### Offensive Tackle Morgan Moses
**Let's start with how the kids responded to that workout at 4:00?**
**MORGAN MOSES:** They know if I've got a workout they've got to pull their own pockets, too. It's part of being in the family business. I try to raise men at home. I didn't have that when I was growing up that much, so being able to give that to them is vital to my DNA. So being able to have boys and show them the way has always been in my DNA.
**Q: What is it about this opportunity that appealed to you?**
**MORGAN MOSES:** You know, obviously playing a lot of ball over the course of my career, going into year 12, obviously the historic -- the history of being a Patriot. And obviously, man, I know the question is coming about what was the pitch of coming here. But when you've got a guy like Coach Vrabel, you don't need a pitch. I know how it is to hold it back for our offensive line and D-linemen out there at practice when I'm holding my son's bags or I'm coaching his team, and it hurts when you don't got pads on. So for a guy like that to go out there and do that, and obviously he's won in multiple facets of his career, as a player and as a coach. When you've got a guy, a leader of men that's willing to step aside and put himself on the line for the betterment of the team, it's an easy decision.
**Q: Morgan, it's a very young room right now. I know there's still work that can be done to fill the room. You're the old guy, the veteran guy --**
**Q: How can you help those guys?**
**MORGAN MOSES:** You know, it's been part of my DNA. I had great vets when I came into the league as Trent Williams and guys like that, and one thing he always told me as a player coming up through this league, make sure you pass it down, and that's been a part of me.
Obviously last year I had Olu who was a first-round draft pick, young guy, and he played multiple positions for us last year. So being able to take him and obviously just not take him and show him the way, because obviously there's certain things that he's done in college that I didn't get to do because the game has evolved so much, you wind up learning yourself. That's the thing, is when you're competing, whether it's in any facet of life, when you're able to teach somebody and show them things and you're able to learn in that room, it makes everybody better because that guy behind you is getting better every day. So you can't be a complacent player and be that same person. You've got to show up every day and make yourself better. So when you have that mentality for a room, especially for an offensive line because we operate as one, five equals one, we never leave the field. Those are the two positions, quarterback and offensive line, we never leave the field. We're always on the field. We can't raise our hand and say, hey, Coach, we need a water break.
It's very important for us to be able to work together, not even on the field but off the field, as well, getting to know each other, dinners and things like that, because I truly believe if you don't know your brothers off the field, how can you go to battle with them on the field. So bringing that mentality as an older guy in the locker room and just bringing guys along and showing them the way is going to be a great deal for us.
**Q: Morgan, 11 NFL seasons. What has allowed you to stay healthy, to stay productive after 11 years?**
**MORGAN MOSES:** I would say the biggest thing is just not staying complacent, being able to come in and learn different techniques, being willing to learn different techniques. Obviously over my career I've had great coaches. I had Bill Callahan when I was young in the league and obviously he taught me a lot and obviously his name rings bells throughout the league as an offensive line, but also having veterans, man. Last year I was with Tyron Smith so I got to learn a lot of things from him, future Hall of Famer. I was with Trent Williams. I was with Donald. So when you get to take a little bit of knowledge from everybody else and mix it in your own mixing bowl and come out with your own recipe, that's what you get. You get longevity in the NFL and just being able to take care of your body, just knowing what you need. Not every time you can go in the weight room and throw 400 pounds on the bench and bench press. Some days you might need pilates. You might need yoga. You might need to sprinkle some things in. Just kind of just knowing your body and learning your own regimen, fine tuning things, but just being a professional every day coming in, even the days you don't want to come in, when you get down to the work, those are your best days, when you come in on those days and you're a little sore and you don't feel like practicing but you've got a guy like Milton that's not going to slow down because he's still hungry so he's going to challenge you every day, so that's what you want in those trenches. Like CD said, iron sharpens iron, and that's what we're building here. We're just not building a team, we're building a brotherhood.
**Q: You talked about your regimen from specific diet and training standpoint, can you give us some detail about what's allowed you to keep playing at a high level at 34?**
**MORGAN MOSES:** You know, obviously being in the trenches, you're always going to get banged up. Last year I dealt with a knee injury from week 3 on, and just sleeping in the hyperbaric chamber, getting up early mornings 5:00 to go into the facility to make sure the trainer sees you doing your thing. Obviously not every day you're going to feel well to be able to do everything, so watching that tape and obviously being a guy that's going into year 12 I've never been scared to ask a younger guy, Coach, what can I do better. Every day just coming in with something to get -- everybody thinks this jump to the NFL you've got to go from A to Z right here, but I want to go from A to B and then go to Z. As long as I stay at A, it doesn't matter. As much time as I stay at A, as long as I know when I leave A that I've completed that and I don't have to go backwards, I know I'm in the right steps. It's really just one inch at a time, just taking time, learning ball, and obviously we've got a young talented quarterback back there, so being able to pick his brain, understand him, understand what he sees on the field so I can be better in my approach and blocking for him, and obviously being in the league for a while, I've seen a lot of things. Obviously defenses, they all run the same defense, it's just different personnel. You're never going to be two in the same gap, so just being able to share that knowledge and football IQ with him to help raise his game is going to make us a lot better.
