 You've got Ben and Nate now back. How good does it feel to have all your starters off of the reserve list and now available as you really dug into this practice room? Well, I mean, again, I don't think that it's just the starters. I mean, we'd like to have everybody and it is good to have Ben back just as personality and then Nate continuing to watch him grow as a player. But obviously we want everybody back, we want everybody here, we want everybody healthy. Coach, have you announced or not announced but named your captains for this season? Yep, but I haven't told the team yet that was voted on this morning and we'll let them know before practice. So I'm sure Robbie will put that out after practice. So players vote, I mean, do you have any veto power there? That's not something, I mean, I try to help them understand what I think a good captain is, a good leader, somebody that will represent our football team. We have a lot of great guys, a lot of great leaders and players. And so again, they vote on that. That's not something that I have a real big say in. A couple of the DB's been talking about their kind of philosophy approach to gambling for lack of a better word. What's your thinking on your willingness or allowance for that? The NFL gambling policy? I mean, I think that those are moments where in every game throughout the game, everybody has decisions that they have to make. The players have to make them, coaches have to make them. And when the players are out there, we hope that we've given them enough advice, coaching, teaching, all those things on when to take chances and the techniques in which to use. If you're going to gamble and you don't think you can make it, I mean, obviously we want to stab through the pocket. And when you don't make it, that you can ensure the tackle. We just don't want to be reckless and just, it's always the old adage of just trying to make a play. We'd like to make it a good one. Genors has a lot of that in his past. Well, I mean, there's instinctive players. I mean, I think there's certainly players that throughout their careers have been instinctive. And then the other ones that are, you know, I think still trying to develop it. Your experience as a player and coach, tough balance between having fresh legs on a team versus having a good amount of veteran experience? Well, I mean, I think some of our veterans, fresh legs or younger legs. I mean, I think that however old you are, if you can still play and do your job and function and play with the speed that's required to be an NFL football player, then, you know, great. But I don't really, age hasn't been a big factor. Just looking at performance and, you know, results. So it's, Kulio is, I think 32 now. What does it say for him? Not a ton of the guys at age are still in the elite class. What's it say for him that he's still getting a job? I mean, I think he's, you know, an elite athlete. Obviously he's been gifted. He's a very gifted person. I think he's worked very hard. I think he focuses on a lot of those things that help him, you know, be able to stay productive, you know, at his age. And I think it's going to be, you know, like, you know, let's say, you know, Roger or Ben or some of those guys that play a lot of football for us. I think we have to do a good job between them and myself and, you know, our training staff and Frank, like what these guys need, you know, how much they need and how little to be able to be at their best on Sunday. I think that's something that's evolving. A lot of times over the years, what makes him such a difficult guy to prepare for the cover-all on Sundays? I'm guessing you said DeAndre. Well, I mean, he's an instinctive player. He, you know, he's got a great relationship with the quarterback. You know, he's a, you know, strong, you know, great hands, strong hands. Very good play strength. You know, he's good with the ball in his hand, breaks a lot of tackles. But I just, you know, all those contested catches that are, you know, sometimes we used to joke, you know, the tighter the coverage is, you know, the better he likes it. So, you know, we'll have to be able to compete and play through, you know, some of that contact and that just, you know, those contested catches we're going to have to try to compete. Mike, what was part of your initial conversation with Julio was you put the most on your best players. What would be an example of what you've put on him and how he's responded? Well, that goes for everybody. I mean, that's just something that we believe in is that we're going to hold the best players the most accountable, you know, to try to spread that message throughout the team that, you know, we have a standard and we have expectations that we believe in. You know, and again, I think just holding him accountable to be ready to go, you know, I thought that that was, you know, how we wanted to start the week with the group of guys maybe that, you know, hadn't had as much work throughout training camp. I thought that was a great start on Monday, you know, looking forward to continuing that today. Mike, in what ways do you think your game can continue to evolve after, you know, 2009 season? Just where do you think you can continue to make strides at this point as a player? Well, I mean, I think ball