1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Thank you Stacy. Christian how are you today? How are 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: you doing? Man? How you doing? Doing really well? All right, 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: I'm in the front seat of the car, you know, 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: beautiful day or get down the practice and so pulled 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: over to talk to you and oh yeah, I want 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: to ask you, Christian, how would you describe the first 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: eight games of your NFL career? First of the game, um, 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: First of all, as a blessing play for you know, 9 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: the best organization Patriots game coached by the greatest coach 10 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: of all Tom coach Bill Belcher and the best defense 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: coach coach DC and learn from the best vets first 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: blessing really and just you know, just getting better every day? Christian? 13 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: What what? Um? What is it that you feel like 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: you're you've really improved on? You know, like if there's 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: one thing that you could zero went on, what would 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: be at the top of the list of things that 17 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: you really feel like you've gotten better at since you've 18 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: become a Patriot? Um? Really? Just what the techniques? I 19 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: can say that with the techniques? Um? What the just 20 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: like like want to learning learning, learning the game more? 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. I say that learned the 22 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: more game and just getting experience. I'm saying I'm learning 23 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: way more with the coaches and especially with my vets. 24 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: I'm talking like Lauren's god, you know that, that Dabby 25 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: and go to all the them, just learning from them 26 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: every day and been like DC and I'm just learning 27 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: like more extra stuff every day. So I'm fast learning. 28 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: I'm learning real well. And I had one other question, Christian, 29 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: you know your teammates with Mac at Alabama. Yeah, what 30 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: are your what are your thoughts on what he's done 31 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: so far in the NFL? Well, Mac doing his day, 32 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: Matt doing real good. Man. You know what I'm saying, 33 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: We all doing good. I mean all the rookies, and 34 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: I'm saying just we just gotta keep doing good, keep 35 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: doing better, say consistent, that's all. We gotta keeping consistent 36 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: and just doing what we're doing well. We're gonna all. 37 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: We always got something to work on, so we ain't perfect, 38 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: so we gotta keep getting better every day. Next question 39 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: Alex Bart followed by Chris Frank. Hey, Christian, I know 40 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: you wouldn't match. You know, I'm kind of play different 41 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: positions and he's rushing more from the edge. You're rushing 42 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: up the middle. But just what have you learned from 43 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: him about being a pass rusher in the NFL? Learn 44 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: from home especially Jew? Uh, It just you know, I'm 45 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,399 Speaker 1: really still learning what I'm saying. Oh, it's like, really 46 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: my life game really just learning. And um it's really Jew. 47 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: He's gotta watch out with Jew. He really so damn good. 48 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: And I'm saying, so, you gotta see if if I win, 49 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: if you win, we'd be right there. But email, it's 50 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: guy like, it's just a lot to learn. So we 51 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: just play off, play off each other. Some times I'm saying, yeah, 52 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: I got you cool, thank you. Our next question Chris Ryan, 53 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: Hey Christian. UM, a lot of times you guys are 54 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: coming to the league and they'll have, you know, kind 55 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: of a feeling as to how things are gonna go 56 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: and what the league is gonna be like. And I'm 57 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: curious as too, you know, what you thought going in 58 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: versus what the league actually is for you and halfway 59 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: through it out of your first year. Um, really just 60 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: like I'm still learning. It's just there's there's a lot 61 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: of games that um, still I'm still experiencing. But just 62 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: like I'm catching on, I'm learning real well, learning real fast. 63 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: I'm getting real comfortable. So like when I get comfortable, 64 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's then that's when things about to get 65 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 1: real hot, you know what I'm saying. So just there's 66 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: just more dangly learning about football, especially here in the NFL. 67 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: So it's really more learning. I'm still learning, but I'm 68 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: getting that. I'm getting into the metallity. I'm getting there. 69 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: What do you think is kind of the Is there 70 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: been something that stood out to you that's different than 71 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: what you expected? You know, or from a perspective of 72 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: being a little bit easier, a little bit harder. Um, 73 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: has has the league been harder than you expect it 74 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 1: easier than expected? Has it been harder to get to 75 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: the quarterback? Um? To get adapted? What has been kind 76 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: of your perspective there? Um, really nothing easy? Um, I 77 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: could say probably just guys way more athletic, more and 78 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: way more like guys that guy's been like play football 79 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: for a long time more than I was born. I'm saying, 80 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: it's just like more guys just it's more experienced, like 81 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: guys that know way more things like what people do. 82 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: So it's just like how can I say, like, you know, 83 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: they're way more athletic. Wait, it's very big, so I 84 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: gotta play a little different. And what I'm saying because 85 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: like especially here as I'm saying something like I'm learning, 86 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: I'm doing every I gotta do here. So maybe it's 87 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: more about technique than than before where you could just 88 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: kind of use powers. Really it's really more technique, you know, 89 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: saying I control your bob. You can't play a while 90 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: because hair just I mean his head. The dudes is 91 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: really good and really big, and really they get their 92 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: hands and they's gonna be a little problems. So you 93 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: gotta really more technique. While how can say that? Thanks? Yeah, 94 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: let's take the last question to began Roach, go ahead, Dan, 95 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: Hey Christian, Uh, it's just a thought two things. One 96 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: on what's it been like for you as far as 97 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: your journey is concerned. Is it what you thought it 98 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: would be? How much you enjoying yourself? Is life in 99 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: the NFL like you thought it would be? Um, I 100 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: can say yeah, but still got a lot of stuff 101 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 1: to do. One of stuff like that, And then I'm 102 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: saying all I do is just on you know, study 103 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: all the time and just just be to be the 104 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: best player I can beat for the Patriots and be 105 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: the coming on, same on work ethic every day, you know, 106 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: a lock in every day, get ready for the next 107 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: week game. And I'm saying just it's really just mentality. 108 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: I'm saying, you can have fun all season of that, 109 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: but I'm just football, just locked in, you know what 110 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: I'm saying, completely locked man. And I know that you're 111 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: born and raised in Philly and what have you. But 112 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: has it taken a bit to get used to these 113 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: cold on each again after coming from Alabama? Man, to 114 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: be a little it to me? Probably like a week 115 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: I used to it again because you know, and Bama 116 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: took me like three years. Get said he I used 117 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: always like sometimes like it was hot, y'all say, but 118 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: they are the cool It's it's better for me, say, 119 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 1: because I was born in it. So they're just I'm 120 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: so adapted to so I love a cool. Well, yeah, 121 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: but the heat was different. So you're embracing the weather. 122 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: It's fine. I'm embracing Oh yeah, I love it. Oh yeah, 123 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: thank you, no, Bro Christian, thank you very much. Thanks everyone. 124 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: Nick Folk will be the next one in this room.