 First off, let me apologize for my language, Gentry. That's very out of character for me to use that type of language. And so a coach texted me last night. He said, who the hell is Gentry? And I said, oh, that's Gentry Estis. I said, it wasn't his fault. I said it was just me being candid and honest. So I know that there was some. No, it certainly wasn't directed at you. That was me just explaining what we ultimate goal is. And that's the most important thing, that every day we come to work, that we focus on winning and doing more of the things that's going to help us win and less of the ones that affect the game in a negative way. So Trisha, what you got? How is Will? Do you hope that he can practice today? Probably won't be out there today. Again, we'll have structures, practice similar to where we had some guys out there going with some speed and trying to get some special teams. We've got some moving parts there. We have some young guys that are playing special teams and that needs some drill work, some speed work there and why the ability to do that. Also get the quarterbacks, some live throws and some speed throws. And then we'll finish off at a different pace with some other guys that kind of at this point in the season don't maybe need all that work right now. Coach, you mentioned yesterday the goal, try to finish the year the best way you can on Sunday. What are some specific things you're doing this week, maybe something different you're doing this week to try to achieve that goal? Well, I don't know if you'd start doing a whole lot of things that are different. I mean, you try to prepare, you try to put a plan in that the players, by the end of the week, will have confidence in and that have answers for things that come up and what they may do in each situation, whether that's first and second down. Third down, as we work our way through today, is focusing on first and second down and knowing who they are, their personnel and what our plan is and how we can execute it. And then you work your way through the week. And if things you don't feel good about things, and then you try to fix them by that point in time, then you probably just take it out, continue to stress the fundamentals, the details, and how critical that is to a game plan. What can a pass blocker do if maybe he's outmatched a little bit on skill set or a lot? What can he do on determination? Well, certainly, guts and hustle can go a long way. It's like pitching. I watch a lot of guys pitch Carter play's baseball. So I always try to equate some of that stuff that I see, whether that's a pass rusher or a DB, a wide receiver, or in your question, an offensive lineman, is what different pitch can you throw? And you can't get guys out throwing 86 anymore. So you're going to have to be able to throw different pitches. And if a pass rusher has some speed to power, or they use a certain move, a freeze move, long arm, whatever that may be, you have to be able to change things up. And I think that's always a way when you're by knowing your opponent and knowing what they do and how you can kind of, whether you short set them, flash hands, just all the different techniques that we talk about. How do you think your guys have done it kind of? Well, none of us have none of us. Starting with me, we can ask me how we've done. None of us have done well enough throughout the season. And that's why we continue to practice and continue to work. You know, I think sometimes in the game, you know, you practice and you have to be able to see that in live reps and have that translate. That's why that's so critical to having those small victories and improvement that we talked about yesterday and developing players and developing units. It's a much different pace in practice. It's a different player doing it in practice that you're going against. So you have to be able to do some of those things that has to translate to the game. And once you can do that, then you can start to understand, OK, this is how I have to approach it. This is the technique I need to use. This is the change-up off of that. How are you just talking about just with the change-ups? Are they something that you give the guys a roadmap for? Or if they do this, you do that? Or is it kind of the individual? No, I mean, that's what we do every day is trying to find answers and put yourself in a position of coaching, put yourself in how, if I had to do that job, how would I go about doing it? There's some jobs out there that I haven't done personally. And a lot of the coaches haven't either. That's not to say that they don't know. But you study and you watch. And you have to be able to say, OK, if this is what they're doing, here are answers. Here are tools in a toolbox. Great resources is guys around the league. Guys around the league, that's why we try to comb through all that tape between Stretch and I to try to find examples of those. Just to validate the things that we're talking about or that were maybe their new ideas. What have you seen from Otis recent little trial at Inside Linebacker here lately? Yeah, see some speed, see some violence and improvement. And so we talked about the play and tracking it the other day. And he was very active in the plays and the snaps that he had. And hopefully continue to add to that and make sure that he's improving on special teams, too. That's a critical role for him. But I would say that Otis' attitude, his willingness, and certainly his effort has been good. You've got an extended work, I guess, from Kevon Wallace, too, recently. How does he kind of fit in to the different ways? Yeah, good. And he wanted to really work hard to get back last week after missing the week. And we got Kevon in towards the back half for the season. He came in, studied hard, and took advantage of his opportunity. He talked about the play that he made just on sheer effort in Miami that led to us stopping him short of the goal line and then turning the ball over on the very next play. So I saw that last week against Dallas and Miami as well. Miami made a great stop and the ball was almost over