security is always something that's, you know, paramount for a guy that carries it as much as Derek does, that takes as many hits, you know, and again, the way that he's built. You know, there's guys that, you know, they're changing the target angle where they're coming to try to tackle him. You know, I just read, I think you can always continue to be better, you know, I mean, as far as, you know, what you're seeing and where the defense is going, based on how we're blocking it, you know, just continuing to stay consistent, obviously, each and every week, you know, people know that he's going to be a large part of what we do and have to, we all have to be ready for that challenge. Worth here, how much self-analysis do you do in terms of how you do the job and what you do in the job as opposed to when you first started? I mean, I just think, I mean, I'm not really reflecting on too much as far as, you know, I try to focus on improving and getting better and how I lead this football team and how we get ready and prepare. The product that we put on the field is, you know, making sure, you know, that the operation, you know, is clean and that the players, you know, know what to do. And then, you know, there's a whole another level, you know, we've talked about this. When those guys go out there, you know, we have to have confidence in them that they know their job and they're going to, you know, go out there and execute. At that point in time, it's the 11 players on the field. So, as far as my reflection, you know, I just have to make sure that we continue to not do things that get us beat, you know, emphasize the things that we believe are important. A lot of these players that have come off the COVID list, you monitoring them in any way just to make sure they're back on the field healthy and not pushing right into it. Of course we are. You know, we do that with everything, whether they sprained an ankle or they were away with COVID. I mean, that's everything that we believe in all the way down to concussion protocol or leading with that. I mean, those are things that, you know, we feel very important. You know, we spent a lot of time with these guys. We're personally invested in who they are as people, as husbands, I mean, so it's the whole package, you know, and so we'll monitor all those guys that, you know, as they come back. What's the challenge of evaluating their front seven? It's a group they've invested a lot in, but you haven't seen Collins play. You haven't seen Watt play for them yet. I think, you know, the skill sets of those players that you can see and you can evaluate, you know, where they'll be, you know, they may be in different places than what maybe we've seen in past. You can try to have an idea of where they may be, but again, just seeing how the game unfolds, being able to recognize that early, you know, understand, you know, who they are as athletes, the length, the skill set, how they've normally played, how JJ's normally played and, you know, the issues that he presents. And then as far as, you know, Collins and Simmons, the speed that they have inside, the length, athleticism, all that stuff is, is we try to, you know, at least take into account. Apart from, you know, it's the season over excitement and just the challenge of the job. Any part of you is just excited to see this offensive skill collection on the field together in a game setting? No, not just specifically them. I mean, I'm excited for, for us, for our football team. I'm excited for our fans. I'm excited to get into the stadium with some fans, with our fans. And just excited to coach the football team. And part of that is, you know, that group that you mentioned, you know, some of those, those receivers. But it's, it's everybody out there doing their job and, and they're a part of it, you know, just, just excited to get everybody that we have available back. Been able to see, I guess, from Lam and Sembrelo in terms of them being at the, you know, close to the top of their game or at the top of their game? Well, I mean, I think those guys are still, you know, they'd missed some time. And I don't think they were full participants, you know, so I think that that probably takes some time to, to get back. And, you know, we always talk about not being able to get those reps back, but we got to try to get them back here on the practice field and, you know, see where they can help us. Hey, buddy, welcome back. You know, I think that we'll see where that is. You know, I'm not ready to, you know, commit to that. But until, you know, I find out otherwise, I would imagine that, you know, it would be in, you know, there's a lot of different, you know, roles that guys play on the game and in the game plan. So, you know, we'll see where everybody is on Sunday and how they function within that game plan. I mean, he does a lot of that on his own. You know, I mean, I think his preparation and, you know, we try to monitor and, you know, replicate some of those game distances and speed, you know, that he would normally have in a game. This is something that we, we did throughout training camp and it's not every day, obviously. Nobody would want that. But there were, you know, every fourth or fifth day where we're trying to replicate those outputs that he has in the game