 Yeah, Mike, what was it like coming home to the Falcons after, you know, the thousand-yard year up there in Carolina for you? It was really amazing, you know, to be home. You can't beat it. You know, I got a lot of family here, so it was real good to be here. What was the process like? How many other teams did you talk to before you decided you and your agent that this was the best place for you? I wasn't a guy doing, you know, all the talking to the team. My agent was doing the talking. Only thing I can say is that Atlanta was the best, was the best fit. Thank you. Tori? Hi, Mike. Now, your brother lives in Atlanta. Is that correct? Yep. Everybody. Everybody's in Atlanta. Can you tell me kind of what that conversation was like telling him that you were coming back to Atlanta? Yeah, so he couldn't believe it. So I told my brother I was going to the Falcons, and I was talking to the coaches before it, like it got out. So I told him I was going to the Falcons, and he was talking to my agent, and before I could, he told my mom before I could tell her. So that's how happy he was. So I was on the phone with him. My agent called me, and I was like, I'm going to call you back, and I was like, I called him. I was like, you know what? Let me call mom and tell him I'm going to the Falcons. He was like, I already did. And I was just like, okay, well, just run it for me then. Oh, man, I love it. That's what siblings are for. They ruin everything. I also wanted to ask you about your old coach, Ron Gartrell, back at Stevenson. He just retired from a pretty impressive career. I mean, how did he impact you and your young years kind of coming up? I would say he impacted me a lot, coming from Douglas and being, you know, on the West side of Atlanta, you know, all my life, come, you know, it was, it was pretty rough growing up on Bankhead. And my brother got drafted, moved me out to a lot on your area. And Coach Gartrell, you know, he gave me a chance, you know, to do something best with my life. And he saw something in me. So, you know, I'm really grateful and appreciative of, you know, of the opportunity I was given. Thank you so much. Michael Rothstein. Hey, Mike. How you doing? I'm curious. You know, you bounced back a little bit. Did you ever think that you'd ever get the chance to play in Atlanta? No, never, never, never thought I had the chance to play for Atlanta Falcons. Like, man, it's really a dream come true, to be honest. So, I mean, I know you said, you know, you let your agent handle all that, but was there ever a point where you told him, hey, if this is a possibility, I want to do this because, you know, I've been in a bunch of other places in the league, like, was that ever brought up with you and your agent? Oh, no, I mean, I would just say like Atlanta was basically like the best fit. Like, I don't, I don't want to be honest. I didn't want to go anywhere like far from home. You know, I've done that a lot and now I'm the fact that I could, you know, stay at home and wake up in my own bed and not have to buy furniture or, you know, rent a place out. That was all for it. Cool. Appreciate it. Thanks, Mike. Jason Butt. Hey, Mike. I wanted to go back to your brother, James, you know, I think you're what, seven years younger than him. How did his experience being a start, Clemson, and then getting drafted really help you learn or be prepared for everything that's happened in your career? I'm also helping me a lot because I've seen everything, you know, he went through and how he handled everything. I've seen ups and downs of everything and, you know, I paid attention to it. I didn't want to, you know, fall into the things that he did wrong. You know, I don't want to go in those same footsteps, but also just wanted to learn, you know, a lot about the process, you know, just in cases, you know, if it ever came that time, you know, I'd be prepared for it. And, you know, for you, I guess for your family, you talked about your excitement for being back home, but, you know, what were the first, when you did have that first conversation with your parents after your brother kind of spoiled it, you know, how did they react when they found out you were going to play for the hometown team? Um, my mom, like, she couldn't believe it, which is crazy. Um, you know, they've been jumping, you know, with joy. Everybody in my family has been asking me for tickets already. So, um, it's been, it's been pretty interesting. I can tell you that. Awesome. Thanks, man. Zach Klein. You grew up in the A. You'd think you'd be Michael Turner, Michael Vick, but someone told me you got the number 28 tattoo because of, uh, none of those guys, not even a Falcon, Marshall Falk. How'd your love for Falk take over the local teams? Yeah. So, uh, growing up, man, I watch, you know, I love watching Marshall Falk play, man, you know, on the turf and, um, I was one play, uh, he scored against, I think it was against, uh, Cleveland Browns, where he kind of like juked back. He didn't even look at the guy and like ever since then I was, I was stoked out just like, this is my favorite running back. You know, ever since then, you know, I always go with 28 because then you have a tattoo, right? 28. Yeah. I had the tattoo 28 because, um, so I have, uh, universes. I have USC tatted on this shoulder and 28 tatted on that shoulder. So, um, they go together. Yeah. You know, um, I know it's emotional. You talk about your family, but what about your pops, man? What would he think at this moment? Man, he, uh, I know if it's, if it's anybody, you know, that would be, you know, the most excited, it'd be him, you know, that's something, you know, he, he's always wanted, if anybody wanted me to play for the Falcons, it'd be my dad, man. And, and he, he'd be going crazy right now. And, um, like, you know, I just, I just wish he, you know, he could see how, how far I came and how everything went for me last year, you know, just playing for him. And, um, he, he just loved it. I just know that. All right. Looking forward to getting to know you and, uh, playing someone said, uh, among us. Oh, yeah. Thank you, man. Appreciate it. I got you. I'll be the stranger