1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: Happy New Year to you. 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 2: Great? 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 3: What have you seen you know in the PROGRESSI where 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 3: he admitted the elephant of the room of the from 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 3: the Buffalo game came back what he did Baltimore than 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 3: the decision like last week. Is that maturation part of 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 3: the process. 8 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 2: You see that? Yeah, definitely. Again. I think we've talked 9 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 2: about how much he's learned, you know, from each situation 10 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 2: and circumstance, and a lot of these things he's experiencing 11 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: for the first time. But what I what I'm most 12 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: impressed and excited about, is how much he grows from 13 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 2: a good or bad experience. You know, when he has 14 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 2: a good one, I think it reinforces the things that 15 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 2: he's doing right, and then you know, he continues to 16 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: do those things the right way. And then when we 17 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: get challenged with some adversity, or we make a mistake, 18 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: you know, or experience something that we haven't before, he's 19 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 2: such a good learner and able to then implement that 20 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: the next time those things come up, you know, and 21 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 2: fix a problem or do something better than the time before. 22 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 2: So I don't know what else you could ask from 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: a player. You know, it'd be great if if we 24 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 2: all could do that some players take a little bit 25 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 2: longer than others to digest the mistake and then learn 26 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 2: from it and then utilize it. Boyd does he He 27 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 2: does that really well. Reflecting yesterday on the first conversation, 28 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,559 Speaker 2: you guys had said it was on feast hunt. Yeah, 29 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: you were in your office. Yes, it's not surprisingly apparently 30 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: in there a lot. 31 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: What do you remember about that in just your mindset 32 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: at the time in terms of like starting. 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: Something, Yeah, it had nothing to do with football, That's 34 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 2: what I remember, which was which was the way it 35 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 2: should be, you know, And I think you know a 36 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 2: lot of times everybody's eager to get into the the 37 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 2: x's and o's and the terminology and those kind of 38 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: things when you have, you know, a new staff for 39 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: a new player. But I think the biggest thing for 40 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 2: all of us in the spring was just trying to 41 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: get to know the people that were getting ready to coach, 42 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 2: you know, and where they were from, and what their 43 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: family situation is like, and what are they what are 44 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: they like, what are they interested in outside of football. 45 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 2: We knew there would be a lot of time for football, 46 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 2: but just been so impressed with the young man in 47 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 2: terms of the way he was brought up and raised. 48 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 2: I've told his parents that a number of times. You 49 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 2: can see that with their relationship, their relationship he has 50 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: with his brothers, you know, getting to know his wife. 51 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 2: I mean, it's just he's a he's a He's a 52 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: great guy to be around every day, and we're super 53 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: lucky to have him. But I remember that being an 54 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: exciting opportunity for us just to kind of get that started, 55 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 2: knowing we would have plenty of opportunity to talk about football. 56 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: It looks like you guys got some success in the 57 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: red zone. I speaks the Jets. What were something to 58 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 3: contributing factors there? What's the level of confidence in that 59 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 3: particular party or deep going get up Hi. 60 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 2: I think that any success we have is is always 61 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: attributed to the players being able to execute. Got some 62 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: different looks from the Jets last week, and guys did 63 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 2: a really good job of executing against some difficult things. 64 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 2: And then we had some scheme things that again they 65 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 2: did a really nice job of executing when they had 66 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 2: their number called. So I think the red zone is 67 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 2: different each week because each each opponent plays different things. 68 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 2: Miami's certainly a different defense than what we played last week. 69 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 2: Or the last few weeks, and they'll present different challenges 70 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 2: that we're going to need to do a good job 71 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: of being ready for. But I think this is just 72 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 2: about you focusing at the end of a drive. You've 73 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 2: been on the field six, eight, ten plays sometimes and 74 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: now you really need your best and a lot of 75 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 2: teams throw the most stuff at you when you're inside 76 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: the twenty yard line, certainly inside the ten, and it's 77 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 2: going to come down to one or two plays of 78 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: whether our execution is as good as it needs to 79 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: be to get it in. So I think our guys 80 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: were excited about what they did last week and look 81 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 2: forward to trying to build on that tomorrow when we 82 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: go into the original. 83 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 3: Josh, can you talk a little bit about on your 84 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 3: side of the house where Jackson's heads at right now 85 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 3: with everything that's on his play off the field. 86 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 2: I can't speak for Staph certainly. I know we had 87 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 2: a good day at work yesterday, and I know he's 88 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: had a great day today so far in terms of 89 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 2: being ready to go and walking through our stuff and installation. 90 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 2: So I'll let Steph talk about that. 91 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 3: Concerned about availability going throughout the playoffs, if. 92 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 2: You get down farther. I'm just concerned about today, honestly, 93 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 2: the practice, Josh, Are you pleased with how the run game. 94 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: Has progressed late? 95 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 3: How important is that people? 96 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we're always trying to improve it, you know, 97 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 2: and we've made progress, definitely, and I think that there's 98 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 2: no shortcuts to doing that. But I definitely think we're 99 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: in a better place now than what we've been at. 100 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: And that's all. That's all eleven guys on the field 101 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 2: doing their job the right way, you know. And again, 102 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 2: we we've stayed at it. The guys up front, the coaches, 103 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 2: you know, Doug host Koos, Thomas, Tony Todd, they've done 104 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: a really good job of, you know, emphasizing the things 105 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: we need to do to get better in that area. 106 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 2: We want to be balanced, we want to stay balanced. 