so that, you know, the pounding is not there, but the conditioning and the speed is there. The way you talked about right tackle yesterday, left open possibility, like the rotation, are you contemplating something like that? Well, I mean, I think what we're contemplating is trying to get and develop, you know, a roster that we feel confident in in a lineup and, you know, we have guys that are very accomplished that have played in this league, have started in this league, have played multiple positions. You know, so, you know, that's where we're at. We're not, you know, trying to do anything other than get the best guys out there and then have guys to be ready to go in there if they have to for a lot of different reasons. Well, I mean, I think that, you know, as long as guys understand and again, that's just not something that we know that we're going to do or not going to do. It's just, you know, the guys that have rotated, and me personally, is that if you, you know, communicate and everybody's on the same page, like, okay, this is what we're going to do. This is what we're going to take a look at. You know, I would say that everybody in my experience has been, you know, on board with it. And I mean, whether they, you know, agree with it or not, I think that if we feel like it's best for the football team at any position, you know, that's what we would try to do. Michael stands out. You know, he's just, he's fast, he's explosive, he's athletic, he's quick, great short area, quickness, you know, makes a bunch of guys miss, knows, knows where the first down marker is every time he runs, you know, very aware of that. Mentioned the other day, the strength of his arm, you know, as I thought was something that not having studied him was really stood out. And I mean, he seems pretty comfortable. Doesn't seem ever, you know, too rattled. You know, seems like a very good composure, demeanor. I think they, you know, they represent the team and who we want to be and help carry that message. Um, you know, from, from me, the coaching staff into the locker room, you know, the players can, you know, ask them if, you know, some guys, you know, may, may not, may not want to come and ask me something. You know, and I think the captains usually can and, you know, I try to, you know, visit with them. But, you know, there's no restrictions on leadership. You know, there's, you know, guys are going to be able to lead whether we name them a captain or they were voted on by their, their, their teammates as captains. That's, that's critical to understand. Value of a hostile packed home stadium in this league. And what, what do you anticipate this year in that regard? Um, you know, I mean, I think that that's certainly, you know, if you can get out of, you know, I mean, you could get ahead in the ball game and you're forcing them to use the silent cadence, you know, and react off the football and not go off of a cadence. You know, those are all communication. You know, that's something that's, you know, difficult for us, you know, when we're on the road and it's loud, you know, so that would be, that would be helpful for a team that doesn't huddle much this week. As far as my expectations, I mean, I, I expect there to be plenty of fans. I mean, it looks like people are dying to get back. You know, I mean, it's this game and this sport, you know, people, you just kind of noticed come, you know, the end of August beginning of September, you know, people were just dying to watch football, you know, no matter who was playing. You know, and the people that, that come out, the students at college that it, you know, didn't have that experience. The hopefully the same thing will happen, you know, with us that the people will be in the parking lots. They'll be tailgating, you know, and they'll be enjoying, you know, everything that they, you know, knew before we didn't have fans at games. Rob Camp, obviously going against the Cardinals, they do a lot of tempo and that creates urgency, but does that create urgency for you guys on defense and how does that kind of, you know, make the communication even that much more important? Yeah, it just happens quicker. You know, it has to happen quicker and it has to happen a little cleaner. You can't have a big discussion about it. You know, they're getting lined up. So I think this is the recognition of that, you know, being able to echo the call and communicate quickly and making sure that everybody's on the same page. You know, we don't have time for a team meeting out there, you know, if they're making calls going at the line of scrimmage. So often it's unique in this day and age in the NFL in any way, and if so, or even if not, what's the biggest challenge of lining up and getting ready to? I mean, I think, you know, unique. I mean, there's times where people won't huddle, you know, I don't know if it's the extent to which they do it, but that's what, you know, the beauty of coaching is believing in something and getting your players to believe in it, which they've done. You know, we just have to, you know, I mean, be able to get ready, get get substitutions in there quick, you know, they'll sub and, you know, not huddle and stand over the football and we'll have to, you know, try to replicate that in practice this week.