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Speaker 1: Hey, Jason, good morning, Good morning. How you guys doing.

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Speaker 1: How are you doing well? Can't complain well, we just

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Speaker 1: got absolutely no answers from Julian Bubbs Edelman, as is

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Speaker 1: always the case. So we'll see how we go. We'll see,

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Speaker 1: we'll see how we do with you this morning. But

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Speaker 1: we saw I want to start with this. We saw

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Speaker 1: The Dolphins have now announced that they are going to

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Speaker 1: do the same thing on Sunday. Have you guys discussed

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Speaker 1: as a team what you guys are going to do.

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Speaker 1: I think that's kind of like an ongoing discussion, not

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Speaker 1: only for the first game, but for the entire season.

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Speaker 1: I think guys have been a lot more aware about

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Speaker 1: the impact that we can make socially in our communities,

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Speaker 1: and I think for the duration of this season is

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Speaker 1: going to be a ongoing conversation about h not on

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Speaker 1: just on Sundays, what you can do, but more importantly,

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Speaker 1: what you can do during the course of weeks, during

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Speaker 1: the course of an all season to build on something

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Speaker 1: that is actually gonna make an effect the community and

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Speaker 1: what you're trying to impact. So I think for us,

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Speaker 1: h not sure, but I think for us that conversation

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Speaker 1: but more importantly, what we're going to be able to

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Speaker 1: do in our communities throughout the course of the season.

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Speaker 1: One of the things I don't know if it frustrates you,

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Speaker 1: but you know that both the Texas and Chiefs they

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Speaker 1: locked arms after the national anthem. I think it was

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Speaker 1: right after the coin toss and then what's some booing?

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Speaker 1: Is that? Is that frustrating? You know for you when

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Speaker 1: you know not only is an NFL player, but also

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Speaker 1: as a black man living in America, when you see

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Speaker 1: h to just the culture that we live in. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: for me, I just think it's reality, U. No matter

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Speaker 1: what you do, they're going to be naysayers. I mean

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Speaker 1: they locked arms and unity, didn't protest anything, wasn't trying

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Speaker 1: I still got a bull And I think it's a

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Speaker 1: realization that no matter what you do, and if he's

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Speaker 1: somebody that's unhappy, is going to find a reason why

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Speaker 1: or whatever you're doing, no matter how much thought you

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Speaker 1: and consider those feelings is going to be met with

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Speaker 1: someone uh not liking. So I think at the end

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Speaker 1: the things that we feel are right, and I have

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Speaker 1: a higher power that is calling us to do the

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Speaker 1: things that we feel is going to better our society.

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Speaker 1: What does it mean to you to be a captain

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Speaker 1: of this team this year? It means a lot. I

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Speaker 1: think for me now my third year here, to have

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Speaker 1: leave them in that way and to bet it definitely

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Speaker 1: means a lot. And to me, I'm just trying to

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Speaker 1: continue to focus on being a guy that I've been

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Speaker 1: since I've been here. I continue to do the things

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Speaker 1: necessary to make this team better. Do you have to

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Speaker 1: knowing that you're going to be playing against the Miami

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Speaker 1: Dolphins and your former coach and Brian Flores, do you

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Speaker 1: defensively have to change some of the things that you

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Speaker 1: a probably a really good chance that Brian Flores knows

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Speaker 1: the defense inside and out like a lot of you guys.

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Speaker 1: So is there a lot of like, you know things

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Speaker 1: of these things. I think you go out there and

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Speaker 1: you do the things you do. I mean, obviously, I

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Speaker 1: win that game. But I think overall, in our league,

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Speaker 1: you don't play where somebody's connected to somebody you know.

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Speaker 1: And I think in our case, you look around the

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Speaker 1: think you just have to find ways to win. I

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Speaker 1: think at the end of the day on Sundays, it

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Speaker 1: comes down to execution. Jason, why do you think so

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Speaker 1: many of Belichick's assistant coaches have had tough times in

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Speaker 1: the success that Belichick's had here. I have no idea

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Speaker 1: for me. I've never been coached, I've never been coached

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Speaker 1: by one. I've only spent myf this will be my

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Speaker 1: have no clue. The thing that's interesting is the relationship

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Speaker 1: You were in a similar situation where you know, you

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Speaker 1: kind of build that relationship with Bill Belichick because his

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Speaker 1: coaching style is so much different than you know, pretty

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Speaker 1: different obviously compared to Camera former MV two quarterback of

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Speaker 1: the team. You know, he can't walk anywhere where someone

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Speaker 1: a good job. Is you come in and be yourself.

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Speaker 1: I think, for gods, you come in and year in

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Speaker 1: gotten to that point for a reason. You know your professionalism,

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Speaker 1: do those same things that I've gotten you to the

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Speaker 1: to be recognized. I think some have speculated that Bill

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Speaker 1: going to answer that. I don't really see those interactions

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Speaker 1: For me, I just know from life stances he does

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Speaker 1: Bill does is, you know, as a former player who's

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Speaker 1: But he is somebody that will highlight your mistakes in

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Speaker 1: but to get you to understand the mistakes that you've made.

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Speaker 1: Have you seen that you know obviously with Cam Newton

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Speaker 1: if that was something that maybe you dealt with before,

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Speaker 1: was that new to you? I would say, uh, and

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Speaker 1: you go out there on the practice hill, um, you're

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Speaker 1: H you watch everything that is film. So if you

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Speaker 1: if you have nadan have you, if you have made

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Speaker 1: will be seen by everybody and will be corrected. So

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Speaker 1: I don't think, um, that's a big deal. I think

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Speaker 1: there's just so much scrutiny. For most people, you go

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Speaker 1: to work. Everything you do have works not film. But

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Speaker 1: in our league, no matter what team you're on, that

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Speaker 1: is the case. All right, Jason, Well, I know you

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Speaker 1: got to get to work. We don't want to make

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Speaker 1: you late, so I want to I want to thank

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Speaker 1: you for I appreciate that. Thank you, thanks for joining

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Speaker 1: us and go get them on Sunday. All right, I

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thank you guys having me