 Why was it so important for you to be here at the start of this offseason program and it looks like you've been around for quite a bit putting in a lot of work. Yeah just coming off the injury at the end of last year you know having surgery I wanted to do everything I could to to get back and be ready to go by this time of the year and felt like being here in the building with trainers and therapists that I trusted and felt like they could do a good job of rehabbing me and get me ready to go. How did you feel like you're all the way back? Yeah I feel really good obviously it's been a long time getting to this point but was able to to step into this offseason you know feeling really good. So what's the first part of the offseason like for you as you kind of reflected back on 2022 and maybe what's your mindset moving forward? Yeah obviously tough you know just finishing the way we did the way you know I did just not being able to to be be out there you know it sucks but at that point my my focus was doing everything physically I could to to get ready you know putting the time in the work in to get the ankle right and feeling uh feeling good being able to move move around again and get ready for the next year. Ran said he talked to you in February and said you knew exactly where you stood with the organization where is that how do you stand and feel okay? My job is to get ready to go win football games and that's what I'm gonna do each and every day. Well no one you know what has been invested in your position the last couple years like how do you go about approaching that and just maintaining kind of staying in your lane like is it just a matter of keeping what's in front of you in front of you or like how do you do that? Yeah exactly you know I you can only control what you can control right Mike and Ran make those decisions and um as players you got to control what you can control and that's doing the best you can prepping yourself mentally and physically each and every day so to go win football games. What do you think of the addition of Will Lever? Yeah hopefully that's the room obviously a talented guy um coming off a great college career so um you know we'll see when I get to meet him here in a few weeks or the next week I don't even know exactly when. The uh you know you kind of went through this last year of course with with Malik getting drafted and all these questions too does it make this round of all those type questions any easier you know in a team drafting potential future quarterback? Yeah we've been down this road before so it's definitely a little bit of deja vu um but like I said um Mike and Ran make those decisions my job is to go out and and try to win football games. When you're a competitor obviously when the team drafts somebody do you just make you want to dig in even more and say hey I'm I'm the guy? My process doesn't really change you know it's I like to believe that that I'm giving my my all and every time I get go out there and prep on whether it's in an OTAs or or week 15 you know getting ready to go win a game you know you want to have a process about how you go go about things um take your job seriously each and every day knowing that nothing's given to you and got to go out there and earn everything so you know that process doesn't change. Is it always been that way or did the experience of Miami sort of inform that as well or change you in any way? I mean you definitely grow from life experiences right whether it's something that happened to your kid or early on in your professional career um every everything in life is a learning experience so you're learning from from your own life experiences you're learning from what you're seeing happen in other places you know throughout the league or in other areas of your life and just trying to take in all that information and and grow from it. What's it a little different from the receivers that you have currently to work with in what you've seen so far during the offseason learning? Yeah guys are out there working hard you know trailing has been doing a great job Nick's doing a great job Kyle is out running again so that's great to see mason's out there working hard racy's moving well you know we have a bunch of guys that have been around and and have been doing a good job for us in preparation you know learning a new system being a new offense new concepts all that all that type of stuff but guys are digging in they're working hard and that's all you can ask for. So those guys are going to have to step up though and play much bigger roles than they did a year ago? Yeah no question I mean um you know you look you look who you got in the room and that's who it is so I'm gonna have to uh go out compete each and every day and and we'll see you know who ends up getting the majority of the time but definitely guys are gonna have to step up just like they are in every position across the board. Did your representation have any conversations with the Titans about your your contract heading into last year with the with the big number would you like an extension at this point? Yeah I'm not gonna get into uh professional side of things uh the business side of things up here. And some of you guys have talked about the carryover from last year and how it ended from going into this year some of them said they short-term memory that it's done and over but what I know you were not part of all that because of the injury but what did what did you learn about yourself and this team and what did you carry over from that in the this year? Yeah the sting I think you you feel the sting as a team um and you know we didn't finish where we want to finish you