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00:00We're joined now by another member of the New England Patriots, Devon Godchow, Patriots defensive lineman, joins us here.

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00:15Devon Godchow, how are we doing this week?

00:17Doing good, how about you, sir?

00:19We're doing well. We know it was another tough result for you guys yesterday, 1-4 now.

00:25We heard Jarrod Mayo come out after the game and say defense did their job, special teams did their job.

00:30We need a little more out of the offense.

00:32Would you agree with that assessment?

00:35I mean, as the head coach said, I mean, yeah, I definitely agree with it.

00:41You know, I thought the defense probably could have held the last drive, you know, from the touchdown.

00:45It was tough, you know, it was a few, I think, 17 plays.

00:49Special teams have been doing good for, like, the last three weeks, probably the beginning of the season.

00:54Yeah, defense probably just, like, if we can, like, clean up, like, the last drive.

00:59But we were able to get the ball back to the offense.

01:01You know, we stopped them in a four-minute situation.

01:03We were able to get the ball back to them and, you know, got some points on the board.

01:07Just, you know, got to find a way to finish these games, man, because, you know, same results each and every week.

01:12You know, so close, but, you know, at the end of the day, it was awesome.

01:15You know, last week you were telling us how you thought some of the guys on defense were playing a little selfishly.

01:22That obviously got addressed.

01:23Do you feel like it was different and changes were made for yesterday?

01:27Yeah, it was big, big changes, big results.

01:30You know, we played as good defense yesterday, but not good enough to win.

01:33You know, we still came up short.

01:35But, yeah, definitely, you know, a lot of guys was locked in, doing their part.

01:39But we contained the quarterback pretty good.

01:41You know, that was a really good game plan.

01:43We looked at quarterbacking early.

01:45Sunday, we cut down the passing game for the most part.

01:47You know, got some little leakage in the run game, you know,

01:49but at the end of the day, they only scored 15 points.

01:51So that's the angle, like, you know, they was running the ball, you know, sometimes successfully.

01:55But that's the angle, like, they put up 40 points.

01:57They put up 15 points.

01:59Why do you think the message landed this week when it didn't in the past?

02:02Were there any extra steps you took to make sure that message landed this week?

02:08Yeah, just kind of like being a voice.

02:10You know, I'm normally, you know, not like a big speaker.

02:12I'm normally, like, you know, lead more with my actions.

02:15But I think just kind of like stepping up and just kind of speaking to the team

02:18and just, you know, just kind of, you know, thinking of some things we can get right.

02:21Just trying to, you know, win the division game,

02:23which was yesterday against Miami that we fell short on.

02:25But just, you know, just taking accountability, you know.

02:28We all, you know, we all just, you know, need to do more and do better, you know,

02:31because, you know, we're not getting the results that, you know, we're like, you know.

02:34So I guess it's just going to start another week of preparation and, you know,

02:38start on what's going to start today with, you know, we're doing the field

02:42and getting better from it and, you know, starting back on Wednesday,

02:45getting ready for Houston, who's, you know, red hot right now.

02:48Yeah, take it on the Houston Texans next week.

02:51But first, just with the Miami game, did you guys feel as though, you know, you'd made –

02:57it seemed like you stopped them passing the ball.

03:00You even had a great pass deflection in there.

03:02But then they decided to run it.

03:04And I'm with you.

03:05They didn't score a ton of points.

03:06But was there, you know, more kind of urgency to get off the field considering, you know,

03:12they were able to still run for close to 200 yards on the ground?

03:16Yeah.

03:17Well, I mean, you know, they schedule stuff up pretty good.

03:21You know, it's really all late.

03:23Coach Todd does run the ball.

03:24The passing was pretty much taken away.

03:26You know, make no excuse about it.

03:27You know, they had a – you know, they came in and, you know,

03:30pretty much the game was controlled by us all four quarters.

03:33You take the last, I guess, I think like 45 minutes of the fourth quarter away

03:37and, you know, I think we're – you know, it's a different result.

03:39You know, we just got to find a way to finish the game.

03:42Like I said, you know, we started off, you know, what the offense gave us 10 points.

03:45We started off, you know, dominating the game on defense.

03:47And, you know, I feel like we didn't have for the most of four quarters

03:50until like the last four minutes of the game.

03:52And, you know, they were able to sneak in a fullback dive and score.

03:56Yeah, I mean, there's really no excuse for it.

04:00You know, they scored.

04:02We lost the game.

04:03That's really all I can put it.

04:05You took 12 penalties as a team for 105 yards, and not to make excuses,

04:09but some of those penalties just didn't seem like great calls.

04:12And I'm always curious with defensive players what you guys are taught

04:16when it comes to hitting the quarterback.

04:18Because, you know, you can't hit them high.

04:20You can't hit them low.

04:21You can't land on them.

04:22Like how do you still get the quarterback down

04:24while also avoiding all of those things?

04:30You know, it's tough.

04:33Quarterback stuff is always tough because, you know,

04:36you think you're doing it right, but then you're doing it wrong.

04:39Pull the quarterback down to the ground,

04:40got to make sure there's no body weight on him,

04:42but you kind of risk an injury of yourself,

04:44tweaking the knee the wrong way, you know, trying to twist off a sack.

