 How you guys doing? Good. Good. So how is everything with the unit here heading into the opening game, and I guess we want to start at the front. I kind of know what to expect from the specials, but how you, with the front line, and you know, y'all settled on a group, and now they're ready to, they got a big match up this week too. I think, you know this, each week in the National Football League, it's going to be based off how well you protect the quarterback. Again, with all the teams we play, specifically Philadelphia, they have good players in all three levels of the defense, specifically up front, and it's going to be our job offensively as coaches to get our guys prepared for a talented defense. I don't know much about Singleton. How does he flash in their operations? Yeah, sure. And he's a player that, you know, again, you can really set it for a lot of the guys in their defense, if not all of them. You can tell he's got football savviness, football instincts. He's a good overrun football player. And again, I think these guys, just knowing how they've been coached in the past and how they, you know, potentially coached this year, they're going to fly around the football. So we have to be aware of that. There's a cloud on the back end, I must, you know, traditionally the strong safety gets to the tight end, but you don't know how they're going to play. But McLeod, you know, not as he's playing for them. Yeah. So again, you know, we'll see where their lineups go in terms of who's going to be out there and who's not. But again, it's a veteran player. They've got guys, you know, in my past, I feel like I played to Philadelphia a number of times. Same, a lot of same faces are going to be out there this Sunday that I've played in the past. And McLeod is another guy who is a veteran guy, knows where he needs to be, understands the structure of the defenses and what offenses are trying to do. But again, he's going to present another challenge for us as well. How do you handle Fletcher Cox, which essentially a rookie and a guy who's really only put a few games? Sure. Fletcher Cox, I mean, again, you know, there's other guys in the defense that have played really good football. I mean, Fletcher Cox has proven over years of being a really dominant, impactful player. And so, again, you know, when you play against guys like that and other guys that are around him that help him do his job, you know, we're going to have to have a plan for, you know, a number of these guys. And Fletcher Cox, like I said before, is a guy that I played before as a coach and I respect his overall talent, his ability to disrupt games. So obviously we're going to have to have a plan for him and other players that can do that against us. Without him it makes him so difficult. Yeah, I think you look at his size, athleticism, his speed, tenacity. He plays with a certain edge. I think a lot of their defense guys do that, that I played in the past. And you've got, they're built to disrupt. And again, that is always going to provide challenges for us offensively. And it's our job to try to neutralize that. But Fletcher Cox has been a great player in this league and, again, we expect the same this week as well. With Josh, you had him for like a second. Sure. How much of the offense does he conceivably know at this point? Yeah, I think what Josh was doing, he was doing a great job of coming in and coming in early, staying late, and trying to grasp and understand as much as the offense is possible, understanding that he's going to be behind in terms of he wasn't here for the whole off season and most of training camp. So again, what we have him do, right, is start from the day one install, learn it from there, understand the 101 of each play in terms of the basics of him. And then we'll grow with him as he continues to show us what he can and can't do. And again, we like to play to his strengths and understand as we get to know him, right, how he ticks and how he goes out there. You know, again, we'll start to cater things more to his direction as well. This is maybe a minutia question, but how do you decide that he's the back of quarterback? Is it a guy that maybe you're still learning the offense? Sure. He's more experienced than Josh, or is it, you know, a guy like Fletcher who's bigger? Yeah, I think for us, more importantly, you know, regardless of who is that number two quarterback, it's a situation if that number two quarterback has to play, that we have a plan in place for that guy. So understanding the strengths of both those players, understanding what they do well, and making sure that if those guys had to play, that we cater to that. And that's, that's really for all players. And I know quarterback obviously sticks out for that reason. But again, you'd like to get to know the strengths of the players and make sure that you play to them. As far as Wayne Gaulman goes, where do you really see him fitting in in this offense? Because we haven't seen him. Yeah, so, you know, Wayne's a guy that last year had some production, you know, in terms of hit the free agency market once in San Francisco. We were able and fortunate enough to get him after San Francisco. And again, he's another guy that we're going to bring in here. We have a certain standard in which we want the guys to come in and practice, learn. And we're constantly evaluating not just him, but every position. And we want to see how well he picks up things, how well he practices, and then our ability to coach him, right, and the things that he needs to do better, right, is what we're here for. So we're going to continue to bring him along in that process. Going back to Jaylen Mayfield specifically, how much does, you know, Jay Mac is being beside him. Do you cook more on Jay's plate, because because you know that, you know, Jaylen doesn't have those programs? Sure. Like, well, how do I feel about that? Yeah, that's a great question. I mean, in terms of, again, the one thing that I learned as a player or coach a long time ago is, you know, once you become an NFL player or a professional. So there's certain things that are asked of you and your job requirement. And, you know, no different than, you know, Jake's asked to do a certain job. Jaylen will be asked to do a certain job if he's in there, as well as anybody else in the offense line or for the offense. So again, we don't want guys doing someone else's job and wanting to do their job. And it's the same thing we'll ask of anybody who has to play for us. I think one of the biggest questions that I had going in since just this year was what Mike Davis's workload was going to be. Is that a constant evaluation game in and out or do y'all have a place for y'all to win? Yeah, I think for us, you know, again, the way that we'll go about the running back position is, you know, with whoever's out there, you know, we want them to get a feel for how we're running the football, how's it going up front. In terms of a quota or certain numbers that we want, you know, we don't approach it that way. It's more about, you know, again, with my pass with Mike and Cordero. Like, again, I think I have a decent feel. Coach Smith obviously has now been around these guys for months, has a decent feel. And again, how he calls the game is how he sees fit for those running backs to go out there and play. And again, I expect those guys to go out and do