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Speaker 1: Is Zach just wanted to get your general thoughts on

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Speaker 1: the Patriots and the videotaping situation. I have no comment

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Speaker 1: on that. Coach, It's been reported here as well as

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Speaker 1: in Cincinnati that you were livid over or members of

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Speaker 1: Kansas City's coaching staff an organization we're livid over the episode?

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Speaker 1: Is that true? I have no comment on that, Zacha.

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Speaker 1: How much our hand signals a part of what you

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Speaker 1: guys do during games at any point in the game, UM,

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Speaker 1: I think, like any team, we communicate visually and verbally

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Speaker 1: depending on the environment we'ren Zach, do you believe the

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Speaker 1: Patriots explanation for this whole thing that it was a

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Speaker 1: honest mistake. I don't have any comment on any of

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Speaker 1: that stuff. Has anyone from the Patriots organization reached out

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Speaker 1: to you about it? Just to clearly air, I don't

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Speaker 1: have any comment on any of that, Zach. Why do

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Speaker 1: you believe it's in your best interest not to have

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Speaker 1: a comment at any point on this ongoing incident that's,

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Speaker 1: you know, affected your team because this is a this

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Speaker 1: is a tough opponent right now, and we're devoting all

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Speaker 1: of our time to making sure we're prepared and so

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Speaker 1: that's that's where all of our focus has been on.

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Speaker 1: I mean, your time now has spent with us though,

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Speaker 1: Yeah it is, And I have no comment. Do you

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Speaker 1: regret anything how this all transpired? No? Do you feel

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Speaker 1: like your team has been able to appropriately utilize their

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Speaker 1: time this week just in the context of all this happening,

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I do. Our our team does a great

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Speaker 1: job of focusing on what's important. And you know, part

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Speaker 1: of playing an NFL is being able to eliminate distractions,

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Speaker 1: and so they can come in a lot of different forms, um, injuries,

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Speaker 1: anything that can happen off the field. And I've been

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Speaker 1: really proud of the way that our guys have focus

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Speaker 1: this week on the game itself. Just what's the most what, um,

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Speaker 1: is the biggest challenge this this Patriots team poses to you. Well,

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Speaker 1: they're very disciplined. You know, it's a group, UM. You know,

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Speaker 1: obviously as you watch their defense, it's a lot of

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Speaker 1: those guys have been in that system for a long time.

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Speaker 1: You know. I was in that division for four years

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Speaker 1: in Miami from twenty twelve to twenty fifteen, and I

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Speaker 1: feel like I've been playing against these guys for a

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Speaker 1: while now, UM and and in some ways they just

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Speaker 1: saw so stuts the bodies and people and it's it's

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Speaker 1: the same style. And those guys play really smart and

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Speaker 1: disciplined and create turnovers, and they certainly create create a

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Speaker 1: lot of issues for you. Do you have any sort

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Speaker 1: of personal relationship with coach Belichick? I do not. How

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Speaker 1: much would you say, Sean McVay influence is your team

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Speaker 1: and what you guys do, especially on offense. Well, San

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Speaker 1: Sean was a big influence on me from a culture standpoint,

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Speaker 1: you know, and certainly learned a lot of about offensive

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Speaker 1: foot ball when I was underneath him. I think he's

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Speaker 1: really creative and innovative and gets the most out of

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Speaker 1: his players and coaches. And you know, as much as

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Speaker 1: it is about offensive scheme, it's about culture as well,

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Speaker 1: just the way that you go about your day and

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Speaker 1: the way that our team approaches things. I think that

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Speaker 1: over time that's really going to help us. You know,

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Speaker 1: obviously we haven't had the best year. That's we'll documented,

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Speaker 1: but I think there's a lot of things that are

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Speaker 1: going on with the culture that are going to help

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Speaker 1: us have long term success here. What is that culture?

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Speaker 1: What specifically lead you to believe that things are running

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Speaker 1: in the right direction. This standard that we're trying to

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Speaker 1: achieve in all areas, you know, not just obviously it

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Speaker 1: all culminates on Sunday when you're on the field in

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Speaker 1: front of a bunch of fans, but just the discipline

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Speaker 1: that it takes as we go through our meetings and

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Speaker 1: our practice and a preparation, you know, and I certainly

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Speaker 1: see a lot of areas where this team has improved

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Speaker 1: over the course of the season. Guys have really bought in.

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Speaker 1: They're accountable for the things that they do well that

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Speaker 1: we've made mistakes on. They don't point fingers, They're roll

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Speaker 1: in on everything we're asking them to do, and that's

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Speaker 1: gonna really pay off for us. Coach Julian Elements having

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Speaker 1: one of his best seasons, what kind of problem as

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Speaker 1: he present for you? He's been a problem for a

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Speaker 1: long time. You know, he's a great separator. He and

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Speaker 1: Tom obviously have excellent chemistry. They're on the same page

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Speaker 1: and they have not attack defenses. So he's you know,

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Speaker 1: he's been one of the premier receivers in this league

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Speaker 1: for a long time and somebody certainly have to be

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Speaker 1: aware of all right, Thank you, coach, thank you, thank

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Speaker 1: you Bet