 I was waiting for the call. I'd like to say just a quick start, just a few things. One, I don't think anybody's going to want their money back for watching that one. So happy to get the win. Really proud of our team and the resiliency. And I just want to give a lot of credit to Steve Wilkes. That's a tough situation to be in. He's a hell of a coach. And I can't give Carolina enough credit and what he's done as an interim, that's not easy. You know, didn't get a real long shot in Arizona. That guy's a hell of a football coach. And I've got to give Carolina and Steve Wilkes a lot of credit. Arthur, just what is that wild swing of emotions? I know you're not an emotional guy, but what's that emotional toll like for you in those last 15 minutes, I guess, of a real time? Well, you just try to stay as even as possible. I mean, that's what you train yourself to do as a play-caller, head coach. And you try as best as you can to stay neutral. One thing I got upset up, you know, that I let my emotions, possible call, you know, trying to take a chunk to get into a field goal range, and I didn't get a good look at it, but that was the only time I wasn't real happy with myself to show that emotion, because you've got to make a lot of decisions. There's a lot of things that came up. Do you take the penalty on the extra point, or do you try to take it? Because you're potentially down one. You've got 12 seconds, one time out. Do you take it for field positions? See if you can get a chunk, you know, use the time out and like who went it there. There's a lot of things going on there. So you choose to move them back. You happen to miss it, take a shot. You know, we didn't think, we kind of blocked it up to try to take one to see what would happen. Took it over time, took the ball. You know, try to take another shot off a look we had seen, and they played it well, and they hit Marcus as he threw it. They get the ball back, tried to freeze them. I mean, there's a lot going on there, and you've got to stay even, because if you don't, you're going to hurt the team. And that's what I try to pry myself on is being neutral. The penalty that DJ Moore got, you look like you and Marquise were talking very briefly. What was that discussion like and trying to take it out? That situation right there. I mean, those are the decisions you get paid to make, and whether you take the penalty there, move them back, which is a longer extra point, or because again, he makes it, if you don't take it, it's a one-point game, and do you think your odds are better with 12 seconds and a time out to get a chunk and to see if, you know, who could go win it. So those are what you're weighing those. And then obviously we made the right call because I went our way, but I'm sure you guys had a million stories that could have gone with. So good luck tonight, because I was probably had to delete a lot of different stories there. Yes, we did. Coach, could you speak to the composer of the team as you all are going through those peaks and valleys in this late through this game and the regulation and into overtime? Yeah, I mean, that's what we believed he led. I mean, we got a group of guys that, you know, it can, it's never, you know, one side. I mean, and we feel like we're a team and we, all three phases. And we got guys that've stepped up, very proud of, you know, I don't give a crap what the stats say, but I'm proud of Cornell Armstrong and D Hall. Guys kept swinging, right? You get in the situation and it wasn't a true Hail Mary. So you're backed up trying to keep the ball in bounds and get PJ credit because you're not in a true Hail Mary situation. So you're in a deep cover two trying to keep him bounds because you're protecting touchdown and holy hell, he rolled out and launched it. And that's what you're saying, a risk reward, three man rush, pressure, four man rush. And he made a hell of a throw. And that was the situation there. If we weren't in a pure Hail Mary because they still had plenty of time, but he was able to get the play extension and launch. Can you speak to Marcus's play on the last drive? And then you talked about players stepping up. How about Damir Byrd's play for you today? Yeah, both of those guys. Obviously the game, you know, we came out. So we had been working on, didn't start very great for us, right? Or alone, we had the drop and we took the shot. They picked it and he came back and I thought he played pretty damn good football. And he's a resilient guy. And then same thing in overtime, try to take a shot, risk reward. Obviously they played it better than we did. For him to come back, de-led, get the ball back and that play, I mean, that was, that's why we believe in Marcus. Not many guys can make that play and the moment's never too big for him. Yeah, oh, sorry. Damir, another guy, been in our program. Guy had been around the league, just kept working. And Damir is a guy that we got a lot of faith in and he's proved himself the last two weeks. Caught the 75 yarder. Sensey, and then today on that one, Marcus was able to extend that play and really the finish and the effort when the guys, not only when Damir caught it, he put us foot in the ground and the guys and the effort, the whole team right there was pretty cool to watch. When you're in a game like this and