 Well, I was not going to go off, is it today? It may buzz, but. First, I want to thank all the players that participated in training camp. I thought we had a good camp. It was great to work with both Arizona and Tampa over the course of those a couple of days that they were here. Got a lot of good work in. The roster reduction process, that's never an easy one. Those conversations are always tough when you're talking to these guys that have worked so hard to have an opportunity in training camp. But Mike and I met with those guys yesterday and formed them of our decision. Got down to 53. And then got a big bulk of the group back on the practice squad today. So productive camp. Still got a lot of work to do, but we're moving forward and getting ready for week one. Will that work for you? Yeah, so this afternoon, Racing McMath are going into reserve. And we'll sign Cody Hollister back to the active roster. Obviously, Woodside, one of the players that came back on the practice squad. But what did Malik show you throughout the course of training camp and preseason to kind of feel comfortable with that quarterback two role? Yeah, I mean, I thought he really improved. He certainly made some impressive plays in the preseason games. But even at practice, just the ball coming out of his hand a little quicker. Throwing with a little bit better anticipation, deciphering, working through coverages. Just thought that he was on the right track. And he's still got a long way to go, but certainly trending in the right direction. What has Hollister kind of, or how has he improved over the last couple of years that he's the guy for right now for you there? Yeah, I mean, I think Cody's toughness level. He's an extremely dependable guy. He's a smart player. He can play a multitude of multiple spots at the receiver position on a moment's notice without a lot of reps throughout the course of the week of practice. He's been a competitive guy on special teams. He's been productive on special teams for us, which when you're not in, you know, if you're not at the one, two, three, four, see where you're going to do something in a kicking game, you know, realistically. And he's done a great job blocking. So, you know, all the things for that position, get open, catch, block, dependability, intelligence, versatility, he embodies a lot of those characteristics. What do you like about Dennis Dailey and his versatility? I guess a key for him as he joins the team. Yeah, I mean, we played against him a couple of years ago. I mean, he certainly kept, I remember, he was at the senior ball. I think it was the same year that Nate was down there, Davis. I played mostly left tackle for those guys, but he's also played right tackle. He's played some guard. I think he's got good foot quickness. He's got some snap with his punch. You know, I thought, you know, he played, I think he started nine games last year and blocked a lot of good players. He don't win every rep, but he battles and fights and finishes and tries to stay in front of his guy. And he was excited about the opportunity here and felt that adding depth to that position group was important for us. And I'm glad that he was available. John, keeping guys. Go ahead, Joe. Brandon's role moving forward here. Yeah, I mean, he's working mostly at tackle, Joe, throughout the course of the spring and then through training camp. And then he's getting some guard work now. Because if you're not one of the first five, you want to be able to go in and play multiple spots. We've seen his work at tackle. He played guard some last year of forester and practices and stuff. He played left tackle in the San Fran game last year. So working at guard now, just trying to get brushed up because he spent so much time at tackle so that he can punch in at any of those spots. What are some of the late guys like Lonnie Johnson and Ugo? What did they do in order to come in and be able to earn a spot so quickly over a guy like Theo Jackson who you trapped? Yeah, I think, well, I mean, Theo missed a little bit of time there in the middle of training camp. We were able to get Lonnie in here. He's got a unique skill set in that he's played corner and he's played safety. He's a really long player. He's a fast player. He's an explosive player. He did some things in the kicking game in the preseason that kind of caught our eye. And we think he can play a couple of different spots. Theo's really improved. I'm glad that Theo's back with us on the practice squad. Keep working with him. He's working at a couple of different positions too. And Ugo, he was here for like two or three days. He certainly had a lot of film in his time in Seattle briefly there with Philly. They kind of played him down there in the nickel roll. And then when we got him here, he played in the game and was productive in what we asked him to do. So his ability to, I would say, transition to what we do and learn and execute pretty quickly certainly bowed well for him. John Press said about Trey Avery and Julius Chestnut that they earned spots on the 53. Yeah, that's a great, that's a great. I mean, I think with Julius, I mean, he ran hard. He ran tough. He played good on special teams. He actually caught the ball better than I thought he would, you know. And, you know, anything that we asked him to do, he didn't have a whole lot of mental errors. Just a