1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,600
Speaker 1: All right, the Patriots made history yesterday winning the AFC

2
00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:07,480
Speaker 1: East four the tenth straight year. We are joined now

3
00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,799
Speaker 1: by Tom Brady, and Tom could congrats on that coming

4
00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,760
Speaker 1: off back to back losses. How important was it for

5
00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,560
Speaker 1: you to finally get this win yesterday? You know, it

6
00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,639
Speaker 1: was a great team win. And we had you know,

7
00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:25,160
Speaker 1: fought pretty hard m you know against Miami obviously, and

8
00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,520
Speaker 1: and then uh, you know, came up short, and then

9
00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,920
Speaker 1: similar in Pittsburgh came up short, and you know, it

10
00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,199
Speaker 1: felt like we just had to figure out how to

11
00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,720
Speaker 1: you know, finish your job and get it done. And

12
00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,520
Speaker 1: you know, our run game was great, defense played great,

13
00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,199
Speaker 1: just provided so many big plays and sparks for us,

14
00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,360
Speaker 1: and you know, it's finally good just to get the

15
00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,839
Speaker 1: get the division win and and get the division titles.

16
00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,160
Speaker 1: So it was a great day. It was a great

17
00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:52,880
Speaker 1: day for us. Tom. I'm sure a lot of people

18
00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,680
Speaker 1: take for granted a division title for the New England

19
00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,040
Speaker 1: Patriot's tenth straight, But you don't take it for granted.

20
00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,960
Speaker 1: How do you approach it that way? I just don't

21
00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,679
Speaker 1: think you know, you can take them for granted, because

22
00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,560
Speaker 1: you know, we're just every day we're going in there

23
00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,960
Speaker 1: and trying to get you know, we're just given everything

24
00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,720
Speaker 1: we got practice games. Um, you know, it's just it's

25
00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,880
Speaker 1: very challenging to win a game in the NFL. It's

26
00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,679
Speaker 1: certainly tough to win a division. And I've just been

27
00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,080
Speaker 1: so blessed to be a part of you know, so

28
00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,440
Speaker 1: many great teams and coaches, and you know, our organization

29
00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,240
Speaker 1: is really built on winning, you know. And and uh,

30
00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,200
Speaker 1: I think we're all proud of winning games. And they're

31
00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,160
Speaker 1: all a little bit different based on the game plan,

32
00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,560
Speaker 1: and there's different adversities, and again there's a lot of

33
00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,840
Speaker 1: mental toughness that comes into play. And you know, we're

34
00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,640
Speaker 1: just trying to figure out every week how to get

35
00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,160
Speaker 1: the job done. And some weeks it's a little better

36
00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,240
Speaker 1: than others, and some weeks it's a little more defense,

37
00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,840
Speaker 1: some weeks a little more offense, and you know, some

38
00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,960
Speaker 1: weeks a little more special teams. And you know, regardless,

39
00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,080
Speaker 1: it's about you know, getting to win. So everyone is, uh,

40
00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,800
Speaker 1: everyone's proud of what this team has accomplished. Obviously, we

41
00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,480
Speaker 1: got one hugely important game to go and then, uh,

42
00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,520
Speaker 1: and then we'll see where you go from there. Joined

43
00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,880
Speaker 1: by Tom Brady here on Mutton Callahan, Tom, you didn't

44
00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:17,520
Speaker 1: have your prototypical passing day I completed fifty four. Was

45
00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,040
Speaker 1: it something that Buffalo was doing on defense or was

46
00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,240
Speaker 1: it just sort of an issue of timing or not

47
00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:26,360
Speaker 1: having Josh Gordon there? Yeah, it wasn't, you know, our

48
00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,200
Speaker 1: best day in the past game. Um, that's that's, um,

49
00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,399
Speaker 1: you know, very true. You know, they add the first

50
00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,720
Speaker 1: ranked defense in the league and pass defense, they make

51
00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,680
Speaker 1: it challenging on you, and um, you know, there were

52
00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,120
Speaker 1: certainly some plays we should have executed a little bit better,

53
00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,000
Speaker 1: and you know, we'll just get back to work and

54
00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,440
Speaker 1: see kind of where we're at, what we can do better.

