 All right. Hey coach, how did the first pad of practice go for you all today? I thought it went relatively well. Good back and forth. You know, obviously you're coming off a day off, but it was a pretty spirited practice out there. Really good give and take. And like I said, we're pressing these guys, being aggressive, works a more situational football. The ball comes out and it's tight windows, but it was a really good competition back and forth. I thought the whole day. Sure. Yeah, obviously, Stirling, he's not healthy. So we had an injury settlement with him or wave them, wave them injure. And we'll see, you know, obviously he'll rehab. It's not the end of the road for Stirling. But we needed the roster spot because we had to have a healthy punter against Tennessee. So that's why we signed Cameron. Dom's doing good. He was working through something coming back. We still expect Dom to punt this preseason. We needed somebody to win that job. Yeah, so Tyler's just working through something. I would not expect it to be anything long term, but you know, we'll see. Was Davis something that happened in practice? No, he wasn't out here. I know you talked a little bit about the running back situation. It was Sunday or Saturday, they all went together. Do you want to have a committee? Would you rather have a guy kind of be there and take over? What would you want? Sorry, not to cut you off. But I think the simplest way to put that is that's why I don't get in comparison. This is a completely different situation. We've got a few guys that we think can carry the football and it's going to play itself out. I mean, you're going through now a 17 game regular season and so we'll see who emerges. Like I said, when they start a camp, Mike gets the first shot and it's going to be competitive back there and we'll keep mixing and matching and those guys will fight it out through the entire preseason and camp. Coach, the Panthers today waved for your JT eBay before hitting head over to Pirate Seekers. What are the things you communicate that are acceptable and unacceptable when there are any ads or how guys take care of themselves? Yeah, it's hard for me to comment on another team. I understand what you're asking. Again, we try to coach guys the right way to understand the rules, play clean. We want to obviously play physical and tough, but we don't want to do anything that's going to hurt the team and you got to know the rules. So again, that's it's hard for me to comment on another thing. I understand the question, but yes, we try to coach our guys to know the rules. So a very athletic catch by rookie Darby at the goal line and how do you talk about what you've seen from him and what is the opportunity for guys like him to take an impact and get with the term? Sure, you know, like most of these rookies, these guys are working and these guys it's competitive and we're throwing everybody in there. You know, I don't care who's in there right now. If you're going to have true competition, you got to give guys opportunity. You got to give them opportunities with the ones that they earn it, twos or threes and we really only have a depth chart right now, but just to mix and match, no different than Lyman. You know, everybody needs to take it. Try to block Grady Jarrett. Those are the guys you got to play on Sunday. So it's good. Frank's progressing. It was good for him to show up and he's got to continue to do it. Let's see, you've been off? No, it's been here. Okay. Is as physical with with pads in terms of we've first gone to league, I would give me that concert effort to keep guys healthy. Would you like a little bit more out of that or is it? That's all relative. I mean, the rules are what they are and like to think we've gotten smarter and how we've protected the players and the modern athlete. But again, you're not tackling right now. So it's, you know, there's a way to practice. We're still, you know, thought and we're not doing anything right now. Scrimmaging, that is the nice thing about having preseason this year, because we will get to see players live tackle really helps you evaluate the special teams and obviously defensively. Part of their situational red zone stuff down here at the end of practice, really good communication up deep. Please, we hope that group is starting to come together. All three really units, I guess. Yeah. So they're, I said, I know I keep repeating myself, but there's good competition. Those guys, you see some confidence building. Those are those are tight window throws and it was good. We worked it obviously seven on seven and then we worked it again. They're a team and we'll keep that in situations every day. And yeah, I've been very pleased with how the defense is responding and how they're coming together. The catch that kids had in the end zone there, is that kind of what you maybe saw from him when you were watching the evaluating game like that level of concentration to be able to catch that off the pitch? Is that something that you can tell even on film with a guy? I mean, it's no secret. He's a huge target. And, you know, we, God knows what the expectation is for him. And it's good to see him make those plays. I mean, you got to make him in practice and you build him up and to make him in the games. And so it was encouraging to see him make those plays that we expected to make. He's done a really good job. Kyle's everything we're asking him. We're trying to bring him along the right way. You know, when you draft somebody that high, there's a lot of expectations thrown on him. It's a long journey. And it's so hard for some of these guys to focus in the present day to day because there's these unbelievable expectations thrown on him. He's got to understand the big picture and just progress every day and understand it will naturally happen if he comes along the way we think he will. And that doesn't mean, you know, I think sometimes these guys that get in, not Kyle, but you could see it, everything's outside social media. And it's like, all right, well, if he doesn't have $300 the first game, you know, people and you got to eliminate that noise and understand there's a big picture. And it's not just a hot take week one, because it's a really long season. And it's and hopefully he has a really long career too. No, no real update on Caleb. He's another guy. He's doing everything we're asking him to do. I don't anticipate that being too long. I mean, much longer. But again, it's hard to give a firm timetable because we got to do what's best interest of