 I know you said Monday you want to see Tanny Hill healthy, but at this point with what you've seen out of will, and especially after a road environment last night, are you ready to name him maybe your starter? No, I'm not ready to do that yet. I think we'll have a conversation with the depth chart over the weekend, and we'll have a depth chart or something close to it available. And when we talk to you on Tuesday to be able to go through the moving parts of not only Ryan's health, but whatever there are going on on the offensive line, which there is coming out of that game, which there would be in the defensive secondary. So there'll probably be some moving parts here over the weekend. When you make that decision, Mike, is it purely on who's assuming Ryan's health? Is it purely on who's playing better right now, or do you take into account things like Ryan's track record or Will's potential, things like that as well? Yeah, I think with any position, you look for who gives you the best opportunity to win and where you're at and what's best for the football team. So we'll have those conversations over the weekend. We'll see where Ryan's health is. We'll see where some different guys are as health. But we're always just trying to figure out what gives us the best chance to win what we can do to win a football game, especially one next week that's on the road. When you're looking at that equation, how much does future balance into it as well? Whereas obviously, Levis is a guy of the future. Tana Hill is the now. How do you balance that? I think as a coach, you're focused on the football team. And that's finding a way to win. Winning is critical. I think just the way that everybody feels, the injury isn't as bad. The bumps and bruises aren't as bad. Just from everybody's attitude, I think that you have to focus on today and what's best for us today. And then obviously, on the other hand, there is long-term implications for decisions that we make, whether that's looking at Kevin Byrd and moving him to Philly. So I think that there is a balance there. How well played last night? Again, when we lose, nobody did a good enough job. I think there were some good plays. I think that there were some decisions that we can't make and throwing the ball into cover down the sidelines isn't something that is going to be very advantageous offensively if you're trying to take care of the football. Have you had a chance to check on Traylin this morning? And how's he doing? He's communicated via text. I think he's on his way in. And again, from what it looked like, I would say that that was probably it's going to be as good of a prognosis as what it could have been, just looking at the visual of all that. And we understand what the risks are involved. And Traylin sold out to make a play. And unfortunately, didn't, but I'm hopeful. And we're all hopeful that we'll get him back as soon as possible. What was his injury? He's in concussion protocol. And then there was a brief loss of consciousness. That's why they reacted in the manner in which they did. It sounds like that everybody did exactly what they're supposed to do based on the protocol and making sure that Traylin's well-being was looked after as quickly and as correctly as possible. Mike, what's happening that the run defense has not been as effective the last month or so as it was earlier in the year? Well, there are moments if you look back in the month. And if you look back and say, not that the quarterback doesn't count as rushing yards, right? But Omar had a couple and Ritter had some. So I don't think it was awful. Last night was a different story. That was, those were some base runs. We got to do a better job on the edge. The ball got on the edge. Creased us inside on a couple of traps that we have to fit better to get off blocks. It's no real secret. If you're in split safety, you've got to make the ball go lateral. And you've got to trigger and tackle. If you're in post-safety, everybody's got a gap that they have to be responsible for. And then once the ball declares, being able to shed with good technique, have separation, not be on body, play with separation, they're going to hold. And the only way that you ever get a call is by having some separation and being able to shed at the point of attack and allow them to see that. So I'm not saying that they were holding us. Just fundamental run defense, that you set an edge. Everybody fits where they're supposed to fit. When the ball declares, you shed and you tackle. Is there a consistent missing element, like in the last four games in particular, you guys are giving up big numbers? Is there one consistent thing in those four that you could point to that's not working or missing? Well, no, they got the edge twice, right? There were two big ones on the edge. They had two, 15 and a 14, that hit up the middle. So sometimes what happens is it's like, OK, I've got to try to make a play. And I peek inside, or I get a little too tight, or I get knocked out of my gap, and then I got to show back up instead of playing the block. Sometimes we look for the football as opposed to just playing the block and knowing exactly where the ball's going based on what they're blocking and how they're blocking you. So a lot of it is fundamental. And you