1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Sounds like, perhaps, according to reports, a challenging day of 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: practice up there. What is the challenge a bid mike 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: for you with some of these changes coming in on 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: the offense compared to this time in training camp last 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: year here. Yeah, well, thank you guys for first of all, 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: thanks for having me on. I think this is going 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: to be great. And yeah, just to start with the 8 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 1: football question, yeah, it's been a challenge. It's hot out 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: here to start, but it's really good preparations for us. 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: I mean, the best way to train and heat is 11 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: to train and heat. So that's all you can do, 12 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: and that's just one external factor that you can't control stuff. 13 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: We're just trying to work things out and as usual 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: is practicing against a really good defense and a great organization. 15 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: So it was a good day, hard work, a lot 16 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: of sweating, and a lot of drinking water. So it 17 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: was good to be out there. We've heard the word 18 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: process a lot from Bill and I think a lot 19 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: of you players and others. Is failure on the practice field, 20 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: joint practice field, preseason game field. Is failure a part 21 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: of that process that you can accepts the quarterback of 22 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: this team, Yeah, I think that's failure. Is putting a 23 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: label on something that's not the process stuff. Like you 24 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 1: just said, we're just trying to focus on the process 25 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: and not the result, and failure would be considered a 26 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: result stuff. We're just trying to work do it all 27 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: and like you said, it's just doing the basic things 28 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: better and we can all do that. I can do 29 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: that better. Just get the ball to the open guy 30 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 1: and carry on to the next play. I think sometimes, 31 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: you know, we don't need to overcomplicate. It's football and 32 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: it's a simple game if you if you make it 33 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: a simple game stuff. We're all trying to get there. 34 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: It doesn't happen overnight, and we're making good progress. So 35 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: that's all you can ask for. Hey, mac Um, you 36 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: know a lot has been said about, like you guys 37 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,199 Speaker 1: implementing like a new system, Like how different is this 38 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: offense that you're running now compared to last year's. Um, Yeah, 39 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: I think we have really good players, are really good 40 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: skilled players that can I can spread the ball around too, 41 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: So you know, there's every system is different, right, so 42 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: you kind of get a feel for what you want 43 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: to do, what your m is of an offense, and 44 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: the big thing right now is trying to figure that out, 45 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: and we're getting there, and we're just trying to spread 46 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: the ball around to our great playmakers and obviously have 47 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: a great offensive line and great running backs. Though to me, 48 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: it's just finding the formula to kind of put it 49 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: all together and make sure we're on the same page 50 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: and carry on from there. So I heard, like, you know, 51 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: guys like Damian Harris and Trent Brown talking about this 52 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: new system again, how it allowed them to play faster. 53 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: They know they weren't thinking as much. Was last year's 54 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: offense a little bit challenging that as opposed to this year's. 55 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: Is this one's a little bit easier for guys to 56 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: run based on cleaning up like the worded the verbiage 57 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: of the play. I mean, to me, I've always prided 58 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: myself on being a smart quarterback. Though, I like to 59 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: just operate whatever offense we have, And yeah, you said it. 60 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of different changes. But at 61 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: the same time, we have really good coaches who are 62 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: providing insight telling my might have had before. From a 63 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: defensive perspective too, I mean, I'll tell you got to 64 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: attack it. It's you're eleven guys against the defense. Stuff. Um, 65 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: that's been a good um, you know benefit and just 66 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: moving forward. Uh. Yeah, we want to be able to 67 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: play fast, regardless of if it was this year at 68 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: last year. The goal is to put stus from the defense, 69 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: and we definitely need to do a better job of 70 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: just doing that and doing it really quick. Mac. You've 71 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: talked you've been in two different scenarios where you had 72 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: a long time offensive coordinator a year ago and Josh McDaniels, 73 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: a guy who I don't know, maybe you've got to 74 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: say hello to today on the practice field, and now 75 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: this year it's it's a new collaborative. I believe you 76 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: called it an open conversation. Two years into your NFL career, 77 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: are you able to sort of say which one is 78 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: your preference or are you still learning on the fly 79 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: with what this this new setup is. Um. Yeah, I 80 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: think in college I was fortunate to have, you know, 81 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: pretty much three different offensive coordinators there, and obviously these 82 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: last two years, so it's nothing new to me. I 83 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: just gotta do what they tell me to do and 84 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: execute the offense. And that's what a really good quarterback does. 85 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: And it all comes back to the players and listening 86 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: to the coaches and doing the scheme correctly. So we 87 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: have to do better at that. And it doesn't matter 88 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: if it's one person in your homemade or you're listening 89 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: to different people. I enjoy getting coach in general. Sometimes 90 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: on the practice field, you know, I get really competitive 91 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: and I want it to go better, But like you 92 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: said earlier, it's more about the process and just watching 93 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: the film and getting better. Was still a young offense 94 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: and sometimes you get to realize that's what we are 95 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: right now, and we're going to figure it out, and 96 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: they just take time. We're talking to Mac Jones, quarterback 97 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: of the New England Patriots, here on the Harbor One Hotline, Mac, 98 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: really beautiful connection that you had with Nelson agil Or 99 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: last Friday in the second preseason game. Is Nelson someone 100 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: who you've seen benefit from the changes that have been 101 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: made in the offense, And if so, how have you 102 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: seen him grow since last year? Yeah? I think um Nell, 103 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: he's done a great job. He's working hard. He's just 104 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: coming in early and going to work. So I trust him, 105 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: and I trust all those guys in the receiver room. 106 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: I feel like there's a very good variety of players 107 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: and he provides that vertical feed and he's a great 108 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: route runner and he's a really smart football player. So 109 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: we have a lot of those guys in that room, 110 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: and like you said, we want to showcase everybody and 111 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: get the ball down the field and do all that stuff. Um, 112 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: everyone's players are going to come, and hopefully Nelson will 113 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: continue to just grow like he's always done. And I 114 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: keep a positive mindset and keep working to getting better. 