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Speaker 1: Good morning everyone, Thank you for joining us today. So

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Speaker 1: we have Matthew Slaider here and we'll get started with

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Speaker 1: the first question from Mike Grace. Thanks Stephanie. Good to

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Speaker 1: hear your voice again. Matthew, do you want to start

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Speaker 1: with anything before we start firing away with questions? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I do. I appreciate that, Mike. Um. Yeah, I'm certainly

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Speaker 1: so thankful to be sitting in this position talking to

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Speaker 1: you guys this time of year as the New England Patriots,

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Speaker 1: still with an opportunity to be playing the game that

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Speaker 1: I love. And you know, I just I'm extremely humbled

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Speaker 1: to provide, and very thankful to my family, to my peers,

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Speaker 1: to this organization. There's there's too many people to think,

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Speaker 1: but I'm very thankful for the opportunity to be back

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Speaker 1: as a as a Patriot, and excited about continuing to

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Speaker 1: pursue my childhood drink. So I was thinking, the last

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Speaker 1: time we talked to you was on the podium there

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Speaker 1: in Western New York, right, I think that sounds right,

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Speaker 1: and out here we talk to you today. So it's

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Speaker 1: been two months. Two months if I you know, from

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Speaker 1: that time, what was a defining point that led you back?

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Speaker 1: You know, well, you know, I think there are a

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Speaker 1: number of things that factored into my decision. I obviously

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Speaker 1: still have a very very strong love for this game.

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Speaker 1: And when I say that, I don't just mean what

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Speaker 1: happens on Sundays. I truly enjoy the preparation, the process

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Speaker 1: of football more than anything. I enjoy the relationships that

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Speaker 1: now who's still able to play a child's game, a

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Speaker 1: just talking with my family and deciding what was best

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Speaker 1: for us, it felt like that this was a great

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Speaker 1: opportunity for us to pursue football, but then pursue all

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Speaker 1: the things that come along with it, and the platform

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Speaker 1: things that we're passionate about, like the relationship building, like

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Speaker 1: the things in the community. So it just made sense

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Speaker 1: for our family, and all that being said, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots had to want me back, So I wasn't

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Speaker 1: be I sought after anywhere else either, who knows. But

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Speaker 1: I certainly appreciate the conversations that I had with coach

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Speaker 1: and where he saw this going, and happy it worked out.

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Speaker 1: And next question, Bob Stacey, Thank you, Stephanie, Good morning, Matthew,

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Speaker 1: and welcome back. Thanks Paul, how are you? I'm great. Thanks.

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Speaker 1: Regarding that platform and all the things that go along

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Speaker 1: with you this opportunity for you, your position as gunner

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Speaker 1: player leader in the locker room, on the field, and

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Speaker 1: as you refer to the platform, your role overall as

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, I think in order for me to

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Speaker 1: starts with that. So my role is to do my

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Speaker 1: I see it now, at this point in time in

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Speaker 1: younger players, encourage younger players and their families. As you know, Aboub,

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Speaker 1: I've always been passionate about the things that I've done

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Speaker 1: are passionate about the ways that we give back. We're

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Speaker 1: quickly to flow up, Matthew, because of the answer, would

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Speaker 1: I imagine to be consistent with what what you want

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Speaker 1: a chance to do this one more year. Thanks Matthew.

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Speaker 1: Oh problem. Next question, Chris Ryan and Matthew glad you're back. Um.

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Speaker 1: Talk a lot about the Patriots culture and you to

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Speaker 1: how do you view yourself in kind of that lens

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Speaker 1: How do you view yourself in that lens? We know, Chris,

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Speaker 1: I think the culture and what we've created here is

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Speaker 1: But I think that as far as how I view

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Speaker 1: And I'm trying to be a good steward of those gifts.

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Speaker 1: So as far as how I fit in that in

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Speaker 1: with what I've been asked. And just how closer do

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Speaker 1: you watch the transactions, you know, this time of year,

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Speaker 1: to how good they are at this time year. Yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: you know, the off seasons great, and we've seen it

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Speaker 1: The transactions that I do follow are the ones that

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Speaker 1: Thanks smoking back, Thank you. Next question, Jim McBride morning, Matthew,

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Speaker 1: congrats on the new deal. Thank you, Jim, how are you?

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Speaker 1: me he's he's out there recruiting. Yeah, he's a CYBERGM Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: Well keep doing your thing, Matthew, now that I mean

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Speaker 1: Next question, Andrew Callahan, Hey, Matthew, just echo everyone else.

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Speaker 1: It's great to see you. Welcome back. I'm just curious.

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Speaker 1: You know, he said you weren't going anywhere else and

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Speaker 1: that conversation of you know, here's the deal? Are you back?

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Speaker 1: Like what we're negotiations like? Um, without getting into too

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Speaker 1: not We're not negotiating eighty million dollars contract here, you know.

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Speaker 1: So it's it's Uh, it was nice to have a

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Speaker 1: conversation with Bill about where he saw me, UM, where

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Speaker 1: And I've always appreciated a coach just for the opportunity

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Speaker 1: it really means a lot to me. For me to

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Speaker 1: Family good, everybody's doing good. We're getting ready for baby

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Speaker 1: for us. It's always great, no problem. Thanks a loot guys,

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