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Speaker 1: All right, Stephanie, thank you, Jolanni. How are you. I'm

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Speaker 1: doing great. How are you guys all right? Doing well?

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Speaker 1: My name's Mike. I work at ESPN. I think that's

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Speaker 1: the first time had a chance to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: So nice to introduce ourselves. Nice to meet you, Mike. Absolutely. Um.

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Speaker 1: So well let's start by just saying welcome. And what

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Speaker 1: has it been like for you just to become a Patriot.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's been a great experience so far. You know. Um,

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Speaker 1: I'm enjoying myself here and you know, learn from the best,

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Speaker 1: so I'm excited. I'm excited for whatever's next. The obvious

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Speaker 1: connection is with coach Patricia, right because he came into

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Speaker 1: the league and he was with the Lions and now

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Speaker 1: he's here. Yeah, how is that connection? I guess it's

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Speaker 1: been great. It's been great. He's helped me. He's helped

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Speaker 1: me a ton, especially learning this defense. Um. And you

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Speaker 1: know when I when you gave me the call on

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Speaker 1: the day I got away every boy the lines, you know,

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Speaker 1: I was I was just excited. I knew that this

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Speaker 1: is the place to call home next. So it's been great.

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Speaker 1: And what is it about him and this defense that

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Speaker 1: you think, you know, maybe is makes it home for you. Oh,

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Speaker 1: it's just something I'm familiar with, especially since we ran

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Speaker 1: that while I was in Detroit. But I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I just it's just the fact that you can be

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Speaker 1: versatile in this defense, you know. Um, I like that,

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Speaker 1: you know. I like making sure that the offense doesn't

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Speaker 1: know what we're doing. They have to make sure they

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Speaker 1: have to id everything. So just having that edge is

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Speaker 1: really great with this defense. And I had two other

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Speaker 1: quick ones, if that's all right, Very good? Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate For those who who haven't watched you play

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Speaker 1: that much, how would you describe your sort of style

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Speaker 1: of play, the way you like to play the game.

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Speaker 1: I just like to play with my air on fire.

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Speaker 1: That's it. That's the biggest way to describe myself, you know.

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Speaker 1: And anytime I'm making big hair or make any play,

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Speaker 1: all I gotta do is put a smile up and

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Speaker 1: h and that's it. Yeah. Yeah, as long as I'm

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Speaker 1: playing aggressive and that just takes care of itself, I'll

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Speaker 1: just explain him and be having my hair on fire.

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Speaker 1: So and and the hair does actually stand out July

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Speaker 1: like sometimes, you know, like what I'm watching so it

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Speaker 1: makes sense, you know. Yeah, And my last one is

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Speaker 1: that this week you were promoted from the practice squad

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Speaker 1: to the fifty three man roster. Um. How did that

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Speaker 1: come about? Like was there an opportunity maybe for you

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Speaker 1: to go sign somewhere else? And because of that, you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I was all I worried about, and all

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Speaker 1: I really focused on was what was at hand, and

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Speaker 1: that was basically showing up every day and learning the

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Speaker 1: defense and making sure that I'm on the right page

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Speaker 1: and not taking like I'm not trying to separate myself

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Speaker 1: from the starters like, you know, like from the rest

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Speaker 1: of the guys. So I wanted to make sure I

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Speaker 1: was at hart with that, just to show the coaches

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Speaker 1: that they could trust me. And the biggest thing was

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Speaker 1: to show the other guys on the field that I, like,

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Speaker 1: I could be trusted, you know. So that was the

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Speaker 1: biggest thing I was worried about. I wasn't really worried

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Speaker 1: about other teams, because you know, I was just grateful

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Speaker 1: and happy to be here, you know. So yes, every

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Speaker 1: day I approached it as if it was my last

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Speaker 1: day here. So that's all thanks for taking the time.

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Speaker 1: I know, some others have questions, but thanks for answering those,

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Speaker 1: no problem. And next question from Allen sagel Plan Jelani.

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Speaker 1: You know, focused Mike and would fall and Mike was

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Speaker 1: saying welcome to New England belatedly. Thank you. Um. Needless

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Speaker 1: to say, Tom Brady and Dak Prescott a different type

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Speaker 1: of quarterbacks, however, they do something both very similar thing

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Speaker 1: and that has passed against the blitz. Did help did

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Speaker 1: focusing on that aspect of Tom a couple of weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: working knowing he fast, he passes very effectively against the

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Speaker 1: blitz help you this week because Dak does the same thing.

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Speaker 1: Sorry to here beat that more time. Sure, Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: and Dak Prescott obviously very dissimilar quarterbacks, but very similarly

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Speaker 1: they are effective against the blitz. The practicing against that

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Speaker 1: getting ready for Dak this week because he also is

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Speaker 1: very effective against the blitz. Yeah, but you know this

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Speaker 1: a mobile quarterback. But the biggest thing for us is

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Speaker 1: just knowing our assignments, you know, with whatever we do,

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Speaker 1: we know what we have to do to make sure

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Speaker 1: that that doesn't happen. But the biggest thing is just

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Speaker 1: show different things and disguise our looks. So hopefully we

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Speaker 1: coverages and like blitzes were in. So that's that's the

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Speaker 1: biggest thing we got to do before the play. And

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Speaker 1: when you play against the mobile quarterback like like him

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Speaker 1: this week, is it imperative to stay in your lanes

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Speaker 1: not to be faked out by something he can do,

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Speaker 1: because he can burn you very quickly most definitely, you know,

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Speaker 1: especially with him being like you said, very versatile with

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Speaker 1: his feet. Um, you want to make sure that you're

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Speaker 1: staying in lanes and crush the pocket. But we got

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Speaker 1: a bunch of guys on the field that do a

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Speaker 1: great job on getting to the quarterback, so I'm not

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Speaker 1: really too worried about it. But I know that the

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Speaker 1: that we can keep him in the pocket. Great Jelni,

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Speaker 1: thank you very much. By the way, if you meet Mike,

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Speaker 1: you'll realize that he shouldn't be talking to you about

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Speaker 1: here and final questions from Zach Cooxley. Hey, Gilanni, I'm

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Speaker 1: doing well. How are you doing great? As someone who

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Speaker 1: spent time with Jamie both in Detroit and now here

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Speaker 1: in New England, how would you describe him as a

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Speaker 1: player and as a teammate. Great teammate and definitely one

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Speaker 1: of the most versatile guys you ever meet. As a

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Speaker 1: defensive player, but definitely a great teammate. He's always looked

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Speaker 1: out for not just myself but everybody in our position group.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know, I don't know explaining his play,

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Speaker 1: but he's a He's a dog. That's all I could say.

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Speaker 1: He's a dog. Great, thank you. Yeah,