115 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: So I know, you know, you know, plays will will 116 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: come when when when they need to. It's almost like 117 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: you know, you can't sit there and wish for them 118 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: to come. But a guy that I think a lot 119 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: of us we're hoping we're gonna take a next step 120 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: and kind of be a big part of this offense 121 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: is Kendrick Bourne, and so far it feels like he 122 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: hasn't really been involved as much as we all anticipated. 123 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: Can you share with us any reason why that may be? Um, 124 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,559 Speaker 1: I love Kendrick, and UM, you know he's working hard. 125 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: Like I said, the plays will come. I think we 126 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: talked about it. I mean even last year during camp 127 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: a little bit, he was trying to learn everything and 128 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: find his role and he didn't get his much balls 129 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: And then the season came and he got a lot 130 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: of a lot of throws. So if you never know 131 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: when your time's going to come, and he just got 132 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: to keep working and just line up right and do 133 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: your route and you know eventually they'll come. You can't 134 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: chase plays, like I always say, and KBS still positive 135 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: and we're just really happy to have him on our teams. 136 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: So mac, Um, I'm paraphrasing this, but I think I 137 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: saw you say in a postgame interview or that Matt 138 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: Patricia was the most the most brilliant football mind you've 139 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: ever been around. I'm curious if Nick Saban heard that, 140 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: if Bill Belichick's know you said that, maybe Josh M 141 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: Daniels knows, Explain explain that to me. Yeah, I think 142 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: Maddie's a really smart football coach, and um, he sees 143 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 1: the game very well from both sides of the ball, 144 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: which is impressive. And just be able to talk to 145 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: him about what he sees when we have those conversations, 146 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: it's great. And obviously Coach Belichick does a great job 147 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: with that as well. I mean, it's just a great 148 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: group of football mind and coach judge. So we got 149 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys, even the assistant coaches. We just 150 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: have a lot of knowledge in there, and for me, 151 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: I just like to do a sponge and try and 152 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: listen to everything from their perspective. And I've been very 153 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: blessed to have really good coaches, like you said, Coach 154 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: Staven and Coach Belichick and Josh and everybody. So it's 155 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: just another great football mind to be around. And I 156 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: definitely think he's really, really smart. So Mac, I'm not 157 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: sure I've heard Bill Belichick gush about something the way 158 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: he gushed yesterday about the Raiders training facility, And I mean, 159 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure you were at nice facilities at Alabama and 160 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: the SEC. Is the Raiders training facility as nice as 161 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: Coach Belichick made it sound yesterday. Yeah, I didn't see 162 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: what he said, but I mean it's definitely real taj Maha. Yeah, 163 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: he called it the taj Mahal of football. That's a 164 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: nice problem, I guess. Um, yeah, it's it's definitely nice. 165 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: I mean they got everything right there, and um, at 166 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: the end of the day, I mean, you got your 167 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: weight room and your field and just like every other facility, 168 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: it's just it definitely has the bells and whistles and 169 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: really happy to be able to they let us use 170 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: it and use their weight room and and you know 171 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: get food and drinks and all that stuff. The really 172 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: nice people over there, and um, we're happy to you know, 173 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: be able to work with a team that has such 174 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: nice facilities and there's just a great group of people too. 175 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: So you guys have stayed at Caesar's Palace right tonight? 176 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: You guys hit a show usher nothing nothing? Right? Yeah, 177 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: I do, especially with the time change here were all 178 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: the guys are waking up at like four because you know, 179 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: we were used to waking up early over there. So 180 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: well that's what most people coming back from the club. Bro. Perfect. 181 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 1: All right, So Matt your favorite part of the week. 182 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 1: Let's do this one off right, Let's get off to 183 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: a good start at the quarterback question of the week, Mac, 184 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: easy one for you. Put her on a t What 185 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 1: was the most fun thing that Mac Jones did during 186 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: the summer? And you can't say work out. You can't say, 187 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: you know, lift weights, Like what did you do to 188 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: kind of you know, get away from roll and have 189 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: a good, good old time. Yeah, um, definitely a lot 190 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: of working out, But I'll give you a real one. 191 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: Uh My sister got married, so congratulations to her and 192 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: her two husband James. So we got to do that 193 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: during the summer and it was great to see all 194 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: my family together and friends and all that stuff. It 195 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: was in Bermuda and we had a great trip and um, 196 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: yeah it was it was really fun. Okay, Mac, are 197 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: you a big dance floor guy? Yeah? I like to dance, 198 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: all right, good man? Are you? I mean, if you 199 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: ask my friends, I hope they would say yeah. But 200 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: everybody's a good dancer when they're drunk. Yes, all right, 201 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: thank you Mac. Enjoy the rest of the time out 202 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: there in Vegas. Hopefully you guys get to do something 203 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,239 Speaker 1: fun out there. Besides all the football. That was good 204 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: anyway from Greys Dres. Don't worry about a vegel, Thanks buddy, 205 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: All right, thank you Mac. That was Mac Jones, quarterback 206 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: of the New England Patriots. He phoned in from Las Vegas, 207 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: where they are having joint practices against the Las Vegas Raiders.