 Um, just want to thank Kevin, you know, his family. I think the personal relationship that I have with Kevin goes well beyond football. We know that there's a business side of this. And sometimes, you know, you have to make tough decisions. It certainly was one of them. I ran an hour trying to continue to grow the team and continue to do what we think is going to be best now. And in the long run, uh, to add to our roster, to strengthen our roster. And this was an opportunity to do that. You know, again, just can't thank Kevin enough for the personal, um, relationship and what he's meant to this organization, uh, on the field, off the field. Uh, these things are never easy. Um, but hopefully if you, if you handle them with, with class and integrity and respect and, you know, honesty, you know, hopefully it, it works out for everybody. So, um, we, we have a, we, we have a great opportunity to coming off a buy, you know, to, to win a game at home. And that's what we're prepared to do. That's what we're absolutely, uh, going to do. So I'll, uh, be happy to take any questions. What was the timeline on the Viard? Was it something that kind of came along? Those, you know, I mean, all these things that we do in these transactions, things are going to remain, um, in-house, um, took, took some calls and, um, you know, that, that's how things transpire and you continue to talk and, um, you know, finally able to get a deal done. That's, that's what we did. You mentioned a strength in the roster, Mike. Obviously this weakens your roster for this season. So they can't have both ways, Joe. You know, they can't, you know, I'm trying to, uh, you know, ultimately do what we think is in the best interest of the football team. And, uh, you know, nobody, not one person is going to replace Kevin. Um, we know that, um, excited to add Terrell, excited to take a look at, you know, Elijah and some of the pieces that we have there. Um, but now we're not going to sit there and think that we're going to replace Kevin Byrd, um, today when we go down there, it's nobody's intention. So, you know, we made a decision in which we felt like it'll be, you know, clearly second guess. That's, that's why you have a job. That's why, you know, all you guys are, are here. And so these things aren't easy and we're trying to look at what draft capital we have, um, and, and try to, uh, come up with a solution for it. Obviously not being over, right? You guys are young with the season, obviously not being over. And you got still in the run, you trade a captain away. How do you go back to that locker room and tell those guys that, you know, winning is still the ultimate goal, right? Because we have a job to do. And I understand that there's, you know, I have a job. Everybody else has a job. We need to do that. Um, so we've always done, we'll compete, you know, they have, sure. Everybody has their own personal feelings on it, just like I do. Um, ask that they, uh, whether they agree with it or disagree with it, ask that they respect it. Um, because that's, you know, that's what, that's how we've done things here. And again, when you make a bunch of connections with them and, and the players, you know, sometimes it's, um, it, it just, you know, it goes, uh, there's a business side of it and there's a, as a personal side of it. How, how do you feel that void from the locker room perspective and the leadership that, that Kevin brought to this team? What have you guys to step up and, you know, again, Kevin was, uh, was a captain here that's, that's clear as communication and, you know, but, but guys will step up and pick up, uh, pick up whatever void was there. And yeah, keep moving along. Is that signal you're open for business? Well, I think that, you know, Rain and I will always look, uh, at opportunities to strengthen, um, the roster and the growth of it and the ability to, to add pieces or draft capital or whatever. I think everybody, um, will always listen to anything that someone might have to say, I don't know if there's anything imminent. I'm just, you know, a lot of, a lot of people talk at this time of the year and before the draft and before the trade deadline. No, no, I don't think so. I mean, not in my mind. I'm at, I think we're going to try like held up to go and prepare and win the football game and, you know, whatever else may happen. I don't think we'd have a bearing. How much did the first six games have a bearing on the decision? It, it didn't, not in my mind, so focused on the Falcons and that's where we need to go. I'm not going to speak for KB. I just, he's a first class individual, um, and an unbelievable conversation with it, uh, clearly was, uh, for, for me, you know, just anxious to have that phone call and, you know, I've talked to him again this morning, so I'll let him handle that. So you're five and one and Byrd has three picks. I mean, we're just a hypothetical situation. I'm going to take this as the last question I'm going to say, and then we're going to focus