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Speaker 1: Oh, Rex, A lot has happened in the last week.

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Speaker 1: I guess how have you and your family handled the

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Speaker 1: last fourteen days with the Patriots? Yeah, just taking it

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Speaker 1: day by day, honestly. You know, it's changing constantly, whether

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Speaker 1: it be our schedule or you know, the NFL schedule,

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Speaker 1: you know, games or such. We're just controlling what we

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Speaker 1: can control. And I think that's the best thing we

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Speaker 1: can do, is this go day by day, you know,

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Speaker 1: focus on what we can do, whether it be you know,

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Speaker 1: as a as a husband, as a father, and then

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Speaker 1: of course as a teammate and a player with the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: And it probably is much easier said than done. But

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Speaker 1: what has helped you stay present during this time of uncertainty?

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Speaker 1: You don't know if you're playing Sunday, it could be Monday,

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Speaker 1: it could be a bye week. What's helped you get

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Speaker 1: through that? Yeah? You know, this kind of like I said,

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Speaker 1: controlling what I can control and living in the present,

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Speaker 1: living in the momentum, you know, an understanding, Yes we're

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Speaker 1: gonna have a game, and uh, you know, still locking in,

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Speaker 1: still locking in on my keys, focus on my assignments,

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Speaker 1: you know, whenever we may play, And I think that's

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Speaker 1: the easiest thing you can do to make sure you're

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Speaker 1: constantly moving forward with a game plan. And you said

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Speaker 1: preparing for a game. There is one of those this

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Speaker 1: weekend against the Denver Broncos. Now you guys have had

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Speaker 1: a little bit of extra time to prepare for them.

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Speaker 1: What does what challenges does their defense present to your

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Speaker 1: running back cores? Yeah, I mean they're very physical bunch,

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Speaker 1: definitely up front. The linebackers fly to the ball for sure,

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Speaker 1: and it's gonna be a challenge for us. We're not

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Speaker 1: to be ready from the get go. We're going to

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Speaker 1: play physical, you know, come out fast, of course, because

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Speaker 1: this is a good defense. Are very good, very talented

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Speaker 1: all around, um, you know, even in defensive backs in

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Speaker 1: the secondary. So we're gonna be on the same page.

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Speaker 1: We're have a great week of practice when we get

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Speaker 1: out there and be ready and go, ready to go.

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Speaker 1: I spoke with Brandon Bolden earlier in the season and

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Speaker 1: he described your running back group as jelly beans. No no,

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Speaker 1: Brendan Bolden obviously made the decision to opt out. But

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Speaker 1: now you throw Damien Harrison the max, it's you, It's

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Speaker 1: James White and Sony Michelle who's on ir right now

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Speaker 1: but still part of that core group. How would you

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Speaker 1: describe your skill set and all of that versatility that

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Speaker 1: the Patriots running back Corps brings to the field. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just like you said, versatile, very versatile group. Guys who

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Speaker 1: could do multiple things where that's in the passing game,

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Speaker 1: the run game, you know, blocking as well, and so

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Speaker 1: I mean guys can play on special teams too, and

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Speaker 1: we love that. We love being we take pride in

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Speaker 1: that having that versatility and of course, you know, being unselfish.

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Speaker 1: You know, we're always room for one another out there

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Speaker 1: on the field to make plays and of course when

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Speaker 1: we get the ball in our hands, we try to

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Speaker 1: do that as well. What does Damien add to your group? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Damian's great, He's coming. He's worked hard ever since he

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Speaker 1: got here last year. You know, a humble guy I

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Speaker 1: would love to work with. And uh, you know, physical runner,

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Speaker 1: you know, gets north and south quick and um, you

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Speaker 1: know it is a guy. He can catch the ball

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Speaker 1: as well, and so he does multiple things which just

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Speaker 1: asks for our running back group what we can do.

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Speaker 1: And um, you know, he's a guy I love hanging

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Speaker 1: around and competing with every single day along with the

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Speaker 1: versatility in the running back group, you throw in a

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Speaker 1: quarterback like Cam Newton, who he can run the ball

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Speaker 1: pretty pretty okay himself. What does he add to the offense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's he's tremendous, you know. Of course he's been MVP

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Speaker 1: in the past. Um, you know, physical guy, huge, you know,

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Speaker 1: physical specimen. They can throw it, they can run it, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, and just has a great time playing the

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Speaker 1: game of football. And I think that's what you see.

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Speaker 1: His energy, Um definitely, you know, comes off onto the

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Speaker 1: other players, and um, you know, we love that. We

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Speaker 1: rally behind that and go out there have fun playing

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Speaker 1: the game as well as playing to the best of

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Speaker 1: our ability. All Right, Rex, best of luck to you

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. All right, thanks Megan,