 out there, mixing it up in the team drills and all, or do you have to be staying with your regimen and what you're doing in your favorite teams? It's always fun to get another good look from another team, but we're staying with the plan, just continuing to work work hard as I can, just so I'm ready when that time comes. Can you watch maybe what was going on with some of the team drills and how do you think guys did as a whole? Oh, yeah, I know guys come out and compete on all three phases and do the best they can on each and every rep. That's all coach asked and that's all we want to do. Do you get a good enough feel right now like in the individual periods and what you're doing or will you need some good team drills before the season to kind of get that feel back? Yeah, I usually get some good working right before the season starts. That's the last week of the pre-season. And then we do a lot of walkthroughs and things like that. And of course, dude does a great job in making sure that we're ready in any type of way. Whatever run it is. So we're seeing and getting North and South. You've been in the room with Hassan specifically and just watching his progress. It feels like he's coming along more and more each day, each week. Where do you see him grow the most and where do you feel like those next strides can be taken for him? Yeah, well, far as him, being a rookie, he's been growing in all aspects. And that's all you can ask for a rookie. And every day he comes out here wanting to get better, taking it from the meeting to the practice field and then walkthroughs. Just trying to be detailed as possible. And then as practice goes on, as time goes on, you see how much he's getting better. And then I won pre-season game. I feel like him and Julius did a great job. I feel like they do a great job with listening and asking questions. So I know from here on out, I know he'll improve. And you'll see him improving from him. You've been in the room with Don Trell for a little bit longer. What do you think about Don Trell when he came in last year? How's he been as a teammate over the course of soft season? Yeah, he's just very smart. He's good in the pass game. He's a good runner as well. But you've got to be smart to understand all that, the concepts and everything. And he's a good leader. We both try to help the young guys as much as we can. And I'm glad to have him. Ryzen throw the ball a lot to the backs out of the backfield so far in camp. Does that get you excited that in-game he'll throw the ball out of the backfield? Yeah, I hope so. All we do is hope. But Ryzen, if he's there, he tried to get it to us and let us make plays. But we're going to try to be available as much as we can. He said that he's been more vocal with the receivers about letting them know exactly what he wants. Have you felt that the same way with the backs? He's been that way since he got here. Any time he needs to communicate something, or he sees something, or he wants to do something as far as what the defense has given us, he's always communicating in meetings and even on the practice field. So that's what Brian does. What kind of physical challenge is the sand pit? Like, when you work there, are you pretty tired afterwards? Come join me, you can check it out. You want to see, yeah, you can come and do it, but no, it's real now, it gets you tired. I love that play, it gets me in shape. And when the guys come over there and join me, they run, they see why. I'm so tired, I'm always hunched over, but it's just good work. Coach Braybold and our strength and coaching staff, they help me get me in shape, and any other of our players and teammates want to come over there and get in shape. They like doing it as well. When you go to the beach, do you work out in the sand, or you just enjoy it? Well, if I'm at the beach, of course, if I ain't laying out trying to get a tan, but it's always good to work in the sand. Like, it's a good restrictor running. You know, you have to really dig and get your legs burning. And definitely, you know, if you ain't in shape, it's going to get you. Last year, Colby and Cummings, your season growing, what's yours? Well, yeah, I just wanted to get back. I was doing my best rehabbing and doing whatever I could to get back, and just trying to do whatever I can to come back and help the team. And then just working back from the injury, then let that lead into the offseason, and then coming to camp, ready to work, and going for a strive. What do you like about the field of this team? I mean, you know, certainly a lot of accomplishments the last three seasons, but and obviously still three more weeks left to the season, but where do you like where this team is and trying to build on, you know, past success? Yeah, I think we got a lot of younger guys, you know, guys that are hungry, and you know, the whole team is hungry, and coaches, you know, preachers on, preachers is, you know, holding each other accountable, and I feel like a lot of guys do that, and the leaders on this team do that as well, and just having that improving mindset, wanting to get better every day on all three phases, paying attention to what we need to do on each detail, having the fundamentals, everything that coach preaches, I think everybody's trying to take, take attention to and try to do it out here each and every day or in the meetings or whatever else, whatever else, whatever else we're doing. Sorry for that. Was it good to