55
00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,000
Speaker 1: And you know, we're gonna need it going forward. We're

56
00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,040
Speaker 1: gonna need the passing game, we're gonna need the run game.

57
00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,560
Speaker 1: We're gonna need to be able to, you know, compliment

58
00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,760
Speaker 1: each other and I certainly compliment the defense. So, um,

59
00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,519
Speaker 1: you know, just something we'll learn from and try to

60
00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,840
Speaker 1: get better as we as we go forward. This week,

61
00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,920
Speaker 1: you guys ran the ball for almost three hundred yards yesterday.

62
00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:10,120
Speaker 1: Was that something you were looking at before the game

63
00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,800
Speaker 1: or did the did the amount of rushing attempts sort

64
00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,560
Speaker 1: of change as that game went along, and you guys

65
00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,680
Speaker 1: were able to run the ball as well as you did. Yeah,

66
00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,200
Speaker 1: that helped a lot. I thought, Um, you know, the

67
00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,480
Speaker 1: more we run it, obviously the better it is, the

68
00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,640
Speaker 1: more you can control the clock. And our defense played

69
00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,200
Speaker 1: so well on third down. Um, they just played great

70
00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,960
Speaker 1: and got us a lot of opportunities. And with that

71
00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,120
Speaker 1: we always had kind of control because we were able

72
00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,720
Speaker 1: to run it. And and uh, you know, anytime you

73
00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,600
Speaker 1: can run for almost three hundred yards, I mean you're

74
00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,920
Speaker 1: never gonna lose games like that. So that was that

75
00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,480
Speaker 1: was pretty spectacular. Offensive line did such a great job,

76
00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,240
Speaker 1: the backs ran hard, the receiver's blocked incredibly well. It

77
00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,080
Speaker 1: was a you know, it's just a great day overall

78
00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,000
Speaker 1: for for the run game, and and uh, you know

79
00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:58,520
Speaker 1: we need it. That's what we need. That's what we're

80
00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,840
Speaker 1: gonna need going forward. The cool of family owns the

81
00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,400
Speaker 1: Bills on paper. But your career record against Buffalo Tom

82
00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,640
Speaker 1: is thirty in three. It's the single most ever by

83
00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,000
Speaker 1: a quarterback against a single team. How have you, personally,

84
00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,360
Speaker 1: I know, with your team been able to be so

85
00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,880
Speaker 1: dominant over an organization so long. Yeah, it's I mean

86
00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,320
Speaker 1: it's certainly not you know my record. It's you know,

87
00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:27,839
Speaker 1: our team and it's i've, I've. It's never individual awards

88
00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:32,560
Speaker 1: and recognition in football. It's you need everybody. And you

89
00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,640
Speaker 1: know again it's just it takes a lot of effort

90
00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,520
Speaker 1: by a lot of people every day to get a win.

91
00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,440
Speaker 1: And you know, we've just been fortunate to play some

92
00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,239
Speaker 1: good football against them. They're very hard and those tough team.

93
00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,240
Speaker 1: They don't give you anything. They make you earn everything

94
00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,520
Speaker 1: and that they made us certain everything yesterday. So you know,

95
00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,919
Speaker 1: we've just gotta it was a great win. Um. You know,

96
00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,919
Speaker 1: I know there's a long history of wins you know

97
00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,240
Speaker 1: against them, but you know, none of those really or

98
00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,080
Speaker 1: when it comes down to it, it's really about how

99
00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,159
Speaker 1: we play each particular game and how we play them

100
00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,719
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we just you know, running the

101
00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,239
Speaker 1: ball in the defense was was incredible for us yesterday.

102
00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,599
Speaker 1: That really allowed us to get to win. Tom. I

103
00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,800
Speaker 1: know you addressed it after the game yesterday. But everybody thinks,

104
00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,960
Speaker 1: so you're are injured, you said yesterday after the game. No,

105
00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,000
Speaker 1: you're you feel great. There's no issue with the knee.

