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Speaker 1: What kind of contact you had with the Patriots throughout

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Speaker 1: the pre draft process, and what your level of surprise

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Speaker 1: is that you ended up in New England.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just you know, it's extremely blessed to be

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Speaker 2: able to talk to them and to be able to

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Speaker 2: come in today and you know, just enjoy it with

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Speaker 2: my family and I'm just excited to get up there.

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Speaker 3: Next question will be Mike Kadlick.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Christian, welcome to New England. Just how surprised were you?

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Speaker 4: I guess that you're available at pick seventeen. I know

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Speaker 4: from some of the pre draft process and you know,

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Speaker 4: things that we see, it felt like you were the

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Speaker 4: top cornerback on the board, So we're surprised to be

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Speaker 4: that to you know, fall that far. And what does

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Speaker 4: it mean to play for a guy like coach Belichick

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Speaker 4: at the end of the.

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Speaker 2: Day, Yeah, I mean a little bit, but you know,

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Speaker 2: it all happens for a reason. God has a plan,

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Speaker 2: so you know, I'm trusting his plan and I'm very

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Speaker 2: excited to play under him. It's a you can't really

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Speaker 2: get a coaching that, so I'm just excited to learn

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Speaker 2: and go in there and just compete.

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Speaker 5: Awesome.

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Speaker 3: Welcome inn. Next question, Ian Steel, Hey Christian, can you

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Speaker 3: hear me?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 7: Awesome, congratulations, welcome to New England. Following up on maybe

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Speaker 7: the plan that you just mentioned, I read that there

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Speaker 7: was a point in your life where you almost stopped

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Speaker 7: playing football. Would you mind one sharing that story, and two,

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Speaker 7: I guess, especially on a day like today, you're glad

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Speaker 6: Definitely, Yeah, it was. I was in high school my

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Speaker 2: I was put on JV as a backup just because

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Speaker 2: the coaches there thought I wasn't strong enough in the

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Speaker 2: weight room anything. I lifted enough weights and then I

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Speaker 2: ended up transferring. Just pushed through, leaned on my family,

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Speaker 2: and yeah, like you said, I'm very glad, very excited

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Speaker 2: I did not, you know, make that decision, because I

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Speaker 8: Next question, Mark Daniels, Hey, Christian, congratulations, I know the combine.

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Speaker 8: You mentioned that you've watched some rookie cornerbacks make an impact.

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Speaker 8: We did watching someone like Sauce Gardner do for your

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Speaker 8: confidence last season, and you know, what are your what

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Speaker 8: are your goals and what do you hope to achieve

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean it means a lot to be able

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Speaker 2: to watch somebody come in and just make an instant impact,

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Speaker 2: and I want to hopefully do the same thing. And

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Speaker 2: I just want to come in and compete and learn.

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Speaker 2: And you know I can't. I said earlier, you can't

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Speaker 2: learn from anything better. So I'm really just excited for

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Speaker 2: the opportunity to learn from the best.

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Speaker 6: Thank you, congratulations, Thank you. My next question Zach Cox, Hey, Christian, congratulations.

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Speaker 4: For folks who aren't familiar with your game, just how

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Speaker 4: would you describe yourself as a player.

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Speaker 2: Just somebody that's versatile, fast, long, tall, that can move around,

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Speaker 2: and somebody that loves to learn and just wants to

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Speaker 2: learn all the nuances of the defense and how they

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Speaker 3: So yeah, next question Andrew Callahan, Hey.

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Speaker 1: Christian, well to England again. When you spoke with the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: What was something that they wanted to know about you?

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Speaker 6: Really?

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Speaker 2: Just who I am as a as a player and

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Speaker 2: a person. Just get into to know me and just

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Speaker 1: And do you have much of a relationship with the

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Speaker 1: Adrian Clem obviously he was with you at Oregon last year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely have a relationship with him. We would

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Speaker 2: always talk at practice, mess around. But yeah, I'm excited

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Speaker 2: to to meet back up with him. Congrats again, thank you.

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Speaker 3: So when you might recognize James Copia.

