Milton Williams joked about 2024 joint practice against patriots

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Joint practice showed an early example of Williams’ domain in the 2024 season.

By Hayden bird

March 14, 2025 | 10:46 am

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Milton Williams enjoyed his only other trip to New England: As part of their introduction to the Patriots after officially signing their Four years of $ 104 millionMilton Williams defensive Tackle stopped in the team “Patriots without filter” podcast.

Among a large number of themes covered during the interview, Williams, who played with the Super Bowl winning eagles in 2024, was finally asked if he was familiar with the area, or if he had ever visited New England before his recent free agent experience.

“We practice against you before the season last year,” said Williams, remembering his successful time with Philadelphia.

The theme was quickly diverged in the subject of the joint practice of the patriots-eagles, a moment that in retrospect was an early indication of the divergent destinations of the two teams. As the analyst panel agreed, the disparity in talent between the 4-13 Patriots and 14-3 Eagles was clear.

“That was a university team against a professional team that day,” admitted the coanfrerion Paul Perillo.

“I don’t like to gloat, but I was driving myself crazy,” Williams acknowledged. The hosts agreed that the New England offensive had not been able to run completely given the fever without filling, headed by Williams and others in the defensive line of Philadelphia.

Williams, who hit a humble tone at your official press conference – Telling journalists: “Hard work will never betray you” – could not resist a joke, since he thought about his performance against his new team.

“We were chasing, sure,” he said about joint practice. “Once my agent told me that (the Patriots) were interested, I thought: ‘They probably obtained that tape.'”

The new chief coach of the Patriots, Mike Vrabel, either in reference to the joint practice, or perhaps Williams’ performance in Super Bowl Lix (in which he fired Patrick Mahomes twice), seemed echoing that analysis.

“There is a high roof and a great vision of the person, the effort, the set of skills, the speed at which he plays,” Vracabel saying of Williams. “There is power. Certainly, there is an aggressiveness. Being able to add it to our defensive line is something really exciting. “

Trivia: Milton Williams was a third -round selection of the Eagles in the NFL 2021 draft. Who was the first defensive Tackle selected that year?

(Answer at the bottom).

Suggestion: He was recruited from Alabama.

Scores and schedule:

The Bruins lost to the senators 6-3 Thursday. Boston will be the host of Lightning tomorrow at TD Garden at 7 pm

Tonight, Celtics face heat in Miami at 7 pm

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Trivia response: Christian Barmore