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Speaker 1: What is having barn and Bush allowed your defensive you

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Speaker 1: from a matchup standpoint, you know, I think we're going

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Speaker 1: They had good camps and preseasons, but you know the

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Speaker 1: true test of that versatility and that matchup capability as

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Speaker 1: we start to prepare for people and watched him perform

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Speaker 1: relative to those plans in stadiums, Mike, where have you

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Speaker 1: seen James Washington make the greatest leap in his game

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Speaker 1: from last year to the season conditioning? And I think

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Speaker 1: that set the stage for everything else. Like a lot

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Speaker 1: of young guys, he came in a year ago less

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Speaker 1: than ready, and this year he came in physically ready

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Speaker 1: for the work. It allowed him to remain injury free

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Speaker 1: and allowed him to practice every day. It allowed him

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Speaker 1: to take additional reps when opportunity presented itself. In all

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Speaker 1: of that, I think aids in the growth development process.

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Speaker 1: How do you think Juju and the receiver group has

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Speaker 1: done as a whole taking on more responsibility and more

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Speaker 1: leadership now than Antonio Brown has gone. You know, we're

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Speaker 1: just beginning those things. Like I said, you know those

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Speaker 1: regular season is a clean slate. I think that story

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Speaker 1: will be told as we as we play games and

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Speaker 1: they perform and find a division of label and a

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Speaker 1: level of consistency and performance. It certainly seems from the

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Speaker 1: outside that there has been very little drama with your

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Speaker 1: team compared to previous seasons. How's that for you? Just

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Speaker 1: having a pretty normal training camp? You know, we don't

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Speaker 1: pay attention to the storyline that stuff that sped from

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Speaker 1: the exterior. You know, it was a good camp, but

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Speaker 1: it was a good camp a year ago. But really

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Speaker 1: you measure camps by how you perform over the course

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Speaker 1: of the season, and from that deadpoint, stay tuned, Mike.

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Speaker 1: Since the Patriots have game playing defense anyway, is it

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Speaker 1: that much different playing them in week one versus middle

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Speaker 1: of the season. Certainly, I think you get a chance

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Speaker 1: to watch guys form and perform together and get a

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Speaker 1: sense of the division of labor and what the roles are.

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Speaker 1: You know, we you know, we're speculating on a lot

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Speaker 1: of things in week one, but such as the case

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Speaker 1: for everyone in the league, and so from that standpoint

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Speaker 1: is fair. Mike. You talked about Washington's conditioning. What kind

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Speaker 1: of a difference did Ben's work with the trainer and

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Speaker 1: his conditioning the offseason half. You know, he's been doing

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Speaker 1: that for several years now, and it's really kind of

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Speaker 1: status quo. Man. He's he's done an excellent job as

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Speaker 1: he's gotten older, of coming in ready and maintaining the

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Speaker 1: level of conditioning over the course of a twelve month calendar. Mike,

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Speaker 1: how much is that Week fifteen game from last year

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Speaker 1: gonna go into you guys just planning for this week?

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm sure we'll glean some things from it,

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Speaker 1: as I'm sure they will. Some of it will remain

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Speaker 1: the same for us as it will them, some of

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Speaker 1: it will produce reasons for change. I think anytime you

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Speaker 1: put two teams in the stadium, the game has a

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Speaker 1: chance to unfold in a very different manner. So, you know,

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Speaker 1: we'll see how it goes. Mike, you are dealing with

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Speaker 1: the departure of Antonio Brown. The Patriots are dealing with

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Speaker 1: the retirement of Rock Gronkowski. Can you just kind of

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Speaker 1: explain what the process is like of moving on from

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Speaker 1: a big character like that, a big performer like that.

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Speaker 1: You know, I have the perspective that I've been in

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Speaker 1: this job a long time, as those guys up there

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Speaker 1: have so they have the perspective that dynamic playmakers are

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Speaker 1: going to come and go and others are going to

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Speaker 1: rise and assume the roles. You know, we felt similarly

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Speaker 1: when when Hines Ward retired, or when we lost Mike

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Speaker 1: Wallace and free agency and so forth, just at the

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Speaker 1: wide receiver position, for example, when Santonio Holmes went to

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Speaker 1: the Jets. So you know, those things occur over the

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Speaker 1: course of over time. And thankfully I've been here long

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Speaker 1: could have that perspective and know that guys are going

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Speaker 1: be made. And I'm sure organizationally, New England m feel

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Speaker 1: the same way. Mike. You moved up to the draft

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Speaker 1: to get Devin Bush. What are your impressions to him

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Speaker 1: after his first preseason? You know he's worthy of the

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Speaker 1: draft selection from a pedigree standpoint. Now let's see if

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Speaker 1: he can put together the above. The next thing is

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Speaker 1: required to execute detail and game planning and to put

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Speaker 1: out a consistent performance a weekend and week out. But

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Speaker 1: so far, so good, Mike. You guys also added Mark

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Speaker 1: Barron um. Why was it important for you as a

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Speaker 1: team to get more athletic at the linebacker level there.

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Speaker 1: You know, we just want versatility. Um you know, we

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Speaker 1: a non back tackler, Vice Williams. We want to balance

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Speaker 1: Marks has done a nice job of working to define

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Speaker 1: a role in that area. Michael, Rob Gronkowski had some

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Speaker 1: success against you guys over the years. Do you anticipate

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Speaker 1: that the Patriots offense is going to look dramatically different

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Speaker 1: without crunkin there? You know, I hadn't thought about that.

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Speaker 1: I don't have control over that. I'm sure they're gonna

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Speaker 1: put together a plan that they think it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: capable of producer victory and whatever that is. It is

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Speaker 1: gonna be whatever that is. Thanks, take care,