WEBVTT - Pats from the Past, Episode 35: Richard Seymour 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:09.520 It's time now for another episode of Pats from the 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:12.720 Past podcast, Max Smith alongside with Paul Rillo, and we 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:14.720 were pleased to be joined by number ninety three on 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:18.400 your scoreboard, but number one in our hearts, the great 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:22.320 Patriot and Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Seymour. Richard, 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:23.160 good to see you kid. 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:25.000 Good to be seeing, good to be saying. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.360 Last time I was here, I got a red jacket, 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:31.080 and now come from Canton and I got the gold 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:31.640 jacket on. 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:36.040 Now, no disrespect, you look good at red, but that 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:37.280 looks really really cool. 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:39.959 Would this be a good time for me to admit that? 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:43.400 In two thousand and one, it was my second or 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.640 third year here and we took Richard Seymour. I was 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.720 one of those that wanted David Terrell, is this are 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:49.360 you serious? 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:53.440 Is this a good time to bring that up? You 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:54.680 wouldn't be a part of it. 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:56.520 I was. I was. 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:58.279 I was like, I need a wide receiver, which I 0:00:58.320 --> 0:00:58.720 loved Drew. 0:00:58.800 --> 0:00:59.840 I loved me some. 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:02.240 So I wanted a wide receiver. I wanted a new toy. 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.399 We get Richard Seymour. He's got a gold jacket sitting 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:06.200 right next to me. I think it worked out all right, 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:08.160 I give you credit for admitting. 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:11.480 Twenty something years afterwards, I admitted it. 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:14.479 He's being you know, I was riches being nice though, 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:17.240 because he's well, I've actually told him that, like I'm 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:20.320 sure you don't, like a long time ago. Yeah, and 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.480 he and he would laugh about it. I remember at 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:24.520 the golf tournament, you were you were busting I was 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.760 with Brian Marian that you're busting up. I did. I 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:30.160 I wanted no lie, I wanted I wanted a wide receiver. 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:33.040 And I was like this defensive lineman from Georgie. He's 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:35.680 really good, but like he doesn't have that many sacks, 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.000 like you know, what do we? And then I was like, oh, okay, 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:41.319 I see he was like dominating in his rookie year, 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.160 playing inside, playing outside, playing all over, doing all these 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.479 things for Bill worked out all right. 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.120 Yeah, story, thank you so much. 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:51.160 And again, you know, like I said, I got the 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:54.360 red jacket, now we've got the gold jacket. And also 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.920 also a fun fact, so in the inside of the jackets, 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:03.240 we're all adult numbers, like exactly what number you were inducted? 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:08.600 So my number is number three sixty. So it's a 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:09.280 full circle. 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.320 So how cool is yeah? How cool is you know, just. 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:16.120 Being being drafted here and now coming back full circle, 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:20.760 full circle just in terms of coming back and you know, 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.360 being honored at halftime, it's a tremendous honor. 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:23.840 That's great. 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:26.360 So one of the last times I saw you, you 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:30.240 were being run ragged, understandably. So it is induction weekend 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.919 and you're a busy man. Right now that you've got 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:37.160 the time or the aspect of time and you can 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.640 look back on it, did you have a good time? 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:43.480 Like you said, you know what, it was an extremely 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:47.520 fun weekend. I had an opportunity to share that weekend 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.359 with so many family and friends and former coaches, and 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:54.640 it's hard to take it all in because you know, 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.919 you get so many you know, congratulatories and that sort 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:01.680 of thing. But I was able to reflect, and it 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.239 took me about a week just to rest up from 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:08.520 I mean, from parades to sign autograph signings to you know, 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.359 so it was just a lot going on. But it's 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:13.840 an opportunity because that's players you never reflect back and 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:15.720 think about what you've done. And you know, it was 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:20.680 just a weekend full of you know, everyone there supporting you. 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:25.600 So and I'll say this, so I had an opportunity 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.480 to thank all of my family and friends and they 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.240 all know what and coaches and they know what. You know, 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.480 they've meant to me and throughout my career. But tonight 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:39.240 I have an opportunity to thank the fans who supported us, 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:41.920 who were, you know, fill the streets of Boston for 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:45.280 all of those parades and even coming back when we 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:49.920 landed off of you know, long flights home. They were 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:52.600 there supporting us when when we came back home. So 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.560 it's an opportunity for me to also think them. 