 Hey Teresa, why don't you let me just just get started here with something I just want to thank you know our ownership group Amy Adams, Strunk, Kenneth and Barkley and Susan and their families and you know for this opportunity again to lead the football team not the result that any of us wanted but appreciate their support as we work through a difficult year. They allow John and I to do everything. A lot of us to do our jobs. I'd like to thank the players and the coaches for their commitment throughout the entire offseason the season. It was a tough season the NFL's a tough difficult league and they were resilient through a lot of different experiences. I'd like to especially thank our support staff who kept to help keep our players and our coaches and our family safe throughout this building. The way that it was structured and the difficult situations that came up. I appreciate what they did their hard work and diligence to making sure the meetings were set up in the areas that we used and then I'd like to thank the media for doing your job you know to help promote our football team and be an avenue to our fans. Wish that we could have done this differently but I appreciate you guys staying engaged through you know our virtual settings and I'm going to miss our chat rooms. So with that Teresa why don't you get started? Absolutely Mike. Achieve the AOC south title certainly have some pieces in place with Ryan under contract Derek under contract. How much is this team coming off a disappointing loss maybe poised to build and continue success as opposed to having been in rebuilding mode maybe when you first got here? I mean I don't think anybody ever looks at it like that we're just going to try to you know stick together you know I felt like we stuck together through a lot of different situations that have come up throughout the starting back at April and then obviously stick together through the sting of this defeat you know this day is a tough day for 31 teams that don't win a championship but you know we're going to look to try to build a new team in 2021 there's going to be some players that are the same and there's going to be some that are different they'll be coaches that look differently the front office may look differently that's just the nature of it but you know we have high expectations here every year uh Jeff. Mike I guess what was your closing message to this year's team and then as you try to project forward I guess still some uncertainty heading to this offseason as far as an offseason program and and OTA's minicam what what do you tell them when you don't know what's next? Well we're going to talk to them here in a little bit I um you know I wanted to talk to you guys and then talk to the team as they they come in and finish physicals and things like that and just tell them that you know how I'm proud to coach them I'm proud that they stuck together um and again nobody's happy with the result but uh they need they all need some time away and then be mindful of the decisions that they make um with some time on their hands uh John Gunn. Hey Mike um I know you're all of one day into the offseason but uh as as you look ahead um possibility of a defensive coordinator something you're considering you know defensive coordinator in name for next year and if so you know would that be someone more likely out of staff or on staff? You know John I think what we have to do is we have to evaluate you know every position um on our staff and as well as you know on our roster and so we'll do that and you know we'll make those decisions that that we feel like are in the best interest of the football team and you know that that'll be one of them. Um Terry? Mike in regards obviously with free agency and all you got out of set priorities how possibly different are possibly different though is that Terry why I'm here to address Terry in a free agency you know we're aware of our free agents and the ones that that have contracts that are expiring you know free agency like the same thing we said last year it's a two-way street you know the player has to want to be here the team has to want him back and you know then obviously the contract has to be good for both parties and they have to feel like they got something out of it and you know John and I will continue to discuss that and you know we'll meet with those players and their representatives and and see about getting something done. Alright Toronto. Yeah stand with that that theme the offseason and addressing needs how much of a need do you feel this team has for you know that guy that could really just dominate up front you know despite what you guys were able to do in the last couple of games as far as eight sacks are concerned. You know I just think that you know you know we'll have to identify you know a lot of areas of focus and making sure that you know we do a great job of bringing guys in here that love football that that are talented that that put the team first and you know play with great effort and finish but they get you know they got a lot of football this is a grind this league is a grind and you know so those are the types of players that we're looking for and obviously talented Toronto. Yeah Mike back on the defensive coordinator thing you said during the season you didn't think that that was having an impact on defensive struggles you still feel that way after the season's over do you think there's any benefit to having someone who's I guess quote unquote the head coach of that defense. Yeah you know I think that this thing kind of took a life of its own Joe and I you know I guess that it was really important but you know Shane led the meetings Shane led the walkthroughs Shane called the defense and again I think we get caught up too much in titles and I and I and I guess I apologize because clearly didn't think it would take on a life of its own and you know we'll coach better we'll play better but those are things that we have to do in all three phases you know there were times that it looked like we put all three phases together played really well and then there were stints where you know we didn't do that and you know what we're going to evaluate the roster and the coaching staff and the plays that we run and the scheme that we have and everything across the board you know because we ultimately didn't win a championship. Mike at this point can you shine some light on the the whole