 I obviously just want to start off by thanking you guys, thanking you guys for what you do. I know it's a long year. I know that we have our ups and downs, but we spend a lot of time together. I respect the job that you do. I hope that you respect the job that I try to do. And I want to thank you. And I know there's a lot of travel involved, schedules, COVID protocols, days we go in the bubble, days that were on Zoom. So thank you. Thank you for sending our message to our fans, Jimmy and everybody else. At this loss, how do you go about deconstructing it to see what has to be done to take this team to the next step? Well, we've won a lot of games. We've won 34 games, whatever we've won in three years, but we haven't won a playoff game in two years. And that's when you have to be at your best. And I think in Saturday night, there were glimpses of it, just not consistent enough in all three phases. So we will work and to improve, to make sure that when you do play playoff games, you're at your best and doing everything that we have to do to take care of the football, to tackle, to cover, to be able to convert on third down and continue to affect their quarterback. And all those things that you saw that were there at times, just not consistent enough. Ryan and Derek in these two playoff losses in two years haven't played to the level that they played in the regular season. You consider that the two game aberration ill time or a problem? Well, probably we've always said that your best players have to play good in this league for you to win. And then that goes without saying. I've always felt that way as a player, especially as a coach. So when you're talking about skilled players, especially guys that are responsible for the football, they need everybody. They need everybody around them to succeed. So I think that that's a byproduct of everybody. But your best players have to play good in order for you to win. That's the season that Todd Downing had for you guys as offensive play caller. I think Todd does a great job. I think he's a great coach. I think he's a hard worker. And there's always going to be calls you'd like to have back. There's plays you'd like to have back. But I don't evaluate things. I try to see how guys communicate with each other. The players, are we all on the same page? Is there good communication? How do we do on third down? How are we doing in the red zone? Things have to be better in all three phases each and every year. But I love the relationship that Todd has with the assistant coaches and the players. And we'll all continue to improve. What about in terms of the relationship with Ryan? Do you think that Ryan has suffered at all losing Arthur and going to Todd this year? Arthur coaches for the Falcons. Transition from Arthur to Todd, though. Do you feel like there's any diminishing effect at all now? As far as your involvement in the offensive part of the team that that phase, did you have the same level as you've had in the past? I'm the head coach, Teron. I've got operations and got an ability to go into every meeting and talk and I enjoy those. I enjoy it a lot, so yeah, I wouldn't say that that's any more or any less. Do you know what I mean? Is that something that you've? That's what I was curious. No, that's a part of the game I think I enjoy. I enjoy being able to, again, try to have input but also allow coaches to coach. And if there's something that I think that we should do or I want change, then we change it. But I'm also not an expert at every single scheme or run game. I know what I'd like to do or say, hey, can we put this in? And then we work to put it in or I try to give ideas. And I enjoy that. I just had to be conscious of how many ideas I give because they have to take it to the players and then make sure that it's installed. And again, we've been through the process of what has to happen when you put a bunch of new plays in. You have to be able to block it or be able to have to line up and play it on defense. What's your final message, Mike, to the team and how difficult it is to get into it? I'm obviously proud, Jim. And I take this opportunity to coach in this league and especially coach this team very seriously. It's an honor. But I am proud because you come to work and you get to coach men that care, that are tough, that play extremely hard, that believe in our culture of effort and toughness about putting the team first and about winning. And so I'm disappointed, but I'm not discouraged because I know the type of people that we have here. How close is this team to winning at Super Bowl? Right now, not very close. In a lot of Ryan's interceptions, they seem to come in bunches. Is there anything you can pinpoint as to why that might have happened? I just don't know if there's a trend. I just think that we understand how great you have to be with the football, whether you're carrying it or throwing it, taking care of it, is paramount. And when you lose the turnover margin in the way that we did at different points along the season, it is really, really hard to win. And that's something that we're going to have to evaluate how we are coaching and just making sure that everybody that has the football knows how important it is to the success of the team. This appointment is there with every playoff loss, but talking to some of the guys Saturday, it seemed like they were almost surprised by this one because they all said there was such a focus and