 Well, we'll start in honor of D-Led having some flight issues getting back. I'll give a little injury update. Just a couple guys here. The offer kind of be day to day. We'll see how it goes this week with D. Hawk will be out. He's in the protocol. He'll be out this week. And then AJ, decent news, but it's probably more week to week. For us, that's a ball of secondary guys down. How do you go about replacing that? Do you need to bring somebody? Well, we've got faith in a lot of our guys that are here. The way we've tried to develop guys that have been in our program. And it's our job to find solutions. Everybody's dealing with something around the league. And we've got to find solutions. And we've got a big divisional game coming up here Sunday. Is there a, do you feel like at this point you would need to bring somebody? Just from a pure numbers standpoint, we'd have to bring someone in from outside. Well, I mean, if you're dealing with a bunch of long-term issues, you'd probably feel like that would be the case. We feel pretty confident in the guys that we have in-house. And we'll just see how the week goes. How much did AJ going down after eight plays? And Darren had said that part of the plan was to have him maybe follow Jamar a little bit. How much did that alter what you guys were trying to do? Yeah, I mean, that's what happens in game. I mean, everybody's dealing with something. It's in National Football League. We knew going in that game that we knew what, you know, what any secret, what their strengths were. And they did a nice job executing. And we didn't early. And you get yourself in a hole like that. And then it's our, you know, you got to adapt. And as bad as the game started, you had a little bit of life in the end of the second quarter and credit the sensee. And when you get yourself in a hole like that, you got to be damn near perfect to make a comeback on a good team. And that's on us. And then obviously, since you had to say in it, and you're kind of a pitch behind, is certainly what it feels like. And they did a nice job in the second half. And they closed us out. And we can do a lot of things better. With AJ being week to week, and that would be Richie maybe being the only starter and Daniel being out there. The only day one starter, how much does having Dean and Eric maybe lessen some of this a little bit for you? Yeah, that's what, you know, the strategy behind some of the roster building. And then the way you try to develop guys that are on your P-Squad and guys that have been in your program so they know your system. So you're not going to have been a part of things. It's one thing I do appreciate about the new roster rules. I can think back to 2014 at the end of the year. And we had two games left, bad season. And we tried to get Matt Mulligan and Jordan Palmer ready for a week 16, Barnburner, Jax, Titans, Thursday night game before Christmas. And then it's the way it goes. And two days you're trying to get a guy ready to play. It's a snap away. Fortunately, we don't have to do that. And so we'll see how the week goes. And we've got to obviously adjust and make sure we've got a good plan because we've got a good challenge with Carolina coming in. Arthur, you got down early getting that negative game script. Was it tempting to try to get away from the run a little bit more at that point in time? Yeah, it was. And that's what you're always trying to balance because there's the things that we can do a better job of. And we'll continue to evolve. And that's a challenge. That's what I love about the league. We've got 10 games left or right in the middle of it. The good news is that it's only counts for one loss. As bad as it feels on Monday when you lose. That's why I'm always talking about perspective when you win, too. You've got to have the same focus. Yeah, I mean, if you try to get it all back at once, there can be some severe unintended consequences. You don't want to put your defense right back out there in a quick three and out. And so it felt pretty good. That's why we had that long drive where Tyler scored. Obviously, in the two minute, we got the start of the series. We were able to get the explosive. And then we just never got anything going. The start of the series in the third quarter, we had a chance to get momentum. It was, like I said, if something here or there, and we can do a better job, that start with me. Let me get a fresher target's question. I mean, they're good questions. I mean, I understand what you're talking about. I mean, we know you're targeting Kyle, right? But the results aren't bearing themselves up. What can you do? Do you need to simplify things for Marcus? Is it easy to make a form for him to get more production? No, I understand that. And that's a good question. And that's our job as coaches, right? I mean, you get certain game plans that work, like you get in the San Francisco. And it's like a heavyweight fight. And we got the lead. So you're hammering some more runs in there. We'll certainly look at everything. We've got to find ways to get guys involved earlier. And we certainly threw a screen to them. And I feel like you got something there. But Bates makes a play. And it's nothing. And that's the key is making sure we continue to evolve too. And we will. And that's the charge. That's what I've always believed in. And like I said, it's not one person. It's not one coach. It all starts with me. And there's a lot of things we can do better. We will. Like I said, we're right in the middle of it at three and four. Not where we want to be. But the reality is there's a long season ahead of us. And we got an opportunity to go win a division game. Certainly, we'll look at everything. I mean, when you're not, a lot of times, guys can be the primary. And they take it away. I can shorten the targets down. Certainly, the second play of the second half, you target Drake, then go as a target. We get moved off the spot. He comes open. And we got to be clean or executing there. But those are examples of, like, yes, there are other things we can do. And it's not just simplify. I know that words get thrown out there a lot. For better or worse, there's other things we