 What's going on, everybody? See some familiar faces. It's cool. It's cool. Where we starting? From a team perspective, it's been a smooth transition. A lot of what J-Rob's system is rooted in New England, which is a system I came up under in Atlanta. And so that part has been good. Got a lot of good guys in the office that kind of help. What's up, JL? Kind of helps with the transition in terms of learning a new city. Not there yet. I'll be lying to you if I told you I've done a whole lot. Literally work, go back to my apartment. I have gone to a Prez game, which was really cool. And I went to a soccer match for the first time on Sunday, which was also really cool. So looking forward to really getting out in the community, learning the community. I love to eat. A lot of great restaurants. And so I'm looking to hit them all. So it's been going really well. Like I said, in my presser, our foundation of football is the same. And it helps me coming into a system that's already established in terms of what is going to look like to be a Tennessee titan, both offensively, defensively, and special teams. And we'll work through it any tiebreaker. So it's not an ego thing. And again, I'm coming into this thing with the mind frame of helping him build a team in the way he wants to see it. And I'm in a learning phase of what that looks like and what that's going to be. And so if there's a tiebreaker, we'll cross that bridge when we get there. But right now, we're on the same page. I mean, Ryan's done a great job. Ryan's won a lot of football games, as you guys know. He's been a diligent worker. He's been in the building every day, rehabbing, and getting his work in. So he's on the contract. I'm excited about moving forward with him. And like I said, he's done a lot of great things. I have a ton of respect for him. Well, I mean, it's a process, right? So you have to evaluate everybody at every position every year. And we'll continue to do that. We'll continue to stack and rank our quarterbacks, whether it's free agency, whether it's the draft, because you've got to always look for options at every position every year. You can't settle in. We all know that the quarterback position is seen as one of the top positions in our league, so you always got to have one. I mean, you look at JL just walked by. John Lynch entered the year on the fourth quarterback. So you've got to be good at that position from top to bottom, however many you decide to keep. Ryan is under contract. I know you guys, I just want to speak freely for a moment. I know everybody wants to make a big deal out of the quarterback position and whether he will or won't be here. But you guys just have to accept the fact that Ryan is under contract for us. And right now he's a titan and he will be a titan. Well, I mean, honestly, I don't want to speak on his contract status, because I don't think that's fair to him. I don't think it's fair to his reps because we haven't approached that or thought about that with them. So I don't want to speak about that publicly with anyone. I mean, it helps, right? Because I've been here, I've gone through this interview process as a player. And you just want to make it as human as possible. You want to create an environment where they can truly show who they are. And I think in doing that, you create a comfortable environment. If you come into our interview room, again, you have myself, you have Mike, you have other people in the room that have played the game. And so we're in this space, it's only 20 minutes, right? How much can you really get from someone in 20 minutes? So you really want to create that environment to allow us to get those questions answered that we need. So again, we're not going to build around one person in particular, right? It's a football team, you know? I was just talking with Mike Keith, and at the end of the day, it's like putting a puzzle together, right? You know what that puzzle and what that picture's going to look like when you open the box. So you just got to get there. And so we're still collecting all the pieces to make that puzzle picture come to light at the end. Well, Traylin's just got to be like everybody else. He's got to continue to evolve and develop, and that'll come. He was a rookie that came in, kind of got up to a little bit of a slow start, but started to catch fire at the end. And so we just got to build on how he ended. And Traylin's another guy that's been in the building, has been doing a ton of work, and he's showing that he's committed to the process. So as long as he does that and he does his part, then he'll be a part of the process moving forward. So we're not going to talk about, one thing I'll tell you guys, and the agents that I have spoken to, we won't negotiate publicly. That's not what we're gonna do. We're gonna, this is, we're a family, and we're gonna keep family business in house. And when that time comes for us to make a public announcement one way or the other, we'll do that. So, I mean, it was a lot of injuries. We got to start there. And to answer your question about Taylor, Taylor's been a key cog and a super productive member of the organization for a while. So that was a tough move to make, but it was one that we needed to make. And Taylor understood that. But moving forward, we just got to continue to build the old line. You got to be able to, if you're gonna have your franchise quarterback or have your franchise running back, however you want to put it, you got to be able to protect those people and open up holes for those guys. So we'll continue to look for those players and look to add depth to that as well. In the event of injuries, we'll be able to keep the ball rolling. Point of concern, no. Just, again, it's coming in, learning the whole team. So it's not always a one for one. Again, you're building a football team. We're not collecting talent. Every unit on the defense offense, we want to improve to make better. So we'll continue to do that. I just want to get to know the people, right? So they're not playing any more football. So we got that tape. We've evaluated that tape over the last three, four, five and now six years. So this is an important process to get to know the people. Are they the right type of people to bring into our building? So I kind of hit on it a little bit earlier. So it's been, again, a similar system that Jay Rob established. And it was important for me when I came in to make the adjustment to the group as opposed to trying to flip the group and make them adjust to me. And again, with the language being the same, we're kind of in that same ballpark in terms of how we evaluate the player. So for me, in our meetings that we've had, whether it was free agency, whether it was the college meetings that we had before we got here, I'm more in a position I want to listen. I want to hear these guys speak. I'm getting to know these scouts and what their strengths and weaknesses are. So it's important for me to listen at this point. I've done my evaluations. I've done my work. So now I'm listening to them and how they see things. I think you got to be open, right? So the game of football, it's changing. It's evolving. There's no more real old school. Hate to keep