The guys discuss leadership, the release of David Andrews, and which players could end up being captains in 2025
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1:20: David Andrews has been released. Hogan’s favorite David Andrews’ memory: “What did he mean to the locker room as a player and as a person?”
3:55: How the new guys — Spillane, Hollins, Moses — can fill that leadership void. “They’ll expect a lot from the younger players in the locker room.”
4;25: “It’s sad. … It’s tough to see all those guys move on, but that’s the business.”
5:05: “I understand the transitory nature of the National Football League. … But it just sucks. … It’s just sad. It’s unfortunate.”
5:48: There are two guys left in the New England locker room who have Super Bowl rings.
6:35: How does a guy go about assuming the role of leader when he joins a new team?
7:45: “You can’t come into an NFL locker room and be tentative and scared and afraid to speak up” if you want to be a leader. “It doesn’t work like that.”
9:45: Hogan: “As a young player, those are the guys I always looked to. … What is that guy doing that I’m not doing that I should be doing?”
10:45: On the Patriots leadership committee: “We all got together each week. ‘OK, what do we need to do better?’”
12:51: If you’re trying to build a successful culture, I don’t know how David Andrews doesn’t have a role in that. “[Andrews] deserved better.”
14:05: On Drake taking more of a leadership role than he did as a rookie.
14:35: This is a younger roster than we’ve seen in year’s past.
17:30: On the leadership committee with the Patriots. Was that an elected role? How did that work?
19:15: Hogan on the leadership committee: I could see something like that happening now in Foxborough.
21:12: On who are the favorites to be captains in 2025. Will it be Drake? “Time to grow up, kid. Let’s go, because you’re the franchise guy. Everyone knows it. … I need you to step up now and be the leader of this offense.”
22:15: Starting to forecast the captains for 2025. Could one of the new guys like Hollins or Moses be a captain?
24:45: Will Hollins’ unique leadership style lead to a training camp fight?
27:50: On the new deals for wide receivers in Cincinnati. How does Hogan feel about these contracts? “It’s crazy. It’s wild.”
29:15: How the Derek Stingley deal will impact a potential renegotiation with Gonzalez and the Patriots next offseason?
30:20: More captain talk.
31:00: On Edelman being in the middle of every training camp fight every year. “He didn’t care. … And Julian had a target on his back.”
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