 Well, can you, before we get moving to this week, just, you know, putting the roster together, the MechNations kept us busy there a couple days. Yeah, well, I figured it needed to entertain you on the off week. So yeah, we've made a lot of moves and obviously settled down a little bit in the short term, but we'll continue to evolve and look to add if there's something that can improve our roster, something that becomes available. But happy with the guys we got right now. We're excited about the challenge of week one. Why? Because we didn't feel like they were ready. Pretty simple. You know, you're ramping up. They're both coming off season surgeries. Thought there were some mental hurdles. They cleared, but didn't feel like they were 100%. Was that, at least when you activated Dion off the top last week, and Isaiah gets run time for the first time? Was that part of the overall plan from the jump, or did you need to see something? It was part of the plan when you put some money on POP to be able to, you have the ability to take them off. And then you also have the ability to put people on IR if they're not healthy. So it was a good assessment to see where people were at and their return to play. And that's pretty much what we did. Same with Isaiah. Whether he started on POP or we thought that he was, it expedited his return by practicing. And then we had to make a decision as an organization and talk him with the player. And medically and not quite at 100% yet. Could you discuss the moves with the waiver pickups and the vested veterans that were, you know, you'll have to move them around for a little bit to get some people in here you all wanted? Well, the waiver claims, you know, guys that we thought between Chuma and Matt that could potentially help us and we'll see what they can add. So there's a lot of different things were going on the last couple of days around the league. So fortunately for us, you know, some moves we made and we're able to get some guys back, you take the risk, but that's part of the strategy and every team goes through it the same way. What's the, and this might be a really weird question, but what's that like you have guys like Mike Ford and Dean Marlowe who are literally not in your team for minutes more or less. Like, what's that like those conversations as a coach? Like, how does that even go? Well, they're just, they're transactions. Like I said, you, whether you make those transactions and then, you know, you're going to decide whether you want to bring them back or not. Where are you at, either coach wise or knowing the personnel at this point that you're now Yeah, it was a lot different. Every year there's different obstacles and certainly the roster's changed quite a bit since Terry and I got here in January of 2021. Very different team. We took week one last year than we have right now and different different cap issues. And, you know, we had, we had some pretty experienced veterans that were on one year deals last year. We had a bunch of young guys in the mix as well. This year been a pretty good turnover. We're certainly younger in a lot of spots, which is, you know, it's exciting. And certain, certain positions of players that we look forward to continuing to develop. And we're very different, certainly behind the center too, which is, which is a drastic change for a year ago. Well, yeah, on that you have more than half the roster right now in the 50th year, I think it was a year ago. So is it almost just as big of a mystery right now when you have compared to a year ago at this time? Or do you feel like you have a better sense? Well, we have a, you know, thought I had a pretty good idea of where we were a year ago. You know, you go out there and open days are strange for a lot of reasons, right? A lot of unknown, every team's dealing with it. You know, we're going to play a very veteran team coming in here. Schemes are very similar, different coach. Obviously, Dennis has been there a long time, you know, still run the defense, but he's, you know, he's, they'll be different with him as a head coach. Pete Carmichael takes over the offense. Sean's not calling the plays. So there's unknown for them too. They have a veteran team. They've added some other vets that I'm sure they're anticipating to be productive for them. So where we're at, as you get into this, we knew what kind of team we had last year. Certainly didn't start the way you wanted. You come out and full throttle, you run 40-some plays and only come with six points. And don't do anything in the second half. It's going to look ugly. But this is a very different team we have coming in opening day this year. And we're excited. Where's Drake at, London? Progressive. He's progressing. Did you anticipate having him available? That's what it looks like. Going back to what you were talking about last year, what did you learn from that opener last year? Well, it's a different team. There's a completely