During the athletes’ podcast, which they recorded less than 24 hours later, they spoke about Jason’s speech.
“We did not talk much of your retirement,” Travis revealed of their prior conversations. “I wanted to make sure that you didn’t feel any pressure from me to keep going, knowing that I wanted you to keep going. I wanted you to keep playing this game.””Yeah, but in this game alone, you’ve always been a step ahead of me and it’s always been like I’ve had that flotation device right there,” he explained before he got emotional.
“To have you out of it, man, it feels empty,” he added. “It feels like, it’s um, it’s complete,And I never had an answer that gets it right,” Jason admitted. “The best way that I can explain it is, ‘What draws you to your favorite song, your favorite book?’ It’s what it makes you feel. The seriousness of it. The intensity of it. Stepping onto the field was the most alive and free I had ever felt.”
