1 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 1: How's it going. Oh yeah, How did you describe the 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: dynamic with you and Jalen? 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, starting another season with him leading the team on 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 2: the nside. 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think obviously a great player. I've been fortunate 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: to you know, play with him and learn a lot 7 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 1: from him. Uh, definitely a great quarterback and uh just 8 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: think back to the times we had and just really 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: proud of him and everything he's done in the NFL. 10 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 3: Right we do? 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 2: You think they're lash? 12 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 3: You un think that one? 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. I really focused on last year, just trying to 14 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: move forward and prepare really well. It's all you can 15 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: do is prepare and then let that turn into you know, 16 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: game execution. So at the end of the day, you 17 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: gotta go out there and give your all and feel confident. 18 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: And I have a lot of confidence in the guys 19 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: and the coaches and see where we're at. 20 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 3: What would represent a successful team? 21 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: Are you individuals the exactly? 22 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: Yeah? I think every year you make goals individual and 23 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: team and I like to keep those to myself, but 24 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: obviously you want to strive for really good things. And 25 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: for me, it's just really about leadership and leading the 26 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: guys and working through the highs and the lows. It's 27 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,119 Speaker 1: not going to be perfect, it never has been, never 28 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: will be. So just trying to work through it and 29 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: come up with solutions to win games, and really starts 30 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: this week. 31 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 3: Where do you think you guys are at when it 32 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 3: comes to you talked a lot about Billy. 33 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: Oh, you've talked a lot about you and the offense. 34 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: Where do you think guys are at after. 35 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 3: All the time you've spent together now to be ready 36 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 3: to don't come someday? 37 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we had We had a good conversation 38 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: about that. It's just a lot of preparation. It's not 39 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: just this week, it's it's the whole offseason, ot as 40 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: before ot as, you know, think about the throwing sessions, 41 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: offensive line, working together, So really just trying to bring 42 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: that all into one and really just get ready for 43 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: a long season and hopefully a good one. Good Well, 44 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: I guess conditioning is the first thing. Me and him, 45 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: we're always running against each other and he's definitely faster 46 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: than me. But I feel like I gave him a 47 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: good run for his money. But UH learned a lot 48 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: from him, just stuff like that, just leading off the 49 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: field in like the fourth quarter program we had, he 50 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: just always did such a good job running leading. I 51 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: never showed a lot of emotion, just did his thing, 52 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: and I actually learned a lot from him there. I 53 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: mean then obviously on the field there's a bunch of 54 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: stuff too, So I really appreciate him. 55 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: The way he handled the circumstances with them the bat. 56 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there's a lot of learning lessons and 57 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: definitely took a lot of that and love to see 58 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: him bounce back and you know, do a great job. 59 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: So in college he went through a lot, transferred, played 60 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: well everywhere he's been. It's just who he is. It's 61 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts. He's just a great player, a great person 62 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:57,519 Speaker 1: and a good friend. Yeah. I think for me, just 63 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: trying to get ready for the game, focus on what 64 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: I can do and help him obviously learn the offense 65 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: and do whatever I can to help him. So it's 66 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: definitely done a good job. I feel like we have 67 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: a good room. Really looking forward to, you know, coming 68 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: together here for Sunday and working together on the sidelines 69 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: and making sure you know, me and ob are working 70 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: you know fluently. 71 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: Since you've been here. 72 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 3: About the tradition of excellence, you know, Patriots, what would 73 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 3: it mean to you to sort of lead this franchise 74 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 3: back to like the dominance. 75 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it'd be great. I think it all comes 76 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: down to putting in the work, really just focusing on 77 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: what you can control, and that's your attitude and your effort. 78 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of things I can do better 79 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: in that area, and I'm looking forward to kind of 80 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: showing that and just being consistent, steady. Just go out 81 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: there and do my part and lead the guys. Really 82 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: just bring everybody together, go out there and execute, and honestly, 83 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: we have a really good team and we just got 84 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: to do that. 85 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: As you mentioned earlier the other day that Tom Brady's 86 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 2: been a bent toward two when in that relationship start, 87 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: was it this offseason after retired or working together before. 88 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: The Yeah, I'd say it's more like the learning experiences 89 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: that just from like film and things like that, and 90 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: then obviously getting a chance to talk with him a 91 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: little bit. He's definitely a great player, has done everything 92 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: right here, won a lot of games, won a lot 93 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: of championships. So I'm really looking forward to having him here. 94 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: I think it'll be a great juice in the stadium 95 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: and for us just play our game and focus on 96 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: what we can control and definitely really appreciative of him, 97 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: his team and everybody. 