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Speaker 1: we got to get that microphone. Oh you just got

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Speaker 1: to hit that red button right there, Bill, how are

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Speaker 2: Good? Good?

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Speaker 1: Well, yesterday obviously didn't go the way you wanted it

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it definitely have to play sixty minutes against

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Speaker 2: You got it all the way against some but the

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Speaker 2: turnover start the second half hurt us. And then and

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Speaker 2: I'm homes, I made a couple of great plays that

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Speaker 1: I think you talked a little bit about this post game,

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Speaker 2: No, the field position was totally different. Bill.

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Speaker 3: When it comes to Bailey in particular going from the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just gotta do that as a team.

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Speaker 4: Bill When you you look at the struggles that you

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Speaker 4: What do you think the biggest issues that will lead

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Speaker 2: Well, long yardies is one problem. You know, third and

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Speaker 3: Alex Austin said that he found out he was starting

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Speaker 2: No, I've said all I can say about that.

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Speaker 4: Okay, But when you talk about that fourth down and

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Speaker 2: Or get ready for tunder and we're playing dinner.

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Speaker 2: We had good practice and then we played hard yesterday.

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Speaker 4: When you look you look at the game, there's always

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Speaker 1: Bill, there are a lot of us who would like

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Speaker 1: as you want to. And I know you avoid the noise.

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Speaker 1: And when I ask you this, you're going to say

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Speaker 2: Yeah, nothing's change. I'm gonna keep you know. We got

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Speaker 4: Okay, but how frustrating is that, Bill, Like when you

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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna do what I do. And that's a

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Speaker 3: Do you have to say something to your players because

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Speaker 3: Do you have to talk to them and make.

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Speaker 2: Sure that we have open conversations about everything. Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Just on the same vein, just curious, from my perspective

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Speaker 5: and our perspective, do you feel that Robert Kraft has

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Well, I mean, look, I think any questions you

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Speaker 2: Up to you. Yeah, I'm not getting into the past,

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Speaker 1: Well, I would like to before you go, express the

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Speaker 2: We're here.

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Speaker 1: But I brought you a gift for Christmas? Is that okay?

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Speaker 1: It's a hoodie.

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Speaker 2: I took the liberty because I don't have any of those.

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Speaker 1: don't know if that's going to be an issue or not,

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Speaker 1: but it is. This is a collaboration that my foundation

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Speaker 1: and Cisco did. I know you love Nantucket, So this

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Speaker 1: is for you. Merry Christmas from the entire show, and

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Speaker 2: Well, happy holidays to everyone and to our listeners. And

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Speaker 2: I appreciate sport.

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Speaker 1: Any big plans for your working obviously, but any big

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Speaker 1: All right, Bill, thanks as always, Thanks thanks for being

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Speaker 2: We appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: There's Bill Belichick on a Patriots Monday Happy all right, No,