on the Falcons and thank KB as many times as I possibly can, um, you know, we, we, we have to, to get back after this by, we, we got to come out here with some juice, which is, you know, KB will tell you, this is professional football and, and we have a job as players and coaches and they're preparing to get ready. Uh, and that's what we have to do. The record didn't have a bearing on the move. So, right. So I wasn't talking about hypothetical situation. We're not five and one. We're two and four. So, you know, we got to find a way to win a, win a game. That's, that's what it is. Situation look like now. Well, Ryan won't practice today and, um, you know, we'll see where he is at the end of the week. And I would imagine that, uh, you know, if Ryan can't play, I think I would anticipate both of those quarterbacks playing in the football game, but Ryan, you know, it's out of his office, his roller or Walker or whatever he had. And, uh, you know, we'll see where he is at the end of the week. You said you'd anticipate. Welcome. You'd have a plan for both of them to play. I said I'd anticipate both of them to play. Yep. Make sure you got that, Joe. Mike, as somebody who played this game, putting yourself kind of in those shoes, how does the team view the move that was made yesterday as not kind of admitting from the front office that they're giving up on the season? Well, we'll, we'll never give up on, on anything and we're going to prepare with the roster and the guys that we have on the active roster and the guys on the prep to squad. We'll ask them to prepare starters. Um, I don't know. I'm not going to speak, speak for the team. I'm going to try to coach them and, and try to get them ready to go. You mentioned leadership, uh, how confident are you that you have the quality leadership in the locker room that you need going forward? Right. I'm confident that we have the leadership in the locker room going forward. And we had six captains voted and other guys received votes. And really at this point in time, anybody that comes to work with a great attitude, a willingness to improve, uh, and the, the ability to play, uh, extremely hard, what would have an opportunity to be a leader. Those core backs of play, we'll go into the decision of which guy we'll start. See what the game plan looks like. See what, uh, see, you know, first of all, see where Ryan's at and then, you know, talk about, you know, what we may want to do, you know, throughout the course of the game. Of both guys, Mike, um, are you trying just to get a look at both or do you see benefit in playing until we know, you know, Ryan's availability. You know, I'm just telling you to, if Ryan can't play, I would expect both of them to play. You guys need to avoid a dropback passing. It isn't there a necessity for an element of drop back passing in the NFL in 2023. And is that an indictment of how you built protection? No, it's, um, not, not again, just a true dropback game. You know, I think that, uh, outside of two minutes and third down, I think you, you know, probably be surprised that the actual numbers that, that are there in a seven step drop, you know, full field progression, three level route, you know, 15 yard in cut on the back side, like maybe I'm mistaken, but, you know, I just, I guess that's what I meant. You know, I mean, you're going to have to throw the football, right? But just making sure that, you know, there are favorable ways to do it. And, uh, you know, we have to be able to do that. For five step in there? Yeah. I mean, whether it's quick game, it's play action, you know, empty screens, keepers, like those are all part of, you know, the first and second down plan. And then, you know, being able to mix in, you know, drop back and seeing, seeing how, you know, you can hold up. How about a left tackle situation? You've had time to think about it. You got Petit Ferrer, you got Andre Diller. What's that going to look like going forward? Yeah. Nick will be out there today with the, with the ones and, um, you know, Drain needs to prepare as a starter and be ready to play both sides. And when he gets another opportunity, uh, take advantage of it. Strangely doing okay. Yeah. Yeah. He coming along and how optimistic are you about he practiced, uh, full wall last week. That was to Skoronsky potential. Oh, right now, Pete's going to play left guard. How much of that decision in place was how much you liked the way you ran the football when Nick was in there the last game? Um, I think that's part of it. I think it's just, you know, given, given Nick an opportunity, I think he took advantage of the, you know, sample size that he had there at the second half of the Ravens game. So he earned some more opportunities. Why not play Peter left? Why, why not? Cause Peter is going to be at left guard and I think that's going to be a really, really good position for him. How did, uh, Levis and Willis look last week during the buy and the practices working with the starting unit? Thought they