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Speaker 1: Hi, we all congratulations, what's going on? Thank you? I

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Guys.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna we'll go ahead and start with questions in

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Speaker 2: that are online. So go ahead and all wait, guys,

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Speaker 2: introduce yourself.

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Speaker 1: As you asked the question.

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Speaker 3: I will Mark Daniels to cover the Patriots for Mass Live.

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Speaker 3: Coach Rabel told us that he got to work on

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Speaker 3: last week and there's a report out there from Pete

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Speaker 3: Tammell that you put Rabel on his butt. Just curious

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Speaker 3: on what it was like working with your working out

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Speaker 3: with your new head coach.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it was amazing. Uh, you know, him

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Speaker 1: and some of the other staff came in and you know,

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Speaker 1: we had a great work out, got some good work in.

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Speaker 1: They taught me some some new stuff and yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean I got him. Uh, I'm not gonna lie. I

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Speaker 1: a great lunch after a bunch of great guys. I'm

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Speaker 1: just super excited for this opportunity. Well, what was it, Sophie,

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Speaker 1: I reported the Patriots for ADZ Sports. I'm just curious

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Speaker 1: what it was like to hear your name called and

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Speaker 1: what it means to play for an organization like the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: I manage everything. I've played for a historic program at LSU,

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Speaker 1: and now to play for one in New England. You know,

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Speaker 1: I guess I'm lucky. But I'm just super excited and

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Speaker 1: thankful to wear that logo and on the side of

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Speaker 1: my helmet and across the front of my chest. It's

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Speaker 1: a complete honor and I'm just excited.

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Speaker 2: Well, Chris Brice with the Boston Globe, I'm curious. I

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Speaker 2: know that you have a relationship with keish on Booty,

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Speaker 2: but in terms of guys who are already in the

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Speaker 2: New England locker room, have you been able to connect

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Speaker 2: with any of them? And who might some of those

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Speaker 2: guys speak.

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Speaker 1: I've had a chance to you know, I know Jacquelin

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Speaker 1: Roy as well. He was one of my teammates. Him

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Speaker 1: and Kashan Boodier, you know, the two that I know

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Speaker 1: the best. You know, I've seen some of the other

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Speaker 1: guys around the facility when I was there on my

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Speaker 1: Top thirty visit, and but you know, I'm just super

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Speaker 1: excited to get up there and meet the rest of

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Speaker 2: He will congratulations. Nicole Miner, how excited.

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Speaker 3: Are you to work with Drake May and ultimately to

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Speaker 3: protect him on the field.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm super excited. He's a heck of a player,

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Speaker 1: a heck of a leader. Uh, and you know he's

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Speaker 1: the commander of our offense. I'm not only excited to

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Speaker 1: play with him, but you know the rest of the team.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited for the future that we have in Foxborough

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Speaker 1: and I think we got a special season coming.

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Speaker 2: And well, congratulations.

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Speaker 4: Sam Knox with wpr I TV and Providence.

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Speaker 2: What were your oppressions watching the Patriots growing up? Any

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Speaker 2: memories that kind of.

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Speaker 1: Stick out to you? Yeah, I mean they always used

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Speaker 1: to just dominate. Every time that I turned the TV

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Speaker 1: on and the Patriots were playing, they were dominate whoever

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Speaker 1: it was, you know, Tom Brady, Danny A. Mendola, Julian Edelman, Gronk,

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Speaker 1: all those guys just dominating throughout the years that I

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Speaker 1: just winning.

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Speaker 2: Well, Nicole Boston Globe, when did you know that you

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Speaker 2: were gonna be Patriots?

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Speaker 1: Uh? This is where I wanted to be since the start.

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Speaker 1: Elliott Wolf came to my practice whenever I was probably

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Speaker 1: about week five of the season, and I told him

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Speaker 2: Know it's about the play.

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Speaker 1: I appreciating.

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Speaker 2: Their son and growing up.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's an interesting thing because a lot of times

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Speaker 5: this day and age, some of the parents can get

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Speaker 5: a bad rapid some sometimes they aren't it, that's for sure.

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Speaker 5: But for the most part, you're seeing stories tonight of

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, good. So their sorry about that, No, that's

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Speaker 1: all good.

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Speaker 4: Sorry.

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Speaker 3: Well, so you were saying that Elliott game twenty of

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Speaker 3: your practices in week five and he told them you wanted.

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Speaker 1: To be in New England. Yeah, I mean I told

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Speaker 1: him and you know, our area scout Alex Brooks, that

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Speaker 1: the middle of the season. I've had great interactions with,

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Speaker 1: getting to meet everybody, and you know, it's just where

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Speaker 1: I want it to be, and you know, I'm just

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Speaker 1: super excited to get there. It will. Karen Grigave from

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Speaker 1: mass Live, if you were to describe your playing style

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Speaker 1: to the New England fan base.

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Speaker 3: How would you describe it?

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Speaker 1: Nasty?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm going to go out there and you

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Speaker 1: have everything. I have, every single play to you know,

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Speaker 1: protect my teammates, protect my quarterback and just put the

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Speaker 1: you know, the Patriots in the best position possible to

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Speaker 1: you know, help win games on Sundays.

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Speaker 2: It will. Chris Mason with Mats Love, you said a

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Speaker 2: few times that New England is where you want it

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Speaker 1: Why is that? I just think that the culture and

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Speaker 1: you know, the New England Patriot logo speaks for itself.

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Speaker 1: I believe in the guys in that locker room. I

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Speaker 1: believe in the quarterback and coach of rabel Is. You

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Speaker 1: know my kind of guy. He's all ball and no

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Speaker 1: bs uh, and that's what I want to play for.

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Speaker 1: He's very hands on, he loves the players that he coaches,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I just want to be a part

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Speaker 1: of that. Well.

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Speaker 2: Gregor Dard from Boston Sports Journal, with all the discussion

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Speaker 2: about your arm length, whether you can play left tackle

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Speaker 2: in the league, are you entering this league with more

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Speaker 2: of a chip on your shoulder than probably normal.

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Speaker 1: I'm just excited to, you know, get any opportunity that

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Speaker 1: you know, presents his self to you know, help the

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Speaker 1: And I'm just excited to be a patriot.

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Speaker 4: Hey will thank you for twelve sports in Rhode Island.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if you've had a chance to talk

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Speaker 4: with Coach Kelly at all. He's a New England guy.

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Speaker 4: Did he give you any tips about what to expect

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Speaker 4: you that New England accent. I know people pick on

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Coach Kelly's whole his both of his

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Speaker 1: sons have been telling me that their uncle lives up

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Speaker 1: set up. And coach Coach Kelly told my dad he's

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Speaker 1: gonna have to cook y'all some gumbo. So we'll see

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Speaker 1: what that's about. Mm hmm.

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Speaker 3: Anything else, guys, will Nicole Valley from You've spent much

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Speaker 3: time for any outside of the visits in New England up

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Speaker 1: Here, h No, sir, I do not. You know, whenever

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Speaker 1: I came up on my thirty visit, that was the

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Speaker 1: first time that I had been up there. That was

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Speaker 1: an awesome place. I'm super excited to get there.

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Speaker 2: We'll we'll see you tomorrow morning.

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Speaker 1: Yes, sir, sounds good. Thank you all. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Have a great night. You've got a lot of media

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Speaker 2: stuff to do while you're there, But.

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Speaker 3: Talk about toughness to me, I feel like he.

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Speaker 2: Fits Braves wants. As a

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Speaker 4: Thanks,