Was anyone else holding their breath watching Jack take his first big hit after major spinal surgery
The first game we played was Colorado right and they were they were an absolute wagon that year jumping right into the fire you know with the surgery I was really confident in it confident that I had done my homework I had a lot of time to research and and make sure I
Was doing the right thing talk to as many people as I could but nobody had done it you know you’re taking a risk anytime you have surgery so I understood that you know I just didn’t feel like myself you’re obviously trying to get your body back in playing shape and find
Your confidence again so the surgery itself neck feels great felt great I felt confident it that way but it’s still in the back of your mind I think anytime you have an injury uh there’s a mental component to it and this was the same you know no different so I tried to
Get out there I think the first game and you know have have some uh you know a little bit of contact early just to you know put myself at ease it’s definitely in the back of your mind when you first get going he dropped the gloves first a
Shift and like Jack Jack Jack just bump into someone like I probably threw a couple checks uh I don’t normally do so