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Speaker 9: Grass Christian, I know you had a lot of people

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Speaker 9: back in the green room with you that were very

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Speaker 9: important to you along the way. Just in the course

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Speaker 9: to the coach Buckley, to coach rang Gall, uh, to

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Speaker 9: your family? What were what were you saying to those

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Speaker 2: Just just thank you, thanking them for always being there

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Speaker 2: and then being here today. They all helped me get

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Speaker 2: happy to share that moment with them and can't wait

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Speaker 3: Next question, Mike Reese.

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Speaker 5: Hate Christian, Congratulations. Have you ever been to New England?

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Speaker 6: I have once?

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Speaker 3: What do you what do you remember about the visits?

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Speaker 5: What do you know about it?

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Speaker 6: He was great, Uh, a great atmosphere.

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Speaker 2: No, the ball gets played down there up there, So

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Speaker 2: I'm really excited.

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Speaker 6: Just to get up there.

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Speaker 5: What was it that brought you here? Was it to

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Speaker 6: Was it for something different than coming to visit the Patriots?

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Speaker 5: Which separate.

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Speaker 6: It was a visit.

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Speaker 3: Congratulations our next question tomorrow Brown, Hi Christian, welcome to

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Speaker 3: New England.

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Speaker 5: Two things. One following up on what Mike reach just asked.

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Speaker 10: Have you heard about with New England the lobster roles

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Speaker 10: and the clam chowder?

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Speaker 5: And are you a seafood person? Well?

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Speaker 6: I love seafood.

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Speaker 5: Would you be open to trying both?

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Speaker 6: I'll stick to the lobster. I don't know about the

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Speaker 6: clam shower.

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Speaker 5: That's okay, you'll hear a lot about it once you

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Speaker 5: get to New England.

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Speaker 10: We're so glad to have you here. Second question, wonderful

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Speaker 10: up on what you said and Callahan, the Patriots wanted

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Speaker 10: to know who you are as a person. How would

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Speaker 10: described us, subscribed to us. How you are on the field,

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Speaker 10: But who are you off the field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just somebody that's extremely trustworthy, somebody that's just

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Speaker 6: And just really all about ball. Ready to just learn.

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Speaker 6: I just love to learn, so.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, next question Andrew Callahan.

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Speaker 1: Hey, Christian, it looked like you're you're tackling and your

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Speaker 1: ball skills seemed to take a jump last year. Organ,

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Speaker 1: How would you describe the process of improving those skills

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was just film study, knew what I had

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Speaker 2: So just really attacking it and knowing knowing myself what

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Speaker 2: I have to get better at, not having a coach

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Speaker 1: You extra work you did in practice or in games

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Speaker 2: It was just multiple reps, just just getting more reps

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Speaker 2: and and and a lot of film went into it,

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Speaker 1: What's your favorite way to watch film?

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Speaker 6: Probably just like I don't know by myself.

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Speaker 2: I like to watch with the team and the coaches,

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Speaker 2: but then I learned a lot by myself as well.

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Speaker 6: Thanks Ben.

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Speaker 3: Back to Mark, Mark Daniels, Christian.

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Speaker 8: How were you of the Patriots sort of history with

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Speaker 8: their top play cornerbacks? Would be thy Law, Stefan, Gilmourrella Ribs,

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Speaker 8: you know, have you know one? Do you know about

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Speaker 2: Definitely, I know about it, and I'm Like I said,

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Speaker 2: I'm just excited to be able to get in there

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Speaker 2: and play under just having great cornerbacks come out of

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Speaker 2: he's just a great player. So it's just, you know,

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Speaker 2: I want to follow in the footsteps of it.

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Speaker 3: Thanks you. Next question Katie McInerny, Hey, Christian.

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Speaker 5: I just wanted to ask you about your suit. That

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Speaker 6: Some planning and you unveiled it there on stage.

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Speaker 3: Why did you wear it, where did you get it and.

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Speaker 5: What does it mean to you?

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Speaker 2: I wore it because I'm Colombian. My dad was born

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Speaker 2: he was eighteen, and it took some planning. Yeah, and

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Speaker 2: it means the world to me to just be able

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Speaker 2: to put on for South America. They don't really play

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Speaker 2: So I just want to be able to have let

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Speaker 3: Okay, great, thank you for the next question.

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Speaker 2: Michael Hurley, Hi, Christian, I'm sure there's a million things

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Speaker 2: going through your head tonight, But the division that you

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Speaker 2: landed in is pretty stacked quarterback receiver wise.

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Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers just joined the division. Has that