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Speaker 1: Good. How are you wait for a couple? You're a

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Speaker 1: Harvard guy. What's it like being back in the area

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Speaker 1: and just yeah, No, it's good. It's good being back here.

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, it's been a while since I've been

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Speaker 2: back in New England, so yeah, it's good. I got

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Speaker 2: some family nearby from Jersey, so yeah, it's good and

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Speaker 2: good working with the Patriots, you got a chance to

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Speaker 2: go back to Harvard and catch up with anybody or

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Speaker 2: uh no, not yet, not yet. So yeah, I talked

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Speaker 2: to Coach Murphy. He congratulated me, but I'll be trying

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Speaker 2: to stop by there once they start going himself.

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Speaker 1: One of the things he talked about was just the

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Speaker 1: lineagere tight ends that you even connected with from your

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Speaker 1: time there in the program.

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Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on Yeah, I think, yeah, Coach

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Speaker 2: Murphy does a great job recruiting guys, and yeah, I

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Speaker 2: got I wasn't with Juice Check, but I saw a

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Speaker 2: lot of film with him there. I was with Cambraid,

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Speaker 2: I was with Ben broneker So Tyler Ott who was

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Speaker 2: a long snap so yeah. So it was great being

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Speaker 2: around those guys and they were great role models to

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Speaker 2: get guys at the next level.

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Speaker 1: Playing in that offense helping you quit the NFL, especially

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Speaker 1: as a guy who moves around here. Yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: it was really helpful. I mean I came.

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Speaker 2: I played receiver in high school, so they started doing

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Speaker 2: h back there and that was wing and in the

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Speaker 2: backfield and kind of got to feel a lot of

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Speaker 2: different spots on the offensive side of the ball. So

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Speaker 2: I think it definitely prepared me for everywhere I had

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Speaker 2: to fit in the NFL offense.

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Speaker 1: It's like working with the group of tight ends here,

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Speaker 1: you refreshing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it's been great. I mean, yeah, working seeing

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Speaker 2: Hunter Henry work. I mean, he's a great player, makes

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Speaker 2: a lot of great players, works hard and knows a

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Speaker 2: lot about the game, so it's great being in the

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Speaker 2: room with him and learning from him. Joseki as well,

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Speaker 2: does a great job in the receiving game and all over.

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Speaker 2: So I mean those are great role models and SOCOs

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Speaker 2: and the guy works hard on Yeah, Lump's been great,

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Speaker 2: and yeah, Scotty as well.

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Speaker 1: So it's a good room.

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Speaker 2: We've seen a lot of you know, tight ends and

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Speaker 2: the so movement like splotting across or starting in second level.

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Speaker 1: Just how helpful is that to get that a little

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Speaker 1: bit ahead and start behere you have to.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it's been good. I mean yeah, it kind

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Speaker 2: of helps you do your job a little bit easier.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes moving catches a defense off guard. When you're moving

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Speaker 2: in the backfield, I can't see and we'll have different

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Speaker 2: things out of it. So yeah, do you have any

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Speaker 2: experiences in your past and you know, really lining up.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Came out as a fullback with the with the Jets

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Speaker 2: my rookie year, so I played a little bit there,

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Speaker 2: and then when I got to Tennessee, I played a

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Speaker 2: little bit there as well, so kind of mixed in

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Speaker 2: in the beginning of my career with it. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm pretty comfortable being back there and kind of reading

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Speaker 2: the defense as well.

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Speaker 1: New offense that you guys are learning.

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Speaker 2: How has that process changed when you have some shuffling

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Speaker 2: going on with your guys, the whole line being.

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Speaker 1: Heard and how practicing China?

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Speaker 2: I mean yeah, you kind of just I mean, focus

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Speaker 2: on your position, focus on your role, and that's all

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Speaker 2: you can really do. So I'm just trying to learn

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Speaker 2: the positions at the tight end and everything that we

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Speaker 2: offense coming out.

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Speaker 1: Through system, very detail oriented or engratuated.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think so. I think, yeah, it was.

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Speaker 2: It was very strict there and yeah, all about football there.

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Speaker 2: So I think that was definitely a good, good stepping

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Speaker 2: Throughout your NFL career, a bunch of people been able to,

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Speaker 2: you know, continue following.

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Speaker 1: And watching Harvard. All.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I try to keep up with them. I know

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Speaker 2: a couple of younger guys I've been through and now. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's been good keeping up with them. Excited to be

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Speaker 2: back in the area so I can catch a few

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Speaker 2: games maybe or something if we get some time.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, we also played some three and like MS

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Speaker 1: or receive what do you pretty for that kind of person?

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I think just I mean, going at Harvard,

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Speaker 2: I played a bunch of different roles.

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Speaker 1: I played receiver in high school.

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Speaker 2: I played basketball as well in high school, So I

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Speaker 2: don't know, I think like that type of shifting this

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Speaker 2: and being able to have good ball skills and then

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Speaker 2: all the fullback stuff started out in the league and just.

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Speaker 1: Kind of learning from guys ahead of me, particular, more

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of. Yeah, wherever they need me. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'll make it work and do the best I can

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Speaker 2: and keep improving. Yeah, alright, alright, alright.

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Speaker 1: Oh great, cool. Yeah, I'll be seeing you a lot. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thank you. Yeah great, all right, yeah awesome. Good to me.