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Speaker 1: Just kind of talk about your year a little bit

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Speaker 1: and what it was like to go through. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think definitely a lot of learning experiences and I definitely

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Speaker 1: grew as a player and a person and didn't go

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Speaker 1: the way I wanted. But at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: I know I'm gonna bounce back and have a lot

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Speaker 1: lot of close friends on this team, and I'm really

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Speaker 1: just excited for the future.

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Speaker 2: What did you learn from it and how disappointing was

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Speaker 1: Really just learned to keep going. And I look back

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Speaker 1: and a lot of times when I had my most success,

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Speaker 1: it was right after my biggest failure. So I feel

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Speaker 1: like I can do that again. And I've worked hard,

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Speaker 1: did a lot of work this year in the weight room,

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Speaker 1: you know, all that stuff.

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Speaker 2: So I've been been impressed with that nack. Did you know.

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Speaker 1: Before yesterday that you were going to be the third

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Speaker 1: string quarterback. Look, I've started a lot of games in

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Speaker 1: this league and I've been very fortunate for that, and

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Speaker 1: I look at it as a positive. Just be able

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Speaker 1: to stay healthy at the end of the year and

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Speaker 1: finish the year on a healthy note. So Yeah, definitely

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Speaker 1: a different situation change.

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Speaker 2: What do you say, would you welcome a change for teams?

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Speaker 1: Look, I think I feel like I have a lot

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Speaker 1: of room to grow and there's a lot of things

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Speaker 1: I can do better and I know that, and I've

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Speaker 1: worked hard and I've always gonna put my best foot

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Speaker 1: forward and compete.

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Speaker 2: I know that.

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Speaker 1: That's all I've ever done is compete everywhere I've been,

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Speaker 1: so really love this place and have a lot of

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Speaker 1: respect for this place. And you know, we'll see where

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Speaker 1: it goes.

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Speaker 2: What do you hope is next? Is it to stay

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Speaker 2: here spot? We'll see.

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Speaker 1: I mean, like I just said, I'm gonna compete regardless

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Speaker 1: of I'm really happy to be in the NFL and

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Speaker 1: be a quarterback in the NFL. And obviously this year

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Speaker 1: didn't go great and I'm gonna do everything I can

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Speaker 1: and have done to get back on the right track.

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Speaker 2: Bill Belichick can succeed together.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, you know, growing up watching the Patriots

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Speaker 1: and being a big fan of the Patriots, I feel

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Speaker 1: like him and Tom had a lot of success and

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Speaker 1: that was something that I really noticed when I was little,

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Speaker 1: and I have a lot of respect for, you know,

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Speaker 1: what they did and how him and Tom won you know,

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Speaker 1: six super Bowls and all that. So it's very impressive run.

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Speaker 1: And really think that we'll see what the future holds.

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Speaker 1: You've got through this season, Go ahead, Mike, through this season,

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Speaker 1: what have you identified as maybe things went off track

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Speaker 1: a little bit? For Yeah, I think for me it's

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Speaker 1: very important. I always take notes, and I've gotten a

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Speaker 1: chance to go back and look at my notes from

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Speaker 1: the past three years, and there's a lot of things

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Speaker 1: I can do better, and there's a lot of things

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Speaker 1: that are in my control, but there's also a lot

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Speaker 1: of things that are out of my control. And I've

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Speaker 1: always said that I'm gonna focus on the control bulls

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Speaker 1: and that's important to me. But like I said earlier,

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Speaker 1: I feel like I've made progress, especially in these last

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Speaker 2: I've been here early, left late.

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Speaker 1: You know, a lot of people would have just said,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm done and I'm not gonna do that.

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Speaker 1: And I've worked out hard, put on you know, seven

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Speaker 2: Of muscle in the last couple of weeks here.

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Speaker 1: So that's where I'm at right now, and that's what

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Speaker 1: I'm looking for, is the next opportunity and I know

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Speaker 1: it's gonna come, but the end of the day, as

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Speaker 1: a quarterback and a competitor, you got to be ready, right,

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna be ready.

