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Speaker 1: Let's start with Hey, Chase, I just wanted to ask

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Speaker 1: you about playing off the line of scrimmage a little

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Speaker 1: bit more last week and just how that development has

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Speaker 1: continued for you personally and what has been just kind

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Speaker 1: of the hardest parts of finding, you know, figuring out

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Speaker 1: that new role. Hi, Ovanum, that's a great question. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so you just want to know, you want me to

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Speaker 1: talk about playing off the ball. Yeah, just just what's

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Speaker 1: it been like for you. I know you said it's

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Speaker 1: a role you haven't really played since maybe high school.

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Speaker 1: I think you mentioned after the game, and just, you know,

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Speaker 1: what what has that been like for you and what

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Speaker 1: have been the difficulties of it? Okay, Um, So playing

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Speaker 1: off the ball was obviously a lot of fun. It

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Speaker 1: allowed me to really see the whole field and use

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Speaker 1: some of the other attributes that you know, I've already

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Speaker 1: talked about this after the game. I'd say some of

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Speaker 1: the biggest things are just getting familiar with the different

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Speaker 1: types of reads and just after playing so long in

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Speaker 1: a position, you kind of get a field for how

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Speaker 1: tackles move and just the different looks and it's just

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Speaker 1: almost muscle memory. But whenever you switch positions, you kind

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Speaker 1: of have to start from scratch in a certain sense,

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Speaker 1: but honestly, football is pretty natural to me. A lot

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Speaker 1: of the stuff is are things that I'm reading anyways

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Speaker 1: from an outside linebacker position, and sometimes they're just easier

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Speaker 1: from an inside linebacker position. So I haven't really had

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Speaker 1: too much difficulty in terms of, you know, picking some

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Speaker 1: things up. It's really just the finer details is what

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to groom. And it's obviously tougher to do

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Speaker 1: that mid season then it would be if I has

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Speaker 1: started maybe in camp or something. But you can't really

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Speaker 1: worry about that, and the coaches are really helped me,

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Speaker 1: obviously bridge that gap quickly when we obviously practiced that.

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Speaker 1: Sorry I should elaborate on that. Thanks Jase, thank you.

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Speaker 1: We'll go to Nic O'Malley and then Dan Roach at Chase.

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Speaker 1: So the Patriots have a like a lot of players

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Speaker 1: that have historically switched between like a defensive line, playing

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Speaker 1: on the line and put their hand in dirt and

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Speaker 1: switching back and forth. Has it helped having a like

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Speaker 1: a roster and a history in New England of players

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Speaker 1: often playing being versatile, playing multiple roles, and have you

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Speaker 1: been able to feed off of teammates and look to

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Speaker 1: them for advice and making them from the new role

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Speaker 1: we saw from you last week. Yeah, i'd say former

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Speaker 1: players and the Patriots culture is definitely something I try

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Speaker 1: to assimilate into as you know, as much as I can.

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Speaker 1: Obviously it's a balance, but in terms of, you know,

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Speaker 1: the actual players that have played the position, and uh,

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Speaker 1: just you know, there's a lot of positives across the board,

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Speaker 1: and you know a lot of wise people that I

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Speaker 1: could lean on from every angle. Whether you're talking about

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Speaker 1: current players talking about John Simon, Juwan Bentley, or you're

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Speaker 1: talking about coaches, which Rod may Mayo who was obviously

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Speaker 1: a great player here, or you're talking about Steve Belichick,

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Speaker 1: um or you know, or DC. The list can kind

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Speaker 1: of go on and on, and then you talk about

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Speaker 1: former players too. Now you bring that up. Rob Nikovic

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Speaker 1: has been a huge help for me, just picking his

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Speaker 1: brain on different techniques and stuff. And so I mean,

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Speaker 1: the former whether it's former players, whether it's it's coaches,

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Speaker 1: whether it's former players coaching in the system, um, you know,

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Speaker 1: whether it's watching examples of old tapes of different players

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Speaker 1: you know that have played here in the past, play

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Speaker 1: different positions. We actually saw some some clips of vable

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Speaker 1: playing off the ball while back and um, just in general, man,

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Speaker 1: it's it's been a it's been a great experience. Um.

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Speaker 1: Just having so much knowledge and expertise around me in

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Speaker 1: so much history here in New England, especially obviously on

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Speaker 1: the football team, uh in specific is huge. Great. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Dan Roach, Chase, how you doing damn well?

