 I was ready to get a little sweat in walking from my office down the stairs to the practice field. Yeah. I got some. What you got? Yeah. Calvin. How's he going? People are getting a lot of attention, I guess, because, uh, you know, he's talking about getting doubled and coaches talking about it. Uh, you know, what's the, you know, what, how's that going for you know, people are trying to play him? Yeah, sure. I think each week you go out, uh, the defense, regardless of who you're playing, no different than this week. Uh, they'll have a different defensive plan for a lot of our guys, Ridd being one of them. Um, it's our job as coaches that the game moves on, right, to evolve and make sure that we get our guys the best chance to be successful. Um, obviously most defenses, if not all, are going to try to take away, uh, some of your better players. But I think Calvin's done a tremendous job up really since the day I've got here and met with him when we started meetings is his ability to stay locked in. Uh, regardless of what just happened, good or bad, uh, through four quarters and being able to play with him now a few weeks and see it live and in person and games, you see it in the practice field. You always wonder how that's going to translate, uh, and Calvin's done a tremendous job, uh, one of those guys as well as a number of other guys who've done this, but, um, Calvin stays locked in ready to go. And I think what's the beauty about even the past week or the weeks before that is you just never know, regardless of what point of the game, your number potentially is the one who's going to be open. And I think Calvin does a great job, uh, of staying in the present and realizing that, Hey, is opportunity coming in the first quarter or in coming the fourth quarter. And how do you stay ready to be available for you all late when you Yeah. And I think that's a, that's one of the under, you know, writing stories of the game about Kyle Pitts, you know, one of our guys that we're obviously trying to get the ball to different players and he's one of them, um, his ability in the fourth quarter, just like I explained with Calvin, really to stay locked in, stay in the present, uh, and make what I consider one of the biggest critical third downs so far in our season, um, on the road, third and eight had a one on one matchup and he won it and the ball went to him with the trust of the quarterback and we obviously know what happened at the end of the game. He sets up our chance to get in field goal range because he stayed present, stayed locked in, um, and took each play as its own. And for a guy who's just gotten a league and it's essentially his third game to be able to do that. It's what we anticipated when we drafted them. It's great to see it as the, as the games play. Um, and it's what we expect from Kyle. Did you anticipate that they would, the team, the defense has been trying to take away so soon? Well, I mean, at the end of the day, he's obviously a high pick. Um, a lot of teams, I'm sure did their homework on him in terms of no one knew where he was going to be drafted. Um, the physical ability from the college tape to what he's putting on tape right now, obviously is showing up. Um, but again, I think the one thing most important about all our guys is the mindset and the mentality of just being ready. And if, if they're trying to do something different or they haven't shown on film and we're going to sit here and make adjustments as coaches and players, just to be ready to do that. And I think that's been the beauty of not just Kyle and Calvin, but really the whole offense is we move through, uh, this early part of the season and grow together. What is going on really? What is it about his brap on the, because you've been around a lot of receivers college that stands out, makes it different. Yeah. I mean, I go back to the, my few years when I got to starting to sleep and a fortune start, I was a wide receiver coach. Um, and to see Calvin's ability to put his foot in the ground, stop, restart and get in and out of cuts. I've always admired it from a different team. I was down in the past and you'd see him on film to see it up close and personal. Um, it's definitely a trait that, uh, posed well for him. And I think it gives issues to people covering him. Um, but I will say this about Calvin, just like other guys, his, his practice habits, how he goes about practice. And it's not just him. It's really how this offense is their mindset moving forward. They're showing it on the practice field. So we're not necessarily surprised when you see it on the game film, um, but he takes care of his craft and he cares about it. Talk about the underrated piece with Kyle, it's made even underrated from last week with Matt Ryan, having kind of that rough first half, but really delivering on those last two drives. What does that say, maybe about his ability to deliver the mindset that it takes to do that? And also, especially because he had so many or has many young players, like pits around him and even kind of shipping from like having rust, OZ. And I think that's also part of it. You have a guy who's been in this league a long time, but that's, that's a great thing he can rely on in terms of experience. The reality is like you just mentioned, right? There's going to be new pieces constantly floating around them. What you love about Matt is the calmness in which he plays the game, um, seen a lot of things, been through a lot of things, uh, his ability to stay present, like I've said before with other guys is great. It gives a calming to the rest of the offense. And again, Matt was able to go down in those fourth quarter where we had about 21-22 plays in that fourth quarter and they didn't blink. Uh, and Matt was one of