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Speaker 2: Thank you said you love the place? Look the better

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Speaker 2: for the hindsight now you feel organizationally of the best

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Speaker 1: Look, I'm grateful, you know, for them to pick me

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Speaker 1: at fifteen. I'm in the twenty twenty one draft, and

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Speaker 1: mister Kraft for giving me the opportunity. And I have

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Speaker 1: a lot of respect for the Craft family. They've built

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Speaker 1: this place from the bottom up, and I have all

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Speaker 1: nothing but love for them and what they've done in

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Speaker 1: their family. So I'm really just grateful for the opportunity.

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Speaker 2: We saw the addition of Billy O'Brien and everything, Brainy

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Speaker 1: Where do you think everything kind of went off the

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Speaker 1: rails when it comes to what you're going trying to accomplish. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there was definitely the previous relationship and a lot of

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Speaker 1: hype going into the season, and you know, I love

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Speaker 1: coach O'Brien and it was obviously disappointing it didn't go

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Speaker 1: our way for a multiple multiple reasons really, but really,

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Speaker 1: like I said, I'm gonna control what I can control

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Speaker 1: and definitely was disappointed with the results.

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Speaker 2: Man. Just to get back to you being the emergency

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Speaker 2: for the quarterback here, Yeah, you mentioned you're getting out

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Speaker 2: of the season healthy. Now, Yeah, was that a movie

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Speaker 2: you were in favor of or would you have preferred

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Speaker 2: to be the number two? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Like I said, I mean just grateful to have played

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Speaker 1: so many games here and started games here. And you

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Speaker 1: know it's different, right, It's a different situation. It's tough,

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Speaker 1: but I always want to be able to help the team,

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Speaker 1: whether I'm one, two or three. And I feel like

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Speaker 1: that's the valuable lesson is that I'm a team player.

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Speaker 1: And like I said, I have a lot of respect

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Speaker 1: my whole life. Putting on that muscle and wh wait

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Speaker 1: until the end of the year, really just getting a

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Speaker 1: chance to work on my own stuff. I'm doing my

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Speaker 1: stronger throughout the whole year. And it's hard to do that, right,

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Speaker 1: It's really hard. But when I talk about my notes

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Speaker 1: and things I've reviewed, that's one of the things that

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Speaker 1: that is. Or that's what I say.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, have a lot of respect for mister

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Speaker 1: Kraft and its family and what they've built here. And

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Speaker 1: I'm the Patriots and at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: a lot of that's out of my control, but I

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Speaker 1: hope they realize that I'm gonna compete and I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: do that wherever I'm at on any NFL t whether

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Speaker 1: it's here somewhere else. You've been through a lot as

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Speaker 2: Where's your confidence at and how much do you want

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Speaker 2: to prove again to everyone that you're starting capable quarterback

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Speaker 2: in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. Definitely been through a lot, but that's

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Speaker 1: can just channel that and continue to work and don't

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Speaker 1: let my confidence waiver because of someone or something. Just

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Speaker 1: keep going and be mac and I know it'll work out.

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Speaker 1: And really just grateful, you know, to be here and

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Speaker 1: to be able to talk to you guys, And I

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Speaker 1: know it hasn't been great this year and throughout maybe

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Speaker 2: Quite a bit here. Just ye, would you say throughout

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Speaker 2: the year you got an open line of communications.

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Speaker 1: Both they'll yeah, I think, like I talked about earlier,

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Speaker 1: it's just it's all about communication for me and being

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Speaker 1: open and mister Craft and his family have always done

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Speaker 1: that and Bill and They've gave me the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: come here and compete and be the quarterback. So we'll

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Speaker 1: see where it goes. But I am really grateful for

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Speaker 1: the opportunity yourself A lot, Yeah, a lot obviously. You know,

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Speaker 1: I want to say that I have a lot of

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Speaker 1: respect for the people in this locker room, and that's

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Speaker 1: where it starts. I feel like I let people down

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Speaker 1: with my play and a lot of that stuff's in

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Speaker 1: my control and some of it's not. So I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: do everything I can for my next opportunity, whether that's

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Speaker 1: here and and and really just push forward and continue

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Speaker 1: to be Mac.

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Speaker 2: That's what it's all about. And don't let that waiver. Yeah. Cool, Thanks,

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Speaker 2: thank you,