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Speaker 2: Last few days. Have you have you taken some time

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I definitely have done some reflecting and just the

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Speaker 1: Obviously my recruiting process was late thirteen quarterback, going into

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Speaker 1: But man, was I itching to come back and just

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Speaker 4: So how involved were you with the process and are

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Speaker 1: So we definitely talked about that, and then, like I said,

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Speaker 3: The no trade cause important to you.

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Speaker 2: So, John, you mentioned earlier that he had big up

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