intensity last week. And they thought they did everything right to play well. Do you feel the same way? Does that make a loss at this time of year a little bit more head scratching than maybe last year or the ASC title game two years ago? I mean, I think we're going to win every game that we play. And that's my approach. So I guess that they felt that way. I didn't feel like we, I thought we always had good preparation, good focus. And again, we kept the game and played the game in a manner in which I thought that we needed to. To keep it close and come back, obviously, and kind of felt like our type of game. We really thought we would get a conversion, call time out. I have 23 seconds. And one time out to execute those situations that we've executed all year and kick a field goal to win. And it didn't happen. The offensive numbers were obviously down, as you've talked about. How much do you factor injuries into that whole situation when you evaluate it? How important was that? And I guess how important was it just to? It's a large part of it. The pass rush looks a little better when Simmons and Autry and Landry and Butter out there. So as opposed to me, you, Jimmy, and Teresa. So we'll factor in who's out there. The X's and O's are great. The Jimmy's and the Joes are a little better. Yeah, offensively, is that what you're talking about? Yeah, I mean, you're going to factor in who's available, who's out there, what the run game looked like based on how we were blocking. Or was it a great cut? Did we not block three guys and somebody make somebody miss? Or was it just a really well-executed play by everybody having the guy blocked? And the one guy we can't block is the post-safety. And he made the play 15 yards down the field. Or did the protection break down? And a guy that we were counted for just beat us. But then the injuries are going to be part of who's out there doing the work as well. Let's go with 17 points on opening drives all season. How much is scripting better starts, but maybe an off-season concern or project? I think that the scripting is as important as the execution. Right now, not very close to Teresa's question, but she won 12 games. Well, we're out of the tournament. So we're going to Super Bowl be next year. And then I'll figure that out when we get there. But right now, we're a long way away because we have no chance to win a Super Bowl. We're projecting forward. I mean, do you like kind of what you have built? I think that we've got some guys that I love coming to work. And I would be disappointed if they weren't with us next year. And I just I love what they're about. I love how they prepare, how they compete. And I think that what these guys believe in is they believe in the team. And they believe in playing in a certain brand of football about effort and playing physical and playing together. Are there priorities in particular, Mike? You know, as you look ahead, I know it's only been two days. But priorities that you say, I'd really like to improve this area, this area looking forward. I think we're probably a little bit too soon for that. I think we're just trying to work through some of the sting of the loss and get these guys in here today, get them checked out, meet with them. And then John and I will have discussions and things as we enter into free agencies and players that have contracts that are expiring, what the players plan are to go and try to improve in the offseason. Considering the production, you expect the coaching staff to come back mostly intact for next year? We'll have meetings on that throughout the week. And that's some other things I'll have to put into consideration. Considering the production you've gotten from incoming offensive linemen, will you and John kind of reconsider the process for choosing in the draft and free agency? I think we're always trying to consider or reconsider or evaluate how we acquire players, whether it's through free agency, whether it's through the draft. And then what we're doing to develop them. It's a whole process. Dylan's future is next year. Where do you want him to be focusing on? Just improve and continue to do what he did this year and continue to get stronger at this level, continue to work on speed off the football, pad level, everything we'd ask anybody else to work on. Tackle? Offensive linemen. As far as a quarterback situation is concerned, what is it about Ryan Tannehill that you feel should make him the quarterback next year and in years beyond? We've got elite toughness. We have to be great around him. But he's shown signs of accuracy, of decision-making, to the ability to extend plays and to scramble and leadership. So those are all things that you look for in a quarterback. And Ryan showed us that. Unfortunately, we turned the ball over on Saturday. You overcome so much adversity during the season with the record number of players being able to overcome that adversity then with things never easy, but easier, I guess. We turned the ball over three times or whatever we did. And we got one turnover on defense, gave up big plays, didn't cover kicks very well, had a penalty on special teams. Kind of how you would explain it, right, Emily? It's like all the things that we talk about, whether you had injuries or not, those are things that get you beat. Is there a mindset or a mentality that goes along with that, too? Or is it playing a simple execution in front of us? A mindset. Every time you try to go