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Speaker 1: How are you doing? Dan? Good? Thank you? Just a

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Speaker 1: question on DeShawn Watson. You guys obviously have faced quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: that are mobile, could do a lot of things. From

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Speaker 1: your perspective, what do you see in a guy like

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Speaker 1: Watson that makes them so dangerous? Deshaun's a great quarterback,

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Speaker 1: as usually start every what do you think of this

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Speaker 1: player question with that, But he's obviously very talented at

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Speaker 1: the game, and he presents a lot of challenges just

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Speaker 1: whether it's the offensive line he's working with or it's

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Speaker 1: the speed at receivers that he has, he presents a

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Speaker 1: lot of difficulties for our defense and we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to play really hard and you know, and really bring it.

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Speaker 1: It's a different environment playing in a dome, so there's

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Speaker 1: certain factors there that you kind of have to account

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Speaker 1: for playing in Houston, and I'm excited for this opportunity.

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Speaker 1: It's also like the face of guy that that doesn't

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Speaker 1: seem to no play is over, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: He has the ability to I think they're fifth in

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Speaker 1: receptions in the NFL of twenty plus yards. It seems

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Speaker 1: like he can move everywhere. It looks like a play

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Speaker 1: is over being the grounds but almost what's it like

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Speaker 1: to face a guy like that where you know you

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Speaker 1: have to be your motor has to be high all

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Speaker 1: the time when you're facing him. Yeah, my motor is

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Speaker 1: always high. I'd say, I don't really take too many

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Speaker 1: I was. I was dogging in on that one. And

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Speaker 1: so that doesn't really, you know, affect me. But I

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Speaker 1: think just in terms of our whole defense, it definitely

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Speaker 1: is problematic anybody. Anytime you have a guy that can

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Speaker 1: extend plays, it presents a lot of challenges. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: and you couple that with the fact that you know

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Speaker 1: they're as talented as they are with their offensive weapons,

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Speaker 1: it presents a lot of problems and We're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to account for that, and we're gonna have to play hard.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have to play through the whistle and play

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Speaker 1: good fundamental football and assignment sound and all the basic

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Speaker 1: techniques and fundamentals that you know, and daily disciplines that um,

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Speaker 1: you know we practice here in New England. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: have to be display. We're gonna mi increase. And then

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Speaker 1: nikol Alley, Hey, Chase, how you doing. What's up Mike?

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Speaker 1: How are you doing? Buddy good? Good to see you.

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Speaker 1: Um yeah, Um you mentioned Rob Ninkovich, which which my

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Speaker 1: ears sort of perked up there just because another number

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Speaker 1: fifty there? Um, what have you? What has that connection

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Speaker 1: been like? And how did that sort of manifest itself?

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Speaker 1: You know that you guys were able to hook up

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Speaker 1: and he could talk to you a little bit about,

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Speaker 1: you know, the techniques of the position and the way

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Speaker 1: the Patriots like, you know, they're linebackers to play. So

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Speaker 1: we formed our relationship from the moment I was drafted.

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Speaker 1: I think pretty sure he followed me on Instagram and

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Speaker 1: or he had reached out to me, and I you know,

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Speaker 1: it was just very welcoming and excited to have me there.

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Speaker 1: And it was just a great experience. I'd say, um,

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Speaker 1: great in the community, great, great personality, great and then

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Speaker 1: I've been really lucky to have somebody like that who's

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Speaker 1: been not only helpful but also very understanding and actually

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Speaker 1: been in my shoes. Uh and literally you know, in

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Speaker 1: that number fifty. Um. I don't have to explain it

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Speaker 1: been super helpful. He's really helped my game, He's helped

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Speaker 1: And um, I'd say, yeah, it's it's awesome having him

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Speaker 1: as a as a resource. He's the I think he

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Speaker 1: told me that he likes your hair too. He's very envious.

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Speaker 1: He said, the best, the best hairret with the number fifty. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Rob. We

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Speaker 1: will close with Nicole mally Thy Chase. So I know

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Speaker 1: the Patriots focus is perpetually on the next game, but

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Speaker 1: I did want to ask you about a little bit

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Speaker 1: further down the schedule, specifically next Thursday. What is your

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Speaker 1: thanks favorite Thanksgiving food? Sweet potatoes with yea sweet potato casserole,

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Speaker 1: Sweet potatoes with marshmallows. Gotta be the marshmallows. Gotta have

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Speaker 1: the marshmallows, man, that's what makes it great. Thank you, Chase,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you Chase. Thanks everyone,