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00:00We are joined now by Hunter Henry of the New England Patriots. He's brought to you by Shaw's

00:04and Star Market, perfecting the art of fresh. Hunter Henry, how are we doing?

00:09Hey guys, doing good.

00:10What did you get to do with the time off this weekend? Anything good?

00:14Yeah, I actually ran out. I got out of town with my family, with the kids,

00:18and my wife. We ran up to Vermont, actually.

00:21Oh, wow!

00:22Day in and day out. Day and a half.

00:24Where about, you don't think...

00:25Quick one.

00:26Oh, I'm sorry. I'm from Vermont, so not to jump all over you.

00:29I got too excited.

00:30Yeah, where'd you go? You don't have to give up any big secrets, but where'd you go?

00:34We went to Stowe.

00:35Oh, lovely.

00:36So, my wife's been wanting to do that for four years, ever since we moved here.

00:42So, she finally decoupled us on the opportunity.

00:46How was the foilage?

00:48Yeah, it was nice. Yeah, it was kind of in the beginning, but it was nice.

00:52It was pretty up there, so it was a good weekend.

00:55Keith and I have talked about the leaf peeping. You kind of go, that's a red one.

00:58There's a yellow one.

00:59Not much there.

01:00Orange. Kind of gets old quick.

01:02Get away for a little bit, though.

01:05Yeah, absolutely.

01:07How is it going back to work today?

01:09You got to lick the wounds after Thursday night. How's that?

01:12Yeah, I mean, it's tough, obviously.

01:15It's not the way we wanted to play at all.

01:19It was a frustrating game and just didn't match,

01:24come out and match the energy that we needed to have come Thursday night.

01:28It was just all around a tough game in every aspect,

01:31and it's something, as somebody that's played a lot,

01:35every once in a while, you have to have it.

01:37You just got to turn the page.

01:38You got to learn from it.

01:39You got to bring some energy.

01:40You got to be ready to go next week,

01:41because they'll be ready to come this weekend.

01:44Yeah, is that something that, especially now, as you've been in the league longer,

01:48do you look to some of the young guys like,

01:50hey, it's one game.

01:51Obviously, you need to learn from it,

01:52but you don't want to beat yourself up over it.

01:54You don't want to watch it a million times.

01:56I feel like that could almost be a negative

01:58to sort of dwell on a game like that too much.

02:01Yeah, you can't dwell on it too much,

02:02but there's a lot to learn from it too.

02:05We did meet the challenge.

02:06We did step up in a lot of ways too,

02:09so you got to learn from it too.

02:11But yeah, you can't dwell too much on it

02:13because we got another team coming this weekend,

02:15and you got to be ready to go.

02:17Just quickly before moving on from that one,

02:19I mean, the Jets were all over you,

02:21all over Percet really in that game.

02:23I heard him say after the game,

02:25something to the effect of it was like,

02:26the Jets had all the answers defensively.

02:30Why were they, I guess, so locked in

02:34and so locked in on what you guys were doing,

02:36and how do you correct that specifically going forward

02:39against a team like San Francisco?

02:41Yeah, they were just, obviously,

02:43they had some really timely sacks,

02:45timely pressures.

02:47We're able to kind of get a soft balance.

02:50There was some drives when you really watch it.

02:52We were able to kind of,

02:53you know, after the first two drives,

02:56we were able to kind of get things going.

02:57There's just a play or two away from,

02:59you know, having a drive, being able to sustain one.

03:01We got to be better on third down.

03:04You know, you got to give credit to them though.

03:06I mean, they came out with a lot of energy.

03:07They were ready to go.

03:08It was their home opener.

03:10You know, big time game.

03:11They played really, really well.

03:12And you got to give credit to them too.

03:14I mean, they played a really, really good game.

03:16They got a lot of great players

03:18like we talked about last week.

03:19I mean, so they played a great game.

03:22We got to learn from it.

03:24What did you think of Drake May's debut?

03:27And, you know, also just from being in the huddle with him,

03:29what was his kind of, you know,

03:31composure level and things like that?

03:34Yeah, he was great.

03:36Obviously a tough spot to go in at the end,

03:37but it was a good experience for him.

03:40Felt like he handled it well.

03:42When you look at that operation at the tail end of the game,

03:45I know it sounds like Jacoby Brissett will get the start.

03:48Is that the kind of guy you feel like,

03:50you know, you'd have confidence in

03:52if and when he's ready to start a game?

03:56In Jacoby?

03:57No, I'm sorry.

03:58In Drake.

03:58The way he played on that final drive.

04:00Does that give you confidence

04:01for whenever he'd be under center?

