 numbers may not be what you had last year, particularly in the passing game. But you know, with the record, I, I'm gonna guess I figure which is more important to you. Uh, how do you like the way this season has been going for you personally considering what the team record is right now? Yeah, we're finding a way to win game. So that's, uh, that's the goal is to, uh, to go out and find a way to win one game a week. So, um, I'm happy with that, no matter how it comes, right? You think Rable should be in the coach of the year conversation just with his ability to kind of galvanize you guys throughout all the issues you guys have had in finding success this fight of it like that. Yeah. Um, you know, coach, coach does a great job. I stay out of the nomination and all that stuff. But, um, you know, coach Rable does a great job preparing us each and every week, setting the tone, holding us accountable and, uh, and put a game plan together for our team each and every week. So, you know, thankful to have, uh, a coach who handles those situations really well and, um, and keeps the pressure on us. How much or how little does he throw in the examples from his playing days that might be pertinent to conversations you guys are having about situations? I mean, he's always throwing a little examples from his coach or sorry, his playing days, whether it's technique or, um, how many touchdowns he caught or, you know, 10 for 10 or whatever it was, um, catching the football. But it's always fun to hear those. And then, you know, he's, he's done it before. So the techniques that, that he's teaching and, uh, trying to convey to the team, you know, he's been on the field trying to do those before as well. Please, I guess are happy to see you in the fray when the ball was fumbled Sunday with the one that AJ recovered. Is that just something that goes with being a leader and natural instinct to dive, try to dive on a loose ball, even though as a quarterback, you know, they want you to stay out of harm's way as much as possible. Yeah, I'm just trying to try to get the ball there. Obviously, you know, you hate to see the ball on the ground and, uh, it was getting kicked around all over the place. So I saw it go across the formation. Uh, was going to try to make a play. Thankfully AJ got on there. Is that something that just kind of instincts take over for you for you as a, as a player, rather than not thinking about, I'm the starting quarterback there, just trying to get the ball because a lot of teams like Ridgewater caught a lot of flak because he didn't jump on a fumble in the Broncos game Sunday. Yeah, personally, I just, I love winning and I know if we can help save a bad situation with the ball being on the ground and maintain possession, then we're going to have a better chance of winning. So, obviously you don't want to be injured in doing so, but at the same time, just as a competitor, I'm going to try to make those plays. The weekly messages that Coach Ray will deliver to you guys, is that unique just as far as like the effectiveness of it? Because it seems like all you guys every week can buy into it. Yeah, Coach has a great job of, of finding a good message for the weekend. I think over the course of time, we've seen those messages play out. You know, it's not just something that's thrown on the board and then, you know, at the end of the week, you're like, well, it didn't really matter. Like, he does a great job of finding things that are, are relevant. And then if we buy into it and execute them or believe in it or make it happen, then it usually works in our favor on Sunday. So, I think that ability to find something relevant and then the fact that as a team, we've seen it work helps us to buy into it and, and make it happen. What message do you think of one that just like spot on? It's all blur at this point, but there's, there's so many that, that have been relevant, you know, I think each and every week, I've never like seen a message and being like, yeah, that doesn't matter. You know, it's always, yeah, I can, I can get behind that. I think that's something that, that is going to be important this week. So, like I said, the fact that it's relevant each and every week is huge. Beyond the message each week, what is it, I guess, to sum up what he gives to a team as a head coach? We're getting philosophical today. You know, he does a great job of setting the tone for the organization, holding, holding our standard, setting the pillars of the program, things that we believe. You know, he manages the games really well in my opinion. Obviously, he's put a ton of time and effort, him and stretch, go through just about, I think, probably every, every game situation throughout the league each and every week and, and have a plan if that comes up in our game. So, they're putting themselves in those situations. He has a plan for, for each and every situation, understands, you know, the rule book really well and tries to take advantage of, of every situation that arises. So, you know, that's part of his, his job and then, you know, conveying the, the message each and every week, giving us something to rally behind, holding the team accountable. I mean, it all falls with, with, in his job title and, you know, he does a good job of, of being efficient in all those areas. Part of me real quick. First one just, how is it just having Taylor in there and just, I know it's been kind of an up and down season for him with the ACL and everything, but when he's in there, how, how confident are you in a guy like him and then also, what do you think about the finger roll by Ben Jones? Ben obviously has been taking notes. It was pretty good, pretty good for a big fella. Excited to have Taylor back in there. You know, we have so much confidence in Taylor and in what he brings to us. The energy, the athleticism obviously, and just hope to get him rolling. I hear a thing move forward. Six games in a row against teams up in the playoffs. Now you're playing a team this week that is, that has struggled. How do you keep your edge and how, and do you have to remind guys, you know, throughout the course of the week, got to stay focused. Can't have a let down. Yeah, it's a week by week league. You know, you have to go out and perform each and every week. They have some talented players on defense. They can, they can make plays. They can put pressure on you. So as an offense, we have to have urgency. We have to attack this week with urgency. I feel like the coach staff has come up with a good plan. We have to buy in, learn the plan, and I go out and execute it on Sunday. Ben said necessarily big passing attack design for big numbers. How do you kind of evaluate your play given, given that, that you're not going to be expected to hit 300 yards each week? Yeah, just executing one play at a time. You know, how do I, how do I execute the play that's called? And whether it be, you know, getting us into a good play on the ground, or, or could be throwing the ball away, could be scrambling, could be making a good throw, you know, all those types of different things go into it. So, yeah, it's not, it's not based on numbers. Different at all at points without Derrick the last couple of weeks. Have there been moments where you thought, wow, I kind of miss Derrick right now? Well, yeah, I miss Derrick, but yeah, you're not thinking about that in the huddle, you know, you're thinking about, all right, how do we, how do we execute this call? It's coming in, you know, build some confidence with the guys we have in there, and, and go out and gain yards. So, yeah, obviously I miss Derrick. I miss him being on the field, I miss competing with him, but excited about the guys. I think Forman's stepped in and done a good job for us as well as Adrian. So, hopefully we can get those guys continuing to settle in as they get more carries with us and kind of keep things going on the ground. Like yourself again after, after feeling pretty rough over the weekend? Yeah, thankfully, thankfully, things have passed me. So, yeah, it was a rough weekend for a lot of different reasons, but feeling good again. All the injuries, the roster turnover, it's unrealistic to think a team would be eight and two with that going on. What are you thinking about? Resiliency. I think from day one, Coach Rebels preached, you know, next man-up mentality, opportunity is going to come up for guys. And I think with the type of people that, that Jay Robb and Rebel bring into this building, they want to bring in guys who want to compete and contribute to our team. And so I think when those opportunities have arisen, we've had a bunch of guys really step up and make huge plays for us and help us win football games. So, yeah, you hate seeing guys go down. You hate having to use as many guys as we've had, but at the same time, you're thankful for the mentality that this team has and that next man-up mentality where we can go out and play confidently, you know, no matter who's out there.