Ted Karras on Joe Burrow's surgery and recovery

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00:00 I know he's expected to rejoin the team this week.

00:02 Maybe he already has.

00:04 Is there a sense of nervousness when your franchise quarterback

00:10 is going under the knife?

00:11 And what's the communication been like with him since he got hurt?

00:15 Well, he's been around.

00:18 I think the surgery went well.

00:21 You know, it's never ideal when you're, you know,

00:24 the star of the franchise is undergoing a season ending surgery, but

00:28 that's that's what happened this year.

00:30 And obviously, that's a.

00:31 You know, that's a negative on all of us, but he's he's going to be around

00:36 and he's a great leader, and obviously he is the pillar of this franchise,

00:40 so I'm excited to see him when he gets back.

00:42 I texted him.

00:44 Good luck on Monday.

00:46 So so far, heard all good things,

00:50 but, you know, not an ideal situation, but we need to rally.

00:54 And, you know, we're going to find out a lot about ourselves

00:57 these next six weeks here.

00:59 You know, who's who's going to be coming in hungry?

01:01 We, you know, last two years, we've had a lot of success

01:05 towards the end of the stretch, and it's easy to be happy.

01:08 Energy guy when you're winning, but we've lost three straight.

01:12 I want to see who's bringing bringing the energy,

01:15 you know, in our backstroke against the wall.