know so being able to just prep yourself know we have to be better across the board throughout the season it doesn't matter you know what happened in in one week or two weeks or even three four five weeks it's a matter of you know how things build throughout the season and you have to be able to to win games down the stretch and get in the dance and then obviously win those games so we know that but it's a reminder and hopefully gives everyone a little bit of fire to uh to head into this offseason end this year. What's your early sense of of Tim Kelly's playbook and what the differences in this offense can be from what you're coming on? Yeah no doubt it's a big difference right new terminology new concepts you know huge changes but you know fresh fresh line of thinking on things so just having to get up to speed with uh with how we're doing things what we're calling things different ways we're attacking the defense and that's what we're doing right now is using this time when we're not going against the defense to just try to learn the offense get accustomed to the new terminology the new terms the new routes and um you know be able to translate that onto the field as we go. What are you most excited about in the framework event? I was a lot of excited I love working with Tim um like I said fresh mind you know bringing in some new ideas new concepts different ways to attack the defense and we've we've had around here the last few years so um you know definitely some excitement there. She kind of made it sound like tempo might be maybe tempo maybe a little bit emphasized is that fair? Yeah I mean I I'd like to think so we'll we'll see as we get going right but we know we want to put pressure on the defense you know that might be tempo might be personnel changes might be um you know different sets than in person then then defenses are typically seeing so um you know big emphasis I think it's just putting pressure on the defense not not just tempo there's a lot of ways you can do that and that's one of those tools. What did you think about the additions of the offensive line obviously a lot of work in free agency and then two in the draft? Yeah as a quarterback you love to see it right then you know as as a quarterback there's two areas you like to see improve and that's all line and wide receiver so you know we added some some beef up front to the offensive line you know some veteran guys and then you know a young talented rookie as well or a couple rookies I guess through the draft so excited about adding those guys getting to know the veterans right now and you know excited to get to know the young guys as they come in. Yeah it's been nice having Charles around he's obviously a veteran coach he's been in this offense for for several years before so he has a background in understanding what we're trying to do and what we're trying to accomplish so just be able to have those conversations on on what we're trying to get out of each and every concept how we're seeing things whether it's the mic ID or or the progression or the footwork you know just having a guy who's who's seen it done before for several years is key. In terms of the direction and you know what to expect. I don't know you know it's like those conversations you can be you know thought of in a lot of different ways but at the end of the day I have an opportunity in front of me to to go out and play football and that's what I'm here to do. Clearly you said you're a starter. Do we overblow how important that is or is that important that that gets clarified for up to that? Well I appreciate being clarified but you know nothing's given to you in this league and I've seen that over over my now 12 years here in the NFL. Things can change quickly so you know as a player you understand like I said earlier you have a process that you go about and you take advantage of each and every day and try to grow as a player every every day that you get the opportunity to do that and you have to you have to progress and you have to you know make plays when it comes down to it. You mentioned Carolyn just from what you've seen so far how do you look physically how do you look from a confident standpoint? What do you see from so far? Yeah he's moving well you know as a QB you love seeing a big guy moving well obviously he's a really talented guy you know we've seen that over the past year saw flashes in games at times last year and he's growing so he's doing everything we're asking of him right now and look forward to continue to to build that relationship and that chemistry as we move forward. The changes that are being made in the office are any of the protection things changing as far as how you guys are doing protections maybe to get the ball out a little quicker and if so are you happy about that? We have a lot of changes yeah and the whole system's pretty much different including some protection stuff so you know we'll have a variety of different ways to get the ball out whether that's getting the ball out quickly on normal drop back or play actions like we've had so just like every offense in the NFL you got different ways to attack the defense and we want to use all of them. You mentioned I guess the new office alignment how much different is the field? No Ben, no Ryan, I mean no Ben, no Tyler, Robin Wood, what is the field in the building as you're kind of starting off the off season? Yeah it's definitely a different field right guys that have been here over my four years here you know most of them are gone so just making sure that you know having to go out and lead each and every day having some other guys step up you know Brew's been doing a good job coming