 Tim, how challenging is it when you're not on the field to get into the playbook, like this last Sunday, sorry, I've lost track of the days, but when you only have that many plays, how limiting is it to try to keep drives going? Yeah, yeah, no, that's a definite challenge and we have nobody to blame ourselves for that in terms of not giving ourselves enough opportunities. It makes it tough to be able to get into a rhythm in terms of being able to set some things up, use plays that complement one another and really be able to use everything that we have on the call sheet. So we need to do a better job, obviously, I mean that's state and the obvious there, but we need to do a better job of, you know, converting on third down. I thought we did a good job of not being in third and forever's, the longest one we have I think was a third and seven, but we need to do a better job converting those manageable third downs in order to be able to utilize the entire call sheet. What did you see good and bad out of Jalen Duncan in his first extended action? Yeah, Jalen was out there, he competed, you know, he fought and he did a good job for the most part blocking his man, you know, kind of being baptized by fire there. Obviously there's some things that, you know, with your first game experience are going to go along with it in terms of how fast it really is, how intense it really is and what the expectation is for us in terms of play style, but overall Jalen did a good job for us when we needed him to step up. You got into the end zone twice on Sunday, which last month that wasn't the worst performance, but both those plays were kind of trick plays. Is that a bit of concern that it's taking some weird gadget play to score? No, I mean as long as those plays score. Will's 15th in time to throw his first and average depth of target. So is that a credit to him that with not that much time to throw, he's able to go down field or does it suggest things aren't matching up between protection and read? I mean, 15th in the entire NFL, so he has the average amount of time to throw. Yeah, I don't know if that's really saying anything other than the fact that he's making some decisions to pump the ball down field. And yeah, like always, we got to do better job protecting him and giving him more time to throw, but yeah, I don't know if that's saying much. Look, I just think you're seeing from him maybe now that you didn't see against the Falcons maybe his first time out as far as big improvements. Yeah, I mean he's tough. You know what I mean? Just looking over the past couple of weeks, not that that was ever questioned, just looking over the past couple of weeks in terms of, you know, kind of, you know, taking some hits. He stands in there. He's not afraid to go ahead and deliver under pressure. You showed last week, you know, a couple of times the ability to extend, which is good. Now we need to make better decisions when he does that, right? But it was good to see him be able to get out of the pocket and keep his eyes downfield, but he can't expose the ball like that. And just again, just like we talked about last week, just his general overall command in terms of being able to handle some of the different checks, some of the different protection adjustments, things along those lines. What's that process been like between you and him as far as beginning under week, determine what's going to be up, what's going to be down? How has that been for you? It's been good. He's been really receptive. You know, it's a collective effort in there with, you know, obviously myself, Charles, you know, Ryan's in there doing a good job, he's in there and really kind of going through, installing the game plan, letting me know what the plan is, what the plan of attack is, you know, what we need to do in order to win the football game. And then really provide my insight, provide our insight from the coaching side and then having a source like Ryan in there to be able to go and tell him what it's really like. It's easy for me to sit there in an air-conditioned meeting room to tell him that. But for a guy who's done it at a high level like RT has, you know, it's a testament to him and, you know, his willingness and ability to do everything we can to help the team win. Is there a lot of lead way for Will to be like, you know, I remember this work and I want to go back to that. I like this play, I don't like that one. Yeah, yeah, I mean, you know, growing up in the profession, one of the big lessons that was taught to me is, if you want to play to work, make sure the player likes it. If they like the play, there's going to be a higher chance of him figuring out a way to make it work. So, you know, no matter what the experience level at that point in time is, if there's something that he likes or if there's something he feels really comfortable with, we'd be full, it's not to call. How much is it like you need to find a way to eject some confidence or life within your play? Yeah, yeah, you know, that's a big burden on me, for sure. You know, just going back continually, being able to look at different opportunities or maybe I could have done something different or called something different. So, I've got to do a better job doing that. And then I've got to do a better job giving us more opportunities and putting us in a position to have more than whatever it was, 37 shots on goal. Because at that point in time, you know, like we talked about earlier, there's just not enough opportunities to do that. If you looked at yourself, obviously, you personally aren't jumping off the line, having to hold the penalty or something. What have you identified in the play calls that you have to do on the early downs to have better success? Yeah, just continue to really lean on our proven players. Continuing to lean on Derrick, he's a great player, has been for a long time, continuing to give him opportunities to keep us on track and make a big play for us. So, I would say that's the biggest thing. Speaking of Derrick, looking at the Panthers' rush defense towards the bottom end of the league, how do you capitalize on that, take advantage and get him going early