1
00:00:30,319 --> 00:00:31,279
Speaker 1: Pats from the Past.

2
00:00:31,359 --> 00:00:33,719
Speaker 2: Tune in is Matt Smith and Paul Perillo offer in

3
00:00:33,759 --> 00:00:36,439
Speaker 2: depth interviews with some of the greatest players and coaches

4
00:00:36,439 --> 00:00:37,759
Speaker 2: in New England Patriots history.

5
00:00:37,839 --> 00:00:39,638
Speaker 1: Joined by the newest member of the Patriots Hall Fame,

6
00:00:39,719 --> 00:00:40,359
Speaker 1: Mike Raybold.

7
00:00:40,439 --> 00:00:42,519
Speaker 2: Find out what led to some of the greatest moments

8
00:00:42,519 --> 00:00:45,519
Speaker 2: in franchise history and unique behind the scenes insight.

9
00:00:45,239 --> 00:00:47,879
Speaker 1: And please to be joined by former Patriot quarterback Brian

10
00:00:47,959 --> 00:00:48,239
Speaker 1: hoy Or.

11
00:00:48,319 --> 00:00:50,919
Speaker 3: Joined by number thirty seven on your scorecard, but number

12
00:00:50,918 --> 00:00:53,159
Speaker 3: one in our hearts at least, Rodney Harrison.

13
00:00:53,439 --> 00:00:56,078
Speaker 4: Good to be home. Good to see you guys.

14
00:00:55,799 --> 00:01:01,079
Speaker 2: Search for Pats in the past anywhere you get your podcast.

15
00:01:00,479 --> 00:01:01,839
Speaker 4: That's how you doing that.

16
00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,838
Speaker 5: Kind of how you emphasize to teammates defense, four games

17
00:01:08,919 --> 00:01:11,759
Speaker 5: left to go here since urgens.

18
00:01:11,479 --> 00:01:14,239
Speaker 6: That you guys have a team, Yeah, full games, Finnish strong.

19
00:01:14,359 --> 00:01:25,719
Speaker 6: Still the same goal, that's to win. It means a lot.

20
00:01:25,878 --> 00:01:31,159
Speaker 6: It's a very prestigious award and and uh, it's an

21
00:01:31,158 --> 00:01:34,839
Speaker 6: honor to really be nominated for this award, So I'm

22
00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:36,279
Speaker 6: very grateful for that.

23
00:01:37,799 --> 00:01:39,799
Speaker 5: Speaking of that honor, what have you learned in your

24
00:01:39,839 --> 00:01:42,999
Speaker 5: career about the significance of that awards?

25
00:01:43,078 --> 00:01:44,119
Speaker 4: With the tenants you.

26
00:01:44,159 --> 00:01:47,078
Speaker 5: Have and nominate people working. That's what you've learned about

27
00:01:47,078 --> 00:01:47,758
Speaker 5: wan had.

28
00:01:49,879 --> 00:01:52,719
Speaker 6: So a little bit. I I know a little bit

29
00:01:52,759 --> 00:01:55,559
Speaker 6: about Wathing Payton. My father played at Jackson State, so

30
00:01:55,999 --> 00:01:58,959
Speaker 6: he taught me a lot about Wattering Payton and his

31
00:01:59,039 --> 00:02:02,679
Speaker 6: achievements on the field, and then through my time here,

32
00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:03,239
Speaker 6: I learned a.

33
00:02:03,239 --> 00:02:04,919
Speaker 4: Little bit about what he did off the field, which

34
00:02:04,959 --> 00:02:06,279
Speaker 4: is pretty impressive.

35
00:02:06,319 --> 00:02:11,919
Speaker 6: So a lot of guys on this team who were nominated,

36
00:02:12,279 --> 00:02:14,279
Speaker 6: I saw the works that they have done in the

37
00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:17,279
Speaker 6: community and it's just honored to be in that circle

38
00:02:17,399 --> 00:02:18,198
Speaker 6: of nominees.

39
00:02:18,759 --> 00:02:22,239
Speaker 4: And we'll still what happens uh in February.

40
00:02:23,279 --> 00:02:25,519
Speaker 1: I know Bill Belichick is a story and you really

41
00:02:25,559 --> 00:02:26,919
Speaker 1: like if you got his history on the game and

42
00:02:26,999 --> 00:02:29,079
Speaker 1: things like that. Was Walter Payton someone that he spoke

43
00:02:29,119 --> 00:02:30,799
Speaker 1: to you guys about, especially Wheney your work?

44
00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:34,639
Speaker 4: You came up a good, good question I don't remember.

45
00:02:35,079 --> 00:02:41,519
Speaker 5: Yeah, what is what you do especially in kids? How

46
00:02:41,559 --> 00:02:44,159
Speaker 5: important has become to you part of your life as

47
00:02:44,199 --> 00:02:44,758
Speaker 5: you grow here?