in having an extra meeting time with with myself and Tim in the mornings leading that group on the offensive line you know so as some guys leave it gives opportunities for other guys to step up and take advantage of those those spots that have left so happy to see some growth from those areas and look to continue to see that. Have you guys been really outspoken about pushing for grass around the league? Grass here hasn't been great and they've decided to go the the other way to turf just wondering what your reaction is to that? I don't love it I've always enjoyed playing on grass more than turf just easier on your body your joints your skin as you're on the ground but that's where we're at right we've played a lot of games on turf we're going to play a lot more games on turf now I don't think it affects the quality of the game or anything but it definitely affects how you feel the next day. In terms of this off season you know between yourself Derek and Kevin Byrd as far as all the rumors and all that floated out on the internet what each of you probably were traded or released three times how did you respond to all that as things like that come about even though you know you're still here? Yeah I tried to stay out of it honestly didn't see a lot of it you know I'd get a text from a friend or something oh really you know so just try to stay out of as much as it much as you can you know I think riding that roller coaster is a tough one to ride so just try to stay out of it and I just kept my head down kept doing the things I could do each and every day and if something was going to happen I'm sure they'd let me know so didn't really ride that roller coaster. That's right and often you know this team still views itself as the same contender it has in the last few years. I mean ours obviously go win games right you know it doesn't I don't think that ever changes so we're going to do everything we can to prepare ourselves to do that you know starting here in OTA's. Did you expect or think a roller coaster that might get picked before 228? I'm sorry did you think or expect a wide receiver might get drafted by this team before number 228? They don't ask me you know my thoughts on on drop picks you know Mike and Rand get to make those decisions obviously you know I knew it was an area that could be addressed but they did just a little bit probably later than I than I thought it was going to but we added some other key positions some talent that will help us across the board. This time last year you stressed the importance of taking care of your mental health in the off season a year later how would you kind of describe your mental strength and where you are coming into this new year? Yeah you grow from every experience that that you're put through in life some are harder than others but you're able to use those things grow from it and I feel feel really good right now obviously some things are challenging but you're able to try to address it for what it is take it for what it is and keep moving forward. What's off season been like for you and maybe how much more comfortable are you this off season compared to last? First off season it's been great just to have that little downtime just to get your body back right you know after a long season you know after rookie season everything it was all great and coming back here meaning the new people that come on the team new coaches and stuff it's just great like again like how we started to find our foundation here and I feel like the stuff that we got going now and I'll see if I feel like it's going to be great. What's Chris actually trained for football as opposed to all the testing last year like how much do you feel that will prepare you to have a better season? I feel like I'm just great I'm no last year I did a lot oh my I feel like I did a lot and I feel like now I feel like I know a lot I feel like I know what's coming at me now so just coming out there just going over the place about to install one it just I just feel confident I just feel like comfortable that I know what I'm doing and I did this before so I got feeling that I just got to keep improving no matter what. How much have you gotten to know Chris Harris so far and what's he like and what do you think he's going to help you with? So far he's been great you know he'd be telling us about his past and stuff and how he coaching everything and I just love everything about it just this energy just the way how he coached you can tell that he really loves the game and how he tried to develop us he already got a plan for us about how we're going to play different techniques and everything it's just great just coming out on the field just to see like how he at like how he interact with everybody and how he's talking to everybody it's just it just feel great to help him out there along the side with Coach Book. How much time have you spent looking at last year's tape of yourself and what did you like and maybe what did you not like? I spent a lot on just watching over the last games and stuff you know the bad players good plays on first starting out with the bad plays I paid attention mostly to that you know me playing that slide that was something different for me so I felt like that was something I need to focus on and to look and see what I need to improve on at that the most and I felt like I see it and I noticed like what I need to work on in our season. What do you think it's not given too much away what do you feel like you could do better there to be more effective? I would say really everything I feel like I went at my top of my game at the nickel so I feel like it would be great just to like work on from