 Yeah, with pass catching, it's a lot of similar stuff. So definitely watch everything he's doing, because I know he's an elite pass catcher. Adding him on our team, obviously adds another threat. Just another threat on our unit to be able to just go make plays as he's made a ton of plays in his career. Say it. Sorry, say it again. What are your biggest challenges as a blocker? What are you really on a work out for? For me, I'm probably giving up weight to every person I play against. So for me, it's about getting off on the snap count and using my strength, which is my quickness and my leverage being smaller than most of the guys that I'm going to be blocking. For me, it's getting off the ball and using my explosiveness. Running back on these folks, then, just to show you guys and the league, other players, since he's done that with you guys, and they're still moving. Yeah, he's done that with a ton of players. Sorry, I watch Delaney Walker a lot. He did a lot of cut-ups with Delaney Walker, a lot of cut-ups of Kelsey and Kittle, Mark Andrews. So I think mostly Delaney Walker so far. What did you take out of it? A lot of guys have different ways of winning. Not everybody wins the same. Everybody plays to their strengths and what works with them. So for me, just learning that. I got to find out where it works for me. It might not work for Kittle, Kelsey, Andrews, or Delaney. So have you gotten to speak to Delaney at all? I know he has some interest in meeting with him. I've spoken to him in a minute, but we have spoken before, though. To play a pre-season game, maybe on Saturday and kind of cap off this week? Oh, yeah, it'll be fun. It'll definitely be fun, you know, finally getting like a game week type situation and going there, you know, competing against other teams, other guys, so that'll definitely be fun to see different faces out there on Saturday. Do you guys get frustrated when the defense wins the plays, when you're out here on the practice field, or you just kind of go back, watch the film, and try to learn from it? I mean, as a competitor, you're gonna be frustrated on the field, obviously, but we know we just got to come back in, you know, watch where it went wrong and then, you know, talk about it and then fix it. Yeah, I do. Just being tired the whole time, just tired. Tired out of my mind the whole game, playing all special teams, playing offense. Yeah, we're up in Baltimore. Yeah, I remember, do remember, we were all just tired. Did you hear plenty in terms of, like, what mistakes you made and kind of put in the end of the game? Oh, yeah, I mean, yeah, definitely when you make mistakes, it's definitely brought up and shown. So, yeah, it was tough. You said you were talking about your time, you expected these rookies to not know what's really gonna hit them, I feel like there's just no way to really expect it. You just have to go and feel it, and once you feel it, you're gonna be like, wow, it's different. So, you can't really prepare for it, it's just you just gotta do it. Just execute, execute on our fundamentals. That's why I just want to go out there and make sure that we do. Just execute on our bread and butter stuff on offense, things that we're gonna carry into the year. Last year, going through the draft circuit and all that, and then this year, being able to ramp it up at preparation for the season. You talking about training in the off season? Yes. I did the same thing, I went down, I went back down to Fort Lauderdale, super hot down there, got to run around in the sun a lot, did some training, did some speed training, tight end training, I got everything down there, and I was pretty much just working like two times a day in the heat to get it prepared. I would imagine that your percentage of reps, almost 37% last year, you just want to go out of this year and do anything different? Conditioning wise? Conditioning wise, and now I just did what I'd done my whole life, just run around in the hot sun. How's the schedule been as far as keeping guys fresh where you don't get the camp legs maybe at some point? Oh yeah, it's been pretty good. I mean, it's been good. We go like twice a day and then we'll have a jog through day, we got our legs back and then we'll go back and we'll get back on it later in the week and then at the end of the week we'll have our off-down Sunday. So yeah, some pretty good time to get our legs back. So how do you upgrade yourself as a blocker now, compared to say this time a year ago? I'd say better, but it still needs improving as everything in my game does. It's not going to play football since you were 19 years old. Yeah. I mean, have you gotten to know him and can you see maybe a faster growth curve for him because everything is so new to him? Yeah, that's my boy, Thomas. Strong, one of the strongest, if not strongest dude on the team, it's actually kind of crazy, except he does in the weight room. But yeah, he's definitely improved a lot this year, especially blocking. Like it's been amazing to watch, you know, guy, he's kind of just locks guys out with his arms and stuff. He just keeps them there. So he's just really strong. You got that roster, how much did you see him grow in that year? Oh, it's fine. Seeing him now, from now to back then, just way better. And that's obviously testament to him. He won our offseason player of the year award because he's just put in so much work and so much grind. And yeah, I'm excited to watch him play. You thought about maybe making a trip to the Netherlands to see him. Did you ever do that? I'm going to do it. We're doing this offseason coming up. There's no fullback on the roster per se. So Bravel said that the tight ends are picking up some of the plays where you'd have two guys in the back row. How's that