looked good. I thought they were efficient. I thought they were excited to be out there. It'll get some good work in, get throwing in. So another couple of days of practice and then getting some, some much needed, uh, speed work. The challenge of splitting the reps with the first team with two guys at the same time. I don't know. I've never played quarterback or split reps. Just, you know, they were going to have to both prepare and be ready to go. I just, you know, and I know that they both will be just like they did last week in practice and you know, what it'll be like this week and until, you know, see if Ryan's healthy. What, what has he played this year? How does he maybe fit into what you mean? I think in the games that I was able to watch, I thought he was active. I thought he still ran well. I'm excited to see his, um, you know, versatility. Thought he tackled well. I thought he stayed on his feet and tackled. I didn't see him flopping around on the ground. You know, they didn't, didn't blitz him much, you know, so didn't, didn't see that from him. I know that he's done those types of things in the past and when we've evaluated them. So, um, showed up with a great attitude when I saw him this morning. London Burke's, uh, Tartt, back to practice? Uh, yeah, I would expect all those guys out there today. It was good. It was good. Good to get to Foxboro. It's good not to get booed going back there. Like you made a comment there and all that. That's kind of getting parsed here, talking about who's parsing it. Gentry. Well, then ask the question, Jared, what a question. When you said the other organizations don't do things as well as the patriots and that you know, because you've been there, were you referring to this organization? They've won six super, they won six Super Bowls in 20 years. That's what I was alluding to. Yeah, I mean, I don't know what to tell you. Like it's just extremely, extremely, extremely, um, you know, a lot of success. And, uh, you know, and I guess just probably haven't talked to, you know, Bill and, you know, Mr. Kraft and the coaches I know they're on staff. I guess that was just my way of, uh, you know, bringing, bringing them good luck on, on Sunday. No, I mean, that just the amount of success that they had there, that was a whole message was just for myself and the former players and everything just to not take things for granted on just the because, you know, I got traded myself and you went to a, you know, a team that went six and 10 and it was like, you know, where you're, you're just trying to find ways to win other than knowing that you're going to win when you show up. It was my whole intent of saying that that, you know, they've, they've, they've had it pretty good there for, for 20 years, six Super Bowls and however many else they, they went to that was, that was it, Jared. So appreciate you. You'll never think like me, Jared. We'd never, we're nothing alike. So yeah, I'm not, I'm the dumbest person in here. I promise you, I guarantee you I'm the dumbest person in here. But we will never think alike in anything that we do. So if you ever want to think how I'm thinking, just think the, just think the opposite. Think like a dude, think like an athlete, think like a grown man. And, and then you'll think how I'm thinking. That wasn't light enough for you. We talked about the whistle before, before you got here and had the head coaching whistle, when is the last time you had a whistle? Was it weird to coach without a whistle? I think, I think it was at Ohio State. I think it was with Urban Meyer, because it was like 120 people basically just smashing into each other for three hours. And so for the sake of safety, I think everybody had a whistle at those spring practices. I think we used to run 150 reps every Saturday. And it was like, here, you get a whistle in case somebody gets close to the street, you get a whistle, you get a whistle. I think that's the, I didn't have one in Houston. I don't recall. You have to have one in Houston? I don't, I've never even really, I just say stop or if they get to, you know, I mean, again, player safety is always paramount. Making sure that the area is around the drills and everything that we're doing, that we have space, that we have room. So, you know, but we also were probably a little tighter and then you start blowing whistles. And I've noticed that on different fields, like guys will stop when we try to do some of the two-spot stuff. And so conscious of that as well. When you got here, was it automatic too? Or did you have to take some time to sort out? I don't even, I promise you, I don't remember. Joey gave me one and gave AWK one for the special teams. Well, B. John Robinson, this week, obviously, you know, he's a feature back him specifically. What's the challenge that you guys face? Well, he's really explosive. He's smooth, he runs with different speeds and paces. So it's kind of like set up, puts his foot in the ground. He's got great balance, good vision. Algier