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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence: "I’m Gonna Do Everything I Can to Be Out There.” · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Thirty today.
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  Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna do everything I can to be
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  Speaker 2: out there, you know, I'm you know, I feel I
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  Speaker 2: feel a lot better today than I would have thought.
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  Speaker 2: So I like holm progressing, and you know, I'm gonna
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  Speaker 2: do everything I can to be out there on Thursday.
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  Speaker 2: How limited are you with the with the phrase and
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  Speaker 2: just doing practice short week all that kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of stuff, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's a short week anyway, so physically we're
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  Speaker 2: not doing much. You know, you're trying to get your
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  Speaker 2: bodies back ready for Sunday, regardless of if there's an
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  Speaker 2: injury or not. So it hasn't affected me a ton
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  Speaker 2: because we just haven't done too much. So I'm just
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  Speaker 2: trying to you know, I'm trying to be smart about it,
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  Speaker 2: trying to protect it as long as I can, and
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  Speaker 2: just trying to take care of it and trying to
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  Speaker 2: put me in the best position to be able to
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  Speaker 2: play on Thursday. So yeah, I mean, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I haven't. I've been working out and trying to strengthen
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  Speaker 2: everything else and keep my body in good shape and
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  Speaker 2: all that. So doing everything I can, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: to be in position to play and we'll just see
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  Speaker 2: how it progresses the next couple of days.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, how you've never had a KNY issue before in
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  Speaker 3: your entire playing career, So how much the challenge has
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  Speaker 3: it been wearing the brace and just.
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  Speaker 2: Going to do everything this week?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's different.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 2: It's something that, like I said, I haven't had any
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  Speaker 2: experience with, So that's obviously adds a challenge to it,
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  Speaker 2: just because you're not used to it. You know, it's
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  Speaker 2: not like an injury that I've had in the past,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm kind of used to dealing with it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: whether it was something last year or before that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's something that's different. So it's just a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of I think with any injury, it's a fine line
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  Speaker 2: of how much do you push, you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: a little bit is good, and so that that line
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  Speaker 2: is always kind of moving though it depends on you know,
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  Speaker 2: how You're trying to do everything you can to obviously
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  Speaker 2: to play, but then you don't want to you don't
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  Speaker 2: want to hurt yourself worse all those things, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: I feel feel good with where I'm at right now,
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  Speaker 2: So we're just kind of, you know, seeing taking it
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  Speaker 2: day by day and see how it.
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  Speaker 1: Gets better, it's not your plantlet. That's a good question.
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  Speaker 1: I don't really know.
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  Speaker 2: I think either way throwing you either push off your
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  Speaker 2: right leg or you kind of post up on your
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  Speaker 2: left leg. So I think either way it's there's definitely
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  Speaker 2: challenges either knee. So I wouldn't say it necessarily helps,
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  Speaker 2: but maybe better.
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  Speaker 1: I don't really know. Honestly, I would.
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  Speaker 5: Pack your standpoint to sit on the sideline and knock pointing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's definitely position I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: be in. You know, I haven't missed a game in
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  Speaker 2: my career. You know, obviously I'm only my third year,
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  Speaker 2: but I take a lot of pride in that and
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  Speaker 2: being available and being there and being able to play
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  Speaker 2: and compete every week. I think that's something that i'd
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  Speaker 2: I'd take a lot of pride in. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're not at that point yet. We got a couple
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  Speaker 2: of days and we're gonna see. We're gonna see how
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  Speaker 2: the rest of the week plays out. But definitely is
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  Speaker 2: something that means a lot to me is just being
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  Speaker 2: out there and and well one being out there, but
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  Speaker 2: also knowing I can put you know, I can put
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  Speaker 2: a good performance out there for my team too, because
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't help anyone if I can't. So it's it's
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  Speaker 2: a you know, you gotta you gotta ask that question
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 5: Also, do you feel though that if it's not where
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  Speaker 5: you would like it to be, that you will be
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  Speaker 5: able to say, Hey, I probably, I probably you probably
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  Speaker 5: should let see J go.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I can't answer that question right now. I
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  Speaker 2: think when when Thursday comes, that's a of course, that's
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  Speaker 2: a question that I'm gonna have. I'm gonna have to answer,
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  Speaker 2: and all of us are gonna have to make the
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  Speaker 2: best decision for not only myself but for the team.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, like I said, I really like how
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  Speaker 2: I've progressed every day. It's been really good, So you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm optimistic. But of course we're gonna have to make
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  Speaker 2: that decision Thursday and we'll go from there. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: right now, it's not the not the day to do that.
