part of the reason is i think the size and speed of the player if you play linebacker, patrick willis runs a 4, 440, it's getting hit bike a volcanos wagon. >> i had four major concussions as a player. in high school and college, probably six to eight more. i'm up around 12 concussions in my total football career. the side effects, short term memory, bright lights bother me and loud noises and i was an offensive player. defensive players have more. >> i had 20 plus concussions. at the end of my career i got to the point every time i hit somebody, i played linebacker in the n.f.l. i was part of an early age. if you hit somebody hard as you can, put every ounce of energy and t t to do that with your head you'll do damage. when you do that you'll be rgsed by your teammates and liked by your coaches and this the n.f.l. you will get paid more. that is the way i played the game. 20 plus concussions later that is what i'm dealing with. >> what are some of the effects? >> i left the raider parking lot two weeks before my retirement and i couldn't find my home. that along with riding down the

patrick willis with his fifth sack of the season, 'niners win 27-6 in a game they had to win.ks dennis. fans have been waiting to see brian westbrook have a larger role in the offense. well, tonight he had his first 100-yard rushing game since 2008 and we might be seeing a lot more of westbrook the rest of the way. frank gore is expected to miss the rest of the season in a hip injury. >> that's why we've got a solid back. we've got a good solid group of running backs. >> we've got a lot of young guys on this team so some of them have seen what i have been able to do over the course of my career, some don't know. they see a guy running around in practice but for me it meant a lot to have the opportunity to go out there and play. >> i was joking with him in the end zone. i said i haven't seen you make a move like this since the old days. i was giving him that's my man. >> you know, when the phone rings, answer it, pick up and do your job. i knew it would happen. he is just doing his job. >> reporter: can you talk about how important this win was obviously a must win for you guys

willy. >> joining us now, politico's patrick gavin with a look at the politico playbook. >> let's go back to the midterm elections. analysts still trying to break down what happened in some of the raceless. in the case of sharron angle, who lost the race for the senate seat in nevada? politico reporting she had a dysfunctional campaign. some people say harry reid ran a great ground campaign. but you've got report in on what she might have done wrong. >> once the election is over, what's great is they get all these stories leaking out that they couldn't talk about during the time. one of them, my colleague unearthed which is looking at, so many people thought harry reid ran a great campaign and he did. i think his opponent ran just as much as a dysfunctional campaign as he did a good campaign. it really comes down to one of the campaign managers, terry campbell, a staffer for the nrsc says there was a sequel to "dumb and dumber," describing the levels of dysfunction he brought to the campaign. let me give you examples. he almost axed an appearance by john mccain as he was coming to nevada

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