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Speaker 1: You know, you just have an amazing job developing up

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Speaker 2: What was that like for you just having to experience

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Speaker 2: that and obviously the protocol.

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Speaker 1: Yeah it's hard, the protocol no, no, nonother.

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Speaker 2: Protocol, but you were in protocol when it's happened and

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Speaker 1: And yeah, it sucked. Like I said, you know, I

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Speaker 3: One, as you said, a lot has happened the last

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Speaker 3: Looked like when you hit the ground, you didn't even

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Speaker 4: You learned anything from that whole experience? I mean, I

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Speaker 1: Mean I don't regret. I mean, the only thing about

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Speaker 4: Of the lesson you're taking from it all that, Like, hey,

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Speaker 5: No, yeah, absolutely, Jackson.

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Speaker 6: You know you're not doctor, but by hearing what you're saying,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, man, I'm ready.

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Speaker 3: I've been waiting for it.

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Speaker 1: You know, obviously these primetime games, the ones that you

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Speaker 5: What happened from your perspective last week, Jackson, Because like

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Speaker 7: You mentioned being patient. I guess how you mentioned how

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Speaker 1: It's hard. I feel like every day goes by slower

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Speaker 3: The first concussion diagnosed with it's been here. Have you

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Speaker 8: When it comes to the situation now, I mean, Dave

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Speaker 5: Know, everything that you got used to with Dabel.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you know, Cav's been in the system

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Speaker 7: How's that relationship then? Obviously you and Dable were closed

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Speaker 4: Obviously, in that last game, you said you were getting

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Speaker 2: Really other thing Yeah, what were those other things you

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean they have you know, one time I'm

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Speaker 1: So you know, they have their own formula of how

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Speaker 6: Jackson. Last one, you were in the locker room last week,

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Speaker 7: What is that like.

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Speaker 6: And how does that affect you as a competitor to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the season so far has been tough because you know,

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Speaker 1: everybody here is in a completely different state of mind.

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Speaker 1: And but you know, I've just come to realize that,

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Speaker 1: And when you're playing at this level of competition, especially

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Speaker 1: for me, I've come to realize that, you know, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter, you know, how you play it all until

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Speaker 1: you know who scores last, who has the ball last,

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Speaker 1: and who makes that you know, last crucial play at

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Speaker 1: the end of the game.

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Speaker 2: How many times has your head been about have you

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Speaker 2: been evaluated for a concussion? Then?

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Speaker 1: Mm hmmm, I don't know, it's a good question.

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Speaker 3: Feel good though,