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Speaker 1: He made a lot of accolades on three Super Bowls,

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Speaker 1: so I I know all about the Patriots and just

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Speaker 1: the Patriot away. Oh yes, I watched a lot.

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Speaker 2: Of football because reached out to you that. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I talked to Willy yesterday as soon as we found

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Speaker 1: out I was coming over here, and he was he

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Speaker 1: was happy.

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Speaker 2: He was ecstatic my mother.

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Speaker 1: It's close with my mom and they're not blood, but

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Speaker 1: just grew up together real close.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Really was a a l club locker room leaders,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure, or work sure n the field. Did he

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Speaker 2: help to uh model your.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, most definitely, most definitely, Like I said, growing up,

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Speaker 1: just knowing I had him in my corner, somebody who

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Speaker 1: did everything I'm trying to do and achieve. So just

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Speaker 1: taking those little coaching points from him, as in just

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Speaker 1: how to be a pro on a day to day basis,

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Speaker 1: when even when I was in a pro on how

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Speaker 1: to eat right, do the right things, treat people with respect.

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Speaker 1: So I for sure took a lot of uh things

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Speaker 1: from him growing up and it made me into a

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Speaker 1: better player today. That's pretty cool to come here and

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Speaker 1: you know where the pictures uniform most death. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: blessing see is that you're gonna call him be for

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Speaker 1: a Sunday's game, just like the official like suiting after

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Speaker 1: your first Oh yeah, i'm'a I'm for sure give him

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Speaker 1: a call. I'm go'a give him a call today after

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Speaker 1: practice to let him know, like how my first day went.

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Speaker 1: And it's just I'm happy to be here. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: it's it's all surreal and I'm just ready to work

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Speaker 1: and try to win some games.

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Speaker 2: Was that first day? First day? It was?

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Speaker 1: It was you know, coming from Houston, it was real

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Speaker 1: warm out there, so uh it was called out here

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Speaker 1: a little bit.

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Speaker 2: But for the most part, it was fun.

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Speaker 1: I had fun out there. I'm having going to practice

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Speaker 1: with those new group of guys today and just learning

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Speaker 1: the new defensive scheme and meeting the new coaching staff,

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Speaker 1: and I'll have fun today.

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Speaker 2: So when you first came into the league, it's an

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Speaker 2: experience group you were working for the second What was

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Speaker 2: that when you first came into the league, your experience

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Speaker 2: around right, How did that.

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Speaker 1: Moldment that that was? That's a good question. I feel

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Speaker 1: like going in my rookie year w or my my

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Speaker 1: training camp with those veteran guys like Jordan Poyer, Micah High,

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Speaker 1: Chidaevius White. That helped me to be able to see

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Speaker 1: how to move like a pro in this NFL. Watching

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Speaker 1: those guys go to work and attack day job on

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Speaker 1: a day to day basis helped me on how to

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Speaker 1: attack this this a game and try to be a

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Speaker 1: a all pro like them one day.

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Speaker 2: So for sure help me. Did y did you play

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Speaker 2: with Judju growing up? Or was he he was older?

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Speaker 2: He was older? They haven't watched Patriots growing up? Any

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Speaker 2: players specifically? Remember you modeled your game after you feel

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Speaker 2: like reflect.

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Speaker 1: Who any Patriot players? You said? For sure? Back in college,

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Speaker 1: I I studied a lot of Stefan Gilmore tape. Uh

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Speaker 1: he was a great technician, I feel like with his feet,

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Speaker 1: so I like to study his tape in college when

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Speaker 1: he was here.

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Speaker 2: Have you ever talked to him?

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Speaker 1: I've never got to meet him or talk to him,

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Speaker 1: but uh, I for sure look forward to meeting them

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Speaker 1: one day and getting some more tips from him.

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Speaker 2: How about through really Ty Long? For sure? He met TYL.

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Speaker 2: Low Man.

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Speaker 1: He's cool, cool guy. You know they're best friends. They

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Speaker 1: they go good people's eye. Last time I think I

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Speaker 1: spoke with him. Was at the Super Bowl in Atlanta

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Speaker 1: back in what was at twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, when

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Speaker 1: the Patriots went versus the Rams in one. So that

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Speaker 1: was the last time I spoke to the Titler there.

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Speaker 2: I was there. Yeah, how was that experience?

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Speaker 1: It was a crazy experience, That's what I'm saying. It's

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Speaker 1: all surreal for me, like just for me to be

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Speaker 1: here in this locker room right now after just growing

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Speaker 1: up knowing everything about the Patriots, So it's all surreal. Man.

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Speaker 1: I'm just taking it all in and like I said,

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Speaker 1: I'm blessed, just happy, happy to be here and ready

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Speaker 1: to work.