It's time now for another episode of Pat's From the Past podcast where we travel down memory lane with the former Patriot Great.

And who better to join us today than number 32, C.J. Craig James, one of the O.G. member of the Pony Express, right, along with Eric Dickerson?

Absolutely. Which we're going to talk about because how can you talk to Craig James without talking about that before his Patriots career?

Anything that gets me back to high school, Matt. We're going to talk about it. know, I walk in this stadium, and I'm cracking up because I'm back in the 80s, right?

And when I walked up to Sullivan Stadium, you know, we didn't have no film room like this.

Right.

Wouldn't even a thought back then.

Right.

But, Craig, you said you were here last June.

Explain that.

Why were you here for Tom Brady Day. Well, I got to get the invitation to come in for the Brady celebration,

which was just remarkable. But I wanted to see Dante Scarnacia. Because Scar and I, we were back together at SMU. He was here when I was playing for the Patriots. He was, you know, like a legend.

He's been here since before Billy Sullivan bought the team, right? Scar is just one of those

legendary guys, and I got a chance to speak with him and see him.

But what a great night that was.

I was so proud to be an alum.

What a privilege to be a part of the Patriots organization.

I sent a handwritten note to Mr. Kraft and just said, man, what an awesome night and a display of the fans.

The fans here in New England showed off last year in June.

Absolutely. Yeah, we were really

happy with the way that whole night because a lot of people in the organization had a lot of thing,

a lot, you know, a lot to do with that. So we felt like that was a really strong night for the

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