just have to be committed to doing it. Got a block show, you got to lock out, limit the space, right? Got flashes, got pulls, you got to fit the run, you got to go spill, you got to hold up on a double team. That's what happens. And then all those things, before we start yelling each other, go ahead, Joe. I was just saying, so more freelancing than they're doing. Well, I don't want to say like freelancing. It's just you can't really, I mean, I could go through one by one every double digit run. And so whether that's a freelance, somebody being in the wrong spot, somebody getting just blocked, right? They block you. Somebody getting knocked over on a double team, us not fitting a gap scheme. Somebody needing to spill, not getting it spilled. Whether it's a Tosh crack, and somebody's got to get up and in, and somebody's got to overlap or mistackle, there's a lot of those just things that come up. So I just wouldn't say that it's one particular thing based on the multitude of answers that I try to give you, because those are all things that have happened. In terms of the past run, you've said several times during this drought that guys just need to win, haven't been winning. Jeff, we conveyed that answer to Jeff last night and a couple of times through this. He doesn't seem accepting of that idea. Is it hard for a guy like that to accept a verdict like that from his coach? Well, I don't know. I just know that they can only. I'm sorry? Is there a matter of denial from him that that's true? I'm not going to speak for Jeff, but I will speak in pass rush. They've got five offensive linemen. There's four defensive linemen. I can double team one guy. We have to do a better job winning one-on-one. We have to do a better job of scheming. And when we scheme, we need to execute. When we work together with someone, we need to work and communicate what the game is, all these things that we've done and have done this year, have done in the past. But it comes down to one-on-one, whether it's in coverage, whether it's in route, whether it's us blocking and them rushing or us rushing and them blocking. If somebody gets the back, you've got to win. If you're on the tight end, you've got to win. These things have gone on well before this year in pro football. Simas had mentioned also that Kenny Pickett, which we saw, he was getting rid of the ball quickly. And that factor, for your perspective, was that? I didn't track the, you know, I didn't track the, I mean, they hit a couple of plays down the field. But I didn't track how long it came out. I mean, for the most part, I didn't measure, you know, a bunch of bubbles. I mean, again, that, right? So the run release that they have a run called and he bubbles it out there. But the third down is where you're going to be able to, you have to be able to create some impact, right? You have to be able to coordinate the rush and the coverage. And so to Jeff's point, you know, if they throw a bubble, like nobody's going to affect, you know, the quarterback necessarily on a bubble pass outside. How did Raiden's do, and also the brief look you got at Jalen Duncan? I thought Dylan battled, Dylan battled. It's good to see him be able to be ready to go and take advantage of his opportunity and compete, you know, and we'll keep working with Jalen and make sure that he's, you know, doing everything he can. And if he gets an opportunity here, you know, be ready to go. Mike, do you feel like this defensive coaching staff has the ability, like has the resources, the players, to be able to turn the defense around? Do you think we have the resources, the players? We got the players that, you know, I mean, we've got guys we've made, you know, we've committed to some guys up front, you know, for long term. And again, they were able to impact the game up front against Atlanta. You know, there's a fine line, you know, talking with these guys this morning about, you know, how much do you scheme, right? How much do you scheme and how much do you want to, you know, get good at some stuff so that, you know, you're able to adjust to multiple things that teams are doing each and every week, right? Or if you're just going to hang your hat on, you know, a bunch of scheme, if that doesn't get executed, you know, pretty darn close to perfect, you may have some gaps and you may have some, you know, opportunities for big play. So I think it's a fine line between looking at who you have and trying to get really good at something and knowing where your weaknesses are. And then there's also a good balance that, you know, let's try to find some ways to scheme some things and to get a guy on a back on third down, and then they have to win. You mentioned things like peaking and trying too hard to make a play when you look up front. It's not the first time you've mentioned that this year. I take it that's been a point of emphasis for you guys. So why do those things keep recurring if they've been probably a point of emphasis for you guys in game planning? That's not a point of emphasis in game planning. It's how you stop to run in a national football league. So how often can you make that the message without the message seemingly translating into? Well, it's not every single run, right? It's just the ones that cost you. And unfortunately, sometimes