 All week that this was going to be a prize fight. It was going to be a heavyweight street showdown. How do you describe this game? Man, it was good, man. They got a good front. They got some good players on their side. They got a good defense. But you got to play on all phases. And I think we did that today. Like we always say, bend on break. Or if something happened on the offense, we need to just step up on the defense. And I think we did that this game. For the second straight week, one of your young defensive backs ends the game with an interception. We got Richie last week, a couple of lockers over. As you can hear, D-Out for this time. How good is that to see? Man, good, man. Any time the young boys can go out here and end the game, that's what we kind of do on defense. We always say, let's stand up. And that's what we did. That's two weeks in a row that the defense has to stand up. We have some young guys do it again. Man, it feels good to go out here and get to in a row. Look, you're on the sideline doing your thing. You guys are talking with coaches looking at film. But did you notice how you guys were running the ball? You had a 10-play touchdown drive. All rushes. I mean, did you guys pay attention? Did that get you fired up? For sure. For sure. We definitely pay attention. Hunt was running the ball hard, man. The old line was blocking hard. And that's what you need. You can get those 10 plays and run some clock off. It came up big for us. You guys have had four games. All four of them have come right down to the last possession. I mean, what's it been like and what's it like now to have put two in a row in the wincom? And that's how it goes. If you look around and leave, man, the games are one by seven or less, majority of the time. I've probably been in league 11 years. Probably like 95% of my games would come down to seven points or less. And you just want to be on the right side of that. And that's what we did the last two games. We've been on the right side of it. Last question for you after a physical game like this, when they got some big receivers, everybody's getting in there in the run game, you're going to feel a little more tomorrow after one like this? Yeah, we're going to feel it a little bit. But after a win, you're going to feel it as much. It takes all 11 from the receivers to the backs to the tight ends and us up front. So it's just a great team effort to go out there and be that efficient running. You had that drive that ended with the Caleb's rushing touchdown, 10 plays, all running plays. What's that like for you? It's a great feeling. Just staying on track in the downs. Those guys were running hard. And like I said, it takes all 11. And there was belief in what we do. And I think that showed. Take us inside the huddle, though. As it's one run play after another, I mean, are guys getting fired up? Are you guys kind of looking at each other? Like, all right, we're doing something here? Yeah, for sure. And I think we knew that we, you know, I forget what the score was at the time, but we knew we had to go down and put points on the board. And just really, there was belief in the huddle that, and as soon as you start stacking those, it's easier. And you can see it more. But every single guy really had faith in what we were doing and came out and really attacked it. We heard from Arthur all week this was going to be a heavyweight fight. How did he get that across to you guys? I mean, are you watching boxing clips? How'd he instill that in you guys? I think it's just the identity of what we want to be about that as a team. And I think he started this last year when he got here and then built it through this season. And I think we're really starting to embrace the identity as a team. What is that identity you want to show? Is it rushing yards? Is it toughness? Is it physicality? Just the style of play, we just want to come out, play hard, work hard, be, you know, a Simon sound on every single snap. And I think we have that. Again, it's truly a team effort and takes all 11 to run the ball. You guys have had two in a row now, close games, but all four of your games have come right down to the last possession. What's that been like and how good has it been to now put two in a row in the wing call? It's an incredible feeling. The defense played outstanding. And it was so awesome to watch them go out there and make a play. And I mean, Grady is, you know, there's a reason why he's Grady. He earns that every day and went out there and made a great play and then followed it up. I mean, it was a great job by our defense. Last question for you, Chris, is, you know, C.P. does it every week. Tyler's been doing it now to see a young guy, Caleb, get involved. What's it been like to see so many running backs having so much success behind you guys? It's inspiring to watch those guys run. Those guys run hard. They work hard every single day. The finishing that guys have at the top of runs, from skill guys to offensive line, trying to push the pile. And those guys just running hard. It's really awesome to be a partner. What's your legacy when you guys were running it all like that? What's that in line for? Well, it's just a group effort. All week, we've been trying to establish