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:56.360 Richard. 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:58.520 I don't I wonder how many people said this, because 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:00.480 this is what I what really struck me. 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:03.680 Your speech was terrific. 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:09.760 You could tell you spent some time writing it, rehearsing it, 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.960 and it came from the heart. Like a lot of 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:14.920 people like is Vermeial still. 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:18.360 Going, I'm. 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:23.080 And I don't mean no disrespect, because he's a very 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.160 passionate guy and you sort of expect that out of him, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.479 you know. But I was just I was really struck 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.239 in the moment that day. It was hot as blazers 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.720 and everything like that, and I'm going, wow, I did 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:36.080 did she hit it out of the park? 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:37.839 No, thank you? So much. I got a lot of 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.160 deserved Yeah, no, thank you so much. It meant a lot. 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:41.440 You know. 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:45.720 I think I was there because I wanted to deliver 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.440 because it's such a huge moment and you want to 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.960 thank so many and you got six minutes to deliver 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:56.200 you know, a lifetime of journeys and people that meant 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.560 so much to you. So but then also you want 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:00.919 to do it in a way where it's not dry 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:05.119 and boring. So I had to It took some time 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.839 to really pull it, pull it all together in terms 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.000 of how I wanted to get it done. But you know, 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:12.880 my wife and kids listened to me enough and I 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:18.120 gotta know, no, that's not it until I, you know, 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:20.160 finally got it together and I knew I was heading 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.120 down the right path. And you know, I'm just glad 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.440 that you know, it came across the right way on 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:27.040 that Saturday and can So. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.479 What's different for you now, like you know, after being 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:30.880 in because there was a couple of years you were 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.479 right on the edge and then you know, you get 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:36.599 you go through the door. Is life to any different? 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:38.279 Well? 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:43.200 I just think now for me, you know, it's an 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:47.360 honor where like when they say football heaven, Like it's 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:53.280 a it's a place where you my grandkids can always 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:56.400 go and look at what I've done in the National 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.240 Football League, and you know, it's just a place of 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:04.120 so much history and respect. And that's I think for me, 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:06.279 that's what I respect the most. It's a it's a 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.839 it's what's the right word, Like it's you know, the 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:15.120 prestigious historic, you know, and I'm always I always like 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.320 to pay respect to the people that came before me. 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:20.120 So now you know, to stand alongside a lot of 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.440 the greats, Like it's just a tremendous honor. 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:25.960 You know, they in my opinion, my words, not yours, 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:28.680 they did, they do run you ragged that induction weekend. 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:33.160 They run you ragged. But do you think without having 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:34.960 the pressure on you, because I do think there's a 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:35.640 lot of pressure on it. 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:36.279 You talked about it. 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:37.880 You wanted to do a nice job. You know that 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.719 meant something, got your legacy right right when they invite 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:43.839 you next year or the do you want to go 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.160 and like experience what it's like to just sort of, 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.960 oh Tip, you want to play, Oh Tip, you want 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:49.520 to play you. 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:50.520 Know thirty six today? 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.360 You know, like Tip's there he's America's guest. He's there 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:54.359 every single year. You know. 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:55.839 Well it's funny. 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:59.119 So we were at some lunch and and I hadn't 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.640 gave him my speech, but Tip is in and he's 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.279 just talking to me, relaxed because he don't have, you know, 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:08.080 the pressures of you know, that Saturday coming, and I'm 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:09.760 just kind of I'm talking to him, but I'm kind 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:11.080 of thinking about, well, no, I. 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:12.320 Should say this versus Dad. 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.400 So like I could just tell all the pressure was 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.280 off of him and for me, you know, he's just 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:19.880 got a lot, a lot of moving parts and a 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:24.120 lot going on. But like I said, I look forward 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:29.880 to going and enjoying everyone else's party on that Saturday 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.440 and what you know. So I just think, you know, personally, 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.440 you know, it's a tremendous honor, and you know, I'm 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.600 glad to be have this a red and a gold jacket. 