guy that, you know, we didn't know if we could get him through waivers, but he also earned the opportunity on the team. And then, you know, Trey, you know, he was, he was a late addition to the undrafted class. He came in here and I made the analogy yesterday. He was kind of seventh or eighth in the race about midway through camp. And it seemed like once he got to turn four, you know, he just hitched up and kept running and kept passing guys up. He's competitive at the line of scrimmage. He's really sticky in coverage. He's got good play speed. He's got good instincts. And he doesn't, he doesn't play the position like a rookie. He doesn't, he's not intimidated. He gets up there and he lines up on his guy and he's reactive and he's really done a nice job. John Chapin does off the initial 53 again. I guess maybe what's the message for him and what specifically do you guys want to see from him in terms of continuing to grow? Well, it was a different conversation this year than it was a year ago, Ben. You know, I thought that he really had an outstanding offseason. He got off to a really good start in training camp, made some plays for us. And then the consistency bug kind of crept in there. You know, there were practices where it wasn't so good. And then, you know, he would rebound a little bit the next day and then maybe drop the next day and then really, you know, really turn it up the next. And I told him we've just got to maintain that consistent level and work to improve a little bit. You can't have the highs and lows, you know, the peaks and valleys throughout the course of your career improvement-wise. And he acknowledged that and he was excited to be back here today and working on the practice squad. And we saw what he did last year. He improved throughout the course of the season last year, earned the right to get back up on the 53 and that's what the expectation level is for him this year. Look like about 20% of the initial 53 is made up of rookies. What does that say about this team and then what they were able to show you? I mean, I think it's a competitive group. And we spent a lot of time with these guys, you know, in the draft process, being able to be around them and get to know them. And they've came in. I was talking to Chiquijuase, our player development guy, said this has been one of the better rookie classes from a standpoint of coming in here and being able to act like a, you know, what we expect a pro football player to act like, which is a testament to them and the universities that they came from and, you know, their commitment to us and to the process. I was going to ask you guys to say this to Kelly, Ty, Sam Bario, that tackle who could plug in either side at a moment's notice. Do you have a clear cut number three guy right now? Well, I think we're working through that, David. That's kind of why we've, you know, Dylan's played on both sides. Joe Marco has played on both sides. Dennis has played on daily, has played on both sides. So, and we've got three guys that we think that have played on both of those sides on the end of the line of scrimmage. And, you know, they're, they're working at a couple of different spots. And, you know, whoever the best one is, if, you know, if called upon, when called upon to go out there and play or their spot, you know, we're going to expect them to be ready. What do you think, what's wrong, Josh? Gordon was going to visit today NFL Network Report. I guess, is that accurate? And I guess if so, what do you have to consider when you, when you maybe bring in a guy like that, just to take a look? Yeah, I mean, we're going to work out a lot of players throughout the course of the fall, John. And we don't comment on those guys. We'll comment about the guys that are on the team. And if players, when we've worked them out, if they end up on the team, then we'll talk about them. What do you think went wrong with the 2020 draft class? And is that something that you could, you could learn from going forward? Well, I think, you know, Christian Fulton was in that class, Merch was in that class. Merch has made our team a couple of times. And then he ended back up on a practice squad this year. We've got some guys in the, you know, that were undrafted that are on that class. I've spoke about the guys that aren't here anymore. I'm not going to talk about those guys again. But I think that was, that whole, that whole period of time was, it was kind of weird for all of us, right? Cause we were in this pandemic, we were locked in our houses and we couldn't do anything. And it certainly, I mean, we tried to go through our process, TD, but it was just different. And it wasn't, I personally, was not able to do what I normally do as I prep for, you know, for the draft. Is that a reason why that on the flip side of that, that guys like Nick Westbrook and T. Aertard and Aaron Brewer slipped through the cracks in that draft, but turned out to be productive later? Possibly, yeah, possibly. I mean, we, we just certainly did our due diligence on those guys and identified those guys and, you know, those guys have taken the opportunity that we've given them here and really worked hard to improve. They're much better football players than they were when they got here. That's a testament to those guys. Just Malico or your, but it did, was there ever a point where you thought you probably