**Q: Morgan, how important is it to this collective group of free agents to kind of, as a group, instill a culture and a sense of urgency, I guess? Mike came here in 2001 as part of a free agent group from a team that wasn't that good the year before, and then things really flipped because a lot of the guys who were brought in worked together it seemed in helping to instill a culture. Do you guys take that collective responsibility?**
**MORGAN MOSES:** You know, you don't need a miracle to win football games. You just need the right people in the building. Obviously with Coach Vrabel here, we've got the right people. Our owner is an amazing owner, and then obviously we've got the right people here. CD won a Super Bowl; Milton just won a Super Bowl. They're going to bring knowledge of the game on how to bring longevity through those weeks of week 18, 19, 20 when it hurts, when people want to tap out, how to keep going. It's important for us to be able to learn from one another, and everybody has different qualities. Robert, he told -- eight years in the league as a free agent without a tryout, and he comes in here and now he's 140 tackles two years in a row. That doesn't happen overnight. That's preparation. That's dawg. That's brotherhood. That's mentality. That's somebody that comes in the building every day to learn. So guys are going to get around these guys and we're going to talk football, we're going to talk IQ, we're going to talk brotherhood, we're going to learn about each other on the field and off the field, so when we get on the field, nothing that comes at us -- no adversity that touches us on the field is going to be able to break us, because we're going to have an unbelievable bond. So when we run out of that tunnel on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays, you're going to see something different. You're going to feel something different because we're going to go out there as one unit and we're going to play football together.
### Linebacker Robert Spillane
**Q: Your growth the last two years as a player, what do you attribute that to?**
**ROBERT SPILLANE:** I always say it doesn't happen by accident. It doesn't happen overnight. This has been years in the making, years of intentional actions throughout every day, living my life a certain way to try to get to where I am right now.
**Q: Robert, what was it about playing with Mike Vrabel that made this an appealing spot for you?**
**ROBERT SPILLANE:** I've known Coach Vrabel from a young age, from high school when he was a recruiter at Ohio State. I always admired his playing career and his coaching career.
When you get around a guy like Coach Vrabel, you really feel that intensity, you feel that passion. I like to say I fall into that same boat of intensity and passion and heart. I've gotten along with him great in Tennessee, and I can't wait to continue to form that relationship.
**Q: Looking at your tape, one thing that jumps out is the fact that you are always getting your hands on passes. What goes into your preparation process and what do you attribute to being able to make so many plays like that on the field?**
**ROBERT SPILLANE:** Yeah, quite a few different things. One of the things I study on the field is spatial awareness, so I like to know where I am on the field without having to open my eyes. So I do a lot of eyes-closed training to be better spatially aware of where I'm going without having to look. I attribute the ball skills to playing offense, growing up as an offensive player, a running back, a receiver, always playing catch every single day. You'll see me out at practice 20, 30 minutes early just because I love getting my hands on the football. That's how you're going to essentially change the outcome of the games. Getting interceptions, forcing the ball out, getting PBUs, TFLs, giving guys a chance, like CD, to go make plays on third and long. I pride myself on that.
**Q: Where do you want Patriots fans to know what they can expect from you as a player and as a person?**
**ROBERT SPILLANE:** Yeah, I want the Patriot Nation to know I'm going to pour my heart into this city, into this community, into this team. I care deeply about what I do. I bring passion and heart everywhere I go. I'm just so excited to get my feet in the building, get started, get to know the guys. Before guys want to hear what you have to say, you've got to make sure they feel like you care for them. So I want to make sure that my teammates know that I'm not here trying to get them, I just want what's best for them at the end of the day. So I'm going to pour my heart into my teammates.