can do. And I will do. That's probably the simplest best way I can put it. Talking about getting guys involved early, this is a few times now that this team has gotten down in a hole to start games off on the road. What's the messaging about changing that idea and moving forward and starting quicker? Yeah, they've been different. First drive, we get the ball against the Rams, right? We took the ball down the field. And then we, a couple of negative plays, we missed the kick, right? And they go down and score. Get ourselves in a hole there a little bit. And obviously, it wasn't very good in the first half. And so that's kind of how the way that game started. When you get down to Tampa, first drive, nothing, second drive. You hit an explosive, but there's a penalty. And then you just kind of stagnant, got a chance before the half. Almost identical to the first drive of the LA. So these games are a little bit different story. There's obviously things we need to do better than this last week, what happened yesterday, getting down, we're down 21-0 pretty quick. So there's a lot of things we'll evaluate, things that we can do better in every phase. And we will, for sure. Last week, you said, you're not going to talk about Jim Moore. You're not going to give the Jim Moore a quote when it comes to playoffs. Jim Moore, senior. Jim Moore, senior, correct. Well, Jim L, I forget what he goes by, it's junior Jim L. But when you're sitting here, three of seven games in, and you're in first by senior division, you may not look at that. As a coach, do you have to kind of talk to your players and be like, listen, this is a real lot, because it's kind of like non-movement. Yes, reality in the NFL. Well, I mean, it's just a young seed. I mean, you see it every year. I mean, you see teams that start 10-0, and then they limp in, and their season's over. You see teams that, in 0-8, I was part of a team where we were 6-2, and when we finished 8-8, you feel like at the midway point, you're like, you assume your guy really was shot at the playoffs, and then you spotter at the end, and that's the name of the game, and it goes back even to last week. You can't ride the roller coaster and feel like you've got all the answers if you get out, if you went on Monday and relax. And no different, it's not as tragic as it may feel on Monday, you feel awful. You know, it's not the end of the world either. So a lot of it is perspective, and the reality in the NFL, regardless of the record is that seven games in, or eight games in, which you're gonna call the halfway point, it's an eight or nine, I guess everybody's different. I don't know, I'm doing all your brain works. But in all seriousness, like kind of where you're at, that halfway point, it never gonna, I mean, the whole goal is to keep improving, and we're lucky, because we're not, you know, some years you're right. You get down and the teams run our way through your vision at six and one, but luckily we're all in this pack right here. And it's a unique opportunity for sure, but that's the reality of it. You gotta be aware of it, and it also gives you perspective. Didn't you say it before? Did you actually talk with the team about it, and that's it? Well, I mean, the quickest way in the playoffs is when you're divisioning, and you need to win divisional games, and where now, I mean, obviously it didn't against New Orleans or Tampa, and it's a big game, especially at home. Well, I think it just goes back to the same story as you try to, you try to make sure, it goes back to that perspective, the week to week, you know, the old phrase, any given Sunday, it's the reality of this league. You can't take anything for granted, and it's just another reminder. It shouldn't have to be that way, but sadly, sometimes you need reminders, and it's what we do with it. I mean, they're gonna be coming in here. They should be confident. It's been a good defense. Carolina last couple of years, are they that a good defense, and they ran the ball really well yesterday, and they were able to get ahead, and they beat a Tampa team in a divisional game, and so you shouldn't need to be reminded that way, but we lost the game yesterday, and didn't play very well, and they did. But, you know, whatever team is able to prepare and make adjustments this week to be ready to roll, is who will win on Sunday. And that starts the day. Loss, what have you kind of noticed from your group coming Monday into Wednesday? Have they been able to kind of get working again? Yeah, that hadn't seemed to be the biggest issue. You know, I think I was a little, you know, not hindsight, revisionist history, but I was a little annoyed last week. I didn't think our focus was great early on. You can ask anybody in that locker room, this isn't me just saying this on Monday, it's good we lost, and you try to ran it back in, and then you're playing a really good team on the road. So I think for the most part, it's been pretty good, but obviously it wasn't good enough last week. You're not a huge fan of the stats thing, but are you pleased when you look at the numbers of, are there certain areas you're pleased with what your execution is at this point statistically? I think you do look at the progress, you know, things you've emphasized and then, but the reality is like, the defenses are gonna adapt too, and we gotta evolve, there's always room for improvement. Whether you're leading the league in a certain category or not, kind of goes with the kind of your record at the halfway point to be objective, what are we doing really well? What do we need to keep improving? Making sure that we're evolving enough where you don't become obvious. And yeah, there are some things we've made progress, and certainly, and you're aware of it, but in a day, right, we're at seven games on. What do you think, when you watch P.J. Laughlin, when you have seen him in the past, what stood out to you, what maybe you see out of him that maybe a lot of people will miss because he wasn't the guy that was, you know. Yeah, I think he's a very tough-minded player. I think, you know, he's got pretty good pocket presence. I can see why guys would like to, you know, are confident