process with Dory Jackson and you know what what from the moment he got hurt what you what you thought you could get out of him this year and and and how much of you know how close did you get to getting what you hoped you could from him? No I mean I don't really have much light I mean he wasn't available and when he was available to to practice you know we practiced him and when he wasn't you know up for practice he wouldn't be available for the game and you know when he was able to be available for the game you know we played him and then we monitored how he felt and we worked on that. Paul. Mike you guys had a historically bad third down defense why couldn't you fix it? I guess there's you know we had a couple guys free to make tackles on a quarterback yesterday and a couple guys scramble around then we got some third down stops and you know I think there were times where it looked like it was representative of what we wanted to do from a playing standpoint and a schematic standpoint and then you know other times it was you know shorter distance and that we probably didn't do a good enough job on second down so I think we're all you know we're all responsible and again it's going to be about the playing and the coaching when there's things that don't go well and then when you see it look good and how it's designed to be executed and coached it looks pretty good. And what was it about Shane when you saw him worthy of doing all of those things that you listed that you found him unworthy then of the title? All right you know I just you know I make decisions a while ago and as we worked our way through you know the off-season it was just a decision I made Paul I make a lot of decisions and you know it's a great honor to be in a position to make decisions for the team and sometimes people agree with them and sometimes people don't but we'll keep doing them with the best interest in the team in mind. Hi Gentry. Yeah Mike when do you expect to have some clarity on Arthur's situation in terms of conversations with other teams and if you did have to replace him how important would continuity be given how well things went on that side of the ball? When would I know when some when an owner would want to hire Arthur I would have no idea Gentry. And in terms of continuity given how well things went I mean would that I guess that was kind of one of the the goals in when naming Arthur would you you know what are your thoughts on in terms of trying to continue what you've accomplished with the familiarity of the offense already? Arthur's still our offensive coordinator so when he no longer is then we'll look to to replace him. Hi Gentry. Yeah Mike I was wondering about special teams this year you talked a lot especially on the coaches TV show about wanting to do better in returns you know both kickoff and punt returns when you look at some of the games this year whether it's Pittsburgh or Indianapolis at home but the games that were special teams really let you down this year what are your thoughts on that going into the off season and and while a lot of moves are made you know big spots skill position spots their offensive defensive line how important is special teams and the focus on improving that for next year? Yeah I mean it's just huge importance and I think that you know we had some guys that really developed you know I rarely sit here and try to point guys out but I'm proud of the efforts that Nick Westbrook had a wide receiver that was undrafted that developed into a gunner kickoff coverage guy, guy that blocked this guy on kickoff return so you know you're looking for a skill set and then special teams is also really it comes down to effort and finish and really just just wanting to do it and that's what special teams is and you know we'll have to continue to evaluate that and find guys that you know fit that particular mold you know and then you know as you saw you know Darrington got some returns and I think he'll become more comfortable with it and he'll keep doing it and well it just I think it's a critical element and in phase you know I do so it'll be evaluated just the same as you know the offensive defense. Steve Lemon? Hey Mike where does Isaiah Wilson stand with you guys right now in terms of coming back next year and what role you see for him and then to further out with the rookies not only was he not out there but Darrington, Christian, Chris all because of injuries probably didn't get the number of reps you maybe envisioned or hoped at the start of the year where do you view this rookie class as a whole at this point and how they can help you moving forward? You know I can't comment on Isaiah you know I wouldn't even begin to to be able to eloquently have an answer for you Steve I just think you know with those other guys you know the injuries you know get hurt and I also think that the off season and I feel like we we put our guys our young players in a great position in the off season you know we try to structure their day in May and June the same way that we did would in September and October so that they're coming in early you know they're they're building a routine a functioning routine of coming in early working out getting treatment having breakfast going to a meeting at the same time that we would start our team meeting and the season you know going to position meetings going out on the field at in some capacity having lunch and then going back in for for meetings afterwards and I think that that builds a positive routine for these guys and for them not to have that I think probably you know hurts and then the injuries you know certainly set some of those players back Luke Mike what what qualities do you think Arthur has that are are interesting these other teams and and what do you think he would bring to a team potentially as a head coach I think Arthur do you know do a great job I got a lot of respect for Arthur you know Arthur's always done the best job and the job that he's had you know he hasn't worked the telephones and tried to undercut anybody he's always come to work and you know of a lot of trust in Arthur as a person for a person foremost so and I know he'd do a fantastic job leading anybody's team he was one of the maybe the only holdover from the previous staff when you got here what was it that made you want to keep him around initially I think all those things that I mentioned and I think all those things that I just talked