0:00

My Greece in the back. I come

0:02

in the back. I can't see, so I need to

0:04

get to the front. Uh, go ahead,

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first question, God, Uh

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means a lot, you know our Uh I saw a Lawrence guy

0:12

and his wife did it and it Uh, it really means a lot

0:14

to me to give back to the mothers. Uh

0:16

you know, uh go through a lot, you know, by raising

0:18

kids. You know some are single mothers. Uh just

0:21

just means a lot of me just giving back to the to the you

0:24

know city Boston, you know Foxborough,

0:26

you know, just giving back to all the mothers in need.

0:30

You were saying up there that you know it was for something that

0:32

Laurence started, Yeah, to carry this song. It's when

0:35

who was done here? How much did you wanna

0:37

you know, put this on? When when did that sort of

0:39

pop up? I had to uh, you know Lawrence

0:41

and his wife. You know, I can't exclude his watch. He did a great

0:43

job of it, and uh, you know, just kind of seeing him,

0:45

you know, of course, you know we got the news that he wasn't gonna be anymore,

0:48

but just kind of like you know, put that idea mail our wife, like

0:50

you know, we should continue this, you know it was very special for

0:52

them to always give back to the mothers in the in the in

0:54

the community. So you know, we we kind of just didn't

0:57

wanna let the tradition tradition down. We kind

0:59

of wanted to uh uh uphold

1:01

it. And uh I think met my wife, you know, just something

1:03

annol like we'll continue to do. Did

1:05

you reach out to Laurence though, when

1:07

you decided to kind of keep his e back going. I

1:09

know my wife talked to his wife a lot, So I

1:12

mean I'm pretty sure they you know, girl talk a

1:14

lot. Uh but uh, like I said, I just

1:16

wanted to continue this. Uh they did a great job

1:18

for the past several years, and uh just kind of

1:20

wanna keep the tradition on where you want to give

1:22

your mom wor you oh big

1:24

uh you know it's uh single parent of six,

1:27

you know, so uh big

1:29

you know, uh taught me everything, uh

1:31

respect, you know, Uh, yes, ma'am,

1:33

no, ma'am. So this was big for me. And I know you know

1:36

she's uh she's she's smiling at me right now, you

1:38

know, back home in Louisiana, Uh having this event,

1:40

do you saw single MoMA sis? Can you talk a little bit more about

1:42

her impact on football for you. Uh, you

1:44

know, she always wanted us to be tough. You know we were rough,

1:47

uh I, me and my brothers backyard football,

1:49

running around, you know, hitting each other in the head. You know, just

1:51

just kind of being tough. Uh and uh you

1:53

know, Mom, you know, just kind of allowed us to just

1:55

just just kind of be boys in play, you know. So you

1:57

know, any time I can have any ben and uh you

2:00

know, do eything like this with my wife. You know, it's a no

2:02

burner. Is it all brothers or is nah?

2:04

Uh? I have two brothers and uh, I have three sisters,

2:06

so you know, e e even my sister was rough. They a little

2:09

older than me. But you know, you know, we all we all get

2:11

into fights and all that. So yeah, yeah, exactly.

2:13

So it was it was all fun and games. The

2:15

one you about your mom raising you guys,

2:17

your parents. Yeah, but you guys just want to be there.

2:20

This pass the summer as well, which is Capri.

2:22

I have more personal set weeks and yeah, I have

2:24

Capri summer in back of your mind and see these

2:26

moms here girl dad Now, so it's different. You know.

2:28

Uh, my teammates always show me in the past

2:31

when you have a girl that's gonna hit you different, and uh, you could

2:33

definitely feel the effect. You know. I'm I'm, I'm proud

2:35

of you to have you know, both of my kids, but you

2:37

know, just something special about you know, having a girl. You

2:39

know, my son, I can be rough with him, I can play football

2:41

with him, but you know that that girl is different. It's

2:43

kind of you know, dear towards your heart. You know, what's

2:46

really your name? Caprice Summer got Yall. So

2:49

yeah, we kind of named the Capri because we got

2:51

engaged in Capri and uh, you know

2:53

Summer. It was in the summer, So let's name her middle

2:55

named Summer and of course got Ya as my

2:57

I. It's uh, both of our last name. So it's kind of no burner

3:00

spirit. As much as you enjoy ularly that, how

3:02

much do you enjoy seeing your your wife

3:04

be a part of It's amazing Cause I I told

3:07

her, I said, this is a mootest event, so you have to be here. Uh

3:09

and uh she was so happy to be here, you know,

3:11

Uh with her career, you know, just

3:13

being a supermodel, but uh, just kind

3:15

of stepping out her comfort zone giving back to

3:17

the community. You know and the Chadahn Foundations. She's

3:20

a part of my foundation. So you know, I love

3:22

having her board. You know, she's gonna be She's

3:24

gonna be a part of a lot more even trust me. Talk

3:27

about an off season change personal

3:29

right, I know you was coming with football questions,

3:31

Mike, is

3:34

it a fair transition, like because it is off season

3:36

to change night you come, you get the big

3:39

Dad girl, and then now football was

3:41

Yeah, what do you say on the football

3:44

side of all the change? Uh?

