 The role is probably Bassie trying to be funny. I don't know if he's trying to troll me or you guys, but I haven't yet. So no, but in all seriousness, yeah, like it's probably Bassie. He thinks he's funny. Again, I don't know if the joke's on me or it's on you guys. So I could shave into a pretty good mustache and we are we are going to London next week. So maybe get some AFC Richmond gear get going here. So sorry, D-Led. Okay. Let's get started with some offense. Calvin was saying you're still figuring it out how you want to move the ball and how teams are trying to play y'all. Where y'all at with that going into, you know, fourth week in Washington? Well, there's a constant evolution, D-Led. When you talk about offensive football, you're in year one, you're putting things in. You know, it's not a carbon copy. Hey, blueprint. This is how we ended Tennessee. This is what we're going to do. Here's the playbook. You got to adapt your personnel. So there's a couple of things that, you know, there's a natural evolution. That's why I talk about growth and, you know, improving during the season. And part of that is as a staff and as players as we're coming together. And that's a fun challenge. You see how teams are starting to play you, what they're trying to take away. And anyway, we can be better. We're constantly looking at it. It's probably the easiest answer for you. And then things that work keep and things that... Sort of, yeah, yeah. I mean, you've got to try to build off it, but you don't want to become painfully obvious, right? Just because it worked last week, making a certain scheme, you may want to build off it and find, you know, different ways to get to it. A lot of ways. I mean, you can't just say the exact same thing. Guys are too good in this league. They'll call it off before you run it. But that's the game. That's what we get paid to do as coaches and as players and as professionals. Michael, the front that Washington has, the fact that you've faced two really strong fronts already on week 22, does that play somewhat of, I'm not saying an advantage, but does that help in some ways that it's... You're seeing this type of level of front week in week out? Yeah, there's a lot of good players. Michael, in this league, obviously Washington's invested heavily in it. You know, a bunch of first-rounders up there. They're a talented bunch. You know, look different scheme. You know, there's always little nuances of how this scheme may play. The front, you know, whether they play their gap controls or style. There are some nuances. Obviously, the talent level jumps off the tape at you. You would hope, you know, as we build things, same thing about building confidence. You know, you've got tough matchups every week, but this is another challenge. They've invested a lot, and they're very talented. And I know on Monday we talked about Andrew Sheffield gay. You know, the whole litany of people, are any of those guys going to practice or... You'll see. Well, we got 21 days, right, to activate guys. And I like that mechanism. I think that's a good thing that League did. It helps you, helps get good players back to player safety. And I think it's smart what the League did. And so with those guys, I think you'll see... You won't think. You'll see those guys out there. We'll assess them as a week, what they can handle today, whether it's this week, next week, or the week after. We're fortunate we got some time to make a decision. But you'll see those guys. I'm talking about Sheffield and Andrews. They'll be out there working today. And we'll just have to monitor them, what they can handle, and we'll go from there. And as far as Russ and... Russ, it'll be day-to-day. The same thing with Darby. You know, AJ, there's a different process. Obviously, you're dealing with different injuries. But, you know, I think feel good about hopefully seeing AJ. And then there's another step you have to go through. Right, exactly. No, you should see AJ out there. Russ and Darby at different stages. But none of those guys, we feel... What's that? Are you going to snap me off as easy? Look at him. He's bold, man. You guys don't see the... He's got confidence with the league sign now. I know, he's getting arrogant over here. You know, you got to see how he really reacts behind the scenes. So, he looks nice and friendly up here. All right, sorry. Next question. Coach, how would you describe your team's mismatch of mentality? Of course, we just talked about the injuries. And just a response to it after this meeting. Yeah, Anthony. Notice that Michael got here a little bit earlier today. So, you do, you do. But, Anthony, it's a good question because that's life in the NFL. And it's human nature. You know, you got to let go of things you can't control. And the quicker you can adapt and try to problem solve. And, you know, no pun intended, but you do have to... You have to get that belief in those guys. When you go in there and a guy has to step up and you got to be able to go find a way to win a football game. So, you hope to build off that from last week. Guy stepped up. TJ, Avery, you know, different guys at different times. Receivers, OZ, you know, different ways you do with things by committee. And that's our job. So, it's good to see. Hopefully, we can build off that. And, of course, this is the words of the football team. They have many things on defense that they're good at. What are some things that stand out to you when you just look at them on tape? Yeah, they've got a really solid front. Jack Del Rio has got a really sound scheme. He's, you know, obviously done a really good job in this league for a long time. Their backers fly around. They've got some speed back there. And they throw a lot of bodies at you, a lot of