1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Tommy, can you even imagine what the first home start 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: is going to feel like and what you're going to 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: be going through. 4 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 2: It's gonna be a lot of fun. 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: It's gonna be it with the last two games, but 6 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: a little more of my friends and family there. 7 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 2: That's really about it. 8 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: I think it's a little tougher to play away and 9 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:18,600 Speaker 1: away atmosphere. 10 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 2: So to be home, I'll be comfortable because it'll be 11 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 2: a lot of fun. How many people will you have here? 12 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: I'm not sure, honest, a lot. I assume a lot, 13 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: but i'm not. I'm not sure exactly, and I wish 14 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: I could give you a number. I know the last 15 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: preseason game, the Jets game, if I had two into something, 16 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: but I'm not. 17 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: I'm not necessarily sure how many of you have? 18 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 3: So what have the last few weeks been like for you? 19 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 2: Roller coaster? That could be it. 20 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: I'm in ups and downs, but you know, we're coming 21 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: off a hot game, so trying to carry that energy 22 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: and everything going into this week. 23 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 3: How you handling obviously all the attention that's coming with 24 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 3: this past week, In the past couple of weeks. 25 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: I ain't off the phone. 26 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: I know it's a you know it could be all 27 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: good one week and then the next week it's all, 28 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: you know, the negative. So I'm trying to stay even 29 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: keel through it all and really just focus and keep 30 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: the main thing the main thing. Thanksgiving, I knows, doing 31 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: turkeys and stuff the last two days, but still just 32 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: in the facility doing football. 33 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 2: What are a request like my ticket requests? 34 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 3: I mean, aren't your family saying we need like a 35 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 3: hundred this week? 36 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: You know? 37 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: I shut that down real early and real often. My mom, 38 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: my dad, and my brother get the tickets. Everybody else 39 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 1: you're on your own. You got a good guy set 40 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: that up in the free season. 41 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: But that's how I was gonna go. 42 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 3: You gotta explain what what's behind the celebration that. 43 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: Was up to Phil Phil buzz in the at He 44 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: mentioned it to me a couple of weeks ago, and 45 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: I'm all right, I'll roll with it one of these days, 46 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: and he's like, this is the week. 47 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 2: All right? 48 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: I did it and then kind of took off from there. 49 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: Italian that oh, for sure, that's the whole background of it. 50 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 3: But what does it mean to you? 51 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: I don't know. 52 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: I kind of thought it was just you know, the 53 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: old Italians and they talk they started doing this. That 54 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: was just kind of little live credit. Yeah, I love it. 55 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: Tommy. 56 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: Would you like about how the offense operated against the Commanders? 57 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 2: We started started fast early. I think that was the 58 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 2: biggest thing. 59 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: Something that we've been trying to get to do all year, 60 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: but you know, fall short of that. So that was 61 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: really the big emphasis this past week, and it's able 62 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: to go out and do it. Was as good as 63 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: got the team going and got the defense going and 64 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: then ultimately helped us win the game. We're rekord doing 65 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: that helping next week. When you're on the sidelines, when 66 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: you're not getting coached up, necessarily. 67 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 3: Are your teammates, you know, encouraging you time after time 68 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 3: on the sidelines. 69 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of communication that goes on. I mean, 70 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: some of it's fun, some of it's serious. I mean 71 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: I like to stay loose when I'm playing and kind 72 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: of just enjoy the moment, enjoy the process, and enjoy 73 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: the game. 74 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: So nothing so crazy to. 75 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: Mean, a lot of people say when they play the Patriots, 76 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: especially a rookie quarterback, the Belichick legend and the Belichick 77 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: oil is another opponent on top of that that they've 78 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: got to get ready for how do you approach it, 79 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: how do you feel about going up against that? Or Yeah, 80 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: I mean he's one of the greatest of all time, 81 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: or is the greatest of all time coach to ever 82 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: come through the NFL. 83 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: It's an honor to be able to play against him. 84 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: I've been around him a little bit in the past 85 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: with the Shrine Game. Him and the Patriots were my 86 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: coaching staff of that game, so I got to know 87 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: a lot of them, kind of how they go about 88 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: their business. 89 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 2: But it's a challenge. I look forward to it. 90 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: At the end of the day, I'm gonna continue to 91 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: do what I do and prepare and continue to just 92 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: try to lead this team, maybe this offense, not to 93 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: think too much about it. Would you learn about them 94 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:27,839 Speaker 1: in that week? 95 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 2: What you see is what you get. 96 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: The way he acts like he's always like even if 97 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 1: there's a touchdown, when you see him on TV and 98 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: he's just standing there, just looking no emotion like, it's 99 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: kind of how he is or what That's how he 100 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: was at least for that one week. I don't really 101 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: know him besides that, but yeah, I mean he's an 102 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: awesome coach. 