out on the football field, you're trying to do it with at least most of the guys, I think, I hope, I'll try to do it with a physicality and a demeanor and an effort. I've never seen a mindset that wasn't what I felt like it should be. The great thing is when you decide to do this, you have to be willing to understand that when you can do your best and you can work hard and compete, sometimes you'll lose. We made mistakes that forced us to ultimately end this season. But we're not going to second guess. We have to evaluate and make sure that we learn from those mistakes. And that's why I love doing what I do. Is there the flow, Mike? Showing you any kind of consistent progress, week-to-week increase? Yeah, I mean, there's times when we had plenty of tackles inside the 20, had a big return against Pittsburgh. I could go back and we made a bunch of kicks, missed one, or whatever we missed. I mean, at the end of the Jets game and we kicked the ball well, I'm not sure we've had plenty of good special teams plays and Danico tipped a field goal or whatever he's done. We just have to be better in a lot of phases. Mike? Chad, we were doing, as far as training to be involved in your off-season program. There's rehabbing. I mean, I have to get an update from Todd on how it is today, but I see him in there every day and they're working hard. And we'll see whenever the off-season program starts. But those were guys that were working in training camp, started the season and had injuries. And hopefully they can take a big step with the rest of these young guys when they're healthy. Mike, while you remain confident in Ryan as your starter kind of a team's leader moving forward, would you like to see maybe the quarterback depth, the bolster, maybe someone kind of behind him that can push him? I think we're trying to add the best depth at every position that we possibly can. As you looked at the film, like of the three picks, did you have any different take on them than you did right after the game to see anything different than when you were talking to us after? No, I mean, I think it's, you know, we've got to do a better job of taking care of the football. They made a couple plays. And, you know, again, we know that when we go out there and throw the football, we have to, we got to be precise. Receivers have to help us. Quarterbacks got to help us. And that's where it is. You've got a lot of success with sort of a different offensive strategy than a lot of team, more run-based. I mean, with the personnel that's returning, do you envision sticking with that theme for the most part? Or do you think? We'll do whatever we think gives us the best chance to win right now. You know, right now we're not there when we haven't. And we'll go back and evaluate every run and look at its efficiency. We'll look at every pass. We'll look at every screen, every boot leg. Same thing on defense. Were things at the right depth? The first pick, the first play. Were things at the right depth and shouldn't there be some kind of receiving option that pulls Bates towards the middle? It didn't seem like there was anything tempting him. Yeah, we were trying to max protect. And, you know, again, Bates came over and made a really nice play. Do you expect him there to obviously get himself in a position to pick up where he left off when he comes back and camp and just find out anything moral of forming from what you've seen from him, what you saw from him this year? I'm sure Derek will work extremely hard to get himself ready like he does every off season. Deontay, you know, well, has an expiring contract and we'll see, you know, how that fits in with what we're gonna do going forward. Those are conversations that John and I'll have, but, you know, he was fun to coach. He was, you know, did a nice job for us and certainly made the best of his opportunity. If you're evaluation and you look at a NFL record number of players used due to injury, do you look at that and say that's just an anomaly of a weird year or is that some level of concern as you evaluate what you wanna do for him? Concern for what? Playing pro football and having guys get hurt? Sure, then. I mean, I don't know what, like, who do you want me to fire? Based, we had 91 guys. I'm just curious. I'm not asking you to fire. Okay, cause that's always the rhetoric. Listen, we feel like sometimes the rules may force you into a little bit of, you know, using the three week IR where maybe in the past, you wouldn't have put a guy on three week IR. So sometimes I think those get skewed with COVID and we had injuries and we used 91 guys, like you said. But, you know, I just didn't see anything at least right now and we'll identify, you know, whether training camp is too long. We try to build in recovery days and regen days and, you know, when guys come back in May, you know, it's, we have to, we don't have them year round. There's no Matt drills next Tuesday. I mean, we didn't lose our bowl game and then there's Matt drills at six o'clock in the morning. Some of these guys may come back in June, you know. So our job is to evaluate what their conditioning level is, making sure that when they go out there, you know, they can protect themselves and they can finish a practice and making sure that we're taking, doing everything we can based on the guy's age and, you know, how many snaps he played and a lot of things, but it is a long season. You know, I mean, it's a long season with where