 All right, D-Led, and a holiday spirit. Yeah, yeah, no doubt, no doubt. Hey, they, we didn't, nobody asked about Calvary, we, we, you know, All right, so the weekly, the weekly, yeah. Sure, I'm sure the fans and some of the bots want to know. So, same as it's been. And as soon as I get an update, you'll have an update. Check in on that. No, I appreciate it, due diligence. Yeah, and, one thing I wanted to look at this week, but before we get to that, you know, I was looking at short yardage, they did a 30 size versus speed, how to convert short yardage. And when you say you're trying to get an advantage, that's, you were trying to get an advantage in size versus speed. Yeah, and it's a great, I mean, obviously those are critical downs. You know, there's different philosophies when you get to first and one or second and one, you know, some people generally, if you want to be riskier there, and there's all kind of different theories and whatnot. At the end of the day, and I think sometimes when you bundle those up, it's a, that's a false picture. But what you really got to look at is the critical downs, because what happened after that, right? If you take a shot on second and one, you don't get it, you convert third down, sure, you lose a yard. Okay, now because you're in two, you convert, so that's not taken, there's a little bit, you know, that's not clean. It's a lot of like football, there's a lot of variables. Now you get in a critical yardage, right situation, third and one, fourth and one. I believe we're 61% on the year, on third and one. We were 68% last year when I was in Tennessee on third and one, give or take. So, you got to win those downs, and there's a lot that goes into it. Obviously, you know, primitive right up the middle, sneak, dives, bellies, whatever you want to call it, one back hitters, and it's all about matchups sometimes. And then the day where this game will never change, which I love about it, unless they completely fundamentally change the game, it's going to be about matchups up front. And there's strategic things you try to do, whether you want to go inside, you want to go outside, you want a little misdirection. You see a lot of jet sweeps, we've heard of them in jet sweep. So that's the fascinating part of coaching. And then at the end of the day, you make sure you execute, and then, like I always say, and people forget this, defense has a say too. And that's when it comes back down to execution or maybe one-on-one matchups. So that's why football is a fascinating game. We certainly need to do a better job. The games we've won, we've been pretty damn good there. And we've lost. And obviously not to linger in the past, but you have to acknowledge what happened when you lose, whether you want to lose, and what can you do better? And I take a lot of personal pride and what was called, what we were trying to do schematically. Was it there? Was it not? Why it didn't work? And ultimately to be objective. Yeah, they looked at the rigging front and Superbowl 17 was high-powered and the coats and their superbowl. Did they also say that he had rust in front of him? Yeah. Rust and movement. And the hogs moving, that moving out stuff, so. As good as rigging was. Right, right. My man, Russ Greml, was spotting people off the ball too, until he left. Oh, and it's 36 carry. That's it, it was a thing of beauty. Yeah, but then they had many throwing and rigging weighing out of 11 and Superbowl 45. That was the ideal space in versus the rigging front was high-powered. Sure. There's a lot of ways to look at it. Look at it. It's great. You can give these arguments and that's what I love about the sport and you want people, oh, say this, if people didn't care, we'd be playing in the park. Right. And so that's what you love about it. And that's why I appreciate the fans and I love the interest. And you've got to acknowledge that when you take these jobs and then there's a lot of ways to look at it, matchups and then ultimately, like a good old coach would say, you put the ball in your best player's hands. I'd argue they probably did that with Peyton Manning. No offense to the rest of his teammates. There's other Hall of Famers in there, but Peyton was pretty damn good. And so was John Riggins and those guys up front, Russ and the boys. So a lot of ways to look at it. It's the same thing when you get into analytics and the math equations, you get into win probabilities. What is the difference between 1.2% win probability and 2.0% win probability? You could frame the narrative, damn, there's doubles your chances. So there's a lot of games you can play with stats and analytics and win probabilities. And you've seen it work really well and you've seen it blow people's faces and in the games or in playoff games. So that's what makes this game fascinating. And ultimately you get paid to make the right decision for your team. And that's what you got to live and die by or you're judged by. There will be. Yeah, it changes week to week. I understand that it does, you have to have context in the big picture and we understand where we're at. And we'll work to improve week over week. And certainly as you get into it, again, we thought we had a pretty decent three game stretch, produced two wins. And then obviously San Francisco and I've said it before and we'd like to move on to Detroit, but we need to execute better and there's gonna be a challenge every week. Detroit's coming off. They've won two of the last three. That team plays extremely well. It doesn't matter who's out there. Everybody's dealing with issues, whether it's injuries this time of year, flu illnesses, COVID. I know this Dan Kimmel's team will be ready to go and I'm gonna play hard. Thank you, Dylan. Where's Thomas Sharpe? Yeah, so Taje, he'd be day to day. You know, those things are gonna be tricky, but he won't practice day. We'll continue to evaluate him and we'll just have to see. What do you, at this point, receiver was? Is that gonna be a OZ? Is that gonna be like Christian Blake? Is this what