 Derek you've made very clear that you love playing football. Do you like the role of spoiler or is that something you have to kind of get Your head around being in this position Yeah, I haven't really thought about spoiling just on the play and trying to go win the next game really Do you look at are you conscious of Somebody advanced stats like running yards over expected and success rate and stuff like that. No, I don't Yeah, I think one of your interests that after after the game on Sunday Seem like maybe it was a little hard to interpret like like you that a lot of us thought you had said Maybe you were at least looking at the end of your tenure here with was that is that accurate or? Just crazy three games love the season almost over. That's what I meant To go win we got three games left Fending the season strong all together and try to go through you know when these next three As you see the league kind of change and evolve especially the running back position Does it bother you that? Dominant, you know bell cow running backs like yourself are becoming kind of an endangered species around the league I don't care. I'm still be me Play the way I play And try to make an impact as much as I can Until I can't anymore and that's what it is You've been in a setting with with Earl and and Andy before and what was that like maybe just that brief moment on Sunday No, it was cool to Get a picture with them and all of us being one place at one time Legends of this organization, you know, it's pretty cool to have that moment The same thing to you or what have they been like from a support standpoint, you know, Eddie and Earl both No, I mean I didn't say too much just saying hello Haven't seen Earl in a while And I mean Eddie we talked here and there, but it was just cool to be able to have that moment with those two Encouraging I Mean we didn't say much is like a brief moment. I'm just saying hello to one another and to the picture Obviously coming here one a big game on Monday trying to get to the playoffs What's it like trying to match their intensity on Sunday and how much you try to rally the guys to do that? Well, I mean, you know, they're a great team. Um, we got a lot of veterans savvy defense get to the ball. I Mean this football, I think, you know We all grown in about the whole situation. We got right there and try to go win. Nobody's laying down Right there and play our pass out of football try to get a win Yeah, um, you know, it's it's uh, I would think it would probably be challenging in some in some situations for us right now, it's not Ryan's a Ryan's a pro pro pros pro excuse me and You know ever since the move was made he's he's been Coming in and preparing as if you were still the starter So, you know, not much has changed as far as that regard and in as far as both those two being ready to go Making sure they're they're clean with the game plan clean with their responsibilities and their assignments and You know, we'll both be ready if needed What do you mean by short? Yeah, you know, it's probably an area we can be a little bit more efficient on try to couple a couple of those Opportunities on Sunday didn't work out so great so You know, I've got to I've got to do a better job of being able to Get those guys open quicker in So we can become more efficient and stay more efficient in that type of passing game Maybe I mean there's a lot that goes into you know calling a runner a pass, you know, I mean it's There's there's a lot of things that that come into play Making sure that you're you're continuing to try to put your guys in the best position To be successful not, you know, obviously for that play, but for the entirety of the game In in, you know, trying to take advantage of some of the things and that the defense is presenting you and also Trying to set some things up for later on in the game that maybe you have some complimentary plays involved with so You know Banging your head against the wall. I wouldn't necessarily say that would we like to be more efficient than we were on Sunday? Absolutely like the negative yard runs that we had were Not good and it's gonna be hard to overcome those if you're consistently having you know second and 13 second and 15 because you're You know, you're giving up a TFL. So we need to do a better job Of being more efficient in that area and you know, and just can't have the big misses that we had on Sunday Midweek conversations with will different on a week when you're not certain about his status or what's it like now as far as him being in meetings and yeah I mean, it's the same. It's it's it's still making sure that again Everybody in that room is getting every every bit of information they're gonna need to go out there and be successful if called upon on Sunday So, you know again and he's in there for every for every meeting every install all the conversations You know, he's included in having conversations with him having conversations with the Ryan all those things So, you know, not much has changed. He's just probably in the training a little bit more Yeah, you know, I think going back to that that initial answer that I had You know Running a lot like I think we were what 15 and 9 on first down total, right? So, yeah, is it is it slightly in two of those runs? I think we're gadgets, right? Whether it was the Wildcat or the reverse So so trying trying again, and there there is a fine line and a fine balance but especially with the way that we're built being able to go and make sure that that We're able to continue to set up our play actions Our movements and and continuing to make sure that not only are we given Derek opportunities But but again, we're putting everybody on the field in a position to be successful for the entirety of the game Yeah, that one he's got to make a check on that one you're talking about the one at the one after after trailing sketch Yeah, we got to go. Yeah, like we we got to get out of that play. So some of that's involved in You know Whether whether it's it's, you know me having a better design and giving him better answers or whatever it may be But yeah, and that one in particular like we need to go the other way His progress are you confident that it will has Limited or no reps this week that he could still go out next game plan. Yeah I mean, it's it's he's done a great job of being able to go and again continue to put in the work, you know Making sure he understands what we're getting ready to see You know what we're expecting and where we're expecting our guys to be And and again, I think that's just a testament to him and his work ethic and the type of type of guy that he is In terms of the way Skoronski and Duncan played on Sunday What do you say to those guys to kind of reel them back in and and get them ready for this week? Yeah, I mean it's you know, show them the things that they did well show them the things that we need to improve on and Make sure that they understand that we've got another good opponent coming in here and you know, however many days from now three four days so it's it's What whether that whether, you know, it was a perceived great game or perceived, you know Not so good game whatever it may be like we got another opponent coming in the game So we got to make sure that we're able to make make the strides and make the corrections and improve on the things That we did well on continue to enhance those and and get ready to go play another team here a few days Or two you think that that might have been the case and what can you tell you yeah, and really It's gonna come down to us being able to show them like hey You know whether whether you're drifting here whether