look. But, again, they've invested heavily in that front. It's a very talented front. And we got our hands full up there. Dory. I wanted to ask a couple of questions about Antonia Gibson and kind of you talking on Monday about him being like a problem. And I was curious kind of what problems you think he kind of, his skillset, causes. Well, he's a playmaker. You know, he was a receiver in college. Memphis guy. He's a pretty well-versed younger brother. Played at Memphis and he's like the buddy Garrity of Memphis now, so he'll always tell me who's good, who's there. Not anybody watches Friday Night Lights. You may get that reference. But, so I've watched Antonia Gibson for a while being at Memphis and he's a dynamic playmaker. And I thought, Brian Silverfield, those guys did a good job with him there. Goes to Senior Bowl, plays running back. So he's a weapon all over the field. He's got good speed. He's a playmaker. 70 plus yard touchdown hits on the screen pass. And I just thought his vision was very well tuned. Can you kind of speak to? Sure. Again, I don't know him. I've never coached him, but I just see what I see off. I've seen him in the film from college and the pros. He's got great spatial awareness. And I think that's some things that some guys naturally have that. Usually, if a guy can play multiple positions, that's probably a reason. You know, he can move them everywhere. He just kind of sees it. They feel angles out. And so you can see that on tape as well. How important was it just to get this win early and instill this belief in the team not for any kind of just losing skin and to keep them falling out? I know. I feel like I'm playing myself up here every time I say that. Thanks, David. But no, it's important because, you know, you don't want to keep coming in on Monday and being, you know, you don't want to rationalize it. But you want to say, like, here's what you're doing. At least you have some results. You know, we got a long way to go. We know that and we know the grind of the season. But at least in the war, putting in, there's a lot of different ways to do it. Here's the way we're doing it. We're trying to build something. At least you got something to break through. Say, hey, look, here's what happens when we play together. We're able to finish the game. Clearly, we got a ton of work to do to move on. But it is, I guess, refreshing. Yeah, and you do. You don't want that to pile up because that momentum is real. And how important do you think just the evolution of the kicker and how important we're seeing now coming down to the wires with a Q kit or a Justin Tucker, I mean, the evolution of the kicker and the lead and what do you think is important? Yeah, and it's a tough spot to break in because a lot of those guys, you see them. And they're normally not high draft picks where there's early investments in them. There's always exceptions. But a lot of those guys, you've seen them make careers and sometimes those guys have to get second, third chances. You know, just my experience, guys like Brett Kern, that thinks one of the better punters in the league. You know, that was a guy that, before I got to Tennessee, I believe he was picked up off waivers. But he had been in Denver. There's several kickers that have that story at Koo, right? And then now we're seeing some of that keep progressing with Cam. And so it takes a certain mindset. You know, you're kind of on an island right there. That's why it's under a rate of two about the long snappers. You hope to never hear their name. That's why I look at guy like Josh Harris is the ultimate professional. Guys go out there, do their job. They don't want to get recognition because that means they're doing their job. So it all goes into play, but you definitely have to have a certain mindset and it's a tough spot to break in. So it's kind of follows the same thought you mentioned, Cam there. After the game in New York, you brought up both Cam and Jaylen as guys that had a rough game, got a second chance and really excelled. What is it that you see in players who want to see them players to get that second chance and one of the things that would preclude a guy from getting that second chance? Yeah, well, there's a lot to unpack. It's a good question, but it's... You've got to like, you got to be able to... There's a fine line between letting a guy, if you're going to say, hey, we're about improving, and then letting a guy an opportunity to. Otherwise you look like a hypocrite, right? As a coach. And sometimes you're going to find out more about a person when they struggle. You know, no different than, you know, how we've started the season, how do you respond? Can you actually improve or are you going to let that stuff creep in and doubt, you know, cave you in? And so I think sometimes you can... You don't want to go through it, but it helps you on the other side of it. And it says a lot about it. And I think it says a lot about Jaylen and Cam. So then if a guy goes around and this happens in every profession and they can't do it, at some point you've got to make an objective decision. Okay, well, let's try something different. But I believe in second chances and it's not a disaster if it's one game. That's why I said you got to keep the perspective of 17 games, perspective of a long career, especially some of these rookies. Some of the guys will have bigger impacts this year than others. But that doesn't necessarily mean in 22 and 23 that guys that may not play as much won't have huge impacts then. So it's just a hard... It's hard to have success. It's even harder to sustain success. Does that help? Okay. No, sorry. I know I can get Philip Buster here for a while, but I'm trying not to. Is there anything about the recent blood of analytics