an out of the keyword army gets run or? Just depends on the guy's practice. You know, we have a plan. Those guys have been resilient all year. We've got guys step up in big roles and no matter what's come our way. So, attending that group to me has underappreciated some of the little things they do. So, we'll just see how the week goes, but we got a lot of faith in those other guys. It's different than it's an injury because he can't come here to come by any time. Well, I think you deal with the reality. I mean, I don't know Jared's situation, but I'd imagine he's got a good chance to play. So, you gotta prepare that he will play and then you have your contingency plan that continues to trend against over the week, that he doesn't. But you always gotta be aware of who the backups are because of what if the guy, like I said, if the guy gets hurt in the first play, you're gonna have to face the backup. And that's doing your due diligence and doing your job as a coach. Well, I think that he's been exactly who we thought he was. He's impacted games immensely. Even the ball hasn't found his way. He's, like I said, he's not even scratching the surface, guys, and he's gonna have a really productive year. So, I think that's stayed in the obvious. Is there something that maybe he's done at somebody, like white people, like they don't, you know, from the stunning football that we're in every day, that he's done that's really maybe been the way that I remember when we see it. Is that part of it? Yeah, I mean, I think really good players make the really hard look easy and just watch them lose down the field catches. That's just not normal. Even the one we threw before half time that Thomas had, that he ripped away and Dan Mer caught. I mean, that's just, just shows you a man that size, his spatial awareness and body control. To me, that's impressive. I know when you're watching on TV, you know, you expect it because he's a professional athlete. A lot of these guys and a lot of good players in this league, when you watch them, it's the most NFL players can't, you know, it's a hard play for them. And then for the late person, it's Dan Mer impossible. And that's why I think you, and that's all across professional sports. You know, you sit there and you watch Steph Curry shoot a three and the release, the thing of beauty, the reps that he put into that, it's just so damn impressive when you see it up close. And sometimes you just hope people don't take that for granted when you're watching some of these professional athletes. So like I said, he's got a ways to go. He's a rookie. He's 21 years old. He works every day. He's got the right mindset. And I'd argue he's just scratching the surface off a productive year with three to go that he should impact and hopefully plays better. And that's not a negative, that's the goal. Going back to the Lions, you mentioned, you know, playing hard is a really tired NFL cliche of being better than your record, but two out of three wins, just be the team contender for the top seed. Are they kind of the quintessential case of that? I think that's every team in this league because that's what makes pro football what it is, is you can't, there's not 82 games. You know, you're off nights. You can't sleepwalk through it or you'll get exposed, you know, not on the score, but physically. And I think what you're seeing with a team like the Lions who have been resilient, they've been a lot of close games and they broke through and they believe and that's a sign of a culture being built. But if you're not ready to go, that's what I say that doesn't carry over. Like we felt better about our run game. That didn't mean we had to play well in San Francisco against those matchups. Well, we didn't. They had to say and we'll continue to work. Doesn't mean it's catastrophic. Doesn't mean it can't change this week. So I think if you're not ready to go, it's the hardest thing in life to do is to sustain, especially in the national football league, with all the variables. So is getting things turned around half home in a run in front of fans, you know, a point of pride? Sure, we take a lot of pride in that. It's not lost on us. I mean, again, I think it's always comical when guys get up here and they act like their heads in the sand. Like they don't, we know it. You acknowledge it. And again, every one of those situations, they happen and you got to own that. But it doesn't mean that what you don't want to do because those five happen, that really will have no impact on Sunday. We'll have an impact on Sunday if we prepare, we practice well, and we got the right mindset and we can go out there and execute and play. But it means a lot. Our fans have been great. They've showed up on the road. I love the passion of our fans and we need to reward them with a home win. That's not lost on us. I've met him a few times. Like a lot of people in his business, you got mutual friends, know him a little bit, got to know him on the workout circuit last year. Got a ton of respect for him. Really good coach, really good person. I appreciate the way, the style of his team's play. Mike, is that your view as well that you share that? Yeah, I think a lot of coaches do. But maybe there's a similar philosophy there. But Dan was a great player, tenacious player in this league, tough guy. And you see, you've always watched his tight ends play. I was on the other side when he was the interim, first game of Miami that came into Tennessee and got after us, got a ton of respect for him. Wanted to build this team in such a way that the end of the season, your physicality is showing through, is becoming an advantage. From what you see, do you see that playing out? Do you see that that's? Yeah, I feel, you know, obviously, wasn't what I wanted. It's passed someday. How do you mean game to game? Sure. These guys on Tuesday are not usually a Wednesday or a Thursday. Do you feel like that's coming? I do, yes. I wanted to ask about Merlin Davidson, who had his illness that popped up Saturday. How