48
00:02:45,038 --> 00:02:51,439
Speaker 6: It's very important if you can spread inspiration hope to anyone,

49
00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,679
Speaker 6: If you can inspire just one person when you walk

50
00:02:53,719 --> 00:02:57,599
Speaker 6: out and uh, they inspire someone else. That's that's that's

51
00:02:57,879 --> 00:02:59,799
Speaker 6: really what it's all about. I feel like a lot

52
00:02:59,799 --> 00:03:03,279
Speaker 6: of things that we do, I think a lot of

53
00:03:03,319 --> 00:03:04,399
Speaker 6: people see.

54
00:03:04,239 --> 00:03:06,079
Speaker 4: Us and they see it's on the screen.

55
00:03:06,559 --> 00:03:08,439
Speaker 6: And when you come from the screen and meet somebody,

56
00:03:08,439 --> 00:03:10,319
Speaker 6: whether it's in a hospital or whether it's in a school,

57
00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:12,799
Speaker 6: whether it's at a certain event, and you meet them

58
00:03:12,839 --> 00:03:14,999
Speaker 6: face to face and you shake their hands, you become

59
00:03:15,079 --> 00:03:18,399
Speaker 6: touchable in a sense, and and you become real to them.

60
00:03:18,519 --> 00:03:20,079
Speaker 6: And then not only are you real to them, but

61
00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:22,999
Speaker 6: what you're doing for them or for that community or

62
00:03:22,999 --> 00:03:25,959
Speaker 6: for the program that they're at becomes real and it

63
00:03:25,999 --> 00:03:29,518
Speaker 6: has a real impact. And that's really what uh, that's

64
00:03:29,519 --> 00:03:31,559
Speaker 6: really why I like people in this building and do

65
00:03:31,599 --> 00:03:34,919
Speaker 6: the community service for impact, to impact someone, change someone's lives,

66
00:03:35,439 --> 00:03:38,359
Speaker 6: inspire someone, gives one hope so that they can become

67
00:03:38,439 --> 00:03:41,719
Speaker 6: better from it or at least spread what they learned

68
00:03:41,799 --> 00:03:44,759
Speaker 6: or what they received from something that we put.

69
00:03:44,559 --> 00:03:47,919
Speaker 3: On Its being a Wualtipate Man of the Year, something

70
00:03:47,959 --> 00:03:49,839
Speaker 3: you ever aspired to be and when did the light

71
00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:51,639
Speaker 3: bulb kind of go off for you the impact that

72
00:03:51,639 --> 00:03:52,199
Speaker 3: you could make.

73
00:03:52,119 --> 00:03:52,719
Speaker 5: For other people?

74
00:03:53,399 --> 00:03:57,079
Speaker 6: The SD wanting to be Walter paid Man in the

75
00:03:57,159 --> 00:03:59,479
Speaker 6: Year was never like a goal that I really wanted

76
00:03:59,519 --> 00:04:05,079
Speaker 6: to do. I don't do community service to win awards.

77
00:04:05,839 --> 00:04:08,639
Speaker 6: My award is just smiles on peo people's faces, the

78
00:04:08,679 --> 00:04:12,199
Speaker 6: inspiration that they received from it, the impact that the

79
00:04:12,279 --> 00:04:14,839
Speaker 6: program or we put put on for kids or people,

80
00:04:15,559 --> 00:04:18,598
Speaker 6: whether it's vets, whether it's children, whether it's athletes, whatever

81
00:04:18,599 --> 00:04:21,199
Speaker 6: the case is, that's the award. The award is them

82
00:04:21,318 --> 00:04:23,799
Speaker 6: leaving like they got something out of it, or they

83
00:04:23,799 --> 00:04:27,238
Speaker 6: received something that changed or better their life. So being

84
00:04:27,239 --> 00:04:29,999
Speaker 6: nominated was very I'm very grateful for that. And if

85
00:04:29,999 --> 00:04:32,679
Speaker 6: I win, I win, I'm very honored. But I don't

86
00:04:32,759 --> 00:04:35,799
Speaker 6: do anything for the wars, for the accolades, for the lights,

87
00:04:35,919 --> 00:04:37,679
Speaker 6: the lights, anything else like like that.

88
00:04:37,719 --> 00:04:39,479
Speaker 4: So and then second question.

89
00:04:40,318 --> 00:04:42,159
Speaker 5: Offers the impact that you could make in the community.

90
00:04:42,239 --> 00:04:46,559
Speaker 6: When I was a child, my father always sent us

91
00:04:46,599 --> 00:04:51,799
Speaker 6: to soup kitchens, clothing drives, toward drives. He always said,

92
00:04:51,919 --> 00:04:55,639
Speaker 6: my favorite, favorite favorite quote of his is community services

93
00:04:55,678 --> 00:04:57,399
Speaker 6: a price you pay for your time here on earth.

