 Got y'all in the rain, cold. Oh, man, Richie, probably the last time we'll get a chance to chat with you after your rookie year or so. That ain't no make me sad. I know, I'm so sad. Man, it's been, I don't think I ever had this much knowledge throwing at me. I'm talking about from all angles, like we got so many good vets in our room, and I'm talking about everybody. Every single day, just throwing in knowledge. I'm just trying to soak it up. So really, it's just been a learning year. Like, I'm still having fun out there, but for the most part, we're going behind the scenes. I've been learning so much, man. Just how to be a pro, how to play this game, and be in it for a long time. I'm glad that you brought that up. That was something that we were talking to Dean Pies about a little bit a couple weeks ago. He was kind of talking about how he'll sometimes come up to you and be like, have you ran something like this before? And it's always like, nah. This is, I know Dean's scheme is difficult for people who have been in the league for years. Somebody just, you kind of feel like, you talk about learning. How do you feel like you've grown in Dean's scheme specifically? Oh yeah, I feel like, man, anybody in that building can vouch, man. I really been doing this all year, beginning of the year. Man, I've been learning a lot. Let's just say that. So now, man, just looking back on where I came from. Like I just learned so much, man. I'm a completely different ball player than I would when I first got here. I mean, you can put it like, it was just raw talent. And now I'm finally putting the pieces together with these guys, these staff in my vets and room. So is there anything specifically that you're proud of when you look back at this year and kind of is there a specific step that you feel like you've taken, whether it be physically, mentally, anything that you're specifically proud of? Oh yeah. Pretty much my role when I'm out there on the field, it's almost like quarterback. So like, special teams, defense, no matter what position it is, it's a lot of communication. You got to know where you are. You got to know your job as well as where your help is. And the same thing with special teams. And you know, I thank my coach for that. Put me in that position because it just helped me grow. You know, as a leader, being able to be under control, you said, what's one thing I take to note? This year it's just about, I'm real proud of how I'm under control now. Like my mind is slowed down. You know, I'm able to see it through. Yeah. That's probably the biggest win for me this year. Yeah. What did that mean? What did that moment kind of happen for you, Richie? Because I know when you're kind of coming in and you're going through OTA, training camp and everything, you're still kind of feeling like a college player. It's a weird transition. What did that kind of moment happen for you? Whether that was a particular week, a game, a play? To be honest, I don't know if I realized it right away. I think it was just like one of those weeks. Like at the end of the week, I'm like, damn. I didn't get yelled at that much this week. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to be doing my job, you know what I'm saying? It was pretty much like that. Like I don't even think I realized to like, I'm not even going to make up what week it was. It was just at the end of the week, I was like, wow. Okay, let's keep it going. Yeah. I want to go back to what you're talking about with communication, kind of finding your voice in this defense. I know in Dean's defense, the nickel position and where that alignment is kind of takes a lot for the defense overall. Right. I know he commended you a couple of weeks ago about how you've been willing to step up and vocalize things a lot more recently because he's like, that's really important here. It is, very. Yeah, so can you kind of speak to that process and kind of feeling like you've grown in being able to find your voice out on a field with some pretty good veterans? Right. It's about relieving that pressure. Like I always say like pressure, not a bad thing. You know, it helps you grow. And it's about, because I just, I'm just so hard on myself, you know, and sometimes it can be a downfall. So you just want to, you know, just get off yourself a little bit and just play. Like I've been playing this game my whole life. So it ain't nothing new. It's just a new defense, you know what I'm saying? So pretty much just getting comfortable with making the call. Like, oh, I'm not wrong with this call. You know what I'm saying? Oh, he trusts me to be in the spot. I say I'm being, even though I'm showing something else. So it just, just comfortability really. You know, it's rare that you come into the lead and you have a legend, like Dean, he needs to be in the lead, right? But you do. And so sometimes I'll tweet things out and I'll hashtag his deanism. So, so what deanism can you tell us about where literally, and maybe in good or bad, is that up to you? I ain't telling you nothing bad, man. Come on, I ain't that crazy. You all the way together or a deanism where it was telling you like, oh, wow, I got this now. I don't know, man, this dude been coaching I think more than half his life, man. Literally, anytime his mouth open, I'm, you know what I'm saying? What you saying, coach? Cause I just, I know he just got so much wisdom, so much knowledge, like a rookie like me, like I can take my game so much further than being behind the stuff that we got. So anytime they talk, really, I'm just ears, really. This is probably one of the last times that we'll get a chance to talk to you before the end of the season. I mean, kind of looking ahead, what are kind of some things? You know, just going back and reevaluating every game and even practice, man. That's the way you make the most mistakes that we can grow the most from, man. Just reevaluating where I'm at and, you know, fits and second year in the defense, you should be more comfortable. That's just natural. So just trying to mitigate mistakes, really. Like mentally, that's what it's all about, being a safety anyways, going out there and not making the same mistake twice. Yeah, appreciate y'all. Thank you.