was he? He's here today, and hopefully practices. And as we said, that's part of this job. You've got to deal with the unexpected and deal with that as it comes. Like, we'll have two guys a day that there's other illnesses going on, regardless of what was in your face, 24-7. There are other illnesses going on, and we'll be mitigating our risk, and we'll have two players not practicing a day. Doesn't mean that they, you know, we'll have an energy report that's not COVID, and we'll mitigate our risk, and we'll continue to take care of those guys and make sure, and so there'll be two players not practicing today because of that, but then tomorrow could bring a whole new set of circumstances. That's the reality in the world we're living in right now. So, like with Merlin, that happens on Sunday. That's why you carry a big roster, and you got to enact it. All right, guys, you can activate it. What's the word that's about Philippe Franks and what you've seen from him this season and him being an active last couple of years? Again, a lot of it's not necessarily just for Josh. Philippe can play multiple roles for us. He's been a valuable roster member for us. Continues to work extremely hard at his craft at quarterback. I think it's rare when you get a guy in there, and he's gone in there and played special teams. Not a lot of guys were being willing to do that. Philippe's a heck of an athlete and a great teammate. So a lot of those decisions are based on, maybe some of the game playing somewhere else, maybe to go have you at another spot, and then some weeks we've addressed three quarterbacks and Philippe's been a position player. So that's not a knock on Josh, but those decisions are made every week. Four of the two players who are going to practice again? It'll be on the interview report, but I'll give you a sneak peek for the holiday season. It'll be Dion and Tyler Davidson. They're not gonna be out there, so I'm not giving you a state secret. But my holiday cheer did he led. There you go, Michael. And he didn't even ask, you asked, Michael. So, you make sure you said they're sick. They're not COVID right now. I want people to run with it, and then you start rumors. I know, my wife gets on me sometimes about talking too fast, and maybe I don't enunciate. I don't think that one was, maybe it's your Santa Claus hat, it may be covering your ears. I'll let the, I'm coaching the players, and this is no knock on anybody. It wouldn't be any different than Eric Harris, who's out for the season, and I love what Eric Harris does for us, but I've got to coach and worry about getting this team ready to play Detroit. And if something were to change, I'd let you know. That's why you hire people that work in the front office to do that job. So, again, that'd be a better story for somebody else. How has that kind of helped him go through his first season, and what's been key to that mindset to keep him growing throughout the year? I think it's a challenge, but it's a credit to him, and how he's wired, and all the people that he is, and the people who helped him along the way, and when he's gotten here. I mean, that's, and I know the easy thing is, hey, you're a professional, you get paid, but some people can't handle the hype that goes with it. I mean, there's great responsibility when you take somebody there, and like I said today, we're in the most sensationalized era of society because of the way the information travels, good and bad. So, some people, they can't handle that hype, and that's why we've tried to focus on reality and kind of stay neutral or stay in the middle, however you want to phrase it, to improve our day, because you have good games, and like I said, they want to go ahead and give you a bronze boss for Ken, and then you have your bad days, and they want to make sure that you're playing in the arena five league. So, that's why it's just important to have that mindset, and it's easier said than done. It should be like, okay, everybody should do that, but we're all human, so, and then that's what you're fighting every day. You also talked with Petruary, what was that process like for you, because hey, if I remember correctly, you were supposed to be in the second interview there, and then it ended up not happening. Well, I really appreciated the opportunity to talk to Detroit. There's great people that run that organization, and again, I just focused on what my circumstances were and the opportunity I had, and thankfully it led here, the hell of a coach at GM, and I don't know what happened. They made a good, I just dealt with what my situation was, but I was always thankful for that opportunity. When going against Detroit, how do you prepare your team against a team where maybe their record doesn't show how big the play is, but you know, you have to be a huge system because they are not here. Yeah, so my holiday cheer for the second time to answer this. I know you're a little late walking in, Anthony, so I don't know if D-Led's gonna find you. It's a national football league, the short answer is national football league, you better be ready to go every week. I didn't say it, D-Led said that. Yeah, well, I don't need somebody trying to cancel me, saying I'm like being mean to a media member. That was D-Led. I mean, now his phone's off, we lost control in here. Sorry, Anthony. One of your sources, one of your Twitter sources that probably worked in Green Bay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I was just saying. I mean, you didn't even give me a good Green Bay name drop, whether you got it off Twitter or you talked to one of your old thing. Yeah, yeah, I used them all up. I'm sure you did. I feel like that's a shot at Michael. What do you look at it over there? I just felt some tension. I just felt some tension. That's all. It's the Santa hat and the other stuff. Yeah, yeah, I get it. So, but lastly, do you all wear extra kneecaps this week, since Kondan said that they're gonna be eating off your kneecaps this year? All right, appreciate it. Thank you.