1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Christian has a gun as good as you know. One 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: of these first few days of Riko Mini camp and 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: just getting out to me, it's been like, you know, 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: we've just been you know, as rookie's getting in, you know, 5 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: trying to catch up to all the vents, you know, 6 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: and and there as much as we can and be 7 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: a sponge, you know, just get as mission miss as 8 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: we can and just work hard, you know, and try 9 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: to and try to you know, find our place, you 10 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: know in the building and put the Vets. Who do 11 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: you think it's the strength of your game or what 12 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: are you going to bring to the table for the Patriots? 13 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: Sorry post right now, I'm just gonna working hard, you know, 14 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: trying to, like I said, catch up you know what's 15 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: going on around the building, you know, catch up with 16 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: the Vets, you know, because you know they have all 17 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: the experience. You know. I'm, like I said, I'm gonna 18 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: be a sponge. You know, we all want to be 19 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: a sponge for the you know, because we're coming in late, 20 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: you know, and we're we gotta catch up. We got 21 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: a lot to catch up. So Christian, did you drop 22 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: a lot of coverage in college and now you're comfortable 23 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: doing that, you know. You know, it was fun college, 24 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: you know, but you know, now I have to you know, 25 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: get acclimated to the system and do what I'm told 26 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: by the coaches, you know, and make sure I'm do 27 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: anything at a high level, you know, just like I said, 28 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: you know, not trying to be you know, just make 29 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: sure I'm doing everything I'm supposed to do, being we're 30 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: supposed to be and just taking care of business. Have 31 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: you relied on any of the players in house? Have 32 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: you Have you gotten to know any of the guys, 33 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: whether it's Dante high Tower or whoever. You know, I've 34 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: talked to a lot of guys in locker room and 35 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: everyone has Anyone in locker room has more experience than 36 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: I do, you know, And I'm, like I said, I'm 37 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: trying to learn as much as I can about this, 38 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: you know, the system, about the league, but everything that's 39 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: going around around the building, special teams, experience, just play 40 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: special teams in college. I did so, which I mean 41 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: just kick off returns coverage, you know. Here, I'm gonna 42 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: have to learn it all. You know, we could do 43 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: it all. And you know, like I said, just wherever 44 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: they want me and go to work and you know 45 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: we're goveral harder wherever they put me. Yeah, I'm just 46 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: wanting if you have a foundation, That's why I asked. 47 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: So it's not like you have done it if I 48 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: have been like that. As can talk about being a 49 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: sponge and absorbing everything from the playbook, how much have 50 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: you been able to absorb from some of the older 51 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: players in the locker room? You know, like I said, 52 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: you know, I'm just we're trying to catch up. You 53 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: know we're behind, you know, and like I said, I'm 54 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 1: just trying to gather as much information and try to 55 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: catch with them and you know, learn from them because 56 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: you know they're the ones you've already done it and 57 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: been there. You know, I'm a young pup. You know, 58 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: we're all young pupsles rookie. So we're just trying to 59 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: you know, work hard and you know and our up. 60 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: Do you feel a sense of urgency in that catch up? 61 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: You know, you always gonna feel a sensors. You always 62 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: feel like you're behind, you know when you're you're a rookie. 63 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: But you know it's our jobs to work hard and 64 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: you know, just to learn from new you know, he 65 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: plays a different position with any special connection to the 66 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: Lawrence guy, because it doesn't well affairs on the stage. 67 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: Fiends known before this, how is mini camp over the 68 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: weekend and to finally get back doing football, you know, 69 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: activities and football exercises rather than comparing for the comball 70 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: on that takes you know, those football just football game, 71 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: you know, just a different place in different environment. That's all. 72 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: It was just little still football end the day. You 73 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: still do the same stuff, you know you did, you know, 74 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:00,839 Speaker 1: not the same stuff, but you know, just the same 75 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: college SIPs its football colle Arizona. What are your thoughts 76 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: on New England so cooler? It's a great place. Oh 77 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: what do you guys make sing with the vetterans on 78 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: the field at all? Uh? We have Christian. What has 79 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: been your connection with coach Graham at all since the draft? Um, 80 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 1: you know, I still talked to him. He talked, we talked. 