back from day one to how they want me to play the nickel everything literally from off to press to knowing the plays to better reactions to know how the game speed goes and everything so I feel like it was just great just seeing myself in the tape. What do you expect for this with some of the people that are coming in that you will be primarily nickel next year do you think Roger? No as of now we just we're a position we play with defensive backs so we can put me a corner and nickel no matter what we have to tell them about this just your position there everybody can play any position. Later how much easier is it to learn new things now to come and go? This is great just to learning and just you know to teaching everything I feel like I know I know it all a little bit on the system that I got here I feel like we doing it back over again and stuff so I know like how it was from last year to now. Did you feel like last year when you went back and watched film that maybe opposing teams picked on you a little bit because you were a rookie and how did how you felt like you responded? Well it was definitely I already know they're gonna pick on me because I was a rookie and that's one thing I noticed last year about me when they picked on me or when I had a bad play just going on to the next play you know I got guys that try to play hard so I just try to play hard for them. What's Sean like and what do you think he'll be like as an addition? Which is that? Sean, he's great you know the type of guy he are he's funny just him out on the field you know I've seen him play before at the Buccaneers he played with both my guys at ARB and they told me so much about him just the player that he is he come and work hard every day and I literally see him on the field every day so I know that with him with us in the back end I feel like he's going to be great with his in a new addition. Do you think rookie last year but this year you're gonna have looks like a bunch of rookies throwing the ball against you? Oh yeah I seen that um it just them guys I mean I want to get some new guys um Bryce I want to get him and stuff like that it's just great just to see them guys but I don't want to get to see just cross I haven't no much about his game and stuff or anything Richardson but um just knowing them guys I know they're going to get better just system just knowing how that offense working everything is going to be the same offense so I just feel like you got to pay attention to how they're going to use them. You guys played against Kentucky in 2021? Yes. So you played against the Levitts and what you think about him? Um yeah I think he haven't played that game he didn't play that game when we had played against him so I really don't know much about his game playing everything or seeing how he played before. Was he lucky enough playing that one? Praise that. Oh he was lucky most definitely because I caught a pig I caught a pig return one back so I say he was lucky you got a little one year off. Size, speed, strength, anything like that you focused on this off season and are you are you a bigger leaner how do you describe it? Um I would say I'm still the same size and everything I want to focus on I mean you can't get my fast in what you are now really so really I'm just focusing more on my body being more professional of being more healthy and all that stuff because this season as long as I learned that guys just going down so I feel like that's more I had to focus on just being more healthy and just try to focus more on my body. Diet diet different this year than diet I admit diet I still need to work on that that's something I still need to work on I'm getting better Dougie Toddton Lauren she's been with me since Arbor so she's trying to get me right. What's been the toughest thing to change there what's kind of been a guilty pleasure for you for food that you're trying to do away with? Oh you already know that baked beans I had I had to cut off the baked beans but I've been trying I've been doing good I ain't baked beans in a while so I've been doing good with that. Where were you training you know before you came here? I was training here um I was trying to hear at the here at the whole time I was training with my trainer named Jerry Hart he's trying to lift one on the campus over there so I feel like it was great with him because KB was there too so just training with him on the side of him just getting better every day so I feel like it was great. You feel like you've made national your home at this point? Yeah national my home I'm still learning to traffic get me every time but I'm still learning around and everything. Oh it was great you know he pushed me every day he drives seeing how he work just seeing like what he do before we work out every time he pushed me no matter what he telling me like how I'm gonna go next season how the game will go slower and everything and it's just great like just pressing on the side of him and everything because I know it just makes us better communicating everything you know to the next season. You missing him here? You missing him here? Am I missing him? I mean he you say am I missing him? Are you missing KB here? Oh no I mean he enjoyed a little time I mean I don't miss him like he just let me have a little vacation we come back everything's going to be great just start back off. When you work out with Kevin it's one of the ideas of how durable he's been in this game for like seven years? Most definitely um I asked him a lot of questions about his resources um healthy about who working with his body um all types of stuff like that all his resource I ask him who feeds you who cooking your food