the line of scrimmage and that's just something we've been working on now. And we came out here short today. So, Kyle, you know, what was it like when you all get that go-ahead field goal to, you know, come back, get the lead as a back-and-forth game? How do y'all stay on top of things to, you know, you have to pull a game out like this? I mean, we knew it was going to be a four-quarter fight. So, you know, we had that mindset all week, which it is every week. But just going out there, keep fighting to the end and then cool, put it up, put it through and then, you know, we got the win. And what did you say about your defense for the second week in a row that go out and close it out before you got it? I mean, we all work together. So, offense helps defense, defense helps the offense. Special teams, you know, it all correlates. So, for all of us to put together a complete game, I feel like that was a good job. What was it like on the sidelines when Grady got the sack and then when Dee got the pick? Oh, I mean, that's awesome. Everybody was jumping for joy. I mean, you know, those two great playmakers in, it was a great season. Thanks, Kyle. Well, it looked like Coach Ragon kind of got the offense together somewhere in that third quarter. What was the message at that point? To just go back to the basics and the fundamentals, to just keep playing our game and grind out the win. Kyle, just two and two. I mean, you guys, a couple of, a couple of plays, a couple of situations away from being really rewind, even, or what not. I mean, how much encouraging is it that you guys are playing at this level so pressure? I mean, in this locker room, we know who we are. So, you know, we go out each week, you know, with where in my, what we're talking about in our team room and just working, keeping our head down and just going for it. I just think, you should just drag the guy, just drag the guy and just trust my rules, trust my rules and then just, couldn't do without the O-line and the receivers blocking. So, you know, that's a 111, you know, all 11 team, all 11 driver right there. And what about the group? You, Caleb, even Avery got a run in there. What does it say about the group that y'all were able to put up 200 again today? Yeah. Yeah, I just thought we all just fed off each other. I think that's the biggest thing, you know, we don't, like, obviously everyone wants to, wants to touch the rock, everyone wants to score, but I think all, a group collective, like, as long as we got that dove and we did and truly you just said it, we just rushed for 200 some yards, whatever. So I think that's a big, like, big thing in our room. Thank you. We heard all we from Arthur and from everybody. It was gonna be a heavy weight to fight and all that stuff. How'd they get that across to you guys? Or you got, you just put it up on the board, you watched boxing clips, like how'd he get across to you guys if this was gonna be this kind of physical game? No, shoot, you know, we got a lot of, like, we got heard a lot of news articles, like, we got them, got like their, their run game, like their run game, like on our boards and stuff. So, you know, we just got, had just, we're just, fudge, sorry, we just had, we were just ready, ready. We knew it was gonna be a physical game. So I think we just freaking strapped our helmets up and then just freaking got it done. I mean, you guys came in with one of the best rushing attacks. Did you guys as running backs, look at them getting all the hype and kind of feed off that? I would say, yeah, we fed off it, but didn't keep it, like, we just, we just got to do what we do, like stats or whatever, but we just need to do what we do and just play all of them football. How do you describe this kind of game? Just the physicality? Like, how does a football player describe this kind of game? Yeah, sure, it's, I'm not sure. Yeah, you know, I think that was just, it was just a game that we needed to win and then we ended up getting the job done. Chris, let's go a minute ago, said this is an identity game, you know, to kind of show the identity guys, do you guys agree or do you agree and what kind of identity are you guys trying to show with this kind of game? Well, yeah, shoot, like a physical, like a physical and gritty group, you know, strap our helmets up and just get to, like, get to rolling, whether it's a pass, whether it's a run, you know, just got to do our part. Looks like like you see Caleb start rolling like that. Once that happened, that's what you guys were going to rip off. I just think, like I said earlier, if we can just feed off each other, feed off each other, you know, he had a great, like he ended up hitting the touchdown and all that, you know, like all the running backs were over here, hyped up for him. I think that's what shows like for our group, you know, either if someone has like individual success, you know, we're all just hyped up for him and all that. You guys recognize what Mike, you guys have run? It's fun. It's fun, you know, it makes the game fun. That's what we do. You know, it's rewarding to us because that's how we practice every day, man. You know, we bring it every day to practice and we prepare to play like that. So it's fun when we actually