Dan Koppen and Logan Mankins, Patriots OLs

On now patriots Friday here -- we're joined as we normally are by patriots offensive lineman Logan Mankins Dan -- Good afternoon -- afternoon there how are things out on the -- game practice field today guess we're in the big stadium today right there are goods.

Normal normal product. Sales down. For on this but the good week you know like you guys are are her five minutes to lake we just got off the phone talking with that Joey Porter. News repeat newscast victory again bitter and got this -- he asked for you culprit by names you know -- ankle one -- and but those demonstrators you know Joey Porter as you guys know me. He likes to run his mouth he likes to be provocative. What what did you guys that think of his comments about once again he brings up the taping of defensive signals we call spy gate. Not a spy gate that you guys took some championships away from what you think about Joey porter's comments -- Newsweek.

Yeah I know but it is. He's gonna say what he wants to and we just we don't listen to him too much we we're more worried with what he's doing on the field than what you've seen during the weeks of he's still a good players he's gonna cause problems every week in. What he says about what happened in the past it doesn't bother me I was new in here when -- I -- when he was didn't even the patriots in Pittsburgh so mature about it.

There's something that he brings to the -- from from both of your experiences going up against him as he. I can't imagine me quiets down on the field as he talked that much. Playing sometimes you know -- it's part of -- part of his game and you know who he is in. But one you don't want the one thing with that is -- goes so usually you know answers yet seventy apps that CO remotely games. You know he plays at a high level and you know plays hard he finishes plays and you know the gas you know wants to talk. -- he he goes on backs of a plot so you know really you know its its part of the game and as part of his game for sure so it's really not that meant that you do.

When anybody talks about the dolphins they always want talk about the offense in the wildcat you guys are more worried about the defense. Based on what you've seen what does the strength of the of the dolphins defense going into this game the for a seven.

You look at their dealer and they got a good deal linemen that play the run well and they're -- good to pass rushing. And then you get the Porter and Jason Taylor on the edge which is gonna they're great pass rushes Jason -- a future hall of Famer and -- really good so they're gonna causing a lot of problems now align middle linebackers are good against Iran also so. They're front sevens a strength of their defense and they do agreed to a.

it's interesting you look at their team. He just look at is superficially you say they're three and four. Of below average but he. Look amateur games and they've had some the past and tough luck and they've been very competitive men have the world's down and come back with some 22 point fourth quarter. And the ball for forty. 44 minutes against the colts we look at this team I mean -- record I know we always figure you are what your record says you are that's not necessarily the case with the dolphins as.

you mean you can't you really can't look at that no record of anybody yet take a look at what they do on the field in the -- You know like you said -- had a lot of close games. You know. You know. You know the ball bounces one way you know maybe there and it went in the game but you know -- three and -- the vision and divisions. So they've really played you know quality scheduled accord -- teams so. And they played on top so that it's a good football team it's a good football team on defense special teams offense. You know all the way around it. You know we got to be ready for battle.

If that's a weird time of possession games where they just dominate time of possession lose anyway yeah. Look at their schedule they play good teams in the head Indianapolis is undefeated in New Orleans is undefeated and they could easily won both those games that push the one moment just. The game got away from there in the end and they've the teams they've lost lost to a good teams in the the other teams they beat the should've beat him and they're they're playing good phobos to sit at a couple tough breaks and you got to play good if you going to be --

What you guys do with a -- The -- we what is. How does it help you if it helped you at all. You know it does you know especially when it comes to submit alert you know later in the season the answer. It's definitely better we career for. Eureka. -- three days off. Stuck around here. But you just have a chance to just relax and spent time with the family out to dinner a couple times it. Get your mind away from the stadium away from the game. Because you know from. Late July to. You know. February its its football. It's football 24/7 there's -- hardly appointment you're not thinking about what's going on what could happen you know this place so. That by week's important for you mentally just you recharge it you know physically you have some extent you don't have those.

That first -- back on the practice field after. Three straight days off a little rough and dragon or did you guys find that everybody slip back into a pretty quickly. The worst part is warm ups you breathe in. And how to get as serious -- in three days but it because they're pretty fest in. You if you please don't give back in your routine in that in the fuel things that this first couple you know feels comfortable needed. And did you find though that as the week went on. You kind of slip right back into where you work ten days ago yes it does -- feel that we had a Britain. The bodies either begin.

For training camp and its access figure -- That. Nobody remembers it was too long ago practice and you really get out of shape and three days. Just feels just feel like they're may -- may be used as a mental thing I just don't wanna do this right now yeah I read it. They're ready for the -- we.

Yeah. I know you guys are probably not involved in special teams of all I don't know if you guys play on any of the -- the man. Ted Ginn junior could scare the heck that you watch what he did a week or so ago -- those particularly. At either up --

Made you forget your fiftieth. -- start we might have excellence but -- those pretty amazing what he did last week in. If he does that to -- against us we're could be in a lot of -- also knock on -- this month and a half and.

When you look at the rest of this of the schedule and you guys angle and hand signals to open that -- it moves on which would which we were gone. I know you guys are so locked in on this week this week this week in you never look ahead. But it's hard not to get out -- feel it's your Conant the second half. Okay we're gonna do this now in the second half the season we get these road games we've got these -- games how do you make sure that the focuses on just Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. You really don't in your and you get serious now. --

I have no idea but I know this -- it to fallen. And that's how we got the focus right now is all the games we do have come and effort I'm sure against good teams so. With a really focus in each week on who we're playing that week in. When we come in the next Monday the -- are focusing on that week how many guys in the locker and he -- just like you don't even with the opponent is that we.

But. That's. When it comes out but. -- the Monday or Tuesday -- that's when you find out -- you play but I. And also word that some. Don't know. Here you know. You know sometimes -- really grow answer look at the schedule it is. Pretty.

It's impressive that if you can actually pull off. You talk about concentrating on this week you've got it down as fast as anybody ever received don't the next Leo. It's cooler. -- uses someone from the UC's. He's. The -- it out a lot not affiliated out of I don't wait till next went outside Libya's surprise for Elena. If somebody from -- he's out your. Which you can figure out honestly packets -- ultimately you have to go somewhere next we've got to leave this -- you know get this thing here next week that -- Which he'll worry about that another time we'll go like on Sunday and that like the rest of the way as you -- back now off the bye week. We'll talk to guys next week the market that is and open and Logan Mankins joining us on a patriots Friday here on Sports Radio WE yeah.