runs as hard as any back in the league. And then obviously Patterson has got some special plays on tape, just his skill set, his length, his speed, and his power. He's run plenty of guys over, and he's outrun plenty of guys as well. And he just catches it really well. You know what I mean? B. John just catches it really well. They're building in concepts for him. One thing you look at, I get going away from the line of scrimmage. It's probably easier to catch the ball, but sometimes he'll run full speed, a one-step dart route, and run through the catch and keep going, which isn't easy for anybody, let alone a running back. Michael, is there a follow-up here about the team asking KB to take a pay cut? KB ends up taking the pay cut. And he said when he took it that it was because he was thinking about his legacy and his roots here and everything else. And then the team traded him away anyways. Was there a thought about approaching future discussions with guys about taking pay cuts, about doing things for the team, and then still being treated in a way, perhaps, that they're not open to by the team and a fear of what that may mean going forward? I think we're always conscious of what things look like going forward. We want to have a great relationship between our organization, with Amy, with the personnel, with the coaches, and the players. Like, it's a whole group, and we have to all function and work together. And there's going to be things that happen along those different places that we're all going to have to deal with. We're going to have to, whether it's a trade, or we have to release a player, or we can't sign a player back, or there's going to always be things. And so we're always going to try to still make a connection with the players. Unfortunately, sometimes the business side of it may get in the way of that. Is the plan still to keep Kyle Phillips at punt return? And if so, Coach, how many chances do you get when you're making the same mistake? Well, we're going to try to get as many guys that we can look at this week. And we'll see where we are on Sunday with the punt returner and some other options at other places. Picking up on that broadly, how long does practice success get you gain chances if they're not performing again? Yeah, and ultimately, we have one test a week. We get one test, and we have to start doing better on a test. And we can't do really well on one section of the test, and then bomb the next part, and then do really well, and then bomb the next part. And so you have to perform. You get one opportunity a week, and that's the test, and you have to perform. So we'll have to look at everything as we try to combine the 48 guys for Sunday. You said you were going to investigate the communication about him fielding that punt with your investigation to conclude. Yeah, I've told you that. I mean, that should be, you know, we don't need to have him out there. We don't need to have Kyle, you know. It would have been best just to not have him out there. And well, again, that falls on me. I have to make sure that we're communicating the situation and saying, hey, it's not going to do us any good. But we also have to, like I said, both things can be true. We also have to catch punts. Whether we're on the 10-yard line and there's 10 seconds or we're on the 30-yard line and there's three minutes. Like, we have to be able to go and have the confidence to catch punts. But situationally, I need to be better and make sure that gets communicated to everybody. Thanks, guys. Yeah, Kevin, I mean, that's my brother for life, no matter if he's here anywhere else. I mean, obviously, I wouldn't hear it, but that's the business side of football. I wish him all the best. Some guys got to step up and to his role. I think it's the best safety ever played here. Great leader, great teammate, a great pro. And I wish him all the best, his family the best. But at the end of the day, that's my brother. So we used to be in contact and he's not going to change. You know, just he's somewhere else now. How do you feel like this organization? Do you feel like this organization is going for it this year when it's trading away one of its best players? I don't know, have you asked the coach, you talk to the coach and everybody else? He said on that question, the leadership question, we should maybe go to a locker room. I mean, my goal is still to win, do my job the best way I can to help us win, and that's what I'm going to do. You've been around a while, so you know it's a business. Does it get any less shocking, though? Is that again? You know this is a business and you know this stuff happens, but when you see a guy with a KB, go, does it get any less shocking to you? I mean, somebody you've been teammates with since you came into the league, I mean, it's always going to be shocking, but at the end of the day, we know it's a business. I mean, I just wish the best for him, if anything, but at the end of the day, we still got a job to do, still got to