being kind of adding that to your plate? I mean, last year I did a lot of fullback stuff. So for me, it's just normal. Had you ever done anything like that at Maryland or anything? Yeah. Do you like it back there? Yeah, it's fun. It's easy. You just run and hit a gap. Add in some weights or some muscle or some stuff. Just give us a pat, which makes you a really good receiver and be an athlete. You know, try to add any weight to the balance and have it better. Yeah, I know weight right now. I actually a lot heavier in my past. I'm trying to get back to where I was back in college. And that way, I still look the same as I do now. So it doesn't really affect me in terms of running around. What do you want to be? It's like 245. Appreciate it. Thank you, Jim. Thank you, guys. Big wave for this offense. How has he grown? And do you think he'll be ready for taking that step? 100%. I just like his attitude. First and foremost, he's a very loose guy. Really has a lot of jokes in the locker room. But obviously, coming into that tight in number one role, just like the way he works every single day, obviously, we're going to be against each other every single day. So I'm trying to make him better. And we're sitting on the side, kind of talking about routes and different stems and different things that can help him as far as when he's going up against other top savers in the league. So looking forward to a great year for him. Yeah, I mean, like you said, a guy that came in, obviously probably didn't, I wouldn't say knew a tunnel ball. But obviously, he's learned a whole lot since he was on the practice squad last year. Honestly, this entire group of tight ends, even the rookie, I think he's doing a really good job of, you know, he's a guy that's tall. He has a lot of length down there. So I would expect him to be using the red zone a little bit. But I just like the group as a whole, because they're all so different. They all do a bunch of different things, including West Coast as well. Kind of progress through the course of camp, through whether the red zone period is for two minutes, kind of rallying together. Yeah, I'm a little biased. I think that we've been winning the majority of the days out here. Obviously, the offense there making plays and things like that. But just like the way we're all looking as an entire defense, obviously, our front four every single day. And it's kind of hard during training camp to really tell, because sometimes they're getting sacks, but obviously, Vraves is letting the play go along. And even the DBs, especially some of these young rookies, these young DBs, Money Marsh, number 25 while I call him, he's been making a lot of plays, really showing up. So just excited for us to keep growing and obviously get to our first preseason game on Saturday. What kind of question is Anthony Kendall, man? Like I said, I think that all of these guys, they're just coming out here just competing. And I think that's the main thing. Obviously, we still have a long way to go. It's going to be very telling when we get to this first preseason game, how God's going to react when it's really live out there. Sometimes some of these rookies, there are certain things that get to the first game, if it's tagging a guy down the ground or it gets to some two-minute situations. But they're all competing and they're all hungry. And I think that's the great thing to see with any of the rookies. Kevin, can you talk camp with Washington State kid? Looks like he's out there battling every single day. He's versatile, man. It's the first DB I've probably seen with a neck roll. I don't know if y'all peeped it. He got a little neck roll. So he throws his stuff in there when he's in the slot. But like I said, he's been making plays since day one. I actually, I think it was maybe in the second day, I was just like, who's number 25? It's weird because I didn't really, you know, sometimes rookies, you don't really know their names. You just kind of know their numbers. He's like, who's 25? He's really impressing me. And he, you know, just kept showing up, kept showing up. So I'm excited to see him on Saturday. We see you and Amani over there doing side work with Coach Booker. The detail that he puts into it, how much goes into that? And how does that benefit you guys? That's an everyday thing for us. We do that from training camp all the way up until the playoffs, you know, everyday doing the season. Obviously they're doing special teams. We're on the side. We're doing our little footwear drills, just kind of tuning everything up. But there are things that I may bring the book or Amani or sometimes Booker will have something for us. We're working on the middle field tackle drills. We're working on something that we probably coverage that we're putting in that day. But we're also in the meeting room during special teams being watching film on. But if it's other top stages in the league, watching their man coverage, just watching different things they're doing and obviously watching the tight ends we're gonna play this year and watching quarterbacks. So a lot of work that gets put in, a lot of detail, you know, me and him, we talk so much about the goals that we set this year, obviously for the defense but for ourselves personally, numbers of turnovers that we wanna get and things like that. So we have high expectations for ourselves. That would seem like a couple of minutes, but over the course of the season, that's some significant time. Yeah, I mean, like you said, it all adds up. You know, everybody uses sand just 1% every single day. So that's just the little inches we're trying to get every day. Not only his depth, but he's a guy, I guess that could play it a three safety look or a dime package. It's been really