1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Man, I'm just wondering. I guess, UM, I do you 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: guys M tune out all the noise and H we 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: have distractions like this, this obvious one this week. Well, 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: you know I am first I'll say, certainly I don't 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: want to minimize the seriousness of a situation like this, 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: very sensitive matter, UM, and don't want to minimize it 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: at all. UM. But that being said, UM, I certainly 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: don't think that UM I should be speaking on it 9 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: or UM I'm qualified to speak on it because I 10 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: don't have any knowledge of the situation. So I think, 11 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: you know, as a leader of this team, UH, standing 12 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: before you guys speaking on behalf of the team, uh 13 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: and not necessarily on behalf of myself. I think that 14 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: you know, it's important that we try to focus on 15 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: doing our job as professionals this week and trying to 16 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: go about preparation and being ready to play a game 17 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: on Sunday. UM. But certainly I'm sensitive to this situation 18 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: and you know what's uh, I guess what is um 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: out there? Do you have a responsibility to what you 20 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: make us in distress? UM? I've always believed that I 21 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,559 Speaker 1: believe that you know when you come into this locker 22 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: room and you have a locker uh in this particular 23 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: locker room that It's always been a family environment, a brotherhood. UM. 24 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: And you've always tried to support people, UM that are 25 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: working alongside you to achieve a common goal. UM. But again, UM, 26 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: this is a unique situation. UM. I don't want to 27 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,559 Speaker 1: minimize the serious nature of it. And UM, but again 28 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: I don't feel song qualified to really speak to it 29 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: because I don't know anything about it. And you know, yeah, 30 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: you as a veteran, you and the other veterans and 31 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: captains on belieaders on the team, do you always go 32 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: out of your way or how do you go out 33 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: of your way to help new players? Uh, you know 34 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: into the organization. Well, I think we all have our 35 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: own way of doing that. For me, it's always been 36 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: via relationships. I think that's the best way to connect 37 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: with someone is to try to get to know them, 38 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: find out what motivates them, find out there why, and 39 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: hopefully in turn, as a leader, you can try to 40 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: bring out the best in them, not only on the 41 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: football field, but off the football field as well. And 42 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: that's something that I've believed in, UM, over the course 43 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: of my career, the course of my entire life. And 44 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: that's something that I still firmly believe in. You've been 45 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: around Antonio a couple of days and never win her hands. 46 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: What kind of teammate is he? You know, I think 47 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,119 Speaker 1: it's still pretty you. This is really the first day 48 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: that we got a chance to practice with him. UM, 49 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: so you know, I'm still getting to know him as 50 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: he is getting to know all of us. So, UM, 51 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 1: I think it's a little early on really coming on that. 52 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: What's the most important thing that a new player should 53 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: know coming into this organization. No one's bigger than a team. UM. 54 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: We're all here to try to support one another, build 55 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: on another up and accomplish something that's really bigger than ourselves. UM. 56 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,679 Speaker 1: That's what a team is about it. No, no one 57 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: individual is bigger than the team. It's about working together 58 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: as a family towards a common goal, checking your ego 59 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: at the door, um, sometimes putting personal goals aside to 60 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: ensure the success of the team. It's certainly a process. 61 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: I think, UM, accountability and trust or a big part 62 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: of brotherhood and that that's something that you out of 63 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: build day by day. So UM, certainly we've always been 64 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: welcoming here. But UM, you know, brotherhood is a process. UM, 65 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: it's a never ending process. So certainly that's how it 66 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: is with anyone who comes into this locker room. Importance 67 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: to that when people come into this locker room, they 68 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: come in with an open slate to anything out. UM. 69 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: I think that's important for both sides. UM. I think, UM, 70 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: it's really hard to know the truth about situations that 71 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: you're not directly involved in, and for you to try 72 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: to speak um to situations or speak to people that 73 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: you know nothing about, UM, I think it is unwise. 74 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: And I think you have to try to keep an 75 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: open mind and treat situations as they come day by day. 76 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: You're addressing this with us now, and thank you for that. 77 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: But is it something that's talked about in the locker room? 78 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: How big a distraction is something like this? UM? Respect 79 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: that question. I don't. I really don't feel like that's 80 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: something that I want to get into. UM, you know, 81 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: I don't want to really get into that. What kind 82 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: of distruction this is? Do you think that the players 83 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: have any players were every player take it up on 84 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: themselves to make sure that everybody is focused on the 85 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: next gamers. That's something that falls to coaches. I think 86 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: it's it's a group effort. Certainly, the leadership on the 87 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: team has to do a good job of trying to 88 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: get um guys to focus professionally in a certain a 89 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: certain way, in a certain direction. And certainly Coach Belichick 90 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: is always going to set the tone for this football 91 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: team and the direction that we head in. So that's 92 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: always been the case since I've been here. I'm sure 93 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: we'll continue to be the case long after I'm gone.