come in and focus and do what you need to do to help win games. Does it lead some other guys, even yourself, Derek, wondering if Kevin can be traded, is it possible that other guys might get moved before the deadline as well? Yeah, man, so I'm told different focus on winning and beating the Falcons, and that's just my main focus, until I'm told something different. Are you gonna win a Super Bowl? Have I said anything like that? No, so would you not wanna go somewhere to win a Super Bowl? I'm here, I'm here at work, ready to go practice and focus on beating the Falcons. Anything else, I can't worry about. Sorry about that. As a leader on this team, are you concerned about how other guys will take this move, how they will view it? No, not really. I think it's just guys need to step up. I think guys want to win and that should be the main focus, and getting better and improving, and coming out to practice, and working hard today, making each other better, and then getting through the week and trying to win on Sunday. You have a move like this that's just so shocking, like how much can that be something that you guys can kind of circle the wagons and rally one? Yeah, I think just guys who are the leaders on this team just need to step up. Everybody just stay close. And still have that brotherhood, continue to work, and just be us. Don't get too overwhelmed on any situation. Focus on the task at hand, and then go out there and play outside the football. There's kind of been a whirlwind. Did you get a chance to talk to them, and if so, maybe would you tell them, or maybe would you text them? I didn't really get to talk to them too much. I just texted them, told them I wish them all the best. Say travels are gonna be great. Is it fair, Derek, for you guys to have the same expectations when kind of one of the cornersstone of the team has been moved? Should there still be the same expectations for the team? It's a business out of football. You never want to see one of your leaders, one of your captains. One of the guys has been a great player for the organization for a long time. Go like that. By the end of the day, it's a grown man business. You still gotta come to work. You still gotta go out there and do your job the best way you know you can and go out there and try to win games as a team. I don't think nobody is in the mindset of losing every game. Nobody wants to do that. I think it's just taking a week by week and focus on the task in hand and getting better and letting it show on Sunday. Mike, Derek, when do you think there's going to be left tackle one today? Say again? Mike said that petite prayer will be left tackle one today, but just talk about that changer and what he meant when he came in that last game for you guys. Yeah, I'm sorry for Nick. I'm excited to have him back. Thought he did a great job winning Godinera. We played in London, played with some intensity, so decided to have him back and excited to see what he does and get his opportunity. Mike said Ryan can't go, maybe Will and Malik play and maybe what's your confidence level in those guys? How do you think they could handle it? Yeah, I mean, I'm confident in both. I'm sure they're excited to get an opportunity to showcase what they have. Godinera in London, and then, you know, get an opportunity to get some reps and practice throughout this week. And so they're ready for Sunday. I mean, anybody should be excited to have an opportunity to play in the NFL. You know, it's a dream for all of us. So let's go out there and showcase and let's play some balls and play outside the football and try to go get a win. You're gonna get nervous. The front office has quit on you with the move to move on, Kevin, as the players that are trying to win that the front office doesn't believe in what maybe you guys believe? That's a question for them. I'm just focused on my job. I asked Mike, as a player, how he would feel, and he said that he wasn't gonna speak for the players about how the front office... Well, I can't speak for the front office, so... I thought about, like, the move the front office made and whether or not you guys feel like they have any belief in you. I mean, I'm gonna believe in myself if nobody does. I'm confident in myself. Confident in the way I work. I'm sure every guy feels the same way. And then we're confident in each other. You know, that's just how I've always been. I'm sure guys think the same way. I think nobody... Nothing that happens is gonna sway anybody from their confidence in how they feel they are as a player. Think everybody just focused on getting better and then see where it takes us. Sir, Derek, you talked about earlier how all the leaders just need to step up. For you individually, what does that look like for you to train on the rest of the team? Like, how can you step up? How can I keep doing my job? That's the way I know how. And by the way I work and just continue to be me. When you look at errors, especially like this one specifically, running backs, I