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Speaker 1: to to learning from him. Pats. Did the Patriots show

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Speaker 1: any interest in you in the rapt process? They did, Uh,

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Speaker 1: as did a number of teams. You know, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: who was more interested in others. They were definitely in

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Speaker 1: a lot of media hype around them, but you know,

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Speaker 1: that's I think that was all it was. And uh,

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