106
00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:32,000
Speaker 1: Has there been an issue with that knee this year? Yeah,

107
00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:33,760
Speaker 1: I mean, I was on the injury report for I

108
00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,159
Speaker 1: think three or four weeks with the knee. But you know,

109
00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,640
Speaker 1: I've been practicing every every uh you know, every every

110
00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,800
Speaker 1: day since I came off that, and uh, you know,

111
00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,960
Speaker 1: I feel great. I mean I really do. It's it's

112
00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,280
Speaker 1: a you know, everyone has little bumps and bruises. It's

113
00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,880
Speaker 1: just football. And you know it's a long season. But

114
00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:52,800
Speaker 1: you know, for this time of year, I feel great.

115
00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,160
Speaker 1: I feel ready to go, and I'm excited for this week.

116
00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,240
Speaker 1: I'd like to go out there and play, you know,

117
00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,640
Speaker 1: our best game, play a lot better than we did yesterday.

118
00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,880
Speaker 1: Pass game and compliment or run game, and try to

119
00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,359
Speaker 1: go out and and uh, you know, see if we

120
00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,920
Speaker 1: can get a really good win against a tough team,

121
00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,719
Speaker 1: a tough division team, and try to make sure we

122
00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,760
Speaker 1: can get ourselves the first round by if we win.

123
00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,359
Speaker 1: Speaking to Tom Brady here on Mutton Callahan. So, the

124
00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,960
Speaker 1: report by the NFL network alleged that you had a

125
00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,480
Speaker 1: partially torn MCL on your left knee. That's that's false, then, correct.

126
00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,719
Speaker 1: I'm not getting in that you know, specifics of injuries.

127
00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,960
Speaker 1: It just doesn't make any sense. So it doesn't Okay,

128
00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,080
Speaker 1: there's nothing that benefits you know, me talking about injuries

129
00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,360
Speaker 1: and my injuries and so forth. So again, it's it's football.

130
00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:38,960
Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of guys dealing with a

131
00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,040
Speaker 1: lot of things. It's it's um, you know, it's a

132
00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,720
Speaker 1: nature of the sport. So it's about having some mental

133
00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,800
Speaker 1: and physical toughness and grinding through whatever you have and

134
00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,239
Speaker 1: try to go out there and help the team win. Okay, Tom.

135
00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,800
Speaker 1: The big news of the week was Josh Gordon being

136
00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,240
Speaker 1: suspended for violation of the NFL's drug policy. If he's

137
00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,800
Speaker 1: able to stay clean, there's a chance he could come back.

138
00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,000
Speaker 1: Would you want him back as teammate on the Patriots?

139
00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,200
Speaker 1: I think, you know, again, our team has talked about that. Um.

140
00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,600
Speaker 1: You know, those things are really out of my control.

141
00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,960
Speaker 1: And you know, I think again I said last week,

142
00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,880
Speaker 1: we just all want to support Josh and whatever you know,

143
00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,480
Speaker 1: he needs to do to you know, be in the

144
00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,800
Speaker 1: best place he can be mentally, physically, for himself, for

145
00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:27,480
Speaker 1: his family. Um, you know, regardless of whether football is

146
00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,920
Speaker 1: in his future, I think everyone wants just the best

147
00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,360
Speaker 1: for him, and I was just happy he contributed the

148
00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,560
Speaker 1: way that he did. Um. This season, he was a

149
00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,520
Speaker 1: a you know, a great part of our offense, um,

150
00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,640
Speaker 1: but he's just dealing with some other things now, and

151
00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,240
Speaker 1: again we all support him in that. Tom Just how

152
00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,600
Speaker 1: much easier does it make your life and your team's

153
00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,160
Speaker 1: life to not have to play on wildcard weekend and

154
00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,040
Speaker 1: to have that bye week if you're able to get it.

155
00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,320
Speaker 1: You know, if you win, it's essentially you know, it's

156
00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,560
Speaker 1: a playoff win, and I think those are hard to

157
00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,239
Speaker 1: come by. So this particular week is essentially a playoff

158
00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,000
Speaker 1: game for us. I mean, if we win, you know,

159
00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,040
Speaker 1: we keep advancing. And obviously we advanced past the first round,

160
00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,239
Speaker 1: so you know, yesterday was very important. You know, next

161
00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,720
Speaker 1: game is very important, and then beyond that, it's you know,

162
00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,200
Speaker 1: you play good, you move on. You play bad, you

163
00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,920
Speaker 1: don't move on, and that's your season. So you know,