catch up with Julio a little bit and what's it like for him, I guess, being back here? Oh, yeah. Meantime, you know, catch up with him is always fun, and you know, we're joking around. We're talking about how he's been over there and you know, how he's been and everything's going, so just catching up really. What do you think about him in 85? Oh, I don't think that pits him, but I'm sure he'll change it once, you know, the roster is set and things like that, but I can't really see Julio in 85 really. When you're working individually on the sand and you're looking for motivation that dig a little bit deeper, what motivates you individually, like during the summer? To get it done, to get all that sand pit really, because I'm tired, but no, I'm just working, trying to improve, trying to stay in shape and get the most out of being in the sand pit or if I'm doing something in the weight room or when I'm in individual or anything I practice, I'm just looking to improve each and every day and that's all you can do as a player. Obviously a lot of that work is to make you as fresh in the fourth quarter as you are in the first quarter. How much pride do you take in that, especially in the fourth quarter when guys are tired or not as willing to tackle you? Yeah, I think that's why Coach Berber has me on this plan. Just so when it's time to go, I'm ready to go and when they need me to answer them, I'm there to answer. Whether it's the first quarter, second, third or fourth, I'm just willing to go out there and make plays and do whatever I can to help the team. A couple more. From an endurance standpoint, when you're not taking it and you're not having those pads hit, do you still feel like you're conditioning for that readiness down in the fourth quarter? You should not take those hits. When I'm not here, I'm working out. When I'm here, I'm working out. I'm running. So I'm always trying to be in shape and be ready when the time comes. Trees, before I get to you, you get in after practice and you see unfortunate news, tragic news just on behalf of the Titan family organization, our coaches, our players. Just want to send our condolences, our sympathies to the Knox family. I don't have many more details other than that and young man's not with us anymore. Got to know Dawson coming down here, met his family out in the community. So our condolences to them. Mike, switching gears, have you made a decision on his starting at quarterback on Saturday night? No, I'm going to try to digest his practice and make that decision. Chance that maybe you want to look at Malik again and see how he works. Of course, absolutely. I mean, we went through with a plan last week and went through a plan to say, hey, we're going to put you back out there in the second half. Like to see execute some things, he didn't. And so we deferred to Logan. So we'll continue to give everybody here that's earned opportunities, opportunities. And he absolutely has. And just want to digest this practice and figure out a plan for the game. We're feeling in Nicholas, each getting a day up top. Do you think once you look at the film, you'll have a chance to really differentiate them or you suspect not yet? Well, I don't think off of one day, I meant. But obviously, this was another opportunity I'll look and see how Nick performed, as well as everybody else. Didn't get to see much other than the two minute. Camp, he's heading into year three and he's one of the more experienced receivers in this system now. A lot of versatility, a lot of toughness, can play different positions, willing to go in there and block. Had some nice catches yesterday and to play past stuff. 7-on-7 had a nice executed catch and run through some traffic on a keeper. Just a lot of consistency from Nick. I think he's seen a lot of growth. I think he's healthy. I think he's just developing and he's got a lot more comfort and also helps us on special teams. What are the things you like from Macquarie after seeing him these last couple of days going against different receivers than you're holding? Yeah, you know, Roger's competitive. I think he's challenges. He's very coachable. He loves to be coached and, you know, they may catch a couple on him, but he's gonna keep competing in any challenges and comes up with a lot of ball production. I was going to have a really big bounce back day and it sounded like he said he watched film. He knew what he did wrong. He came out and intent to set it straight. Did you see that? Absolutely, you know, from what I saw, I think he was, again, he comes in with a great attitude every single day. I mean, it's set a long rehab and he spent a lot of time in his building in the off-season and he wants to be good. He wants to help us. He wants to define a role for himself and I think he was exhausted. I think he was excited about coming out here and practicing and I mean, early on in practice, he just, he looked like he was worn out and we've talked about that to our entire team about making sure that, you know, we're not so anxious about the practice or the game that's going to happen. You know, we have to be able to stay neutral, stay in a moment and then execute when the ball snap. We have to save every ounce of energy that we have for the play. I mean, I would say that the first eight plays weren't very good. They ran at eight straight times. I don't think it was, you know, the run defense that we expect but I think they settled down. I think they, you