 How are you, Teresa? I'm good. How are you? Great. How is Ryan doing at this point? Good, you know, progressing. And, you know, a lot of guys, you know, day after the game and they're getting treatment. So we'll continue to evaluate all those guys and see where we are on Wednesday. If you go for a day or two, how much harder is it to not have that guy at that position versus maybe some other positions for practice? Well, I mean, I think we need everybody. You know, the quarterback, you know, is vital to the execution. And we'll continue to see where Ryan is and we'll get everybody ready that we feel like needs to get ready. Is there a chance at a lighter week in general with everybody you get things done? Sure, yeah. Always trying to do those things and always looking at the schedule and trying to figure out what's best for the football team and what we need at this point in time and how we continue to try to improve. We've had a lot of different schedules and, you know, the time that I've had an opportunity to be here. Just circumstances of a short week or a bunch of injuries or COVID or being away. So, you know, we'll always try to, you know, figure out a way to make them, you know, get prepared, but, you know, just being smart. You evaluate Malik, what you've seen from him in practice so far? Well, man, I think he's continued to improve. He's taken the, you know, the ownership of the show team and that's where every backup quarterback gets their reps, but still understanding the game plan and still being ready to go. And so I kind of like where that's been the last couple of weeks. I thought it was, you know, maybe the first week of the season was something that was new for him and we had a conversation about how he needs to operate and, you know, get those guys to function, whether it's, you know, preparing for the next week's game. So I think it's been good. You talked a lot about Ryan's toughness yesterday but to be able to finish in-game and kind of step up and make a big throw to Austin late. How important was that and would he, one of those guys, refuse to not finish? Yeah, I mean, it would be hard to keep some of those guys from trying to go back in and doing everything that they possibly can to help the football team. You know, Ryan is just, you know, one example of that, of many, but he certainly had all intentions of doing everything that he could to get back there and, you know, with any injury, we've been through this as it relates to us is how we identify if guys can continue to play. Can they make it worse? Are they going to be able to reasonably do their job and can they up to the expectations that we have for them and can they protect themselves? So, you know, when he was able to progress through big throw, but the few times that we needed to progress, the line gave us that opportunity, you know, so that was also really good to see and then, you know, Ryan was able to get the ball down there to hoop late. You saw Malik as, you saw Malik out wide a couple of times on the aborted handoff. Was that more product of being short-handed at the wide receiver position and putting him there or just trying to put a new wrinkle in and add something else? I think probably a little bit of both, you know, wanting to make sure that, you know, we're doing things that we think can help us with, you know, Malik's ability, so we'll see what kind of where that package goes and, you know, thought we had a good play, thought we really liked, you know, where things were and what it would look like and unfortunately we just weren't able to execute on that particular play, but, you know, we'll try to keep doing things that we feel like, you know, can help us in his skill set and seeing where things go. You talk a lot about how proud you are to coach the guys on this team. When you see a bunch of your stars picking themselves off the turf in the game and helping you win in the manner you did yesterday. Was yesterday on the near the top of the list of how proud you've been? Probably, yeah. You know, you just, you know, I don't think that people realize what they go through, whether, you know, they start in college or you end up as a professional athlete the toll that this game takes and, you know, what it can give you but also, you know, what it can take away from you and they put a lot in and they compete. And, you know, just really, you know, got a lot of respect for, I would say, the majority of these guys that matter fine and ways, no matter what. And just each and every week far less than a hundred percent during the game, things come up and they get evaluated and you can just tell that it means a lot to them. So I'm grateful to be able to work with them each every day. But DePri, you said Mike with Ben Jones in the tunnel yesterday, what would you say to them? I mean, I think, you know, obviously these things aren't, I just appreciate them and that'll stay between me and Ben, you know, but you know, I just, you come to work every day and you hear a lot of hours and you get a lot of respect for guys, the way they are as people, the way they are as teammates and players and parents and husbands and so, you know, to be able to see what it means to these guys, it's not just another game, it's not just a paycheck. So I just really appreciate what they do. He said that he plays with so much energy because it's contagious and he wants to create other opportunities. When you see him in the game, can you feel a difference in the energy level and if so, why is that? I mean, I think that we all expect to play hard whether Bud's in there or not and we appreciate Bud's effort and he does run to the football but Jeff Simmons has been running to the football and makes three or four plays down the field. That's the expectation for defensive football is that you play full tilt to the tackle whenever you're in there. So it was good to have Bud back out there but we're going to expect to play hard on defense with whoever's out there. Does Bud allow you to do more things or just do things better? I don't think it allows us to do things. We don't want to do a whole lot much. I mean, we got a lot of moving parts and I think where we're at right now is guys starting to understand what we're doing. I didn't give up X plays. A couple of times we gave up leverage but a couple of times we were in man coverage and we're really tight and the zone execution I thought was much better than it was in previous weeks. I thought it was good. I thought he represented himself well and what we asked him to do on early downs and then he lost leverage on the one with Pittman but with time and understanding I would see him being able to make that play but his versatility is great. We'll see where he ends up this week. How big an adjustment is that for him to move? How big an adjustment is that for him to move down into the slot like that? Well, I think you'd have to ask Imani because from the looks at things, again this isn't me saying that it's easier or not it's just from the looks at things he looked like he handled what we were asking him to do fairly well from a communication so I think that that would have to be a great question for him just to say but going into the game whether he played there or not he would be able to tell you what the corner had what the nickel had and what the safety has pretty much on every call that we have. On the coaching end of that when you guys come up with that and install it during the week and then see it work successfully not how gratifying it is but how much fun is that part of the job to kind of craft something and then see it come to fruition? Well, I think what's gratifying is that you see improvement from players that's where coaches get the satisfaction you know, you try to spend countless