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:41.680 The one thing that Tipp has said, sorry, Paul, just 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:43.840 one thing. The one thing that Tipp has said. And 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.080 I think this seems like it's new, and I thought 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.800 that this was cool. Is that somehow, some way, that 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:52.960 there's some unwritten rule that the guys who weren't inducted, 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.760 but are there. They make it a point to go 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.480 to everybody's party, right, whether they're there for five minutes 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.320 or an hour. Were But like I saw Terrell Davis there, 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:04.240 you know, I saw I saw a bunch of guys 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:06.920 that I'd say, well, I'm surprised that they were. I mean, 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:08.960 he's a Georgia guy, so maybe a bad example, but 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:10.040 that there were. 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.720 Guysrell Owens, he came to the party. 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:13.120 I't know. 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:17.480 But and somebody said, no, that's their responsibility. It's their 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:21.480 responsibility to go and welcome these guys like you know 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:24.600 what you are in the fraternity right and welcome and 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.000 it's a way of that sort of unique groups. And 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:28.680 I thought that was really cool, Richard. 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.200 Yeah, no, it is, well, and it's not only cool 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.480 for us, but even also think about your family when 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.719 because EMMITTT. Smith came to our party on Friday night, 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:42.000 Like a lot of my family grew up watching Emmitt 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.120 and for him to come in he had his gold 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:47.840 jacket on, you know, Warren Sapp, you know, Charles Woodson, 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:50.880 like all of these guys coming in. For your family 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:54.720 to see these guys and your granddad and or you know, 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:59.600 whoever is there to also experience what that's like and 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.320 getting the autographed and taking pictures. You know, it's just 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.480 a really special weekend. And what I will say is 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:08.000 all of the guys that are there, the other Hall 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.239 of Famers, they do a really good job of welcoming 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.800 in the new class and making you feel like you 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:19.120 belong with them. And I think that's really the special 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:23.199 cool part. And they're asking you your opinions on you know, 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.800 what's next, and you haven't Mike, Mike Singletary talk to 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.440 you about YadA YadA, you know. So it's just a 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:33.640 really special, cool, unique moment, and you know, I'm excited 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.120 to get the ring here tonight. 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:38.440 Is there is there a players you know, you just 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:40.560 ran off a whole bunch of names and you said, 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.319 how you really, you know, you respected those that came 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:45.959 before you. Is there a guy who or some players 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:48.559 that made you sort of step back and say that's 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.120 Mike Singletary. I mean, no, well I got it kind 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:52.719 of like stops in your tracks, the way Matt and 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:54.679 I would be just you know, with all of you guys. 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:55.040 Yeah. 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:58.000 No, Well, we were sitting in like they do a 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.120 luncheon where it's no media no one's in there. It's 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.560 just the Hall of Famers. I think it's the Raynichki luncheon. 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.319 And we're sitting there and he's a little older now, 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.080 but Jim Brown came in. You know, he was in 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.600 a wheelchair, but he sat at the table and even 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.040 the respect that he garnered from the other Hall of 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:23.160 Famers that were there, And for me also personally, you know, 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:29.400 being a defensive lineman when you're there with obviously Tip, 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:35.079 you're there with Lawrence Taylor. You know, obviously he's passing going. 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:38.319 But you know, you think about Reggie White, what he meant, 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:41.400 like all of these guys are just you know, phenomenal 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:47.440 world class players and you know, just to sit and 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:51.000 you know, share stories, you know, with a lot of 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.240 those guys. I mean, it's just, you know, it's a 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:54.440 lifetime achievement award. 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:57.319 Honestly, we're sitting you're talking with Richard Seymour and our 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:02.079 Pats from the Past podcast, and it seems like maybe 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:06.880 that that aura or that euphoria, and it certainly helped 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.560 by the fact that you're being honored, you know, as 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.000 you're taping this tonight at halftime of the Bear's game, 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.280 it's still sort of fresh. Is that fair to say 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:15.600 that feeling it? 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.880 Yeah, Well, here's the other part. Like, I mean, we 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.360 all know how hard it is to get into the 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.480 Pro Football Hall of Fame. But then when you think 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.400 about it, you know a lot of guys get in. 