Here are five of the best moments from the podcast!
On joining the Patriots in 2008:
“The year prior they won every game but won the Super Bowl. So I wasn’t coming into an organization as a top-10 pick where it’s a whole overhaul. We had a bunch of leaders on the team. The team was loaded. For me to come in, it was more like, “Let me just learn from everyone else and not say anything else unless I have to.'”
On earning the respect of his teammates as a rookie:
“The reason I gained the respect of the players is because I would go in there when Bill was on the computer and ask, ‘The guys are tired, we don’t wanna be in pads today.” Now, I went to go in there because Bill’s a tough guy. For me, I was always raised that the worst thing someone can say to me is no, then go ask. So I would go in there, I would always joke around I was batting .300 at the time, batting .250. Because I would go in there and sometimes the request would be granted and there were other times he’d be like, ‘Hey,…