 Good morning or I guess afternoon. Yeah, how we doing? Hi. Yeah. Yeah, it's all good Yeah, thank you No, those those kind of things are always nice, you know and You know they come after wins, which is ultimately what's important and hopefully we can keep that moving Keep that going for us moving forward You know Yeah, I think you know each each week requires, you know a Different effort and you know a different plan And we've been better, you know in some weeks than others, but through eight games We found our way to four wins and got the job done four times So hopefully we can improve that, you know as as we move forward, but I think you know as far as finding our identity I think we're still working on it, you know, we're still chipping away trying to improve in certain areas and get better in certain spots But you know while you're doing that you got to find ways to win and we've done a decent job of that so far You know Yeah, for sure, you know, I think you talk about what CP has done in the first, you know Half of the season he's played well Kyle's done a good job. He continues to improve and get better week to week for us you know, but we're at our best when everybody's getting involved and You know, you're finding ways to get different guys, you know going in the run game get Mike going in the run game You know and in the past game spreading the ball around making it difficult on defenses to Key in on on what you're trying to do. And so, you know, I think our guys will continue to step up I thought Russ did a nice job for us last week, you know a couple of key catches and starting to get his legs back under of them after having been out for a little bit so Guys like that Tajik Sharpe, Alameda Zakiya. So Zee had a great game for us last week Different guys are going to step up at different times for us throughout the year I mean listen, I love Dan and you know, he's he's an awesome person. He's great coach. I had I Really enjoyed playing for him and so You know wish him nothing the best, but he knows what this week is about for both of us is about trying to get a win And he's he's an incredible competitor. So once we're playing. It's it's about going against their defense and And I'm sure Q will be locked in the same way I don't know about massively differently, you know, I think every every years, you know You evolve and you feature the players that you have differently and I think he's done a nice job of You know using the guys that they have there in Dallas and and trying to you know emphasize their strengths and allowing them to play fast and You know physical and fly around I think you know, he's done a their defense has played really well this year I think he's done a great job You kind of go back to I mean it's impossible to pick one You know Dan, I mean he's a he's a he's a great friend and You know a guy that I have a ton of respect for so it's impossible to pick one, but there's so many times I mean, he's he's for the people who were here and got to know him There's he's as good of a person as you're gonna find and so Like I said, you know, I don't have one that I can pull from I've got tons and he's just a great person Yeah, yeah, yeah Text him in the middle of the season. He's always asking about how my kids are doing and stuff like that. So He and Stacy are great people and yeah, he's he's kept in touch and I've kept in touch Yeah, you know, I think You know, I have to think about it for a second. He's put me on the spot, but You know, I think with each coordinator what what they ask you to do or what they emphasize from you might be a little bit different and You know, I've always felt like You know, you've got to find the way that your game fits into, you know, what they're trying to do And you know, I feel like my skill set is you know has been productive with a lot of different people and You know, you try and you try and tweak things here and there But I'm always, you know, always trying to group things in my brain in similar ways You know to try and keep my feet my footwork Whether it be different play action past concepts that he has and things that I have not done You know, I try and group them in specific things so I can get myself Feeling like it's something that I know or feeling like it's something that you know, I've done at a certain point in my career but You just try and do what what they're you know, what they're asking you to do and you know I think every you know every head coach and every every coordinator is different from what they expect from you Yeah, I mean art does a great job of that not not just for myself but for all our guys, you know He you you know He does a great job of adapting to the people that we have and each You know each year is gonna be different each You know sometimes each week depending on who's up and who's down is gonna be different and you got to You know try and accentuate the things that guys do well But then you know in position to be successful and I think you know for me I feel like he's done a really good job of that put me in positions where I'm comfortable He's constantly asking me about you know, how I feel about certain things that we're doing and I've really enjoyed, you know that back and forth Mario Davis You know just I don't know you just you play, you know, I think you know I talk to our coaches all the time about you want to get to the point where you're playing on autopilot, you know and you're not really thinking you're just going out there and Reacting to what you see because you you know done the work to put yourself so that your eyes and feet are in the right spot But when you're making a play that's off schedule you you know, you're you're just trying to get the first down and You know, that's that's as simple