would have to keep three and then he progressed faster than maybe you even thought he would to make that decision a little bit easier to keep two? Yeah, I mean, really at every position group, Jim, we talk about numbers, you know, we're going to keep, how many offensive linemen are you going to keep? Are you going to keep eight? Are you going to keep nine? Are you going to keep 10? How many DBs are you going to keep? How many quarterbacks are you going to keep? All of those position groups we talk about. But I think, like I said earlier, I think Merck Malik certainly improved throughout the course of training camp, certainly in the preseason games and we're excited to continue to work with him and he knows he's got a lot to work on and we're excited to keep working with him. John Speedy said he wanted to come in here with a passion for winning unlike before. Now that you've gotten a full camp in, like what have you seen from a leadership perspective, like how he's evolved that way? Yeah, I'm really vocal. I mean, he's always been a vocal guy, but I mean, really vocal talking to the receivers, talking to the tight hands about landmarks, communicative with the offensive line with what they're seeing front-wise and stuff. He's energized, he's jazzed up to be back out there with his teammates. As you spoke on Bryan Stonehouse, John, how tough is it to say goodbye to a guy like Brett Kerr? Yeah, I mean, Brett, I think his career here speaks for itself. I mean, he's been outstanding. I mean, I made a statement about him the other day and that's how I feel about Brett and his family. He's just a great family and got a ton of respect for him. You spoke of kind of numbers at each position a second ago, keeping seven defensive linemen. I guess what kind of went into that process and is that maybe a testament to how many guys you have there? Yeah, and I think some of those guys are flex players, Ben. I think they can maybe play a couple of different spots. They're not necessarily this position or that position. They can kind of slide around a couple of different spots. But yeah, I think that's a good position group. I mean, I really had a good feeling that it was a deep position group when we went into training camp and that certainly proved correct as we went through day after day after day in practice and game after game. I was surprised for you that Nenny cleared and how excited are you to have him back with you on the practice squad to continue his development? Yeah, excited to keep working with David. I mean, he's done some good things. Improved since he's got here. He's working at the end of the line of scrimmage. He's working to improve on special teams. You know, all of those things, as far as for surprise that he cleared or not, you never know. It's always a dice roll when you get to the waiver period. Traylin, I guess, you're over the first couple of months and how he maybe has progressed since he got here. Yeah, improved, really improved. Thought he had an outstanding game the other night. Went in there and dug out of safety a couple of times on runs, which opened him up for a really cool play that he scored on as a great throw by Malik, great protection by the line. He stepped up in there and got it around as a defender. Traylin ran a great route and did a lot of things that we saw at Arkansas with the ball in his hands, outran defenses, and scored a touchdown. Did you guys make any waiver claims challenge? No. I know it's probably hard to say. Do you envision much more movement in terms of the roster before? Yeah. So when this process unfolds over the next three days, there seems like there's a new personnel notice about every five or six hours where there's claims go in and then you've got to make room on your roster. And so you've got to let somebody else go. So then there's another list of guys that come available. So we're working through that list of players that are available. I'm sure we'll have some workouts here over the next couple of weeks. Let's see if any of those guys can help us. So with the day off, she went golfing. She said before you next Wednesday. Good. I look forward to it. What do you guys got? We haven't seen Danica Autry on the practice field for a while. How's the progress he's been making throughout the course of that camp? Good. Good to see him back out there. Did some good things. And we'll get moving forward with him. I guess, Mike, over the last 24 hours, maybe communication with players, guys coming, guys going, and how would that go? Well, I mean, we know it's a difficult time, having been through it as a player and a coach. It's not easy. We try to communicate and visit with each guy, each person. They put a lot into it. Some of them spend a lot of time with us. And we also try to communicate with the ones that we do want back, that we have all intentions of continuing to work with them. We know how important the practice squad is, critical it is to our season, not only to us and the games that we would have to use those guys in. We have done that a lot. It is also their development. Defense looks during the practice. That's the backup quarterback's job. That's where they get their reps. So we try to put it in our terminology. And we've talked a lot about that here in the last couple of days when we started just using some cards is that whether we put the call on there