94
00:04:57,879 --> 00:05:01,719
Speaker 6: And that's something that suckered me always, and that's why

95
00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:06,359
Speaker 6: I realized that like, really, your impact can can can

96
00:05:06,159 --> 00:05:09,159
Speaker 6: You can be impactful. Whatever your platform is, you can

97
00:05:09,239 --> 00:05:12,599
Speaker 6: use it to change your community, your area, and other

98
00:05:12,599 --> 00:05:14,439
Speaker 6: people's lives.

99
00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:18,079
Speaker 2: They can stock of the defense and it's performance like

100
00:05:18,159 --> 00:05:20,919
Speaker 2: it's coming off the last scheme the way.

101
00:05:20,759 --> 00:05:24,639
Speaker 5: You want back and what do you see that you

102
00:05:24,639 --> 00:05:29,199
Speaker 5: can do defensively to have better reasons like what's stand helps.

103
00:05:29,078 --> 00:05:32,399
Speaker 4: As the areas that sound better sense.

104
00:05:35,159 --> 00:05:39,879
Speaker 6: Really we can as long as we play together and

105
00:05:39,919 --> 00:05:41,558
Speaker 6: play to the highest of our ability.

106
00:05:41,958 --> 00:05:44,839
Speaker 4: I believe we're unsoppable tackling.

107
00:05:44,919 --> 00:05:49,359
Speaker 6: That's tackling well, that's shedding blocks, that's defending our guys.

108
00:05:49,438 --> 00:05:52,079
Speaker 6: And it comes down to winning out one on one matchups.

109
00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:56,119
Speaker 6: Whether that's setting edge on tackles and tight ends or receivers,

110
00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,878
Speaker 6: whether that's covering the guys in the deep third and

111
00:05:58,919 --> 00:06:02,478
Speaker 6: things like like that, or even just just fundamentally taking

112
00:06:02,519 --> 00:06:05,799
Speaker 6: on a block and standing the ground. We have to

113
00:06:05,879 --> 00:06:09,479
Speaker 6: make sure we do our job at the highest level.

114
00:06:09,999 --> 00:06:13,159
Speaker 1: The deferensity of better drouble playing together, that's it seems

115
00:06:13,159 --> 00:06:14,398
Speaker 1: like that's been a strength of the defense.

116
00:06:15,599 --> 00:06:17,638
Speaker 5: Why do you think you guys have struggled with more

117
00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:18,799
Speaker 5: playing this year?

118
00:06:18,919 --> 00:06:20,078
Speaker 4: There's a lot of new guys.

119
00:06:20,999 --> 00:06:23,199
Speaker 6: Not to make any excuses, I don't I don't like

120
00:06:23,239 --> 00:06:25,559
Speaker 6: to make excuses, but I just feel like throughout the

121
00:06:25,599 --> 00:06:27,759
Speaker 6: season there's a lot of a lot of young guys

122
00:06:27,759 --> 00:06:31,078
Speaker 6: in different different spots, new guys coming up, coming in,

123
00:06:31,599 --> 00:06:36,079
Speaker 6: so you have those those growing pains with the individual

124
00:06:36,078 --> 00:06:39,399
Speaker 6: person on the field. So just kind of like, as

125
00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:42,839
Speaker 6: long as we continue to mesh together, pick everybody up,

126
00:06:43,519 --> 00:06:46,078
Speaker 6: make sure everybody knows what it's supposed to do. So

127
00:06:46,119 --> 00:06:48,439
Speaker 6: we get on the field and we've all seen it

128
00:06:48,438 --> 00:06:51,959
Speaker 6: when we're playing it together where lights out will shut down.

129
00:06:51,958 --> 00:06:54,198
Speaker 6: We do a lot of great, great things. It's just

130
00:06:54,239 --> 00:06:57,239
Speaker 6: always one or two plays where it just happens. You know,

131
00:06:57,599 --> 00:06:59,359
Speaker 6: it's football. But at the end of the day, we

132
00:06:59,399 --> 00:07:01,759
Speaker 6: got to make sure that we are much better when

133
00:07:01,799 --> 00:07:04,719
Speaker 6: we see those plays areas and situations.

134
00:07:04,759 --> 00:07:07,479
Speaker 3: Again, Hunter Henry just told us a little while ago

135
00:07:07,558 --> 00:07:10,679
Speaker 3: that winning down the stretch would mean a huge boost

136
00:07:10,799 --> 00:07:13,278
Speaker 3: for young players confidence moving forward.

137
00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:14,639
Speaker 4: Yes, what do you see is.

138
00:07:14,599 --> 00:07:19,679
Speaker 3: The biggest possible benefit side of winning is good to finishing.