107 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 2: We know, we know where we play and you know, 108 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 2: when the weather gets a little crazy every once in 109 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: a while, you're going to need to be able to 110 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: turn the hand the ball to the back and block 111 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 2: people and run the ball when they know you got 112 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: to run it and that you want to run it. 113 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 2: And so I'm excited for the progress that we've made 114 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: and look forward to us trying to continue to improve 115 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 2: that area of our game, also to take on some 116 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: of the lock of rules that mac out of the 117 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 2: fast we'll hit. 118 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 1: It was. 119 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: It wasn't all him, I will say that, but I 120 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 2: certainly think that you know, look, somebody's got to do it, 121 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 2: you know what I mean, and we we kind of 122 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 2: share the burden a little bit. I know the tight 123 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 2: Ends did some of that stuff last week for us 124 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 2: as well. But you know, Eftin has just shown an 125 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 2: aptitude to understand that's not as easy as it sounds. 126 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: You know, like people say, well, I just going there 127 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 2: and blocked the guy. Well, first of all, is you 128 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 2: know who am I blocking? When am I blocking them? 129 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 2: What shoulder am I blocking him on? Where's the ball going? 130 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 2: When do I fit here? When do I fit there? 131 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: Do I motion to get him? Do I not? You know, 132 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 2: there's a lot of little things that go into this. 133 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 2: So he's just shown a strong aptitude and understanding and 134 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 2: desire to learn it even though he hasn't had a 135 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 2: million reps at it since training camp and so getting 136 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 2: him the work last week I thought, you know, he 137 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: showed us that he was going to be dependable to 138 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 2: do his job in that regard and really excited and 139 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 2: proud of the way he played last week in terms 140 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 2: of his toughness, his finish. You know, we talk about 141 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 2: the identity so much, and you know, he went out 142 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 2: there and embodied it, you know, with the way he played. 143 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 2: So I really excited for him to get a shame. 144 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 1: When it comes to Drake's execution against dis Guy's coverage 145 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: is showing a lot of poisoned cisements this season. How 146 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: much of that is his preparation and maybe what you're 147 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: able to tell him presnap and how much of that 148 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: is what he just does pre snap, postsnap and just 149 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: naturally on his own. 150 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: I don't think there's really one area of that question 151 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 2: that you know, isn't important. You know, I think he 152 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 2: does an incredible job of preparing. He watches a lot 153 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 2: of tape, We have a lot of meetings, you know, 154 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 2: and discuss a lot of things. But you know, he 155 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 2: practices the way you want to play as well. So 156 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 2: in practice, we ask the Scout team to do an 157 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 2: incredible job of giving us a look, and they do. 158 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 2: We could give out six or eight Scout Team Player 159 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 2: of the Week awards each week because of the look 160 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 2: we get from those guys, which we're grateful for, so 161 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 2: they challenge them. So I think that the three days 162 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 2: of practice lean into the game. You get some semblance 163 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 2: of what it's going to feel like on Sunday, and 164 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 2: then you know, he goes out there and he tries 165 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: to you know, I think the more you prepare, the 166 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 2: better you prepare, the more game the game feels like 167 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 2: this is just another day for me, you know, because 168 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 2: I'm used to this, and my eyes are in the 169 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: right place and I have the calm and the poise 170 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 2: to do the right thing. So another area where I 171 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 2: think he's really, you know, taking huge strides this year. 172 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 2: You know, I think we all have confidence that he's 173 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: going to read it out once the ball is snapped 174 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 2: and figure out what the what the coverage is and 175 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 2: go to the right place with the ball. 176 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 3: Obviously, I know you don't get a vote, but your drinks. 177 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 2: They're running for MVP in a lot of places. 178 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 3: Just what it would be, you know, your opinion. 179 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 2: To vote for Patriots. I I you're right, I don't 180 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 2: have a vote. I think it's an incredibly humbling thing 181 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 2: just to be in the conversation. You know, I've had 182 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 2: an opportunity to coach somebody that won that award before, 183 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 2: and you know it's to be talked about like that. 184 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 2: You've earned that, you know what I mean, regardless of 185 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 2: how it turns out, regardless of how other people feel 186 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 2: or vote or whatever. I don't know who votes on 187 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 2: that or or how how it ultimately unfolds, But to 188 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 2: be in the conversation, there's a lot of pride in 189 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 2: what you've done, and a lot of pride in what 190 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 2: your teammates have done with you, because there's no way 191 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 2: that any of those players deserve that award without the 192 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 2: recognition of the guys that are out there on the 193 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 2: field with them, because there's they just can't do it alone. 194 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 2: This is not golf, you know. So I think that's 195 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 2: a really cool team honor. I really do believe that, 196 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 2: and I'm sure he'd be He's humbled to be in 197 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 2: the conversation. I'm sure we had the last like. 198 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 3: The season games. 199 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 2: How grateful are you to be here? 200 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 1: I don't know if you would like you to turn 201 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: switch that I could go left, but it's how greatful 202 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: year in the situation where it might. 203 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 2: Work drinks beyond beyond grateful. This is I've said this 204 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 2: a number of times. This is kind of been a 205 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 2: really special place for me in my professional career, but 206 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 2: not not just that, but my personal life. So my kids, 207 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 2: my wife, my family has really grown up and been 208 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 2: raised here in New England. And to have this opportunity 209 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 2: to be with Mike at this place and have a 210 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 2: chance to be around this group of people every day, Uh, 211 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 2: there's a lot of joy in it. Thank you.