the goal line. That's why we talk about every inch matters. And Dallas turned the ball over the very next play. So that was something that Kevon that stood out for me and he'll have to continue to progress and work. But I've liked the way that he's come in and taken advantage of his opportunity and played for us. Mike, when quarterbacks get pressured or hit, like you guys have had a lot this year, do you see a level of expectation coming in for quarterbacks to almost expect to be pressured? And does that affect them if that is the case? I mean, I think playing the position, I would imagine there's got to be a level of understanding. I mean, you have to have some courage to be able to sit into the pocket. You also have to be able to slide away and do their part. Sometimes there's nothing that they can reasonably do. But then there's also times where guys' quarterbacks can help some of that, just like in a running game. There's times where you can't block them all. Guys make people miss or break tackles. And that's how it goes. And that's what it looks like. And sometimes you get them blocked and they're untouched for eight or 10 yards. And that's great, too. You think Harold's the same guy Harold was before the ACL now? I just really like where Harold's at just from maturity and his consistency, his daily approach. So he plays extremely hard. He does a lot of different things for us. I think that he's really factored and I think starting to feel better, cutting it loose, and happy for whatever personal success that he has or making a bunch of plays and helping us out. The patience you have to show, waiting, like knowing it's probably going to get back to normal. But there's got to be some doubt while you're waiting? Well, I think that would be for the individual. I never had a knee surgery or an ACL. You're a guy along the way. I mean, you're always coaching and talking through and showing them that you can. Like, here's this movement. And so I think that he's, like I said, just been able to cut it loose and get going. And again, him and Crow have worked extremely hard and we see him always working and focusing on things and having different change-ups that he can use to help him do his job. That's OK. Mike, you mentioned it. It's a little louder than that. Hey, we got to get it in. Mike, you mentioned a couple of weeks ago about not relishing it being a spoiler. What does that mean to you and how do you relate that to your team? Well, I mean, we just want to finish strong. We can finish this thing the right way. We can finish it with a lot of class. And we can also get a huge win. And also potentially, I think it would just be critical to get a home win here to finish the season in the division against a team that kept us from the playoffs last year. So that's what we're trying to do. Our guys are trying to get ready, starting that process here this morning. And that'll carry all the way up until the game. His last few games of the season have been a lot about getting some of these younger guys this trial period and giving them opportunities in games. What does Kyle Phillips need to do to be one of those guys getting that opportunity? Is there something he can do at this point? Yeah, I meant you only have so much room for you. You can look at the reasons why Kyle wasn't counting. So many room, only so many room for a slot receiver that doesn't catch punts. And that's where we went to. So I'm hopeful that Kyle will be in there this week and will help us. But that's just once you start looking at the job that they do on game day and how many snaps. Kyle hasn't done anything from a receiver. I mean, he helped us in the two-minute. And third down, it's just how each week, how do you get the guys that you need to cover kicks and punts? And I mean, if we kick touchbacks every time me and all of us could cover a kickoff. Well, we don't. So we have to have guys that we feel like can cover the kick. And that's what it is. You've kept six some weeks in the past and five other weeks. Does that match up based kind of whether or not you have that sixth receiver up? Well, it was when Colton turned himself into a above average, I'm not going to say great, I mean, he was starting gunner for us, made some plays in that regard. So those are things that you factor in. How many guys are you going to take for special teams? And what role is a guy going to have on offense or defense? How many positions? Where do you feel like there's a backup? You've got a pair and a spare. And if this guy goes down, then who's the next person in the game? Where do you move this guy? Those are all just things that factor into it. I want to clarify, too, you said there briefly, he hasn't done anything from the rest of the game. Negatively, it wasn't, I mean, it was just we changed part-returners. And so when that happened, then those are part of the decisions of who's going to the game. But my point is, is when Kyle played and did a nice job on two-minute and quarterback found him and made some good catches for us. And based on different personnels and what we're asking those guys to do, Nick Westbrook was just doing some of those jobs and 11 personnel, just different reasons as we come. So hopefully that Kyle will get another opportunity to help us this week. When it comes to Traylon Berkson, just the continued development of him, how hard is it, Coach, you played the game, to continue that momentum of your own game if you are not on the field? Like, how much does that actually play into it in terms of building game after game? And obviously, he's not been able to do that. Well, he has the last couple of weeks. So again, those are all we can focus on as we're hopeful to have him this week and continue to help us. And confident that played he didn't come down with last week and that he'll come down with this week and hopefully more, I think just consistency. Same going there and make a really nice block on a safety and we gained a bunch of yards. And then the safety is not going to just stand in there and let him hit him. So he kind of spins and misses him. And so he's