 and I'm not annoyed this morning, not yet anyway. How are you? I'm fantastic, feeling great, and excited to be able to get back to work tomorrow. So you'll be allowed in the facility tomorrow? Excited to get back to work tomorrow, Trisa. Okay. You've been in the league for so long, Mike. Derek Henry's ability to focus day in on the task at hand and kind of have a tunnel vision. A lot of guys say they have that. How unique is his ability to just focus on what he has to get done and not get distracted by the bigger pictures sometimes? You know, I mean, I think we all have distractions. I think that the one thing we've always talked about is it's impossible to eliminate distractions. It really is. They're gonna be there, they're around us, and it's how we handle them and how we approach them. I think his maturity level is really good for him to be able to compartmentalize what he needs to do to prepare and what his focus is and his emphasis for the team. I would say probably unique just from a standpoint that someone with those types of stats that Derek has had in those accolades in that position, it's unique for him to be able to care so much about the team and try to put the team first. Tim? Like you mentioned, Chris and Barry is one of the guys in the mix at Tackle. What do you like about him? What does he do on a consistent basis that has kind of put him in the mix for the last couple of years? Well, he's performed when he's been out there. I think he plays a great effort. I think he's showing the ability to function well in our run scheme, the things that we're asking him to do, to get out there and run off the football and love his competitiveness and his ability, he finishes and he's proven when that he's been out there that we've been able to function as an offense. John? Mike, how would you evaluate that Bud DePriese kind of progress here in the past few weeks? How do you evaluate his improvement as he returns from injury? I mean, I think Bud's just continued to progress and I think we've put a little bit more on him each day here in the last week or so. So he'll work today and continue to monitor him and see how he feels as he works through his return to play. And hopefully he won't have any setbacks and will continue to add to his workload. But as far as improvement, his attitude has been fantastic. He's, there's a fine line you want to learn and you want to be able to lead and that's hard having not been out there. And I think he stayed into it. He stayed positive. He stayed a large part of our football team, even though he hasn't been able to be out there in the pre-season games or for most of the practices. Jared, still one? Yeah, Mike, the other day you said that while you were kind of on your work sabbatical or your COVID quarantine, that you had seen some takes that we had had in the media and I was just wondering which ones those were and which ones that you perhaps took umbrage with? No, I don't take umbrage with it. Hey, Jared, how are you? You were in your radio voice right there. And... Thanks, Mike. I don't. I think that my point was that the tone is much different here in this setting than it maybe is in the social media setting. And if there's things and questions or issues that people have that we should use this time here to discuss them. And I don't take umbrage and I don't, you know, I enjoy the fact that everybody has a, you know, an opinion and a take. And again, that was me on my, you know, being miserable in my basement, really. And that's what that was. But, you know, we have to have an avenue, you know, to promote, you know, our football team but also hold, you know, the integrity of what we feel like is important for the team and the things that we try to believe in. And so I think that that's certainly a fine line. But no umbrage as I scramble to look up what that word actually means, Jared. I don't think that there, if it's a negative thing, I don't think that I took anything negatively. Terry? Mike, how hard is it to get an accurate evaluation on guys who've missed a lot of time with injuries and all here in camp and the pre-season guys like Crutchank or Darrington Evans? Yeah, I think that that's a valid question, Terry. That's an important question. It's one that John and I discuss, you know, frequently it's the battle that you wage between potential and what you've been able to actually witness. So I think it's hard. I think it's really hard, Terry. I think that, you know, being out there in the games and, you know, watching guys respond and you know, see how they get into the flow of the game and make adjustments mid-game and see how they react. I think that that's really critical. And, you know, it has been unfortunate not to be able to evaluate some of those guys that you mentioned and probably even more, you know, some other guys. Paul. And Mike, have you or will you make cuts before this practice? Are you gonna have guys out there that you then call in afterwards to deliver news? There'll be, there were some cuts that were made prior to practice and then there'll also be some decisions that are made after practice. So we'll just find them out by taking attendance? Find what out? Find out who you cut this morning by taking attendance or you're gonna announce? I'm not sure what Robbie's plans are. I don't know if that's, you know, usually we send those to the league. We talk to the players first and then we send those into the league. And then when, you know, Robbie gets the go ahead from John and his staff, we usually send them out to you. So that hasn't changed, I don't think, since I've been here. Luke. Paul asked my question, I'm good. Oh, come on, Luke, you can make up a new one. I'll wait till you're back in person, Mike. Okay. Me, Robbie, I didn't. Yeah, John, go ahead. Come on, go ahead and bring it. Let's go, babe. Come on. I'm ready, I'm ready for you. You've talked a lot, you know, everybody's talked a lot about third downs, you know, getting better defensively on third downs, being a top priority. With that, you know, and playing more aggressively on third downs, I guess is the other side of the coin, you know, maybe from time to time, you know, you get burned in a situation like that. Is that the balance kind of that has to be struck in third down situations if you wanna get better and more aggressive? I mean, I think that there's a lot of things that go into playing and then, you know, I think knowing the situation, knowing the sticks, knowing what coverage, you know, we're in what we're trying to get out of each and every coverage, understanding the whole concept of how the defense is trying to work, you know, there's a lot of things, you know, and then, you know, sure, the tighter that you play on