Ted Johnson here with Patriots middle linebacker Robert Spillane.

Thanks for taking a few minutes with me.

Thanks for having me.

You bet, buddy. It was fun watching the last couple of days.

How do you think Midecamp went for you guys?

Every day we come out here trying to get 1% better.

Come out here with intentional actions just to focus on little minor details of our game individually and collectively come together as a team.

And I'm just so proud of not only the linebacker unit, but the defense as a whole, the team as a whole.

I felt like I'm new out here, but it feels like family already, so I'm excited to see where this could lead to.

I love that. The energy, just watching you guys, it just felt like the compete level was very, very high at all three levels.

Talk about your defensive line. You got Milton Williams there, you got Barmore, Kian. You got some Haasas up there.

Are you excited to play with those guys?

I'm very excited to play behind those guys. Those are big, strong dudes who know how to play both the run and the pass.

I'm going to tell them all year, go be great, go make plays.

I'm five yards behind you to make you right.

So that's one thing I harp on my D-Lineman.

There's nothing wrong.

If you're playing fast and playing hard, I have the time and distance to make you right.

Love that. The cornerbacks you got, you have some elite corners. Chris, yeah, Chris Gonzalez had a nice interception.

One-handed? Yeah, how about that? Unbelievable. I mean, that lets you guys do some more creative stuff in your blitzing if you want to do that knowing you got

Carlton and Christian out there right when you got corners and safeties in the back end it

opens the playbook to do whatever you please so I'm excited to play with two shutdown

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