seeing opposing teams miss field goals, extra points and having Youngway nail a 41 yarder to ultimately seal the win, how does this show the value of a guy, not just like Youngway, but to have a kicker who can go out and be able to do that? Well, it's really all three of those guys, Liam and Bradley and Ku. I'm not talking about a team. Those are, you hope you're never talking an extra point to field goal about your holder and snapper. So you got to give them credit and Bradley Pinyin has been a hell of a acquisition for us. You know, a guy that can go in there if you want to kick touchbacks. I think he hit the goal post on one of them. I believe he hit the back of it. Or he can, you know, he's got a different club selections as a punter. We're happy Bradley's on his team. He's a damn good holder too. And then Youngway, like I said, we got all faith in the world in Youngway. That's why I called it on a third down. So I'mma happen, get back up and we'll kick it again. So just happy, happy for these guys and this team. I want to articulate this correctly. You always talk about being objective. So I'm just curious in your mind, how do you weigh, you know, the game coming down to the wire. And yes, you do win, but you have opportunities down the stretch that it didn't have to go that long. How do you weigh that in your mind? Well, there's a lot of, right? I mean, I got a chance to end it and kind of look at the tape. I thought we had a pretty good look at it. We ended up going fourth and three and you're weighing right there. Do you go for it? But again, you're protecting a field goal. They got no timeouts. So make them protect, you know, make them go score touchdown, right? So you kick it there. You know, I have to look at that too. I thought we had them drawn off sides. Obviously that's not the case. And you're in there and you feel pretty good because it's really going to be check downs. But when he was able to extend that play, I mean, that was an unbelievable throw. And then he got behind us. And there's always things like that to correct. I mean, the way we started the game, you know, that's a good defense. And, you know, we had a turnover early and they were playing the field position game. So there's always, always stuff to look at. Going back real quick to D-Led's question about Marcus. I mean, to go and have the interception late and then to put the drive together that y'all did to ultimately steal the win. I mean, can you walk me through of just the resilience that you see from Marcus in that moment specifically? Yeah, I mean, there's a guy who's been through a lot, right? You win the Heisman, you're number two pick. Goes through a million staff changes in Tennessee. You know, going into a contract year, gets benched. You know, can't say enough about it, how he handled that situation. You come back and he goes out to Vegas and sits and watches and didn't think he'd ever get another opportunity. And it's a unique situation here. And he's got such a calm demeanor and understands that, you know, it's you're never out of it. And all of our guys believe that you're never out of it. I mean, that was one of the craziest games I think I've ever been a part of. Happy to get the win anyway we can, but I think I got a little grayer today. Sorry, more specific on Marcus. His ability to navigate some tight pockets today and his decision-making on when to get out of there and when to hang. What did you think about that? Yeah, I mean, you know, you got to pick a certain way to rush them because, you know, you're not, you can't just go with the middle, you turn your back to them too much. I mean, he can hurt you, which happened in San Francisco when they pressured and essentially had their back to them in a hybrid zone pressure. So the way they rush them sometimes, they'll try to dent the pocket in and which allows you to get around it. I mean, if you go around them and he steps up and he finds it, it's like picked your poison. So the rush plans that you're seeing on third down in the schemes, whether they pressure or how they rush the tackles, that allowed him to get out there. Just have to get the win de-led. And like I said, Monday, really tonight, you know, you got to look at the tape and we got to get on to the chargers, but it's hard to win in this league and we'll enjoy the win, but there are a lot of football left. Sure. I mean, like you always talk about just kind of being even keel. How do you get this team now back to that? As quick as you can. Well, there's a lot to learn from, right? I mean, it broke our way and sometimes you need that to happen. So, I mean, you hope to learn the lesson after the same friend game. And I think our guys have, but it's hard. It's a challenge every week. I mean, that's what we love about the NFL. It's what I love coaching in it. It's the most competitive professional league in all sports and every game is so, so important. And when you call the time out to Ice Pinero there, doesn't always, that doesn't necessarily work a lot, it seems like. It's the only thing you got left in the, in your pocket. You know, I mean, I said, I mean, you go down with everything you got. So it's like, that's the only analogy I can give that there's hadn't run the bell yet. All right, so one more punch and then the last