 team and our players and staff, hats off to them. It's a resilient group and we were out here all week and we're able to get that win. It was a really, really great effort by our players and staff and really our whole football staff. I want to thank them and I'm not gonna sit here and name every single person, but there's a lot that went into this trip and very grateful because everybody out there, we spent a great week at the University of Washington. Can't thank them enough either unless they're playing in North Carolina. I'll be rooting on the Huskies, the University of Washington. So can't thank Coach DeBoer and his staff enough either. So with that, I'll open up questions. Are you at Coach, the NFL security situation? What did they say about that? Yeah, all they told us was a drone and I've probably read too many CIA fiction thrillers, maybe too many Brad Thor books or something. So I'm looking up and they're telling me to get out of the sideline and there's a drone. So some interesting thoughts going through your head and they told us to go to the bench, but luckily nothing happened. And are the player of the defense on that last drive, Brady's second, third down? Yeah, Zo too, right? So Zo got one early in the drive and it felt like a heavyweight fight. He led, that's a good football team and I've got the utmost respect for Pete Carroll and his staff and we knew it was gonna be a tough environment, it's one of the better environments in all of sports. Coming up here to Seattle on the road, it's just loud and they've got a reputation and they were on brand today. And so for the most part, the lead is never perfect. We talk about progress, there's a lot of things we can clean up, there's a lot of things I can do better, but very happy to get a win. And luckily the run game, you stayed with it and it busted open there in a little bit. Yeah, and they're different depending on the game plan. Thought we'd have a little more access there for some of the other guys and so there's some things we wanna do early and we're never gonna, we stayed with it and it was cool to watch those guys finish the game. We needed a first and hats off to the offense and CP for finishing it up. Where do you feel like progress is a broader unit from last season? Well, it's all of us. I mean, I got to talk to us all the time. It's not just me just speaking words. I mean, even though he's 31, I mean he's continuing to evolve and he works to improve. And it's fun coaching. I mean, exploit, I mean, it's, well, it's just different matchups. You got different matchups up front and it's a different scheme than we've seen the first two weeks. Excuse me, first two weeks. So we'll continue to evolve. I mean, that's the whole thing is how do we get better? You got to be critical and objective and I'll do that on the plane. I mean, we got a big game next week at home. Cleveland, they got a couple days jump on us. So we got to turn the page quick and get ready for a big game at home. Yeah, absolutely. That's what it's about, Josh. You're right. I mean, we said it last week, no moral victories but you got to be objective and understand there was progress being made and it was good to get a win and break through. So now the challenge is, can we sustain that? Can we improve with the big game coming up at home? Yeah, I thought, like all our players, never perfect but it made some big plays for us. It's like, you know, trying to be too cute before the half, I won't do that again. It's twice, you know, you don't tend to do that. Trying to be greedy and, you know, it was kind of a, it made some really big time throws staring down, writing in pressure, chose it to Drake on it, he's hot. Situational, like I said, never perfect. Same thing with AJ Terrell, right? He's got it, man. Marcus, those, so it happens and we'll continue to evaluate that and been around this long enough. We know you got to play 60 minutes and maybe sometimes more but there was no flinch on the sideline and that's what's awesome. Burt at one, they made a play like it felt like a heavyweight fight. That's a tough team. It's a tough place to play and we got a lot of respect. They wanted to run the ball today. So do we. Yeah, it's how you break it down. There's so many different looks to be multiple. I know the personnel, you know, whether you're trying to break it down as three, three or two, five of what it really is. Even guys like Lamman and Bernie, you know, they played a little more today, which was good for them. We needed to continue to develop depth in these young guys and it takes everybody to win. What do you see out of Troy? Troy Anderson has played like a ton more snaps. Sure, we're bringing them along and through some different packages. Again, let go through the tape and we'll talk about it as a staff and go put a plan in for Cleveland. See what we need to do to try and win that game. What's for Kerry, but for this offensive line to get into the second level, what did you see from that group? Well, we pride ourselves, it takes all 11. And when you got to defend, especially you got to defend Marcus in certain areas and he's legitimately, you got to count for him. And so that can change your number count, but we pride ourselves on everybody's out there that's blocking part of the run game. We don't have receivers that take plays off. That's not our mindset. They're going out there just like the linemen and the coordinated effort and those guys were finishing and sprung that big run by CP. So really, really good effort by our team. Like I said, it wasn't perfect. We know we got things to clean up. The timing of the stop it because you kind of had going away. You talking about the drone? Yeah. It is what it is. You can control things you want to. Nobody can control that. I appreciate people looking out for the, everybody's in that stadium. I mean, as we all know, there's some bizarre things that can happen around the world. I'd rather be safe. So that didn't frustrate me. You watched Kobe a little bit. What was your sense of how he played and I love talking about it today? Kobe, yeah. I thought he played pretty solid D-Led. I had to watch the film, but thought it was a pretty productive day on the offense. We punted once. Obviously, you know, we're greedy. We were three for four in the red zone. We only had seven. Is that right? You know, in fact, check me. Got us four for seven on third down. Not a lot of third downs. That means it was probably a pretty efficient day. Anything else? Have you ever been involved in something like that with a drone, just like something? Not with a drone, but I can remember. Is there anything that stopped you about that? I think this game got slowed down when something caught on fire a couple of years ago in Tennessee in the pregame. I think it slowed the game down for a second, but not a drone, not I can think of. And how pleased have you been with Drake? Very, very, yeah, just as I've been pleased with a lot of those young guys, Tyler, Bernie, all those guys contribute. Frank Darby, you know, Frank's done a good job and you know, with the plan and happy to see him out there and contributing Felipe