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Speaker 1: What's up you guys. I'm doing well, doing well. Um.

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Speaker 1: I'll start off first and just say that my thoughts

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Speaker 1: and prayers this week and continuing. I mean it's just

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Speaker 1: been with Damar, his family, with the entire Bills organization, um,

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Speaker 1: with te Higgins, with the Bengals too. I mean it's

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Speaker 1: you know, it's been a crazy week, but you know

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Speaker 1: it's it's been awesome to hear some you know, see

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Speaker 1: some answer prayers. I think that's the biggest thing, um,

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Speaker 1: the last this last day. So um, but well, you

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Speaker 1: know we've got to continue to pray for the family

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Speaker 1: and for him and just the continuous recovery. UM. So

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Speaker 1: I'll start out with that. Under when the news comes

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Speaker 1: in like you did yesterday and then again this morning

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Speaker 1: and come out, is that a sense of relief for

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Speaker 1: the guys in the locker room when you hear stuff

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Speaker 1: like that, Yeah, I mean it definitely is. I Mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's not you know, on our team, but

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Speaker 1: he's a brother in this league. We all go through

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Speaker 1: the same things. We're all to go through this in

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Speaker 1: this see that happened. Um, it was just you know,

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Speaker 1: it was crazy for sure, and and just to be

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Speaker 1: able to have some positive news. Um, you know, we

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Speaker 1: were all just kind of thinking about it and wondering

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Speaker 1: and hoping, and to finally get some good news was

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Speaker 1: it was huge. And then how do you prepare for

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Speaker 1: the range of emotions that it's going to take place

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Speaker 1: at that scene come Sunday pregame ceremonies. You know it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be rocking, but you guys need to win this game.

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Speaker 1: So how do you prepare for something like that? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we were just preparing, preparing for

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Speaker 1: whatever it is. Um, we know it's going to be

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Speaker 1: crazy in there. It's always wild in there, right, and

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Speaker 1: so um, and we've played in a lot of big

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Speaker 1: time venues this year and so um, we'll be ready

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Speaker 1: to go when we have our backs against the wall

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Speaker 1: and we're preparing to go go win this football game.

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Speaker 1: Did you take a step back when you first saw

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Speaker 1: that on Monday night and think about yourself and in

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Speaker 1: your family and just kind of reflect on it. It's

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Speaker 1: part of the game, but it's also part of your life. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's just yeah, it was. It was definitely

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Speaker 1: tough to watch sitting there. I was watching her with

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Speaker 1: my wife, So I mean, you know, it's you know,

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Speaker 1: I got a son now too. Um. It was definitely

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Speaker 1: it takes you back a little bit, um and definitely

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Speaker 1: tough to watch. Um. I mean, this is a crazy

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Speaker 1: sport that we play, and this is something that you

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Speaker 1: never want to see, um be a part of this game,

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Speaker 1: especially something so crazy as that was maybe not the

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Speaker 1: contents of the conversation, Hundrew Vick. Can you share anyone

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Speaker 1: you might have talked to, either to consult with or

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Speaker 1: somebody who might have approached you in the locker room

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Speaker 1: or own staff to kind of process something that's obviously

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Speaker 1: affected everybody. Yeah, I think you know, of course, Belichick

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Speaker 1: did a great job of addressing everything, um once we

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Speaker 1: got in. I mean he sent everybody a text too.

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Speaker 1: And we have so many people on staff here they're

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Speaker 1: just there to listen and be able to give advice

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Speaker 1: our you know, team Chaplin rest out to everybody, Drewe Robinson,

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Speaker 1: and he does such a phenomenal job with you know,

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Speaker 1: all of us and just being nected and just being

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Speaker 1: a year to listen. I think that's the biggest thing

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Speaker 1: for you know, a lot of us in that time. So,

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Speaker 1: you know, hats off to the you know, Patriots organization.

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Speaker 1: I mean they really did a great job to kind

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Speaker 1: of consult us and be able to just listen to

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Speaker 1: guys long. The people that Coach Belichick mentioned this week

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Speaker 1: that he's really valued input from was Mac Jones. I

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Speaker 1: was wonderful for from your perspective, how you've seen him

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Speaker 1: evolve in his leadership role and what you've seen from him,

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Speaker 1: especially this week with not just a really important game,

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Speaker 1: but so many more important things outside of football coming together. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Max done a tremendous job. He's

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Speaker 1: grown a lot from last year. I mean vocally, you know, mentally,

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Speaker 1: so many different things are thrown at him and he's

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Speaker 1: stepped up at you know, every single time. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: he's a leader that we look to and he's a

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Speaker 1: guy that we all get excited to go out there

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Speaker 1: every Sunday and compete with. So, yeah, he's he's done

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Speaker 1: his fremendous job and had a lot of growth. It'd

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Speaker 1: be a facial a team with a lot of motivation,

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Speaker 1: But do you get the feeling that once you get

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Speaker 1: the first few snaps going, it's going to be about

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Speaker 1: a regular football game again, or will that carry through

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Speaker 1: for them? I mean, it's a high stakes game for sure,

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Speaker 1: especially for us, um. I mean and then you know

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Speaker 1: you know, I think once we're getting the flow of

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Speaker 1: the game, it'll it'll it'll settle down a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But you know, you got to be ready for that

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Speaker 1: first wave at the beginning. You've obviously had a lot

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Speaker 1: of teammates that year back in LA. How is Matthews

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Speaker 1: later I would say, potentially differentiated himself? But what makes

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Speaker 1: him a unique teammate? Man? He is uh so wise

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Speaker 1: um and it's it's incredible to watch why is obviously

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Speaker 1: football wise, I mean just having so many years am accumulated, um,

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Speaker 1: so much winning tradition with him, I mean being around

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Speaker 1: of instilling that and you know, the new guys that

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Speaker 1: come and be able to witness that through him. But

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Speaker 1: also just as a leader man, he is, He's one

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Speaker 1: of a kind for sure, and it's it's been such

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Speaker 1: a blessing to be able to witness that week in

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Speaker 1: week out, just the way that he steps up for

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Speaker 1: this team, steps up for just us as individuals too,

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Speaker 1: and serves the guys, but also just pours his life

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Speaker 1: into us in a way, and it's been really special

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Speaker 1: to be a teammate of his and hopefully some more

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Speaker 1: years as we go. I guess thank