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Speaker 1: So were you able to say anything to him, like

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I I you know, we just prayed for him

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Speaker 1: At the time. So do you think they did the

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Speaker 1: right thing obviously to call the game? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: You know what I I I really appreciate what coach

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Speaker 2: And U, Lo, we're not this is not the AFC Championship.

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Speaker 2: We're not playing right for records this preseason game two.

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Speaker 2: I And when you have an injury like that, you know,

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Speaker 2: by what happened, and I think Coach made the right decision.

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Speaker 2: I think, you know, that was tremendous leadership by him,

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Speaker 1: What do you tell your teammates in the locker room?

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Speaker 1: And go do it again. The next day.

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Speaker 2: And I I I think it's easy to take things

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Speaker 1: It's been chippy all week between the Patriots and Packers

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I I uh, I appreciate the leadership

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Speaker 2: You were selling by coach.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, I Jo I know John fairly well.

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Speaker 1: So it's been great and you can seek to him

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Speaker 2: Have a chance, at Isaiah, we're praying for you, man,

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Speaker 2: We're we're sorry that this happened tonight. Uh, we love you,

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Speaker 1: After your satisfy then that's an incident like this perspective.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's it's a reminder that Yeah, it's

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Speaker 2: I mean. It's not something that we spend a lot

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Speaker 1: So you know, I think.

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Speaker 1: But it's a reminder that you know things can turn

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Speaker 2: Put out of your head as a as a player,

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Speaker 1: All the time. So you'll find in January, uh h.

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Speaker 1: This past season, you're in a situation where after the Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: and you address the team you have to continue.

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Speaker 1: And play that game. Now you have to go to

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Speaker 1: Nashville and have a fully with the Titans. What movie

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Speaker 1: the process is going to do? Did you mentioned to

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Speaker 1: make sure that you go in prod to I'm unsure

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I'm sure coach and his staff

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Speaker 2: but it's hard for me to.

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Speaker 1: Give you an answer on that one. Thanks guy,