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Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, we have Ronnie Perkins on the line. I'm

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Speaker 1: going to open it up for questions. We're gonna start

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Speaker 1: with We're gonna start with Evan Lazzar followed by Ian Steele.

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, Evan. Hey, Ronnie, congratulations, Yeah sir, thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you, no problem. I'm gonna hit you with the

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Speaker 1: football question first, but I was just curious what your

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Speaker 1: experience is with playing out of a two point stance

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Speaker 1: and how comfortable you feel playing up on your feed

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Speaker 1: versus their hand in the dirt. Yeah. I feel real

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Speaker 1: comfortable playing, playing on my feet. M one thing about

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Speaker 1: me in college, um deef knowing how I'll get to

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Speaker 1: this point when day, It's just one of the things

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Speaker 1: I'll practiced, um, you know, throughout getting better, just playing

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Speaker 1: on playing as an outside linebacker and playing in a

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Speaker 1: two point stance. So I feel real comfortable behind it.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Ronnie, congrats again, Yes, sir, thank you. Next question,

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Speaker 1: Ian Steele, followed by Alex Barty. Hi, Ronnie, congrats. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to New England. Yes, sir, thank you, thank you, You're welcome.

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Speaker 1: I'm wondering just how does it feel to be in

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Speaker 1: Patriot mean to you. Um, honestly, it's like it's like

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Speaker 1: a real like, Um, I'm honestly like my mind, can't

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Speaker 1: you wrap around it? I guess get the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: be a coach about coach Belichick learned to most mind

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Speaker 1: blood digging my hair right now. So honestly, I'm so excited,

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Speaker 1: Like I just can't wait to go ahead and learn

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Speaker 1: from better than Martin coach Belichick. You know you have

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Speaker 1: the coach Belichick, and like, I'm just excited for this

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Speaker 1: whole opportunity year. I just can't wait. We're excited for you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank your next question Alex Barnes fall by

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Speaker 1: Steve Sanchez. Hey, Ronnie, congratulations, thank you. At what do

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Speaker 1: you want Patriots fans to know about Ronnie Perkins the

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Speaker 1: player and about Ronnie Perkins the person? Um? One thing

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Speaker 1: is Nnie Perkins the player. I just want to stay

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Speaker 1: there beginning a great guy, um long ground. I definitely

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Speaker 1: know the Patriots fans love me, just watching like the

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Speaker 1: past of Patriots defensive grades, I definitely know they love

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Speaker 1: me and just the way I play. And then um,

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Speaker 1: just as a person. Man, They're gonna get a person.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna they get the guy who loved the interacting

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Speaker 1: community or love the interact with fans. So they're definitely

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Speaker 1: send me out around New England and a lot. Man.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, I just can't wait to go out.

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Speaker 1: Third man really like just get there, like just get

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Speaker 1: the whole thing. Like man, I'm really a Patriot now,

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Speaker 1: so I just can't wait. Any specific players you mentioned

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Speaker 1: watching the Patriots in the past, any specific players have

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Speaker 1: stood out to you that maybe you you you model game.

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Speaker 1: After you walk up to um, I say, I would

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Speaker 1: say William mc guinnis who, Um, Dante how Tower? Um?

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Speaker 1: I probably say um. I also probably said d dB

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Speaker 1: who who just loves the Patriots? But um, what's his man?

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Speaker 1: Um Gilmore? Stepharn Gilmore just because just because step find

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Speaker 1: Gilmore here silent and assassins, So I'd probably say, uh,

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Speaker 1: Now I thought me in there with the Patriots defensive grade,

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Speaker 1: so I definitely say just him because he's had an assassin.

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Speaker 1: He this let Altas played through the talking Austin, Thank

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Speaker 1: you very much, congratulations. Next question, San Chanz faulv don kind,

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Speaker 1: Hey Ronnie, welcome to New England and congratulate you and

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Speaker 1: your family. Thank you, Ronnie. Uh, there's there's a good

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Speaker 1: there's a cute little story about you putting on cleach

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Speaker 1: at a young age. Pore your lover football. He talked

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Speaker 1: about that. Yeah, so really man, um, so basically like

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Speaker 1: the um, I try to give you the stinny of it.

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Speaker 1: Uh Man, my dad was a youth My dad was

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Speaker 1: a youth football coach. So um, he coached both of

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Speaker 1: my older brothers and really, uh while he was coaching them,

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Speaker 1: and I was just still waiting to get my opportunity.

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Speaker 1: So basically, when I was six and it was my year.

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Speaker 1: The story a peewee football. When I was six, my

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Speaker 1: dad got me my first play at Creeks and um,

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Speaker 1: I got in trouble from running around the house and

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Speaker 1: stretching the whole house up in my in my football

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Speaker 1: because my I was so excited to That's a good story.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Chather, Yes, sir, thank you. Next question John

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Speaker 1: Kide and the last question will be Andrew Callahan. Go ahead,

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Speaker 1: Doug All. Ronnie, congratulations. Obviously we've all been kind of

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Speaker 1: digging into your history a little bit, and uh, we

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Speaker 1: What were the circumstances surrounding that. Um, really just just

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Speaker 1: going through some stuff, going through some off the field

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Speaker 1: get figured out. You know, as a person, I'm dealing

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Speaker 1: situation and learning from it and you know, taking it

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Speaker 1: learning from that situation. Like I said, it's just you know,

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Speaker 1: make that mistake again and learn how to deal with

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Speaker 1: that off the field issues I was having at the time.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. And last last question and you count him. Hey, Ronnie,

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Speaker 1: I got some good news for your stuff on Gilmore

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Speaker 1: still with the Patriots, so you might get to us

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Speaker 1: to get to see him soon. Um oh oh yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: oh I might get clown for that one. My bad.

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Speaker 1: Hear that? Uh. Curious, you know how much did you

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Speaker 1: speak with the Patriots during the draft process and what

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Speaker 1: was that like? Um, I spoke to the Patriots. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't say a lot of times, but I spoke. I

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Speaker 1: definitely say walking away from the it is good that

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Speaker 1: I definitely did a good, great job and just talking

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Speaker 1: and damn literally like the whole thing. Like like I said, Um,

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Speaker 1: I was mom blown, like I wanted to talking to

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Speaker 1: was talking to you know, somebody part of the Bilichick family,

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Speaker 1: Like you know you mentioned the name. That's just one

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Speaker 1: of the the most legendary coaching families, Uh, I mean

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Speaker 1: to his fund, to his son who would probably be

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Speaker 1: you know, just like him a few years. So definitely

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Speaker 1: talking to him was like a huge blessing, and I

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Speaker 1: was I was super excited, Like now I'm super excited

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Speaker 1: Did What was some of the things that were asking

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Speaker 1: about what they want to know about Ronnie Perkins? Um, Honestly, Um, really,

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Speaker 1: the most of the most I want to know is

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Speaker 1: just really like about my personal life, about my home life,

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Speaker 1: how I grew up, Like there's just really concerned about

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Speaker 1: that and just getting to know me as a person,

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Speaker 1: like from the ground up. Awesome. Thanks fan and congratulations.

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah sure, thank you, Thank you for everyone for

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Speaker 1: forward to seeing you very soon. Yeah yeah sure. Thank you, guys, Sech, everybody,