1 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: Recording in progress. Hey guys, what's just testa line drive? 2 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: Can you hear me? Ye? Okay, please raise your hand 3 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: if you have a question for drawn and you could 4 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: go Nick Hydro, I just want to get your assessment 5 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: of how you thought your team did a week one. Nick. 6 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: You know, obviously you always want to win football games 7 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: and you never really feel good coming out of a 8 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: out of a game like that. So have a lot 9 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: of work to do. And we're on the Pittsburgh and 10 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: what do you think of mac Wilson and Rake one 11 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: getting into the defense get as the regular season wise, 12 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: especially for Rake One. Yeah, that's a good question, Nick. 13 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: You know, um, those guys did. They did a decent job. 14 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: You know, we still have a lot of things to 15 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: work on on for it. So it's just the first, 16 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: the first domino to really fall. So we was about 17 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: to see how that looks on for early reports at 18 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: a Pittsburgh looks like a Naja Harris either likely to 19 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: play or a good chance to play. What sort of 20 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: challenges us he present as a running back for you guys, Yeah, 21 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: he's one of these guys that can really do it all. 22 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: You know, obviously he has tremendous size and speed and athleticism. 23 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: You know, for a guy that size, very hard to 24 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,839 Speaker 1: take down. He can just do a bunch of different things. 25 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: He's like a Swiss army knife for him. But they're 26 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: big upfront as well, so they're they have a big 27 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: offensive line, and those guys are talented, so he's definitely 28 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: gonna be a challenge. I don't think one guy can 29 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: really take them down. It's gonna have to be eleven 30 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: hats to the football type of game. One of the 31 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: things that sort of was a focal point last season 32 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:40,639 Speaker 1: was a sort of the speed of the defense, especially 33 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: at the second level against a team that has guys 34 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: like two quick receivers. How did you think your team 35 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: looked in space and dynamically and tackling wise against the 36 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: Dolphins last week? Well, I said, you know, we still 37 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: have a lot of work to do. That's just in general, 38 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: you can always expect the first game to be hopefully 39 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: it's not your best game, and hopefully we'll see some 40 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: some better space play at tackling going forward. I think 41 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: Steve mentioned on his call that tackling in week one 42 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: is always a when it's roughest. How do you work 43 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: on tackling throughout the season without getting too physical in practice. Yeah, 44 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: I mean, there are certain drills you work on. You know, 45 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: it's all about angles, it's all about knowing where your 46 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: help is. That's what really makes a good tackler. So 47 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: you try to practice as much as you can, but 48 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: until you until the you know, until you're out there 49 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: really playing live football, it's kind of hard to really 50 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: practice going on that. One of the things that Bill 51 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: always talks about with a defender is leverage. How would 52 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: you exactly explain what that is? Because like, it's one 53 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: of those things I think I know what it is, 54 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: but you're like never got like the full explanation. What 55 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: does someone talk about when theyre talking about leverage, we're 56 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 1: talking about where your help is. I mean, I guess 57 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: there are multiple ways to talk about leverage. But in coverage, 58 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: you're talking about where your help is. So if I 59 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: have inside help, I need to have outside leverage. And 60 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: then if you're a front guy and you're talking about leverage, 61 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: you're really talking about pad level and so that's leverage there. 62 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: So it's used different ways. Great, thank you. We're gonna 63 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: go to our Karen and then Mark Daniels go ahead, Karen, 64 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: Karen kn't go you there we go? Hey, Hey Karen, 65 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: how are you just took me a while with the controls? Sorry? 66 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: If you were to point to a positive from your group, 67 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: I know you're lost. What did you like from your defense? 68 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: I thought those guys were out there and competed. I 69 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: thought those guys, you know, I really like what they 70 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: said after the game. We have a long way to go. 71 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: They feel hungry and they're looking forward to playing against Pittsburgh. 72 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: But you know, there are definitely some things alike. But 73 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: at the same time, you know, this is a game 74 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: where you need focus for each and every play. So well, 75 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: we'll see how it is this week. Thanks Trud, Thanks. Hey, 76 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna go to Mark Daniels now and then Henry McKenna. 77 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: Go ahead, Mark, Jordan will as well. I want to 78 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: ask you, but one of your fellows to coaches, to 79 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: Marcus Covington, What's what's it been like working with DeMarcus 80 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: and how would you describe him as a coach. Yeah, 81 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: it's a great question, Mark, I would say, coach Covington. 82 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: You know, he's taught me a lot. You know, he's 83 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: climbed the ranks, so He's seen it all, you know, 84 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: from you know, drawing cards to you know, running a 85 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: room and just one of those guys that really tries 86 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: to gain the heart, mind and soul of the players, 87 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: and I think all the guys respect him. You know. 88 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: He's also played on the offense side of the ball, 89 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: so he knows a lot about that as well. But 90 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: definitely a huge resource for this team. I'm in, I'm 91 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: a couple of new linebackers on the team of the shows. 