 So just a couple of things, obviously with the injuries is some of the sub-final for Monday. We should have Elijah practicing, which is encouraging. Doesn't mean he'll play, but at least it's stepped in the right direction. Hopefully get his clock started coming back. Kyle had his procedure yesterday. He'll not see him the rest of this year. Nothing that concerns us going into the 23. But so that's kind of where we're out of that. TQ, have an update later this afternoon. See how his procedure goes. And then the one guy that was from last week that was questionable that will not be at practice today will be jailed and dulled. Everybody else will be back out of practice and we'll just have to see how the week goes. As far as Kyle goes, was the anticipation always that he was potentially going to be out for the year or did? Well, you know that he's going to be close. And he just needed to let the experts and you get the best in the world to get their advice and their opinion. And that was what we were waiting for. Until you examine it, then if you're going to have any kind of operation done, you don't know until they get in there. So that's why. Just to be clear, when you say off season, do you mean like the start of the TAs or do you mean like the more of the start of training camp? Except to see. But nothing that concerns us for real games in the season. Did you say what the procedure was? Like was it like an east opening or? I'll let him speak on that. Keep those guys' information private. They want to speak, post, tweet, do a tick talk about it on them. But give you a timeline and that's the best I can do. In terms of Jalen Mayfield, I know this is kind of the last one. It is. It is. I guess how much goes into play, his progress versus maybe what else you have at left guard? Because that's been a sport attack. It comes down to his progress and what's the best for his situation this season in his career. And you're just kind of assessing and appreciate him. Working back from the back injury, just kind of see where it is, his core strength and how effective he could be in a real NFL game. That's what we've got to be able to see. And with him, he's been working, it seems like, attack with a baby. Is he going to see that? That's our necessity. Because we had a couple of injuries last week. And obviously Jalen played guard force, played tackle in college. You need that versatility if you're not a starting lineman in this league. And if you're not starting right now, for sure. And then a lot of that might just add a necessity, just because the numbers you get down late in the year. And Chumo was doing something last week and just short numbers. So guys have to play multiple spots. Again, I guess what I was asking is, do y'all still envision him mostly as a guard, or is he maybe? Yeah, and then we'll obviously see where our roster's at in the spring if something were to change next year. But for this season, it would be more interior. When you are kind of thinking about his progression, how much of it goes into the overall conditioning of a lineman and how different that is? It's not just like running around and getting conditioned, but having a different type of conditioning for a lineman. Yeah, I mean, there's a lot to that. When you've missed a significant amount of time, and yeah, I mean, there's those reps you can't replicate, no matter what kind of PT you're doing. And again, you've got to assess can you function through 65, 70 snaps in an NFL game? Hold up in protection, run blocking, all that stuff. So yeah, there's a lot that goes into it. And obviously, most important is his health, where he's at. What do you see in front of the rookie receiver, George Pickett, on the table? What challenges does he present? Yeah, talented player. Made a big play there tonight. Right there on the sideline. Picket through to him. Physical player, they got a good group of skill players. So it'll be a challenge. And certainly, he's somebody that you can see that Kenny Pickett's getting comfortable throwing to, and somebody you got to account for. You mentioned that he'd be on the Ritz-Kins team that I think he said went five consecutive to make a playoff push. Yeah, that's four. I was curious if you'd gone back and thought about that winning streak and anything you'd learned that you're trying to apply now to the end of this season to try to get your team into the post. Yeah, there's lessons learned on the flip side, whether you've been a part of things, if you come out of the gate strong and then there's a late season collapse, or in that situation, obviously, that was so unique dealing with tragedy and where football really seemed trivial at the time. But obviously, going back to that football analogy, where we were, and as these games get late in the season, I mean, they just came down all of them, came down pretty much to the end. Certainly the one where we had the first one you got to get, and then just kind of momentum carried from there. So there's a lot of things that lessons learned, but also just the reality with five games and you're kind of still in the middle of that path, or not really in the middle of that, but you've still got a chance at that perspective. So even if you feel like you're down two games, like the reality is if you can just, and nothing's more important than this one, you can get the first one. The unique situation to have this late of a buy, and you got a whole quarter left. So that's why they're all important, but the reality of where we're at situationally, and the opportunity available is unique in my opinion. Talk about how much the rookie, obviously, when you drafted this rookie class, knew how much of a role they were going to play pretty early in their rookie years, but a guy like Arnold Evercady, I know he's working through that arm thing, but how much does he kind of epitomize the growth of where's the guy you needed to start early and kind of where he is now? Yeah, I mean, he's taking a lot of valuable reps. He's made some key plays at times. Doing a decent job. I mean, he's got a pretty high percentage of pressure on the quarterback, unnecessarily. That's why sometimes sacks can be misleading. You'd love to have sacks, don't get me wrong, but just affecting the quarterback can move him off the spot. So he's gotten better every week, and we're happy he's here, but same thing with D'Angelo, more replays, you can see his progress, the things he does weekend and week out. When it comes to good outside linebackers, Ed Drescher, I mean, what is kind of a key marker of their progress that you see when you kind of, not just with AK and D'Angelo, but I guess just that position as a whole? Yeah, it just depends on the call, the scheme, because that job, if you're in base defense, as you're definitely an outside linebacker, you're really an edge player, whether you're going four down or five down, and can you hold the point? Obviously in the run game, most times that's what you're doing is you're trying to contain, you're gonna be matched up on open side tackles and tight ends, can you set the edge