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Speaker 1: Mac, thanks for joining us. First things first, how are

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Speaker 1: you feeling here today? Good? Um? Like I said, just

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Speaker 1: I feel every I did yesterday and we'll see what

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Speaker 1: There was some reports out there maybe you guys were

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Speaker 1: and the next day sEH. I feel so I'm really

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Speaker 1: just focused on, you know, doing my treatment. I'm just

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Speaker 1: trying to do the right things to become recovered and

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Speaker 1: be ready to go. Do you feel like there's a

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Speaker 1: chance at all you could play this weekend? Definitely, A coach,

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Speaker 1: belis that question. I think, like I said, we're kind

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Speaker 1: of in the spot where I'm just trying to get

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Speaker 1: from there. So definitely have a better support you towards

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Speaker 1: the end of the week. But you guys can ask him,

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Speaker 1: all right, last one for me because I know in

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Speaker 1: two thousand and eight not the last one, but here, Uh,

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Speaker 1: you're a freshman year two thousand and eighteen. I know

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Speaker 1: Twa and Jalen Hurts both at this high ankle spring Down, Alabama.

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Speaker 1: They introduced a procedure called tight rope. Do you remember

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Speaker 1: that you're familiar with that procedure? Yeah, I remember. Obviously

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Speaker 1: that way. And adding, everyone's different, and like I said,

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Speaker 1: you know, just trying to for me, do it's best

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Speaker 1: way to go about it. So everyone's different, and that

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Speaker 1: applies to any injury in football or any injury in general.

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Speaker 1: So so, Mac, I was just curious, Um, just trying

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Speaker 1: to look at some of your history. I can't remember

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Speaker 1: the last time you actually actually missed a game because

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Speaker 1: because of injury? Um? Yeah, no, I don't think I

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Speaker 1: right now, just like I said, being in this position,

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Speaker 1: I've seen different players in it, and I'm just going

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Speaker 1: day by day and see how we feel. So Mac,

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Speaker 1: I understand you're just trying to address whatever you're facing

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Speaker 1: right now day by day. Have you looked outside of

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Speaker 1: within the Patriots organization or within the training and the

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Speaker 1: building for any possible solutions, any treatment, any medical opinions

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Speaker 1: you might get outside. I think the Pacers do a

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Speaker 1: great job, and um, you know, I'm just going to

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Speaker 1: continue to get my treatment and We're all just gathering

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Speaker 1: each day. So right now, I definitely feel better than yesterday,

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Speaker 1: that's that's really all I can I can do right now.

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Speaker 1: And Mac fall upon Christians. I do you talk about

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Speaker 1: injury wise? You haven't missed even pretty lucky, and I

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Speaker 1: would say so being an athlete, you know, and even

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Speaker 1: even at your young age. But what was the most

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Speaker 1: Happens to all of us. Mac, I did that too

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Speaker 1: the ground. Yeah. Good. So I was talking to Mac Jones,

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Speaker 1: lot of discussion on the what is it the Vante

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Speaker 1: Parker red zone interception? Can you walk us through what happened?

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Speaker 1: Because from the way we looked at it looked like

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Speaker 1: So that's pretty much all there was to it. And

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Speaker 1: I saw you on the sideline. The cameras caught you

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Speaker 1: yelling cover four, like, what does that does that Did

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Speaker 1: Do you think it's just me just curious? Do you

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Speaker 1: think that you're putting more pressure on yourself to make

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Speaker 1: every every year is different, and this year I just

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Speaker 1: we can all do better at that and starts with

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Speaker 1: better together. And we've made good improvements. So sometimes it's

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Speaker 1: out there. Macca noticed that again for the third game

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Speaker 1: Last one for me. I know, obviously this game didn't

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Speaker 1: but kind of what you're talking about, it's more like

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Speaker 1: got a good one for you this week, Mac. But

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Speaker 1: first part is how difficult is it to get ready

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Speaker 1: you up for the quarterback question of the week. Back

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Speaker 1: All right, So the first part of the question is Okay, So,

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Speaker 1: Taekwon Thorpe and then you said you had a nickname

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Speaker 1: How about Bolt No, that's not or Dash Dash incredible? Okay,

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Speaker 1: Brian Hoyer's real name is? Axel? Can you ask him?

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Speaker 1: Why doesn't he go by ax? It's so yeah, Brian,

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Speaker 1: but everybody thinks Brian, dude, Axel Hoyer? Yes, as Hoyer, Brian,

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Speaker 1: Brian's pretty cool, of Axel's definitely up there was the

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Speaker 1: coolest name ever. Do you know who? Do you know

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Speaker 1: after after? I mean, he's talked about it before him.

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Speaker 1: I don't even really know, Uh you know, Axel. I'm

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Speaker 1: assuming it's Axel Rose. I'm assuming his parents were a

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Speaker 1: big fan of guns n' Roses. But Axel, Roses Axel. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a family name, ruin my opinion. All right, listen, Mac,

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Speaker 1: we appreciate you joining us here, all the best and

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Speaker 1: healing up as quick as possible. Looking forward to getting

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