good. It's been really, really good. Elijah is a guy who during practice will be at safety, be at a nickel, you know, some sub packages, linebacker. He's very, very smart. I tell him that all the time. He's very smart, very versatile. A guy who's obviously last year dealt with some injury stuff. So just know the mental strain that he's had over this whole entire off season to be able to get back to the position where he's at to be the guy who's always been super proud and impressed with him. Yeah, I mean, some guys can handle it. Some guys can't. And I think he's a guy who can handle it. Obviously, there's always things we're trying to work to get better at, but he's a guy that's just impressed me a lot with just, I mean, he impressed me as a rookie, how smart he was, but just being able to come in and there's, and training camp is kind of different because during the season, the package is a little bit smaller, you're kind of game playing for one team, but training camp, our whole playbook is open. So he can be at three different positions. So he had to know every single thing. So he's impressed me so far. Looking forward to San Romano play on Saturday. What's pre-season games like for you and maybe some of the veterans who are probably not going to play, what you're going to get to watch as a rookie? I just try to be a coach, try to do as much as I can to give the guy something. If it's something that I'm seeing, because obviously we're watching the film and the means, if it's something I'm seeing that can help them out, help them play faster. Because I remember when I was a rookie and I was out there and you know, you're going out there the first driver, two drives and all the vets, you know, eating sunflower seeds with their hat on, but you want to be that guy that's kind of engaged and you know, making sure that you're just giving them everything that you're seeing on the sideline because these guys are fighting for their livelihoods. Their guys are trying to make teams. So I'm going to try to do as much as I can to help them out. We talked in last week, said you guys played together so long to kind of both always know what each other's doing. How much does that continue to develop over time and how great is it to have somebody next to you like that? Yeah, it's been great. You know, Monty's first two years, he was you know, kind of coming in on third downs, sub-package because Kenny Vicarro with me and him was starting. So we finally really got our first, you know, our first three years together and it's been impressive. Actually, this is going to be our third year starting together. But Monty, man, he impressed me since he was a rookie. He's a smart guy, very instinctual. You know, hopefully obviously he has some injuries last year, but you know, me and him having a full season together, I think he's going to be great this year. So like I said, we're in meetings, always competing with each other, setting goals and talking about different things we want to do. So love line up against William Monty or line it up with him. Coach, you said that he's had to pull you out at times because you're calling everything for everybody and he needs the young guys to figure it out for themselves. How hard is that for you to dial it in and let young guys figure it out? Yeah, at first, you know, this has been a couple of years he's been doing that, but at first I really didn't like it like that. But now I kind of just understand what he's trying to get accomplished. At the end of the day, we all have room to grow. And you know, it's the same thing with Jeff, you know, Jeff's out there wrecking plays and he kind of pulling back a little bit. So, but at the end of the day, it's all about trying to get everybody better because I've learned the last two years, you're going to need everybody. You never know, you know, who's going to be out there, you know, right? If it's nickel corner safety, any position. So you want everybody to be able to get those reps and have those coaching moments on the field. I see my dear Kevin with Elijah then when he's back there, how was he in terms of being able to do all that and communicate to everybody? Yeah, I mean, he's still learning. He's still learning. But I think he's like said, he's been really good. And at times, man, this guy has a lot on his plate. Sometimes, you know, as a veteran, you kind of help him out a little bit. Some things that he may not be thinking about at the time, try to help him out as much as possible. But like I said, he's been great, man, learning all three positions that he's probably going to be playing. So I look forward to him to keep getting better. You know, you're not part-mentalizing with the jobs. Do you have any kind of suggestions for how a guy might do that? Yeah, I mean, at first, everything's kind of moving a little fast, but I guess you're trying to slow the game down as much as possible. Watch more film. I mean, even being at the house, you know, I don't know if it's your wife or whatever, just kind of helping you walk through some different things. But at the end of the day, man, it's all about reps. The more and more reps you get, the more comfortable you get, the more the game slows down. You're talking about being kind of an extra coach or whatever, trying to impart things that you've learned to guys. Do you do that to the other side of the ball, even though you're trying to win the play? Sometimes you tell a receiver, hey, you might be better doing this or tell a quarterback, hey, don't throw it there. You're being baited, that sort of thing. Yeah, at times, I mainly do it when we get to the locker room. I don't really do it in the field because I don't want to give them anything that's gonna beat me out there. But when we get in the