00:00Number one, it's a division game. I've got a lot of respect for the people on the opposite side of the ball, but when you play people twice a year, you get tired of them, you don't like them. It's a division rivalry. You've got respect for them, but it's intense out there. It's something I wanted to be out there for.
00:20Playing on Thanksgiving is something I've always wanted to do that I've pushed for in the past, and the NFL gave it to us, and then the injury happened and thought I wasn't going to be able to play, and then as we got closer, I felt like it was a real possibility.
00:37So that's exciting to me, and it's a national stage to go out and prove yourself again after not playing for several weeks, and every opportunity that you get to go improve all the hard work that you've put in, the type of player you are, is something that I try to take advantage of.
00:57I think just like a lot of kids, you grow up going through Thanksgiving, you have your meals with your family, and then you go and sit on the couch, and typically there's not a lot on, except football.
01:10Back in the day, it was Lions and somebody. You go watch Matthew Stafford throw for 300, 400-some yards with Calvin Johnson and probably lose the game, but it was fun to watch.
01:25You know, those are memories that you have, and so I always wanted to be the person out there.
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