164
00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,960
Speaker 1: we're essentially in the playoffs now, and we got to

165
00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,520
Speaker 1: treat it like that. And obviously a Christmas tomorrow, there's

166
00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,240
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of families in town, and I

167
00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:34,040
Speaker 1: think when Christmas is over, we'll refocus on the Jets

168
00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,800
Speaker 1: and the challenges they present and try to go out

169
00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,920
Speaker 1: and really have a great week. Before yesterday's game against Buffalo,

170
00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,000
Speaker 1: you posted a pick on Instagram of Julian Edelman with

171
00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,120
Speaker 1: the caption still here and a fan holding a sign

172
00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,000
Speaker 1: saying New England versus Everybody? Was that just sort of

173
00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,280
Speaker 1: a not so subtle reminder to silence the critics over

174
00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,920
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. No, No, I think that's

175
00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,480
Speaker 1: kind of how we all feel. You know, it's we've

176
00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,240
Speaker 1: had it. Not a lot of people are rooting for

177
00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,600
Speaker 1: the Patriots. You know, we understand that. You know, there's

178
00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:11,560
Speaker 1: a our fans are, you know, but we've we've you know,

179
00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,400
Speaker 1: I don't think we have many fans outside the New

180
00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,600
Speaker 1: England area. But that's okay. You know, we're gonna keep

181
00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,760
Speaker 1: fighting and keep you know, keep showing up every week.

182
00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,360
Speaker 1: And we've got a lot of tough guys mentally and

183
00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,400
Speaker 1: physically tough guys, and you know, we're just gonna keep

184
00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,520
Speaker 1: trying to improve as as we go. And I know

185
00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,679
Speaker 1: we're trying to improve even through the last game of

186
00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,560
Speaker 1: the year. But that's what this year's that's what the

187
00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,200
Speaker 1: season is all about. It's not about you know, four

188
00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,360
Speaker 1: game schedule, it's about a sixteen game schedule. Every one

189
00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,280
Speaker 1: of these sixteen games important. You know, we're the only

190
00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,400
Speaker 1: people that could ultimately make a difference, and the guys

191
00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,959
Speaker 1: on the field about how well we do and I

192
00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,800
Speaker 1: know we got a lot of support from our fans,

193
00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,000
Speaker 1: and you know, we're just gonna keep showing up and

194
00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,440
Speaker 1: trying to get better and do the right thing. In

195
00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,480
Speaker 1: terms of Rob Grenkowski, that's obviously been your favorite target,

196
00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,960
Speaker 1: and since he's coming to the league, um, he's not

197
00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,880
Speaker 1: had the career year that he's had in previous seasons.

198
00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,280
Speaker 1: Is Gronk the same Gronk that you've always known that

199
00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,640
Speaker 1: you expect out of him since he came into the

200
00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:14,920
Speaker 1: league back in twenty ten. I mean everyone changes as

201
00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,520
Speaker 1: as you you know, you gain experience, and you know,

202
00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,280
Speaker 1: I have a tremendous amount of confidence in Robin everything

203
00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:26,120
Speaker 1: he does. So I think so high of highly of

204
00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,160
Speaker 1: him as a player, as a person, and you know,

205
00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,560
Speaker 1: he brings a lot to our team. So when he's

206
00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,319
Speaker 1: out there, you know he's a threat. I'm certainly looking

207
00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:39,719
Speaker 1: for him, and you know when the more we get

208
00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,920
Speaker 1: him the ball, the better offense is all right, we

209
00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,440
Speaker 1: heard about that reaction. What was that like yesterday when

210
00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,720
Speaker 1: the Eagles kicked that game winning field goal against Houston.

211
00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:53,360
Speaker 1: We're guys getting a little rowdy. Yeah, I mean I was.

212
00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,640
Speaker 1: That was a big game for us, you know, obviously

213
00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,680
Speaker 1: it helps us control what we do going forward, and

214
00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,079
Speaker 1: had Houston one, they're really in control and that gave

215
00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,440
Speaker 1: us a pretty big break. So we need to go

216
00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,280
Speaker 1: out and take advantage of means nothing if we don't

217
00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,680
Speaker 1: take care of business this week, but at least it's

218
00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:11,720
Speaker 1: in our control. And you know, we got to go

219
00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,319
Speaker 1: out again and play against a team they played the

220
00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,640
Speaker 1: Packers really well at home. Yesa Packers had to win

221
00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,240
Speaker 1: it overtime. You know, the Jets offense is playing well.