those guys that didn't blink and had a chance to put us in position to go win a game. Arthur was talking on Monday about how an underrated quality of Matt is, is patience. You know, there was a lot of that soft zone coverage and kind of understanding, like, you know, things are going to shake out eventually to kind of speak to what you see. He's talking about the calmness that he has. Right. I would think, you know, if you look at the opponents we played so far, um, you know, Philadelphia, a new opponent comes in and they're probably one of the teams that plays a lot of shell coverage in terms of the league right now. Uh, Tampa, obviously within the division, they mix up coverage as well. And then what you saw this past week with the New York Giants have a ton of respect for what they do. Um, what Matt has pride himself on when we talk about an offense is he's going to make the play that's available. Now that play is to be thrown at six yards for a completion, then he's going to make sure that ball placement gives that receiver a chance to catch and run after. I think sometimes, you know, and I've been through this a number of times about the ball traveling in the air, that's important. I get all the aspects of it, but the reality is to get some of these plays that are six, eight yard completions that turn to 16, 18, 20, 25 yard completions, no different than Cordero Paris and catching a screening going for whatever yards. It's ball placement, it's accuracy, it's timing. And again, if you're not throwing it deep every time and you've got to throw those intermediates, right, you can get explosive plays. You can get chunks out of defense about if you're throwing on time with great ball placement and accuracy. And that's the one thing that we constantly push Matt to do and he prides himself in doing. It's the best note taker you've ever had. Oh, note taker. You're putting me on the spot. I'm going to leave somebody out. I'm not just saying this. I'm not. Matt's very good. Some of the backup quarterbacks I've been around have been extremely detailed. One that comes to mind is Chase Daniel. I would sometimes rip his book and see he's got pages and pages. I said, my goodness, man, I'm not speaking that much. But yeah, again, I think it works for different people, too. Some guys just write down the important things that they know headline wise. They have to remember and they can kind of fill to the rest of the information. Other guys are like literally writing every single word that you have. So again, I'm not sure of that necessarily matters in terms of the production at times, but it's just how their brains are wired and what hits their brain and how how they can focus their attention. And the skill, studying, how important is that when you're evaluating a guy? I mean, is it something that you that you would be aware of in a draft process? Even when you want to know what kind of notes he takes, doesn't take notes. How is that? I always remember this. I was at the combine as a player and the very first question I got from an unnamed team was, do you love football? I think most guys would say, yeah, sure, I love football. And then they went into the point of, all right, so, all right, in college, you know, how much film did you watch? How many notes did you take? Did you fill up notebooks? Who saw it? Anybody check your notes? What did you? Oh, you know, again, if you love it, right, I'm not saying that's for everybody. It's each position is different. But at the end of the day, like, if you love it, it's not work. It's not a job. It's a passion. So you want to be as much entrenched as possible. But again, I go back to the note taking and all that and the time is I really do believe it's different for how your brain works. Some guys just have the ability to take a bunch of notes, read back through them. And that's how they, that's how they process. Other guys literally take a highlighter, go over some of their notes, and that's what they want their focus to be. I've seen production success both ways. How is David Bergman as a note taker? I will say this. When I started in the NFL, I didn't really know how to do it, right? You just, you're a 22 year old kid. You get in there in a quarterback room and you're talking about things that you never talked about in college. Defensively their fronts, their structures, like I will say this, I had, I had two position coaches my first couple of years and Chris Palmer and Greg Roman. And I will say I grew through them and realized what was important and still maintain those relationships close today. And those guys helped me and both saw not the player in me. They saw the coach in me and they were trying to groom me that way more than anything else. But I wish they were to saw the player in me a little more. Maybe I had a different career path. But. And could you do the D line for the Redskins has maybe not had the productivity with QB hits or with sacks. But when you think about it, I'm asking about a local product, Montez, what, but maybe Caleb McGarry having to deal with him or Chris and Jake having to, you know, deal with Drom pain. What was kind of the game plan for them with that D line? Look, you look at that, look at the defense or roster. I mean, that's a talented group and people talk about the four first round picks and I would argue that. Yeah, absolutely. There are talented players who play extremely well together. Then you've got the guys who come in at times who rotate in the game, the D line spot and you're like, man, these guys play really well together. So this defense again, like the first couple of weeks, I know I'm a broken record up here, but I have nothing but respect for the guys they put out there and it's not just the front. It's the backers, the