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Speaker 1: All right, good morning. We have DeMarcus Covington in here,

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Speaker 1: so we'll start off with the first question from Nicko

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Speaker 1: Malley Place. Hi to Marcus. I wanted to ask about

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Speaker 1: how hard is it to sack a quarterback? Right now?

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Speaker 1: In the NFL, we saw the play with mac Wilson

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Speaker 1: making the play, makes some little contact with the helmet,

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Speaker 1: and then there was the Grady Jarrett thing, and then

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Speaker 1: last time was Chris Jones. Different ways, it looks like

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Speaker 1: players are trying to avoid the big hits but are

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Speaker 1: still getting flags. How hard is it to avoid a

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Speaker 1: roughing call right now? Yeah, we try to make up

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Speaker 1: appoint of emphasis as far as like the rules and

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Speaker 1: what to do really at the beginning of each season.

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Speaker 1: So we want to get those type of penalties, especially

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Speaker 1: on big players get taken away like you know, the

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Speaker 1: rules are where they are, you know, can't touch the

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Speaker 1: quarterback's helmet, can't land the body weight on them, you

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Speaker 1: know here blow the knees, and so we make we

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Speaker 1: make that appointed insus to our players so we can

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Speaker 1: avoid those penalties and cause our defense, uh any you know,

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Speaker 1: negative negative yardage. So for us, I mean, we try

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Speaker 1: to just play fast and play within the rules and

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Speaker 1: hopefully our guys ain't be able to go out there

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Speaker 1: and do that. And so far we've been very successful,

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Speaker 1: except for you know, last week as far as uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, hitting the quarterback. Did you get an explanation

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Speaker 1: on the mac Wilson point. Yeah, it's just you know, again,

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Speaker 1: you know, they talked about hitting the helmet, and you know,

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Speaker 1: we're not allowed to hit the helmet. So the rules

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Speaker 1: are what they are, and that's why we try to

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Speaker 1: play within the rules and try to teach our guys

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Speaker 1: the rules of the game. And so therefore, you know,

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Speaker 1: we uh, you know, we don't make them. We can't,

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Speaker 1: we can't do anything about it, and we just played

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Speaker 1: to the rules of it. Thank you. Yep. The next

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Speaker 1: question Mark Daniels Marcus. How's it going? Doing good? How

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Speaker 1: are you doing? Manum? Give credit to Steph for this question. Um,

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Speaker 1: I saw that you've wrapped a lot of different The

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Speaker 1: player foundations aren't necessarily even you know, the linemen, but

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Speaker 1: just on like sweatshirts and stuff and walk in the games. Um.

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Speaker 1: But actually, why is it important for you to do that?

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Speaker 1: You know? And how did that start? Uh? Started last

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Speaker 1: year with some of the guys and our guys have

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Speaker 1: a lot of different causes and especially you know coming up,

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Speaker 1: we got our like my calls, my cleats, and guys

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Speaker 1: have their different foundations. I would say stuff does a

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Speaker 1: good job around the building along with our other team

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Speaker 1: as far as like represent those different you know, uh,

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Speaker 1: they're different units that they have. And so for me,

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Speaker 1: I think it's to bring awareness to our players, um

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Speaker 1: our players, and then what they like and what they

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Speaker 1: have some interest in and their different foundations. So it's

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Speaker 1: important to them, so which should be important to me.

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Speaker 1: So that's why I try to make it a point

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Speaker 1: of infatus by trying to represent their their brand, just

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Speaker 1: like you know, out in public. So therefore, you know,

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Speaker 1: you're you're walking billboard, whatever you wear, somebody might stop,

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Speaker 1: hey what is that? You know? Wise up foundation? You

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Speaker 1: know what is the child out so you know or

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Speaker 1: trench so whatever those foundations might be, that start a

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Speaker 1: conversation which will lead back to their organization and share

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Speaker 1: a light to it. So anyway I can be a

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Speaker 1: light on their foundation. Um, it's a positive thing for everyone.

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Speaker 1: Cooling And here's a kind of a different topic I

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Speaker 1: want to ask you. I think coaches all the time

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Speaker 1: you are coming into Foxboro. Understand how much they learned

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Speaker 1: from Bill Belichick. What I guess once, you know, being

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Speaker 1: a young coach, what is one thing you sort of

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Speaker 1: pinpoint that you've learned from Bill, you know, over the years,

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Speaker 1: I would say, to be a listener, you know, just listen, uh,

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Speaker 1: and it's not like you have all the answers, so

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Speaker 1: as you and then also to kind of like be

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Speaker 1: an active learning every year, you know, and every day.

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Speaker 1: I would say, so for me, you know, it's like

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Speaker 1: I don't have all the answers, try to get better

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Speaker 1: and then I try to seek knowledge every year. And

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Speaker 1: so so those are some of the things that you

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Speaker 1: know that I that I've learned from Bill, Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: over my six years here is just to try to,

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Speaker 1: you know, gain knowledge every day, all right, get our understanding,

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Speaker 1: listen and uh and you might not know all the

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Speaker 1: right you might not know all the answers, but you're

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Speaker 1: going to work to get the answer. And so I

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Speaker 1: think that that's helped me grow as a coach, grow

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Speaker 1: as a person. And I'm definitely you know, use that

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Speaker 1: going forward, um as I continue my career. Awesome DeMarcus

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Man I appreciate you, all right,