222
00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,480
Speaker 1: They got a lot of good skill players. You know,

223
00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:25,440
Speaker 1: we got we got a big challenge out of us.

224
00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,360
Speaker 1: All right, Tom, we'll get you out on this and

225
00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,600
Speaker 1: so you can go celebrate the holidays with your family.

226
00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,440
Speaker 1: The QB question of the week. Have you've been the

227
00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,760
Speaker 1: face of the NFL for nearly twenty years? Lebron James,

228
00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,720
Speaker 1: who's been the face of the NBA, recently took a

229
00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,160
Speaker 1: shot at NFL owners this week, saying, quote, they got

230
00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,800
Speaker 1: a bunch of old white men owning teams, and they

231
00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,600
Speaker 1: got that slave mentality. Now I thought it was unfear

232
00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,840
Speaker 1: He grouped all NFL owners together, especially since Robert Craft

233
00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,360
Speaker 1: is beloved by all his players passed in present from

234
00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,679
Speaker 1: your near two decades, how's your relationship with mister Kraft

235
00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,920
Speaker 1: and the way he interacts with you and his teammates.

236
00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,360
Speaker 1: I mean, he's mister Kraft has been a second father

237
00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,679
Speaker 1: to me in so many ways. He's been a part of, um,

238
00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,160
Speaker 1: you know, so many important events in my life. He

239
00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,640
Speaker 1: was at my wedding and you know, I love him

240
00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:18,000
Speaker 1: like a dad. And he's he's just, uh, he's always around.

241
00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,200
Speaker 1: There's a great job. You know, he's a lot to manage.

242
00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,760
Speaker 1: You know, when you own the team, there's a lot

243
00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,520
Speaker 1: going on. And his contributions to our team, Um, he

244
00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:31,960
Speaker 1: provides great guidance and leadership. And you know he really

245
00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:36,079
Speaker 1: he cares so much about us and provides us with

246
00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:41,160
Speaker 1: facilities and you know, the all the all the food,

247
00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,320
Speaker 1: I mean everything. It's just he's a very giving man.

248
00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,040
Speaker 1: You know, he does a lot for our community. You know,

249
00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,480
Speaker 1: his foundation does a lot for our community. And uh,

250
00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,280
Speaker 1: you know, I can't obviously say enough good things about

251
00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,440
Speaker 1: him and what our relationship has been and what it

252
00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,960
Speaker 1: always will be. And uh, you know, it's a wonderful family,

253
00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:07,600
Speaker 1: Jonathan and what he contributes to the team. Danny Josh.

254
00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,960
Speaker 1: Josh runs the foundation. I'm obviously known you know, the

255
00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,160
Speaker 1: family for nineteen years and and I think all New

256
00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,440
Speaker 1: England should be happy that they're the owners of our team,

257
00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,640
Speaker 1: no doubt. I think he's the best owner in Boston

258
00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,080
Speaker 1: sports history from where I'm coming from. Tom, any thought

259
00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,000
Speaker 1: on what Lebron said? Do you agree with that or not?

260
00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,760
Speaker 1: I mean, look, Lebron obviously has his own opinions, and

261
00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,800
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not getting into his opinions and so forth.

262
00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:38,520
Speaker 1: But I only know how I feel, and you know,

263
00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,520
Speaker 1: I'm just like I said, I'm very happy to play

264
00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,880
Speaker 1: for our team, very happy to play for mister Kraft,

265
00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,600
Speaker 1: and very happy to play for our fans and represent

266
00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,360
Speaker 1: my family. All right, Tom, good luck against the Jets.

267
00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,280
Speaker 1: Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas from everybody here at WI do

268
00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,600
Speaker 1: you and your family, especially your mom and dad, thanks

269
00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,320
Speaker 1: a lot for joining us. Thanks guys, enjoy, have a

270
00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,760
Speaker 1: happy Holiday's married Christmas and have a great Christmas. Heave

271
00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,640
Speaker 1: absolutely talk to you next week after they beat the Jets.