on Sunday? Yeah, yeah, find ways to make sure we get, you know, 0-95 locked. Those are two disruptive players, probably as disruptive as we've seen. We've got to make sure we're doing a good job taking care of those two up front. And if we do that, you know, we're going to have an opportunity to get Derrick on. Derrick always talking about things he needs to do better. He needs to run harder, make better reads himself. Do you think you're consistently giving him enough room to operate or get him in the backfield too much? Um, like consistently enough room as far as literal room, like space? Yeah, like room to be able to give him the space and get kind of going. Yep. You feel like on a consistent basis, the holes have been there? I mean, as consistent as there's obviously there's going to be times where there's missed reads and missed runs for sure. But, you know, we're doing our best to make sure that we're putting our guys in a position up front to be able to create those angles and be able to execute those blocks and create those blocks. So it's always going to be better, obviously. I mean, the goal of every play when we put in a run is to find a way to get Derrick untouched into the end zone. So, you know, that's always the goal. We've got to do a better job of making sure that we're giving Derrick more space. But there's definitely been opportunities for us to be able to take advantage of it. A lot of rookies have gotten their opportunity to show what they can do this year. How's Colton Dahl coming along in terms, I know he's working on special teams, but how's he done in terms of maybe getting himself ready for an opportunity to play on offense? Yeah, he's, you know, in an interesting spot because he's kind of got to be the guy who's got the ability to go in and fill in multiple positions. So he's done a great job with Rob and really diving into the playbook and the game plan and making sure that he is that guy that we can trust to go out there and play multiple spots if needed. Tim, in what ways have you maybe seen the veteran players on your unit, whether it be Derrick, who you were just talking about, Deandre, even Ryan, now that he's a backup, how have you seen them maybe try to, like, inject confidence or, like I said, that example, even though things haven't gone as you guys have. Yeah, you know, it's, yeah, nobody wants to be in the spot, but again, I think it's a true testament to the people that we have in our building in the offensive room to be able to watch them and how they approached yesterday in terms of coming out and figuring out a way to get going, get out there during the walkthrough and start with the installation and the practice and then, again, attacking today with that same type of energy and enthusiasm. It's not always easy, you know, especially in the situation right now, but those guys have done a great job of coming in and setting the example and really setting the tone for the rest of the room. Thank you guys. I guess, Ryan, just what you're seeing from Bryce Young, just his development maybe over the first part of his career. Yeah, I think he, I think the thing that showed up as of late is he's using his athleticism a little bit more, especially in those critical situations. You see him scrambling a little bit in the first downs. It's tough hanging in the pocket, going through his progressions, going through his reads, has a quick release, able to get the ball out. He's been finding the open guy feeling, I mean, that's a big part of what they do, who he is, but I think he's got a good understanding. There's a lot of similarities just from Indy with Frank and kind of what they were doing there that show up, but I think there's been some good things from him. Yeah, I mean, I think it all goes together a little bit. I mean, there's times, the ball's getting out where we got to be a little bit tighter and hopefully get them to hold it a little bit. I mean, there were some opportunities on Sunday where we won or we had a game coming free and we were coordinated and the ball's getting out. I think other times, just our ability to win at times and then there's just the coordination, right? The coordination of what we're trying to do for guys being on the same page, but again, it comes down to pass rush, it comes down to coverage. I think it takes all 11 and when we're getting one, we're not getting the other. When we're getting the other, we're not getting the one, right? So just continuing to emphasize that that it takes all 11 to help the front and it takes all 11 to help the back end. Is your front four angry about the lack of production? Yeah, I'm sure they're frustrated. I'm sure they're frustrated with it. I mean, we got high expectations, right? They got high expectations for themselves. So I'm sure they're frustrated with it and hopefully they continue to work and getting back at home with this week we can get revved up again and see where this thing goes. What goes into their process when they're in man defense to determine, okay, you can go to the line of scrimmage and disrupt or I need you to play off. What goes into it? Yeah, I think some of that depends on the situation, right? Is it third and shorter? Is it third and longer? Is there opportunities for me to get picked? There's a lot of that. The stacks, the bunches. There's a lot of elements to that. I mean, I think they're comfort level with what they want to do. They want to be pressed. They want to play off. Our guys have done a little bit of both. I've never really dictated to them when the coverage allows, what they can do, what they can't do. I think that's a personal decision just comfort level, but at the same time, they got to be smart and handle the responsibility as a result of being pressed in certain situations. What would come as a result of being off in certain situations? Christian Fulton, probably a better press corner. Would you like to give him more opportunities to press to showcase that? Yeah, I mean, I think he does both. I mean, I think you saw on Sunday there was times he was off and there was times he was pressed, right? And so he does both. And I think just based on the call, based