training camp is and that break between the last game and the first regular season game that we were conscious of and, you know, the bi-week being late. So, you know, we had a lot of walkthrough practices and we're gonna look at all that stuff, but, you know, I just don't know what the magic recipe is to avoid, you know, some of the injuries or guys getting COVID. You talked about guys time away and how it's on them and maybe hinted that, you know, everybody doesn't do everything they can to come back right. How much you hammer that home. I don't hint anything. Well, how much you hammer home this time away, June away, we need you to do things that ensure that when you're back. That's a responsibility as a professional athlete, you know, is that they're maintaining a level of conditioning and that they're working, you know, just as hard now that they have a job is, you know, they did when they didn't. Is that part of what went wrong? In what? In the slew of hamstring injuries and in your soft tissue stuff. I mean, who just asked me about an injury and we'll go through it. Well, Julio Jones had a hamstring from five minutes after he got here. I think there was probably, you know, a lot of factors that went into that, you know. So we'll see where we go next year with the injuries and we can have another conversation. Mike, after the game you said that you're going to be the coach here for a while. Has there been talks about your contract status in the future? I'm under contract reset and I just, my belief is that I will be here. I want to be here. I want to do the best job that I can for these players that put so much into it. That's just kind of how I felt. You know what I mean? I just want to, I don't want to be anywhere else. And that's just, you know, kind of how I said it and I just want to make sure that everybody knows that, you know, this team is, we work hard and we're going to compete and we have to improve. You have to improve each and every year. And that's, you know, we're always going to put the team first. How would you assess the overall performance of the offensive line this year? It seemed like there was some inconsistency there and now you've got some guys who are starting to get some age on them. I mean, I think that there's a lot of things. You know what I mean? When you lose, I mean, there was a lot of great play, a lot of great protection. You know, sometimes there's a lot of inconsistencies and our job is just, you know, try to improve the overall consistency and making sure that whoever you are each and every day is that person. It's the, it's the dips that you mentioned that probably are hard to account for and making sure that, you know, whoever you are, you show up and you be that person each and every day and from a performance standpoint, most especially. Henry injury, Mike, I think, I think I remember you at the time saying it wasn't certain whether wear and tear contributed to that injury or not. Did you get any more certainty on that? And if it did, does that factor into him in the future? No, I mean, I didn't get that sense. I didn't get that sense from any doctor or anything. You know, I mean, it's, I think he's fully healed and I know he's fully healed. And I'm sure he'll have a great off season and and we'll try to, you know, use him to help us win football games. How are you going to remember this season and the men you have in that line? You know, there was just so many ups and downs. You know, I just really think that, you know, the the stabilization that some of these guys provide for us, you know, Ben and Ryan, Kevin, Jeffrey, Harold guy, you know, I mean, just, I know there's other guys that played every game, but, you know, those guys were out there each and every week and I'm going to leave some guys out. But, you know, those are the guys that stabilized this thing and and helped us. They were able to flush losses and flush victories quickly, move on to the next challenge. But, you know, we fell short. We played hard, we competed and we made some mistakes, too many mistakes and in the end, you know, we'll have to be better. How did you see LaWan progress from the beginning of the season to the end and especially in terms of, you know, coming off the ACL and getting more into form? Well, I mean, I think it, I think he did okay. I think he pass protected okay. I think that that was probably the strength of his game and there's a lot of things that he can work on and that we'll coach him through. You were kidding about him. Yes. That we had too many. I don't, we didn't have enough last year. We had too many this year. I'm not really sure. You guys. Nobody said you had too many this year. Okay. Obviously I was joking. You know, I mean, I think somebody said, I don't know what we were referencing, but, you know, I would have, like to have less, you know, missed tackles, like to have more interceptions and as many possible sexes we could get. You know, those are things that lead to good defense. You know, being able to affect the quarterback, being able to continue to stab at the football, that was a number that was greatly increased when you look at the emphasis that we put on it in the off season, not only the study, but the emphasis that we put on it on the field. I felt like it showed up and, you know, it helped us to continue to try to get the football. You know, that to me is, is what's gonna take you to the next level is being able to turn football over.