‘“They definitely were my guys that kept me going and kept me on the right path,” he said. “When I’m here, those guys always came up to me and always made me still like part of the team because when you’re hurting on IR, and you’re on IR for an extended amount of time, things go on. They still gotta win games, people still got a job to do. So I appreciate those guys making sure that I didn’t get left behind.”’