secondary. They play well together. They obviously they believe in what they do. You can see it schematically through last year into this year. I think again, I don't go into the number standpoint of it. I just put the tape on and they have guys all over each level that create issues for an offense. And obviously it's our job as an offensive coach is to make sure we protect ourselves as much as possible. But it's a great unit. I work there in my past, so I have to make sure I'm exactly watching football team. That's right. How do you feel like your offensive line has grown since the first week? Yeah, I mean, that's a great question. I think you have a situation where you have Jalen Mayfield, right? Who, you know, we bring in here. He's going to play now, right? He played his three games. He gets a chance to go in there against some pretty good fronts. He's seen different looks, different body types, different ways are going to rush him. And again, he's growing in that way, but also, you know, you talk about Henny, you got Lynch from the guys all Caleb and Jake and those guys coming together. You see in the practice field. And again, I think each group develops at different rates. These guys with the one thing I can say about them is they they truly have each other's back and that's just not the starters. It's everybody. They believe in each other and they push each other in the practice field. And that's why you'll see me at times when the practice starts. I go down into the O line and then we got great energy. They do coaches do a great job of pushing those guys with great energy and those guys love playing with each other. So again, I just think you watch them ascend and again, like arrest all these different groups. But I love what they're doing in terms of the brotherhood and mentality they have. What do you do once Josh comes back when it comes to jail? Because Josh won the job and Jalen's obviously playing well. Do you how do you handle that? Yeah, I think I know you you love this answer. But the the competition that competes, the ability to go out there and push each other, make each other better. It's a conversation where we have one guy coming off injury. He's got a certain amount of time in which he has to work his way back. We have another guy who obviously is going out there and playing games. We have other guys in backup spots who are competing on Scout Team that you love to see how they're doing because that's a true evaluation. They're going against a different defensive front. The defensive guys that we have present issues for our offensive line and we see how they combat it. Again, I think you can't build enough depth of the old line. I've said this before in a 17 game season. I'll be curious at the end of the year how many teams play with the same five. So we're constantly trying to build depth competition. And I think that's what we got right now. I guess what I'm getting at is you know, it's you who's wants to put rookies in. It's kind of hard to especially guys you're kind of your future it's hard to come out. The lineup. I mean, do you go and do that? Yeah. If Jay was playing well at this point? Again, that's that hasn't been a conversation I've been privy to at the end of the day. It's about those guys going out and competing. And I think if it's whoever's coming back from injury or we bring somebody in for whatever reason, again, competition makes great guys. I think play better. And again, it's not you want guys to go out every single day with great energy, great focus, great passion, regardless of the circumstances. I think that's what all those guys are doing up front. Jaylin, you were talking to me yesterday and he used he said, you know, I was embarrassed and he was like it's been my challenge to myself over the last three weeks to not be embarrassed again. I mean, when you think about the humble, but being humbled in week one to now seeing active steps in the right direction, how do you kind of think he's taking ownership of his own development? Yeah, that's the first time I've heard of what his thoughts for after week one. Obviously as coaches, we give the evaluations back. That's his comments. Again, what we try to do as coaches with all those players is put them in the best position. I think anybody who's ever played the game is going to be a true evaluator of oneself. Good or bad. I always believe in this way the guys who stay a very long time are the ones that are completely honest with each with themselves. The guys that lie to themselves, right? Typically regardless of talent don't just happen to have the career that they probably should have. Again, that's his evaluation. We obviously we've told them our corrections, but you like guys to have self accountability. However they look at it. And again, we say that to all our guys. Coach, Jim and David showing up over there on the defense for worse to put up. Yeah, so you've got a situation. Yeah, again, I think you look at all three levels and you've got guys who are who are playing. They're playing fast. You notice that on film. You notice how how hard they're playing in general and not even as to pick out one guy. It's just you look at that unit and you walk away and you put the clicker down when you watch the film and you say it's a very talented unit that plays hard, plays fast and we've got our work cut out for us. It's time for one more. Does Davis jump out at all? Yeah, I mean, all like that's what I'm saying to you like that's a good question. I think just in my when you watch him, it seems like all three levels, there's different guys that are coming out playing fast. They play well as a unit. I think that's the best characteristic track and give these guys. Thanks everybody. Thanks guys. Appreciate it.