who who working on your body who who who getting you this getting you that so I asked him everything about stuff like that because I see how a great career he has and that's the career I'm trying to have. Is there anything specific you've started doing since you told you that? Um most likely just like Pilates that's one thing I went really a fan of I didn't really do much so that's another thing I'm just getting more stretches in yoga and all that stuff because he really focused on his body out the workouts he said I got to stretch I'm got to stretch so I'm like I'm gonna stretch too I'm right there behind so it's just guys like that look up to that I'm gonna follow those every way. I guess Murphy Bunny got the zero do you have any interest in switching to zero and what have you told him about that? No I'm like he good I mean zero it looked good on my time stuff but I'm not a really big friend of zero I really don't care. What do you think about the team going to turf on the home game? Um I just found out about that this week but I mean I play grass turf no matter where I'm just going out there to play so it don't matter how to feel it is. I guess it's the same turf you got in your bubble yeah it's the same so it's great. What did you think of you know I don't know if you got a chance to to get much background on Josh Wiley but you know his skill set and maybe how that will fit with yours maybe compliment or another. Yeah I haven't I haven't looked at it much but from what I could see from the the clips I've seen that the Titans posted he's very good with the ball in his hands you know he's a good run after catch guy he makes guys miss he plays hard and he's also really tall and big prospect so that's also cool as well. What's Tony do's work with him for the first time what's that how well do you know Tony last year as far as interaction what's it like having him as your as your coach now? Oh this is pretty much any interaction I've had with any other coach last year but this year yeah he's my coach now so and I'll say main thing for him is details he's very big on the details and very big on you know trying to you know bring the best out of me so I feel like he's gonna be that coach that's gonna you know be you know on my back all the time you know trying to get the best out of me so that'll be fun. At the end of last year you were pretty much this team's best offensive weapon in the past game in terms of what what you give to this team they haven't really addressed the wide receiver position a whole lot do you feel like that even more responsibility is going to be on you to be a big part of this offense this year? Yeah I mean I feel like I've shown last year what I can do so this year it's about just coming out the same you know just making plays again just making sure everybody in the offense can trust me with the ball just getting smarter just upping my football intelligence understanding the big picture of plays and just things like that. What about yourself last year and from that can you carry over into this year? How much did I learn about myself last year? I'd say that the only thing I need really is just it just I just need confidence to go out there and play I feel like I have all the ability in the world but for me it's just having the confidence to go out there and understand that that I can do it and throughout the season last year that's one thing I found like throughout the year each game I was building confidence each game and then I felt like I was getting a lot better throughout the season. As you go back and watch film from last year what what do you see are some areas for improvement to take your game to that next level? I'll say for me is not just relying on my speed all the time you know in routes being able to set guys up and you know break guys off and be able to get open in like shorter spaces I'd say and then also in the run game you know just getting more getting stronger in the combinations and blocking from you know in line and just learning the run game learning the spots learning exactly where we're going so I can play faster. I remember last year Delaney Walker he had taken a lot of interest in you have you got to speak to him at all this all season? Yeah we chopped it up a couple of times he actually just responded to my story last night that I posted too so yeah talked a couple of times. Can you see anything already about the the playbook that Tim's put together and what might be different in his offense from what you were doing last year? I would say just I see a lot of speed is involved a lot of speed is involved a lot of plays with where we're trying to go really fast and just take what we can before the defense can get there trying to outflint guys. What's it like having another Terp coming this way and how how close are you with James? Yeah that's awesome and I'm really close with him you know we came in the same time at Maryland and I played together you know my whole career with him he was my left tackle so we've always been side by side so I think it's awesome that he's coming up here and I'm glad he got this opportunity. You talked to him already what you what you told him about here? I haven't talked to him actually because I know how this is when right after you get drafted so I'm gonna give him a little time to you know let it sink in and then I'll hit him up. Has that been good for you just not having all that come at you at once as a rookie now and you've been able to kind of ease your way into this next season like what's been different for you in that way? Yeah it's been really really nice just being able to you know take a deep breath and just really sit down