Gresh & Fauria: Matthew Judon returns to practice (With Andy Hart)
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00:00Matthew Judon spoke after practice. Matthew Judon was on the field. Matthew Judon had a helmet.
00:04Matthew Judon was in team defense and taking part and then Matthew Judon said, will I play under my contract?
00:11Well, I guess I have to. I signed it. I don't really want to. I don't think it represents my value.
00:16Elliot Wolfe was like, all right, that's done, moving on.
00:18Well, he actually told us, you guys know who Matt Groh and Elliot Wolfe are. When they walk by, be reporters and go ask them.
00:24They make the decision. The ball's kind of in their court and
00:28you're right. That's good news from a Patriots perspective because it's like if I want to bump him up a little and think that's the
00:34right thing to do cap wise, team culture wise, I can. But he just said publicly, I signed it.
00:40I have to play on it. So he also said he didn't want to be traded. And they took care of him last year, too.
00:45That's got to be factored in. I believe that has to be factored in most definitely.
00:49I also think the injury has to be factored in and his age.
00:53I also wouldn't rule out personally for me if I were. How about we get to September?
00:58How about you show me? How about you go put some pressure on Joe Burrow and Cincy in week one and show me you still got it?
01:05And then you know what? I am open to adding to your contract.
01:09I'm open to working. Help me help you.
01:12You show me you're healthy and that'll put the ball in my court and give me a good reason to maybe bump you up and do that.
01:17I will say give you a little and then some incentive.
01:20I think the most interesting thing I saw was while Matthew Judon was talking about 30 yards to his right.
01:27My left in front of the friends and family tent was one Kendrick Bourne, who you guys know, has been lobbying to be a captain.
01:33He's a leader. He yelled, pay him.
01:37So for whatever it's worth, Matthew Judon has the support of his teammates and veteran teammates.
01:45And that doesn't surprise me because I don't know about you guys, but it seems like everybody likes Judon.
01:49Well, Bourne got paid too.
01:51Bourne got paid. He did say, Judon did say, I found interesting.
01:55You're looking around the league and you're looking around the team and you're seeing a lot of people get paid.
02:01And it's hard not to be, I think, jealous is one of the words he used.
02:06And like, you know, because this team has.
02:08I mean, Gresh, you've talked a lot about it. You don't have to roll your eyes.
02:11No, no, no. I'm laughing because someone should have followed up with, well, didn't you set the tone for that last year?