different team. I mean, you learn a lot about people. We made progress in a lot of areas and certain things. Some of our core foundation you hope to carry over, but we'll always adapt to the strength of our players and who we have. We won't make excuses and we'll try to find every advantage we can. Sorry, did you say you'll see what he looks like? Yes, it's progressing. There's obviously going to be a lot of talk this year about quarterbacks from this game in 2017. Do you have something in mind in terms of how many games you think Desmond needs to play for you to get an accurate assessment of him moving forward? What's the question? How many games do you think Desmond needs to play for you to get an accurate assessment of him moving forward? I'm not answering hypothetical fantasy football and that kind of BS, Jeff. It's not hypothetical. I mean, you need to... I mean, it is hypothetical because tell me, give me this, comparative data, what comparison do you have? Is there a certain quarterback or a certain plan strategy that you're comparing this to that somebody's done? No, I'm asking you the question since you want to know where you're at quarterback-wise before next year and I understand the focus is on this year. But before you make a decision on next year, your quarterback situation, you're going to want to know what you have in Desmond River. So you're going to want to know... We want to know what we have in Marcus Marriota. So if you want to make this about 23, I mean, Jeff, you can ask every which way we're focused on week one. We're not going to be hearing about some hypothetical that's not where our focus is right now. Our focus is on the New Orleans Saints. So if you want to hang out with the bots on Twitter and social media and get all these hypothetical GM scenarios or great team-building, some of these other asinine narratives, go ahead. But we're focused on the New Orleans Saints. I'm not going to answer questions about hypotheticals. Coach, getting ready for Coach Allen who started his career here under Coach Reeves. Do you look back at his radar stuff or you just stay with what they've been doing? We went back and looked at his Texas A&M stuff. Yeah, yeah, just RC's local days. Yeah. But is there anything you can learn from other stops or they're just the Saints that is the same crew you've got to get ready for? Well, he'll have his own flavor, but he's done a terrific job the last couple of years defensively. They know who they are. They're a veteran team. They've got a terrific front and they roll those guys in there. I think they got one of the smartest middle line backers in football. And they've got pretty good corners. They've invested a lot in the defensive backfield and they'll look a little bit different in safeties. But they'll be sound. I know that. I'll try not to ask a hypothetical asinine Twitter by question here. Let's see if we can start there. It'll be good. What's the back story? Excuse me. What's the back story in terms of how you guys came across to you, Alfred? Yeah, I mean, I think we, you know, our pro staff, these guys, like I said, they're trying to turn over every stone. It's not just coach speak or some cliche or some bumper sticker for you there. But, you know, you look for help anywhere you can get it, especially a lot of it is out of necessity. You don't have money to spend. You find different ways to find different. You got an obstacle. Find different solutions. And that's what we're about here. And so obviously, somebody in the pro department had scouted them in the CFL. They liked them, knew about them coming out at a Tuscum. So we brought them in for a workout, like what we saw. He was here almost every day in the off season. Got got stronger. I think Thomas Stallworth did a heck of a job in these credit. I mean, came in here and worked and had a real good camp and earned a job. Did you and personnel know about them before the CFL? Was he on anybody's radar at all? I'm sure they, yeah. They have all that data now. I mean, guys coming out a little different than guys trying to get the original roll of decks or the index cars to find their old scouting notes. That's the one thing I'd say, modern technology. As you keep track, probably a little bit easier than it used to back in your day. So, yeah, I mean, there's somebody at them on the radar. He seems to be pretty good operating in space and being around the ball. What's the key for him kind of making so many plays on the ball? He's a good player. He understands what our strengths are and weaknesses are. And he's continued to get better every day. He said that in the CFL, this was easier kind of on paraphrasing. Because the receivers get that run to start. Yeah, I wouldn't paraphrase that. It's easier as it's different. Certainly, yeah, sure. They're playing different rules and the motion rules and stuff like that. You got to play in the space, right? A little bit wider, feels wider. More people