 Brad, how unusual is it to have a bye week in the playoffs? You know, you haven't had, I don't think you've had that before. And you go from celebrating on Sunday to now kind of nitpicking and trying to improve what you all have done wrong during the season. Is it kind of a record scratch moment as you try to prepare for this next step? It's different, like you mentioned, I haven't had this opportunity before. But it's a good opportunity for us to regroup mentally, regroup physically, clean up some things that we've done, kind of regroup during the bye week and then how to run the game. So we were able to kind of go through those and regroup a little bit, see what we like, see what we can build on and clean up as we move forward. Obviously don't know who we're going to be playing next week, but this week's about us and focusing on things that we can clean up no matter who we play. Brian, do you feel like you've found your groove personally? These last few games heading into the playoffs, do you feel like you've kind of gotten that mojo back, maybe? I mean, contrary to proper belief, I never felt like I lost it. I felt good all season and I think we've done some good things for the last few weeks to kind of catch our stride a little bit. Excited about the momentum we've kind of gained over the past few weeks and hopefully we can build on it as we move forward. When you look at the Texas game, that was probably your best of the year. How do you go about rolling that confidence over and making sure that there's no layover as you had this time off? Yeah, we're focused, obviously. There's a big opportunity to, like I said, regroup mentally, regroup physically. But all it is is an opportunity at this point, right? We have to be able to take advantage of it, do the things necessary we need to do to stay in condition to get ourselves ready to play next week and really grow this week. So yeah, we'll take a little bit of time away to clear our minds. But I think everyone in that locker room is focused on the opportunity we have and the fact that it's not just going to happen. We're going to have to go out and earn it and win, win by week. The team that's had so many injuries this year. You've had the late regular season by, the many by after the 49er game and now the playoff by. How good has all that been to kind of get everybody healthy and ready to go? Yeah, it's been big for us. We've been fighting that the whole year, just guys in and out of the lineup. And finally starting to get healthy, get some guys back, get some consistency with guys playing multiple games in a row, kind of finding our groove there. So it's been huge for us as we've come down this stretch. And I believe we're going to take advantage of it this week to have some time to continue to get healthy and get ready to go for next week. I'm able to talk about each player maybe taking one thing this week and trying to work on it, getting better at one thing. I wonder if he's passed that on to you as well. And if there's kind of one thing that maybe you're looking to get better on during this off week and kind of focus on. Yeah, we all have our things that we're trying to focus on. And it's not just the one thing that we've kind of pinpointed. There's a few different things that as we looked at the tape and kind of gone through that I'm excited to work on a little bit. Starting today at practice to go out there and work some fundamentals, work some details on things. And with the running backs, with being in the pocket, with some timing with the wide receivers, all that type of stuff. So yeah, there's several things that I'm excited to work this week. So I know what you said is weeks about you and trying to get better as a team. Can you peak ahead at possible opponents or you're wasting your time there? I mean, what's the balance like in trying to maybe figure out what you could be up against trying to get ahead and then try to be smart about it? Yeah, I think it's definitely a balance, right? Because you don't want to mentally, I would say, overwhelm. But just taking so much information and try to watch three, four games of every potential opponent and then now you've ultimately wasted a bunch of time and then kind of possibly clouded your head with seeing a bunch of defenses that you're not going to be playing. So for me, it's focusing on us, on myself and how I can personally get better. Focusing on our team and what we can do to get better and getting ready to go. Obviously, Saturday night, we might have a little bit better idea than after Sunday, we'll know for sure. And then it's all in on whoever our opponent will be and I get ready to go. I believe that the bi-week for able to take no coming off of bi-weeks. Obviously he knows how to get you guys mentally ready. Maybe when there is some time off, how big is that? Just the way he goes about business with you guys as a team, having this break that maybe momentum isn't such a big deal that you're carrying it into just this week and playing, do you have a bi-week in that? I think it does a good job of being honest. At the end of the day, a bi-week can be great for you if you take advantage of it in the right way. If you use the time to your advantage, then you come ready to go the next week when it's time to prepare. And I think that's our mindset as a team is to take advantage of this time. And then once we know who we're playing and I can fully come to work next week and go all in, we're going to do that and be excited to go win one game. As a sense of a bi-week schedule and then coming back from the body, do you think he uses maybe the experiences he had as a player and what worked for him to kind of plies it to his coaching method? You have to ask him about that. I don't know. I don't know how he comes up with it. But I know that I've seen it work and that I believe in it and this team believes in it and we're excited to have the opportunity. Does he do anything differently than other coaches you've played for in terms of preparation like that? It's all a blur trying to think back to past bi-weeks now. Everyone's different. Every coach works it a little bit differently. But I think he sets a great tone for us. And then as a locker room, as a team, we believe in it and it can go all in with it. We have a brand new throws as you made. Like you had a tight window one to Julio Jones, the third and sixth. You do it before he came out the break and then even the touchdown back shoulder so he doesn't get blasted. Is that kind of a sign of that chemistry just really starting to peek between you and Julio? Yeah, it's constantly a work in progress. And every rep we get, whether it's out here on the practice field or on Sunday or Saturday, possibly try to bank it away and take advantage of it and grow from it. So excited at the growth we've had and looking forward to continuing it. Ryan, at the middle, the ups and downs of this season, something Titans coaches and players have said about you is