04:47You know, so it's kind of tough, man.

04:48Those rules are, you know, I'll leave those rules to the NFL to get fixed

04:54because they're kind of tough, especially when you got a 300-pounder

04:56coming in to get a sack.

04:58You know, you expect this guy not to, you know,

05:00get his body going down.

05:01It's tough, you know, so hopefully we can get those rules fixed.

05:05Talking to Patriots defensive lineman Devon Godchow

05:07here on Patriots Monday, Jones and Keefe,

05:09live at Gillette Stadium here on WEI.

05:12There was a report last week of the locker room teetering on a mutiny.

05:16A number of your teammates have shot that down.

05:18I don't know how you feel about that report.

05:20Yeah, I don't know where that comes from.

05:22That's false.

05:23Okay, so it's false.

05:24So how would you describe the mood in the locker room right now?

05:29You know, you're going to be disappointed after a loss.

05:31But, I mean, it's what you're going to do after.

05:33You know, I thought we took a better step forward from last week's

05:37half-time game, you know, a better step with Miami.

05:39And it's just got to get better and better.

05:41You know, we're not good enough to, you know,

05:44you're never good enough to relax.

05:46But we're definitely not good enough to just relax and just say, you know,

05:49we got all the answers and stuff like that, you know.

05:51We got to get better, you know.

05:52And it starts to impact you.

05:54It starts to, you know, taking accountability, you know,

05:56being honest with yourself, looking yourself in the mirror.

05:59And you just tell yourself what you can get better on, you know.

06:02I know this is a good football team, you know,

06:04but like I said, we just don't have the results to show that, you know.

06:07So it's easy for me to sit up here and say that.

06:09But, you know, we don't really have no actions to put towards me saying that,

06:12you know.

06:13So it's frustrating for us.

06:14But, you know, the work you put in, you know, you're going to pay off.

06:16But you're just not seeing those results right now.

06:19I'm not sure if you guys have had your squad meeting yet.

06:21But Gerard Mayo said today he was going to address the team in a squad meeting.

06:25As it relates to the quarterback, would you welcome a change at quarterback?

06:30That's whatever the coaches, you know, LA Wolf and those guys decide.

06:36You know, those guys get paid way more than my pay grade.

06:38So that's those guys' decisions, you know.

06:41They make those decisions.

06:42Whoever's at the quarterback, we're going to roll with them.

06:44Whether it's Jacoby or Drake, you know.

06:46Whoever's there, we're going to roll with them as our quarterback.

06:49So it really doesn't matter.

06:50Gerard's going to make that decision.

06:52I don't know, you know.

06:54He's going to make that as soon as he's ready, you know.

06:56So that's a question for Gerard for sure.

07:00Regardless of what the decision is, what has Drake May have been like going up

07:04against him in practice?

07:05I know he's been running with the ones a little bit,

07:07but also running some of the scout team stuff against you guys.

07:10So how has he looked over the last month at practice?

07:13You know, when you have a rookie like that, you know,

07:15you just want him to continue to grow and get better and learn, you know,

07:19because some of the great quarterbacks have started their rookie year.

07:24So when you have a guy like that behind Jacoby,

07:27behind our starting quarterback,

07:29you just want him to keep learning and have a positive attitude, you know.

07:32Just keep coming to work each and every day.

07:34And the results will come.

07:35The results will show.

07:36As long as you put the work in and put the effort in, the results will come.

07:38So you just kind of want to see him keep that positive level head

07:41and stay humble and just continue to be a learner and be a great follower.

07:47And the results will come.

07:48I'm trying to make out.

07:50I can hear some music going on in the back.

07:52What are you guys listening to?

07:53I don't know.

07:55I'm in the training room right now listening to like a little jam right now

07:57trying to get the positive vibes going around.

07:59Nice.

08:00Who is in charge?

08:01Who gets to be in charge of the music in the locker room?

08:04It's pretty much, you know, whoever wants to be in charge.

08:08You know, probably not a rookie,

08:09but it's pretty much a one-and-an-older veteran guy.

08:11Sometimes I play music.

08:12Sometimes Jawan Bentley.

08:14You know, it just depends, you know.

08:16We've got different guys.

08:17We're building an ox every now and then.

08:20Okay.

08:21Jawan Godchow, Patriots defensive lineman, joins us here on a Patriots Monday.

08:24Best of luck this week against the Texans, and we'll talk to you soon.

08:27Thank you so much.

08:28All right, Jawan Godchow.

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08:35You were in charge of some music at home, right?

08:36I was not.

08:37No, I tried to.

08:38Sometimes.

08:39We got pushed back pretty quickly.

08:41It's swiftly.

08:42Yeah, it was like sneak in a song.

08:43It was all, like, hate breed and, like, God of Lamb or Lamb of God.

08:46I mean, it was, like, all insane stuff, and nobody liked that.

08:49I thought that would be what the team would want to get ready.

08:51They're like, we're not playing this.

08:52No, we're not.

08:53This is not what we're doing here today.

08:54Two, three songs max, and then we're done.

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