in the hole. But I think to your question, I think it is very important to be able to string those chances together. And it's very hard at this point in the season to replicate a whole lot of speed and some of that stuff. And so the game action is critical. And then the game within the game and how do you respond? What are they doing? What are the adjustments? What do you have to do better the next series? Or if you get the same look, not making the same mistake twice or having an idea of a coverage and all those different things. Mike, there's been a lot of, I guess, stuff on social media reports from outside that say, talk about your relationship with Rand, your perceived unhappiness or whatever here. Do you have to address those types of things with the players because most players are on social media and whatnot today? Yeah, no, I don't. I don't because, again, if we believed everything that was on social media, there'd be Santa Claus in the Easter Bunny and there's no tooth fairy and all that. So I really have never responded to any of those and we're not going to start now. I know where we're at as an organization. I'm excited to build this thing and to fix this thing and get it to where we want it to be, to win championships with Rand and Chad and A-Rob and a coaching staff and everybody. I mean, that's what our goal is. But no, the social media and where that is, and I can't focus on that. So you want to be here this year? Of course, I want to be here. Be here as long as we can win and long as we can do this thing and it's been great. But it also has been just frustrating this year. And nobody wants to be where we're at. You feel for the players, having been in that situation, those guys, they're out there selling out. And you feel for them when you look out there on the field and we're not winning or it's pretty obvious. But the one thing that allows me to at least sleep at night is when the games, we had a clunker in Jacksonville and in Houston and we're out there fighting, not letting them run through us for 40, 50 yards and all that. And I know that there again, there's no moral victories and that's not a moral victory, but it's just a lot of times in those situations you can just pack it up and pack it in. So that was last week. This week, we have to be in a different situation, talked about the ability to put ourselves in that competitive situation, where the game has some flow to it. And you make a play, you get a turnover, you pin them down and you start playing complimentary. Talk to the team again about that and about eliminating some of the mistakes that just come at critical times and that make it tough to overcome. Watch hockey before. I grew up around hockey. I never played it necessarily. I played pond hockey growing up and everything, but our high school team was always good. So I remember going to their games, but I love the sport. Need to get back to more games. Now you're officially a Prud's fan. Oh yeah, oh yeah. I'd say I'm definitely still a Bruins fan at heart, but that's definitely my number two right now. See if it can sneak up into 1A. Helps if they're in separate conferences, right? For sure, yeah. Will, how's the foot doing? And frustrating to be dealing with injuries now on separate feet? Yeah, it's frustrating. It's annoying. It's probably the word I'd use to describe it, just annoying. And just trying to do whatever I can to keep the right mindset and do what I can to get ready and get healthy. But it's nothing too serious, so it's nothing to be too worried about. There's no way to win a limb? Sometimes it's hard to tell, but it's evened out, I'd say. So I'm not willing to run too much, so I feel pretty good. Is it an injury you have to rehab or just stay off of it? Or what's maybe the best way to do it? No, there's a bunch of rehab stuff that I'm able to do. Both I got the ankle and the foot, so they're different, obviously. But they're the experts. I'm just listening and doing what they're telling me to do. Is it stepped on? Is that how this would happen? Yeah, I mean, there are some other things that were going on, but that's pretty much what sparked what's going on with it now. You saw your test before you went back to the locker room. Just what is the feeling? Is it similar to a sprain, or is it bruises or just how do you describe what this feels like? It's just pain. Yeah, I mean, I could get into the specifics of it, but I don't think it's really necessary. But it's just pain with stepping and pushing off. Again, similar to the pain that I'd had in the ankle, or just if anyone's had anything with their feet, it's just annoying. Would it mean a lot to you to get in for this last game? Yeah, I mean, it means a lot. We want to win, and I want to win. And I want to have good feelings going into next year. So it means a lot. We wanted to obviously get these last couple. But I mean, all we can do right now is focus on this one, and playing spoil, and feeling better about ourselves. It gives us the motivation that we need to win this game. Did you learn anything at Kentucky last year in terms of, I know you played through all kinds of stuff last season, too. Anything like that in terms of how you're taking care of yourself to do this? I think it's just, if anything, how to keep your mental intact, and just how to just keep pushing. And it's easy to roll over and be like, what was me? And this hurts, and it's easy to shut it down. But those are when you've got to understand the type of person you have to be to fight through those types of things and just control what you can control. So I think I had some situations like that last year that definitely toughened that side of me. So I'm still trying to get better there, but I think it definitely prepared me a little bit. You got on the house slippers. Are you, does it hurt to wear shoes? No, I mean, these are comfy. So I don't keep the same ideas. Yeah, this is a slide out of bed every morning, put on the sweatsuit, and the slides. It's pretty much my routine. You've been sad, obviously, a number of times to see your pressure a lot of times. And