you're drifting there You know you're clean here on this one and and some that's gonna come with experience And so, you know, he's he's been great in the room being like yeah Yeah, I see what we're talking about and in the the best way for him to continue to grow in that areas to be able to See it and then and then us being able to talk about it and what he needs to do better or what he can do differently To to avoid those situations Yeah, I mean, I mean, you know Ryan love very very very happy that Ryan's in the room and In called a luxury call what you will but not not much not much stress on my end This week have said that they don't feel this offense has ever really established a style this year Do you agree with that and how would you explain why that's the case? Being inconsistent I would say And for for a number of different reasons, so we got to do a better job of being more consistent In in you know, I guess I would probably bite back a little bit on the on the not having a style I think we have a style We just got to put ourselves in and you know better situations to be able to play within that style more consistently Yeah a team that that when is when is playing well is a physical team that is able to not only run the football efficiently but also able to Use play action And do things out that we have been able to do at times well, right? So like whether You know, you're looking at different games Different chunks of games whatever it may be There's our there's there are good Displays of the style just not consistent enough for for what we needed to be Yeah, I mean he's been working his butt off to get back out here It's good to see him out here with his teammates going through drills doing some things so Just happy for him. They said we'll get back here out here working with it with the guys Yeah, I mean, I think it's first time out so we'll see it as it progresses here, but it's good to get him back out I was excited to see him out here working yesterday You're gonna have to talk to Braves about that kind of see where that is that I'm just happy he's out here working right now with his guys Didn't he go with as far as guys you've been around just pros who kind of take care of their business where she kind of Right as far as guys like that. You've been yeah, I think he's total pro comes in works hard Works hard throughout the week understanding game plan works well with the guys around them And then he shows up on Sunday. Ultimately, that's that's the biggest thing with all these guys Is what what do you do on Sunday? And he shows up week in and week out. He's productive He's been a really big asset for us here over the years Just taking away like a little bit where usually a guy that ages Substituting smarts for something. Yeah, he doesn't seem to have reached that point. Yeah, no, I mean, he's he's still moving pretty well He's still got the versatility for us. You can play outside play inside I think his skill set still really evident on the inside with what he can do And he's always been an instinctive rusher He's got a good feel for working soft shoulders and getting on edges and and working cross face So all those things continue to show up Looking at their quarterback situation just assuming as a Gino. Yeah. Yeah, and what does he do well that will challenge? Yeah, I think he's done a good job getting the ball to those guys, right? They got talented skill players throughout There's a really good job getting into him. He's able to extend. We'll see where that's at Obviously with the groin, but he's been able to extend and make some plays for him But they're doing really good jobs comatically just finding ways to get those guys the ball and and they're able to do stuff with it When they get it Yeah, I mean, I think the biggest thing is just the communication aspect as you start adding pieces and it's not new voices And guys are turning around and they're not really sure where things are coming from and that's a big thing We harped on last week and what we're harping on this week is we just got to make sure we're communicating helping the guy next Yeah, you never know what you're going to say that might trigger something in the guy next year, right? So make sure we're thinking out loud out there. Make sure we know who cares if they know make sure we know And then ultimately I think just just D line plays D line play. I mean Coaches have slight differences on how they coach things from here to there, but fundamentally for the most part Coaches they're gonna talk about playing with their hands playing with better pad level all the above So hopefully that continues and we can and the good thing for us those guys have played a little bit, right? I guess not like they're they haven't played at all. So they they had some experience some exposure playing in this league So I was pleased with what they did last week and hopefully that continues How would you assess how every gare held up Sunday and if Murphy bunnings unable to go Yeah, I thought they do a good job going in there I mean, that's that's the role of the backup, right? You got to be ready to go when your numbers called I thought TA went in there and challenged. I thought he had a pretty pretty good break on the one Probably doesn't need to foul on that one. He's in good position I think it's Tough call. I mean sometimes they call it. Sometimes they don't own the DPI there late Eric's been consistent when he's gotten in there. He's he's challenges. He's scrappy he's those street rat that we always talk about around here the guy that's going to compete and challenge and You know, he's going to be aggressive, right? So hopefully that continues and we'll kind of see where the week goes with the depth and all that But everybody's got to be ready to go Whether it's Eric or Roger when they had opportunities for picks and didn't get a jump their case, but what kind of mess is moving? Yeah, I think we got to attack the ball, right? Like too many times letting the ball get into us We're not we're not attacking the football with our hands. We got to catch it out front Like you wait you give those receivers those tight ends time to go back and and get back in on the play So we got to make sure we're attacking the football and not waiting on it Um, and we got to be able to come down with those It was a big time plays that we weren't able to make and it ended up costing us And what was your take on why things kind of went south for for Tartt a little bit? Uh I don't really have an opinion. I'm focusing on guys that are here How would you evaluate maybe how mason's done for you here over the last Last sunday in particular I thought he did very well, you know, he he caught the punts The one that he didn't catch was a tough one. It was shorter Um, but he came up caught the ball square and he got vertical His first week he did very well and then last week he was too inconsistent It's got to be more consistent with the direction of the punt So, you know, if we wanted to go left, we wanted to go left, not in the other field Just a little quick, I mean the snap the hold were good Just a little quick on it It is deflating because you know that that point just hangs over your head the whole game And so it's tough. I mean You got to make the kicks and that's what we're paid to do Yeah, I mean I think because he's got experience So I think the experience is the big the biggest thing Is there anything you can say to to a kicker, uh, you know in terms of You know in the moment or No, I mean because he he's a veteran. He's got his process of how he handles it And so you just let him go through his process Appreciate it. Thank you