But a little bit, you watched any of the Patriots this year? You got any thoughts? There's a lot of, I'm sure you can imagine the media up here is ready to just sell the team and move on, it seems like.

No, you know, yeah, definitely have a lot of thoughts.

I mean, the first game, you know, playing a great Seattle team, uh, and you guys know by playing, you know, the first three games is kind of like, you know, it's kind of like the carwash.

You don't really know what you're going to get.

There's no film on the, on the season yet.

Uh, you don't know, you know, what, what tendencies the other teams have.

Uh, and so anything can happen really those first three games.

How's that going? What else you got going on?

But a little bit, you watched any of the Patriots this year? You got any thoughts? There's a lot of, I'm sure you can imagine the media up here is ready to just sell the team and move on, it seems like.

No, you know, yeah, definitely have a lot of thoughts.

I mean, the first game, you know, playing a great Seattle team, uh, and you guys know by playing, you know, the first three games is kind of like, you know, it's kind of like the carwash.

You don't really know what you're going to get.

There's no film on the, on the season yet.

Uh, you don't know, you know, what, what tendencies the other teams have.

Uh, and so anything can happen really those first three games.

How's that going? What else you got going on?

I probably held the play before.

But yeah, that, that game was, uh, was awesome for me and my family.

I knew contractually that was, it was probably gonna be my last game at Gillette.

Uh, so I, I mean, I remember just being in the third quarter just getting super emotional and, and, you know, as the clock was winding down.

It was kind of a hectic game, as you know.

We were down.

Uh, you know, we had to, we had to make a little comeback there at the end.

... is ready to just, you know, sell the team and move on it seems like.

Like, is there a difference, or is it just one of those, like, eh, it's just a, you know, a combination of things, and it's all maybe just a long-term coincidence?

Yeah, I mean, you like to see, you know, some continuity and, and consistency in, in, you know, whether it's the head coach or the quarterback.

And, and, and, and, and as soon as you can get those pillars in place, you can build guys around, build a culture, and, and guys, you know, start to buy in.

The, the best thing about playing in New England was that, you know, Coach Belichick could put on old film of Troy Brown and Wes Welker, and there was so much continuity within the organization, starting from Mr. Kraft to, to Bill and then Tom.

And when we got here, we was just kind of plug and play.

Um, and, and, and you don't see that a lot in the NFL.

I mean, there's, there's so much changeover, so much turnover, whether it's players get injured, coaches get fired, and it, and it's hard to build, uh, a program.

What kind of tangible changes or improvements should we expect to see from a guy who had as much success as he had last year at a, at a young age?

What's wrong with the organization [laughs] man? From somebody who's been in it and somebody who's been, you know, in more successful places, like, is there a difference? Or is it just one of those, like, eh, it's just a, you know, a combination of things, and it's all maybe just a long-term coincidence?

Yeah, I mean, you like to see, you know, some continuity and, and consistency in, in, you know, whether it's the head coach or the quarterback.

And, and, and, and as, as soon as you can get those pillars in place, you can build guys around, build a culture and, and guys, you know, start to buy in.

The, the best thing about playing in New England was that, you know, Coach Belichick could put on old film of Troy Brown and Wes Welker, and there was so much continuity within the organization, starting from Mr. Kraft to, to Bill and then Tom.

And when we got here, we was just kind of plug and play.

Um, and, and you don't see that a lot in the NFL.

I mean, there's, there's so much changeover, so much turnover, whether it's players get injured, coaches get fired, and it, and it's hard to build a, a program.

What kind of tangible changes or improvements should we expect to see from a guy who had as much success as he had last year at a, at a young age?

H- how was he in high school?

He's...

Dude, he was crazy.

He played running back, actually, and they tried to get him the ball on every play.

And, um, you know, I remember I was a ball boy when he was at Nimitz High School, when he was, uh, a senior there.

And, and just getting to watch him go through Texas A&M, played running back there.

They tried to get him the ball on every play, you know, and then he'd punt return, kick return in, in college as well.

[laughs]

I, I'll give you, uh-

I mean, yeah, I mean, it's, it's...

Listen, anything can happen in any game, man.

I've, I've, I played on good teams where we play crappy teams and, and we get beat.

If you don't show up and show out, then, then anything can happen any Sunday.

So, um, we'll see how it goes.

You know, I, I got belief in, uh, Pats Nation, though, so-

Can, can you walk me through it so I can clip it?

... one cool thing of each of those stadiums.

I mean, Tex- there's nothing like the old school Texas Stadium.

You see highlights of Emma Smith, Troy Aikman, uh, you know, Dion, back in the day, making plays.

They, they hung a couple banners up in there too.

So, the, the tradition in, in Texas Stadium, it- it's, it's a mecca for high school football championship games.

Uh, a bunch of bowl games used to come through there.

And, and you could f- you walk into that stadium and you could feel t- the tradition.

Yeah.

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(laughs)(cheering) Ah.

(cheering)

I'm sorry.

Jules, why's that, buddy? I been on your show five times.

Five times I've been on Games with Names.

But I know why I can't be his co-host on Games with Names.

Why, Jules? Why can't I be your co-host?

(laughs)

... pick- w- picking up my ping pong paddle, thinking he's the shit." And I rem- and, and it took us, like, two days to kind of warm up to each other.

I was like, "Hey, Julian.

How you doing? Nice to meet you.

I've seen a lot of your film.

You know, you're a great player.

We should hang out."

Favorite story of our time in New England? What's your favorite story of our time that...

Walk us through the, the pass, beat by beat.

Well, we gotta start by, uh, the full season.

I real- I think we never...

We practiced it a couple, maybe three times, whether it be in a walkthrough or-

Check out of it, went to the slant.

... run a slant backside with, uh, JoJo Lofellu took it to the house, actually.

But because they gave us a man look, we couldn't run it, so it got called off and then we didn't see it again until...

I think we ran it in a walkthrough and we missed it in the walkthrough.

... stressed out, like, "I'm not even sure I'm making this team." Or...

Well, funny s- funny story, dude.

I, so I was getting ready for the, I was, I had just gr- I had just, you know, finished my senior year in college.

I, I was in, my brother lived in Dallas at the time.

I went from Lubbock, Texas, where Texas Tech is, to Dallas to play in a flag football game.

And Troy Aikman was there and Roger Staubach's kid was there.

And we were pl- we were just at SMU just throwing the ball around, and, and I remember we, we were doing, like, some, you know, like three on three, four on four type stuff, and I ran a post.

Of many.