that has changed, and maybe it's not so recent in your mind, but has changed the way that you think about any part of the game or even coach any part of the game? Yeah, I think it's probably... You know, it's definitely challenged some things that are conventional wisdom and allows you to look at it. It's just part of the decision-making process. You know, I find it fascinating that different sportspeople have gone all in and whether they've just said, hey, we're going to do nothing but three-pointers in layups and you live by that or certain strategies in baseball. And at some point, you've got to use it as part of the decision-making tool. And I think that's where you got to be open-minded and learn from it. Okay, it's a different way to look at it. Yes. Okay, then ultimately, they pay you to make a decision and it's never perfect. You know, like I said, the numbers tell you 53%, okay? You're taking a risk either way. Okay, the numbers may be in your favor, but then you've got to trust and make a decision. I think anything that could help you become more objective or maybe think about a thing that would certainly help. I appreciate that, but you have to understand, grain is salt. It's also user, you know, you got to make sure you have the right user with that information as well. So it all plays into it. Is there anything specific that is stood out from all of that? There's so much. Yeah, I think you're... One thing is help. I don't know if it could help. I think you see trends. You know, it's like, who's going to go through first? I think it's pretty common now, four-thin' four or less. You're seeing more people go for it on the plus side of the field. That's becoming more common. Again, that doesn't mean it's perfect, but maybe it makes the game a little more exciting. There's abs and flows. You know, you can certainly... That's what makes life fun. It's okay to have difference of opinions. You want to have the best data available, and then you can make decisions. And if they work, look smart, and don't, you know, you live with that consequence too. Coach, how do you believe that you're being with the defense as far as the progression from game one to game three? Same thing. You know, things we got to clean up. Certainly, there's other challenges this week. Really good skill players at every spot for the football team. And so we got a different set of challenges. You want to keep improving, especially down in the red zone. I thought we took a step there. You know, the way we started the game wasn't perfect, but we were able to get in there and make a play, make them kick a field goal. You just want to keep evolving, keep improving. Same thing. And as far as you talked about the questions on the front, you know, I have a little bit of a challenge on the front. How do you, as a play caller, take necessary steps to kind of maybe take advantage of the back end of the defense? Well, it's a good defense all around. I mean, the front gets a lot of attention. You know, kind of look at it just kind of practical. You know, they invested a ton in it. They got good players back in the back end too. We know that, you know, landing counts full are all those guys, the St. Jude's, he's playing pretty well as a rookie. They got guys that can play multiple spots, the rule guys in the back are Holcomb, Bostick, Jayman, Davis. So they're challenged too. So I know the front gets attention, but again, you know, that's what they invested in, right? First round picks. They're paying those guys a decent chunk of change. And they're good players. Chris, do you have a method that's improved to communicate from the opening game? What have you seen from him? Is he doing anything differently? Sure. Playing better technique-wise, I think you're seeing a little bit of confidence grow. It's a tough job. You get thrown in there as a rookie as a lineman. You're playing every snap. You know, there's things you can handle in packages offensively with skill guys or defensively depending on it. You can rotate them out, but more times than not. I mean, I think New England tried it a couple of years ago. They were kind of rolling guys, but more times than not, unless there's an injury, those same five played damn near every snap. So, you know, that's it. He's done a nice job. And hopefully he continues to create good habits and they pay off on Sundays. Are you doing specific things to help them and others on the offensive line for the ski? Yeah, that's our job. And Led and Chandler and Mario and Rags and everybody's a staff. I mean, that's our job. And we, you know, you can't just collect a check and go out there and clap, you know, and I'm not trying to be a smart alec, but you know, that's what we look at. You know, you work on your fundamentals and that's what they pay us to do. Problem solve and develop and get these guys help them and you see Jalen progressing and Led and those guys are doing a nice job with him. Michael. With Curtis Samuel, you don't know whether he's going to be really available. What does that change for y'all defensively if he does because... Yeah, he's another dynamic playmaker. You know, he's played in multiple spots too. A little bit like Gibson, you know, where you've seen the guy do a lot of different jobs on the field. So, yeah, we just got to be ready. And it's another good football player, skill guy they have if he's up and ready to go. I think you guys have really your own guy like that, Aderson too. You think you see more and more of those types of guys in the leagues than before? Is it just getting more attention? I can't remember what it was. I think we talked about this in training. If somebody asked me, but I think it's what you're seeing, the talent pool that's coming in the, you know, from the high