 I guess just for starting off, what was it like kind of being back, kind of starting the process toward the 2002 season? Yeah, it's always good to get back and it didn't end like we wanted to, but it's time to regroup, rebuild, and refocus. And that's what the offseason is about, it's getting the right mindset. We can go out there, clean up some stuff, and offseason is about changing, working on the details and trying to get your game to a higher level. Guys coming in here, kind of mad about what happened with the Bengals, or do you want everybody fresh slate and let's just be happy and go forward? Everybody handles defeat differently. For me, it's a motivation to come back to work. It's a mindset I can use every day working out meetings. Because until you win it all, you're falling short every year. So I'm happy to be back, I'm happy to be working. And it's just another day in the office that we start a new season and trying to refocus and get on the right foot. I wanted to take you to get that bad taste out of your mouth and that loss or is it still there? Yeah, it's a while, it's all during the playoffs when it's going on. My mindset's always until the Super Bowl is over. Because you're expecting on plans, so no travel plans, none of that's going on until after it. Yeah, you still see clips, ESPN show stuff all the time of different clips and stuff, so you're always like, man, we left out on the opportunity. But I'm blessed and grateful to get another one, happy to be here. And that's the way it starts now. You're going to have somebody new to the left of you for the first time in a little bit. How do you go about adjusting and getting that chemistry like you and Sappfield at? Right, that's what the off season's about, camp is taking the reps and as many reps as possible with any combination. And they do a great job of the coaches by working different guys in and out of OTAs and camp and that's what it's about, it's building those bank reps. Because when you get in the game, you rarely, you see you play five guys the whole year on the offensive line. You always have guys rotating in and out from injuries and health standpoint. But it's always good at this time to be in the meeting room with them, hearing my voice and other guys and kind of build that camaraderie right now. And what's a lot of teams in the AFC really loading up this year? I think we did a good job too. Yeah, we're building something special here and we've done it over the past, say four years we're very able. And we don't need just one year to go out and get talent. It's a process, you have to trust the guys who they put in the room. You're here for a reason and it's not, you just don't need one player to win a championship. It takes a team to win a championship. This has been a note, protection was an issue for you guys last year. There are one or two things that maybe you guys are focusing on as you get ready for the OTAs and so forth, maybe communication or anything like that. Yeah, it's technique, it's fundamentals. You can only do your part as an offensive lineman. You gotta have 11 guys on the same page from Ryan being confident in the receivers, the backs knowing their role, the O-line doing their role. It's not just hey, it's one group, it takes a whole offense to be effective and be good no matter if it's protection or anything. You gotta be all together. What have you seen from Aaron Brewer, a guy who couldn't be that left guard in the times that he's played so far? Yeah, he's been a young guy who's really helped us a lot. He's stepped in in multiple roles in this offense. And he's a guy who comes to work, he's eager to be in there. And he plays hard and that's the guy you want. You know he's passionate, you know he cares about how hard he plays. You can't just say, hey, oh, he's a good kid. You turn on the tape, you know the guy he really cares about how hard he plays. Have you met your new acquisitions, whether it's Robert or Austin or Jamarco, and what's it like kind of getting to know those guys? And you kind of showing them, I guess, the tighten way? Yeah, right now this is a process you really, you're not on the field much. Only thing I can do is show them my knowledge in the meeting room and how hard you work in the weight room. And that's what this process is about, it's building a relationship so they trust you when you make the call out there on the field. They have utmost respect for you and know what you're gonna, you're making the right call. And when Dylan wasn't playing a whole lot last year, what did you see from him that makes you confident that he can take that step forward in year two? Yeah, you're coming in as Dylan. He works hard every day, his mindset is in the right place. And it's another step and he has to build on that. And no matter what you did last year, you gotta come in and you gotta earn everything. This is what you do now, business. It's no matter what you did last year in the past, you gotta come in and earn it every day. You were pretty emotional when the season ended and you mentioned it didn't go the way you wanted it. When you went through the off season, you thought about your options. What was it so appealing to come back here to hopefully get to that ultimate prize? Right, I've been so close multiple times and ever from high school to college to the pro. And I have the utmost folks that we can get it done here. I trust the coach, I trust this organization and I wanna win here. And it'll be that much more special to me that to do it the right way and to end my career in Tennessee and win in the championship. In mind, you guys have talked in the past. There was good to grade the one year and I think unfinished business and things like that. Is there sort of a slogan you come into this off season with with this group? And how much can you build from last year to get over the hump this year? Or is it totally a new process? Yeah, I think this team is mature and we went from just getting into the playoffs a couple years and making a run to winning the vision to last year to winning the whole AFC. So it's building blocks. We're building confidence as an organization and the team that we can do it. We are the team, now hey, why not us? And we're going out there and trying to earn it every day and you gotta build that every day. It's not just, I have a slogan, I have this. It's what you put into it in the building. It's the days when you don't wanna work. That's the days that, hey, it's gonna, you're gonna remember when you win a championship. You mentioned the team maturing. You said over the years we've built this foundation. In the day to day, how does that show up? What's different about your day in this building because of that foundation? Yeah, I'm here every day, no matter off season thing. You always know I'm gonna be in this building. I love coming to work here. Even when I don't have to be here, I'm gonna show my face. I'm gonna, I can find always something to work on. If it's the physical side, if it's the mental side. This game takes a lot out of you, but it gives a block back too. So I'm very blessed to be here. And that's what, when you have a great coaching staff, players here, you wanna be around this building. You wanna be here and you wanna, you wanna win a championship here. You pay much attention to the draft and who they bring in, or you just wait until they get it done and introduce yourself? Yeah, I'm being in it now, going on 11 years. It's always an exciting moment for those kids. I know going through it, I was so excited because you really that's your first time, you don't have a say where you're going. College, you have multiple offers, you get to kind of pick and choose. Make that decision when you're family. This is the opportunity where kids are just, hey, you're getting your name called. And so my role is, hey, we're happy to have you. What can I do to help you make this transition easier for you? And I had guys do that for me in Houston. Guys do that when I came in free agency ever many years ago that was. And it's an exciting moment for those kids. They're family, they're getting the opportunity that you've worked for your whole lifetime. And now it's my point is like, hey, let's keep this going, not just be, hey, you gotta earn this. When you came out, but your first significant time was at guard. There's gonna be centers doing that in this draft. What was that process like for you? And what's some advice you would give to those guys? Right, I'm going to Houston, I was drafted there. I went to Pro Bowl center Chris Myers and just learning his routine, learning how what he did day to day in the building. His how he treated his family, the player, the dynamic between players and coaches. I learned a lot from that and how to build a routine and he played nine or ten years in this league now. I'm right there and I've used that same thing to kind of mold my career. From your perspective, is it important as off season training begins that as many guys as possible are here as long as they're doing stuff on their own? Is that okay, what do you think? Yeah, off season is about getting better and whatever it takes to elevate your game to get us to the long as they have the same mindset and knowing what it takes to win a championship here. Everybody has their own way about getting to a certain goal and mine's being here. You're right here. If God still bless me, I'll be happy to be here.