them, you're gonna have to have, you know, some of those things you don't, you know, want them, but there's conversions that they make. You know, I mean, if you're just gonna press everybody, they're just, you know, they're gonna run, you know, they're gonna run fades and they're gonna, you know, there's only so many different things that they can do, you know, and so you can't just get up there because they're gonna, you know, they're gonna bunch and stack you up in those shorter yardages. You know, I think you have to have things that are built in, you know, to help the players and, you know, with the defense and where their help is and how they're handling all those things, they're just not gonna, you know, spread you out and make it easy on you. They're gonna bunch you and stack you and compress the, you know, the formation. So there's a lot of moving parts. Tron, Tron, you there, Steve Lehmann. Hey, Mike, glad to hear you're coming back tomorrow. The last year you guys had the situation where you had a third quarterback that was, you know, kind of separated off from the team for COVID related purposes to make sure you had that emergency guy. I'm wondering if the situation with Ryan over the last week, has that changed the plan you guys would have about maybe keeping an extra quarterback or having a quarterback in a COVID safety zone or whatever throughout the course of the season? Have you evaluated that all given what's happened last week? Well, I mean, I think that we have, I think that those are conversations that we've continued to have and that may happen. You know, that could happen. I'm not, I don't think we're prepared to, you know, to make a determination right now, but it's something that has been discussed and talked about. Emily? Yeah, Coach, I know you said yesterday that you didn't necessarily like having these conversations or didn't wanna have these conversations over Zoom, talking to the guys that are cut today. So with you still in quarantine, how do you plan on handling those conversations today? Well, those will be, you know, John will handle those. You know, I won't, you know, go through a process of, you know, trying to set up some sort of camera on, but again, I'll have the opportunity to reach out to those players, you know, and some of them will be back on our football team. You know, hopefully they'll either get claimed, which means that they have a job with somebody else or, you know, they would be willing to come back to our football team in some capacity on the practice squad. So that's, I think, how we would handle it, Emily. You know, certainly a huge personal element, you know, to that, that is important to try to be empathetic towards. I've got TD's question, he's having that on. I do have TD's question. How do you improve that communication against Bunch and Rubrox that you mentioned? Well, I think a lot of it, Tehran is about anticipating, you know, a lot of times you'll see, you know, teams' motion to those types of things. And so that may help us if we can anticipate what the next step may be. Like, okay, it looks like it's going to be a half of a bunch over here. Where's that other piece going to come from? You know, is it going to come from the running back in the backfield? Is it going to come from, you know, a receiver on the other side? So, you know, when it's right in front of you, I hope that we can handle it. But when it motions or they build it, that's something where you can always improve as far as your anticipation. This is what we're doing, but be alert for it to go to, you know, something else. Paul? Want to see if anybody's coming off COVID today. It'll be practicing. I don't think anything would change from yesterday. Paul? Jeff? Like, I'm curious, how much maybe some of the decision-making, as part of the decision-making process on the roster, are you factoring in who else could become available for you and are the rosters here over the next couple of days? I mean, I think that's something that we always take into consideration. You know, that there'll be some moving parts to the roster from now until, I mean, I would imagine next week and even throughout the season. It's always a fluid process. It's something that, you know, we're always trying to do and trying to find, you know, find the right guys to add to our football team. My last one, Paul. Mike Taylor was talking about that, you know, he's been around second longest to Kern, the culture change that he's experienced. Since you and John came in, how dramatic do you think that the change in that department has been? Well, it's not for me to decide what it, you know, was. I mean, I just think that, you know, there's certain things that we believe that are important and, you know, trying to do our best to incorporate those into, you know, our job every day at practice and then, you know, most, especially the games. Like that's when it's the most important, you know, to find out, you know, the type of people that you have, you know, we've been through this with, with the culture and everything else, you know, again, culture is defined by what you look like at your worst, not at your best. Everybody's going to have a great culture when things are good and everybody's feeling great and you're winning, you know, but when there's some adversity and there's some conflict, you know, how do you respond to that? And then to me, that will define, you know, what your culture really is and how strong, you know, of a bond that you have with your football team. How do you feel it's been when you guys have not been at your best? I think it's been pretty good. I think it's been really good, actually. And I would, you know, we've had a lot of certain situations where, you know, we can look back and say, hey, guys, this is where we were, you know, we had lost some games or, you know, we had some guys out, we weren't able to practice. Just throughout the course of three years, you know, we lose a quarterback or whatever it may be. And guys responded in this football team has responded. So I would stand by that and say that it's been pretty good. Thanks. Thank you. And one last one with the cluster wide receivers, how much does versatility play into your decision making on cuts with the wide receiver group? Yes. Well, we know we've talked about that ad nauseam. You know, I mean, I think that for those guys to be able to play special teams, play more than one position, you know, be available, be durable. Those are all great, you know, qualities and characteristics for not only receiver, but any position. So, you know, the more players that you can have that are doing more than one thing, the, you know, the more openings you have other places. Thank you, Coach. Thanks, guys.