those, you know, guy makes a play, you know, when there is another mistake and, you know, somebody can erase that mistake, you know? Looking at last night down the sidelines, you know? We might have got too tight on the tackle. Warren bounced it out. Terrell was going to fit inside and then the ball bounced and they bumped into each other. Like, you know, I don't know what to tell you other than to set the edge, stay there and let Terrell come in and make a tackle and let everybody else swarm. So that's what happens. And then there's other runs where it's minus two or no gain, no gain. It's just you can't relax and you can't just say, OK, they're not going to run it or they're, you know, we have to know what the call is and understand that, you know, just like I said, if it's a split safety defense, we have to do everything in our power to make the ball go lateral and then go run inside out and not let it crease us right down the middle, so. But it's good, you know what I mean? Again, it's the X plays that we talked about, miss tackle, miss fit, all those reasons. And so we've got to be better. I understand that you've got defensive issues that you're talking about still only gave up 20. I'm sorry. That's OK. Go ahead. We've got to score more points. I'm confounded by the settling for field goals and the unwillingness to push to get touchdowns. And why do you not talk more about the offenses inefficiency to get touchdowns and focus so much on the defense when they're only giving up 20? Because I know what it's supposed to look like in all three phases. And again, in that particular situation, I felt like we all felt like made a bad decision to go to hop on first down, Miss Tajé on second down. And instead of making what would have been a costly mistake, I felt like taking the lead on the road and ensuring that to happen on third and 10 was the right decision. And so that, again, you can say, settling for not scoring touchdowns and just trying to weigh the best way to try to win a football game, the best way that I felt like at that time, based on the circumstances, based on how the game was going, there was other times we get the ball in the nine yard and we gained five yards on first down. Probably if Derek Stiff arms the guy, we probably score. We gained two yards on second down and ultimately scored on third down. But there were three plays of at least what you would call efficiency. And again, they weren't at the end of the half. So now you're sitting there in the mid red or high red with third and 10. And I just felt like that was what was best for us at that time. So it seems like it was more on him as a decent throw. And you say, well, we can't try that again because our rookie running back got tied up. No, I don't think that we need to throw a better ball at that point. Just I think whether it's Tajé, whether it's Will, when you lose everything that we do, we need to evaluate and understand why at that particular time. I'm just telling you that I felt like that was what was best for the football team and not putting them in a third down, pass, rush mode, and third and 10 and forcing a ball in there, making sure that we were smart with the ball. I loved it for you guys to look. It was a pretty favorable look. The five-man box should have gained much more than one yard. There was five guys in there. We should block them and try to gain more yards than the one. It was a pretty favorable look to run even on third and 10. Just one more, I mean. The idea that the two previous balls dictate that you don't give them a third chance to throw the ball. Are there other examples in a game where you say, oh, these two plays eliminate the possibility of a third play? No, I just think that in that situation, you want to make sure, again, we don't have a whole lot of time to talk through things and say, hey, are you OK? You know, whether you decide to try to throw it into, again, down the sidelines and cover two, we don't want to do those types of things. And just the way that that particular thing played out, that instance, that's what I decided to do. I just think we need to find a way to complete that pass to open guys. And Will knows that. And any quarterback would know that, whether Tajah got turned around or anything else. The execution has to be better in all three phases. It does. How much of that situation is a rookie quarterback in there that doesn't have a lot of experience versus maybe a veteran who, like, wants to play? I don't know. I can't tell you, because there was only one quarterback in there. He's making his sixth quarter of professional football. We were going to take the lead and go to halftime and get the ball. And I'm sure would like to have not gone three and out after we took it at halftime. But that was the decision that I made. And you said that run should have gotten what? I'm saying when you run the football against five guys in a box, you should probably gain more than one yard. Like, that was the fact. 19, we only needed nine more with a timeout. But we'll see. Would you have thrown it if you got nine more? We didn't. We're just hypothetical. Last week you said we were asked about Tannehill being healthy, being the starter. You said you would imagine that be the case. This week you're