 When you're facing the team that you've had practices with, does that change anything at this point or did that change things in August? Well, I think the intent of that was to go down in a different environment, to go against a really good defensive scheme, and it would kind of evaluate where we're at. I think that's what was valuable for our team at that point. The teams are different, the rosters are a lot bigger, things change. You know, I kind of look like I said this the other day, it's like a divisional game. Certainly there's things both teams did, and that's coaching. I mean, you're going to do that no matter you played the same divisional team two weeks ago, so it doesn't hurt you, I guess is what they're saying. Both teams know that when you agree to practice and know that you're going to play this one in the season. I mean, did it change anything when you would have done it in August, like saying it had been again? You're just at a different point. Things are working on, you know, like depending on what you've got different ways they want to install their schemes, and you know, you have an idea of what you're going to get, maybe it's obviously a little bit different than what you're seeing every day in practice, but it's not like you're, you know, I don't think a lot of either team, you know, looking at practice, I don't want to speak for the dolphins, but it wasn't like we were sitting there all night trying to trick them at practice. We were trying to warm our course up, see if guys could get open versus man, see how guys handled, you know, blocking against different players. That's really what it came down to. It was more of a pre-season evaluation. And just to provide an example, Scott, if Kayla's unable to get back on Sunday, what do you do there? Do you consider what he's doing? No, Jalen's not going to move. So I don't think we're giving away any more chatter, and we got a lot of confidence in Jason Spriggs. He's played a lot of big games, and we are Colby Gossett. We'll see how it looks this week in practice, and of course, there's always a chance, you know, who knows Gary. And like I said, this league, nothing, it's just a project. You've got to have contingency plans, and no different if you've got a guy go down on Saturday. The next guy is going to go up, and sometimes you have to have a practice squad about standard elevation. Kayla? Yeah, because what makes you also confident about Spriggs being able to go right in there and give you what you need to get right? That's what he's done in his history, and why he's here, and what we evaluated, and pregnancy, and obviously Dave Ragone, Charles London with him, Ted Montaquino was with him, like what you saw in films he led. He played in NFL games, he's done a decent job of practice. Gossett will have a chance, too. So I've got confidence, and he's gotten better every week. We'll make the best decision, you know, on Saturday. Is it comfortable with where you are from a run percentage standpoint, or would you like to be running the ball better and running up more? I'd like to be doing everything better. So that's not, like I said, you get into games. Okay, everybody's got different philosophies. That's what makes this sport fun. We're certainly like to run the football, but to say that we have to hit, you know, a magical 31 number. No, I mean, if you're going to run into the 30s, you're probably winning that game. You know, we certainly don't want to have, we just don't want to become obvious. It's probably the best way to say it, and a lot of it is having games going. You know, I think most offense now, package plays. You know, the RPOs have become, you know, in vogue. Really, they're just run alerts pretty snap, and so a lot of people justify those as run calls. There's a lot of different ways to do it. We don't sit there and say, hey, we have to hit this number. I will say this. My history is if you're running the ball and you have 30 something carries, it's probably been a pretty good day. Yeah, Coach, how do you reach the grand fair and his extended action at the Nickelback? Well, you know, he just is in there. He's not just primarily Nickel. He can go back and play safety. He can drop from anywhere. He can blitz from anywhere, too. Like, all right, guys, he did some good. And there's other places, you know, like all our rookies, like every week, there's things I need to do better. It's kind of, I looked at it, but it was a good first, first step. But again, we got a lot of confidence. There's no, it's a long term plan. We got veteran safeties in there. We got two young safeties that we like. As I was in the practice squad, we like, you know, Richie played, played on special teams. I think it's overlooked. I mean, it's everybody just fixated. Hey, he had drafted high. Okay, we're, you know, I don't see him on defense. You guys don't see the impact he has on special teams. It doesn't get a lot of, nothing flashy about it. But Richie's been a pretty good teams player for us, too. And Calvin, how'd he look Monday as he come back into the bowl? Well, like he, like he always did. How did he practice? Like he always did. Hard. He works hard. Calvin's a good player. Tom Burke, was it for you coming off the London game to have to buy a week? And you felt like it's an advantage? I mean, there's not had that. I, you know, I think, you know, there's been a few teams that haven't taken it. Okay, that's every team's got to make the decision. They think it's best for them. It's not going to, just because we took the buy and they didn't. Doesn't mean, you know, who knows what kind of if you don't play well, like go out there and you play sloppy, you're going to get beat in this league. You got to play well and have a chance. Again, that's, we did what we thought was good for us at the time. And everybody's got to make their own decisions. And they mean our ways better or their ways better or whatever. Does it have an impact on Sunday? I guess the stories will be written depending on how the game goes. Kel, that gave you back into giving your legs back under? I think we felt pretty good. So how would you describe the team's