**Q: You probably heard Coach Vrabel mention when you got a spot on the Titans' roster in 2018, and I imagine this contract that you just signed probably life changing in a different way. Just putting those two things together, how would you describe your emotions?**
**ROBERT SPILLANE:** Yeah, what Coach Vrabel said, I got hired on in 2018 on Mother's Day and I got to call my mom in tears saying I'm going to be a professional football player. Today it's her birthday, so I'm signing the contract on her birthday. She's a very important special woman in my life, and I just want to make her proud.
### Defensive Tackle Milton Williams
**Q: The report was you're close to signing with Carolina. You're here now. Can you take us through the emotions of that? Did you think you were about to sign a piece of paper to be a Carolina Panther?**
**MILTON WILLIAMS:** You know, it was a fast process. My agent was telling me teams were interested. Once the number got to a certain point, a lot of teams dropped out, and the Patriots were the one that wanted me the most. I made it a priority to come here, they made me a priority, and they value what he bring to the table as far as being a versatile player on the D line, a leader, a hard worker. And yeah, they believed in me. I'm going to try to give it back to them as much as I can.
**Q: Milton, what's the most important thing that you learned over the course of your career in Philadelphia, and how do you plan on kind of putting it to use moving forward?**
**MILTON WILLIAMS:** Hard work will never betray you in anything. You put your head down and work at something, you're going to end up being successful at it. Throughout my life, everything I've gotten has not been a handout. I had to go above and beyond all expectations to get everything that I've earned to this point. I'm just blessed to be here, blessed to have the opportunity to represent such a winning organization. You feel it once you come through these doors. The standard that Mr. Kraft and Coach Vrabel, that they set, you feel that. I just want to continue to do that and build this team up to bring more championships.
**Q: I was just curious, you're a part of Patriots' history having signed the biggest contract in franchise history. What does that mean to have an organization respect you in that way to want to reward you with something so big and history making?**
**MILTON WILLIAMS:** Yeah, that's a blessing, man. I just won the Super Bowl a couple weeks ago, so I thought that was the biggest day of my life, but this is probably going to jump that for sure, being the highest average salary or whatever, however you want to call it. That's big, man. Like I said, they believed in me. Obviously they studied me as a player and as a person. They know what I bring to the table, physicality, toughness, determination, and I thrive on people telling me I can't do something. Bring it on.
**Q: Coach Vrabel was talking about wanting to play you more than you played in Philadelphia. How do you feel about that, and is that exciting for you?**
**MILTON WILLIAMS:** Definitely. The more you're out there, the more opportunity you've got to make plays. I pride myself on being productive on wherever I line up on the defensive line, and I'm going to bring that here.
**Q: You broke out last year as a pass rusher but have also done some dirty work as a run defender. How important is it to you to be a well-rounded player, and what goes into that process of being that well-rounded figure?**
**MILTON WILLIAMS:** I just want to be known as doing it all, versatile, Swiss Army knife, like I said, line up anywhere and be productive from any spot, run, pass. If I've got to drop in coverage, I feel like I can do that. Wherever they need me to be, whatever they need me to do, I'm ready for the challenge. What goes into that is just, like I said, hard work, obviously with great coaches. He played this game a long time, now he's coaching, so I'm going to be picking his brain a lot. Coach T, and then the players here. Find the vets, pick their brain. I did a lot of that in Philadelphia with Brandon Graham, Javon Hargrave, Josh Sweat, Derek Barnett. These guys, they took me under their wing, taught me how to take care of my body, and just going to practice and getting better every single day, and that leads to winning games and winning playoff games and Super Bowls. That's all I know.
**If you are asked to play more snaps, how will you try to maintain the level that you showed in Philadelphia while still being on the field a little bit more?**
**MILTON WILLIAMS:** Putting in work. Putting in work. Plain and simple. Extra work. Asking the coaches whatever I need to do to make sure I'm available for every game, like you said, Sunday, Monday, Thursday. I want to be out there. I want to be out there representing my teammates, this organization. Yeah, I ain't going to leave no stone unturned when it comes to preparing, being healthy, being in the best shape that I can be in, and being out there and being productive.
**Milton, you're just coming off winning a Super Bowl, your first. During that ride, what did you learn about what it takes to win a Super Bowl?**
**MILTON WILLIAMS:** Resilience, togetherness, what Coach Sirianni used to say, you can't be great without the greatness of others, and knowing that this is a team game, it's not about any individual, and just being together as one. Like he was, like Moses was saying, just having that brotherhood and building that bond off the field, I feel like that carries on on to the field. You go out there and you play for one another even harder once you get to know them and get to know their families and why they do what they do. Yeah, I learned a lot in Philadelphia, from coaches, players. Yeah, obviously they've been a winning organization, so coming over here, it's probably going to be the same thing.