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Speaker 1: One of these last few weeks been like for you?

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Speaker 1: And then what was it like when you heard the

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Speaker 1: news year officially shut down to Uh yeah, I think, Um,

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Speaker 1: it's always tough to miss games and miss time, and uh,

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Speaker 1: those last few weeks have been tough obviously, Um, you

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Speaker 1: know you want to be out there, you want to

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Speaker 1: be playing. Uh you know, just doing everything I could

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Speaker 1: to you know, give my chance to give myself a

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Speaker 1: chance to to get back out there. So um, you know,

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Speaker 1: obviously frustrating, but um, you know, trying to find ways

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Speaker 1: to help and and uh you know, help help quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: help our help our offense and uh contribute. How this

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Speaker 1: will affect you long term? Uh No, I don't. I think, um,

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Speaker 1: from all conversations with doctors and um you know our

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Speaker 1: medical staff here, uh going forward, I think, uh it's

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Speaker 1: something that's gonna heal. It's just like kind of a

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Speaker 1: timing thing and unfortunately, you know, kind of ran out

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Speaker 1: of time this season. So that's disappointing and frustrating. But

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Speaker 1: um it's part of this game and you know, something

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Speaker 1: I've got to deal with. But I don't. I don't

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Speaker 1: have any concerns long you say timing issue, do you

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Speaker 1: think that if you guys you know, would have the

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Speaker 1: chance to make the playoffs. We're going to be in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, there would be a possibility that you would

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Speaker 1: have been able to return if that were the case. Um,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I do think it was something. Uh you

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Speaker 1: know that that's gonna take It's gonna take some time,

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Speaker 1: I think, Uh, you know, so if there was more time,

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Speaker 1: it was earlier in the season or or uh you know, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was more time, I think I would have a

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Speaker 1: better chance of coming back, a good chance of coming back. So, um,

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Speaker 1: like I said, it's it's just pointing and frustrating to

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Speaker 1: miss games, to miss any game, and and uh, certainly

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Speaker 1: this many this is the high pathetical football. If they

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Speaker 1: told you, um, you know the other day, your scan

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Speaker 1: looks good, you know what I mean, would you feel

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Speaker 1: ready to play? You know, would you say, man, it

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Speaker 1: still hurts, it still bothers me. You know, are there

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Speaker 1: any limitations that you're feeling right now? Uh? Yeah, I'd

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Speaker 1: certainly be ready to play, I think, Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I if I got okay and cluing from the doctors,

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Speaker 1: I would certainly be ready to play. And um, you

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Speaker 1: know I didn't get that so you feel do you

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Speaker 1: feel I mean, what what what is going on? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think, um that's the deal. I think kind of

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Speaker 1: day to day and what I'm doing throwing, running, lifting weights.

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Speaker 1: I don't, you know, have any issues doing that. I

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Speaker 1: think it's uh certain positions and uh tests that they

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Speaker 1: you know, doctors do and look for that. Um, they're

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Speaker 1: still problematic or things like they think range emotions. Fine,

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Speaker 1: I think it's uh symptoms and certain and certain positions

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I feel feel feel good. How

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Speaker 1: did you something to do? Is there anything you can't

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Speaker 1: do on the field, like when you're around just contact, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but anything but the roles or anything you Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: have no problem throwing or running or lifting or anything

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Speaker 1: with that. And if you think now that you played

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Speaker 1: your last game this season, do you think you improved

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Speaker 1: this season? Like, how do you measure Daniel Jones specific season? Um, well,

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Speaker 1: we didn't Uh, I didn't win enough games and and

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Speaker 1: uh you know, I think, uh, you know that's the

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Speaker 1: most important thing as I evaluate myself going forward. I

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Speaker 1: do feel like I improved as a player. I think, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think I've made progress and um, you

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Speaker 1: know played you know well at times and obviously not

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Speaker 1: well enough. Uh plenty too, because um, you know, we

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Speaker 1: we didn't play well enough, we didn't win games. So

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Speaker 1: that's the most important thing I think as I evaluate

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Speaker 1: myself and um, you know, look to work on things

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Speaker 1: going in the offseason. The first week you were injured

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Speaker 1: and then you you returned, if you you practiced on

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Speaker 1: a limited basis, right, it's it seemed like, all right,

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Speaker 1: he's making progress. Were you Are you surprised that it

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Speaker 1: didn't get better quicker? Um? Yeah, I don't know. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I think initially when I got hurt, it was something

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Speaker 1: know when you know, when I spoke then, and uh

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Speaker 1: that parts disappointing, But it didn't work out that way.

