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Speaker 1: Patriots first round draft pick Mac Jones. We'll open it

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Speaker 1: up with a question from Dan Roach a w BZ,

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Speaker 1: followed by Yan Steele. You go ahead, Dan Hey, Mac,

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Speaker 1: welcome to New England. Thank you. Tell us about the process.

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Speaker 1: When did you get a feeling that the Patriots might

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Speaker 1: going through the whole draft process, and I got a

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Speaker 1: from the other quarterbacks, and just coming in and do

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Speaker 1: about Bob Socie. Thanks Stacy. Hi Mack, welcome to New England.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you. I'm curious, you know, you go

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Speaker 1: prestige At the Patriots Kerry, they expect to win every year.

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Speaker 1: Robert Kraft said that earlier this month that he expects

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Speaker 1: to be a contender every year. How do you feel

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Speaker 1: Being at Alabama definitely helped, But you know that's in

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Speaker 1: Our next question, Bob so She followed by, thanks Stacy,

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Speaker 1: congratulations Mac, thank you, Pats. How much did you study

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Speaker 1: the Patriots over the course of the last few years.

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Speaker 1: You expressed your respect for the organization obviously when you

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Speaker 1: Did you have a chance to pick his brain about

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Speaker 1: the Patriots in particular. Yes, I watched a ton of

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Speaker 1: He's very creative, and you know, just to watch good

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Speaker 1: find games, you know, from the Patriots in the past,

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Speaker 1: and looked at him through the draft process just because

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Speaker 1: Reeve for the ESPN. Congratulations, thank you. Yeah, just following

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Speaker 1: Welcome to New England. You just said that, you know,

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Speaker 1: But um, you know, it doesn't really matter you get picked. Um,

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Speaker 1: Hey Mac congratulations, welcome to New England. Thank you man.

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