available tactic and thankfully it went our way. This might, I don't know if this could be a fair question, but did you actually think it would work? Yeah, I wouldn't have done it if I didn't. Thank you. Have you ever been in a game that's with this wild of a finish? You're good, I got you. That's, man, the NFL, it's wild, right? I've been a part of a couple, you know, last year with the Raiders at the end of the season with the Chargers game, but this is probably definitely at the top and just unbelievable job of our guys is just staying in the moment, staying present, understanding that, you know what, there's time on the clock, we got a chance. And when that field goal goes wide left, you got another opportunity, what's going on on the sidelines at that point, it's like, hey, we got a goal, let's go. Yeah, it really just comes down to executing, right? Given another chance to go and win the game. And again, like I said, great job by our coaches, by the entire offense of finding ways to make plays to give Kua a chance at the end of the game. Marcus, when you kind of look at this game and you weigh it and I wanna make sure I articulate this correctly, but you know, it comes down to the wire and yes, you do win the game, but how do you kind of weigh in your head? You know, there were mistakes made throughout four quarters and we had multiple chances to finish this thing early. I mean, how do you kind of weigh that in your head even as you go into this next week? Well, first and foremost, it's tough to win this league, it really is. And no matter what, however it comes about, just to enjoy it, you know? With that being said, it's always easier to go in on Monday to look back at corrections when you've won the game than it is when you lost. So, again, proud of our guys are staying in it and believing, you know? Sometimes when you get into situations like that, guys kind of put their head down, but nobody did that on the sideline. And for me, it's really cool to be a part of that and it says a lot about our guys. When you look at kind of the first half and kind of the slow start offensively, how do you feel like this team kind of picked things up in the second quarter or second half, particularly in the third quarter? I gotta be better, I gotta be better. You know, I think the slow start, really I wasn't executing. Could have got, you know, the ball thrown away, take a bad sack, you know, obviously the pick early on. So, I've gotta be better, I gotta be cleaner. And, you know, again, like I said, our guys, they don't blink. Good plays, bad plays, they stay pretty even kill. And when those things happen, when bad things happen, our guys are ready to step up and make a play, and our guys did. You've played with your fair share of different kickers and everything like that, but when you're in a game that you see an opposing team's kicker miss extra points field goals and then you have Youngway and you guys rely on him and you send him out there on third and nine. I mean, what do you think that says about the value of a guy like Youngway? I can't explain how valuable he is, not only to this team, but really it's a football, right? Like he, I think he's got such a cool demeanor. He goes about his business the right way. He's always working hard. So it's no surprise to me when things get down to the wire that he makes these kicks. Marcus, everybody is talking about how resilient you guys are, your teammates. What does it in your mind that makes it such a resilient team? Guys are unselfish, which is hard in this league. You know, it's being around it now for eight years. You know, you look around the league and it's kind of a me mentality, but what's cool about this locker room is guys are thinking more about the team, thinking about we, which makes it a lot of fun to play for and it makes it a lot of fun to come to work. And no matter what, guys understand that it's not gonna be perfect in every phase of the game, but one side's gonna pick up the other. And as long as we've got that, you know, we'll continue to be in these games and I think we'll win more games than not. Marcus, the third and one in overtime, was that play supposed to be what it became? Not necessarily. Yeah, I, in those situations, you know, I just try to make the most of it. And our guys had a great job blocking down the field and find a way to make a play to give cool chance. So you guys had a season high passing yards, and a season high point total. Kind of, what does that say about the versatility of this team in the passing game? Cause obviously you guys have been known for being a run team this year. What does that say about the versatility of this team with these passing weapons? That's a great question. And what's really cool about this offense is week to week we can kind of change and do what we need to do to win. Like I said, it's not easy to do that. You gotta have a bunch of guys that are very unselfish. When you got young cats like Kyle and Drake who should expect to get a bunch of targets and sometimes they don't, but we're winning games and they don't care, they just wanna win. That is when this team can become just at another level. So given opportunities, guys are gonna go make plays. And today was just one of those days where we had opportunities to make plays in the