when he's in there. So I think, you know, he's every week's a different challenge and certainly a guy like P.J. who hadn't been the easy road for him, but, you know, we got all the respect in the world for him. You do have an open roster spot, however. We do, and yeah, he's got to evaluate with the IRR guys. I don't have any update on it right now, whether it's IRR or there's somebody to bump up or there's somebody, you know, you never know if there's somebody out there you may claim or whatever. So we'll see how the week goes. Wouldn't you have a head coaching change in the middle of the year? Do you have to change your evaluation because there's a new guy in charge or? Yeah, I think you're gonna see, right? They changed the play-caller too, defensively. Right. Have some, you know, calling against Steve Wilkes before a couple other spots. I'll hook him right, he's calling it. And those guys have been together before. Played them an opening day in 19 and Cleveland. Practicing against them when they're both at Carolina. They've adapted, they'll have their own flavor on it. But yeah, it certainly changes what Phil Snow was doing to what they're doing in the last couple games and they'll have a different plan for us. Is it a different kind of challenge when you play Carolina when, you know, they get this big win they have against the Bucks despite the fact that they traded, you know, one of the best players in the league like McAfrey, do they feel like a, you know, like a team with nothing to lose and therefore present a different challenge for you? This thing just shows, you know, they're professionals and a lot of times there's perception, there's reality. And, you know, when they go in there and they stuck to their plan, they obviously had a belief and they were able to get out ahead and won a big football game. And I think that's, I think a lot of times the outside perception of the truth is, you know, somewhere in the middle about players and star status and whatnot, and they won as a team yesterday playing good solid football in three phases. And it'll be a challenge for us, just like it is every Sunday, regardless of if they've made a coaching change or whatever, that their players are gonna be familiar with our guys regardless of who's calling the defense. You know, when they, they've got a pretty good familiarity with our, with at least our whole line, some of our guys are Tackles, Chris, Kyle, OZ, Keith Smith, you know, guys they're familiar playing with, that's what happens in your division. You know, it's why you see sometimes there's certain matchups in division. You're like, how did that team win? I just, they, they got a little more different confidence because it made me know them too well. So that'll be part of the challenge too. With a guy like Drake, after he only gets one target because he's sitting up there and had been such a balling guy. Do you have to talk to him a little bit, say hey? No, because I think that what's, again, where stats can be misleading, it's, yeah, the target, right, he catches it, but he was the primary on a couple other ones and the ball didn't go there for no reason. So he knows that, like everything, things he can do a lot better, things I can do a lot better, it's not like he's not getting plays called for him. We gotta do a better job of executing regardless of what play's called. And there's a lot of little details that go into it that said we can all do better. But the one thing if you're just ignoring somebody and you're on your call sheet and you're just refusing to even try to get him a ball, if that hasn't been the case, but the results are what they are. And so reality is we gotta figure out different ways to make sure everybody's getting involved. So I think it would be a problem if you just all of a sudden were being hard headed and ignoring somebody and the players could feel that. These guys are way more perceptive than anybody ever gives them credit for. That's not been the case. I can do a better job, we can all do a better job, he can do a better job to make sure those targets or primaries become a reality and we execute better. Something Marvis had said last week was about when it came to Kyle was like, yeah, I knew he could give him more opportunities and comfort in the offense. Do you think Marvis is at the point where he feels comfortable enough with maybe Kyle and Drake that those are the type of players that you can sometimes throw even if they're not as open? Do you feel like Marvis is there yet? I do. I do, it's probably the reason he probably threw that flat as a run alert to Kyle. That was the one I challenged. That was bang, bang on the goal line. I mean, he had a couple of options on the plate, but it shows the faith he has. I mean, that's a tough contest to catch and, you know, at the time he had control, obviously he didn't score. I could argue other challenge or not, but I thought it was worth challenging to see if we had control that when it crossed, you know, game a couple of inches here, there, and essentially was a timeout. But that'd be an example of him just saying, like, screw it, I'm gonna give Kyle a chance here. And he had other options on the play. Small example, but that'd be one of them. Can I ask, following up with Tori's question, what are some key things that you have seen from the Carolina Actors? Well, I think they've got good defense personnel. These guys, they play extremely hard. They obviously are trying to establish a little bit of a different identity, however that goes. They ran the ball really well yesterday. You know, they've invested in their offensive line, so I'd imagine they wanna get those guys rolling a little bit. I know Forman pretty well. Coaching in Tennessee, we had him in camp here last year. He'll be ready to roll, and he's a good back. And he gets into a rhythm, and they can be hard to stop. They got good players, they said, I fell. And then they were awarded with a win yesterday, and they should feel pretty good. And I'm sure they feel that they match up well against us, and like I said, it's a huge opportunity for us Sunday to win another home game, to win a divisional game, and get going here.