139
00:07:19,319 --> 00:07:23,039
Speaker 6: Strong here with this season, we finished strong here we

140
00:07:23,239 --> 00:07:27,559
Speaker 6: tell the guys that who are coming back next. First

141
00:07:27,559 --> 00:07:30,919
Speaker 6: of all, we win strong here with telling everybody that

142
00:07:30,958 --> 00:07:33,159
Speaker 6: the hard work that we put in is working.

143
00:07:33,679 --> 00:07:34,919
Speaker 4: It matters.

144
00:07:35,319 --> 00:07:38,279
Speaker 6: We have a lot of close games, we know what

145
00:07:38,479 --> 00:07:40,839
Speaker 6: we went wrong in those close games, so we can

146
00:07:40,879 --> 00:07:43,519
Speaker 6: make sure that we can all come together and went out.

147
00:07:43,958 --> 00:07:46,159
Speaker 6: Not only will it boost him around for the guys

148
00:07:46,239 --> 00:07:48,639
Speaker 6: here already, but it will set the tone for next

149
00:07:48,719 --> 00:07:49,639
Speaker 6: year as well.

150
00:07:51,159 --> 00:07:53,319
Speaker 4: Approach takes with you guys.

151
00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:55,959
Speaker 5: You know, get of his first season as a head

152
00:07:55,958 --> 00:07:57,399
Speaker 5: coach for Shock Energy.

153
00:07:57,479 --> 00:08:00,679
Speaker 6: So I was talking to you guys the energy, same

154
00:08:00,719 --> 00:08:06,079
Speaker 6: person every day, always bringing the same energy upbeat, very optimistic,

155
00:08:06,679 --> 00:08:12,359
Speaker 6: very positive, and uh, he takes the time to make

156
00:08:12,399 --> 00:08:14,559
Speaker 6: sure that we get what we're supposed to beginning.

157
00:08:15,639 --> 00:08:21,759
Speaker 4: It's very personable in this coaching. But I was good.

158
00:08:21,999 --> 00:08:24,239
Speaker 1: Uh, spent the time with family. Uh. It was actually

159
00:08:24,239 --> 00:08:26,719
Speaker 1: lined up on my birthday, so that was pretty cool.

160
00:08:26,879 --> 00:08:29,879
Speaker 1: Uh kind of a big Bobstone turned thirty, Uh so

161
00:08:30,359 --> 00:08:33,718
Speaker 1: pretty crazy. Spend some time with family. Good to recharge

162
00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:35,759
Speaker 1: and kind of fired ever to get back and going

163
00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:39,199
Speaker 1: on it. No, I feel young, feel good.

164
00:08:41,719 --> 00:08:46,999
Speaker 5: Make sure a little bit like this. The guys don't

165
00:08:47,799 --> 00:08:50,559
Speaker 5: they don't they keep I mean.

166
00:08:50,479 --> 00:08:51,679
Speaker 1: You gotta take a lot of people. I think we

167
00:08:51,719 --> 00:08:53,958
Speaker 1: have a room in a locker room that takes a

168
00:08:53,999 --> 00:08:57,039
Speaker 1: lot of pride in this game. I know I do

169
00:08:57,159 --> 00:08:59,999
Speaker 1: myself and the opportunity to continue to go out there

170
00:09:00,039 --> 00:09:01,999
Speaker 1: and play a game that you played since you were

171
00:09:01,999 --> 00:09:04,039
Speaker 1: a child at a high level.

172
00:09:04,159 --> 00:09:05,639
Speaker 4: Is is a huge opportunity.

173
00:09:05,999 --> 00:09:07,519
Speaker 1: So you got to just take a week by week.

174
00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,399
Speaker 1: I think everybody is excited for just to be able

175
00:09:10,439 --> 00:09:12,359
Speaker 1: to attack this week and it's a good football team

176
00:09:12,479 --> 00:09:15,679
Speaker 1: on the West coast, get to travel, So go on

177
00:09:15,719 --> 00:09:17,319
Speaker 1: the road a little bit and just just gonna be

178
00:09:17,399 --> 00:09:20,958
Speaker 1: us out there and it'll be fun.

179
00:09:20,439 --> 00:09:25,799
Speaker 5: If you've seen where the lady or teams struggling sort

180
00:09:25,839 --> 00:09:26,759
Speaker 5: of fight that.

181
00:09:26,839 --> 00:09:29,919
Speaker 1: Urge or fall into it, you know, I try to

182
00:09:29,919 --> 00:09:31,919
Speaker 1: blow I call that out if there is so. I

183
00:09:31,999 --> 00:09:34,519
Speaker 1: usually don't pay attention to a lot of that, you know.

