be 64 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: able to come out compete with my teammates. We've been 65 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: grinding the whole summer. Now we finally got an opponent 66 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: to let the loose on how much Patriots play he 67 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: actually need to Like, was that the first thing you 68 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: had to do? Oh yeah, oh yeah, he's he he's crazy, 69 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 1: like he's super happy, super excited. He just can't wait. 70 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: His name's Desmond James. I'm the junior. What'd you get him? Like? 71 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: What was he asking for? Oh? Everything? He wants sweat, 72 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: he wants shoes, everything from top to bottom. Score caps, everything, 73 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: top the bottom. Easy guests, Yeah,