know, did better and you know, in the red zone stuff, I thought it was much more competitive down there but when I handed the ball off eight straight plays, I didn't, that's not what I expect from our defense. What has Chance Campbell done to maybe warrant more reps with that top group? Yeah, what are your reference in? Chance Campbell, I've just kind of seen him with the ones more seems to be kind of active. Just maybe how have you kind of seen him progress in the starting camp top? Yeah, he's improved. I think some of that's a product of some injuries, of some guys not being out there, guys working through some things. So he's, I will say this, then he's a young player that's been able to handle multiple positions. So that's kind of helped him. You know, if an opportunity arises, he pops in there. So he studied, he's learned multiple positions and he's tried to take advantage of his opportunities when he's been out there, special teams, would try to probably be his primary role, but he has certainly given himself a chance just by knowing a couple of different positions. So, you know, we can move guys around. Especially well-making in those tight spaces that kind of create a little separation for himself? Well, I mean, he's quick, man. He goes rabbit hunting with a hammer. He certainly just is able to get in and out of cuts, man coverage, Ryan trusts him. You know, he's able to change speeds and put his foot in the ground and redirect. How are you doing people today? How's he developing in that third down kind of role? Good, I wish I would have been able to see it. I'm gonna have to go watch the tape, but that's great. You know, Don Trell was a player that came in, know his story, didn't have a job, came in, did everything that he could for us, to learn quickly and find a role. And his develop was a runner for us when we needed him to be. And, you know, it's really done a nice job that third down role was trying to be involved in the as a personal protector on the punt team. That's something that he's really wants to try to earn. That's a job that he wants to earn and take pride in. So that's great to see. Why has the rent count decreased for Logan? Because, you know, I just think that we have to continue to develop a leak in this system. And we've had conversations with Logan about, you know, his opportunity to compete. But I also feel like, you know, we have to, we have to try to see, you know, how quickly we can bring Malik along. And I think that would be the reason why. What have you seen over the last couple of days that you hope people translate in Saturday? In what regards, are you talking specific, anything specific or just- Anything that stand out to you positively that- I think we always would like to be able to run the football and marry our play passes. We hit a couple shots yesterday. I have no idea what it looked like today offensively. You know, defensively, we got our hands on a lot of footballs. We need to, you know, just shrub the football more. You know, special teams that took a step, I think, in a positive direction against the Ravens. It'll be critical against, you know, a big, fast unit like Tampa to try to build on that. You know, really just kind of what we would like that you try to do each and every week. Whether Nick or any of them are lunging when they're trying to block, what kind of position does that- Who did you reference? Dylan or really any of them. Dylan, Nick, the offensive linemen, when they kind of lunge when they're trying to block, what kind of position can that put them? In what blocking? Which blocking are you referencing? Is it a run? Is it a pass? Is it inside zone, outside zone? Run specifically. If they kind of lunge on the initial block and that kind of put them in a disadvantageous position. We have to have a style. We have to run off the football. We have to be under control. We understand the movement. We need to redirect and try to latch on. But the defensive linemen are too good in this league, too powerful for us to kind of stand there and waddle off the ball. That's not what we teach. So there's a fine line between running off the ball and losing your balance, you know, especially in some of these when they're moving. How was Nick doing with the balance? You guys have two joint practices. Come on, Kayla. Thank you. With you having two joint practices this fall, anything you take from these two and maybe say, hey, we're going to switch things around and this next one coming up next week? We are, yeah. We're going to split up for team against Arizona. You know, Cliff and I have talked and going to try to give this an idea. I love the one-on-ones. I love some of the seven-on-seven work, especially in the red zone. Pass rush is good to be able to see a different style. But these guys go hard. I mean, we practice, I appreciate the way they practice. I appreciate the intensity in which they practice. So I'm conscious of that. So we'll try to do a lot of those things. We'll split apart for some teamwork, whether we have a show team or not, or whether we go against ourselves. Then we're going to give that a try next week. Any trending issues out of what the officials were calling? No, I think they're trying to focus on the rules. For you though, were you? Offsides too much or false starting too much? I mean, any penalties is something that we need to eliminate. We'll just try to look at it and make sure the players understand what's going on.