184
00:09:34,639 --> 00:09:38,279
Speaker 1: I try to show that how invested I am in it,

185
00:09:38,319 --> 00:09:40,839
Speaker 1: and hopefully other guys can con feed off that if

186
00:09:40,879 --> 00:09:42,919
Speaker 1: if they are struggling in that department. But I wouldn't

187
00:09:42,959 --> 00:09:43,999
Speaker 1: say we have a locker room like that.

188
00:09:45,079 --> 00:09:47,279
Speaker 5: You do out the energy with that set. A guy

189
00:09:47,319 --> 00:09:49,479
Speaker 5: like Drake, it seems like he comes out every day

190
00:09:49,479 --> 00:09:51,999
Speaker 5: like it's Christmas for him. How much does that help

191
00:09:51,999 --> 00:09:52,839
Speaker 5: you guys as far.

192
00:09:52,719 --> 00:09:55,559
Speaker 1: As oh yeah, I mean, you know, Drake, this is

193
00:09:55,599 --> 00:09:59,639
Speaker 1: his first season at this and so and he's young,

194
00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,199
Speaker 1: and also, just like you said, he has a lot

195
00:10:01,239 --> 00:10:04,039
Speaker 1: of energy, you know, good positive energy that I think

196
00:10:04,039 --> 00:10:06,679
Speaker 1: everybody can feed off of. So it's always good to

197
00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,078
Speaker 1: have a guy like that behind center that's making a

198
00:10:09,079 --> 00:10:11,159
Speaker 1: lot of plays and be able to kind of thrive

199
00:10:11,199 --> 00:10:14,519
Speaker 1: off that energy. What does the offense need to.

200
00:10:14,519 --> 00:10:17,478
Speaker 2: Do to build off If you guys accomplished in indeed

201
00:10:18,079 --> 00:10:20,559
Speaker 2: game over quarter yards for what do you guys need to.

202
00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:21,479
Speaker 4: Do to take the next step.

203
00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:24,319
Speaker 1: I think scoring touchdowns in the red zone it's number one.

204
00:10:25,439 --> 00:10:27,519
Speaker 1: Just not efficient enough in the red zone. I think

205
00:10:27,519 --> 00:10:31,079
Speaker 1: we all obviously that's a glaring need we we all

206
00:10:31,079 --> 00:10:33,999
Speaker 1: see and we need to be better at and be

207
00:10:34,039 --> 00:10:36,239
Speaker 1: able to execute down there. Obviously, penalties have put us

208
00:10:36,239 --> 00:10:37,399
Speaker 1: behind a ball a litt bit down there. When you

209
00:10:37,439 --> 00:10:39,719
Speaker 1: get behind the sticks in the red zone can be hard,

210
00:10:40,039 --> 00:10:44,599
Speaker 1: you know, short the fields condensed, everything becomes a lot

211
00:10:44,639 --> 00:10:46,079
Speaker 1: harder in the red zone. So you just have to

212
00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:49,119
Speaker 1: be on your details on everything. So I think we

213
00:10:49,159 --> 00:10:50,719
Speaker 1: all can be better and I think that's something we

214
00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:52,119
Speaker 1: need to improve on in this back.

215
00:10:51,919 --> 00:10:52,559
Speaker 4: Half of the season.

216
00:10:53,359 --> 00:10:55,719
Speaker 3: Hunter, I think the obvious answer is winning put over

217
00:10:55,759 --> 00:10:59,519
Speaker 3: these next four gams. What can you achieve through winning,

218
00:10:59,799 --> 00:11:03,719
Speaker 3: either individually, as a team or possibly for the future

219
00:11:03,719 --> 00:11:04,399
Speaker 3: of a rebuild.

220
00:11:04,479 --> 00:11:07,439
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think obviously it's gonna be a different team

221
00:11:07,479 --> 00:11:08,919
Speaker 1: next year in a lot of ways. I mean every

222
00:11:08,959 --> 00:11:11,039
Speaker 1: year is a different team. But there are a lot

223
00:11:11,039 --> 00:11:12,759
Speaker 1: of guys that are going to come back to and

224
00:11:13,279 --> 00:11:15,799
Speaker 1: we have a lot of young guys that you know,

225
00:11:15,839 --> 00:11:17,919
Speaker 1: this year, we haven't tasted a lot of winning, and

226
00:11:17,959 --> 00:11:19,439
Speaker 1: so I think that can build a lot of these

227
00:11:19,479 --> 00:11:22,359
Speaker 1: young guys confidence going in next year. And so that's

228
00:11:22,399 --> 00:11:23,799
Speaker 1: what we're trying to do is go get you know,

229
00:11:23,839 --> 00:11:25,999
Speaker 1: pile some wins against some good football teams in this

230
00:11:26,239 --> 00:11:28,279
Speaker 1: in this back quarter of the season. I mean all

231
00:11:28,439 --> 00:11:30,559
Speaker 1: all four teams that we're about to play, you know,

232
00:11:30,599 --> 00:11:34,439
Speaker 1: in playoff contention or in the playoffs already. So this

233
00:11:34,479 --> 00:11:36,279
Speaker 1: will be a big challenge for us, and I think

234
00:11:36,319 --> 00:11:38,159
Speaker 1: it could build a lot of confidence going forward. Is

235
00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:39,359
Speaker 1: this something you have to fight forward?