81 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: We were close. So it's been the first impression of 82 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: working with Brian Flores, you know him, you know all 83 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: the coaches that help us, you know, not even just him, 84 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: you know We've been interacted with every single coach and building, 85 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: you know, and I feel like they're all, you know, 86 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: all brings him to the table. That just helps the 87 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: team and us workies as well. Christian Um, I saw 88 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: that you was linebackers to almost be like a bigger 89 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: defensive backs. Is that something that you pride yourself on 90 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: in your game? You know? Now, I'm just like, you know, 91 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: like I was saying, you know, I just got to 92 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: be able to come in now and execute whatever they're 93 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: timing to execute and do it at a very high level, 94 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: you know, and just in case, keep working hard. Really 95 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: I'll be found. The group of veterans here in that 96 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: line back room in particular, but overall, they've been helpful 97 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: and welcoming accessible, you know. I think everybody in the 98 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: locker room, you know, to me is a veteran, you know, 99 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: because they've all been here Blogan I have, So you know, 100 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: I'm just I watched and I try to observe and 101 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: I ask questions, you know, I'm trying to learn, and 102 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: just when I'm whenever, whenever it's my turn to go, 103 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: I just go as hard as I can. What's been 104 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: your biggest takeaway? So what's the biggest thing you've lard 105 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: since we've gotten there? Workgard, I mean, I've always known 106 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: that work hard and just you know, and and you know, 107 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: everything you do go hard, you know, be attentive and 108 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: just you know and just and you know, not follow 109 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: but you know, just you know, there's been a standard 110 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: sit here and just you know, keep going with it. 111 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: From some of the pictures we've seen from practices, you 112 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: guys have had everybody's looking like they're wearing some pretty 113 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: funcky numbers out there, you know, dannyet like, I was 114 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: wearing fifty eight I think at quarterback. What did you 115 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: have that with thirty four? So you actually got a 116 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: linebacker or number? Well, I mean, I just we just 117 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: had jersey and a locker for a day. We warm 118 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: there you go coming, it's on that take whatever jersey 119 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: they go yet exactly Bliss, What was it like the 120 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: first time you put the jersey and put a helmet 121 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: on with the patrios love go on it? It was 122 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: just good to be playing football again, you know, not 123 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: training for the combine. It Oh, now I'm related football stuff. 124 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: So it was good to be Black day playing football again. 125 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 1: Was that a bit of an adjustment to go from 126 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: training for the combine trying to improve the measurables there 127 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: to now preparing for your pro football opportunity. I don't 128 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: think so. You know, like I said, football's football, and 129 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, just evening his whole life 130 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: just you know, just keep doing it. You know what's 131 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: the goal for you now? Okas, but you can't kind 132 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: of your first goal around right now? I was just 133 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: to learn as much as I can and get caught up, 134 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: you know, and just everything I do, just work hard 135 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: and just get her here. We caught up with everything's 136 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: going on around here. You say we're all way by, 137 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: including myself. How much of that is special teams? I 138 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: apologized to We've been asking me like that aspect of it, 139 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: But how much is the is the learning aspect of it? 140 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: And vault in the kicking? You know, Football's football I've 141 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: been doing, you know, spirst names have been part of 142 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: every level. You know, you and if you go to 143 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: a new plot, you just have to learn, just like 144 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: anywhere else. You know, you get a new job, you'll 145 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: learn it, you know. So just it's football. You know 146 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: how to do this my whole life, you know, I 147 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: feel like it's my job to learn an execute it 148 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: high level. You've played at every level. What units did 149 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: you play in college? Anything I was asked of me 150 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: all four to ask me to do it. There I 151 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: got quite a few months where you got a new degree, 152 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: get drafted, and I begin your profoitotball career. If you 153 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: had a chance to kind of catch your breath a 154 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: little bit and take some of it in, I was. 155 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: I was blessed be able to get my degree. That 156 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: was a big goal. But you know, now I'm here 157 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: and you know I'm working. You know what, I'm excited. 158 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,799 Speaker 1: I know you're still playing catchup. But we talked before 159 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: about how keep preparing for the combine and the stress 160 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: of the drift, often wondering when you're gonna go, if 161 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna go. Now, if you're here and get to 162 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: hone in on football, do you get to kind of 163 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: take a deep breath and say, Okay, now I can 164 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: do what I know how to do best. No time, 165 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: just gotta keep working. You know, I never have time 166 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: for breaks. You just gotta keep working catch up. Like 167 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: I said, we're all way behind, and you know, as 168 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: workies and as our job to catch up