on the defense, what we're seeing, we're seeing that as well, who you're going against, the ability to take advantage of press and actually disrupt the route of the line of scrimmage and not get beat. You get beat off the line and you're impressed. It's a tough down, right? So I think a lot of things come into that. But like I said, I think those guys, if they have a good comfort level and confidence in doing it, I think there's opportunities for them to do it. Roger, is it a development thing trying to give them more reps in the next week, you know, like just kind of where we're at, S&B's been out based on game plan, what we're trying to do, wherever the safety position comes into play, the nickel position comes into play. So I mean, there's a lot of moving parts as these things kind of went on here these past few weeks. And he's done it. I mean, he played out there last year, Ton Forrest was playing good for us inside as well early in the year. So I mean, it's good to have the versatility piece. I mean, it's a good idea at times to be going back and forth, but at the same time, we got to do based on game plan and personnel what we got to do. How crucial does that slot position or the dock position end up? Yeah, I mean, it's a big, big spot, right? They're going to find ways to get them ball. I think the ability to tackle is going to be big in there. Obviously the ability to cover them to be able to play with leverage and understand where your help's at. Space and zones. It's going to take two guys to be able to break and tackle them and do those things in those situations. So it's going to be a big challenge for us whoever's in there for us. Had a nag for finding the ball with an interception or a crumple, that sort of thing. Is that something that it's just kind of innate to some guys? Or is it something that you can kind of teach and coach guys to be more distinctive? I think there's a little bit of both. These things play a role in it. There's guys that everybody will classify as ball hawks, so to speak, right? Because they have a knack for finding the football. But at the same time, I think there's more we can do. There's more we can do in terms of forcing them or creating them into turnovers. A little bit of it goes into how tight we're playing at times, how much pressure we're able to get at times. I mean, there's times we're close. Just two off the rip from last week, Jeff's close in there. He's very close in there on one. But just for us, as a coaching staff, is continue to emphasize and make sure we're pointing out when we're missing the opportunities to attack the ball, right? That's the biggest thing, and hopefully we can get in more situations where we're able to disrupt and call some turnovers. Do you see that as an opportunity going up against a rookie quarterback who has turned the ball over? Yeah, I mean, if we're all coordinated, all playing our game, you would like to notice of whoever we're playing that we're able to apply some pressure, make some errant throws, whatever that might be and get our hands on some football. Thank you, Jeff. Yes, and we're in a sportsmanship award. How proud does he think he is of that? Yeah, I mean, very, very proud of what Morgan has done, and he's obviously deserving. I know it's all 32 teams get a vote on it, and they have their representative, but I'm really proud of Morgan being ours. Mike mentioned Monty Rice as a guy that was challenged to step up on special teams to learn defensive opportunities. How did you see him embrace that opportunity and excel on special teams? Yeah, Monty's a really competitive player, and he does a really good job for us, and I believe one of the games, he had three tackles for us on special teams, so, you know, him just continued to gain confidence in what his abilities are and the details. The more he understands that, the more he's going to gain confidence and be a good player for us. I really like what Monty's doing for us, whether it's on the punt team, kickoff team running down, punt returns one of his better units, too, that he does a really good job. So I'm excited for him, and hopefully he continues to develop a role on defense, too. How much do you see some of the things that you ask him to do with you? It's a lot of the same thing, and we get a bunch of our drills from the defensive coaches, too. When we talk about punching on our punt team, we talk the same thing, the same terminology as Ryan Crow does with outside linebackers. So a lot of that thing correlates whether it's special teams, the defense, defensive special teams. We try to put a lot of things into the same terminology, drills being pretty close to being the same thing. So, yeah, we see some things on defense that he might do on special teams, and vice versa. Have you ever seen that illegal kicking penalty in force before? So I've seen it one time where it was actually the ball was kicked into the end zone. I've seen that before in a game, but it was interesting. We had guys going down there trying to make a play for us, and if that ball rolls into the end zone, we give up a touchback. And Kendall probably not knowing the whole rule of that. Try to get back up because he was in the end zone, reestablished himself when he actually picked up his hands and then just kicked the ball. So, we'll continue to teach. We obviously want those guys to stay on their feet as much as we possibly can to go and try to down that ball because we thought it was a really good punt, maybe a little bit better direction from Stoney. But I thought I end up helping us out instead of us getting a touchback. Should that have initially been from a roll standpoint since the initial contact with the ball happened around the 5-yard line should the penalty have not been assessed from the 5, bring it to the 15 instead of 10? Yeah, I think once the initial contact was made there at like the 5-6 yard line from Chris but then the ball got the penalty was on the 1-yard line you know, I thought the rule challenge was fine going to the 11-yard line with that instead of end up going from the 5. So, I was okay with it and we'll continue to work and get clarification on all rules.