1
00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240
Speaker 1: Tom. Just talking to Julian leading into the game. You know,

2
00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,360
Speaker 1: I was mentioned into him like this is his first

3
00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,960
Speaker 1: postseason since two years ago because we missed last year.

4
00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,840
Speaker 1: Just what do you appreciate about playing with him and

5
00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,560
Speaker 1: being in these big moments, specifically with him. Yeah, he's

6
00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:20,040
Speaker 1: such a great player and just great teammate, a competitor,

7
00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,960
Speaker 1: and had a great game today. So he came up big.

8
00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,680
Speaker 1: We needed it, and we'll need it next week too, Tom, Tom,

9
00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,199
Speaker 1: and you talked all year about playing complimentary football. Do

10
00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,800
Speaker 1: you think this was maybe the most complimentary football game

11
00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:36,239
Speaker 1: you played. It seemed like you ran it well and

12
00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,280
Speaker 1: threw it well. Yeah, that was good. I thought, you know,

13
00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,200
Speaker 1: both both phases were important, and you know, you can't

14
00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,240
Speaker 1: get one dimension in these type of games. It's too

15
00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,800
Speaker 1: tough against too many good teams, and you get to

16
00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,160
Speaker 1: this point there's very little marginal air and you're gonna

17
00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:52,360
Speaker 1: have to be uh, you know, good in all phases,

18
00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:57,840
Speaker 1: running it, throwing it, kicking it, playing defense, everything. Let's

19
00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:02,280
Speaker 1: do it again and once again talking heads in the

20
00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,640
Speaker 1: media talking about how this is the end of the dynasty.

21
00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,200
Speaker 1: You're going to fall off a cliff and become a

22
00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,320
Speaker 1: boom and all this stuff. So you know, I'm sure

23
00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,200
Speaker 1: winning sweet, but is it that a little bit sweet

24
00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:15,600
Speaker 1: when you're constantly proving people wrong all the time? I

25
00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:21,720
Speaker 1: just like winning. Just like winning, Tom, You've talked in

26
00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,920
Speaker 1: the past about having the answers to the test. Was

27
00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:25,600
Speaker 1: this one of those days where you felt like that,

28
00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,360
Speaker 1: this is a scheme you've seen before. Atlanta. Seattle's seem

29
00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:29,920
Speaker 1: to get a very good feel for what they were

30
00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,240
Speaker 1: doing scheme wise. Uh, you know, they're they're a good defense,

31
00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,640
Speaker 1: and I think they do a lot of things well.

32
00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,000
Speaker 1: And I thought we just did a good job excuting. Um,

33
00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,880
Speaker 1: you know, it's again blocking great and running the ball

34
00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,039
Speaker 1: well and guys made some great catches converted early on

35
00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,679
Speaker 1: third downs. It was really important. It's good to get

36
00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:47,840
Speaker 1: ahead of that team. They had a lot of good

37
00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,840
Speaker 1: skill players, a very good offense. Um, you know, they

38
00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,480
Speaker 1: battle to the end. So you know, they're great football team.

39
00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,080
Speaker 1: That's good to win. You realize thirteen year old kids

40
00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,720
Speaker 1: in New England know nothing else than AFC Championship weekend

41
00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,200
Speaker 1: on the who old gear old this is he's what

42
00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,600
Speaker 1: eleven twelve eleven eleven, So you know, yeah, so you

43
00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,720
Speaker 1: talk about a guy like Sony Michelle. There was a

44
00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,080
Speaker 1: lot of taco in this game. You don't know how

45
00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,120
Speaker 1: Rookie's going to respond, but to push your offensive line

46
00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,239
Speaker 1: gave you to have the running game, not only a

47
00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,680
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago against Buffalo, but what you've been

48
00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,400
Speaker 1: able to do today and the mount of yards he

49
00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,920
Speaker 1: had in that first half, you'd opened up the passing game. Absolutely,

50
00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,399
Speaker 1: you had a great game. And he's you know, he's

51
00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,720
Speaker 1: just had a great year. He's just you know, battled

52
00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,919
Speaker 1: and fought hard. I I really loved, you know, Sony

53
00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,880
Speaker 1: as a person and his commitment to the team, and

54
00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,240
Speaker 1: he's just been a lot of fun to be out

55
00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,360
Speaker 1: there with. And he's make a lot of hard yards

56
00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,520
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, he had a great game today.

57
00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,240
Speaker 1: Great to see. I wanted to ask you for two descriptions, Um,

58
00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:46,239
Speaker 1: Gronk as a blocker town on his hands and uh

59
00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,520
Speaker 1: and Gronk then when he catches a pass and as

60
00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,840
Speaker 1: a runner with the ball. Yeah, he's a great blocker.

61
00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,639
Speaker 1: I think that's something that goes maybe a little under

62
00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,240
Speaker 1: the radar with his uh, you know, his skill set,

63
00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,320
Speaker 1: but he's one of the one of the most dominant

64
00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,640
Speaker 1: tight end, you know, blocking tight ends in the league,

65
00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,079
Speaker 1: and uh, you know again it says a threat when

66
00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,880
Speaker 1: he catches it. Uh, just did such a great job

67
00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,600
Speaker 1: you know there to start the third quarter, and um,

68
00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,120
Speaker 1: you know he's a threat any time he's out there.

69
00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:14,720
Speaker 1: So it was great. Yeah, it was great. And uh

70
00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,240
Speaker 1: we need everybody, I mean, we need all our best players.

71
00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,960
Speaker 1: Four teams left so or five right now, four soon

72
00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:25,480
Speaker 1: and uh, you know it's gonna take our best question, Tom,

73
00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,760
Speaker 1: going back to your last trip to Kansas City in

74
00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,240
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, at the time, there were some questions asked

75
00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,880
Speaker 1: about where things were headed. To personally go back, uh,

76
00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,520
Speaker 1: these years later, with two more Super Bowl rings, five

77
00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,000
Speaker 1: more trips to the AFC title game, how personally gratifying

78
00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,600
Speaker 1: is if you going back to that point that was

79
00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,600
Speaker 1: that was a pretty crappy loss that night. But you know,

80
00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,320
Speaker 1: we've had some other ones and I think we show

81
00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,320
Speaker 1: a lot of perseverance, a lot of toughness. Um, you know,

82
00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,280
Speaker 1: this team showing it. We've had some tough losses this

83
00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,119
Speaker 1: year or too, but um, you just keep fighting. That's

84
00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,560
Speaker 1: what football all about. It's a season. It's not one

85
00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,160
Speaker 1: game or four games or eight games. It's sixteen games

86
00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,760
Speaker 1: and you get a chance to be in this position.

87
00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,960
Speaker 1: And we played good today. That's why we won. And

88
00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,560
Speaker 1: you know, Kansas had a hell of a year. Uh,

89
00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,600
Speaker 1: you know, they gave us everything we could handle. And

90
00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,240
Speaker 1: was that October or November? I remember, but uh, you know,

91
00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,159
Speaker 1: I'm sure it'll be the same. It'd be a tough game.

92
00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,200
Speaker 1: They're well coached, they've got a good offense. Um. You know,

93
00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,800
Speaker 1: they played well defensively against the Colts, and you know

94
00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:29,960
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a lot of fun to go back

95
00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,479
Speaker 1: there and playing playing the championship game and try to advance.

96
00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:34,880
Speaker 1: So thank you guys.