saying, like, you're going to win. I'm going to tell you everything that I can tell you on Tuesday as it relates to the depth chart. At quarterback, at tackle, at cornerback, I'll tell you everything that I can possibly tell you based on Ryan's health, based on the health of everybody else. I'm not willing to discuss hypotheticals when everybody gets back and who is available and who's not available. I'll update you. At quarterback, are you saying that it's now? I just told you what I was saying. I said that when Ryan is healthy, I will have a decision for you. Do you think that Will has been so aggressive about those downfield throws? Or do you feel like at times he needs to maybe rein it in at all? No, we love him when we complete him, right? You guys like him when we complete him, but we don't like him when we don't complete him. And again, if it's a favorable look, take a shot. And because in that case, it was trailing and we liked the play. Just like Pittsburgh liked the shot on third and sixth to Deontay Johnson. Can you give us a sample of what Ryan did? But not making bad decisions into some poor coverage looks. Did you think that Levis's throw on the ball that spears fell down is why spears fell down? Because you talked about needing to execute that play, but I don't understand how you're gonna execute the play when the receiver falls down. Just gotta hit it next time, man. Everybody's fault, it was, we didn't score. We didn't score a touchdown. We didn't complete the pass. So it was put it on the call, put it on me, put it on the quarterback, put it on the running back, put it on everybody. It was an incomplete pass. Had he made bad throws prior to you not letting him throw on the three downs on the second-class series? No, he was, everything was perfect. Everything was just spot-on, perfect, Paul. And I made a decision, you guys disagree with it. And that's the decision that I made that I felt like was best for our football team at the end of half and, you know? I'm not here in the second to last year. Did you tell Tim not to throw there, or is that Tim? No, we ran a reverse to trailing. Shoulda cracked the, shoulda blocked the linebacker, didn't, trailing made a great individual effort to gain as many yards as he did. So we were ahead of the chains. It was four down territory, tried to, again, felt like giving Taja an opportunity there on third down. And then, didn't hit the fourth down one. Give us a sense of how, if any, what you're working with, with your front five and the offensive line, may or may not impact how you guys approach. I think it's just, it's too soon right now. I mean, guys are still just getting MRIs. And, you know, give Daniel Brunski a lot of credit for competing and fighting through, you know, it's some sort of injury. Nick couldn't finish. Pretty much all of them went down for a snap or two. But we'll know more here after this weekend and how everybody's feeling. And again, where we feel like we could put guys that think Chris Hubbard has a chance to practice and work his way through a concussion protocol. Reaggarate the thumb or he just thought he could just go with it? Yeah, just probably both. Some of those depth chart moves. Is it all in general? Oh, I don't know if there are moves. I just said I'm gonna update you guys after this weekend. So, primarily and not necessarily... Well, we only have somebody, you know, I mean, again, if we feel like there's somebody that can help us, we'll try to get them in there, whether they're on a practice squad or, you know, we work them out or we bring them in there from somewhere else. I think that we've got to look at everybody. Mike, nine games left in the season. You know, out of the five losses, only one was a blowout. Where do you think that this team is at this point? Thanks for noticing, Trisha. I'm sorry? I said thanks for noticing. Well, we are halfway through. And I thought, again, when I told the team, contrary to popular belief, but at halftime I said we're back in a race. We're back in a race and let's finish this half. So we got some ground to make up, but you do it one game at a time, you do it one practice at a time. I'm confident that we'll do that and figure out a way to win on the road, which has avoided us up until this point for a number of reasons. And, you know, just have to be a little bit better in all phases, a little cleaner, stand more efficient, turn in the football over, getting some stops and, you know, being better and third down. And, you know, given our team, you know, we had a short field and didn't capitalize. What makes you confident to do that when you've not consistently done it at full scene? Well, I've got belief in the players. I've got people, belief in the coaching staff to get guys prepared, you know. I don't think, you know, I don't think it's effort. I think with all the mistakes and everything else and then whatever else happens, you know, we just, we played just good enough to make it close. So we have to, you know, eliminate the few plays. Seemed like every time they needed a play, they made it, I talked about that last night and we weren't unfortunately able to. So games are close. We understand that. And I think the way that we play and our ability to compete make them that way. Thanks guys. Hope you.