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Speaker 1: And um, like I said, my my job now is

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Speaker 1: to contribute to help this offense prepare, help uh the

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks prepare and and get ready to play. I think

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Speaker 1: one thing that's been tough is that like everything's had

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Speaker 1: don't know if you do. You care to clarify or

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Speaker 1: share sort of what is Um? I think, uh, you

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Speaker 1: know it's a it's a next brain and um, you know,

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Speaker 1: trust what the doctors are saying, and I've got to

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Speaker 1: do my best to uh to listen to them and

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Speaker 1: continue to work through it. How much of a relief

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Speaker 1: is it that there is no surgery required that renew it? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think that's uh, you know, a huge relief. I think, uh,

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Speaker 1: anytime you're dealing with your neck or something like that,

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Speaker 1: it's uh, you know, you want to be smart and

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Speaker 1: When people talk about sprains like an angle or something,

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Speaker 1: there's always some swelling. Is it some swelling that is

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Speaker 1: with with most injuries, you're gonna have some kind of

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Speaker 1: still having uh you know, symptoms and certain positions like

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Speaker 1: we spoke about, it was hard for you, they said,

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Speaker 1: I think Judge told us you self reported what you

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Speaker 1: want to do the right thing. Like what was that

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Speaker 1: actually say something? And why did you decide to do it? Um? Well,

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Speaker 1: I was after the game a few weeks ago. I

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Speaker 1: was pretty sore and uh, I didn't have a great

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Speaker 1: range motion. I knew there was something up with my neck,

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Speaker 1: and I think there's any If there's ever it's ever

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Speaker 1: obvious to you something's wrong with your neck, it's probably

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Speaker 1: smart to say something. So, um, you know I did

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Speaker 1: if any time you get injured, your reporting your symptoms

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Speaker 1: I assume this is for us pretty serious neck gage. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just playing football. Do you think this maybe will

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Speaker 1: affect some of the things that you will do next

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Speaker 1: uh you know what I what I feel like I

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Speaker 1: can do. I think you know I've been uh you

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Speaker 1: know we've talked about, um being smart and you know,

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Speaker 1: going down, going down earlier, protecting myself, protecting the ball.

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Speaker 1: I think those are things I'll continue to work on

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Speaker 1: and uh you know, certainly emphasized by this so you

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Speaker 1: feel will be your head and all that ship when

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Speaker 1: you can come back to the field that I thought

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Speaker 1: as you know, a curious deck in. Yeah, I don't

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Speaker 1: been here. What have you seen that at Jake? And

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Speaker 1: what do you try to do? Strescipulately try to help

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Speaker 1: very Uh Yeah, I think he's a smart guy. He's

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Speaker 1: picked up the offense very quickly. Um you could tell

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Speaker 1: it's uh you know, he studies hard, you know, and

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Speaker 1: and uh and it has done a great job. So

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Speaker 1: um you know, continue working with uh you know, doing

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Speaker 1: what I can to help him and and and all

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Speaker 1: do you that your future said Monday that as far

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Speaker 1: as this is, as far as he's concerned, you've shown

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Speaker 1: enough to Marathon being back next year as a starter

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Speaker 1: and and down the down the road in the future.

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Speaker 1: Had you heard that and if so, what what is

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Speaker 1: your reaction to those comments? Um? Well, I think, um,

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Speaker 1: I think we've all got to do a better job.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, we didn't win enough games, and um,

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Speaker 1: uh you know, we've got three important games to finish

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Speaker 1: the season. UM that obviously I won't be playing in,

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Speaker 1: but I feel like I can contribute and help prepare.

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Speaker 1: But um you know, we we've all got to work

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Speaker 1: to improve, um to uh make sure we're moving forward

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Speaker 1: as a team and in a better position uh next year.

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Speaker 1: But um, I think the best way we're gonna do

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Speaker 1: best pallis last three weeks. Have they said anything to

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Speaker 1: you though about that they're desired to having you as

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Speaker 1: spoken to Joe and we've had conversations UM about that.

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Speaker 1: But like I said, I think there's things that I

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Speaker 1: I understand that obviously take that very seriously, so um,

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