236
00:11:39,599 --> 00:11:42,359
Speaker 3: Feel that competence deal players who just foldly know the

237
00:11:42,479 --> 00:11:44,439
Speaker 3: environment they've been in, you know last.

238
00:11:44,319 --> 00:11:46,799
Speaker 1: Year, This year will be second your players like to date,

239
00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:48,879
Speaker 1: the season something you get to boost and fight for.

240
00:11:49,639 --> 00:11:52,279
Speaker 1: I think it's just obviously taking a game by game.

241
00:11:52,719 --> 00:11:54,159
Speaker 1: I don't know, if it's something you fight for. I

242
00:11:54,159 --> 00:11:56,078
Speaker 1: mean a lot of these guys have. I mean everybody

243
00:11:56,119 --> 00:11:59,199
Speaker 1: that gets to this level has had success in some aspects. Man,

244
00:11:59,239 --> 00:12:02,959
Speaker 1: at any level, you don't get to this, you know,

245
00:12:03,119 --> 00:12:05,399
Speaker 1: stage without having some kind of success with all these

246
00:12:05,399 --> 00:12:07,399
Speaker 1: guys that tasted that. Obviously, it hasn't been good enough

247
00:12:07,439 --> 00:12:09,679
Speaker 1: this year, but if we can build something in this

248
00:12:09,759 --> 00:12:11,999
Speaker 1: back stretch that would that would be huge for just

249
00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:14,359
Speaker 1: everybody's confidence days got one of.

250
00:12:14,319 --> 00:12:16,599
Speaker 5: Your teammates was talking about guys this time of year,

251
00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,559
Speaker 5: guys can even start thinking about the vacations, or they

252
00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,359
Speaker 5: can be professionals with about there and do their jobs

253
00:12:22,439 --> 00:12:23,799
Speaker 5: playing for one another. What does that mean?

254
00:12:23,839 --> 00:12:24,479
Speaker 4: To be professional?

255
00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,759
Speaker 5: Doesn't show itself in the locker room, beating or practice field.

256
00:12:28,199 --> 00:12:31,239
Speaker 1: I think, honestly being a professional is I'm treating this

257
00:12:31,279 --> 00:12:34,279
Speaker 1: week the same exact I did week two of training

258
00:12:34,319 --> 00:12:36,879
Speaker 1: camp or week one of the season, trying to be

259
00:12:36,919 --> 00:12:40,559
Speaker 1: as consistent as you can, approach it the same, and

260
00:12:41,239 --> 00:12:43,159
Speaker 1: you know, I try to keep be as steady as

261
00:12:43,199 --> 00:12:46,279
Speaker 1: I can, reliable as I can, and treat every week

262
00:12:46,319 --> 00:12:49,039
Speaker 1: the same like this is still a huge game in

263
00:12:49,039 --> 00:12:53,199
Speaker 1: my eyes, and I attack it with the same I

264
00:12:53,199 --> 00:12:56,078
Speaker 1: guess juice and same energy that I had earlier in

265
00:12:56,119 --> 00:13:00,078
Speaker 1: the season for that in some of the veterans And

266
00:13:00,159 --> 00:13:02,279
Speaker 1: did you do that when you were young and trying

267
00:13:02,319 --> 00:13:03,079
Speaker 1: to find your way.

268
00:13:02,919 --> 00:13:03,399
Speaker 5: In the NFL.

269
00:13:03,759 --> 00:13:06,479
Speaker 1: I don't know if I recognize maybe young guys doing that,

270
00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:09,399
Speaker 1: but I try to just be as consistent as I can. Obviously,

271
00:13:09,399 --> 00:13:11,159
Speaker 1: we all everybody has ups and downs. I mean, you

272
00:13:11,159 --> 00:13:13,999
Speaker 1: can feel the emotions of a season. But just trying

273
00:13:13,999 --> 00:13:16,919
Speaker 1: to say as level headed, as consistent as you can be,

274
00:13:17,359 --> 00:13:19,639
Speaker 1: uh so that other guys can't feed off that, because

275
00:13:19,639 --> 00:13:21,639
Speaker 1: everybody's going to have a down day, everybody's gonna have

276
00:13:21,639 --> 00:13:24,718
Speaker 1: an upday, so hopefully more guys can have updays and

277
00:13:24,759 --> 00:13:25,279
Speaker 1: down days.

278
00:13:25,759 --> 00:13:28,719
Speaker 4: I was a drugged and approach. You guys is.