92 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: Reonder what ray Kuan McMillan obviously was here last year. 93 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure it felt good as a coach probably to 94 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: see him get the play after sitting out. You know, 95 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: what have you learned about ray Kuan, you know over 96 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: his past year or so. Yeah, just resilience, you know, 97 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: a guy who has gone through it before, you know, 98 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: dealing with injuries, and a guy that always seems to 99 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: bounce back, and a guy who's always looking at the 100 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: front one shield and that's what we're going to do 101 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: as a unit. And that's what Rake one has really 102 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: taught me over the last year. Awesome, thanks, thank you 103 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: go to Henry McKenna. Filled by Chris Ryan. Go ahead 104 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: and Henry, thank you. Aaron, How's how's it going drawing? Well? 105 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: How are you, Harry? I'm well. Um, So, my first 106 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: question is about a story you told um to Patriots 107 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: dot Com this offseason about asking Bill for an unpadded 108 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: practice back when you were a rookie. Um, tell me 109 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: a little bit about like Bill's open door policy, or 110 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: or how you feel like he has done a good 111 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: job listening to you, both as a player and as 112 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: a as a coach through the years. Yeah, Coach has 113 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: always done a good job on One of the strengths 114 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: of Coach Belichick is just his you know, his knack 115 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: for evolving or his knack for changing it up. You know, 116 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: back in the day, he was totally different than what 117 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: he is today. But all the guys, it didn't matter 118 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: who you were, whether you're a captain or a rookie, 119 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: he always welcome you into his office. As much as 120 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: people think it's like a no goes on, Like he 121 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: welcomes you in the office. And all these guys know 122 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: that he has that policy and he's always He'll tell 123 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: you just as a coach as well, He'll always take 124 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: what we say into consideration. But at the end of 125 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: the day, he has the last day, so, and then 126 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: the next one is about you. The more players I 127 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: talk to, the more I hear about how excited they 128 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: get to play for you, and how you go out 129 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: of your way to make them feel, you know, well, 130 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: cared for, both from like an XS and O standpoint, 131 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: but also from like a personal standpoint. So I think 132 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: it's sort of innate to who you are. But tell 133 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: me a little bit about how you feel like you 134 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: approach building relationships with your players and not just coaching them. 135 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: Does that make sense? Yeah, you know, I'm a huge 136 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: believer in I think all the players know that I'm 137 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: competent as far as X and those and things like that, 138 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: but it's always warmth before competence, right. The person has 139 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: to know that you really care about him before you 140 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: really start to explain exs and those. And I think 141 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: all the guys really, you know, I think they understand 142 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: that I care about them as men as individuals first 143 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: and foremost, and then we'll get to the football thing 144 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: and hopefully win a bunch of games. So that's just 145 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: my approach, just my approach to it. Thank you appreciate it. 146 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: I'm going to take two final questions, one from Chris 147 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: Ryan and then Karrie Thompson. Go ahead, Chris adriad to 148 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: hootball as well with you just want to pick up 149 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: on something said earlier about Bill being kind of night 150 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: and day from when you played versus now. In what 151 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: ways do you think he's evolved the most. I mean, 152 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: that's a tough question. I would say, you know, he's 153 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: still a hard nosed coach. He's still you know, very smart, 154 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: very savvy. I would say, he's just dealing with a 155 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: different player now than when he was dealing with back then, 156 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: and so you have to know which lever to poll 157 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: to really get guys to respond the right way, and 158 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: I think he does a good job of that. Regard 159 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: to turnovers, obviously it's a focal point for your group, 160 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: particularly at linebacker. How do you go about trying to 161 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: you know, create turnovers in a in a game, whether 162 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: it's fumble is, whether it's interceptions, and kind of also 163 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: stay within a game plan sty discipline. Yeah, we work 164 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: on that stuff every single day. We talked about it 165 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: every single day, and even this past game we had 166 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: some opportunities to get some turnovers. So we just have 167 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: to capitalize on those going forward and help you get 168 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: the ball back to our offense. Thanks. Thanks. We're going 169 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: to take our last question from Kerry Thompson. Go ahead, Terry. Yeah, Gerard, So, 170 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: I mean, we talked a bunch about the new linebackers, 171 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: but then we still got you know, Jowan Bentley here 172 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: captain for the second time. If you could just talk 173 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: about what he's meant, how he's developed since you've had 174 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: him here with the Patriots. Yeah, you know, the growth 175 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: has been tremendous. I wish I could take credit for it, 176 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: but honestly, he's a self motivated, self driven individual who 177 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: puts the work in both in the classroom and on 178 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: the fields. A guy who want He asked a bunch 179 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: of questions. I know some coaches get frustrated with that, 180 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: but I appreciate his curiosity about the game, and you 181 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: can see, like on the field now, his anticipation and 182 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: things like that. I've just been tremendous and hopefully we 183 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 1: can keep it going. You know, that was Game one 184 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: and hopefully we can build on that going forward. Thank you, 185 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: Thank you, all right, guys, thank you, thank you. Dry. 186 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: I appreciate recording stopped