too. Certainly everything led to this point. They got him here. We're excited and we'll see where it goes. Going back to London for a second. Do you need to see him practice this week in order to use him Sunday? You don't have to. You'd like to see him. Do you anticipate him practicing this week? We'll see how he progresses. We'll feel good about where he's progressing. Not the same. You're trying to play fantasy football and some probably Twitter analytic guy that sounds real smart like the Twitter doctor or some of these other clowns. And I think they know all the obstacles about team building and how to handle a locker room, morale, and to win football games in NFL and they got no idea. So different hypothetical. Sure. On the surface there, Jeff, yes, but in a completely different aspect. You're talking about a guy that's healthy that may or may not play this week. Now you're talking about... No, I'm just trying to... As a guy who made his bones in offense and coaching quarterbacks, how much do you think you need to look at him to evaluate him? Everybody's different. Everybody's different, Jeff. There's some... That's a fair question. The way you phrased it was... Oh, you like that better? Well, it's not like you like it better. And then the way you asked it was asking. That was a little more direct. And I'll answer a direct, a good question. Is that to help? Again, everybody's different. It's all our players. What do you mean they didn't see? Like, we're trying to win games, Jeff. So we're excited about where we're at. We know we got a challenge in here and against New Orleans. I'll let you and the bots talk about next year. I'm still learning how to answer the questions. At least, how many accounts do you have? One or two or three, maybe? That's a question for people in the building. Okay. I'm going to follow on the writer thing. How much do you... I'm going to answer that. No, no, no. But... Okay, cool. I'll let you finish. That's a good question. How much during the week do you need to... Do you work him, say, with the ones or twos at all? This is painful, guys. It's absolutely... This is brutal. This is brutal. You can get on a podcast. You can get online. You can argue with the clouds. You can argue with the Russian bots. Don't care, guys. We're trying to prepare a game to go win a football game. I meant more... I mean, Ritter's obviously your backup, but I mean more... I mean more... Sorry. I mean more... Same way. We'll work Chuma. We'll work Gossip. We'll work confetti. Everybody that's on the active roster has to prepare to play. If you don't, in all seriousness, the 48 guys that you dress out there, they got to prepare to play. Because something could happen the first snap of the game, and you better be able to adapt. Banking an old game, playing on one guy. You better have an answer if the guy goes down. All right, let me ask this. Last year you had Matt, and you had younger backup quarterbacks. Cool. I'm Matt. This year you have a guy in Marcus who hasn't been in this offense for as long or has as much experience as Matt does. So does that change how much you play back? You work a backup quarterback during the week versus midweek? Come on and get into our strategies. We got to get all our guys ready to go. Simple as that. Things can change just like that. You could be going all game, and you get in the critical fourth down. The guy has to come out. The guy better be ready to go in there and try to win the game with us. Center, left tackle, right guard, defensive tackle, the second nickel. Avery's got to be ready to go play corner. It's what you have to have, contingency plans. Speaking of center, has a decision been made on the extent? It has. He basically told me that the depth chart goes, it drops. It drops, yeah. Maybe I'll create a profile and do a really dramatic release for you. Make sure it doesn't get leaked. It got leaked before pre-season. Maybe I'll put flames. It'll look like one of those Kenny Powers videos that he made. That'll work for you, like little flame graphics. I'll do that. Yeah, it'll be awesome. Maybe I'll create something. I'll see if I can get some content created for you. Sure. Coming out of there. I can use Microsoft Paint, the original version for my graphics. So who's your center? Again, we'll release it when the depth chart releases. Good. Anything else about the Saints or anything else? We'll get some James later in the week. All right. Look forward to it. So we can trust that depth chart, though, in terms of is there going to be a new one? Do you want to make it an old one? It says unofficial, but it's real. They are. We have the ability to change it, right? Before the first snap? No, I'm talking about it. But we can play who we need to, right? I don't need to go into some kind of Nick Saban rant that he did on this depth chart. Did you see that? Yeah. That was pretty good. Okay. Ready to roll? Yes. Regular season form, be led. All right. Thank you.