279
00:13:30,319 --> 00:13:32,319
Speaker 5: Done as much winning this year as is wanted.

280
00:13:32,399 --> 00:13:35,838
Speaker 1: But what's he's been like, what's I would say the

281
00:13:35,879 --> 00:13:37,759
Speaker 1: saying sentiment. I was just saying, I think he's been

282
00:13:37,839 --> 00:13:41,679
Speaker 1: very consistent and his messaging and everything that he says,

283
00:13:42,719 --> 00:13:45,359
Speaker 1: you know, from week one to where we are now.

284
00:13:46,199 --> 00:13:48,999
Speaker 1: You know, just trying to improve, trying to stack wins,

285
00:13:49,439 --> 00:13:53,119
Speaker 1: trying to find ways to win and learn from you know, losses,

286
00:13:53,839 --> 00:13:55,559
Speaker 1: because those are all learning opportunities, But I think his

287
00:13:55,639 --> 00:13:57,079
Speaker 1: messaging has been very consistent.

288
00:13:57,839 --> 00:13:59,759
Speaker 4: Football players send to be creatures that have it, and

289
00:13:59,799 --> 00:14:00,199
Speaker 4: it's nice.

290
00:14:00,199 --> 00:14:02,078
Speaker 5: It isn't why we kind of get away and reflect.

291
00:14:02,119 --> 00:14:03,599
Speaker 1: I'm curious, is there anything you have to do to

292
00:14:03,599 --> 00:14:05,359
Speaker 1: really get back and his throve when you get back

293
00:14:05,399 --> 00:14:05,919
Speaker 1: in the game.

294
00:14:05,799 --> 00:14:06,879
Speaker 5: So you don't kind of start slow.

295
00:14:07,599 --> 00:14:11,119
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right, it definitely. It could throw you off

296
00:14:11,119 --> 00:14:14,199
Speaker 1: a little bit in a way, especially being this late

297
00:14:14,239 --> 00:14:16,039
Speaker 1: in the season, a little bit sometimes, but at the

298
00:14:16,039 --> 00:14:17,839
Speaker 1: same time, you know, we got back on one day

299
00:14:17,879 --> 00:14:20,519
Speaker 1: and you kind of you you work out that rust

300
00:14:20,959 --> 00:14:23,239
Speaker 1: a little bit, you know, from a couple of days off,

301
00:14:24,079 --> 00:14:26,799
Speaker 1: and when you're not, you know, it's it's good to recover.

302
00:14:26,879 --> 00:14:28,239
Speaker 1: It's good to kind of get that break, kind of

303
00:14:28,239 --> 00:14:30,519
Speaker 1: get the body and the legs under you. Again, especially

304
00:14:30,519 --> 00:14:31,999
Speaker 1: this late in the season too. That that that that

305
00:14:32,079 --> 00:14:33,879
Speaker 1: is a nice part. So you can look at it

306
00:14:33,919 --> 00:14:35,759
Speaker 1: both sides. There can be some rust, but also getting

307
00:14:35,799 --> 00:14:37,639
Speaker 1: the legs under you is always very nice.

308
00:14:38,639 --> 00:14:41,759
Speaker 4: Obviously you're focused on on this season, but you're you're

309
00:14:41,799 --> 00:14:43,319
Speaker 4: here on a longer term contract.

310
00:14:43,359 --> 00:14:46,399
Speaker 3: How excited are you to keep working with it and

311
00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:47,919
Speaker 3: seeing Drake development?

312
00:14:48,559 --> 00:14:50,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I'm excited for these, you know, this

313
00:14:50,919 --> 00:14:52,759
Speaker 1: week and then and in the next few weeks to

314
00:14:52,879 --> 00:14:55,999
Speaker 1: continue to build that relationship. I feel like we've you know,

315
00:14:55,999 --> 00:14:59,079
Speaker 1: built a connection and and a lot of aspects just

316
00:14:59,119 --> 00:15:02,239
Speaker 1: to feel and how he sees things, how I see things. Obviously,

317
00:15:02,239 --> 00:15:04,239
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that like we've missed on

318
00:15:04,479 --> 00:15:06,679
Speaker 1: too that could be big plays. And I think we

319
00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:10,119
Speaker 1: I think each time something happens, we kind of put

320
00:15:10,119 --> 00:15:12,279
Speaker 1: that in the bank and remember that and then when

321
00:15:12,319 --> 00:15:13,959
Speaker 1: it comes up the next time, I feel like we're

322
00:15:13,959 --> 00:15:15,559
Speaker 1: able to kind of see it a little faster on

323
00:15:15,599 --> 00:15:18,599
Speaker 1: the same page. So I'm excited for that, and then obviously,

324
00:15:19,639 --> 00:15:20,599
Speaker 1: you know, for the future too.

325
00:15:20,639 --> 00:15:22,119
Speaker 4: I think that it's gonna be huge.