confidence, of course, of getting a win in London and also with everything the team has built to come about this problem? I think you build confidence week over week, whether you're improving. Obviously, it helps when you win. But you got to see improvement. I've said this before, if you're not objective and you don't take a sober-minded approach on Mondays and Tuesdays, it's going to be hard for you as the season goes on. Because a bit of brown teams, we've won games and we probably didn't deserve to win. When you turn the ball over, you just had, you guys made enough plays off schedule or in spite of you. And then you've got times where you think you play pretty well and you get beat. And so, obviously the ultimate goal, we got to win games. I don't, just because you win one week, as I said, if you're not constantly looking to improve and being objective, it's going to catch up to you. And the good teams of ones that can improve as the season goes on. I've said it a million times and I'll say it again. I've said it a team long time. You're not the same team in September that you are in October, November to December, and hopefully you get to play in January and ultimately, obviously, early February. So, that's what the name of the game is, Anthony. We've got to get better and we know we've got a ways to go. Of course, there's things going on with that. What room did you learn from the game of the month? Well, I mean, it certainly, like you come down to, like the way things are set up, you know, teams are, for the most part, they're going to get yards. You just try to make sure you don't give up explosive plays. The ones that really hurt you. You need to play well, situational football. Nothing harsh out in there. If you play well on third down and get into the red zone, if you can make them kick field goals, you're going to have a good chance to win. And that's usually what pretty good defenses do. On the flip side, offense is the same way. Like, if you can play complementary, guys can play smart in all three phases, not give up, hand them things on penalties, on teams or an offense and lose field position and not win a situation, you're probably not going to win. So we just got to keep going and playing better in all three phases. When you look at a guy like Tua and when he's healthy, what type of catalyst can he be for that offense? He's a good player. So, I mean, obviously it's well documented what he did at Alabama, and he's at success in his league. And again, you've got good challenges every week. You're going to have good challenges up front, low-sized line of scrimmage, and there's a lot of talented football players in the NFL. So it makes it fun, and he's a good young player. And we're going to work cut out for us. He can make you create explosive plays, good athlete, accurate. He's a good football player. That's what you were talking about inside linebackers and what you see from them. In terms of an inherited player, I mean, when it comes to Foye specifically, what do you like about who he is and how he sees the game? Well, I think, you know, both of those guys, I mean, there's, I said, what makes us league fund, there's multiple ways to do things, multiple schemes. So we obviously, it's a very different scheme. We ask him and Dion to do a lot of things differently than they've done in the past, and that's not anything a shot at anybody else. They're not thinking, you know, whatever. It is what it is. You come in and it happens all over the league, right? And so there's always turnover year over year of players under your roster. And I'm excited about the guys that are on the Falcons. You know, guys, whether they were here before, guys we added in free agency or the draft class, but Foye and Dion, their roles are very different. And they've both done a really good job. And so very pleased with what they're doing. They've been very productive. Foye is a smart player. It's not just because he went to Yale. We've got a lot of Yale guys here. Some are smarter than others. Foye is certainly smarter than some of the other Yale guys we've got here. That's including the coach's staff. It may not be quantifiable, but, you know, ideally, what's the point spread on week 17 Falcons against week 1 Falcons? I mean, how much can you... Yeah, I don't know. I'm not Brent Musburger. I don't have a setup. I don't know what casino he's got up there. Is there a way to quantify what that improvement looks like in terms of how good you are? Are you just different? I think you're different. You know, obviously, you know, the team's different because you're naturally going to deal with injuries. You're going to evolve certain ways. Yeah, you've got to be a much better team by week 17 or now, week 18, right? So I don't know. I have a hard time putting spread. I guess there's guys that are pretty good at that. Maybe you should ask them. I think it's Musburger, right? Yeah. So it's hard for me to put that on there, but we've got to be better. I mean, you'd like to think the things that you did poorly in the early of the year aren't still happening late in the year, schematically, technique, you know, the mental errors, stuff like that. You hear often from coaches about just how tough it is to win on the road. You guys have a win in New York, a win in a home game that was in London, and a close game in Tampa Bay. Just how pleased are you with how well your team's down at home? Yeah, it's interesting. I think it's been documented, too. You know, I don't have a great answer for you why it doesn't seem like home field has been as big as it's been in the past. I know the numbers are seeing it. I don't have the photographic memory like some people in this league. But I know this, that it hasn't seen to be as big an advantage as it's been in the past. What are reasons I don't know? I have a certain last year you make the argument, most of stadiums were empty if there was. Crowd noise wasn't an issue. We need to do a better job at home. That's the one thing that bothers me, you know, for our fans. We want to make Mercedes-Benz an advantage for us. And we haven't held up our end of the bargain. We'll get there. Again, these