1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Hey, Jake, congratulations on making it to the NFL and 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 1: welcome to New England. It's curious, first and foremost are 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,239 Speaker 1: the people who aren't familiar with your game. How would 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: you describe your game? 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 2: Uh, I appreciate the congratulations. First of all. You know, 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: I like to be physical and tough. One thing that 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: we do like to sell. I'm in office of lining room. 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 2: The tour this past year was being all day tough, 9 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: and that's kind of one of the things we always 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 2: talked about, and just being that physicality, just looking to 11 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 2: kind of get ready to work and figure out what 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: I need to bring to the table in the Union. 13 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: Speaking of that offensive line room, I know you have 14 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: to experienced with coach Papa issues up here in New 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: England for some time. Is that something that came up 16 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: with the Patriots, your experience there and how that might 17 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: have prepared you to transition to New England. 18 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, a little bit. There were a few conversations, and 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: I think prior to them going to Houston, you know, 20 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: there was a obvious connections there. But yeah, I think 21 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 2: I think them knowing how much time I appreciate Coach 22 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: Popovich and what he meant to me and what he 23 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 2: looked in England. There's definitely some connection there. 24 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,759 Speaker 1: Awesome, and go up again. 25 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, we're gonna go patient, We'll go back to my grief. 26 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, sorry about that. 27 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 2: Congratulations. 28 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: How you doing today? 29 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: I'm doing good? Thank you? Awesome, Jacob. 30 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 3: Did you get a chance much to talk with the 31 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 3: Patriots new offensive line coach Adrian Clem, you know, throughout 32 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 3: the pre draft process? 33 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: Yes? I did. I got to speak to him a 34 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 2: little bit. Yeah. What what was experience like? It was 35 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: awesome because Clem's amazing guy. I'm really enjoyed my time 36 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: spent with him, getting the lens things, pick each other's 37 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: brain a little bit. It was, it was. It was 38 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: very fun and endurable. I I'm really ready to get 39 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 2: to work with him. 40 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 4: And do you recall where where that was? 41 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: Was that down in Troy? 42 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 4: Uh? 43 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: No, that was in my thirty visit in England. 44 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 3: A good thirty visit. 45 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: Did you have a lot of those jakes honest to you? Yeah? 46 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: And what do you know about David Andrews. We got 47 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: an Andrews Andrews combination here. Yeah, I know, I believe 48 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: it or not. That's my uncle's name, my cousin's name, actually, 49 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 2: is Mark too, so, uh yeah, No, it's awesome. He's 50 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 2: been there for a long time. I played a lot 51 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 2: of really good football, watched him growing up when he 52 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: was at George. I'm really excited to get to work 53 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 2: with him and learn a bit of bit, learn a 54 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 2: little bit from him and kind of pain some pieces 55 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: for his brain about his game. 56 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: Thanks a lot, Jake, I appreciate it. 57 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: Congratulations, appreciate it. Thanks. Next question would be Mark Daniels, 58 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: followed by Jimmy Fry. Go ahead, Mark, Didjake? Congratulations well. 59 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 3: Being coached by Cole Popovich, how often did he talk 60 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 3: to you guys about the Patriots and how often did 61 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 3: you watch Patriots? So we watched a lot of Patriots film, 62 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 3: and he talked about them all the time. We had 63 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 3: some some team building things, and you know, they were 64 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 3: always the Crichnicle of his examples, and he had a 65 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 3: lot of good ones, a lot of good players that 66 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 3: have come through. They're great players that have come through 67 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 3: there that he had plenty of time with that he 68 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 3: made examples out of for us and. 69 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 2: Kind of gave us insight and what it means to 70 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 2: be great, you know, especially just being a Patriot in general. 71 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 2: He kind of tried to mold mold us into that 72 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 2: and the best way he could. So, Yeah, a lot 73 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 2: of experience, a lot of a lot of teams from 74 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 2: Chris POPOVICI tried to implement from the Patriots to us. Awesome, 75 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: thank you, congrats, thank you. Next question Jim mcbrian and 76 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: I'm encourage Emil's raised hand. 77 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 4: If aj congratulations. I noticed from reading up on you 78 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 4: you started at center at Troy and then you went 79 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 4: to God for a couple of years and then went 80 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 4: back to center. Just one and what the transformation was 81 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 4: like and how much did versatility come up when you 82 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 4: were talking with the Patriots. 83 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I was always a swinging guy when I 84 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: got there. Like you said, it was a center. I 85 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 2: always had to know center. Even when I had two 86 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 2: years at Goard, I had no has a center just 87 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 2: in case. And then this past year I was just 88 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 2: playing center for the whole entire season. It was a 89 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 2: really good transition. Was something that I wanted to do 90 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 2: to show that I was versatile, to show that I 91 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 2: snapped the ball and make calls and identify defenses and 92 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 2: all that stuff. So it was a pretty pretty uh 93 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: speed transition for me, especially with the health of coach Propabis. 94 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 2: Like I said, I can't give enough credit him. He 95 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 2: really helped me out a lot. 96 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 4: And did that versatility come up during your conversations with 97 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 4: the Patriots. 98 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: Uh no, I don't believe. 99 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: So. 100 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 2: I think, you know, just kind of doing being an 101 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: offensive line and was the only thing not really just 102 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 2: a center and just to go thank you, thank you. 103 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 3: All Right, that looks like we have all the questions 104 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 3: for today. 105 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 4: So Jake, thank you so much for joining us today. 106 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 2: Thank you everyone, Thank you Jake.