1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Hypop. How you doing today? I'm doing good about you 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: all right? 3 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm doing great. Thanks for taking the time for 4 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 2: us reporters. Tell me what did you think you guys 5 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: get accomplished today coming into the stadium for I guess. 6 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: You know, what did you do? What did you get? 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: What'd you get done? 8 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 3: Correcting our you know, uh say our errors? Just you know, 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 3: correcting you know what we need to work on. 10 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: And what what stood out to you as some of 11 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: the top areas to correct him to get you guys 12 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 2: back on the winning track. 13 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 3: See, I can only honestly speak for myself. I would 14 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 3: say for me just no, uh. 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: Get what I can get. 16 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 3: I'll say for me, I just I really need to 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 3: harp on my my my part returning for sure. 18 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: And I did want to ask you looking ahead, what 19 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: are your thoughts on playing a game in Germany? 20 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 3: Hm, I'm excited. I've never been out outside of the country. 21 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 3: It's definitely gonna be different for me. 22 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: What are you most looking forward to. 23 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: Playing the Coats? Yeah? Most definitely you playing the Coats. 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 4: And next question, Bob. 25 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 5: Says, thanks Steph Hi Tomorrow, Thanks for time. 26 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: I'm doing well. 27 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 5: Thanks you mentioned Pump returning is one thing that you 28 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 5: need to work on. I was curious just the last 29 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 5: couple of weeks what you what you've learned, whether it's 30 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 5: you know, a punt the lands in Miami or your 31 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 5: experiences yesterday as return man. What what are some of 32 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 5: the things you've learned about that role? How much of 33 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 5: an education have these last two weeks been for you? Oh? 34 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 3: That you know that special teams is you know, is 35 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 3: a play that that can help you know, win the game. 36 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 3: I say in college, my coach used to say all 37 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 3: the time, specially teams winning games. And I feel like 38 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 3: that's what I need to you know, work on just ah, 39 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 3: just getting vertical, you know things like that, you know, 40 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 3: get what I can get and getting none get done. 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 5: And I am looking back at yesterday for example. Does 42 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 5: that does that mean making sure you get up feel 43 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 5: as opposed to going back? Well maybe sometimes trying to 44 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 5: make a play. Uh, and it's not as advantageous of 45 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 5: just taking what you can get as you just expressed. 46 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: Right, Oh yeah say that again. Yeah, I was just crazy. 47 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,399 Speaker 5: Does that mean when you say take what you can get? 48 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 5: I mean does that mean sometimes if it's just a 49 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 5: few yards straight ahead, it may be better than maybe 50 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 5: try to create make a bigger play going back. 51 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, just go forward. 52 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 3: I say, uh, if that, if that make a bigger 53 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 3: play going backwards, I probably sul you know, probably shouldn't 54 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 3: do it. 55 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 5: But some guys make big plays right going going in every. 56 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,839 Speaker 1: Direction right right. 57 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 3: But yeah, for for me, for right now, I just 58 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 3: you know, need to go over because this is my 59 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 3: first year for sure. 60 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 5: For sure, and and and I'm sure it's very tricky 61 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 5: to the different conditions and the wind in particular in 62 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 5: Foxboro atual that stadium. And I remember you saying in 63 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 5: the pre in training camp that Troy Brown has helped 64 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 5: you a lot in terms of reading a punt and. 65 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,279 Speaker 1: Setting up returns. 66 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 5: And I'm just curious about how that work has continued 67 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 5: to go the last few weeks now that you've taken 68 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 5: over this role for the team. 69 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, coach, coach Troy, he helped me. 70 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 3: Helped me build my confidence back there, get more confident 71 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 3: catching the ball back there. You know, Uh had some 72 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 3: players also, you know, helped me out. You know, That's 73 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 3: why I said I got a good support with my 74 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 3: teammates trusting me back there. I can say that trust 75 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 3: helps me and gets it helps build my confidence. 76 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 5: One last thing quickly, I know who's got some other 77 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 5: hands raised? Now? Took about your fearlessness, whether it's there's 78 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 5: a punt returner or as receiver catching the ball in traffic, 79 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 5: how do you how do you describe your mentality? 80 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: Do you do? 81 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 5: You do you see yourself as kind of a fearless guy, 82 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 5: willing to go over the middle, willing to try to 83 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 5: make complain. 84 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,239 Speaker 1: You're right, I'm I haven't. 85 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 3: However, I could get the ball if it means I 86 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 3: have to go through that mill, I will just you know, 87 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 3: got to take a hit or no one to get down, 88 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 3: knowing that's over, knowing the journey's over. I just I've 89 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 3: been doing it in college, so I've been I've been 90 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 3: building my confidence up, you know, doing these things, and 91 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 3: I say. 92 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: It just it just built up. 93 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 4: Pop, Thanks a lot, Thank you, and we'll do three 94 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 4: final questions here starting with Chris Ryan. 95 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 6: Hey, Pop, thanks for doing this. 96 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 7: Just kind of like what you're talking about with you know, 97 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 7: looking for extra yards versus knowing when to go down. 98 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 7: What if you liked and not liked about what you 99 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 7: put on on tape and what is kind of that 100 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 7: that balance between wanting to get extra yardage and making 101 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 7: sure that you're you're secure in the football. 