the player and the team. Caleb's doing doing well. These young offensive linemen, they're all in there fighting it out. I mean, like I said, it's it was their first day in pads and it's only they want a couple of practices in the NFL. And but I'm really pleased with that rookie class and the way they're working right now. Yeah, Marquis has done an unbelievable job since he's been here. And I didn't know Marquis personally, but Craig Aukerman, I worked with in Tennessee highly recommended and we interviewed a bunch of guys and Marquis really stood out. And I really liked the way he thinks like Oliver coaches, he knows how to adapt and problem solve. And it's really cool to see what he's done. He's taken it and run. And it's nice to have Steve Hoffman here, you know, with all our staff, we have a good mix of experience and young coaches and guys different points in their career. And it's been fun to work with Marquis and it's doing a great job. Look, that's not to cut you off either. But I just don't believe in comparisons. I mean, I think the thing that people try to do it's like you look at a piece of paper or a depth chart, things change either year, your teams are going to change all the time. There's going to be injuries and guys are going to be moving and move out. All these guys are different players. You have a relative starting point, maybe reminds you of player you coach characteristics mentally off the field, how he learns. I mean, there's a lot of, but everybody's no, no, no, no. I'm just saying, but it's not fair to say, Hey, just because you lose player A, player B has got to be just like player A. A lot of ways to produce production in the passing game. Now with Calvin, there's a long-term plan. And the good thing about Calvin, you got to pull him back and he understands the big picture. We're bringing him along. More reps today and we'll continue to see how he progresses. But again, they really happy with Calvin and what he's brought so far. You hope everyone wants to be the guy. Honestly, I mean, I just, I don't know a professional athlete that doesn't want to come out here and be a starter. Now, some of them, they get a role and they make a nice living, but I think most of those guys, if you asked them, and I don't speak for them, but I think most of those guys want to start. Back to what Mike was talking about with number eight. Do you think that he's good at insulating himself from all the social media and noise that's out there? Do you think that that's part of his personality being able to kind of tunnel vision with that stuff? Oh, he's a very mature person. I mean, we're all flawed to it, right? I mean, if you just, if you, you know, put up your phone now and you can have everybody critiqued. Zach, you go on there and people can take shots at you. You can take shots at D-11, take shots at me and Michael. That's easy. But I think it's hard. I mean, today in the digital age, I think it's hard, but you got to try to remind people perspective and to stay in the present and all that matters is trying to continue to improve every day. What do you want to see from Calvin now until the first game of the season to, you know, on the field specifically? With all our guys, we hope they improve and we look like a functioning team coming out and that we continue to get better from week one to now week 18. Same thing, we have the expectation for all of our players and the guys that'll make our roster. Yeah, Coach, how important will it be for Chris Williamson to keep improving as you all put on the pass now? We see guys, you know, without the pass, doing great and then they got to keep it going once it's time to play and do more football things. Yeah, with all those guys, that's why I'm excited about this pre-season because of, you know, as we're new staff, you're one in a program. We feel like we've got really good competition in a lot of spots, but we got to go out and when you actually get out in those pre-season games, it'll tell a lot about a lot of guys. And then some days you can talk about perspective. Well, we may be installing certain covers of that day and the ball doesn't go Chris's way. So sometimes you get to really go back and look at the practice film and see, make sure he was good on his assignments. You know, some players, they may flash every day, but it just depends. You know, the ball may never come his way and he did his job and he was there and he's run support and he was sound and coverage. But we'll assess that every day. And like I said, so far we've been happy with Chris. All these guys are going to get every opportunity and we'll evaluate it day to day and week to week. Thank you. Jarvis, you're on your right. Hey coach, Sal Jett Hawkins made a real nice play down in the great zone. A lot of coaches like to look for their first year to second year jump, are you that guy that's kind of subscribed to that? Like what's the look for us? Or I think you guys making that jump on YouTube? That certainly helps. Guys have been in the NFL game. You know, that's a really long rookie year. And I think I mentioned this before is, you know, last year to put last year, you know, that was an unusual year for all of us. And those rookies, it was like I always said, I really feel bad for the undrafted rookie class because they didn't get as many opportunities. And I think the numbers, I don't have it off top of my head, but it was significantly lower in the opening at Rosser. And so for him, Michael Walker, all those guys that are going their second year, yeah, we expect to make a jump. Hopefully they continue to and we've been happy with Have you been able to assess communication? How well it's been? Y'all, it's alive Yeah, they've done a nice job. I mean, we, like I said, we put stress on them, put a lot of stress on the center. And we can tell you, I mean, obviously, we go back and evaluate the film, how we ID things and communication. So I said, I've been very pleased. Led's doing a great job with those guys. And we're fighting out and we're mixed in the matching because you have to and you got to solve those problems because they're going to come up during the season. You would hope that you could play at the same five or a week. And maybe some years you're forced enough to do that, but the reality is they're going to be a week or two or maybe more. We got to mix and match. And so those guys got to get used to playing with each other. And you got to let guys get a fair shot turn their job. Thank you. I love when you get his home team. That's my favorite.