guys, we've got a resilient team. It's really mindset-wise. You're right, they've done a nice job on the road. We've got to continue to do that this week in Miami. Do you, in your experience, point to the season where you're like, okay, I expect my team to be rolling or in a good position by week-axe or month-axe? Well, certainly you want to. You don't want to start whole. I don't think anybody wants a lower expectation to say, hey, let's start slow. That's why it always makes me laugh a little bit when you're watching games and it's whatever sport. You're like, hey, you need to start fast. I don't think anybody's ever been in a... I've never been around a team or a coach or anyone. So certainly, you know, objective, you want to play well early. When you don't, that's the reality, right? So our reality is, is we're two and three, right? So plenty of football left at 12 games. We've got a whole season left ahead of us. And we need to win. You've got to get better every week. Like I said, there's not the same team. But yeah, you want to be... Every step of the way, you want to be winning. And you just want to make sure you're improving. So you see it every year, right? Teams, they start 5-0, start 6-2. Like I said, I've been a part of the 6-2 team. You finish 8-8. And you can't, as I said, you can't get too high. I think all of a sudden that, you know, just because you're 6-2 at the old halfway mark, that you're all of a sudden entitled to a playoff spot, because it doesn't work that way. Yeah, I guess you're right about that. Is there the way you're saying, okay, if this goes right, I expect me peaking... Yeah, you want to be peaking at the end of the year. Yes, certainly. And then some years, you know, like I said, you've got to deal with the realities. You're going to have to deal with injuries, things are going to come up, and that's why you've got to build the depth of your program, because you're going to be relying on it. Like I just, it always made me cringe when they tried to act like, hey, I'll worry about the starters, the other guys didn't play well. It's like, no, you're going to be relying on everybody. Part of your job is a coach to make sure we develop. They're going to be playing at some point. They're going to help us at some point. Maybe they don't game day. There's a huge job to do here starting the day of practice. It's underrated the looks you get and the show team, because you don't want to lose your competition either as the season goes on. And, you know, again, I'm not going to get into a ton of art theories, but you'd like to be hitting your stride at the end of the year. And you'd like to be in it, so you're not out of it. So you've got a chance. Is Joe locally a guy you've ever traded notes with? No. I'm going to assume that's a compliment, but I'll take it in either way. Take it as it comes, so... No, no. I'll have to look them up. Again, I'm going to assume that's a compliment. A compliment, Anthony. Well, no, I'll have to go look it up. Yeah, I'll be happy to look it up, but I'll say thank you for the compliment. I know it's early in the season, but what have you learned just from being a coach so far that you maybe didn't expect to learn to just know? It's a good question, but you get to ask that a lot. I think every step of the way, and I think you guys could probably attest it's in any job you're in. You try to mentally prepare yourself what may come up. You get advice from people until you go through it. I think what's true, the things that come across your desk and you've got to be able to problem solve and you're responsible for a lot of things and it's what you're signed up for. Again, it makes me cringe when guys act like that's the job you signed up for and I enjoy it. I really like our players. We've got a great group of guys with the right mindset, but certainly there's things that come across your desk every day and you've got to deal with it and like a lot of things in life, how your mindset is, how you handle it. Yeah, any injury updates on Eric and the A3 and three things going on in the crowd? All those guys he led. We're hopeful. I guess the best way to say it, but again, we'll be smart about those guys. We'll see how kind of where they're at at the end of the week. I know. I was upset. I gave a pretty decent injury update on Monday. I know we missed you by about five minutes. I got a pretty decent update. Okay. I didn't know if the notes got passed on to you. Yeah, I had. But no, no, seriously. So those guys are progressing. And I'm not trying to be evasive here. We'll just see by the end of the week. Three minutes to go backwards, but when you was in London, what is one thing that you took away from the trip that you, of course, enjoyed besides getting the teams to win? Well, you know, I thought it was a really cool opportunity for our team. I thought the NFL did a great job with it. The NFL UK, I know I said that after the game, I wasn't trying to pander. It's a cool experience. I mean, that's the thing about football, and you never know what is turning takes you for our players. You know, you got a lot of guys that never been out of the country. I'm a big believer and you can do it. And again, some people way more fortunate than others. I've certainly been where it gives you a different perspective on life. I think travel is healthy. You can see how most of the rest of the world lives. I know London pretty well. There are some guys that are really excited about seeing it. You know, Felipe and Frank Darby had never been out of the country. I thought they did the play. I mean, it's a beautiful time of year to go over there. We were sitting in the English countryside. It doesn't get prettier than that in October, especially if you like the seasons. Like I told them before, they want to send us to Barcelona. We'll go. We'll send us to Madrid. We'll go. We'll go to Frankfurt. Yeah. I saw the numbers, but there's nothing that can, you know, not to focus on players, but obviously I'm a huge fan and appreciative of Derek. Nothing he does would surprise me. Glad we don't have to play him this year. All right. Thanks guys. Appreciate it.