locker room, we start to talk about different things, like, hey, on this play, you know, this stem that you gave me in Israel really gave me some trouble here. So that'd be really good. I was talking to Tony Deuce, who's obviously coaching the Titans now, and was telling him about we're doing one-on-ones and it was a rock that chig ran. I said, the reason why I didn't go for the little move you made is because, you know, you didn't give me enough shoulder or something like that. So like you said, at the end of the day, maybe we're on the field. Sometimes you normally have time because you're kind of locked in in practice, but once we get in the meeting room, or just if I see a guy in the locker room, like, hey, what was you doing on this play? And he'll tell me, like, hey, if you do this better, you might make me go left and then, you know, you'll have a little bit more space. So, because like I said, man, when you're a younger player, sometimes you don't really want to give people stuff because we know we're all getting evaluated, but I'm not, you know, I'm in a position where it doesn't really matter because I just want everybody to get better because it's gonna help the team. Last one. Having mentioned the expectations for the defense so far, what are the conversations like just about what this unit can accomplish? I think we can accomplish a lot. I think just as a team, I mean, Reddiface, just the defensive backs, obviously we have our goals, but just as a unit, I feel like we can be just as dominant as any other defense in the league. And I think that has to be the standard. The standard is always gonna be the standard, you know, coach always say, like, he don't necessarily coach the results, but we coach the actions. And every single day, the actions is always trying to be to the highest level. Obviously, we're not gonna be perfect, but at the end of the day, when we marry our front seven and our front four with that pass rush and that run defense, with the things we're doing in the back end, we feel we could be as dominant as anybody. No, no problem, thank you. Just real quick here, I told the team and everybody involved here at the organization, but Terrell Williams whacked as the head coach for Chicago, starting on Friday. So I think this is a great opportunity for him and for us and everybody involved. So Big T will handle that, Clint will handle the defensive line so that'll start on Friday. So you guys can handle that through Robbie and the communication when you talk to Big T and kind of steer it towards that and he'll talk to you after the game and I'll come back on Sunday and visit with you guys. So go ahead, Teresa. Hopefully your absence isn't due to anything. Oh no, I'll be here. No, no, I'm bound to be here. So is it more to give Terrell the opportunity and exposure to acting as a head coach and how valuable is that? Well, again, that'll be something that you'll have to ask him afterwards, but I just think that him dealing and talking with the trainer and again, we'll have a lot of conversations between now and Friday, but just handling things with the roster and discussing those things with the assistant coaches and how we wanna play the game or letting them make those decisions in the game and we'll go into the game with things that we think we need to try to get done and I'm sure he'll try to do that and I'll help him where need be, but I do think it'll be a great opportunity, well-deserved and so this is something that I wanted to do. Well, I mean, I'll obviously be involved and coach the guys on technique and help tee where I can or if there's a question or concern, but try to help him understand that role and what's required. I know that was kind of forced when you guys had to do with stretch a couple of years ago, but was that a beneficial experience to kind of inform this one? No, I think those two are separate. You know, I mean, I think those two are separate. You know, wanted to be able to plan this out and talk to it and give tee ample opportunity to prepare for those meetings and his message and the direction in which he wants to take it. There's some things that, you know, try to go through these things in the summer and you get away from it and try to think, you know, different things that you may want to do as it relates to training camp. How do you think he'll be off to know well and how do you think he'll do is it just something he's fired up about? Oh yeah, I mean, again, you'll have to ask him, you know, about some of those feelings and things like that, but I'm sure he'll do a great job. What was the reaction of those coaches? Again, those are great questions for those guys later on in the week. I just wanted to inform you guys so that you guys can have an opportunity to discuss that as a coach. Oh, just his ability to reach every player offensively, defensively, you know, great experiences at different places and you know, I always see him talking to guys across the ball or O-Lime in or, you know, young players, veteran players, so. How did this idea kind of come about because it doesn't seem like it's something that's been done a whole lot around the league? I came up with the idea, like most of the other things we do. How much has their progression it's a key role for me? How much did that play into? Well, no, I mean, just the ability to develop and teach players. And again, it wasn't about his ability to coach Jeff Simmons or develop some of those guys. This is an opportunity that was earned and deserved because of, you know, the vision that I think I have and his ability to reach, again, have conversations with all different players and people in our organization from different positions and different backgrounds and so. What about the running back