mean, statistically, you're pretty much at the top of everything. Is that something that you take personally being the best running back in this era that you're playing? Um, I mean, as a kid, you know, playing any position you play, you definitely wanna be somebody that made an impact and did great things along the way, along with your career. And, you know, I just try to do that the best way. I know how, by how I play and people can consider that for me. And that's a blessing. But at the end of the day, I'm still working. Still got a lot I want to accomplish, you know, with this team and, you know, and things that we wanna do. And, you know, I'm just gonna continue to do my job the best way I know how and then see where it is at the end of the day. I know you said personally, when it's all said and done, you wanna be in the Hall of Fame. But is that something you think about every day? Is that like a day-by-day process that goes into whether it's your preparation, you're working out, recovery, what have you? Yeah, no, not really. I don't really try to think too much about it and try to get caught up in it. But whatever God has for me, I mean, that's for me. What's gonna be for you will be for you. I truly believe that. And I think that as long as I continue to work and, you know, have that mindset of wanting to get better each and every day and each and every year and playing the best way, I know how and continue to do those things. Then, you know, whatever is supposed to happen will happen. But in a day not too pressed on, you know, anything like that. And you look at this week, you guys are facing the Falcons. B. John Robinson has said that you're no doubt a Hall of Famer. You say you're somebody that he's watched since middle school. In the reverse, what do you think about his game? Oh, yeah, I think he's as good as advertised. Maybe even better. I think he is a special one. I think a learner got a special one. I feel like he can do it all. You know, he's been playing out of his mind. I know he had the little head thing this past weekend, but he's a great player. He was a great player in college. And be good to, you know, meet him in person. You get to talk to him. But don't wish he had the best day on Sunday. So. You've talked a lot about keeping your mindset right with all the tapping with this team in the last year. So is it getting tougher to keep your mindset where you want it to be? Or is it still kind of come natural? No, I'm a team to be me, no matter what. That's what got me here. That's what got me this far. So I'm just going to stand in the middle and keep focus on what I need to focus on. With the next three on the road, how much is this one a must win for you guys? Oh, yeah, we definitely win. We have one, what, two or three weeks. So this is definitely a must win. And it just starts today at practice and through the week. But, you know, we definitely want to win. This one's been a while since we've been in the one column. As a veteran, Derek, at this point when you reached the bye week, do you get away from football to reset the mind and body? Or do you kind of look back at some things and continue to keep football like in the mixture in that time? How do you go about that? I watch football all weekend. Did you? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, a bad month. Go watch some of the games. I just chill and just relax. I mean, you can't get away from football when it's on TV all day. So, no, I watch football all weekend. What did you think about the game, by the way? A little shaken up in the beginning, but we ended up playing our style at the end. And glad we were able to get in the win column. I didn't want to see any more gold posts or any more orange walking around here. There's a kid that plays about an hour and a half from here. And they call him young Derek Henry because he plays for a little bitty school, 1A. He's about six, three, two, 20. He's already run for close to 2,000 yards. Well, that's what's up. Have you heard anything about that? I haven't heard anything about it, but I think that's pretty cool. I'm going to have to check him out. His name of all things is Ben Franklin. What? Oh, damn. That's scary. What year is he in school? I don't know. I think he's probably a junior. OK, six, three, two, 20. That's what's up. Have you crossed paths with Arthur at all? Has he been in touch with Arthur at all since he left you? I haven't talked to Arthur much, but I've been seeing the stash. I guess you got a new, you know, a new swag going on. So I'll talk to him about that through the game. Thumbs up or thumbs down on the stash? I just see it in person. On TV, I'm still iffy about it, but first it might look a little better. Derek, Kevin talked a lot while he was here about his legacy and what he wanted his legacy to be as a middle Tennessee and as a Titans great. You're somebody who played your entire career with him and saw Kevin's development while he was here. What is Kevin's legacy to you? I