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Speaker 1: Talk about what James White's meant to you. Uh, you

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Speaker 1: know during your time of the Patriots, how he's helped you.

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Speaker 1: I can honestly say he's probably one of the biggest

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Speaker 1: leaders on the team. And for me, he's just been um,

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Speaker 1: showing me the path, uh, giving me tips and just

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Speaker 1: been um, like you said, a mentor to me, helping

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Speaker 1: me out, you know, when times get tough, and keeping

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Speaker 1: me pushing when things are going good, and making sure

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Speaker 1: that you know, I'm staying in my lane and doing

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Speaker 1: the things that I'm supposed to do. Feeling in the

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Speaker 1: past protection aspect of the game, feeling a lot of

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Speaker 1: growth in that area. Oh yes, I see a lot

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Speaker 1: of growth in in that area for sure. And you

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Speaker 1: know last year was um, it was news for me

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Speaker 1: being here in this system and learning all the things.

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Speaker 1: And with time, things get easier, with study and things

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Speaker 1: get easier, and I'm just trying to keep moving forward

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Speaker 1: and progressing in that aspect of the game. And along

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Speaker 1: the same lines, how about running pass routes, Like is

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Speaker 1: that new to you as well or was that something

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Speaker 1: more that you did more of the back in Arizona.

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Speaker 1: I did. I did my good amount in Arizona. But

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Speaker 1: this is this is a lot more and you know,

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Speaker 1: once again having James White having um all all the

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Speaker 1: backs actually teaching us how to run routes, how to

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Speaker 1: set people up and you know, and just doing the

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Speaker 1: things that we're supposed to do. So it's it's getting

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Speaker 1: better as well. Someone who's never been in an NFL

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Speaker 1: backfield and asked that chick on a blitzer coming straight

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Speaker 1: for him, can you just take us through the kind

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Speaker 1: of free snap and then the full snap up just

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Speaker 1: what you might be looking for and how involved past

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Speaker 1: protection is, because that's something looking a while young backs,

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Speaker 1: that is the hardest part for them to pick up

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Speaker 1: during this system. Can you can you repeat that question

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Speaker 1: all more time? Blitz pick up so difficult what you're

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Speaker 1: looking for pre snap to executing it once a play

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Speaker 1: start just seeing the defense and seeing rotations and things

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Speaker 1: like that. And then you know the hardest part is

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Speaker 1: blocking and actually stand on your man and making sure

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Speaker 1: that doesn't touch quarterback. Hey, what can what can you

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Speaker 1: do in those situations where you knows a good forget

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Speaker 1: him out of the size and a lot of momentum too,

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Speaker 1: I mean, what can you do with du you know,

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Speaker 1: absorbed block can give a blow. You know, it's a

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Speaker 1: it's a it's a tough thing to do, but you know,

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Speaker 1: not everybody likes to get hit every single play, and

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Speaker 1: just as they like to hit, we like to hit

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Speaker 1: as well. And you do your damage and just let

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Speaker 1: them know that, you know, you can't be bullied around

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Speaker 1: and things like that. No, that's something Lewis did back

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Speaker 1: in the day. When was you ever watched kid him

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Speaker 1: for just at his reasons to see how he went

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Speaker 1: about in a job, and you guys are similar statues. Um,

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Speaker 1: I can't. I have watched a little tape, but more

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Speaker 1: focus on the things that we're watching right now. So

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Speaker 1: to answer your question, yeah, not really. But you know,

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Speaker 1: as you as you guys been talking about James White,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of similar in the the things

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Speaker 1: that they do. And you know, I'm pretty sure he

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Speaker 1: watched him and I'm watching James, so it's it's it's

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Speaker 1: like a nice little thing to watch. Yeah, I'm always

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Speaker 1: excited to play football, so you know, any chance to

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Speaker 1: get on the field, you know, you take it. But

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Speaker 1: also praying for James and you know, wishing him the

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Speaker 1: best and seeing when he gets back getting back to

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Speaker 1: past protection. Is it the will? Is that the biggest

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Speaker 1: skill you need to take on one of those guys,

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Speaker 1: The will, the will to keep going. Of course, it's

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Speaker 1: the will to push through it and you know, give

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Speaker 1: a blow, enjoy doing it. So when, um, when do

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Speaker 1: you make a decision to potentially cap off a god

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Speaker 1: or not? Um? You just it just happens, I guess.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if you see somebody coming for it head

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Speaker 1: of steam, nobody else around you, you take a shot.

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Speaker 1: I don't really know how I'll stands you that. It's

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Speaker 1: just in the moment decision. Yes, And and there's I

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Speaker 1: know there's a new rule in terms of like blow

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Speaker 1: the backfield, right, Yeah, not in the backfield, it does not. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: how do you feel you're developing as um? I would

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Speaker 1: like to say that I'm developing pretty well and still

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Speaker 1: got much to learn, and you know, just take in everything,

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Speaker 1: every coaching point, every point my teammate has to give,

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Speaker 1: and you know, just take that and have that to

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Speaker 1: my arsenal and keep progressing. Yes, yes, indeed, what's the

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Speaker 1: biggest difference just to speed up? Betwee yea I probably

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Speaker 1: said the biggest difference to speed, all those dudes flying

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Speaker 1: down moving pretty quick. I mean everything else is pretty

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Speaker 1: much the same. When we've asked about let's pick up,

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Speaker 1: he said, the phrase give a blow? Is that a

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Speaker 1: coach beer special? Is that just a common I mean

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't say, I guess so. I mean I've always

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Speaker 1: been taught as a as a young kid, is it's

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Speaker 1: either you hit or get hit. So, I mean, I

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Speaker 1: don't want to be the one getting hit. So give

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Speaker 1: a blow? Is uh? Coach beers how many particular crazer

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Speaker 1: a phrase he likes to go to when he sees

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Speaker 1: you make a good pick up in practice, or you're

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Speaker 1: coming off the field during a game and you've kind

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Speaker 1: of done your job. You've been you delivered to it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's our job. You don't getting any

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Speaker 1: particular praise. It's that's what you're supposed to do. So,

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's got locking one of the easiest ways

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Speaker 1: to give a blow in that regard, because you know,

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Speaker 1: when you're in past pressing, they're getting the wrong start

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Speaker 1: or anything that's still kind of an aggressive movie you

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Speaker 1: can make. Yes, yes, indeed, the best way to do

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Speaker 1: it when you know they got full head of steam

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Speaker 1: and you're standing there waiting for it. How much more

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Speaker 1: comfortable of you this year given that last year it

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Speaker 1: was such an odd year for everybody, but the rookies

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Speaker 1: especially a lot more. You know. I mean last year

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Speaker 1: came into it, didn't have a rookie minicamp, didn't have

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Speaker 1: any offseason training with the team, so it was just

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Speaker 1: coming in and trying to learn everything. I know, we

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Speaker 1: had the virtual meetings and things like that, but now

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Speaker 1: with time being around, of guys being around the coaches more,

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Speaker 1: getting more hands on with everything, it's made a huge

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Speaker 1: difference with the cop blocking. Just hows that I know

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Speaker 1: you guys can't like fall on hit each other in practice,

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Speaker 1: Like is that just something you kind of have to

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Speaker 1: pick up instinctually? How do you work on it? I

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Speaker 1: guess you need something you got to pick up instinctually

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Speaker 1: or work on it after practice on a on a

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Speaker 1: bag or something like that. Thank you, Thank you. You

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