position? How do you see some of the guys behind Henry who start to show up? Well, you know, we'll see when the games come. I think that they're all doing some good things and the special teams element is gonna be huge and they're all trying to find a role and I think they're working hard at it. You know, to protect in and trying to step in there, you know, sell Jay Ward today. You know, defense kind of had an overload pressure and, you know, Jay Ward had to try to come back and save the day and stood in there on an eco and you know, I don't know whether we'd have gotten it off or not, but Ryan threw it to hop and completed it, you know, on third down. So again, their willingness to just react and play and that's what you're looking for when the games start. Is it helpful for you guys when the officials are out and Trey Avery tugs on Josh Wiley and their end zones past interference and there's no flags that help you get used to the regular season? Well, I think regardless of whatever is called or not called, I think just having them here is good operation for us, for them. They can meet with our players and I'm sure they'll look at it and whether they think it was after the fact or not, you know, we got to come back and we got to play the next play. So I think it's good, it's beneficial for everybody. I thought he was competitive. He popped them in there guard and was able to go in there and operate and function and act like a pro. How's Chris Humberton since he's been here and kind of taking over, getting mostly reps with the ones? He's doing good. I mean, he's working hard and trying to progress and push through with, you know, today was a good day for conditioning and their plays were, they moved the pile and plays where there was good pockets and good protection and then other plays, you know, we'd like to have back, but you know, just there was a lot of great situations that come up and we're down in the red zone and you know, different looks that they coached through and just able to be able to say, hey, listen, if we get this on this particular play, like, this is how we want to block it or just through the course of a lot of reps, there's just a lot of different little details that come up and you know, that's why you practice. He's exploring a little bit with rough kits as far as his versatility goes and maybe helping with how many strides he may decide. Well, I thought he's, you know, really worked hard this off season. He's gotten stronger and, you know, looks to be more durable in there and a little thicker and stronger to be able to anchor and has played guard and even working at some of the center and different practices or walkthroughs and being able to play tackle. So, you know, we'll continue to look at him and these games will be critical for Andrew. How can I settle in? He has some good reps today and he's like he's stacking some good hits. Yeah, well, I'm glad you liked the day that he had, Teron, I appreciate the evaluation. I do think that he's gotten more comfortable just being here and I think he's gotten in better playing shape. I think you can go and run and do sprints and everything, but it's a long day for an offensive lineman. It's a lot of individual and then you come over here and run some team reps and then two minutes. So, I think the biggest thing has just been his conditioning and confidence to go out there and block these guys and, you know, that looks like he's improved each day. When you screen got a gold Malik twice and he doesn't get a playoff when the play clock's dwindling, what's the disconnect there? Um, I don't think there's a disconnect. I think it's why you practice. This is early on in two minutes and, you know, these situations are critical. So, you know, we'll make the corrections and we'll explain it to them and make sure that, you know, everybody's seen it through the same set of eyes and that we understand what the situation is and, you know, but, you know, there's gonna be some of that as we work our way through and, you know, would we like every two-minute drive to go down there and kick a 30-yarder? Sure, we would, but sometimes that doesn't happen. And I think the more that you expose them to these situations that aren't scripted, those are great opportunities to learn. And then if we don't, you know, come back and get it the next time, then we'll have to, you know, figure out why. But now it's the first exposure that situation and I'm sure it'll be much better the next time. Kevin Byrd said that Armani Marsh was somebody that has been impressing him and making place from day one. That ring true for you as well. What have you kind of seen out of Armani at your camp? You know, playing nickel and quick and, you know, showing up. So, you know, again, we're just gonna ask, you know, ask our players to play and, you know, ran and I'll evaluate the positions and try to coach. Okay, yeah, I mean, I think okay. There was probably the most, you know, we went in the call-up period. Again, I told you, came in there on Julius and stepped up in there and had shown some versatility and, you know, probably we'll get some work at nickel eventually and making sure that he's still good there. But I do, you know, his ability to be out there, you know, we're dealing with some of the things that he dealt with last year from a health perspective. I think he's continued to improve and get better. That'd be a question for Big T. Are we gonna have an opportunity to talk to him? Yes. Are we gonna have an opportunity to talk to him before the game? Yeah, he's on that. Thursday, he's on the schedule. Oh. Is he gonna take one of these from you? Can he take one of these from you? Saturday afternoon, he'll have you guys Saturday afternoon. He can take all of them if he wants to.