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Speaker 1: Drake May, how we doing today?

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Speaker 2: What's going on? Doing right?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're doing well. Uh So, the team announced its

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Speaker 1: captains this week and we've talked to you a lot

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Speaker 1: about leadership and being the quarterback, but you were officially

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Speaker 1: named a team captain. I'm wondering, A, what does that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I thank first of all, Yeah, what a great honor.

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Speaker 2: I think it comes with a lot of responsibility. I

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Speaker 2: on it and your teammates, you know, put you as

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Speaker 2: the captain. It's always a great feeling and it shows

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Speaker 2: you know what I've done. But also, like you said,

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Speaker 2: there's you know, more work to do in the future,

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Speaker 2: and that's leading the guys, and that's you know, acting

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Speaker 2: like a captain and playing like a captain and doing

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Speaker 2: all things that kind of expect us a captain would.

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Speaker 2: And I said, the great honor and spend plenty of

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Speaker 2: people in this paper's uniform as a captain. That's such

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Speaker 2: great players. So it's a lot to live up.

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Speaker 3: To, Drake. Just to get in some of the nuts

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Speaker 3: and bolts of what you're doing out there. It feels

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Speaker 3: like compared to last year, that you have a little

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Speaker 3: is showing. Is that is that the case? And if so,

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Speaker 3: how's that been going for you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's something when you've seen defenses and

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Speaker 2: I've played them for a year, you know, it's something

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Speaker 2: the defense is doing and being able to get you know,

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Speaker 2: the offense in the better plays or I think it's

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Speaker 2: something that kind of it comes naturating its offense. But

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Speaker 2: I think it's also something that you kind of build

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Speaker 2: on as you, you know, play quarterback in this league,

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Speaker 2: and I've learned from from previous either mistakes or plays

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Speaker 2: of little little things you pick up as you play.

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Speaker 4: Drake, have you and Josh McDaniel's been spending a little

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Speaker 4: extra time together, not only obviously trying to understand the

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Speaker 4: playbook to the best of your ability, but also getting

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Speaker 4: into the week one plan, and Uh, what's the comfort

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Speaker 4: level right now between you and Josh.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think it's always huge to be on the

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Speaker 2: same page as the coordinator, you know, seeing seeing things

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Speaker 2: the same way, trying to get you know, these looks.

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Speaker 2: I think it's it's always great when you got a

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Speaker 2: think he's, uh, he's just trying to get us in

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Speaker 2: the best looks and he does it at a high level.

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Speaker 2: So I'm looking forward to get out there and trying

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Speaker 1: Patriots quarterback Drake May here with us on w E

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Speaker 1: Like is there an uptick in urgency or energy around

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Speaker 2: Oh, one hundred percent. We're playing, you know, playing a

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Speaker 2: new team that that you know is different than a

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Speaker 2: preseason game. Different enjoyed practice. You know, AC counts accounts

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Speaker 2: in the record books and accounts in the in the standings.

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Speaker 2: You're going out there and trying to go one to O,

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Speaker 2: and I think that's the big the kind of big juice.

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Speaker 2: I think everybody's excited for for Week one around the league,

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Speaker 2: So it's a it's a great opportunity for us to

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Speaker 3: You know, Drake, you look at different facets for your

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Speaker 3: At the running back position. It looks like he got

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, okay, they often have a room like

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Speaker 2: So that's always a good having you know, numerous options

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Speaker 4: So Drake, obviously you're a captain team leader as well.

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Speaker 4: That naturally comes with the quarterback position as well. What

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Speaker 4: happens when there's a disturbance or like a surprise like

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Speaker 4: late last week Ja Bill Peppers gets released on a Friday.

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Speaker 4: Do do players look to you to calm things down?

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Speaker 4: And how did you guys handle that?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's always you offer. Now, I'm one

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Speaker 2: of these things. That's that's part of the business. So

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Speaker 2: to establish around here is putting trust in and the

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Speaker 2: coaching staff putting trust in, you know, respecting what they do.

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Speaker 2: And I think that's what just the kind of guys

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Speaker 2: You know, a guy that you know made some plays

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Speaker 2: in a pager's uniform and and uh, you know, played

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Speaker 2: a lot in the past couple of years. But hey,

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Speaker 2: I think you know this kind of you know, I

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Speaker 2: but also you care about the team and knowing that

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Speaker 1: This year, we've heard Mike Rabel talk a lot about

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Speaker 1: identity and establishing an identity, and it seems to be

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Speaker 1: of expertise. You're not really blocking anybody, tackling anybody quote

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Speaker 1: unquote finishing plays with physicality. How does Drake may help

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Speaker 1: establish the identity of the New England Patriots under Mike

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think just bring a bring your presence to

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Speaker 2: the huddle. I think, you know, having command in the offense.