mean, I think he's probably one of the greatest Titans to play. I think his play and what he's done in the community and, you know, how he treats everybody in the building and around here. I mean, I think it speaks for itself. It does be remembered around here and the impact he had on everybody around here. I think that's I'm president. I think he's one of the great. So I'm definitely going to miss him. But I like invested my brother no matter what. Obviously, it sucks, you know, losing a guy like that, a leader on this team, not just the defense. He's been a guy that I admired when I first came into the league. I looked up to him ever since I've been here, just as far as he carries himself on and off the field in the community. So it's definitely hurts our team losing him, but we got a job to do. What's the biggest thing you took from him? You trained a lot with him in the offseason. What did you take from him that's maybe to be a better player? I'm I probably just say just being a professional, everything you do, even if through the ups and downs, you know, being a pro, you know, what that means is, you know, no matter how bad things get, you're always able to, you know, keep your head on and keep the vision, the vision, you know, keep the main thing, the main thing. So I mean, he helped me out tremendously and several other things as well. What do you consider a passing of the baton back there? Said, yeah, feel like there's a little bit of a passing of the baton back there with him. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I feel like, you know, I'm a guy that's been here with Rable for five years now. You know, I'm the guy that's been here the longest in the room. So I feel like, you know, as a leader of this team, I do, you know, step up and feel that role along with other guys as well. In what ways does that leadership need to evolve now? Now that he's no longer there. You have been a leader, as you said, but in what ways does that maybe change? There's more vocally. KB was a vocal leader for us. He's always been. He's always been able to, you know, bring the room together. He's always been able to keep guys in a positive mindset. So that's that's something that, you know, I had to bring bring to the table as well and something that I've always been working on. What about on the field of mind? What's the loss there in terms of just obviously playing with, but also recent communication on the things that he does for this team? Leader of the defense. He's always been a guy that you can count on. I don't think he's missed a game since I've been here. So he's a guy that you can count on. He's a guy that you can trust. That's all you look for when you're out there playing with somebody, you know, on the field. What, you know, is there concern at all in the locker room that that maybe some other guys could be moved to with a week here before the NFL trade deadline? I'm sure I'm sure there's concerns. I mean, I'm I mean, no one's feeling good right now. But I mean, talking with guys today, you know, guys are ready to get to work. Guys are prepared to, you know, go out here and get a win versus Atlanta. Guys are ready to, you know, no matter what happens, we're going to come to work and show up. We know about Tyrell Edmonds and where your thoughts may be some other guys in that safety group. Yeah, I know Tretman is a good player. You know, he's moved around a couple of times, but, you know, he's got to help us out a lot on the defensive end. And then Elijah Mold has been a guy that's had a great camp along with Mike Brown. And we got to have a good safety group that's guys that are willing to learn, guys that are smart and guys that are athletic and can make plays. There's not one thing you guys can do to replace Kevin Holes, so just in your mind, what are the things that need to be done to kind of replace what he did? I think the best thing that we can do is just have good communication, have a good understanding of what the game plan is. You know, it'd be the first time that, you know, we've game planned without KB being here, so it'd be a little different in the meeting room. But like I said, we have a great group of guys that are smart football players who love ball, so the void will have to be filled somewhere. Mike said that everybody still has a job to do. Both the American essentially echoed that. Yeah. What is it that keeps you doing that job in light of what happened yesterday and what so many people think about this team right now? We still have one goal, and that's to, you know, win the Super Bowl and get to the playoffs and give our team the best chance to win. So I feel like just as a man, you've got to go out there and not just for, you know, yourself, but for your teammates, for your family, you know, you don't want to put nothing bad out there. So no matter what's going on, you know, what you put in this week and what you show on Sunday will always be the results that you get. Do you think Super Bowl this season is still