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Speaker 1: It is a Patriots Monday here at w EI and

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Speaker 1: this morning's interview with Brian Hoyer. It is our pleasure

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Speaker 1: and we've been waiting for months to be able to

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Speaker 1: talk about actual football, and we do it with Brian

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Speaker 1: Hoyer this morning on the Greg Hill Show. Hey Brian,

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Speaker 1: how you doing? Good morning guys, how are you nying?

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Speaker 1: Thanks for being on this morning, Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: What is what's your daylight? Do you have you already

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Speaker 1: been tested? What's the How does that work on a daylight? Today?

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Speaker 1: I'm literally wait, as soon as I get off to

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Speaker 1: telling you guys, I'll get my tests. So um, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we do it pretty early and then you know, you

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Speaker 1: go through the process to get in the building and

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Speaker 1: then from there it's you know, obviously I would say

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Speaker 1: pretty much a normal day other than the fact that

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Speaker 1: you're social distancing, wearing masks, those types of things. Would

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Speaker 1: you say Bill is less scary or more scary with

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Speaker 1: a mask on? Um? I think he's about the same.

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Speaker 1: I think we all know what the facial expression is underneath.

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Speaker 1: So has it been a difficult aspent for you when

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Speaker 1: it comes to this season and being a completely different

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Speaker 1: kind of season than any other so far. You know

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Speaker 1: what I think it is what it is. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, we did our we did our entire off

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Speaker 1: season program online, which was obviously very unique, but um

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Speaker 1: I think we got a lot out of it. Our

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Speaker 1: coaches did a great job of you know, using that

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Speaker 1: time and in a very useful way. And you know,

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Speaker 1: we had a bunch of guys up here and we

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Speaker 1: were you know, trying to get together as much as

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Speaker 1: we could and try to be safe about it. And

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Speaker 1: then you know, now we're back in training camp. I'm

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Speaker 1: like I said, other than having to go through the

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Speaker 1: protocol and go through everything that we have to do,

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Speaker 1: I think once you're in the building, you know, we're

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Speaker 1: just trying to do business as businesses being done and

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Speaker 1: you know, within the rules. And um, so it's been

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Speaker 1: great to get back out. You know, yesterday and Friday

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Speaker 1: it actually you know, practice football. Were you surprised that

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Speaker 1: how many of your teammates opted out? You know, I

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Speaker 1: mean everyone has a personal decision to make, and I

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Speaker 1: think a lot goes into it. I mean, trust me,

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Speaker 1: there were as many nights where I sat down my

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Speaker 1: wife and had conversations and everyone's got to do what's

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Speaker 1: best for them, and I think there's so much uncertainty,

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Speaker 1: not just in the NFL, but in the world. No

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Speaker 1: one really knows what's going on, and depending on your

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Speaker 1: own personal scenario, you'd have to do what's best for

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Speaker 1: your family. So, you know, totally understandable and everyone has

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Speaker 1: that decision to make, and I know it's not an

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Speaker 1: easy one. Did you come close to opting out? Um? No,

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Speaker 1: I don't think so. I mean, it was, you know,

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Speaker 1: it was something that you had to talk about. I

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Speaker 1: wasn't going to just go in there and be selfish

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Speaker 1: and say, look, this is you know what it's going

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Speaker 1: to be. I have two young kids, you know, trying

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Speaker 1: or they're not? My wife? You know. I mean just

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Speaker 1: there's a lot that goes into it, and I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, everyone wants to get back and play football,

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Speaker 1: but there's more than just just that. This year, how

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Speaker 1: did you end up getting the news about Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: signing with the Bucks? I think on ESPN or whatever.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I was just at home and you know,

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Speaker 1: you get those alerts on your phone and you know

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Speaker 1: You surprised by that. Um, I don't know. I mean

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Speaker 1: it is what it is. I looked this as the NFL,

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Speaker 1: there's players that change from team to team every year.

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Speaker 1: Obviously that's a big one because of who Tom is

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Speaker 1: and how many years he's spent here. But you know,

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Speaker 1: like the same thing as opting out. Everyone has to

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Speaker 1: he just moved on and respect that. Right after you

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Speaker 1: that's why, you know, when I had this opportunity to

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Speaker 1: a lot of these guys, and so you know, when

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Speaker 1: It's just it was something that I was you know,

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Speaker 1: just like I said, the NFL it's ever changing. If

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Speaker 1: I was just you know, really excited to get back

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Speaker 1: did you give a little side eye? Just didn't when

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Speaker 1: you when you came back this year, like, hey, buddy,

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Speaker 1: people to text me and said, hey, man, I'm so

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Speaker 1: happy you're back, and uh, you know so we're excited

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Speaker 1: that subject, Brian, when you came back, this is your

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Speaker 1: open competition for the quarterback and how's it going so far? Look,

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Speaker 1: I think coach Polchak always says that every position is

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Speaker 1: they are? Is it? Is it familiarity with the system?

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Speaker 1: Is it your how you know? Bill? How you know Josh?

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Speaker 1: I mean when you look at yourself as it relates

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Speaker 1: an advantage? Yeah, I guess I think I'm a very

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Speaker 1: so you know, I mean for everyone, but I think

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Speaker 1: but you know, make the team better. And I think

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Speaker 1: ultimately that's the goal is get as many good players

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Speaker 1: I have to go out there and do it. Now.

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Speaker 1: Are you on Elman's phone this morning? His phone always

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Speaker 1: sucks when he calls this show, and it is it bad?

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm sitting outside the stadio unless ure, oh

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Speaker 1: you're standing outside the stadium. Yeah, I mean they otayta.

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Speaker 1: They gotta give you some kind of a bat phone

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Speaker 1: so you can dial a righty in here. But well,

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Speaker 1: well move around a little bit, Brian. Don't hurt yourself,

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Speaker 1: but move around a little drive around, drive around a

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Speaker 1: little bit. Curtis, what do hey, Brian, So you're a

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Speaker 1: pretty busy right now. I think, like I said, it's

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Speaker 1: kind of similar to players opting out. I mean, every

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Speaker 1: mean he's gung ho about his own version of OTAs.

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Speaker 1: He's uh conducting illegal workouts in parks. H he's sneaking,

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Speaker 1: the off season the last few years around here. Well, look,

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Speaker 1: and you get excited and you want to meet your

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Speaker 1: know that's Tom. He's excited. He's he's a competitor, and

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Speaker 1: When we were throwing in the off season, We're like,

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Speaker 1: this social distance thing? You know, But the fact of

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Speaker 1: to a guy, you know. I think. So there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of things that we're working around, and everything's kind

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Speaker 1: of adjusting day by day. I think, you know, some

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Speaker 1: fans and certainly some in the media felt like Tom

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Speaker 1: can't really speak for him. Well you say, do you

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