1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: Hey, James, how are you doing today? Are good? I 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: guess the first question is about Cam Newton and what 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: was your initial reaction to him getting released this morning? 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: It was it a shock to you guys as much 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: as it was a shock to everybody across New England. 6 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: You know, on this day every year, you never really 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: kind of know what to expect. There's a lot of 8 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: transactions that go on across all thirty two teams, so 9 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: you never know what's gonna happen. I said, Cam did 10 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: his best job for us and it competed extremely hard. Obviously, 11 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: it's you know, unfortunate to see him going, but he's 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: a good football player. I hope he gets another opportunity 13 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: to land on his feet. All right, next question, he 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: was still followed by Nora Princotti and James. Thanks for 15 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: doing this, um, I guess now it's time for Mac Jones. 16 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: What have you seen from him and how confident are 17 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: you in him that he can lead this team. He's 18 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: a guy. Ever since you know, OTA's Mini camp, the 19 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: beginning of training, Jam, he's been pushing himself. He's been 20 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,959 Speaker 1: getting more and more confident as you can probably tell 21 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 1: out there in the practice field and in the game. 22 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: So he's an order of extremely horror. Playing a quarterback 23 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: as a rookie is definitely not easy, but he's accepted 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: the challenge, trying to push us, you know, speaking up 25 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: in the huddle. I say, he just building that confidence 26 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: more and more and you just started to believe him. 27 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: Next question or Princeotti, followed by tarasld Hey, James, a 28 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: slightly different topic. But you know, the NFL these days 29 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: is a pretty analytically driven league, and there tends to 30 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: be some skepticism in those circles about sort of the 31 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 1: value of running backs. And I'm actually curious, just as 32 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: someone who plays that position, do you ever feel a 33 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: little hurt when you hear people talk about the position 34 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: not mattering or not being important or not being valuable. Definitely, 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: I think running back is still a very valued position. Obviously, 36 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: there's a lot of talent to guys that could pay 37 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: the play the position. I mean, each team probably vows 38 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: you a little bit differently. I think we have a 39 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: lot of talent to guys in this league that make 40 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: a difference for their football team, and I think we 41 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: just try and go and show that each and every 42 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: sun and then you know, our backfield. We have a 43 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: lot of talent to guys that can do a lot 44 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: of different things, and we push each other try and 45 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: do anything the coaches ask, whether it's blocking, you know, running, 46 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: catching the ball, whatever we need to do. I think 47 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: that's running backs. You're just trying to gamepact. Do you 48 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: think it ever kind of bugs you or other people 49 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: who play the position when you hear like running backs 50 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: don't matter because you're kind of like, hey, guys, like 51 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: what people we're working hard here? Yeah, I mean it 52 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: is what is. Everybody's gonna have their own opinion on 53 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: each and every position for sure, but as for us, 54 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: we just want to go out there competing, you know, 55 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: show our value to the team. Thanks, no problem, Hi, 56 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: Next question, Terres Solman. Thanks Hi, James. I just wanted 57 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: to ask you if you had a favorite Cam Newton 58 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: memory or just kind of what you all remember most 59 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: about his time with the team. He definitely brought energy 60 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: to the locker room, on the practice field. Definitely a 61 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 1: guy who can lift the spirits in the room at 62 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: any given time. As you can tell, worked extremely hard. 63 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: He tried to give his best each and every day, 64 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 1: So I mean it was fun having him here over 65 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: the past, you know, a year or so, I said, 66 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: I hope he landed on his feet somewhere. Thank you. 67 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: I don't see any other hands raised or pause for 68 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: a second. There's one right there. Ian, still you have 69 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: the next question and James kind of a similar question, 70 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: but on the Max side, was there a moment in 71 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: camp when you've realized, all right, Max got what it takes. 72 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: They can tell you as what it takes from you know, 73 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: the first practice with him, I said, he's constantly learning, 74 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: constantly trying to improve. He's tough on himself, but I 75 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: think he expects, you know, has high expectation for himself. 76 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: And when he comes into the huddle, like I said, 77 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: he wants to roll to home and make sure that 78 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: everybody who's in there with him believes in him. And 79 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: like I said, he's building that confidence each and every day, 80 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: trying to improve each and every day because there's a 81 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: lot of stuff man like quarterback has to do. Man 82 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: Like I said, he's constantly in the film room, constantly 83 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: asking questions, trying to find ways to improved. And last 84 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: two questions were about Henry mckinnet and Alex part Thank you, 85 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: Stacy Hijames, Um, I'm good, I'm good. Thanks for asking. 86 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: So I'm thinking back to actually when Tom Brady was 87 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: here and he said you were probably the offensive player 88 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: who knew the playbook best. And I'm wondering what your 89 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: evaluation is of how well mac Jones knows this playbook, 90 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: how quickly he developed an aptitude for it. Like I said, 91 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: it's still early on his rookie season, so he's got 92 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: a good grasp of it. Obviously there's always going to 93 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: be more stuff you can learn, but I said, like 94 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 1: I said before, he's just building confidence in the building 95 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: confidence and the guys in the huddle. I think for 96 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: us on the offense to make his job easier as 97 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: us doing our job at the highest level possible to 98 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: make sure he's feeling comfortable back there, whether it's blocking 99 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: and running roules, running the football. I think to make 100 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: life easier on him is for us to do our 101 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: jobs that much better. Thank you, and the last question 102 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: Alex Party. Hey James, I'm wondering, you know what you maybe, 103 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: as a leader on the team, you maybe tell rookies 104 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: or younger guys as they go through, you know, their 105 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: first cutdown day or an early cutdown day for them, 106 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: and maybe what you remember from your first cutdown day 107 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: there's a you know, specific memory or something somebody said 108 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: to you that stands out. I mean, you can control 109 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: what you can control, and that's your performance. You do 110 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: your best on the practice field and then the games. 111 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: And I said, you can't control the decision that the 112 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: coaches and the gms are gonna make. Just control what 113 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: you can do. And it said, hopefully it's you being 114 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: here on this football team, and not hopefully it's you 115 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 1: being somewhere else on another football team, still doing what 116 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: you love. So all you can do is control your 117 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: performance and you gotta let it go from there. Thank you, James, 118 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: I really appreciate you taking the time. I'm very short notice, 119 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: so thank you very much. And David Andrews is next.