1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Hey, Christian, has it gone. How you're doing? How you're done? 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: I'm doing well? Uh? Just how these these first you know, 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: a few weeks of being an NFL player been going 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: for you? Um, and I've been real well, you know, 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: learn from the veterans, learn from the coaches every day. 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: You know, it's a getting bet as a player, and 7 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: you know, I'm just really just focusing on all my craft. 8 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: We didn't see you there for the first few days 9 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: of ots. How important was it for you to get 10 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: back on the field. Uh as soon as you could. 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: I had a vaccine shot. I mean I had a 12 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: bad reaction to it, but you know, I was still 13 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: learning and I'll just really can't wait to get back 14 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: in the field. Got true. What is it like learning 15 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: from some of the other veterans on the team? Uh, 16 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: you know, like Lawrence guy, like some of the linebackers 17 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: that that you're around there. It's a blessing. You know, 18 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: Lawrence like one of the best to meet ever. Like, 19 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: I mean, I look up to that man, and I'm 20 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: really blessed. Like the learn from like you know, from 21 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: home for all the veterans, you know, carl Um, every 22 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: last one of them, And you know, the d G. 23 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: It's just like every last one of them has been 24 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: blessed to learn from them. You got a pretty late 25 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: start to your football career in general, right did you 26 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: only play one or two years of high school? Fighter 27 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: one in my high school year? Why was it that 28 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: you you waited so long to play football? Um? You 29 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: know I was a bestball player, really, that's well, you 30 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: know I can to bestball, I mean football the way late. 31 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: I was really a ball player as well. Do you 32 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: feel like you still, you know, have have a lot 33 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: more potential in you since you have only been playing 34 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: football for of course, you know that always gotta get better. 35 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: You know it can't be great one day. You know, 36 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: I gotta keep being the best player I could be. 37 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: Is keep you know, working, you know that's my job 38 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: to keep working every day to get better. What do 39 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: you think about the culture with the Patriots in general 40 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: so far? Um? You know, still learning? You know, I'm 41 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: just really hate is working and you know, just the 42 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: one that I gotta do being Tom And just like 43 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: predic learning from everybody, I'm still just no learning. I 44 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: know that no one wants to make comparisons and that 45 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: you guys aren't really supposed to make comparisons. But do 46 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: you think being in the system with Nick Saban has 47 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: helped you adjust to you know, playing for a Bill 48 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: Belichick coach team. Um, real, you know on the saving 49 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: and it's really different, you know what I'm saying. Well, 50 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: little ously Alban was a little hard you know that 51 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: would name Blue Patricks. You know, It's just it's just 52 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: got you just got to be used to it, that's all. 53 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: I mean. It's real good, just like you know, really 54 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: just it's real good. Thanks, We'll go to our Phil 55 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: Perry Necks. Go ahead, Phil, Hey, Christian, how are you? 56 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: How are you going? Pretty good? I'm just curious. First, 57 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: it just looks to me like you guys have a 58 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: pretty deep group of veteran defensive lineman. You just mentioned Lawrence, 59 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: but I know there are several others there. Um, and 60 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: all you guys look like you can play. How do 61 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: you see yourself fitting into that group in terms of 62 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: being able to carve out a role for yourself. Um, 63 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: that's really the coloset. I'm just like learning, you know, 64 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 1: they learning from all the veterans. You know, I'm still 65 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: newms just bringing them to learning from everybody, you know. 66 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: I was wanting to be just want to keep working 67 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: and learning and Christian, you know, I know the draft 68 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: was a while ago now, but you know, ahead of 69 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: the draft, I think a lot of people assumed you'd 70 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: be a first round pick. You obviously weren't. Has that 71 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: been a motivating factor for you at all? And why 72 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 1: do you think you lasted as long as you did? 73 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: Um really was at the God you know, God brough 74 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: me here and I really thank God for that. You know, 75 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: this is the right place to be for me. You 76 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: motivated it all by that, Christian? Um, well, yeah, I'm 77 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: motivated definitely, but I'm really just got him here the 78 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: right place ruffles to do. Thanks Russian. I don't see 79 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: any other hands raised going once? Why I could Aaron? 80 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: I could follow up with UM A quick one just 81 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: just based on some of the stuff that that we 82 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: are able to see out there practice and sometimes where 83 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: you know, we're a good, uh, a couple hundred yards 84 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: away from you guys, Christian. But when it comes to 85 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: some of the movement that you guys use along the 86 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,119 Speaker 1: defensive line, how how difficult is that for a young 87 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: player to pick up and to be able to learn 88 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: all the intricacies of what you guys are trying to 89 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: do when you're trying trying to create some confusion for 90 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: the offensive line the way it seems like the Patriots 91 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: have really for for many years now. Well, man, really 92 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: just like learning, you know, everybody a perfect who's gotta 93 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: keep working and extra Tommy and film extra Toman, you know, 94 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: learning and film plays and everything's up at extra Tomman. 95 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: You know he's gotta be the best player. He's got 96 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: to lay heavy mentality right on the Playboo. You know, 97 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: he's gotta keep focusing. You gotta keep going every day, 98 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: that's all. Can you tell us some what you might 99 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: be saying to Mac Jones when I you know, obviously 100 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: you can't hit the quarterbacks, but we've seen you on 101 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 1: a couple of different occasions get into the backfield where 102 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 1: Mac is is back there, and that guy was obviously 103 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: your teammate for a while. Maybe you used to do 104 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: in that a practice at Alabama. But do do you 105 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: give him like a little, you know, a little one 106 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: liner as you're as you're brushing buy him there in 107 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: the backfield? No one that you can't hit him? Oh no, 108 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: of course, I mean I never hit back you know 109 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: he was. I was like, that's our guy, you know. 110 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,239 Speaker 1: But like it's just like how I've been really benab 111 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: with you know, I just working on my craft and 112 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: I'll just focus on so no little trash doc or anything. 113 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: Oh no, man, no, I was like the play ball, 114 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: got it, got it? All right? Guys. Uh, well we'll 115 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: think one more from Evan Lazzar. Go ahead, Evan, and 116 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: that'll be the last one. Hey, Christian, sorry if I 117 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: if this is a repeat, But how similar is what 118 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: they're asking you to do here to what you were 119 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: doing down in Alabama? And how much of a transition 120 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: do you see it being for you? The techniques and 121 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: the different alignments and stuff like that. You guys, cool 122 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: as beloitech man, I'm just really learning. I'll still learn everything, man, 123 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: that's all I mean. I can't. It was hard to 124 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: say I'm just learning. Cool, I talk about that, all right, guys, great, 125 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: thank you very much,