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.559 There's sixty seventy, you know, some eighty year old you know, 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.200 and plus. But you know, the blessing in it for 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.480 me is I get to have this gold jacket and 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:41.040 you know, absolutely forty two years old and still you know, 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:45.200 my kids they understand what it means and you know, 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:47.800 so I just think that's the that's the special part 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.520 about it is I get to experience and live with it, 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.319 and you know, it's no different than like when I 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:56.280 was younger. You know, I had a wife and kids, 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:59.560 but they were also able to experience my playing days. 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:03.320 So even that they're older, like they've seen it. They've 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.240 been there. They were on the field pre game or 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.440 halftime or you know whatever. So it's not like I 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.960 have to tell them about what their dad used to 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:14.280 do or whatever. You know, not that you it's a 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:16.640 big part of who you are now, but you know, 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:20.320 for them to experience it themselves, I think you know, 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.079 it's an everlasting memory. 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:25.000 We talk about some of those being young enough to 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.040 enjoy it. Who are some of the guys, you know, 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.280 guess when a lot of titles won a lot of 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:31.040 games around here, Who are some of those guys that 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.280 you think should be with you or you might be 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:35.240 knocking on that door? 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:35.560 Yeah? 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.679 No, well, I mean, you know, obviously ties in, right, 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:42.240 you know, but you know, obviously Randy's in, you know 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.720 he's there. But you think about Brady, Obviously he's going 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.960 to get in whenever he's maybe he's done, maybe not 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:49.400 after the. 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:52.600 Game last week, I see you get. 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:57.120 Maybe I'll join the committee and see if I can 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:58.400 make a push. 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.720 Right right, right, Well, you know, obviously Gronk he's going 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:05.000 in as well. I think Vince deserves to get in. 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.160 I think Rodney, you know, Harrison deserves to get in. 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.679 You know, it's a lot of guys that you know, 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:17.480 I play with that are you know, just phenomenal players. 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.760 And here's the other part. I think you need to 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:23.160 ask the voters who who should get in? I mean, 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.400 because at the end of the day, you know, you 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:30.040 really don't exactly know what is all of the criteria. 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:33.240 That's what Bill says, you know, let me know what 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.560 the criteria is. I'll tell you know, because I'll tell 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.280 you that Rodney Harrison deserves to be in the Pro 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.840 football right. No, certainly, but you tell me what the 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:43.240 criteria is. And I think that's the difficult thing. That 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.400 Paul might see one thing one way and Richard might 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:48.640 see something another way, and that might and then there's 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:50.760 no consensus, you know, Yeah. 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:53.480 No, no, yeah, you know, I'm glad I don't have 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:55.280 the job and the duty, and I'm glad I'm on 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:57.360 the other side. But it's a lot of guys that 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:01.080 certainly deserves it, and I'll be I'll be sitting on 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.120 that stage and I'll be at their parties when they 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:03.400 get in. 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.560 You mentioned Richard. So the last time I saw you, 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:09.600 and it's out now and so everybody had a chance 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:13.160 to see it. You were at r kk's wedding Friday. 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:18.040 Yeah, how was that incredible incredible weekend? 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:21.520 You know, obviously, me and my wife Tanya, we went 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:26.080 up and uh, you know, got a chance to support 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:30.560 mister Kraft and and his numptials, and uh, I had 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:34.640 a lot of champagne that weekend. But you know, like 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.200 I said, I just think that I'm Beyonce. The people 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:41.040 that were there, and what's most importantly for me is, 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.640 you know, I want to support someone that's happy in 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.000 terms of doing what you know, they want to do 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:50.200 in their life. And so, you know, obviously I was honored, 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:52.640 you know, we were honored to be there that weekend. 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:56.200 But you know, to share that experience with you know, so. 0:14:56.200 --> 0:15:00.000 Many close friends and you know a lot of damn 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:04.480 ansen and laughter and a lot of champagne that night. 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:07.040 For sure, the picture that made its way out into 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:08.840 most of all of the media and everything like that, 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:10.280 and I had a chance to see it because I 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:16.120 was working there, Paul, I know, but to see all 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:18.240 of the guys that were there, and whether you've got 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.400 a chance to spend five minutes with Randy or five 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.640 minutes with Tom or ten minutes with Gerrod, how cool 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:25.840 was it? At least for one night, you guys were 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.120 kind of all under the same roof. They could talk 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:29.800 about the old times. That must have been awesome. 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:34.280 Yeah, No, it was a phenomenal weekend. 