hours thinking about technique, thinking about hey how would I do this how would we expect the player to reasonably do this they use the technique it works they have success you know, you continue to build small victories and then you can make significant changes because there's buy-in when players see improvement they know that you can help them and that they trust you and then we're all working on the same page but we don't sit around and pat ourselves on the back that's not what we're about we're trying to help the players and make sure that we're putting them in positions to help them succeed and they go out and execute Beyond Randy being 4-4-4 on field goals was yesterday maybe one of the better all-around days for special teams it seemed like the coverage units won the field position battle I think we could pump better, I think we could cover punts better I didn't like some of those longer returns but we ran down there on kickoff with speed unfortunately we had the penalty on kickoff return you're giving it probably a little better review than maybe I am but Randy that was great to see we had one good return with Hassan who continues to run hard back there and break some arm tackles and just unfortunate that we start with the penalty so there's a lot of things to improve on but I appreciate your optimism you mentioned the zone execution was better yesterday why did you improve? because we didn't get the ball thrown over our head there were some instances in the first game where we were just jumping down on things and giving them some easy throws over our head and we forced the ball to be thrown in front and when the longest play is 20 yards in the next couple or 14 you make them earn it which then opens up more opportunities for us to affect the quarterback or knock the football out or intercept it when you have these long explosive plays that changes field position now they're in a red zone and they're in their scheme plays and everything else so that was probably just forcing them to throw it underneath and be able to break and tackle and go from there individual improvements not making mistakes or communication collectively? I think just overall understanding of what it is that has to happen in each coverage understanding on the touchdown on Andrew's touchdown there was great communication I think Kevin made a check and you can see guys quickly get into position the ball was then snapped and then ultimately they executed the call so that's a great example of being able to adjust and the players communicating and then ultimately executing the play for a big play we're going to try to do whatever we can do to win the football game each and every week that's what I would continue to say I thought it was okay I thought it was fairly competitive lost the leverage on the one inside but that wasn't like he was playing outside he went in and stabbed the ball from Pierce on the strike didn't swat at it didn't foul him was square at the top went through and did what we coach him to do obviously you paid off at the end of Terrence where's the balance on that with making the tackle and punching the way out well I think every time you go to make a tackle you have to figure out what position you're in are you in an open field tackle where the objective is just to get him on the ground and if you ask any of our players in an open field situation the clear objective is to find a way to get him on the ground and not cause a fumble and not we don't need a big hit we need to make sure that he ends up on the ground or you're working with another player and then you want to come inside out and the first guy is going to keep his angle and the second guy in is going to try to hammer at the ball is it a defensive lineman that's chasing from inside out or is it a box tackle where there's not a whole lot of space and you're in between the tackle so there's a lot of different situations I think you see us working in the open field but when there's another guy around and you're in a vice tackle situation we really want you trying to focus on the football are you going to miss and kill somebody at some point I mean he's throwing haymakers at the football well I know that him and Jeff were running down there chasing the football and we just have to hope that it continues maybe it comes out Robert Woods has made the most of his opportunities and have you seen him make some tough catches across the middle of the past couple of weeks yeah I mean I think Robert is doing everything that we asked him to do felt like he was open on the strike Ryan thought that there was a little bit of traffic so he progressed through and hit Cody for our longest gain of the day I thought he blocked well you know Ryan pulled it and he was protecting the quarterback and did have some tough catches in traffic you know talk to him about reaching the ball you know I don't think we need to do that but being able to take the contact and being available over the middle is certainly a great quality how did Raiden's do in his start yesterday versus compared to his start two weeks ago against Washington I mean I think it was about the same I don't think there were some plays that that need to be better there are some plays there that we would expect him to be able to make and be able to adjust to but then there were other plays where he was good he helped us in a run game or he replaced his hands and had the penalty which you know that isn't something that we're looking for but is going to happen and I'm sure he was geared up ready to go but we just have to fix those things and make sure that they don't hurt us the next time were you going to snap it down there when he jumped I guess we'll never know Jim breakfast when did this open this week like Elijah or anyone else it's only Monday so I don't I wouldn't be able to tell you that hopefully sober I guess elevated three times was kind of been your e-bell on him and do you see him as a guy that might get you know signed permanently or we would have most of the week to decide that but I think he's done what we've asked him to do is play a couple different positions which he has played on the edge for us played inside helped us on some special teams and you know so we'll see where it is on as the week progresses and see who's available and see who we we need for the game same thing a lot of guys that come in have a good workout and continuing to add some players at positions that we want to try to get some depth at your technique on the challenge flag was that one of the confidence you knew you're probably going to win it have you got any good feedback on that no no I've not not much feedback my I don't get a chance to do it that often right so I want to try to do something different each time I looked out I saw Ron I didn't want to throw it at Ron and I just felt like I saw Max there who by the way those two officials in the second half on our sidelines that that was really good officiating Keith and Max and Max was a rookie I felt like the communication was was excellent throughout the entire second half and those two worked well together Keith's a veteran but I just you know I wanted everybody to know I just felt like the way they two work together and the communication that they had on our sidelines was really good no I was just kind of wanted to see you know me and Max was there and I just wanted to make sure that they they saw it weird to be going to Houston in October rather than the end of the season no not a no dad really giving that much thought tree so I just look at the next game it says at Houston and figure out what time we're going to leave where we're going to stay kind of go from there but the date date doesn't really mean a whole lot weather's going to be 72 no wind my guess there you go