can that impact the quarterback in terms of after it happens a lot, almost expecting it to come? Yeah, sometimes, like, I think your internal clock can speed up a little bit. And when the pressure is getting to you in a game, you might know that it might not be the best idea to get back to your third or fourth read, where you might just need to kind of take the shorter one. And even though you might be missing one that might be open, but it's playing the game of doing that, but also just trusting what you feel. And when you do have time, understanding when you need to take advantage of it, because that's when those big opportunities come. So it's a little bit of both, but you got to just play the game how you're supposed to play, regardless of what's going on around you. Speaking of those third and fourth reads, how well do you feel like you've done, as far as improving, being able to survey the defense and pick what's there when the first or second guy is not open? Yeah, I think I've done a decent job. Definitely got to get better. Even as recently as this past game, the first third down that we missed, we almost got picked off. I'd felt like what I'd seen didn't really match up with what actually happened, where I had an opportunity to throw a ball on time to a ball I knew I could throw to trailing on the outbreaker there, where I thought we could just get the first by taking the check down. But that's not necessarily third or fourth read, but that's just an example of me not necessarily seeing and feeling and executing in that sort of situation. Those things you can only learn by doing, really? No, I mean, you try to get better and watch and learn from that. But I think getting out there and getting a rep of doing it the right way definitely gives you more confidence and makes it easier to do the next time when it happens at least. Chuck can't talk about the annoying of having to deal with some of this stuff. If you don't play and you feel like you have done a lot of things this year, your rookie season, make you feel good about things moving forward? Yeah, no, I definitely, there's some good stuff over the tape, I think. But you got to look at the good and the bad and understand how much better the good can get and how we can change the good to become bad. So I think that there's good examples across the tape of our whole offense and our ability to execute, but just the inconsistency of it for myself included, obviously, has just been annoying. So we got to make sure that we just have that sense of completion or just putting it all together this offseason and being able to get off on our right foot next year. How frustrating and maybe annoying is it that you guys haven't been able to get an AFC South win? It's one thing to go into the season with a win, but especially maybe one that matters so much in terms of just the division. Yeah, no, I mean, these games mean a lot. I feel like every division game we've played, those have been our most physical games. And we like to have the mentality, and we like to think that we're the type of teams that thrive in those environments and just haven't come together for us this year, which is frustrating. But they're important games, obviously. You need to get at least one, so hopefully we can get this one here this last weekend. How quickly have you developed, I guess, a sense of rivalry within the division? Like, fans here don't like their division opponents. Players who have played here a while, but as a rookie, how quickly do you realize it means more when it's Jacksonville, Indy, or Houston on the other side? Yeah, no, I think you get there when I don't really see what the discord on social or whatever, how the fans interact in that way. But you know when you get there. Like, you know when you get to the stadium, I'd say maybe fans are a little nicer than in college, but there's still that sense of inclusion with their fan base and how much they really care and where their hearts are connected with their team. So I mean, that's just what makes sports great. I embrace that. I think we all love that and we all like when there's that uptick of energy, when those situations come into play. Is there an opposing fan base in particular in college that was unkind? I think, I mean, SEC especially, everyone is very, very deep rooted in their faith with their team. So if you're not with them, you're against them. But there's definitely some teams that had, I'd say, stronger words or stronger opinions. I know you guys are wanting me to say one. But yeah, I can't really say anything about them because they got the best of me in my two years there. But yeah, that's what's great about sports and I love that. I embrace it for sure. Have you encountered some people during your time here that maybe admitted that they didn't like you before, that maybe have grown to like you here? Yeah, or even people that still don't like me. But yeah, I mean, you got to respect it. If someone, if you're a ball fan and you don't like maybe simply because you're a ball fan, like you better stay on that hill. Don't change. Don't switch up now. But no, I mean, I'm opening all fans of us or of the Titans with open arms. And hopefully, at least since I got drafted, maybe I've been able to change people's opinions. Are you using a will to think that possibly this is the last game as Titans for both Ryan and Derek this week? Not certain. Yeah, I mean, I can't wonder what's going through their minds and the decisions or everything that's going to happen in the off season. Obviously, I'm not making those decisions, but having to sit back and even just experience some of it throughout the season with the people that we've added and the guys that we've had to let go, it's eye-opening as a rookie to see that and just how constant the change is at this level. And there's obviously going to be some turnover this year in this off season. And if it includes guys like that, that's crazy to think about for our team and for our fan base. But it's part of the game. And all they can do is go out there and just play their hearts out.