1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Hello, James, are you doing great? How are you doing 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: pretty good? Short turnaround is an understatement. You don't you 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: gonna have to do the Saturday to Thursday turnaround. But 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: you're ready, yeah, I mean, just gotta heal the body 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: of you're ready to go. It's good work. I mean 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: it's kind of like as if you're playing a Thursday 7 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: night game during the season, so good preparation for that. 8 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: How is your off seasons and even you know, the 9 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: preseason changed for you your first couple of years in 10 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: the league to now ben through this grind several times, 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: has your approach changed much? On? My approach hasn't changed. 12 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: I think things just kind of slow down for you 13 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 1: a little bit. You know what to do as far 14 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: as taking care of your body, what they expect from 15 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: practices and games and whatnot. So just doing every it 16 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: takes so you feel as best as you can going 17 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: out there on game days. James, you have a teammate 18 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: that is returning to you. Guys, just your reaction to 19 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: Josh Gordon getting back in the mix. I think it's 20 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: great for him to have another opportunity to play in 21 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: this league. Obviously, he's a good football player, good to 22 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: have him back, but at the same time, we still 23 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: got to go out there. We're still trying to find 24 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: ourselves as a team. So like today, we still have 25 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: practice today, so gonna go out there and try and 26 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: prove all together. What was the reaction like when he 27 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: showed up in your locker room for the first time 28 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: in a long time. Obviously you greet him, like I said, 29 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: it's happy to see him. Happy he gets the opportunity 30 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: to play football again. At the same time, we're trying 31 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: to build a camaraderie as a team, as an offense, 32 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: as a defensive, special teams, and we're still working on that. 33 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: And then we're still trying to find ourselves, so everybody's 34 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: still working. How does he fit in? Obviously there's ninety 35 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: guys on the team. I'm sure there are certain kind 36 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,839 Speaker 1: of clicks and things like that, like is he close 37 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: with a lot of the guys, kind of a loaner. 38 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: How would you describe Josh? I think everybody in our 39 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: locker room, everybody talks to everybody. Everybody's friends with everybody, 40 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: so it's no different than anybody else where. The guy 41 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: just walk into the locker room today or where other 42 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: guy's been here for twenty years. Everybody accepts one another, 43 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: and you never know who you're gonna need on game day. 44 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: So I think we have a good group of guys 45 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: that accept anybody who walks into the locker room. I 46 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: know Bill always talks about every year starting over, and 47 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: even if it's the same basic team, there's the on 48 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: field identity or whatever you want to call it, who 49 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: you are as a team, But there's also the chemistry. 50 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: When does that really start to take hold that you say, okay, 51 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: this is this is how we are, We're a good 52 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: tight unit. Is that now or does that have to 53 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: wait till later in the year. My thing, it takes 54 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: place ever since OTA's um from the moment step into 55 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: the building. Like I said, everybody talks to everybody. Everybody 56 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: tries to get to know people on a personal level, 57 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: so you really know you could depend on that person 58 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 1: next to you, whether he's next to you on a 59 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: special team, defense or offense. And I said, everybody tries 60 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: to work together and gets to know each and every 61 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: person as a football player, as a person in general. 62 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: So you can go out there and compete and you 63 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: know who you're planning it. Could you name all your 64 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: teammates kids, No, I can't. We got our first opportunity 65 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: to get a glimpse at a new member of the 66 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: running back corps. Here a kid who was drafted this year. 67 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: What were your first impressions on how Damien ran with 68 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: the ball? Oh? He ran hard, I said, this first 69 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 1: time getting some live action. I thought he ran hard. 70 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: He tried to do whatever it took to go out 71 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: there and help the off has moved the football. And 72 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: I say, it's just his first game out there. He's 73 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: still learning, and I think he tried to play pretty well. 74 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: I'm always curious about this from a veteran player's perspective. 75 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: Young kid comes in, he's at your position, he's playing 76 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: the same spot you're playing. How much help do you 77 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: give a kid like that? You know, I mean, you 78 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: help him as much as possible. I mean, obviously everybody different, 79 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: people may have different approaches. But I helped him as 80 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: much as possible. You never know, I mean, god forbid, 81 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: anybody gets hurt. You never know who you're gonna need, 82 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: maybe right now or week seventeen, or in the playoffs 83 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: or whatnot. So trying to help the string those guys 84 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: along and show him the ropes. You never know we're 85 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: gonna need them. Now, this is a question I got 86 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: from a friend. Well, your fantasy value go down or 87 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: what do you think? The only time will tell. Man, 88 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: But that's been the case since you've been here, and 89 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: we've actually talked about this before, going back to your 90 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: high school days. You know, there were other guys in 91 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: your backfield that were elite players, so you're kind of 92 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: used to, Hey, it's my turn, I'm gonna make the 93 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: most of it. Now it's your turn. I'm gonna route 94 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: you on. Yeah. I've always kind of a backfield by 95 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: committee and play with a lot of talented running back. So, man, 96 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: I know what it's like. You got to make the 97 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: most of your opportunities. I mean, not one person is 98 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: going to be out there for sixty seventy plays, so 99 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: just gotta go out there and make best of what 100 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: you get. Is this one of the more talented groups 101 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: you've had? Because I look at this group and there's 102 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: just Damian adds to a mix that all you guys 103 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: have already produced at a high level running catching the ball. 104 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: This is a pretty deep group. I like each year. 105 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: I mean, the coaching staff has done a great job 106 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: of forming good backfields. Um, ever since my rookie year 107 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: until now. So I said, we have a lot of 108 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: competitive guys, guys that make plays, not just on offense, 109 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: on special teams too. So everybody just does what it 110 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: takes to help the team. It wins, all right. I 111 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: looked it up. You're Madden rating overall is eighty six. 112 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: Are you good? Are you one of those guys who 113 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: worries about this stuff. I wouldn't say I worried about 114 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: eight looks at it, but you knew what it was, right, Yeah? 115 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: So which part of it is not right? Man? I 116 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: feel like it's that's that's a good rating to spe 117 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: speed is eighty nine, you thought, yeah, nine, acceleration is 118 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,799 Speaker 1: ninety two. Hands have got to be up there, agilities 119 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: ninety Okay, strength what you been doing? Everything's not gonna 120 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: be right. Are there some guys on the team that 121 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: are super not just the ratings but super into playing 122 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: the game? Oh? Yeah, I'm sure there are. Yeah, you're 123 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: not you play the game. Um, I don't know how 124 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: many guys are two into men? I'm not sure. So 125 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: do you use the Patriots The first couple of games 126 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: I played with I used to play the Patriots, and 127 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: then after that just Free Reign. Yeah, what about with 128 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 1: the Red Sox. Fortnite became a big deal, and you know, 129 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: with the teams, and they obviously travel a lot more 130 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: than you guys, and it sort of sets up differently. 131 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: But our video games in general a big thing with 132 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: you guys. Yeah, I mean, I know there's a few 133 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 1: guys on the team to play video games stuff. I 134 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: play video game That's pretty much all I do. I 135 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: don't really do much other than that. So what gave 136 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: you playing? I played two K for Man and all 137 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: that stuff. I played a lot of my college teammates 138 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: and stuff. So that's how we keep Intesa, Dovi, Gordon, 139 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: you guys play. He's not He's not the greatest video 140 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: game player, but wow, shot, I like that. Well, man, 141 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: he's pretty good, I should say. Yeah, other than that, 142 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: who's the best who's the best guy that you play with? 143 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: Whether it's a college teammate or a or a current team. Um, 144 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: Adam Butler is really good a lot of video games. 145 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: I know he's pretty good too. So so when you 146 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: don't use the Patriots, who do you use? Can't can't 147 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: speak on that the Jets, that's not right. Was there 148 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: a were you among those guys doing a little trash 149 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: talking on the practice field last week? There was a 150 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: lot of wolfing going on. I mean that's that's just 151 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: good competition. Um, I mean, that's football. Is gonna be 152 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: trash talk. It's gonna be some scuffles every now and then, 153 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: but you don't want to let it escalate too high. 154 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: Trying to get you know, good practice working at the 155 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: end of the day. But that's just football, and it's 156 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: just good competition. How have you seen Jared Stidham's progression 157 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: from maybe the day you met him all the way 158 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: to the second preseason game. Have you seen him? Look, 159 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: I mean he's working hard. It's not easy playing quarterback 160 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: in this offense. I mean he's learning from Howyer and 161 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: Tom you have good examples to learn from. So he's 162 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: getting better, better and better each and every week, and 163 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: like I said, hopefully continues to work. You've been around 164 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: some young quarterbacks when they start and it's OTAs and 165 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: it's like the first time they step in the huddle, 166 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: are they can you tell they're nervous? Is their voice 167 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: sort of crackling a little bit? And it's tough. Quarterback 168 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: there's a lot of stuff you have to look at 169 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: and pay attention to other compared to most positions, like 170 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: you pretty much just know what everybody else is doing. 171 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: So it's tough. It's not easy. Probably when you step 172 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: into the huddle of the first time, it's right, like 173 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: speaking Chinese and stuff. So I said, he's working hard, 174 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: and like I said, they have a good competition going on. 175 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: Do you follow Tom Brady on Instagram? Yeah? So did you? 176 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: So did you learn for the first time did he 177 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: eats pizza? Because I was a little surprised. I mean, 178 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: everybody has has their guilty pleasures here. I mean if 179 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: David Andrews was eating pizza with him, that didn't surprise 180 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: me at all. I assumed he was eating pizza. But 181 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: I mean Tom Brady's eating pizza like like the rest 182 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: of us. He's human rights right now. I don't know 183 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: if you guys talked about this at all last week, 184 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: But do you watch Hard Knocks? Is that something you're 185 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: interesting at all? Every now and then? Yeah, I'll watching 186 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: things in that nature. Yeah, if it would never happen here, 187 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: But if the Patriots were a team that was selected 188 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: and Belichick gave it the green light again, wouldn't happen. 189 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: But if he did, would you be okay with camera 190 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: crew following you around like at your house and things 191 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: like that, just you playing first night? Probably no. Yeah, 192 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: you seem a little more private than Yeah, I'm fairly private, 193 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: I should say. So this week you have a game 194 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: Thursday night, Gillette Stadium, the dress rehearsal. I know some people. 195 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: Are you looking forward to getting out there, maybe getting 196 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: Tom out there and continuing the process building towards the Steelers. Yeah, 197 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: I mean it's gonna be a good football team or 198 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: going up against We've played them a few times as 199 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: I've been here, and it's always a good football game. 200 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: It usually comes down to last place things of that nature. 201 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: So be good work for us. They have a lot, 202 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: a lot of talented guys on that team, so be excited. 203 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: Hopefully get out there and you know, try and build 204 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: that team comaraderie that we always talk about. We appreciate 205 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: the time. Oh, by the way, Kyle van Noi once 206 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: said he played Fortnite for twelve straight hours. If you've 207 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: been able to beat that, I hope this is up 208 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: there that a lot. Don't your thumbs and stuff start 209 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: to hurt. It's a mental game. Edelman got hurt well 210 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: straight hours. I mean he I think he streams and stuff, 211 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: So okay, I'll be afraid to go out and take 212 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: a while, see if the sun's drill out or something. James, 213 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,599 Speaker 1: good to see you again. Thank you.