possible? For sure. I mean, we started off, you know, two and four before and we went all the way to the AFC Championship. So, you know, guys, people were riding us off then, so people are riding us off now. So we're going to continue to, you know, grind away at it. Is it fair to have the same expectations when you move up in kind of a franchise cornerstone like Kevin like that is still fair to have the same expectations as with Byrd? Yeah, for sure. I mean, obviously it seems like no way. It seems like, you know, that's not, that's not real. But I mean, you know, we're professional athletes. We're competitive. So I mean, we're not going to back down from a challenge. That conviction that you have, but what is the source of that? Where does that generate from? Just of what I've seen through our guys. We haven't put the best stuff on film yet, but I know what we can do. I know the players that we have. So for me, I just got to put together and just put a good, clean game together and get a win. You came on with the next three on the road after this. How critical does that make Sunday for you guys? Did you season on the line? I think every game seasons on the line at this point. I mean, every week we got to look at it as, you know, zero and zero and because, you know, you never know what could happen. So every game we've got to take an approach as, you know, this is the game of the year, all the way until the final end of the season. Have you talked to KB or Texas with him or he'd be any parting wisdom or anything like that? Yeah, I talked to him yesterday a little bit. Just, you know, sent him farewell, appreciated everything that he's done for me and my career and just wish him the best and I know he's going to take advantage of it. How surprised were you by this name? Very surprised. I mean, for me, that's the mayor of Murphy's borough. So I mean, I didn't think he was going anywhere, but that's the nature of the business. That's what we all signed up for, no matter how personal, you know, these relationships are, whether it's player to player, player to coach, it's a business. And, you know, that's what's great about the NFL and also kind of some people don't like about it. What's kind of the vibe inside the locker room when something like this happens? Initially, it's, you know, it's not good because KB's a friend to everybody. So KB was a teammate to everybody. He was somebody that, you know, if you had any questions about where to go, what to do, whether it's a natural in the facility, he could point you in the right direction. But like I said, guys are here ready to work. Guys see the opportunities that they have. They're excited and we're ready to, you know, take on Atlanta. A sudden change like that, is that something that you guys can, especially like in the DB room, come together and rally around? Yeah, you know, we hear all the noise about, you know, KB's gone, you know, the room's gonna be, you know, if he's gonna be this and that. But, you know, we got, like I said, we got guys in the room that, you know, love ball, understand ball. KB did as much as he could as teaching guys, you know, the aspects of, you know, the game, whether IQ, whether it's just the physicality part of it. So I think guys are gonna take what he, you know, what he learned or what he taught us and apply it. Have you or any other players addressed the team as a whole? Has there been a point where you guys spoke to each other like that or is it more individual stuff? We haven't got to that point where we had to, you know, bring us together. I mean, we do often, you know what I mean? It wasn't like a whole team thing. Like sometimes the offense will do their thing. I'm not sure what they do, but defense will have a talk as a full defense, you know, throughout the week about, you know, what's going on. Pray more, hasn't addressed it all yet? All together? No, not yet. That should probably happen today. The second area, do you kind of strategically am I in terms of, you know, the role that you play out there, you know, would you take up some of Kevin's responsibilities, positionally and so forth? I guess we'll find out today. We haven't officially started yet. I'll probably know more going into the end of the week, but I'm pretty sure someone's gonna have to step up. Jeffrey Simmons, when you guys were in London, he had said, you know, guys got to look in the mirror. They got to find out, you guys have to find out who wants to be here, et cetera. You hear those comments, how did you take that and what did you do as far as looking yourself in the mirror and looking at other guys like, hey man, do you want to be here or not? Yeah, I mean, I just comes down to, you know, being a man, being professional and, you know, being an NFL football player. Are you just gonna back down, tuck your tail, just because things are going wrong and not going your way or are you gonna, you know, come out, compete, improve, and not listen to the noise and just go out there and win a game.