their jobs. Something that we talked to Arthur about yesterday that thought was interesting. He was like, you know, when you're preparing for like a week one opponent where you have a new staff with a new team, they could almost be like preparing for a bowl game where you have so much that you're looking at and there's a lot of input, not a lot of output. I guess for you and your role of setting the table for him, like what is your goal in kind of pairing that down for this week? And I think it's for all of us as the offensive staff and obviously Coach Smith's involved in all of this is, you know, again, going back to the things that we want our identity to be. Things that we practice in training camp. Things that we believe in core-wise. And again, you know, it's week one, as well as I know this defensive coordinator at a professional level, you know, he could do things on a professional level that, you know, that he decides to do and we have to adjust. And that's why it's important for us to understand that we're going to go about it and do our job, understand what our rules are, apply our rules if they give us something that's different and go out and it's our job as coaches as the game progresses to make those adjustments if they're giving us something that we need to adjust. So it's a great chess match in week one. It goes for all the games, but specifically this much time off before the first game, right, and not having a known coordinator in terms of him calling games before. Sure, but again, it goes back to making sure that we do what we do well and go out and apply our rules. And Coach, I'm Tanya Patisse. This is my first time having a chance to meet you with ninety-nine games, so good to meet you. But just wanted to go back to questions on the O line. This will be, of course, the first time that Matt Ryan will be working with Matt Hennessy at Center for this period of time when you think about all of the opportunity or the experience you have with Alex Matt, what have you kind of seen in Hennessy's progression and his preparation to get ready to take on that role? That's a good question. Again, they had some experience last year, but now it's a full-time starter for Matt now this year where, you know, essentially, you know, he's out there competing. He did a great job in training him, competing for the starting position. And he's also a great communicator, and you can tell the rapport that Matt has with him right now. It's awfully important between those two. Sometimes it's just non-verbal. The communication, reading each other's body language or knowing what each other is supposed to be doing. And again, that'll continue to grow each week as they face different challenges that are presented to them that they have to apply their roles to. And it's going to be fun to see those two guys go together because you have a veteran player in Matt who's been and done a lot of things and you've got Matt Hennessy who's going to go out there and apply what he's been trained to do right now and then obviously with the communication with Matt to go and execute the game plan. So we're excited to see it. From him just being that seven-year player but having had the chance to be under Matt's tutelage, do you think that that's helped him to progress that much quicker? Sure, that's a good question. And I think Matt could answer that question to Hennessy more than I could because I wasn't obviously here for Matt being here. But all I can say is since I've been in the building and Matt's been, Hennessy's been in the building, he's done everything we've asked in terms of being a pro at the center position. He's gone out and competed in training camp, as well as OTAs. And again now, so we'll go out there and we'll go play and we'll adjust and we'll coach and we'll do those things to make each other better. And like I said, we're excited to see it. You just mentioned competition for Hennessy. How much of a competition was that in reality considering? Yeah, I think, I think... Can we play a pre-season game here? Sure, I think for all of it. And again, a lot of the things that we, you know, I'm sure Coach Smith went through the pre-season and the different things. For us, right, the OTA is a training camp, going down to Miami, going against other opponents, seeing guys, and again, for all those positions, right, seeing guys in different situations and how they're going to respond, right. So again, you go in and you can go apples to apples and game reps or you can go on an accumulative, a lot of the practice reps or situational things or things that are just maybe come up and you ask them a question and see how they handle it and apply it when they're out in practice. And there's, again, different metrics to their competition, but again, we wanted all those guys to feel the fact that they're going out there each day to compete for their job. And I think, to this point, guys have taken that challenge and the guys have met that challenge. So what point do you feel like Matt Hennessy won the job? Well, Matt went out there in training camp and OTAs and learned the system and went out there with practice reps, right, and through Miami, you know, again, proven to us to go out there and be the day one starter here at Center for us. And again, as we go through it, you know, this is the one thing I think it's beautiful about the NFL is I think it's a rarity when the same five offense align and play a whole season. So again, through what we did in training camp and through preseason football, right, developing the depth in certain guys in certain positions and anybody has to be ready at any time. Time for a couple more guys. Coach, what's your sense of Kyle Pitts being ready for his first NFL game? Yeah, I mean, again, you're excited as a coach for any player that goes out there. I'm sure Kyle's been asked that question. And for me, for not just Kyle, but the other players, and it's a great opportunity. It's week one national football league. I mean, being fortunate enough, being a part of this for a decent amount of time, it's a tremendous feeling, you know, obviously you go out there and you want to see the work that you put in the spring and the summer, right? You want to see how you go out there and adjust and adapt in the games. And this is a great challenge. And Philadelphia, you know, team-wise, specifically defense is a great challenge for us offensively. And so we get a chance to go out there and see as coaches, we get a chance to grow and communicate and adjust, right? And players get out there and do what they love to do, which is go play football. Go on back to the quarter of a minute. How do you, you know, you were with him last year in Chicago. How do you view him? Do you view him still as more of a receiver? Yeah, I mean, kind of... Yeah, CP to me is, I mean, first and foremost, is a tremendous football player. But yeah, I mean, he's a running back to us that will go out there. And again, I've been with CP now multiple years. I know how he ticks. I know what his mindset is. He's a professional through and through. And so just like the rest of the guys that we have on this roster, what we ask of them, we expect them to go out there and do their job. And again, CP to me is a guy who's been there, done that in terms of the years in this league. And I'm excited to see him play on Sunday as well. Anything else? Thanks guys.