98 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 2: So also would just say that he always did the 99 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 2: right things on film, And I know there are a 100 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: lot of those right things, but are there like one 101 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 2: or two that pop up more frequently that maybe I 102 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 2: few illustrated but made them so good. 103 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think it was really his ability to overcome 104 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: bad place. So like there was a lot of good plays, 105 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: but whenever he maybe didn't have a great play, the 106 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: next one was always really good, and I feel like 107 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: that's marquee for really good quarterbacks. So definitely learned that 108 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: from him. But he didn't make a lot of bad plays. 109 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: He made a lot of good plays. So try to 110 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: apply that to my game too. 111 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,679 Speaker 3: The numbers had last year, it's pretty well estabbage teams, 112 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 3: the offense physically, but also the tours. 113 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: The answer, Yeah, I think you never know, right they're 114 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: gonna they can do whatever they want. They can blitz 115 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: eleven people if they want, and you just got to 116 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: be prepared and have a toolbox to use and make 117 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: sure everyone's on the same page. It takes all eleven guys, 118 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: but you know, you got to go out there and 119 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: play fast too, So looking forward to doing that. I 120 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: feel like we have We've seen our defense for a 121 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: few months now. They do a lot of stuff, but 122 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: so does Philly and they're very experienced front, great dbs, 123 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: great linebackers. So it's really really a tough challenge. But 124 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: looking forward to playing them. 125 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: It's the first kind of game plan week for you guys, 126 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 2: you know, no game planning the preseason. What what's it 127 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 2: been like with o'ber ien just going in those meetings. 128 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: I know you'd like to talk about the scheme, so 129 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: Evan might as well be the offensive coordinator or something. 130 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's been good. That's that's a good point. 131 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 1: I think with our team, we're very, very good game 132 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: plan team. But we have our library of plays that 133 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: we use and then it's just funneling them down. But 134 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: we've been running them for a few months now and 135 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: just got to go out there and see what we 136 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: can do and a lot of adjustments will be made too. 137 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 2: You've had time, you know, you know, off seasons, still 138 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 2: going back to Alabama when you you'll learn, you know, 139 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 2: to be from your your first thrusting in Alabama when 140 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 2: you took over that team, and then it's the National Championship. 141 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 2: Lessons have you learned that can help you get ready 142 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 2: now for this season? 143 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 3: And what have you done in the off season. 144 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: Get ready this Yeah, I think just perseverance and just 145 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: continuing to travel forward. I mean, really, just there's gonna 146 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: be bumps, but just keep moving forward. And that's what 147 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:39,239 Speaker 1: I learned. 148 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 2: Uh. 149 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: Really, it's all about coming back from the bad plays, 150 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: and there's gonna be bad plays, but you want to 151 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: have more good than bad, and that that happens through preparation. 152 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: So really preparing learning from those guys at Alabama, the 153 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: quarterbacks put everyone else, and then learning from guys here, 154 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: the Slaters, the Dave Andrews and everybody who really set 155 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: the example before us. So really just trying to do 156 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: that and apply it every week. It's going to apply differently, 157 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: but you don't know what's going to pop up, and 158 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: you just have to be ready. 159 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 3: Matt, you mentioned Mac you mentioned is going to be 160 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: a good juice in the stadium with Brady coming back, 161 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 3: and I know you talked about your relationship with him, 162 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 3: Can you comment more specifically and how that's been over 163 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 3: the last couple of years since since you've been here 164 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 3: with this team. 165 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we have a lot of great former players. 166 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: I've played here, it's very fortunate place and won a 167 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: lot of games and championships, So definitely looking forward to it. 168 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: But main focus is definitely the game and just trying 169 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: to play my game and not get distracted by anything, 170 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: and hopefully we come out with a win and everyone's happy. 171 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 3: You mentioned early was that wanted to earn the respect 172 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 3: that everyone who's building again. 173 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 2: With a regular season now a couple of days away, 174 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 2: how do. 175 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: You feel like you've gone Yeah, I think just every day, 176 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: focus on what I can control, stick to my routine, 177 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: go out there and compete, have fun, play with juice, 178 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: and really just apply that to the games. Like I 179 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: said earlier, there's gonna be ups and downs to keep 180 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: moving forward and figuring it out and problem solved. Thanks 181 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: appreciate it.