Patriots LB Jahlani Tavai joins! Are the players taking these losses seriously?

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Patriots LB Jahlani Tavai joins! Are the players taking these losses seriously? What was the mood in the locker room and flight back after the loss in Miami?

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00:00Hi, Jelani.

00:01Good morning.

00:02Happy Thanksgiving.

00:03Happy Thanksgiving to you.

00:04How are you doing?

00:05I'm good.

00:06I'm enjoying some family time right now, so it's pretty awesome.

00:07All right.

00:08Have you forgiven us for last week?

00:09I feel like Wiggy enraged you last week.

00:10Nah, we're all good.

00:11We're all good?

00:12It's all new week.

00:13All right.

00:14New week.

00:15Yeah.

00:16New week.

00:17Fresh start.

00:18We were just talking about football-related films.

00:19I would ask you to start what you think the best one is all time.

00:34Okay.

00:35I would say either Remember the Titans or Any Given Sunday.

00:46Both great.

00:47Yeah, both really good.

00:49It's tough to pick against Denzel Washington.

00:51It really is.

00:52But Any Given Sunday was good.

00:53Yeah.

00:54Al Pacino was-

00:55See, Al Pacino just, in general, he's a good actor, but he overdoes it.

00:59He's the same person in every single role, and it bothers me sometimes.

01:04Fun fact.

01:05When I was playing for the Jets, Pacino used to come to practice and watch Bill Parcells.

01:10He did?

01:11Yep.

01:12Really?

01:13Mm-hmm.

01:14You ever talk to him?

01:15No, no, no, no, no.

01:16Does he help get inspiration with the role?

01:19Well, Jelani, I want to get into some stuff here as you guys get ready for the Colts.

01:26Certainly an interesting back-and-forth.

01:28We had it with Gerard Mayo on this show on Monday about his comments post-game.

01:34David Andrews, we're going to hear from him later, yesterday stood up and said that, essentially,

01:40Bill used to say the same kind of thing that Gerard Mayo said.

01:43I just wanted to ask you, when you heard Gerard Mayo say that, basically, when these guys

01:50get out between the white lines, there's really nothing I can do to help them, is that kind

01:57of how you feel as a player?

02:00When it comes to penalties, or dare I bring up tackling, or this or that, that's really

02:05on you guys and not on your coaches?

02:09I truly didn't hear that first conference, so I didn't know about it.

02:14But, I mean, I don't feel any type of way.

02:18I mean, he's not wrong about his comments.

02:20It's not the coaches' plan, you know, their job is to prepare us and it's for us to be

02:27out there and, you know, make plays.

02:32So, yeah, but it is what it is.

02:37We're on to Indy, like, that's Miami conversation and we've been having a great approach for

02:46this week's practice starting yesterday and, yeah, so, yeah, I had no idea about that,

02:52so, I mean, but it doesn't really upset me or anything.

02:56Jelani, we had talked about, you know, the Miami, some of the in-game adjustments, Tyree,

03:03excuse me, Jalen Waddell's having a big game and so, you know, coaches on some of the halftime

03:08adjustments, do they allow the players the ability, especially the ones that kind of

03:14know the game, to give input throughout the game to maybe say, hey, we should go to this

03:20specific blitz or just change some of the things that might be happening on the field

03:25from a defensive standpoint?

03:26Tyree?

03:28Oh, yeah, we definitely talk as a unit on the side during games because, I mean, that's

03:34part of the game.

03:35It's not just you going out there and running a certain call, you know, we have to make

03:42sideline adjustments and I think that we made great halftime adjustments, it was just, you

03:49know, a little too little, a little too late, you know, so, yeah, but we're on to the next

03:56week.

03:57We got to coach this week, they got a strong quarterback and some wide receiver threats

04:04that we got to make sure we take care of this week and I think, like I said, we've been

04:08having a strong approach to Indy.

04:12Jelani, there's been a lot of discussion this week after reports came out after the Miami

04:16loss that inside the locker room, some guys were fooling around, laughing, smiling.

04:23As a leader in that locker room, do you feel like guys are taking these losses seriously

04:29and to heart and if not, what do you do to get everybody on the same page?

04:35No, everybody, trust me, everybody's taking it to heart.

04:42I mean, if you guys were on our plane ride back home, you would know how quiet it was

04:47but you can't just dwell and sit and, you know, and soak.

04:55You know, that's not going to be any fun if you're just in the locker room and it's quiet,

05:00everybody's upset, so, you know, our motto is always to change the page every time we

05:06come in on Wednesdays.

05:09So, it's good to see that the guys are energized and ready for the next week.

05:14Yeah, we're still pretty upset about what's going on.

05:18Jelani, I'm just curious as a guy that played for him and now the pervasive nature of Bill

05:22Belichick on TV and podcasts and everywhere, have you consumed any of Bill as an analyst

05:27and what do you think of it?

05:32I mean, it's interesting.

05:34I really don't watch a lot of TV like during the season because of how much we have to

05:39prepare for the games.

05:41But some of the segments that I've seen, I mean, he does a really good job.

05:47Do you think that this team would be in a better place today if he was still the head

05:51coach?

05:55You know, that's a team question.

05:57That's not a question for me, but I'm enjoying myself with Mayo and it is what it is.

06:06I got nothing but love for both Mayo and Bill.

06:10So, like I said, I'm loving my time here and we're going to figure it out.

06:16Jelani, one of the things that we always talk about week in and week out which a major,

06:21you know, to help teams win football games is the ability to get after the quarterback.

06:26You guys are playing against a good quarterback in the fact and Anthony Richardson who can

06:30run the football.

06:31How do you make sure you're disciplined but you're still able to put pressure on him and

06:37not allow him to get outside the pocket and make major plays with his legs?

06:44Our D-line got to eat, you know.

06:47Our D-line's got to get after the quarterback and not just get after him but rush a specific

06:52way.

06:53That way he doesn't, like you just said, get out the pocket.

06:57So, whether it's, you know, I'm not going to give away our game plan so Andy can hear

07:03this, but I think our D-line will do a great job on making sure that he stays in the pocket.

07:12Jelani, Jabril Pepper's back at practice yesterday.

07:14What does he bring to this team in a time of need?

07:19It brings energy, new juice and, you know, everybody knows how he plays so we're just

07:25excited to have him back on the field.

07:28All right, Jelani.

07:29Any spam on the table tomorrow in any form, a part of any of the dishes?

07:37Oh, I don't know yet.

07:39Yeah, we're deciding right now as we drive into the facility.

07:45Okay.

07:46I mean, your daughter's first Thanksgiving, maybe a little bit of the Gerber squash in

07:50a jar or something like that for her, I'm guessing.

07:53Greg has that now.

07:57No, not yet.

07:59Just mama's milk.

08:00Okay.

08:01All right.

08:01Well, enjoy it.

08:03It goes fast.

08:04That's the oldest man thing ever said, but it's true.

08:07So, enjoy it and a great week of getting ready for it and we appreciate you joining us as

08:17you do every week this morning.

08:18All right.

08:18Happy Thanksgiving.

08:20Appreciate you guys.

08:21Happy Thanksgiving, guys.

08:22All right.

08:22There you have it.

08:23Jelani Tavai and everything seems to have blown over.

08:27I think we're friends again.

08:28Yeah, we're good.

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