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Speaker 2: Good just Uh was working with my teammates man just

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Speaker 3: So yup, Okay, So looking at your entry into the league,

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Speaker 1: Or was did I miss that like with Baltimore? Uh? Well,

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Speaker 1: actually my story was it was a little a little different.

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Speaker 2: I came into a rookie community camp, I didn't didn't play,

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Speaker 3: So yeah, so you did sign like right after the drift?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I signed right after the draft. But yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: yep with Baltimore, Yeah yeah, how about ended up here?

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Speaker 3: Was it like flattering that seemed like they really made

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Speaker 1: Go get you. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: In free agency there was a lot of teams that

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Speaker 2: definitely infating a e emphasis in a priority to get

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Speaker 2: Uh that was kind of they kind of went into

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Speaker 1: Uh I've here, h I that I've had here so far.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, Christmas, they've last year before you played here,

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Speaker 1: What did that mean?

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Speaker 2: Uh, Like I said, Uh, just cause bo coach Belichick

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Speaker 4: So were you wearing those comments uh at that time

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Speaker 1: When you go out of here? Uh throughout the week?

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Speaker 4: What were your perceptions of this organization before you go

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Speaker 1: Something that's changed.

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Speaker 2: Uh, I've been I really haven't had any expectations like

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Speaker 2: coming in, I'm just really uh coming in with like

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Speaker 1: But what I've heard is just a lot of hard

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Speaker 2: Lot of continued success, which uh I definitely wanna be

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Speaker 4: Talked about uh siding with the Raves. But the later

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Speaker 4: your path to get on the field you live in college,

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Speaker 4: you know, ors is special teams to you.

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Speaker 1: I I embraced that opportunity.

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Speaker 2: It's very important, and I've definitely had them brace it

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Speaker 2: over the years. That's that's really how I've made my

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Speaker 4: Same time, Uh, I would nationally do a lot of

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Speaker 4: So for so, did you uh you played three years

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Speaker 1: Up with that. Uh, Matt, he's a dog man, a baller.

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Speaker 5: Chris, did you have any contact with Matt? He's does

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Speaker 5: a lot of recruiting on Twitter for free for sure.

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Speaker 5: I don't know if you guys saw face time before

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Speaker 2: for sure, So that that definitely was a factor as

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Speaker 4: So yeah, how how did your personality fit with the Patriots?

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Speaker 1: What you want to talk about?

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Speaker 4: You respect he had watching you.

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Speaker 2: How have you fit in.

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Speaker 1: How have I fit in? Again?

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Speaker 4: might fit defensively about your specialty.

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Speaker 2: In your own defense. Nah, it's it's a little early.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, they haven't really really went into that so far.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean, I'll everything go ll fall out

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Speaker 3: So yeah, so you probably you gut actually put the

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Speaker 3: the Belichick comments and at one point that stuck up

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Speaker 4: What did that be to you to hear that?

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Speaker 1: I didn't hear that one?

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Speaker 3: Uh, But.

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Speaker 2: Again I I I really appreciate the the respect that

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Speaker 5: Around the time that you you signed that they had

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Speaker 2: What was the most important moments I mean from the jump. Uh,

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Speaker 2: the the big driving factor. Like I said, other teams

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Speaker 1: So and and that show through various various ways. So yup,

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Speaker 1: did you hear from Bill Elliott Man? Yeah, I have

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Speaker 5: So what do you think he ins?

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Speaker 4: Do you feel a part of PEW Special Team choos

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Speaker 4: whom in the past you played for co Trump SAT

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Speaker 1: Uh, to be as strong, you know, I feel like

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Speaker 2: Everybody's on the same page, every everybody's playing fast, physical, aggressive,

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Speaker 2: and just everybody just playing free. Like when you get that,

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Speaker 2: like all of them playing on the same like wavelength

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Speaker 1: So yeah, playing with another great special teams player in

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Speaker 1: Matthew Slater. What have you admired of him? From afar?

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Speaker 2: I've played against him over the years and it's nothing

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Speaker 2: but respect. You just see how he works and.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, just you did you.

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Speaker 2: See how he's He's had continued success over the years,

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Speaker 2: just the way he approaches the game. He's the last

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Speaker 5: Yeah, since you're on this side down when you look

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Speaker 5: back at that Week five game, what was the Scott

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Speaker 1: Scouting report?

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Speaker 2: To be honest with you, I don't even It was

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Speaker 2: a while ago, but definitely a bunch of dogs. So

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Speaker 2: a bunch of players that can can't get after it.

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Speaker 2: So it's a while ago, but definitely a bunch of

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Speaker 5: Any flash fall memories from that game.

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Speaker 2: From that game specifically, no, I don't have any probably

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Speaker 3: Anything about New England just being around the area for

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Speaker 3: the last four weeks that stands out to you that's

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Speaker 3: different from like Texas or didn't.

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Speaker 1: You grew up with no Florida, Florida, Florida, Florida. Uh

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Speaker 1: Weather? Maybe it's only thing I can uh thank of

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Speaker 1: as it right now. Yeah, yeah for taking the time

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