knocking you out. Kelsey Conway. Hey, Mike, I know you just said Marshall Falk was, uh, your favorite, but who's your favorite Falcons running back or player having grown up watching this team so closely? Um, I watched, you know, of course I watched Ward done a lot, you know, um, he, you know, he able to juke everybody, um, you know, catch out of backfield, do it all. Um, my favorite though, uh, I like Michael Turner, Steven Jackson, um, I probably have to go award done. And then last year you put on a quite the show against the Falcons. How much of that was that you were trying to show off in front of your hometown fans? Uh, it was a lot. Um, I would say, uh, it was, it was most definitely personal because it was, you know, the home team and, uh, my family was most definitely deep at the game. So it was, it was, it was personal and I, I didn't tell a lot of people, but I'm most definitely like, I cried after the game when we played the Falcons the first time at home because I just knew like my dad would like, he would have, uh, he would have wanted to be there and to see how, how the game went. Like he would have, he would have, uh, he would have loved to be there. D-Led, you got any follow ups? Yeah, Mike, you know, I covered James too back in the day at the Clemson and was at your pro day. Uh, but just to clear it up, uh, what was your dad's name and then what was the best advice that James was able to give you, um, that to help you out on this journey here? Um, my dad's name was, uh, Michael Oliver, uh, the best advice I got from my brother that he told me, uh, probably be, you know, to never quit. You know what I mean? Never give up. Um, that's, that's probably one of the best things. Um, he, I watched my brother, I watched my brother work, you know, as, as, as hard as he could. But, um, you know what I mean? And he never really gave up. So it was one of the things I probably said I learned the best from him. Thank you. Tori, do you have anything else? Yeah, I can follow up on, on that. The, the no give up, uh, advice. I read a quote from you not too long ago that said, that you were kind of saying it could have been really easy to give up during your time in Seattle and now look, and I guess looking back at that time period, what pushed you through that and now that you're in this position now, how grateful are you that you did? Yeah, so, um, like you said, like when I was in Seattle, it was like pretty tough being on practice squad and seeing the guys in front of me. Um, basically I wasn't able to, to contribute at all because of the guys in front of me and it did hurt a lot. So I had a lot of down days and it was kind of depressing. And, um, so what I, what I did was I was, I was trying to find ways to, to make the game, uh, more fun for me and more competitive to, to where I can show that whenever my, my time comes that I'll be ready. So, um, there's this, uh, motivational video I used to watch, um, uh, ET and, um, it was called a UOU and I used to watch it like every day at six in the morning and it just, it had just pushed me through this, you know, through the day, put a smile on my face and, um, you know, it just made me, you know, get life and football as in, you know, I mean, I owe it to myself to, you know, be a better person, a better football player and, you know, to never give up. Michael, you have anything? Um, yeah, actually really quick, you know, if he's the ones really asked you about it, like, what has Arthur told you role wise, what, where he really sees you, where he envisions you, especially kind of seeing what he'd done with Derek over the last couple of years? Um, yeah, I haven't, I haven't, we haven't really talked about, um, my role yet and what I'll be doing. Um, actually, I don't even want to, I don't even want to say I'm a role to be yet anyway. But, uh, yeah, I don't, I don't know what my role is yet. I might do, I might not know, but yeah, I don't, I don't think I know yet. But when you see what he's done with, when you see what he did with, with Derek, is, is without when you're talking about fit part of what you're talking about, you're like that, that, you know, my size type back, my, you know, maybe how I run. I mean, Derek Henry had a great, well, 2000 years rushing. So, um, I don't think anybody would complain about anything that Arthur's doing. Well, appreciate it. Thanks, Mike. Jason, but anybody else have any other follow up? Yeah, yeah, man, I got, I got one, um, you know, last year in Carolina, when Christian went down, you know, that was really that, you know, the big opportunity for you. Well, when you realize you were going to be the guy and have to be counted on for, for numerous weeks, you know, what, what was your mindset like then and how much did it feel like this is a, a big time, maybe tryout opportunity, you know, when it came to your career as a potential number one back in the NFL. Um, I was, I was, you know, most definitely grateful for the opportunity. Um, you never want to see anybody get hurt. The only thing I, I, I, I hate it. Well, almost I hate it. I took personal how, um, people kind of like, like wrote off when I was there because, uh, I guess people didn't know, like, like what I could do, whatever. So I felt like, I felt kind of like disrespected a little bit. So, um, I took kind of everything personal when playing. Cool. Thanks. Zach, just last call. Just real quick. How many tickets you get and come season time and you're supposed to be focused on football? Who's, who's in charge of tickets for the fan? Cause I can see you getting hit left and right from everybody, from family and back in the day as well. Yeah, it's, it's most definitely going to be me other than that. I don't, I don't know how everybody else is going to get tickets, but I refuse to let this ticket thing get in my head. It has before when I was in San Fran, I refused to like let this like, you know, mess up my time being in Atlanta. I don't want any distractions. So you're going to be the one delegating this thing? Yeah, uh, it'll probably be the same people every week. I'm sorry. There's a limit on tickets. I'm sorry. I can't do anything about it.