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  Speaker 4: Last year you watched Mahome Jet Front Road Seat from
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  Speaker 4: ahomes Rap coming back from a pretty significant injury and
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  Speaker 4: then playing the rest of your winning Is there some
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  Speaker 4: sort of badge of honor that comes with quarterbacks showing
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  Speaker 4: toughness in these at times when.
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  Speaker 2: They can of course, I've this game is about toughness
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  Speaker 2: and it's about at times playing through injuries. I think
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  Speaker 2: there's a I mean, it's but, but it's also you
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  Speaker 2: got to be smart and you know the position that
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  Speaker 2: we're in, and because there's there's guys every week that
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  Speaker 2: have injuries and might sit out, might not play, and
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  Speaker 2: you know they're looking for the long haul of not
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  Speaker 2: just for themselves but also for the team because you
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  Speaker 2: want you want your guys to be healthy in crunch
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  Speaker 2: time of this season, down the stretch, you know. So,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, there's there's a lot of questions that
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  Speaker 2: you have to answer. There's not a right answer to
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  Speaker 2: any of them. I think some guys are more conservative
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to injuries and some guys are. Some
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  Speaker 2: guys play through more and some guys don't. So it
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  Speaker 2: depends who you are, what you're comfortable with. The biggest
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  Speaker 2: thing is you got to feel confident going out on
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  Speaker 2: that field, whether you decide to play or not. You
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  Speaker 2: got to feel comfortable with what you're doing and confident
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  Speaker 2: You've got to go play because you can't play this
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  Speaker 2: game hesitating at all. So I think that's that's a
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  Speaker 2: question that obviously everyone asks themselves when you're dealing with.
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  Speaker 4: Anything to do you feel like you're guy less cautious
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  Speaker 4: or not a cautious guy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I I typically, you know, I've been fortunate.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't had any serious injuries, which is also helps.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of guys that have been
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  Speaker 2: dealt a badhand injury wise, so that's something there I've been.
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  Speaker 2: I'm thankful that I've been blessed to not have serious
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  Speaker 2: injuries up to this point, so that helps too. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, I pride myself, like we just talked about,
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  Speaker 2: of being a guy that plays and will play through
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  Speaker 2: pain or injury or whatever it is. So I mean,
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  Speaker 2: every every injury is a little bit different. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's definitely something that I try to do every week.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're gonna have You're gonna have some injuries.
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  Speaker 2: You're gonna have some some things that are bothering you,
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  Speaker 2: whether that's before the game, after the game, you know,
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  Speaker 2: during the week, you know, list goes on. You spent
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  Speaker 2: some time with CJ. Now, if he does have to go,
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  Speaker 2: how confident are you in his ability to run the offense?
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  Speaker 1: Really confident?
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  Speaker 2: That's a guy he's I mean he prepares every week
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  Speaker 2: like he's a starter. He's always ready for that opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: And we talk a lot during the week, we watch
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  Speaker 2: tape together, all the quarterbacks do. So he's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: prepared either way, like he's a starter.
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  Speaker 1: Whether I was.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of you know, questionable go into the game or not,
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  Speaker 2: he still prepares the same way. So I got a
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  Speaker 2: lot of confidence him. I know our staff does, our
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  Speaker 2: players do. I think that's a big thing too. The guys,
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  Speaker 2: the guys up front, the guys in the perimeter and backfield,
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  Speaker 2: all that, they all have a lot of faith in him.
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  Speaker 2: So he's a he's a guy that's ready to step
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  Speaker 2: in is if that's needed.
