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00:00It's Patriots Monday.

00:00We're live at Gillette Stadium.

00:02And we're joined right now by Christian Gonzalez

00:05of the New England Patriots.

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00:15Christian Gonzalez, how we doing this week?

00:16I'm good.

00:16How are you?

00:17We're doing well.

00:18We know yesterday, probably a tough one for the team.

00:22Individually for you, though, pretty strong performance.

00:24How do you feel about your level of play through five weeks?

00:27I mean, I feel like it's been all right.

00:29I feel like there's plays I left out there that I want to make.

00:34But I mean, it's more than about me.

00:36It's about the team.

00:37So I mean, it's tough.

00:39But we're going to get it fixed.

00:43Made a play yesterday, though.

00:44Take us through that.

00:45Was that just reading the eyes of the quarterback?

00:46You got a good jump on that?

00:48Take us through it.

00:48Yeah, yeah.

00:49So I mean, we got a good call from the defensive coordinator

00:54that allowed me to be able to jump around and make a play.

00:57So just felt it all going away.

01:00And when you're at a corner, you got

01:03to know who's in front of you, what type of routes they run.

01:08Down the distance, all of that plays a fact into it.

01:11And like I said, I felt the flow go away.

01:13So if the flow goes away, usually somebody's coming back.

01:16So I was able to make a play.

01:18You've, and we've detailed this before,

01:20but you've gone against a lot of top receivers

01:22already in the first five weeks of the year.

01:24You start with guys like Chase and Metcalf.

01:27You get Garrett Wilson.

01:27Yesterday, it's Tyreek Hill.

01:31Who's the toughest match-up, stylistically?

01:32Who's a tougher match-up for you?

01:39I mean, they all bring different things to the table.

01:41I mean, they've all been, everybody

01:43I've faced this whole year has been a challenge,

01:46and it's been a fun challenge.

01:51Tyreek, he changes the game.

01:53He's a, he got a whole different level of speed out there.

01:56So you feel it.

02:00I mean, they've all been real good,

02:02and I've had a lot of fun guarding them.

02:04What was the confidence yesterday?

02:06It seemed like you guys were doing a great job stopping

02:07the pass, but then Miami kind of flipped it

02:09in the second half and started to run the ball a lot more.

02:12Yeah, I mean, they came out with a game plan

02:15and executed better than we did.

02:17So I mean, it's kind of, it just goes down to that.

02:22So I mean, we just got to get that fixed.

02:23Talking to Christian Gonzalez, cornerback

02:25for the New England Patriots here on Jones and Keefe,

02:27Patriots Monday at Gillette Stadium.

02:29Jarrod Mayo highlighted yesterday, defense did its job.

02:32Special teams did its job.

02:34We need more out of the offense.

02:36Would you agree with that assessment through five weeks?

02:39I mean, I'll leave that up to him.

02:40I'm not a, you know, a head coach.

02:44I can't say who needs to do better, who needs to do this.

02:47I mean, there was plays that as a defense,

02:49we left out there.

02:50So I mean, that's my take on it.

02:53So last week, Devon Godshall was on with us

02:55and he was saying how guys defensively

02:58were playing kind of selfishly.

03:00This is going back to the 49er game

03:01and maybe even games prior to that,

03:04but he wanted it out there.

03:05He said, you know, talk to the team about it.

03:07Do you agree with that assessment

03:09that maybe some guys just defensively

03:10were maybe going outside of the scheme a little bit?

03:14And if so, do you feel better about it

03:16after yesterday's game?

03:18Yeah, I mean, I feel good about it.

03:20I don't really think,

03:21I feel like it's taken in the wrong term.

03:24I mean, when you hear selfish, you think,

03:26okay, somebody's planning to make plays.

03:29It was more so, you know, sometimes

03:33like they're not doing their exact jobs.

03:37I mean, it wasn't like it was selfish.

03:38It was just, it was, that's the way it,

03:41like, I don't know how to describe it,

03:43but it wasn't like selfish in a bad way.

03:46Have you guys had your squad meeting yet?

03:49No, we haven't.

03:49No squad meeting yet?

03:51When is that?

03:52Can we get an idea when that is?

03:53Like, well, roughly what time of the day

03:54is that going to be?

03:55I think it's like noon, 12.

03:57Noon or 12.

03:58Okay, well, if there's,

03:59are you expecting any big announcements today

04:01in the squad meeting?

04:03I don't know.

04:03I ain't the coach, so we're going to see what happens.

04:06Are you guys wearing the throwback uniforms this Sunday?

04:09Are you wearing the reds?

04:09Yeah, we are.

04:10This week?

04:11You like those better?

04:12You can be honest.

04:13I like them.

04:14They're a lot better, right?

04:14Yeah, it's a change up.

04:15I like them.

04:16All right, good.

04:17I like them a lot better.

04:18Now, Jones mentioned all the receivers

04:19you've gone up against.

04:20Is that the same thing again?

04:20I feel like it's every single week in the NFL.

04:22I know Nico Collins got banged up yesterday,

04:24but between him and Steph Diggs, Texans,

04:27another team that,

04:28and a great quarterback throwing the ball,

04:30so big challenge coming up on Sunday.

04:31Oh, yes.

04:32It's a big challenge.

04:34They got explosive offense,

04:35and, you know, we're excited.

04:38You know, we're always up for the challenge

04:40and ready to get to it.

04:42What do you, same draft class as CJ Stroud.

04:44What do you know about CJ Stroud?

04:45Yeah, I mean, he's an amazing competitor,

04:49amazing guy.

04:50You know, we've talked.

04:53I mean, he's the ultimate competitor.

04:55He goes out there with his team.

04:56You know, he's a leader,

04:59and he's a great quarterback.

05:00He makes great throws, great reads.

05:03I mean, it'll be fun to go out there and play against him.

05:05You've been keeping up with your Oregon Ducks each week?

05:08Yeah, we got a big one this week.

05:09I was gonna say Ohio State this week, right?

05:11Yeah, we got a big one,

05:12so hopefully they can pull it off.

05:15I mean, the Big Ten is certainly an interesting animal

05:18that we'll see this year.

05:20Well, okay, you guys are one and four.

05:22You got a big game this weekend.

05:23Maybe, perhaps, some changes coming for the organization.

05:27Best of luck this weekend.

05:28Best of luck for the rest of the season,

05:29and thanks for stopping by, Christian Gonzalez.

05:31Appreciate you.

05:33All right, Christian Gonzalez joining us here

05:34on Jones and Keefe as all our guests,

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