326
00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:25,279
Speaker 5: And Austin saying the other day that you can see

327
00:15:25,279 --> 00:15:27,599
Speaker 5: the growth Drake just taking a sack, you know, instead

328
00:15:27,599 --> 00:15:29,719
Speaker 5: of trying to make a big play, you know, turnover

329
00:15:29,719 --> 00:15:32,119
Speaker 5: and everything. You see those little things on a daily,

330
00:15:32,479 --> 00:15:33,759
Speaker 5: weekly basis with.

331
00:15:33,719 --> 00:15:36,279
Speaker 1: Him, Yeah, I unders I mean, you know, just throws

332
00:15:36,319 --> 00:15:38,759
Speaker 1: the simple play that you know, it's not flashy, like

333
00:15:38,799 --> 00:15:41,759
Speaker 1: throwing the ball away, and so that we can stay

334
00:15:41,759 --> 00:15:44,079
Speaker 1: at maybe like you know a third and six or

335
00:15:44,159 --> 00:15:47,199
Speaker 1: third and seven, you know, just a simple play like that.

336
00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:49,719
Speaker 1: Cannot it's not flashy, but those are the plays that

337
00:15:49,839 --> 00:15:52,039
Speaker 1: you know, shows a lot of growth where you might

338
00:15:52,039 --> 00:15:54,679
Speaker 1: try to you know, extend to play and then somehow

339
00:15:54,759 --> 00:15:58,199
Speaker 1: it's a sack or it's a whatever it is, we

340
00:15:58,239 --> 00:16:00,999
Speaker 1: lose yardage or there's a you know, some sometimes extended

341
00:16:00,999 --> 00:16:03,239
Speaker 1: plays are hard because there's a penalty or something you're

342
00:16:03,239 --> 00:16:07,079
Speaker 1: not expecting. So just just the simple plays and trying

343
00:16:07,119 --> 00:16:09,039
Speaker 1: to make, you know, the simple plays, and then obviously

344
00:16:09,039 --> 00:16:11,679
Speaker 1: he has the talent to make some extraordinary plays as well.

345
00:16:12,279 --> 00:16:13,319
Speaker 4: Is there a specific played.

346
00:16:13,119 --> 00:16:14,759
Speaker 5: From the last game that didn't show up in the

347
00:16:14,759 --> 00:16:15,679
Speaker 5: stat sheet that kind.

348
00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:16,159
Speaker 4: Of jumped out to you?

349
00:16:16,439 --> 00:16:19,159
Speaker 1: I think the sat probably in the red zone was one,

350
00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:22,759
Speaker 1: just like you know, trying not trying to force something

351
00:16:22,799 --> 00:16:24,199
Speaker 1: and maybe get it. You know, we have points on

352
00:16:24,199 --> 00:16:26,599
Speaker 1: the board. You know, sometimes you can think, like on

353
00:16:26,639 --> 00:16:29,919
Speaker 1: a third down, like we need to force something to

354
00:16:30,159 --> 00:16:32,999
Speaker 1: get a touchdown, but sometimes just you know, if nothing's there,

355
00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:36,999
Speaker 1: taking a sack and make sure we have three points.

356
00:16:37,719 --> 00:16:38,199
Speaker 4: I think so.

357
00:16:38,439 --> 00:16:41,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels like forever ago now, but I think so.

358
00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:42,239
Speaker 4: I think so.

359
00:16:45,479 --> 00:16:48,319
Speaker 2: Patriots Playbook join John Rook as he brings you all

360
00:16:48,359 --> 00:16:51,719
Speaker 2: the latest Patriots Talk, an expert commentary direct from Patriots HQ.

361
00:16:52,399 --> 00:16:54,799
Speaker 2: The show features interviews with New England and Opponent Beat

362
00:16:54,799 --> 00:16:56,879
Speaker 2: writers that bring you a unique media view of the

363
00:16:56,879 --> 00:16:57,719
Speaker 2: state of the team.

364
00:16:57,599 --> 00:16:59,039
Speaker 4: But where the Patriots are concerned.

365
00:16:59,319 --> 00:17:01,639
Speaker 7: Let's just get one thing done and let's get it

366
00:17:01,679 --> 00:17:04,879
Speaker 7: done right and then we can worry about versatility. Am

367
00:17:04,879 --> 00:17:07,599
Speaker 7: I lying to anybody here. Let's just get one thing done.

368
00:17:07,678 --> 00:17:10,319
Speaker 7: Let's get one thing done right, and then we can

369
00:17:10,439 --> 00:17:10,918
Speaker 7: move along.

370
00:17:10,999 --> 00:17:12,479
Speaker 5: That's kind of my biggest thing.

371
00:17:12,519 --> 00:17:15,079
Speaker 2: Search Patriots Playbook anywhere you get your podcast.