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  Speaker 1: He's gonna do great. You were wearing today, How did
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  Speaker 1: that feel? So? All right?
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  Speaker 2: I mean just obviously not as comfortable as not having
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  Speaker 2: one on, but you know, just trying to trying to
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  Speaker 2: do what's best and trying to you know, put myself
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  Speaker 2: in position to you know, be safe and feel comfortable
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  Speaker 2: in all those things. So it's not comfortable just in general,
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  Speaker 2: just because you got a big thing on your leg.
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  Speaker 2: But it felt pretty good, you know, moving around, So
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  Speaker 2: it's good. But definitely haven't worn one before, so it
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  Speaker 2: was a little bit a little bit different.
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  Speaker 1: Were you fearful of.
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  Speaker 5: What it was or did you kind of already have
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  Speaker 5: a feel what it was sorry when you went to
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  Speaker 5: get you and all the testing going in, fearful that
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  Speaker 5: it was something really bad, or did you really kind
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  Speaker 5: of have an idea that it wasn't as bad as maybe.
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  Speaker 1: First on or something.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think you ever really know, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: thought it was. I didn't think it I don't know
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  Speaker 2: answered we I mean, that's kind of a tough question.
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  Speaker 2: I would say, no, I didn't think it was super
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  Speaker 2: super serious, but you also just never know, and especially
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  Speaker 2: when stuff with knees or whatever it is. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I gues said, I haven't had any n issues before,
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  Speaker 2: so I don't have any thing to go back on it, like,
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  Speaker 2: oh I've done this before, it's nothing, you know whatever.
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  Speaker 2: So talking with our training staff and our doctors, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I had a pretty good idea of what I thought
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  Speaker 2: it was in the MRI, you know, after that feel
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  Speaker 2: good about It's nothing, you know, major, long term or
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  Speaker 2: anything like that. So I'm comfortable with with where we're at.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I didn't really didn't really know, you know,
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  Speaker 2: It's progressed really well though in the past twenty four
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  Speaker 2: to forty eight hours, so really really like where it's
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  Speaker 2: at now.
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  Speaker 1: Back to the brace.
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  Speaker 5: If you play Thursday, would you wear that brace?
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  Speaker 1: Is this good question?
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  Speaker 2: You know today was Today was my first day having
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  Speaker 2: it on, so tomorrow kind of wear it again, see
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  Speaker 2: how it feels, and I would I would probably think so, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I don't know the answer to that
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  Speaker 2: right now yet.
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  Speaker 4: Well, for one of the big things.
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  Speaker 3: Dogs kind of said the injury of particular that some
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  Speaker 3: other plays from Sunday protecting yourself, how much how you
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  Speaker 3: looked back at display maybe as a learning lesson of
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  Speaker 3: how you can better protect yourself, And that's the situation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, Hindsight's twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 1: It always is.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, I've had a lot of plays like that
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  Speaker 2: where you know, I've gotten the edge and made a play,
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  Speaker 2: and I've had plays like that where I haven't and
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  Speaker 2: I got sacked and didn't get hurt. And I had
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  Speaker 2: a play Sunday where you know, you kind of twisted
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  Speaker 2: me up a weird way and mess money up a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. So I think it's just Hindsight's twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I will look at it and say, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the simple answer is probably to get down sooner and
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  Speaker 2: protect myself. And it's a fourteen point game, there's really
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  Speaker 2: no need for that risk. So I think that's a
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  Speaker 2: you know, a conclusion that you can draw and that's
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  Speaker 2: fair and I would agree with that. So yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: think that's something that to learn from and to continue
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  Speaker 2: to build off of. But you know, it's it's you
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  Speaker 2: play the game and you play off instincts, and when
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  Speaker 2: you're out there, you don't always necessarily think about that.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe that's something that need to work, just thinking about
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  Speaker 2: more situationally, don't put yourself in harm's way, especially as
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  Speaker 2: the season goes on and these games become more and
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  Speaker 2: more important. So yeah, you know, I think that's something
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  Speaker 2: to look at for sure. Thanks appreciate, John B.