about you know he was he's a tight ends coach you know he's been on different sides of the football you know just like what he had done with that position group and how they responded and how he prepared some of those players to do their job Chris here Hey Mike is you kind of self-evaluate how do you think that you led this team through all the unforeseen adversity of the season the likes of which no one's ever experienced you know I mean I don't think that that's something that is really my decision you know I try to try to do what's best for the players for their families for the coaches for this organization sometimes it's you know sometimes it's the right decisions and the right schedule but and sometimes it's not you know just try to instill an attitude within our team about winning about what it takes to win and try to prepare each and every week and sometimes it's good enough and sometimes it's not so I'd also like to thank our fans too and I know that I thank some people and it was it was cool to see those fans out there for a playoff game I thought they were into it I can't wait till we can get everybody back in our stadium get them back for practice you know how important that is you know to a community we want to we want to have a winning product we want to have a team that they can be proud of you know the way they play they play with great effort and physical and play together as a team Adam Sparks yeah Mike if uh if your defense plays well next season what would you hope the identity of that defense would be be fast you want to be you know be good tacklers be sound be great communicators um yeah I think you have to be smart nowadays you have to be extremely smart have great awareness you know defense is a lot about instincts you know and so so many teams are you know play man covers they're going to try to pick you and if you if you play zone they're they're going to try to stretch out and you know and just the scheme each week changes you're getting ready for different opponents so I think that you have to you have to have just some sort of instincts to you and an awareness but great defense is usually a really good good tacklers you know but Mike just going back to a couple questions ago about you saying you wanted you need to identify players who who love football who love to play football I I know you can only do what you can with the situation that that was presented this year with with COVID having an effect on free agency and draft evaluations and things like things like that do you think it was made substantially harder to identify guys like that because because of what the pandemic kind of did to the process I mean we all were you know we were all working under the same rules buck so you know I don't know I know that it made it difficult to do a lot of things or made it different and so you know that was that was the challenge that was presented to us um and if those are the that's how we have to operate and then we'll we'll need to continue to improve and we always want to improve our evaluation process and find guys that that are going to come in and fit what we do that's time for these last four uh Toronto coach in regards to Corey Davis and you know how the game ended can you shed any light on what happened there um a lot of criticism from the fans you know about him not finishing how can you respond to them in regards yeah I mean absolutely I mean if Corey you know we don't we don't talk about injuries but you know I mean clearly if Corey was able to finish that football game um you know he would have and he would have tried to done everything that he could have done to to help us win it just that wasn't going to be a possibility uh at that time John yeah Mike um in regards to Adam Humphries obviously didn't see him much uh with the concussion situation has he made some strides and and kind of what is his status you know heading into the off season he finished the year on injury reserve um so I would tell you that he wasn't cleared to playing the football game did he make improvement you know during that time that uh that he was out that we didn't see him wasn't cleared to playing the game John he's still in concussion protocol Paul Mike I know you're not one to second guess but it seems like if if you ever took an opportunity the the fourth and two punt from the 40 might be one uh you spend any time last night pondering you're you're very aggressive and that doesn't fit your your coaching MO you know just you try to get a feel for the game and see how things are going and you know we've made decisions um that have worked out and you know that that was the one we went with and again second guess yeah we always second guess everything that we do that doesn't work out we lost the game you know so that's that's our charges to to find out why and and question everything that we do and when we don't when we don't win and um that's that's no different than any other situation you know just felt like that's felt like we'd get a stop felt like we'd get the ball back and score and you know they hit a couple plays we held them to a field goal and had an opportunity there at the end just just went with that went made a decision and went with it and tried to be as decisive as we could but we lost the game so that uh there's a lot of those decisions that come up throughout the game the last one Steve Levin Mike there will be decisions upcoming on both Cory Davis and John O Smith and Free Agency from you guys they both had overall good years in particularly great starts to the season but the production trailed off somewhat certainly towards the end of the year is there any reason for that that you you know no standing here today of of why that may have happened no I mean I don't think that there's anything you know specific you know I think that that's just sometimes that's how the season goes you know could use Harold Landry an example I mean Harold played a fantastic game yesterday very active you know the consistency is something that we all strive for you know they get in in our personal life and our professional life is is being consistent to to whoever you know we're working with or for and so my consistency and you know how I approach the team is critical and their performance players performance is is you know hopefully to be consistent so that you know what you can count on and what you can rely on you know week in and week out