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Speaker 2: I think having command the offense, bring a presence of

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Speaker 2: Just kind of being sharp with with my game. And

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Speaker 2: think that stuff is kind of what you know, people

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Speaker 2: they can see on tape. And I think that's what

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Speaker 2: you great quarterbacks around the league, you know that I

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Speaker 2: And that's the biggest and compete Drake.

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Speaker 3: Your your legs are are a weapon.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 3: You know you just running outside the pockets the quarterback

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Speaker 3: design runs. Do you do you uh envision yourself uh

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Speaker 3: maybe using your legs a little bit more in this

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think it's a tool that you know, can

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Speaker 2: I can you know, utilize when you know, play breaks

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Speaker 2: So I'm looking for or to do an overre I

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Speaker 2: or you know, just trying to keep the defense. Honest,

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Speaker 2: I think it's a it's a weapon, and it's tough,

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Speaker 2: So I think it's a great tool. And also I

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Speaker 2: still try to do my best to you'll get to

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Speaker 4: Patriots quarterback Drake May joining us here in w I

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Speaker 4: afternoons on a Patriots Monday on a Tuesday, Drake, and

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Speaker 4: just sort of getting to know you not only just

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Speaker 4: athlete Patriot, et cetera. Uh, I'm just kind of curious.

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Speaker 4: Do you have any like night before the game rituals,

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Speaker 2: No, I'm pretty simple, you know. I think I kind

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Speaker 2: I'll try to throw the receivers, then try to muse

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Speaker 2: and I like taking a shower before the game, uh,

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Speaker 2: you're getting uniform. But you know that's really it. Nothing

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Speaker 1: As you look at the Raiders defensively, uh, Max Crosby

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Speaker 1: that team. When a team has a I've heard coaches

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Speaker 1: call him game wreckers. Guys like Max Crosby as the quarterback,

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Speaker 1: how important is it to know where he is on

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Speaker 1: seems like one of those high motor guys that can

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Speaker 1: get you from almost anywhere. How big a part is

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Speaker 1: Max Crosby of what they're gonna do to you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a huge part. I think, you know, anywhere

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Speaker 2: he lines up, he's a problem. I think he uh,

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Speaker 2: he plays hard, he doesn't like getting blocked, and I think,

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Speaker 2: just uh just find a way scheme wise to you know,

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Speaker 3: Drake. Back in the day when I played inside backer,

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Speaker 3: I'd always entice the nose tackles. If it's Seymore or

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Speaker 3: And I'm just wondering, have you done Have you done

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Speaker 3: that with your tackles? You know, you keep Max Crosby

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Speaker 3: with a nice steak dinner or something like that yet? Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing, you know from last year

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Speaker 4: So, you know, short of putting together something like a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think just continue to taking a step forward.

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Speaker 1: Two Drake watching the Josh McDaniels offense over the years,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a huge weapon. I think for any offense,

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Speaker 3: I guess that that's a good follow up to what

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Speaker 3: I want to ask you. I would think with Josh

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Speaker 2: Oh, I think that's huge. That's something as I learned,

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Speaker 4: Drake, you're watch any college football this weekend?

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Speaker 2: I did, Yeah, I did, obviously, you know I had

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Speaker 2: And you know, I took a look at that one

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Speaker 2: to see, you know, you know, coon of football back

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Speaker 2: Coach Bella checking those guys.

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Speaker 1: and Great Minds must Think alike. He was asking what

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Speaker 1: did you think of Bill belichick debut and how much

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Speaker 1: have you talked to Coach Belichick? Do you have a

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Speaker 1: relationship with Coach Belichick now that he's coaching your alma

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it was the summer and in the springtime.

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Speaker 2: I went back a few times Chapel Hill and saw

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Speaker 2: first off, was honored to meet him. I would have

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Speaker 2: led to Jerry coach and I think he's gonna you know,

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Speaker 2: like you said, he's got a bunch of new players

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Speaker 2: you know, college football. But you know, I got no

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Speaker 2: his proof of of being a winning coach is gonna,

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Speaker 1: All right, Drake, thanks for joining us today. We're looking

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Speaker 1: forward to these weekly Patriots Monday chats and uh, good

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Speaker 1: luck on Sunday against the Raiders.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you, good luck.

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Speaker 1: Talk to you next week, Rake, See you