a little bit. And I've got so many guys, young guys that are stepping up. Thank you. What was the unit talking about when y'all had the chance to go out and close it out and what happened on your stack there, get free? Yeah, we definitely had to go out there and close it out and we just had to respond. We talked to each other last night on the team and how we got to play complimentary football and we had the offensive back when they made that mistake because they put some points up for us when we were struggling. So came through at the end and got a nice stack on third down and we got a nice pick by Richie Grant on fourth down. So defense came through and helped the team get a win today, but it took a team effort. And the mentality to stay after it, to get the stops in the second half of the season and how tough it's happened now was 300 yards a half. Yeah, it definitely was a tough mentality to be able to stay, keep head down, keep working. We talked about it and just making something happy. Everything not gonna go our way, but we gotta be able to outlast and keep going. And that's what we did today and I'm happy to be able to come out with a win. And what about, how did you approach the different alignments and so forth when y'all were trying to do some different things up front to, you know, slow slow down the run? Yeah, we definitely tried to find the answer for it. They got going early hot with Penny and we knew that they was gonna come down, trying to run downhill. We tried to make some adjustments and we made some, but they still got a little too much on the ground today. We gotta be better definitely across the board against the run. But at the end of the day, we got the win and that's what counts. And how gratified is it to get one after two, you know, close calls here and start the season? Man, super, super gratifying, super tough losses that we took the first two games to be able to win a tough one on the road in the hectic environment. And that just, you know, that's gonna propel us in the right direction, you know? And just so that we can overcome and not have that dark cloud of a, when something goes wrong, like, oh, here we go again. We was able to overcome and get a stop. And the NFL security issue, how y'all try to, you know, stay ready and, you know, what they say to you all when y'all, they told us to clear the field and so forth. Oh, wouldn't I have, I was, I was, I didn't really know what happened. Was that the long stoppage in them? Yeah, of course. Okay, yeah, I didn't, I didn't really know what happened. I remember asking my coach because we was making adjustments and I'm like, we ain't playing for minutes. I really don't know what happened. What happened? Yeah, a drone flew over the stadium and NFL security said they got a clear field there. Oh man, yeah, we can't head up. What does it mean for your team, I'm ready to that, being a veteran for the young guys to be able to pull this game out at the end after you've lost a couple of hostlies, particularly for the young players. As far as like Richard making a big, big play, it's definitely encouraging to see him step up, you know, and make that play because I mean, guys at ball house back there and to put them to be able to show that is good as me being an older player and seeing them him in year two, you know, make that big play in a hectic environment, man. It's just, it's awesome. Anything else? All right, thank you. Thanks, man. How big, two close ones, how big of a win was this for you all? Oh, huge, huge. You know, to start a win too is always tough. You kind of dig yourself in a little bit of a hole, but it says a lot about our guys. Their ability to bounce back and that was a huge win for us. And the run game, it looked like y'all stayed with it and it finally started, you know, started to break some runs there and took control of the game a little bit with it. Was that the plan there? Yeah, and that's sometimes how it's got to be, right? You know, Seattle did a great job early on of kind of boxing us in and we made some plays in the passing game. Once you're able to do that, it loosens it up and our guys up front did a great job which is kind of pushing that line of scrimmage and we found some ways to break runs and really break the game open for us. It looked like early, you all, you know, eight passes went to cow pits in the first half and I don't know if they took them away or what, but that helped to open the run game and that they, you know, y'all were going down fill and so forth. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And, you know, that's kind of the intent, right? Is to be able to be multiple. You know, our guys did a great job of making plays in the pass game early to be able to open that up in the run game and guys made plays. And from there, you know, that's tough when we run in RPOs, but, you know, what happened and you try to pull it or you try to take it? Yeah, that's on me. You know, that situation just being smarter with the football. Selfishly, I was trying to go close it myself. You know, I thought I could got around the corner there, but it's all part of this learning process. We've got a young back and this is my third game again for a couple of years and, you know, those are, those are processes. Those are things that will continue to grow on and things will work out. You know, Drake's touchdown pass, was that a hot read? It looked like they were running pretty quick. Yeah. And again, Drake, just his ability, his natural ability to feel zones, you know, he felt it right away. Once that guy vacated it, that he could look quick. And it's always, like I said before, it's always nice to throw a four or five yard pass for a touchdown. And he made some incredible moves after that, but hats off to the kid. He's got, he's got a good feel. What does it say about the mental focus of the team, Mark? Is that you guys were able to overcome drone delays and fumble and be able to come through the win moving forward from a psychological standpoint of the team? I think a lot of credit is due to our guys for sure. You know, it was kind of a weird deal with the drone, but then, you know, then a couple of plays later, we fumble and our defense comes out and makes a play. And, you know, last couple of weeks, we've been just talking about playing complimentary football. You know, sometimes offense is going to stumble, defense has got to be able to pick it up. And they did at the end. You know, as for us as an offense, we're going to have to go make plays sometimes. And that's just the way it is. And in order for our team to be good and to win these games, you got to be able to have those moments. And our guys on defense did a great job of pulling it out at the end. Do you feel a sense of relief from getting your first win? I don't know, I'm not necessarily relief. I think the expectation for us, especially these first couple of weeks, you know, we're to win games. So it feels good, but I'm not necessarily like a relief. I think our expectation as a team is to be playing in games like this to continue to win and put some of these together. Thank you guys. Have a good one.