3:46

You know, change is good sometimes, you know, Uh, I

3:48

mean we'll see you know, it's a you know, the season hasn't started

3:50

yet. Uh. I know a lot of people get excited,

3:52

uh for football, but football really don't

3:55

get here till late off in September,

3:57

you know. I mean you hear the commissioner. He's talking

3:59

about not even having pres anymore. You know, he don't

4:01

even want guys to play preseason before

4:03

you notise, I think it's gonna be twenty NFL regular season

4:05

games. Uh. So you know, uh, people

4:07

get excited early, but you know it's a it's a long way to go.

4:10

It's just off season, just kind of just putting your feet in it.

4:12

You nobody's gonna win a super Bowl today, but

4:14

you can work towards winning the super Bowl in

4:16

and Phil. So I mean, uh, just kind of putting

4:18

a I call it like the dark hours, that hours

4:20

nobody sees and uh, you know people don't know about

4:22

Okay, I'm only asking because you brought it up. What do you

4:25

think about the note, Like the s idea of no preseason

4:27

and all that. I think it's unfair. Uh.

4:29

I think we at least need at

4:32

least two because you got guys who's

4:34

undrafted, whose rookies who need

4:36

to get that kind of you know, need to put

4:38

they tap, they foot in the water, and uh,

4:41

to say no preseason games to those guys, I think it's kind

4:43

of unfair, you know. To me, I'm a veteran, even me,

4:45

like I need preseason games just to get maybe

4:48

two or three series, you know, like just to get the feel

4:50

back again, you know, because nobody, I mean,

4:52

you're not used to playing football til you get out there to play it again,

4:54

you know. So it's kind of reset for everybody. I think

4:56

it should at least be two. Uh, but if

4:58

you're gonna talk about eighteen games, needs to be two.

5:01

Two by weeks. So, I mean, cause seventeen

5:03

is a lot already and with one bye week, so if

5:05

you're gonna talk about eighteen games, then we have to include

5:07

two by weeks. So I mean it could be done, you know,

5:10

long as guys be professionals, take care of their

5:12

bodies and uh, you know it, it could be done.

5:14

It's still early. Like a different douget

5:16

feel around here now, I mean it's

5:18

I mean, Gerard is a n is a Bill Belichick guy,

5:20

So I mean it's not gonna be like crazy different.

5:22

You know, of course he's gonna he's still young, so

5:25

he's gonna bring you know, a a a little new

5:27

energy. But it's kind of still the same. It's to me. You

5:29

know, the workouts are almost still the same. It's

5:31

not really gonna be much different. I mean, Girard's I

5:34

you would put him under the the Belichick tree

5:36

because he he was, you know, Belichick player, he coached

5:39

under Belichick. So it's kind of gonna be gonna be

5:41

the same thing. Defensive wise. You know, I don't officer

5:43

side, I don't get involved in that, but it's gonna

5:45

be the same to me, just a few different

5:47

things. You know, you got some younger coaches. You know, first

5:50

year defensive coordinator Demarcous Covert team, Uh,

5:52

Jerry Montgomery d line coach came from Green Bay.

5:54

So, I mean, you got a a couple of new guys, but for

5:56

the most part, it's pretty good. Prett to me, it's

5:58

gonna be the same. Do you think that Christian getting

6:01

his two deals sticking around here over the while? It was a you

6:03

know, I'm proud of him. It was it was great for him. You know, I let

6:05

him, you know, elaborate more on that. You know, Uh,

6:07

I'm sure you know it's uh big bank now it's

6:09

got big bank Christian balmore. So, Uh,

6:11

I'll let him speak on that. You know, he can speak on his situation.

6:14

But you know it's he Uh he deserve it. So

6:16

I'll I'll finish up with a non football

6:18

question, what are you gonna do? You mother? I

6:20

play? Uh, I'm actually uh,

6:23

i'm'a have a a brunch with the wife in

6:25

ah at Catch Steak and at

6:27

Catch in New York, and then I'll come back down to Boston

6:30

for off season program. But uh yeah,

6:32

just uh, i'm'a go home this week in Louisiana and

6:34

see my mom and uh catch a flight back and

6:37

have a brunch with the wife and uh yeah that's

6:39

about it. Being crazy thought I was buying

6:41

like a Lamborghini or something. Thanks

6:45

you guys.