and really just go over things because last year I felt like everything was just like a ball roll on downhill you never knew like what to expect everything was just fresh so I think this year just knowing what to expect is a lot better for me because I'm able to really set up set up my schedules set up everything I need to do to get better. I feel like we still have a very similar tight end room for what we had last year. I feel like we're a lot we're very versatile in our room a lot of us can move around and you know play in the back field play in line you'll split our wide and then adding Josh too will also bring another element of a lot of more packages too so yeah we'll see. Most people say you had a good year as a rookie last year I mean when you look back at your season do you like what you did or do you think it could have been better? I definitely think it could have been bad I definitely think it could have been way better if I if I just had the the sense of myself that I was later on in the year if I was able to you know play like that at the beginning of the year I feel like I would have done a lot more but obviously you know that just obviously just comes with time and you know reps and getting it in. Chick Ryan has been around at least from some of the pictures shared on the team's social account how much does it help having him around during this portion of the offseason program? I mean it helps a ton I mean he's our leader so I mean he leaves the offense he leaves the team and he's out in quarterbacks so I mean it helps a ton happen him here just every day because you know he's really smart and he can really explain things and really clear up a lot of things on routes and just understanding concepts he's very smart and analytical with all that kind of stuff. You know it's hard to get a sense at this stage but what do you anticipate from Westco as a blocker? I don't know I literally have not I have not seen anything yet so I don't know. I've never been a dude that really cared about playing surface turf grass I don't really care I don't really look at all that stuff like that. In fact it's the same surface that's in the practice bubble that gives you some assurance of what it's going to be like I guess? Yeah I guess I mean I always hear guys always talking about like they don't like you know turf because of like non-contact stuff but I don't think I've ever really had a problem with turf I had turf all throughout high school and college so. What's Bob been like at I guess those offseason workouts you know so many new players guys you're getting to know what's that kind of been like? We're just all very energetic very happy to be back you know a lot of it's just been a lot of lifting conditioning and then studying the plays and just getting out and throwing so you know it's just you know back to the basics back to square one just getting it in. Without Swam or Hooper in the room and then you finding this new confidence in yourself is like a leadership role in the tight end room something you foresee for yourself this year? Oh definitely I definitely see myself leading the tight end room I definitely see myself you know being that guy that you know brings us all together sure. Houses were just last year so we well acquainted he ain't too much new he was around Keith so the culture is still the same we still doing what we do and I say it's just a personality change between him and Keith. Keith was pretty super super aggressive and he he he more players players guy. As far as for you with Ben Jones having moving on like what's the outlook for you are you looking to play center remain at left guard what's the outlook? I've been working at center right now I'd say that's the goal for the team right now for me to move into that center spot and take over that role. Now taking over that role do you have to gain weight or have you worked to gain weight where you at right now? Oh I'm pretty sure I'm still be playing around the same way that I've been I ain't really too light I know the media probably say I'm about 240 250 but I've been a solid weight for a minute now so I've probably been around that way still 290 yeah. Do you think center is your ideal position what are the differences in that switch to left guard center? Um I'd say center like it fits me well just because like I'm in the middle I'm faced against them big nose I'm quick athletic got the natural leverage so I say that's a good spot for me. Approached you about did you approach them? Since I came in like I've been at guard center role like you probably seen my second year like hey it came in a couple games at center so Ben has been at like certified center but like I've been for sure next up at that spot for a minute now. What did you learn from being around Ben over the last couple years and how much maybe that can help you as you forwarded your career? I didn't learn a lot from Ben. Ben he been lead with 10 plus years so like just his knowledge of the game is on another level like just from going into practice going to games how he see defenses how he see just defensive coordinates people schemes like everything from pre snap to the snap like his just whole mentality about everything how he go about things like prayer I took all that in. Ben it's going to be the guy that makes the pre snap protection reads and all that and also kind of be a leader in the room and on the line you feel like you're ready for that role? Yeah I absolutely do now I was a leader coming out of college and I like me myself I lead by example so I'm gonna work hard I'm gonna put into work and when I need to be something needs to be said I'm saying it. Two new vets