going back to the San Francisco days, but we got to a point in our offense where we were playing positionless football. We had a player like Debo. You move around Christian. You move around even George Kittle for things he can do at the tight end position. So you got to be ever evolving in your process and not try to set yourself in boxes. Again, it's, you know, I've always said, and it's my own personal philosophy, it's cute, it's sexy to play Golden State Warriors football in September and October when the weather's good, but the teams that are playing in January and in the February are teams that play tough defense and teams that are able to run the ball. And so you got to be able to do those things. So again, it goes back to the work that our area scouts do from, you know, from the moment these guys come into these universities to when we get them at this point and leaning on those guys for their expertise, right? And so that's why it's important for me in this stage to listen, to listen and read those players. And I think if you, like you said, you hit on Richard, you can tell pretty quickly how he's wired, you know, and you can see those guys who have the dog in them and you can see guys that, you know, may give you some concern. And if you got guys that give you that concern, then I think you follow up with more visits to see if that's true or if they were in just nervous. Because you got to understand, this is the point in your career where that dream that you've worked the last 20 some odd years, this is the point right here. This is the last step before you realize that dream. So it creates a nervous energy so you might not see the best from them in that one particular setting. That's why you give them another chance and bring them in to kind of see if what you saw was real. It might have. I'm not going to pretend to be a NIO expert. It's not my space. I don't know much about that. I've seen a couple things that is probably more beneficial for them to return and, you know, all of that. I don't know that space. But again, you know, if your goal in life is to make it to the NFL when that opportunity presents itself, you take it. So I lean on Mike a lot. Our offices are right next door to each other. And so I'm in there or he comes to my office. And again, this is his vision of the offense, defense and special teams. I'm learning that, right? So the best person to learn that from is him. So I go to him, hey, man, am I seeing this correct? I think this guy can do these things. And what are we looking for in this? So I met with the assistant coaches from each position group and had them put together a 15 to 20 play highlight tape of what they're looking for in every single position. And when they're talking about hand use or, you know, talking about specific moves, put examples on the tape so I can see. So I'm learning their language through that. And so again, whether it's with Mike, whether it's with Shane, whether it's with Tim or Ock, like we're spending time together so I can learn their language and see exactly what they're talking about when we're talking to players. So right now my focus is the Tennessee Titans. I hadn't bothered to look at what the rest of the AFC South is doing. In terms of the building, I couldn't have asked to come to a better building. The energy has been unbelievable. The welcome has been unbelievable. And just moving throughout the building, whether I'm on the first floor, I'm second floor, third floor, I just see great people and people that are excited to get this new process rolling. So it's been a good transition that way, but to bring it home, what you said, like I'm not focused on the AFC South right now, I'm focused on the Titans. No, conversation went really well. Frank in the weight room has done a good job but let me know when guys are around because I'm still getting to know these guys. And so I make sure whether, if I know there are players in the building, I go down to the weight room, training room, or locker room where they are just to introduce myself and let them know that my door is open if they wanna have further conversation. About anything, whatever it is, and they're more than welcome to come in. And Jeffrey was one of the guys that took the invite and we sat and had a 20 minute, 30 minute conversation, realized we had a lot of people in common. And so it was really a get to know each other and break ground. But the first question I got when I got the job was from my six year old son. And he asked if Jeffrey Simmons was gonna be his boy. And so I had to ask Jeffrey if he wanted to be my six year old son's boy. So Jeffrey's cool with it right now. I told my son, Jeffrey might not like you. So we'll see when we get there. But it was a great conversation and he's a cool dude. One more time. So I mean, I've been evaluating Ryan since he came out of Texas A&M so you kinda know it from that space. But it's been cool to get to know the dude and how he works. And again, quarterback is one of those diligent working positions and you see those guys all throughout your building all throughout the year. And Ryan is everything that a quarterback is. Like I said, he's in the building every day. He's doing his work and he's around the guy. So I respect that about him. One more time. Good football players. It's that simple. So from that standpoint, really it's having everybody on the same page. And that was the one thing we had in San Francisco was everybody was on the same page. You get to those later rounds. That's the area scouts. Those are position coaches that was the coordinators are finding those true positional fits for whatever system and schemes you wanna run. So that's what allowed us to have success in San Francisco and we looked to emulate that. We've kinda gotten the process rolling in terms of linking up our cross check guys with their position coaches and building that rapport and we're gonna continue to do that in Tennessee. So I think the accelerator kinda enhanced. So let's be honest, people want what winners have. And so anytime you're looking to hire someone whether whatever the position is, they start with winning organizations because you wanna emulate that. So my resume got me to a point but then the accelerator actually got me in a room with owners that I otherwise wouldn't have had the opportunity to, right? The only owner that you have constant contact with is the one that owns your organization that you work for. The accelerator got me in a room with Ms. Amy. I don't know where else I would have possibly met Ms. Amy. But again, it's more than just the accelerator program. It's the people participating in it because everybody can show up but you have to be intentional when you show up. And I think when the Titans got there, I guess it was in December. I think they were intentional. Now granted, it was a long line to talk to them because they had a job that was open and everybody wanted to put their best foot forward but I appreciate the fact that they were intentional. And again, if you look at their interview list that was that they interviewed in the process and who the finalists were, the good majority of those people were at the accelerator program. Appreciate y'all.