04:03I mean, yeah.

04:04I mean, Drake's a very talented player.

04:06So obviously he didn't go that high for no reason.

04:10So he's a great player and he's learning a lot.

04:13And I think that was a very, you know,

04:15a lot of valuable experience

04:16just being able to get out there and get in the mix.

04:18What can you tell us, if anything, about San Francisco?

04:20Is that something you guys have even started?

04:22Is it still just kind of looking back on the Jets?

04:25Or are you on to that Niners defense?

04:28Yeah, we've kind of a little bit, but not a ton.

04:31You know, you don't want to do too much,

04:33but just a little bit, you know, just a little bit.

04:36But I mean, obviously everybody knows

04:38they're a good football team.

04:40Been a really good football team for years.

04:43You know, went to the Super Bowl last year.

04:44Got a ton of great football players.

04:48And a lot of guys have played together for a while too.

04:51So, and they've played a lot of big games

04:53and played a lot together.

04:55I mean, they're disruptive.

04:58It's going to be a tough challenge,

04:59especially going out there and playing on the West Coast.

05:02So we'll have to be ready to go.

05:03So Razorback's got a good win over Auburn on Saturday.

05:07And now you have this murderer's row

05:09of the rest of the schedule,

05:10including A&M and Tennessee the next couple of weeks.

05:15Yeah, we're not scaring anybody, man.

05:16Come on now.

05:18That's part of the SEC, man.

05:20You know what I mean?

05:21This is what it is, man.

05:23This is what you sign up for every year

05:24when you play in the SEC.

05:25So came back down from it.

05:28But you got to start with this week.

05:29I think we play, I think we play A&M this week, yeah.

05:32Yeah, A&M and then Tennessee.

05:33Will you have a bet with Mayo?

05:35Because Brissette had one with Tennessee and NC State.

05:39So I know Tennessee's pretty great.

05:40We'll see how this weekend goes first.

05:43And then let's not get ahead of ourselves, man.

05:45You know what I mean?

05:46Let's start with a one-on-one mentality.

05:48We're 1-0 in the SEC right now.

05:50So we're doing all right.

05:52We're doing all right.

05:52We're moving in the right direction.

05:54I'd be looking to duck Mayo on that Tennessee team, too.

05:58They look good.

05:58I'm curious, the tight end U is a thing throughout the NFL.

06:02I don't know if Kittle's going to play this week,

06:04but is that a guy you specifically

06:05seek out when you match up?

06:08Of course, all the tight ends on every team

06:11I try to chat with and just keep up with, man.

06:15It's a cool event that they've been able to do.

06:17I actually haven't been able to make it

06:18since the inaugural a couple years ago.

06:21But yeah, Kittle's a great dude.

06:23I mean, he's been great to be able to put all that stuff

06:28together with National Tight End Day

06:30and bring a lot of just awareness

06:31to a lot of good tight ends across the league.

06:33I mean, there's so many.

06:34So it's fun to keep up with guys

06:36and just watch them from afar.

06:37And then also when you compete against each other

06:40in a way on Sunday.

06:41Okay, he's Hunter Henry, Patriots tight end.

06:43Joins us on Patriots Monday here on WEEI.

06:45Hunter, we appreciate the time.

06:46Best of luck this week.

06:48All right, guys, appreciate it.

06:49Thanks, Hunter.

06:49Hunter Henry brought to you by Shaw's and Star Market,

06:52perfecting the art of fresh.

06:54Hasn't been there since the inaugural tight end U.

06:57Tight end U?

06:57I guess I didn't realize that.

06:58Yeah, you know what's funny?

07:00It's early in the season, but it does seem like,

07:02and I know this is very like a fantasy football thing.

07:04They're down.

07:04No, across the board.

07:05It's a down position, yeah.

07:07And I think part of that is Kittle's banged up

07:09and Travis Kelsey's washed.

07:11So that combination might be washed.

07:13It's kind of tough because Henry had one of the best weeks

07:16in week two when he kind of popped off.

07:18I know Dallas Goddard had a ton of yards yesterday.

07:20He had a great game, but the touchdowns are down.

07:23I was looking this up.

07:24I don't think any tight end has two touchdowns yet this year.

07:28You know, no one's gotten in the end zone more than once.

07:30Yeah.

07:31I mean, likely almost did week one against Kittle pits.

07:34Likely Cole commit.

07:35So there's a few guys have scored once.

07:37But yeah, overall, it seemed like we were about.

07:39We were entering a boom where every team had a big time pass

07:43catching tight end.

07:44And now it's kind of dipped a little bit.

07:45Yeah.

07:46We'll see.

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