school levels, the college, kind of these hybrid athletes, guys that are playing multiple spots. Maybe it's a seven on seven league. They play all year, you know, and they find their skills. So it's not just fixed where they just line up and the running backs can't catch. And they're only runners and receivers are only receivers. You know, I think you're seeing that and even on the defensive end, you're seeing a lot of guys that used to be pigeonholed to say there's this height and weight. They're only going to play safety. Now you're seeing these guys play in the box, but it's just a natural to me, evolution of the game. You're seeing the way that the game's being played at high school levels, college type athletes that are coming in. So I think it, yes, I think it's a great question, but it all kind of goes in together. That's my thought. I mean, I'm right. You talked about before the importance of closing games out and the fourth part, you guys are able to do that strength and stuff together and finally to make sure that you guys did do that. What exactly did you see against the Giants that makes you think, okay, they can be competitive weight and they want to release? Well, I mean, it goes in there, you know, it's active actually doing it, you know, you get challenged and you take the ball 12 and a half minutes and you got to go down the field, you know, on the road, you get a momentum swing, you know, they get a touchdown go for two, they get it and make it 14-7 game, find out who you really are. You know, you're about to talk or, you know, can you actually implement it? And you go out there and grind to drive out, put the ball in, coup bangs it in. So it's a tie ball game, you know, cam executes, kicks touchback, defense, they even got it first down. They didn't panic. Valor makes a huge play. Dion makes a really big play on third down because he doesn't make that tackle. You know, they're going to make a decision probably, you know, instead of being fourth and nine because they were screaming down there on that screen and it's under a rate of play that Dion made and we get the ball back and go down there and execute it. And that's who we want to be. You want to be in games. Sure, you'd love it. That's life in NFL. If you're a competitive team, most of these games are going to come down to one possession and you got to be able to execute. So that was very encouraging. Were you actually pleased with what you saw on the court for him? Yeah, absolutely. Is it accurate to think that offensive philosophies come in two basic sizes, one being we identify our best playmakers and we build around that and one being we build a system that takes advantage of every playmaker and we lean on that. I mean, obviously everything is in the middle a little bit but is one of those the starting places for every offensive system? I don't necessarily see it that way. You know, it just depends on, you know, I guess it's different. If you're building a college program, you know, you may have a completely different philosophy depending on the resources you have, where you're at, how you recruit, the amount of depth you can create, you know, and then in the NFL, which I like about it, it's there's a salary cap, there's a draft and you got to figure out to me, it's who can do the best with, you know, the resources given because there are injuries and if you get an injury to a guy, maybe you're counting on paying a lot of money. Okay, can you, to me, what coaching is? Can you take another guy? Can you make things work? Can you have success that way? You know, and I get the question. It's just hard for me because my mind doesn't look at it that way. Like I have certain philosophies and beliefs and I've always tried to take players and how can they help us win? How can they help make them successful? I think that's what most good coaches do. There's certainly been guys that have marketed themselves a different way, you know, about their offense and, you know, they want to brand it. Great. I don't look at it that way. So it's tough for me to answer like saying too, but I think you got to look at your situation. I think it's very different in college football depending on where you're at. In the NFL, life changes so quick. An injury at quarterback. Okay, there's nothing you can, you know, may not be able to do the rest of the year. You got an injury at, you know, two key skill spots. Okay, how do you adapt? That's still what I love about the challenge of the NFL. Yeah, Coach, I might have missed it, but did we update on Marlon Davidson? Oh, you didn't miss it. Yeah, you didn't miss it. Do you have a talk? I'll get one over on you. I'll get one over. Same thing, another guy day to day. We'll see where he's at. And then like I said, I don't anticipate him practicing day, but it doesn't mean he can't play on Sunday. Just being back home for this game, how big of a emphasis is it to get a win at home being that this is the first time since we won? Well, obviously you need to get a win, right, regardless. But certainly, yeah, we want to, like, that matters to us. You want this to be a home field advantage, but we got to do our part. And we got great fans here and you want to put a good product. One, I'm excited, so it becomes an advantage. I mean, we're not anything without the fans. You know, it might as well just go play in the parking lot. So it does matter. And I appreciate our fans and we want to put a winning product on there. We got to win, of course it was that, but yeah, certainly we want Mercedes-Benz and we got to do our part, become a really tough place to play. But again, I take it my responsibility to make sure we got a good product on the field to do that. There you go. I appreciate you guys. Thank you. Thank you guys.