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Speaker 1: Congratulations. That was a nice win yesterday. Thank you appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Pretty good game for you as well. You know, I

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Speaker 1: don't know if you keep tracking stats or anything, that

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Speaker 1: was a pretty good, pretty good game for you. No,

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Speaker 1: we just wanted to have a sense of urgency out there,

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Speaker 1: playing division opponent that's playing really well. So we wanted

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Speaker 1: to start fast and kind of keep that energy for

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Speaker 1: four quarters. And I think guys just really attacked the day.

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Speaker 1: If you include playoffs, and we do, that was the

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Speaker 1: fourth game of your career with both a receiving touchdown

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Speaker 1: and a rushing touchdown. That's more than anybody in Patriots history.

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Speaker 1: By the way, I didn't had no idea put on

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Speaker 1: the resume the resume that I had no idea about

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Speaker 1: all that. Now, I gotta ask you about the receiving

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Speaker 1: touchdown because Tom was getting hit hard as he let

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Speaker 1: the ball go. It looked like he was throwing up

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Speaker 1: a prayer. But he knew where you were going to be,

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Speaker 1: and you knew where he was going to throw. It

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Speaker 1: looked like it's just I guess there a bunch of

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Speaker 1: and it was like the perfect ball. I just had

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Speaker 1: Those just oppressive played by him. Now, when training camp started,

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Speaker 1: the running back position was loaded, like you guys had

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Speaker 1: a bunch of players. I mean, you know, you drafted

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Speaker 1: even Mike Gillislee. So it looked like the depth was

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Speaker 1: was really great. And now it's been tested. And I

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Speaker 1: know you guys are always you're ready for whatever whatever

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Speaker 1: the role happens to be for your team. But now

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Speaker 1: it seems like between you and Sony Michelle, you guys

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Speaker 1: are gonna be getting into a lot more reps. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we lost a lot of a lot of

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Speaker 1: guys in running back position, and then that happens in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Guys go down. So guys like myself, Sony

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Speaker 1: and Kenyon once they you know, once he gets out

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Speaker 1: there a little bit more, we have a good group

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Speaker 1: of guys still that can go out there and make

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Speaker 1: plays and catch, run, block, and you know, offense doesn't

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Speaker 1: really lose a step no matter who's in there. You

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Speaker 1: guys rushed for one hundred and seventy five yards yesterday

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Speaker 1: going into the game. Was the game plan We're gonna

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Speaker 1: pound the ball at him or was it just games

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Speaker 1: specific based on what they were throwing at you. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean every game you want to get the run

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Speaker 1: game established. It just hadn't done that very well the

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Speaker 1: previous three games. This week, he started off really well.

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Speaker 1: Office in line opened up a lot of great holes

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Speaker 1: for so and he was running hard. I was trying

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Speaker 1: to run hard. Key out when he got the ball,

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Speaker 1: he was trying to run hard. Receivers were blocking. Like

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Speaker 1: I said, I think guys just had a sense of

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Speaker 1: urgency and we got the job done trying to run

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Speaker 1: the football. I'm curious when did you realize what kind

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Speaker 1: of a pass catcher you were, because I feel like

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Speaker 1: your first three years of Wisconsin and you guys just

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Speaker 1: you did start to catch more passes, and then as

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Speaker 1: you went to the to the next level, did you think, Hey,

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Speaker 1: this is the way I can really carve out a

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Speaker 1: niche for myself. Oh well, I've always felt confident in

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Speaker 1: my past receiving abilities from throwing the ball to the

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Speaker 1: front yard. My dad and everything doing catching drills did

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Speaker 1: I did a lot in high school too. We ran

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Speaker 1: not necessarily a spread office. We ran a little bit

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Speaker 1: of everything, but me and Geo we caught, We caught,

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Speaker 1: Have two running backs on the field, throw a little

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Speaker 1: bubble screen, slip screen, stuff like that. But I mean,

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Speaker 1: I've always sad confident my abilities, and just when I

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Speaker 1: now previously. So just getting around coach McDaniels and time

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Speaker 1: execution to go out there and be successful and run

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Speaker 1: maybe the world's perfect pick play. Yeah, it was set

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Speaker 1: up perfectly. You know. CP did a great job of

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Speaker 1: not giving it away, and I just try to make

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Speaker 1: always dangerous. Two weeks ago, you, guys, I got a

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Speaker 1: fitting so far? I mean he's a good football player. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: however much he plays, I'm sure he'll be a difference

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Speaker 1: I'm always curious about this dynamic. Like you draft a

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Speaker 1: want him to play well, But do you feel like,

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Speaker 1: how much do I want to help him? Because that's

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Speaker 1: They really have to pay attention to who's in the

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Speaker 1: and just exciting to see him go out there and

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Speaker 1: improve every week. He didn't get to play during the preseason,

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Speaker 1: so I think the more he gets out there the better.

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Speaker 1: The better and the better he'll get and the more

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Speaker 1: confidence he'll play with. But I mean, you can't get

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Speaker 1: there and compete, make each other better, help one another.

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Speaker 1: It only helps the team in the end. And then

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Speaker 1: after the first couple of weeks that he played, you know,

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Speaker 1: and kind of struggled and the team did, you know,

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Speaker 1: running the ball that you guys did, But then all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden it opened up. What was what was

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Speaker 1: sort of the difference for you guys yesterday? I just

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Speaker 1: think it was the energy and execution, pay attention to detail.

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Speaker 1: I don't think it was anything huge those previous weeks.

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Speaker 1: think there's just little things. Danny Amandola looked weird in

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Speaker 1: it mean to have Julian Edelman back finally this week?

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Speaker 1: I'll be fun to have him back. Julian's a good

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Speaker 1: us for a long time. What's the mindset for you individually,

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Speaker 1: not as a team here to get yourself ready with

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Speaker 1: his short turnaround for Thursday? Oh well, let's first of

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Speaker 1: all correct the mistakes from yesterday. Watched the film today

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Speaker 1: and then quickly turned the page onto the Colts, got

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Speaker 1: fast again. And I mean it's a quick turnaround for

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Speaker 1: both teams, so I just gotta be ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Do you like the Thursday game? Yeah? I don't. I

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Speaker 1: don't mind it. I know a lot of people don't

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Speaker 1: like it. I don't mind it. It seems too quick.

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Speaker 1: It like U, it's very quick. Yeah, yeah, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead right between the lines. You hate it,

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Speaker 1: you don't like it, I don't. I don't dislike it.

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Speaker 1: But or at least you get time off afterwards. So

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Speaker 1: that's nice for the next week. But I just feel

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Speaker 1: like to get the best product, you know, and we're

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Speaker 1: talking without Trey Flowers the moment ago. At least you

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Speaker 1: guys don't have to travel this week, travel two days,

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Speaker 1: two days of practice and then you're on the plane,

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Speaker 1: and so I mean, it's just it's cool. It's cool

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Speaker 1: for the NFL fans. You get to watch football Monday, Thursday, Sunday,

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Speaker 1: you know. So the the NFL didn't come to you

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Speaker 1: and asking pay thursdays. No, not, didn't get a vote

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Speaker 1: or anything. Well, congratulations on the wind the two touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: Luck this week, we'll talk to you a gain. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thank you,