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You know, I always knew I'd be Tom Brady's teammate.

I figured I'd be a slot corner.

I'm very twitchy.

Let's bring him on. Tom Brady, the opener, Cowboys, Cleveland Browns. I always knew when I was Connecticut. I'm like, you know what, I should go down there, show Belichick my back paddle, but, you know, we're different kind of teammates. Let me start with that. That's an interesting one. So you... Wait, your football career? That's not real interesting.

So you exhale, you retire, you exhale.

And you probably gave yourself about four or five months, just kind of just take a deep breath.

I saw you slim down.

You probably weren't sore for the first time in 20 years.

And then you start prepping.

You sign with Fox.

What are you been doing to prepare for this opening broadcast for a year and a half?

Well, I've reached out to all the different people that I've met over the years of in media,

in sports, and got their take on kind of what the job entailed.

And then ultimately how the preparation goes during the week and then how do you be really good when you come on air and I've had a lot of time

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