or not for you, you should be able to look at the formation, look at the play, and then translate that into our terms. And if it's not, and if we don't have it for whatever reason, then that's fine. Then run the card. But we're asking those guys to come out there, take control of the huddle, the cadence, the operation, make sure guys are lined up. And that's where he's getting a lot of his reps. And so those can be good reps. Was there anything different with him just because you're in this process of trying to also have him in your offense and everything? Or is it just how it would be with anyone in that role? That how it would be with any backup quarterback. I mean, he's still preparing like he's going to be the starter. So is Logan. And then he'll get some reps throughout the course of the day. But the majority of his work and every backup quarterback that I've been associated with, that's where their work is. What impressed you in Canada for a season about Julius Chestnut and Trey Avery? I thought they came in and competed. John talked a lot about the roster, I'm sure. So just keep it to the Giants. What's he saying about this camp? Have you seen any change in the way he goes about leading this team? I don't hear a reason. I said with Ryan too. Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah, I mean, I think that he's had a very good camp. I think that you hear him talking through things and explaining the situations, whether we're in a group period or what we're working on. I think he's very conscious of being vocal and working through things with tight ends that are new or receivers or trying to figure out where each and every guy is going to be and making sure that they're where he wants them. What's it like, you mentioned, looking toward the Giants? What's it like preparing for a team in week one that's going to have so much newness to it? I know it's about getting your team ready, but how's the preparation go and preparing for somebody with a lot of unknowns? And we played against both coordinators. The head coach has been in Buffalo. The defensive coordinator has been in Baltimore. So try to learn the personnel the best that we can. Try to anticipate what we may see from them in all three phases. Most of the scheme stuff would probably come from somebody other than the Giants. So you're watching the Giants for personnel to see guys' skill set, how they play. And then you're just trying to get them prepared the best that you can for the things that you think you might see. Do you see this as kind of an extension of training camp in terms of working on what you need to work on while starting to put in what you need to do against the Giants? Or how do you approach this? I think it's probably a little bit of both. Trying to use the time that we have to get some work into some competitive work, which we did today, and then also start to show them stuff that we think we may see in the game. Daily is more of one or the other more tackler guard, or what are your thoughts on that? Oh, line. See where it kind of works out. He's got flexibility that had to be made on Brett. I mean, again, John touched on the roster. My conversation with Brett was fantastic. Can't think of enough for his professionalism. My time with him personally, the impact that he's made over the four years that I've been here with him in this community, his football team, watched his kids grow up. It was good to have Bryce out here for training camp. It was really fun. And I know that I'm going to have a good relationship with Brett moving forward. He's just a true professional. What's Dez got to show you to kind of work his way back again, possibly potentially getting to the 53? Same thing that hopefully all the receivers being able to get open when we need him to, being able to block when we need him to, you know, contested catches. Kind of the elder states have been now. What is his presence and leadership meant for this team since you've been here? Oh, I mean, I think we all know Taylor's personality. I think that that's something that has to be a strength for us. You know, his energy, his vocalness. I mean, you hear him out there. And you know, he's had a good camp. He's been out there. He's improved, you know, trying to work on some things. So that's, it's always a positive. You know, he's never asked for a day off. He's never done that. We've tried to take care of him the best that we can. And I think I'm hopeful that that leadership continues. How has Neckless, for air, grown at his position? And what more can he do? Anything as he evolves as a NFL player to learn that spot? Well, just so much different, you know, things that he sees from looks and scheme from our defense or, you know, Tampa and Arizona. And then now going, you know, looking forward to the Giants. And that's a lot of stuff. So each block or each play based on the front, there's a lot more to it than that. You know, I think sometimes in pass protection, that's probably the easiest thing that they have is because it's, you know, the tackle usually has the end unless, you know, there's pressure or something else happen. So, you know, with that, it's just really just being good at the top of the pocket and, you know, using his length, using his size. But I think he's adjusting to the different looks in the run game. Have a great day, guys. Enjoy the sunshine.