102 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm trying to I'm trying to play for a 103 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 3: long time. I'm trying to play for a long time. Man, 104 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 3: I'm not trying to run into the wrong person as 105 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 3: of like I'm a when I see like it's a 106 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 3: it's a bunch of people surrounding me, it's time to 107 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 3: get down. 108 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: See I can I get some extra yards? 109 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 3: Like when I know, like okay, if I can make 110 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 3: the do miss and somebody else is not going to 111 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 3: contact me, that's when awareness coming, Uh, awareness come come in. 112 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 3: So like that Miami game when I said my awareness, 113 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 3: I had harped on my awareness is just from college 114 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 3: to the league that the chasers behind you and uh, 115 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 3: I guess that game what really helped me realize just 116 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 3: people definitely behind. 117 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: Me chasing me. 118 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 3: So uh yeah, that that definitely helped me. 119 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 7: And what's the difference in evading tacklers as a receiver. 120 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: Well, it went out at the end. 121 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 4: I think we lost contact there with Chris Ryan. So 122 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 4: we'll move on to the next question from my grace. 123 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: Pop. 124 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 2: First of all, I apologize I was asking the first 125 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 2: questions I didn't have my camera on. You're probably like, 126 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 2: where's that voice coming from. I throw the penalty flag 127 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 2: on myself. I'll go take four laps for each question 128 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 2: I asked, all right, sorry about that. So, so one 129 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: of the thought I wanted to ask you about coming 130 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 2: back was one to put myself on cameras so you 131 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: could put the voice with the face. But also, you're 132 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 2: playing time. You've played a lot of snaps the last 133 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 2: three weeks, last three games, a lot more than you 134 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 2: had played up to that point in the season. 135 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: How are you feeling? You already, you should know the 136 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: word blessed. Blessed. Every day I wake. 137 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 3: Up like, man, I'm here, Like, I'm in the league. 138 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: It's crazy. I call my brother, well who I grew up. 139 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:25,559 Speaker 1: I call it my brother. 140 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 3: We get on the front black man, you in the league, 141 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 3: and I'd be like, dang, I'm in the league. 142 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: It's be crazy. It's just stuff like that. 143 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 3: And then, like you said, with playing time, honestly, I 144 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 3: don't really I don't really pay attention to it because 145 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:41,559 Speaker 3: I'd be so into the game. 146 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: I'd be so I'd be so into the game. 147 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 3: So I honestly really don't pay attention to it like 148 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 3: I honestly don't know how many players I played. 149 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 2: And just stamina wise, like how do you feel in 150 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 2: terms of taking on I know you don't keep track 151 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 2: of it, but like how do you feel like with 152 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 2: your stamina and your just like physically, like are you 153 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: banged up? 154 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: Like how do you feel? Right? I feel good? I 155 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: used to. I feel like my whole life I've been 156 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: training for this. 157 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:18,239 Speaker 3: Like high school, I played everything like offense, defense, special teams, 158 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 3: so I always made sure I keep my body right 159 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 3: college I did you know, special teams and offense. 160 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: I wish I could have played the little defense too. 161 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 3: Hey man, you know so I felt like my life 162 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,599 Speaker 3: I've been stepping starards to this moment. 163 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 4: And final question from Chris Price. 164 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 6: Poh, thank you for doing this. I wanted to ask 165 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 6: you really quickly before the game. We see you out 166 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 6: on the field really earlier, earlier than a lot of 167 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 6: other guys out there out there with the punters and 168 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 6: the kickers and and all that, and it looks like 169 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 6: you're kind of getting the measure of the stadium, the conditions, 170 00:08:55,720 --> 00:09:00,199 Speaker 6: the winds, the sun. Walk us through what you're looking 171 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 6: for in those moments in the pregame when you're kind 172 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 6: of checking things. 173 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 3: Out, I go, I go with coach. I'm you know, 174 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 3: for for me being back there at return, it's very. 175 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: Important to know where the winds blowing. 176 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 3: And I've been studying, studying the kicker all week, but 177 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 3: like just to see it in person early, I'm trying 178 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 3: to I'm trying to get it down and being back 179 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 3: there is very important. That's that's the change of the 180 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 3: change of you know, possession. So I'm trying to end 181 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 3: up with the ball. You know, every at least just 182 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 3: end up with the ball, give the offense another you know, 183 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 3: come back onto the fields. So I really harp on, 184 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 3: you know, just when I'm out there, locking onto what 185 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 3: the pointer does, Like how he you know, he might 186 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 3: change something up just because of this game. 187 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: So I'm trying to see how that will he change 188 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: it up. Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. 189 00:09:58,360 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 4: Tomorrow