in the run game? And then obviously, depending on your plan and the pass rush, depending on the week, what you're trying to attack, can they operate in the rush? You know, they're a guy that just runs up the field, creates lanes for a lot of mobile quarterbacks, which you see happen a lot in this league, can they be disciplined? Can they know how to set people up and pick games? And then ultimately, can they win one-on-one when they get the straight rush? So those are all the things that go into it, the job description of it, and can they handle the call? So if you're dropping guys, and that's not the most normal thing they do, but you gotta be able to do it if you're gonna bring pressure and you're gonna play that kind of defense, and there's a lot black to it. And for those guys, there's a lot on their plate, and they both contributed in a positive way, and so hopefully we keep that going. You've played a lot of reviews, whether it's due to necessity or talent, for the last couple of years, and you've talked a lot about plans for players when you drop them out. How do you square, what goes into the plan that you maybe have versus the necessity or the need of playing a guy, because, hey, you know, you've got to do this. I mean, it happened to Mayfield last year, with Josh Andrews breaking his hand the Wednesday of week one. So yeah, so sometimes you've got a great plan, and you have to adapt, and so that's what you try to do, to have contingency plans, and sometimes it works out like I like Richie, and then other times, same thing with Troy right now, I'm turning in the right direction, but make it right. Sometimes guys get thrown into the fire, and that's all you got. So you try to manage that, they may try to protect them, certain calls, and certainly, at some point you're gonna have a hard matchup and they're having to try to protect them, but that's what you're trying to get them ready for. Make sure that they're contributing, trying to help you win, build their confidence, there is some psychology that goes into it well. Kind of going off that level, but what advantages or disadvantages is it for you game planning, going up against a rookie quarterback like Kenny Pickett? Well, I mean, he's played a good number of snaps, you know, obviously you saw Monday night when they were able to get the lead and keep it balanced. He's just a very smart player. You can see that growth, and there's a lot of things that happened, and I think the thing that goes on notice is how different these pockets are from college, that's the thing that you never can replicate, or damn near impossible replicate in practice. That's where the game's so different. The amount of time and the pressure players you have in this league, and how condensed those pockets are, and people at your feet all the time, how you adjust, it's easy to throw when nobody's at your feet. And so that's where the game is so different, in my personal opinion, from college to the NFL. Yeah, going back to Kyle for a second, now that he's officially done for the year, how do you assess what he did in year two? Yeah, I've been very different years, but going back to that, like I said, I mean, he had obviously bigger statistical numbers in the passing game a year ago. We were a much different team in a different place, where you saw a lot of growth with a lot of other jobs we asked him to do. Certainly there's some things that you wish would have gone different. I mean, that's probably every year, but you can see that growth as a player, as he's become a more complete player. And as I said, the best thing is Mike is, you're not wishing to open, you know he's done it, and you know he's made other gains in different areas of what we've asked him to do. So you're very confident and positive about where his future, predicting the future, and you can't predict everything, but you've got evidence, and he's made so much growth, and he's such an impactful player, whether he touches the ball or doesn't, and being able to run behind him this year, and some really efficient runs, and also too, and even on some of the actions where he's asked to block, where they're not just assuming that he's getting out, and I mean, it just makes it where, as he continues to build, and the cow is only 22. And you see this happen at other professional sports. I've given the example, you've seen the last two NBA and MVP's, people try to huge expectations, and they let them come along, and they become really dominant players, and at a really hard position in what we ask out of that position as well. And so we're very pleased with his progress. Is there, this might sound weird, I don't know, but do you ask more from your chat-ins than maybe some other schemes? Probably. I mean, the other thing we ask him to do. Yeah. I mean, I just, you know, sitting here and studying all 32 in the off season for you, but you know, you obviously watch a lot of different films and different things, and there's a lot of, so it makes this game interesting. It'd be boring if everybody was trying to do the same thing. Just generically, what does the Pittsburgh defense kind of challenges for your offense as you go there? Yeah, I mean, they've got some good veteran players on that front, you know, KMA words, that is good at careers. Anybody up there in a long list of, you know, right, since Chuck Noel got that thing going, and they've had some damn good defenders up there, and that's one of the highest praises I could probably give, whether it matters or not, coming from me, but that's why I got a lot of respect for Cam Hayward, what he does, anchoring in the interior. Obviously, TJ Watt, really good player. Tell, you know, coming back, playing through that pet injury, and still effective rusher, really good player, and then you got two pretty savvy inside linebackers, Devon Bush and Miles Jack, pretty familiar with his years in Jacksonville, and then that third level, I mean, because as good as anybody, it's a free safety in the league. Edmunds, those guys, they do a nice job. So, you know, it's, you see a lot of stuff that, you blink, and it was 15 years ago, whether it was Kiesel, and Casey Hampton, and Aaron Smith, and Lamar Woodley, and you get this group of guys now, there's a standard in Pittsburgh, and that's why I have so much respect for Mike Tomlin, and what he's done, and that guy I've looked up to this profession that's sustained a lot of success there. Anybody else? Any thoughts on my calls, my cleats, the guys wearing cleats, seeing the name? I mean, I've saw the list, I think it's awesome what they're doing. So, just one thing, if you know guys are passionate about it, and I think it's cool because it's on an individual basis, because you're never gonna have a group of people that, you know, everybody, it allows them things they're passionate about to bring awareness to, I think is a positive. I don't know. I don't think anybody's showing up to worry about what I'm worried. I had probably guys in his league that think that, that get all dolled up the sideline, but I'm just trying to coach football. So.