103 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 2: A whole lot. 104 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: The regular Thanksgiving foods like ham, turkey, mac and cheese, soupertatter, 105 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: castle role. But then you'll throw in some lasagna, some antipas, 106 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: some some Italian dishes in there as well. Oh, it's all, 107 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: It's just it's kind of an all day deal. I'm 108 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: not sure. I think we get out of here tomorrow 109 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: like two, so their family's gonna be waiting for me 110 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: to get home and then everything will start up. No, 111 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: there is a couple of dudes that might might come by. 112 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: They're trying to figure out what plans they got going on. 113 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: But everybody's welcome cage. See you back there. You can 114 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: always come over. Bro, you did come get some cutlets, man, 115 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure there'll be some actually got colets in the 116 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: cafeteria today. They allow you guys to go in there. Well, 117 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 1: it's unfortunate. No, my mom, my mom, one of my cousins, Danielle, 118 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: he comes alreadys. He's all about the He does the 119 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: turkey and the ham and gets on the smoker and 120 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: does all that. My dad does not cook. I've never 121 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: seen my dad cook once since I've been alive. 122 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 2: He won't make a peanut butter and jelly. My mom 123 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 2: handles everything Tony, how much is your family enjoying this 124 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 2: a lot? 125 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: They understand like everything on the what's going on. They've 126 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: been getting They probably get more stuff than me food wise. 127 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: They go out dinner anywhere around the area. Everything is 128 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: they just people start sending food to how it's it's 129 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: kind of crazy, honestly to an extent, but. 130 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 2: They enjoy it, and it's just we just appreciate all 131 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: the sport. 132 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 3: I'm just eating that you do. How are your how 133 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 3: do you stay so thin? 134 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 2: Hey? 135 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: They fits keeps me right in the weight room and 136 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: then just practice. 137 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: But no, I don't. 138 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: I don't need to see too crazy. The food's there. 139 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: I let I let everybody go. I have some friends 140 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: over and it's a good time. 141 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 3: I got balancing between enjoying it and yet you know, 142 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 3: staying focused, right, I mean you said your parents are 143 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 3: kind of soaking it in. Have you been able to 144 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 3: soak it in or do you you have to you 145 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: have to just keep your head down and trudge through 146 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 3: it all kind of deal. 147 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: No, I think there's like a like twenty four hour 148 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: rule from when the game ends. You know, you enjoy 149 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: it for that twenty four hours and after that sound 150 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: til next week, But yeah, I enjoyed myself after the game, 151 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: hung out with teammates, I was able to see a 152 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: lot of friends and family and just really just was 153 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: able to just to relax, to compress, just embrace the moment. 154 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: And then after that, once yesterday hit back on. 155 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 3: What do you think you proved on Sunday. 156 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: That I'm a competitor and I just love to play 157 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: the game of football. I think that I try to 158 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: show that and every time I take a snap, because 159 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: you never know what stap is going to be your last, 160 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: so I just try to embrace it, go out there 161 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: and try to play for Monty mates. Tommy, you still 162 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: have your practice schoolat locker as a starting quarterback in 163 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: the NFL? Is that your choice, like keep things the 164 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: same kind of thing or have they offered you like that? 165 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: I mean no, we never really talked about it, but 166 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: I wasn't going to move anyways, even if it was 167 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: could have been a gold locker over there. All this thing, right, 168 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: that's kind of where I started off this year. So 169 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 1: that's that's where I want to finish this year, and 170 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: then we'll go from there. 171 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 3: Tommy. 172 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: A reader actually reached out to me to say You're 173 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: right about Tommy DeVito a lot, but you don't tell 174 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: us why he was undrafted. You don't tell us about 175 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: his background. 176 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 2: So why do you think you went undrafted? 177 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,239 Speaker 1: And what don't we know in terms of your football journey. 178 00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a long journey. 179 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: I mean I dealt with a lot of injuries in 180 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: the past, play through a lot of injury, especially in 181 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: my first year starting twenty nineteen, twenty twenty played three games, 182 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: broke mink goes out for the rest of that season 183 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, played three games. I had another injury 184 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: was kind of after the rest of that season, so 185 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: it's kind of been injury injury filled, and you know, 186 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: I just had to get an entertaining scenery and had 187 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: a good year at Illinois. So you know, it wasn't 188 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: the perfect road, but what it is, it doesn't have 189 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: to be. But do you think going to Illinois for 190 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: that year really propelled you? 191 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 2: Oh? Definitely. 192 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: I think that coach Bilima and the staff and everybody 193 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: that they had in that building was tremendous for me, 194 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: and I think that helped me grow a lot