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Tom, I don't recall seeing a worse way to lose than what happened to you guys yesterday with that miracle in Miami.

First of all, did you sleep last night?

Not much. Not much. That was a tough one for us to

fly home on. I don't think anyone slept well last night. Losing to them is always tough and

losing to them in Miami, which hasn't been our most favorable place to play. But, you know,

we felt like we had a great opportunity down there. And there was a handful of plays that really cost us the game. And, but, you know, we felt like we had a great opportunity down there, and there was a handful of plays that really cost us the game.

But there's certainly a lot of things we can do better.

We can learn from it.

I always think you can learn from losing, obviously, a lot more than learn from winning.

And we're in a decent position, and we've got our whole season ahead of us.

And, you know, we've got to go out and put together a great week and get back on track.

All right, more Brady with Gray.

And we'll just keep that question on the table, which is if every time Brady has a bad game

or throws a bad pass, we ask if he's getting old and the game's passing him by. Are you allowed to do the same thing with Bill Belichick when he has a moment like that on Sunday in Miami? Is a game, do you worry that the game is passing Bill Belichick by? I think that's a fair question. I think Bill's been good this year. I really do. I think Bill and the coaching staff has been great this year.

I think they have a very good year. But it's fair because when Brady looks that way, we say, huh, what's up with this? I don't think that the game is passing him by, but I think with age, especially around that age, I don't think of your folks. they get stubborn and they get dug into how they believe and they're not going to change.

And, you know, you get to 66 with everything that he's accomplished. that age, I don't think of your folks. They get stubborn and they get dug into how they believe

and they're not going to change and, you know, you get to 66 and with everything that he's accomplished, why would he want to deal with anyone that's going to maybe give him trouble even if it's a talented player? So no, I'm going to draft a guy. I know it's going to be more malleable. So those kind of things, I think ultimately end up biting him in the ass. So you scrape the bottom of the barrel for a player that you can bring in and just be like a, you know, a decent

enough linebacker rather than, you know, trying to bring in maybe one that's going to be a really good player. Maybe did they, all right, so in theory, did they maybe move on from Connie Ely too quick? I know he ended up, he's bounced around since he moved on for him, but they trade that third round pick for him, what, the last season?

And so they couldn't work with him in the training camp, and they get to the season.

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