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Speaker 1: It might be coming at a good time for you guys. Given.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I mean, you know, it is what it is.

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Speaker 2: Can't do anything to change what's going on. You know,

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Speaker 2: we can control the next seven weeks and that's what

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Speaker 2: is done. We can just move on and try to

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Speaker 2: get better.

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Speaker 1: What gives you the confidence that you guys can get

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Speaker 1: better and finish out the season strong?

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Speaker 2: I mean I think one knowing, knowing the people we have,

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Speaker 2: the coaches, you know, we're not talking about splitting an

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Speaker 2: atom here in just a few plays here or there.

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Speaker 2: And you know, I think every game we've looked at

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Speaker 2: four or five plays here there change the outcome of

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Speaker 3: What is your bye week approach? Oh?

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Speaker 2: I think it changes every year, right, I mean health

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Speaker 2: to fix your body in three days, four days, right,

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Speaker 2: It's more of a mental thing.

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Speaker 3: I think. I remember my rookie year.

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Speaker 2: I think it was like week five and I was

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Speaker 2: the old guys are all mad and everything, and you know,

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Speaker 3: Offsive Wine rebounded over the second half. Is that a

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Speaker 3: fair assessment and what led to that for you? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I mean, look, you know, I think it's just doing

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Speaker 2: I think there's areas of improvement. There's still a lot

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Speaker 2: I think really just you know, trying to understand what

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Speaker 2: we're trying to do. You know, it's it's such a

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Speaker 2: small margin of error, especially when you're playing good football teams.

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Speaker 2: So I think there's a lot to improve on and

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Speaker 2: a lot we can do better.

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Speaker 1: But you and.

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Speaker 2: No, I don't think so, you know, I think, you know, obviously,

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Speaker 2: you know, when Ak is there, it allows Billy to

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Speaker 2: be in the booth, and you know, so there's really

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Speaker 2: not now another offensive line in the booth. But I

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Speaker 3: So Billy does a great job.

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Speaker 2: You know, I've worked with him for three years now,

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Speaker 2: had a relationship with him, so you know, appreciate everything

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Speaker 2: he does. How do you guys navigate the questions and

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Speaker 3: Well I don't.

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Speaker 2: I don't navigate those questions because they're not my answer.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I think, Look, I can't control any of that,

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Speaker 2: do is try to you know, offensive line's got to

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Speaker 2: play better. It's kind of playing in fact, and that's

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Speaker 2: something I can control and something I know how to

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Speaker 1: Is there anything that you say to Mac Jones to

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Speaker 2: I mean I think no matter what, Like, look, everybody's

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Speaker 2: one person's fault. Never you know, when coach's fault, when

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Speaker 2: player's fault. Like even in the game, there's sixty players

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Speaker 2: and there's probably more that could be executed better.

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Speaker 3: So it's a team game.

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Speaker 2: It's I believe in that, and that's why everyone shares

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Speaker 2: the success and everyone shares in failure.

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Speaker 3: Challenge the noise, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, look, there's there's noise good or bad. Right,

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Speaker 2: there's when you're good, everyone's telling you how good you are,

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Speaker 2: and you can believe that, or I don't believe the

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Speaker 2: which is good. It grows the game, it gives you know,

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Speaker 2: I think you just got to rely on truth and

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Speaker 2: I think, Look, we're all professionals. I don't think anyone's

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Speaker 2: one's happy with their performances, you know. I think we

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Speaker 2: I think no matter what you play to win games

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Speaker 2: it's not just one person. It's a team game, team effort.

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Speaker 1: So there's some kind of uncertainty as to who the

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Speaker 2: I mean, things happen, you know, I mean, it is

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Speaker 2: ultimately have success for the New England Patriots. So look,

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: I can think of my rookie year, you know, not playing,

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Speaker 2: you know, for anybody, it's always great opportunities.

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Speaker 1: You're one of the leaders on this team, do you

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Speaker 1: feel like back is still a leader of the locker room?

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Speaker 3: Look, I think, you know, everybody can lead in their

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Speaker 2: I think, you know, I think just because there are

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Speaker 2: there's been a lot of guys I think that you know,

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Speaker 2: So I think, you know, and success, if you're doing

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Speaker 2: good recipe either. So try to learn something each year,

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Speaker 2: you know failure, failure teaches you a lot unfortunately, isn't it.

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Speaker 3: Huh?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I think asked me at the end

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Speaker 2: of the year, when the year is said and done, right,

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Speaker 2: so you know it changes each week, Each week is different,

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Speaker 2: each day is different. So yeah, that's a that's the

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Speaker 2: end of the year question. We'll circle back on it

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Speaker 2: Orange this Stacey James. Look, you know, his personal choice.

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Speaker 2: If he wants to listen to that god awful song,

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Speaker 2: that's his choice.

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Speaker 3: So thanks guys.

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