get to do that in the game. Who's that second? Did you have any signal, signifying before the game that that might be able to happen? No, not really. I mean, we did that off the art and coaching staff, but, you know, we just prepare to play and come out and do our thing, whether that's running the ball, passing the ball or, you know, whatever we have to do to get the win. Where does that feel like up front when y'all get it rolling? You guys are ripping off 10, 7, 8, 41-yard run. Yeah, you know, it just feels like we're all in sync. It feels like, you know, everything is paying off that we practice for all week. And it feels good, man. Like I said to him, you know, it makes it feel fun. It's fun to us when we get to go out there and run for 200 yards and, you know, put the team on our backs. What was the sideline like when Grady got the sack there and then when you got the pick at the end? Oh, man, it was electrifying. I think I was miked up, so you could probably hear me screaming. You could probably hear my voice right now, a little hoarse, but I was screaming at the top of my lungs, oh, yeah, Grady, yeah, Grady. Then Dee got the pick, you know, and he fought through the adversity. He let up a play early in the game, and, you know, he kept pressing, kept pressing, kept pressing. And look, he's rewarded with a pick, and that's how we work. So I think that that's, you know, a credit to what we do every single day when we come to work and just it shows, you know. What does this say for the season, you know, two-on-two going to Tampa Bay, you know, some people said I wasn't going to win, but two games, so... What do you say to those folks, the two-win people? I can't speak for everybody else, but, you know, the way that I look at it, you know, we want to know this week. It's a new week next week. We kind of work every week, and we come to be wanting to know. So that's how you got to approach this game, you know, every single day, every single week, you know, day by day, week by week, game by game, just taking one step at a time and see where we're at and then. What was that 10-play, all-rushing-place, touchdown drive-lay? It was satisfying, you know. Not only, I hope to the rest of the line, but to me, because like I said, you know, that's how we work and, you know, just the conditioning we do and just everything. You just, you felt it. You see them tired, gasping for air. You see us, you know, huddling up and running to the ball. You know, it's very satisfying to see the work paying off. So, I mean, you're mic'd up, so we'll find out eventually this week. Oh, yo, yeah, yo, you'll hear it, yeah, you'll hear it. Inside the huddle on those drives, right, is Marcus just calling out the plays, or does he have a message for you guys, especially you guys up front, what you were doing to continue it? You know, he comes in and he's like, let's go guys, let's get it going, let's get it rolling. I kind of chime in a little bit, you probably hear on the mic, Doug, like, you know, let's go, let's get something going, let's get it going, you know, it's on us. That's kind of, you know, my little buzzwords that I say in the huddle, but, you know, other than that, everybody's locked in, you know, listening to the call and just ready to roll. Arthur kept calling it a heavyweight fight, big boy football, what's your preferred term for a game where you guys have 200 rushing yards, they have 170, what do you call that game? I call that, yeah, I call that a heavyweight fight, man, and I think we came out on top. Absolutely, man, so happy for that boy, man. He been working hard, bro, a tired count, and he forgot to finish it out for us today. It was a good day. What does it say about this defense? Not just the interception, Grady, Sack, and second straight week, again, you guys lock it down at the end when the other team has a chance to do something. Told you, we fighting, bro. Like, you gotta believe those words, man, we fighting. I think the team believes it and we believe in each other, so when we're getting those moments, we're just going back to the basics, our training, believing in it, and then we're producing. We talked to you during the week. We knew, you knew, everybody knew that Cleveland was gonna come in, try to pound the ball, try to run it. How do you guys feel you handled that today? Man, I think up front, they did a hell of a job. I mean, like, he had some bursts. They had a couple breaks, 27, 24, but at the end of the day, I think, I think I D-line did a hell of a job at Lion Becker's. What kind of mentality does it take out of all 11, though, because you were involved in a lot of those as well? I mean, yeah, you know, we had to do our part as well, but you see, it's a couple of balls to try to throw deep, so, you know, we had to be real disciplined in our coverage, but Satan got in there a little bit. We got to mix a little bit. How do you describe a game like that where you know they're gonna run the ball and then you guys are able to go out and run for over 200 yards? Hey, man, I'm so happy, bro. I'm not gonna lie to you, man. All the fans, they came and did what they wanted to do. Defense came and we did what we had to do, and we got the W. What did you learn about this team, this