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:37.040 And like I said, until your point, you know, we 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:40.000 don't have you know, because everyone's kind of off doing 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:41.560 what it is that they're doing. 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:42.440 Everybody's busy. 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:43.400 Yeah, it's busy. 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.360 But so when we can all get together for a great, 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:50.200 you know, phenomenal weekend in terms of supporting mister Kraft 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:53.960 and like I said, I mean from entertainment to food 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.520 and music. Rkak can throw apart. 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:03.160 Yeah, so you still, uh, you know, keep track of 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.800 the game now, you know you watch you watch this 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:07.640 team or do you watch the league in general? 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:09.640 Yeah? 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:12.080 I watch a lot of football, you know, because I'm 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:15.840 I'm a fan of the sport, and but I think 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:19.120 sometimes I I'm not super close watch Sometimes if I 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.160 can't watch, I'll you know, keep up with the scores 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.040 and just kind of keep up with, you know, where 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.720 everyone is. But certainly I watch the games as they 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.280 get closer towards the playoffs and just kind of what's 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.560 going on. So you can't ask me who the left 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:31.960 guard is or the Patriots right now. 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:33.400 I wouldn't be in the TA no. 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:36.240 But but do you sit there and think to yourself, 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.400 I don't know what I would do if I'm coming 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.920 in on the quarterback. I'm not sure i'd know what 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:45.760 to do to try to avoid a penalty. That must 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.160 make you crazy when you see so many of these instances. 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:51.560 Well, again, just just as we spoke, as long as 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:58.920 the riffs and I guess the competition committee are clear 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.840 in terms of the tensions, then we can play. Well, 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.160 if we can't hit the quarterbacks, then we'll just say, hey, 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:08.720 well guys, you know what, just if you got two 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.960 hands on them and we you know, I don't know, 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.520 So I just think that it needs to be clear 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:17.119 because you can't go high, you can't go low, you 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.879 can't put your weight on them. Like so, I don't know. 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:22.720 It's like it's watching more than he says. 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:25.359 I don't know. 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:26.879 I mean, to Matt's point, I don't know what you 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.399 guys are supposed to do with some of the calls 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:31.880 a couple of weeks ago, and you know that's back 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:33.800 to back games, one of them involving Tom but then 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.080 the one on the Monday night game with Chris Jones. 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.000 I don't know how you guys are supposed to do 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:38.400 your job. 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.240 Yeah no, so, well, again, like I said, just wrap 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:43.360 them up and don't take them down, and that may 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.959 be okay. Like I honestly think, you know, as long 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.840 as it's fair across the board, like we understand that, 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.560 you know, the competition committee is just saying, hey, you know, 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:55.640 the quarterbacks are basically off limits to touch, and they 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:58.280 got a red jacket in I'm in red jersey in practice, 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:02.600 but it's sort of the same, you know, mantra going 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:04.760 into a lot of the games too, So you know, 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:06.439 I feel I feel for the guys. 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:11.440 Now, last question for me as we're taping this again, 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:15.080 it's the night that the organization is gonna allow you 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:18.440 to be honored in front of your fans. You touched 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:19.920 them a little bit ago. What does that mean to 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.800 you To be able to, you know, say thank you 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:26.959 and to let them show you how appreciative they are 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:28.920 of what you did. That's got to be pretty cool. 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:29.280 Yeah. 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:34.480 Well, well, personally, I'll say this, they've supported me throughout 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.400 my career. Rather it's traveling to games and Super Bowls 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:42.359 and you know, h So from that standpoint, it's an 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:45.600 opportunity to let them know how they inspired me to 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:48.119 want to always put the best product out on the 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:52.919 field and you know, to you know, come back again 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.160 now because I remember when I got the red jacket. 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:58.000 You know, the crowd went wild and started yelling defense 0:18:58.040 --> 0:18:59.720 from the end zone and then you know it kind 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.600 of got cru up. So you know, that was pretty special, 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:07.320 and so tonight, you know, it'll be another opportunity where 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:08.680 you know, I'll just. 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:09.200 Be in the moment. 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:12.399 I mean, I have a few words prepared, but sometimes 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:14.960 I'll go a little bit off strip and just you know, 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:17.320 so we'll see, we'll see. 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:17.720 Where it goes. 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:20.280