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Speaker 1: Hey, Antonio, congratulations, I'm joining the Patriots. Can can you

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Speaker 1: just talk about Yeah, can you just talk about your

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Speaker 2: Definitely, I had a really good experience getting to learn

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Speaker 1: To continue my growth with them after spending so much

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Speaker 2: You know, you know, you never know where you end

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Speaker 1: And just one more I believe your cousins with Devin

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Speaker 1: ASIASI I'm just wondering if he's told you anything about

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Speaker 1: what to expect I was playing for the Patriots, definitely.

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Speaker 1: You know, you just told me already that it is

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Speaker 1: a great place, actually because I was there when he

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Speaker 2: Party, and it's just been really good. I talked to

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Speaker 2: And yeah, I'm just really excited.

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Speaker 3: Great.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Tony, congratulations again, thank you.

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Speaker 3: Next question Mark Daniels, followed by Mike Lea.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Tonio, congratulations.

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Speaker 1: For those For those who don't know you, how.

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Speaker 4: Would you describe yourself as a football player in your game?

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Speaker 2: That's definitely mean, just a guy who's learning to learn

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Speaker 2: and willing to work. I feel like as a player,

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Speaker 2: I've yet to reach my full potential. I'm just kind

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Speaker 2: That kind of the player I am just put my

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Speaker 5: And just work and and other thing.

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Speaker 6: The East West Shrimble.

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Speaker 4: Do you have any other pre draft contact with the

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Speaker 3: Yes, I did.

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Speaker 2: Uh, I had a Verre one of my top thirty visits,

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Speaker 5: Awesome, thank you and Chris, thank you.

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Speaker 3: An expression, Mike Whease fallbay zat Cox, Hey.

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Speaker 6: Antonio, congratulations.

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Speaker 5: What what was that visit like.

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Speaker 2: Coming to New England? It was amazing, It was great

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Speaker 2: They really take care of you. They tell you what

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Speaker 5: And was it one of need for you?

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Speaker 3: Two final questions of does Jack Cox, followed by Bob Sas.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Antonio, Congratulations. I wanted to ask you about your

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, just the way that my playing time was

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Speaker 4: Also quickly wanted to ask you about your your rugby background.

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Speaker 2: Most of the Uh yeah, my dad played for the

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Speaker 5: Thanks Lacey, congratulations, Tonya, thank you, thank you. Did you

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Speaker 5: Neil uh and and you're sitting for your master's degree.

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Speaker 2: I received my master's degree in education and then I

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Speaker 5: Great graduations. I wanted to ask you about your high

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Speaker 5: great career here in New England. Did you look up

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Speaker 5: What's your draft party? Like? You have a big family?

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Speaker 2: You know what the thing is that you know, I

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Speaker 1: For me.

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Speaker 2: It was a long time coming for all of us.

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Speaker 5: And you mentioned that your dad played on the national

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I did. What was that experience?

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Speaker 6: Most definitely? You know, like a lot of work was

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Speaker 6: not know, just all the sacrifices and hard work you've done.

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Speaker 6: And this was as much of a big day for

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Speaker 2: All of us.

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Speaker 5: Congratulations, enjoy the day.

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Speaker 1: Hey, Tonio, I was reading an interesting story that you

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Speaker 1: wrote in the La Times about mental health and sort

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Speaker 1: of your how your pro the mental aspect of college

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Speaker 2: That definitely definitely be a terrible bar of this trend.

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Speaker 2: You know, football. Obviously everyone knows how tough football can

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Speaker 2: I just think the biggest thing is uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you well.

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Speaker 3: Turning though, thank you very much for making yourself available

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Speaker 3: on very short notice. I appreciate it. That was allowing

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