game, and the last one as well, to be able to come out, close out the game on defense? Just say belief, man. Belief in our training, belief in our coaching, belief in the scheme, belief in each other. That's what's giving us that push to go out there and finish these games like this. One of the other key things you guys did today was really limit them on third down. How much of that was an emphasis for you guys and how much pride do you take in that? They were five for 14 on third down. Five for 14, ooh. I didn't even know, to be honest, I went keeping up, but I mean, that's a hell of a effort for the defense, you know what I mean? I'm real proud I got three for 15. Or five for 15, he said. That is not what I expected, but that's a hell of a job. You guys really had some stands there against them, right? And you force a fumble there inside the five in the first half. They get the ball after the interception on quick change, you hold them to a field goal. They get first and goal at the one. You hold them to a field goal. How were you guys able to do that to really kind of bend but don't break, I guess? Like I said, we're just believing in our trainer, man. Like every single thing that we did today or gave up today, you know, it was some plays that the defense wanted back, you know, as a defense as a whole. But like you said, no situation. I think it was just believing in our trainer, man. Simple as that. Last thing for a man, two and two after the first two games. Each and every game came down to the very last possession. What are you looking for going forward? Where does this team go from here? Want to know next week. LA, it was like, it was kind of discouraged because he wasn't getting a lot of play time but I was like, bro, just stick with it. Keep grinding. We built for this. Me and him, both come from the south side so things could get kind of hard but we here and I was like, it's only a matter of time and when it was his time, he made his play. I'm proud of him. You said he's been getting frustrated. What was that like for you when you've been on the practice squad and all of a sudden the second half, they're like, go ahead, go run the ball. I was just ready for my opportunity. Like I told the guys earlier, I practiced how I play. So in practice all week, I was getting ready for the moment and when my number was called, I stepped up and did what I needed to do. Offensive line, did they think? And we went to work. What's it like after those maybe first couple of runs where you're getting really positive yardage? Like, did something change in you? Did something shift? It was a boost but when I went in, first play I already had that chip on my shoulder to do whatever I needed to do to get the team on the right foot. Cause like I said before, it was kind of stifled but once I got in there, I was like, okay, let's go. We got to do this, we got to get this dub. And after those couple runs, I just got happy and stay with it. What about your line, what did you say, what did you see from then and how they were getting a good push for your guests? Oh man, they were blowing them boys off the ball. I was like, man, I can go either way with this one. Like it was just a whole lot of space and took advantage of that. At what point this week did you know you were going to be active? I knew yesterday for sure. Coach called me. Coach called you, so he called yourself? Yes sir. Where were you? I mean, what was that in your life for you? Where was I? I was in Atlanta at my Airbnb because I knew we had to walk through today. I mean, yesterday. So I was just out here because it made sense instead of being on the north side and making that commute. But once he called me, I was like, okay, let's go Tom. What were you, do you remember what you were doing? Just studying, you know, studying, relaxing and just getting ready for the next time. Studying your playbook or studying my eskimo playbook? Did you like jump up, call your mom? Nah, I told my mom earlier in the week so she kind of already knew that it was a chance that I would be playing. But I called her again to let her know. And as soon as I knew, I was trying to get tickets for them and everything but I wasn't able to do that because my son and my girlfriend, they was at the house and I didn't want to make that commute and be late at the hotel last night. So it was at home watching me on TV. And what was her reaction? Your mother? Yeah, she was so excited. Guys, I just been through a lot growing up and this moment seemed like it would be forever but you know, it's finally here. Took advantage of it. How would you say that your group, your running back group is gelling? We're gelling perfectly. We all come in every day and put our best foot forward. Got a great coach behind us and just critiques us on a little thing to make us be a good group. Do you kind of have a bond that we're being from the South side? Oh yeah, for sure. We actually played each other in high school at something called spotting camp which is like a padded summer camp. So once he told me what school he went to, I was like, okay, yeah, respect because I know how hard it is coming up from down there. You know, making it to this level is kind of hard, nearly impossible, but we did it.