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Speaker 1: Mike, want to ask you about your longtime colleague and

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Speaker 1: the Patriots have spoken extensively with great reverence for him,

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Speaker 1: and you know, coaching into his eighties, you know, five

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Speaker 1: and energy like on a day to day basis Is

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Speaker 1: He's he's uh. That's one thing about him. He's consistent

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Speaker 1: about his bannerism and how he goes about it his

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Speaker 1: day at the office. Bill her passionate. What's as this

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Speaker 1: opportunity to have him on my staff and work with

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Speaker 1: him like I have. He's an amazing man. First coach

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Speaker 1: is not bad either, but he's incredible man had around

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Speaker 1: these players. There was a shout of him on the

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Speaker 1: was delivering his message. What is it that allows him

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Speaker 1: his age and his experience, he just you know, he's

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Speaker 1: I think they see he's real. There's no there's no

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Speaker 1: phoney in him. That's passionate about it. He cares about

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Speaker 1: his players. He I mean, he loves loves the players.

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Speaker 1: They know that. Um. You know, he's been very successful

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Speaker 1: they play. Coach, what do you see from this group

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Speaker 1: of Patriot running backs that stands out to you on film? Well,

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Speaker 1: he problems both obviously on the ground and their ability

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Speaker 1: of going in that same direction to Derrick Henry. What

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Speaker 1: have you seen from him in a development in his

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Speaker 1: he's come He's come a long way. Obviously, he's been

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Speaker 1: really splent a lot of time with DeMarco this year

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Speaker 1: in a lot of ways when he went when he

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Speaker 1: we'll kind of work out and the his routine that

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Speaker 1: he's working at Alabama. Came back here in much better shape,

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Speaker 1: great shape still is he's I mean, the year has helped. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: confident of what we're doing. You know. I just think

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Speaker 1: his ability as a protector pass protector has gotten better.

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Speaker 1: A lot of things have gotten better in a year.

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Speaker 1: And I think this is experience his last few games

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Speaker 1: of Bean the guy, the go to guy, has been

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Speaker 1: very instrumental in his in his game. But that he's

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Speaker 1: can move piles. And he did that and it certainly

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Speaker 1: helped her our cause. In the Chiefs, Mike, some teams

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Speaker 1: the Patriots, but many teams have struggled to finish those drives.

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Speaker 1: Why do you think the Peachers defense has been so good.

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Speaker 1: When it gets close to the goal line in the

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Speaker 1: red zone, they've gone away for a long time. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's definitely a ben don't break h scheme. You know

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Speaker 1: there's a a very disciplined group. Um play the scheme.

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Speaker 1: There's not need to still see a lot of mistakes

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Speaker 1: it's not to light up in one defense and play it.

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Speaker 1: It's it's multiple. But there's a lot of things going on,

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Speaker 1: and these guys play it well. Um. Good players and

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Speaker 1: they had a good scheme. Mike, of all your years

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Speaker 1: what's your what's your impression been of Williaan and Ryan

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Speaker 1: He's a pro. He's a pro, knows how to come

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Speaker 1: that michae Alono's lines. As often as you've competed against

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Speaker 1: I would say that. I'd say it's very very much

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Speaker 1: Your offensive line has had some some good continuity this season.

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Speaker 1: usually continuity equals chemistry. Yeah, there is there. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Definitely better because of that, much more consistent. Not that

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Speaker 1: The Patriots have had some success when they've been able

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Speaker 1: and it seems like Derrick Henry handled that pretty well

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Speaker 1: has your own philosophies about that. Again, it comes out

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Speaker 1: just based on the personnel, Mike, what have you seen

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Speaker 1: Another threat, another guy I'd have to deal with you already,

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Speaker 1: this guy isn't take care of him, Mike, there was

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Speaker 1: an ESPN story last week about maybe some dysfunction between

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Speaker 1: They just won't go away. Um. I know him, was

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