as it is. I don't really know what else you think about I mean, I kind of feel like I'm you know, I kind of feel like I've done this throughout my entire career and some weeks, you know probably You know happens more often, but You know, I really think I've played the same way for a long time I think, you know, I You know, I don't know I think it comes down to you know making the plays on the field Sunday You know, I think he he's got a knowledge of my skill set for sure, you know and And I hadn't know some of the guys, you know on their defense too and they know me and you know those kind of things But I think more so than anything, you know He what I've learned from him and what he's gonna do is he's gonna have his guys ready to play and they're gonna understand what they're trying to do and He's he's really good about that. So I know that, you know, the familiarity of knowing that their guys will be ready to go Those guys are gonna know what they're trying to accomplish on the defensive side of the ball We're gonna have to step up to that and and you know, you know match that and you know, hopefully be better than that Like Yeah, he's he's been critical, you know saving saving plays for us You know, those are the unsung heroes You know that kind of create explosive plays And Mike's willingness to do it and and the physicality with which he does it You know is is is huge for us I've you know, nobody appreciates that nobody appreciates it more than I do and And you know, he's he knows that he knows how I feel about that, but he's done a great job for us in terms of past protection Yeah, that's that's just who Jake is, you know weekend and week out He works extremely hard does a great job during the week of getting himself ready to go understanding The players that he's going against and coming up with it with a really good game plan for himself in terms of run game and past protection and You know, he's he's a he's just a solid player and more often than not those are the type of weeks. He's gonna have he's gonna be rock solid for us Where they You know, I don't view it as anymore, you know, this is This two different teams, you know to two different years completely different, you know spots of of the season so I've played long enough to know you got to let things go and you got to move on to what's in front of you And worry about the things that are in front of you CP I can't you know, it's hard to say because I can't speak for you know previous experiences that he's had Since he's come into the building he's worked hard He has a unique skill set You know and I think our coaching staff has done a good job of You know putting them in spots to make place and to bring the best out of them So I can't speak on on the previous eight But this year, you know from the moment he got here He's been locked in dialed in and done a great job for us Yeah, just be really clear with him, you know, if we're running routes or doing things like that what I expect You know, we talk a lot on the side one-on-one, you know about, you know If we're running this route, I'm really expecting you to be at this depth or at this spot He's he's receptive and and you know, he's got the ability to then do it, you know, which is it's one thing to know It's it's really important that you're able to do it and You know that part of it has been really productive for us, but he's worked hard You know, he really has we asked him to do a lot of things and line up in a lot of different places And he's worked really hard to get himself ready week in and week out Yeah, I mean he's he's he was a great teammate for for a long time and You know playing a little bit different role and position then he was here in Atlanta, but He's doing a nice job. He really you know He's always been a physical player for him to kind of move down more into the box and play some of that linebacker spot I mean, he's he's more than capable of doing it and he's played really well. So I Know he's a great player and I know how tough he is and how hard he works. So it's gonna be a challenge More on the other end like when you're learning the system like damn I didn't know it as well as I thought I was you know The conversion rules or stuff like that early on I feel like sometimes it gets you that way but No, I mean for the most part, you know, I feel like You know, I feel like I've got a consistent approach and know, you know what I can and cannot do and try and play to my strengths Is there any parallel Yeah, I think it's different, you know, I think You just don't see it as often, you know in football to basically You know, they basically rebuilt one-third of their team in the outfield that'd be like that's replacing the whole, you know Offense or you know special teams or something like that. It's just it's just That part of it is different I think the things you can, you know, draw on though in terms of comparisons is about, you know Really the team, you know, kind of grinding through the season Finding their way and then coming together at the right time and getting hot at the right time and you know, I think those are the things that translate, you know from baseball to football to basketball to whatever it is and It's a team, you know that when you watch from the outside perspective didn't lose any belief Didn't lose any confidence even through the ups and the downs and I think I think it was like after the all-star break They had like 18 games in a row where it was win-loss win-loss win-loss, right up down So I'm not sure of the exact number, but that's kind of the pattern we've been in And so hopefully we can get to that point where we push through that or able to stack some wins, you know Back-to-back and get hot like they did Thank you guys appreciate it