just kind of the steadiness that you've always seemed to have. Where do you think that comes from? It's something I work really hard to be steady. Whether things are going up or in a little bit of a lull, just trying to be constant, be steady and try to come to work each and every day with a passion, with a joy. Because I get to do what I love. I love playing football. I love the guys on this team and the opportunity to go win football games. So whatever outside noise is going on, whatever else has happened the week before, a couple of weeks before, approach each new week with the opportunity that it is. This is an opportunity within itself and to go lead my team and get a win. I know Mike got a break on Firks a little bit the other day, just about how he's kind of worked to put himself in a position as a better blocker and getting off the maybe line of scrimmage fast. Have you seen improvement from him in the last month or so? No doubt. I love Firks. And he's done a lot for us this year. Maybe he hasn't gotten the credit he deserves and definitely grown over the past few weeks. We were able to get him out a little bit this past game and he made some huge plays for us over in the middle. Tough catches through contact and hold on to the football for us and making big plays. So you combine that with what he's doing for us on third down, being aggressive, helping the tackles out and then being available to help move the chains underneath. He's done a lot of big things for us and looking forward to continue. From your perspective, does playoff performance maybe ultimately defined a quarterback? I don't know. You guys define quarterbacks however you want to. For me, I think you want to play your best football in late in the season into the playoffs. I think I know the reason we play this game is to go win a championship. That's the reason I play. I'm chasing after it year after year, day after day and try to do everything I can to not skip steps in getting there. And we have an opportunity here and you don't want to look past it, don't want to miss any steps along the way and do everything we can to go win it. Official was that last game with Julia Ryan because the two previous games really hadn't been much in terms of production for him. And you only had that one shot left in the last regular season game. So how beneficial was it to really get a lot of work with him and to get him a real productive day, do you think? Yeah, it was exciting to see him go mix and play for us. I think he did some really good things, had some really good routes and obviously getting him in the end zone of the touchdown was huge. Good catch there, through contact, kind of back-shouldered him a little bit. But had a couple big conversions for us. I think of one on the right side, a third down conversion. And then a play-action pass, he had him on the left side, down the field, good route, easy throw and catch there after he kind of broke the corner off. So some really good things, excited to see and hopefully we can keep him moving forward. So the one deep shot, sorry, just a quick quick. The one deep shot, I know it looked like just a little bit off in the deep shot though, but still is that encouraging to be able to get those opportunities where he does look like he's a deep target that's open there? Oh, welcome, Paul. Yeah, it was frustrating for me because you hate missing a guy who's open like that and it was good to see him obviously running like that, getting in some space or having a good feel of kind of setting up the safety and getting there. So excited for the growth there and looking forward to building on it. Rival said Sunday that when referring to this bi-week, he's, him and his staff is gonna coach you guys hard, maybe even harder, and then the team will respond. Have you, I know you haven't had practice yet today, but has there been a little bit of a difference in the tone or attitude, maybe a little harder compared to other bi-weeks? Coach Rival's always coaching pretty hard. You know, that's just his style. You know, he wants us to be great, he wants us to do everything and hold us accountable as we, you know, move throughout the season. And, you know, this week is no different coming off a big win, but there was still a lot of things in this game that we didn't do very well. And, you know, he's there to hold us accountable, help us to clean those things, see those mistakes and be able to grow from them as we move forward. When you watched the film of the play where you escaped the sack and threw down the field to Nick, were you kind of amazed at how you were able to get out of it like that? What was your reaction when you saw it on film? No, not really amazed, you know, just glad I was able to make the play. You know, we were kind of on life support at that point. You know, we weren't moving the ball very well, offensively kind of hit a low. They were scoring on the other side of the ball and we needed to respond. So, you know, fortunately enough, I was able to pull through there and Nick did a good job of saving space on the sideline there and getting open for us. 10 in third downs, red zone, also first and go to go to do that without Derek Henry, without Julio Jones at the time, AJ Brown at times. What does that say for what Todd Downing has been able to do with you guys? Yeah, he's done a good job, obviously. You know, like I mentioned, it's been an up and down year with guys in and out of the lineup, but no matter who's in there, we believe we can find a way to go make plays and to go win games and, you know, convert on third downs or score in the red zone and, you know, Todd's done a really good job of trying to put guys in positions where they can make plays for us and then ultimately, the guys that we've had in there have made plays. The guys that have playoff experience and maybe what do you tell some of the guys that have not been through it before just kind of what to expect? Yeah, it's great to have the experience, right? Cause we have a bunch of guys that have been here and know what these games are about. Know that you have to play your best football. You don't come and have your best football. There's no do-overs. You know, it's not like you get another one next week. You got to come, execute, make the plays necessary to win the game and otherwise you're going home. So there's a lot on the line, but at the end of the day, it's a game. So don't make it more than it is, but know that, you know, we have to play our best ball in order to keep going. I know coaches at all. I'm just wondering if you've seen any bearing from Jim Schwartz on this team from your perspective. I wouldn't know, you know, I'm not around the defensive meeting rooms or anything like that. I enjoy talking to him when he's around. Obviously, been around a long time, coached some good teams and knows ball. So I enjoy talking with him whenever I get the chance, but I don't know a whole lot about his role and what he does over there.