two new draft picks obviously a lot of turnover always talk about how much it takes for an offensive line to gel how much work you guys kind of have in front of you building up to opening day. We got plenty of time it's May right now they got in about what a week ago when the first game not till September so we got plenty of time to gel we're here with each other every day six in the morning it's about three o'clock in the afternoon so we're gonna get there. It's gonna be the key to kind of building that chemistry over the next couple months. Just working together just having some conversations making sure we all on the same page sharing knowledge and just bonding. What's I guess it's still early in the offseason but do you notice to notice a change what is the culture change just the way things are with so many new faces in a new position coach? No the coaches gonna be the coaches like we built on effort and finish like that's us so that's not going to change. Jason a little bit different with the players coach and can you expand a little bit on that and how that sort of difference? Yeah it was just I'll just say keep it like he just was a real aggressive like zero tolerance it was like his way out of the highway so that's where it was with him and how is he going to listen to y'all can show your ideas and go back and forth with each other. You got a chance to talk or text with Skaronski or even just watch his tape kind of first impressions on him? I watched a little bit of it but you can't find much tape on offensive linemen like you know you look up receiver you can see all the highlights like you can't find much on offensive linemen. I seen his little highlights he had and that's all so far. What you're seeing what you think? He's probably a big guy he can go hard run off the ball so he's looking good. You had trouble as a group last year a little bit and how much of that chip on your shoulder thing might carry over in regards to making a new kind of statement this year? I'd say it's always a chip on the shoulder when you don't make it to the big stage like the big goal is getting to the Super Bowl so I'd say we still hungry for it and everybody coming in I hope that's the goal as well to get to that big stage. How was that install process been for Tim Kelly like Chig I mentioned very detail oriented a lot of speed and offense from your perspective how's that been? I would say the same like it's getting more of a tempo it's like we're still working through the details and all the bumps and all that good stuff but it's smooth it's early in the process right now so we're getting there. Knowing that you were going to be essentially the quarterback of the line are you kind of like spending more time individually with him to get everything in sync? I would say individually we uh probably send us in quarterbacks we together a lot so make sure we're all on the same page that's what's going on right now. Erin it helped that Ryan has been here it seems throughout the voluntary portion to start off season program is that helped since you're going to be working with him a lot more? Yeah it helped him was like because nobody got like a certified spot right now me like me even me myself so just all of us being here right now working together just so if it's Ryan because you seen last year he was Ryan Malik then Josh so just everybody being on the same page and having that bond and just understanding what's the goal and what we need to be doing. How long did the ending of last season kind of stick with you this off season and how much do you think guys that are back will use that as motivation? Me myself it happened and it happened and I let it go like I remember it but I had a short-term memory like I'm like very ambitious so like that happened but I'm letting it go and understand what needs to be done for the future. Do you feel like you're still as tough as a two-dollar stake or has the position changed to increase your value? Absolutely I was tough as a two-dollar stake when I came at the womb so it's not changing. Coach Regal talked about wanting the whole team to be faster you know obviously how the offensive line was not coming a whole lot of territory but what does that mean for you guys? Um offensive line like this whole team we run track stores so we all finishing around the ball so everybody needs to be able to go everybody fast we're running off the ball like it's not waddling like love baby sales we're running so we all need to be able to go. No it's no different. Anybody you do double take on what you saw from the first time a couple of months look like they're in better shape leaner bigger? Um I say everybody look like they've been getting it like it was some players like they stay here in the off season they were getting with the strength stuff some people went away but everybody being into it like that's the way like really being impressive to me and like really got me I just like we've been working together and everybody like it's everybody hungry everyone going like everybody looking good. How do you like playing at that faster pace you have a lot of experience with that? Um just I've been in tight that's been the pace so I love me I'm fast myself so getting off the bottom just being able to go yeah that's good. You did say that you felt like Kelly was bringing more tempo but but you're saying it's kind of the same so just looking for a little clarification on that do you feel like something about it is is changing? It is I say we're trying to make we get an operation faster so that's why I say we're more of an up tempo with the operation like in and out the huddle we're going so that's the difference.