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Speaker 1: They have the congratulations. What was your reaction? Went on

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Speaker 1: and you got the call? Um, you know it's it's

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Speaker 1: it's extremely unrealistic. Uh. You know, it's been a dream

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Speaker 1: came to reality a couple of years ago when I

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Speaker 1: they did. You played mostly left guard last year, correct?

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Speaker 1: But have you played other spots in the interior before

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Speaker 1: or mostly just on left guard? Um? You know my

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Speaker 1: first two years, I've started left guard. Um, started left

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Speaker 1: some right guard last year. Um. But I feel pretty

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Speaker 1: confident with all of them. Um. But I mean whatever,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter. Wherever I'll play, wherever Coach Scar

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Speaker 1: will put me. And I'm excited to get to work

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Speaker 1: Did you have much intact with Dante before the draft?

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Speaker 1: Honestly know, I talked a little bit with one of

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Speaker 1: the Patriots scout during at the NFL caable. Other than that,

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Speaker 1: you know, I haven't really had much contact. What do

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Speaker 1: you know about Dante? A little bit but not not

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Speaker 1: quite a lot. No, yelled, what's your relationship like with

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Speaker 1: during the pre draft process and maybe what has he

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Speaker 1: told you about the Patriots organization? You know, coach be

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Speaker 1: recruited me in Arkansas and I always respect Coach b

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Speaker 1: and you know, the pretty much Tony contact we were

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Speaker 1: the Danish media, and I also just missed him at

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Speaker 1: the combine. I just wanted to say hi. Other than

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Speaker 1: that and really spoken much from them. Yeah, we said

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Speaker 1: you were first introduced to football when you were a

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Speaker 1: you guys are pretty good at what you do, and

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Speaker 1: it was a tougher transition, but it ended up going

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Speaker 1: pretty well. Yelda, were you were? You an exchange student

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Speaker 1: just come for the academics? So I came. I hours

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Speaker 1: had an interest for football, but mainly it was because

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Speaker 1: I wanted the American experience, you know, I wanted to

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Speaker 1: But it was never it was really the intention I

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Speaker 1: I think he said some nice things about him, you know, Drick,

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Speaker 1: don't really quite remember there. I read that you wanted

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Speaker 1: burglar in France, specifically in France. I don't know why

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Speaker 1: I think my mom sat the paintings of me stick

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Speaker 1: heist at a museum in Boston, you're gonna have to Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Is there anything we talk a lot about The transition

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Speaker 1: transist to moving back over to old line wasn't even

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Speaker 1: I've just seen from film, you know, Patriots are really

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Speaker 1: how much do your people back home know about the Patriots? Um? Well, UM,

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Speaker 1: I have a bunch of friends that that's texted me

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Speaker 1: texted with many of them, but um, you know, Patriots

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm everyone's really excited that it's Yeah. I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: to say. Thanks so much for taking the time to

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Speaker 1: speak to our media, and congratulations again. Congrats, thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. Your question