passing game. I was talking to Jake Matthews in the locker room and he made the comment. He was like, Marcus is someone that this offensive unit wants to play their best for, wants to win for. We knew hear that. What does that make you feel? Yeah, special, right? Like that's, football is only gonna be so long. And really like my legacy or how I perceive myself is really truly based off of that. Like, you know, statistics are cool. You know, those things are fun to talk about, but I think the relationships are what mean most to me. And the fact of the matter is when you got a group of guys that you enjoy playing for, it makes it that much more special. Marcus, I know you spoke about your confidence a couple of weeks back. Coach Stibb, talk about just your resilience in general. Can you just speak on just your confidence right now? Yeah, it feels great. Like it's where it should be. I understand that this game's imperfect and I think sometimes throughout my career, I try to be perfect, which can kind of derail some of my confidence. But it's at the end of the day, like if I'm given the opportunity to have the ball and with the guys that we got, you know, I truly believe in them. And that's where that confidence comes from is this group that we got. And as we go forward, we'll find ways to win games, whether it's throwing, whether it's running. And, you know, as we continue forward, it's gonna be a lot of fun to be a part of. Forgive me, Marcus, if somebody's already asked you about the Demir catch, but at what point did you know he was gone when he was coming around the side there and turning the corner? Once he put his foot in the ground and went back laterally, I was like, he's got a chance. And like I said earlier, like we've got a group of guys in that room that just, they're special with the vulnerable hands. And I just got to find ways to get in the rock. So I really try to focus my mentality on being a point guard because once the ball's in their hands, those guys will finish it. A lot of tight pockets today in your decision making, you talk about your decision making and when to get out of there and go and when to hang and try to find those guys. It's felt like you found a good balance today. Yeah, honestly, I don't even really think about it. You know, I really just go out there and play. You know, I really think that if I'm thinking about it, I play slow. So more times than not, if I feel like there's an opening, I just kind of play off of my instincts. You know, I could clean up a few things, but at the end of the day, you know, it's again, it's just about getting these guys the opportunity to have the ball in their hands. With that Demir touchdown, I think it was Drake who had a nice block on it. And then also you think back to the touchdown with Tyler, the screen with, I think it was Drew Dahlman and Elijah Wilkinson. How did you evaluate, like I guess just like team blocking in this offense blocking downfield for each other? It's that unselfish mentality. And you know, it really starts up top with the coaches. They do a great job of kind of setting that foundation, but you got to have guys that buy in. And these, you know, this young group of guys really do believe in it. And again, like I said, that's what makes it fun coming into work. Because at the end of the day, if you're not dealing with, you know, attitudes or, you know, kind of selfishness, it does make it kind of hard to come into work. But these guys don't care, they just want to win. Top target tonight for you was Kyle Piz. What did you see from him that allowed you to go to him as much as you did? Yeah, he's tough to cover. And he is another guy, like I said, that we just got to continue to find ways to get in the ball. You know, that little flat route that he caught that he turned into, you know, 30 or 40 yards, like that's what he's capable of doing. And more times than not, if we can do those things, just get him the rocks, he gets volume. It's gonna be good for us. And obviously Drake is always a guy that you can go to and he might not have had the production he's had at other games this year, but kind of, what does that say for him as a weapon, being able to be there, even as a looming thought in defender's minds and what kind of luxury does that bring to your offense? Right, I think it creates matchups that are very advantageous for us. I think Drake had a great game today. He talked about a guy that had a huge third down conversions by running great routes. And you know, again, like I said, when you're able to have guys kind of all over and defenses can't really key in on certain players, it makes it tough on them. So the more times that I can get the ball to these guys, create space for them, allow them to do what they do, it's gonna be good for us. Marcus, where eight games in, could you just talk about leading the division? You guys are out in front. So we got a long way to go. It is good, right? Like I think at the end of the day, our team goes all the way into the division. It is taking it one step at a time. And I think that's what's really cool about this team is we're not thinking about too far ahead or looking back in the past. We're just finding ways to kind of stay in the moment. And if we continue to do that, I think we'll like where we're at.