 Dealing with Daniel Ramsey and Aaron Dowell, I'm sure it's tough enough. How much tougher is their defense going to be now if they've added one million? Yeah, I mean, they got playmakers all over the place. You just mentioned three of the top players in the NFL on defense. So a ton of respect for those guys and the rest of the defense as well. They're playing good ball all the way around. You look at how they're playing this whole year really. They've been playing good football. So we're going to have to be at our best, no doubt about it. Feels much better. Thanks for asking. What's the story this week that's been like for you, Ryan? You've lost Derek in front of yours, a big part of this offense, but you also got to kind of turn the page and try to get ready to play. What were the motions that's been like for you? Yeah, it's hard, obviously. Losing Derek, a guy who puts so much into this team and has done so much for this team, he worked so hard and has been so durable. So it was almost a really big shock, I think, for Derek and everyone else involved is kind of shocked by it. But yeah, I'm glad everything seems to be going well with him so far. But you mentioned we have to turn the page, not really turn the page, but keep moving. We have to keep moving forward as a team, as an offense, and find a way to continue playing our football and play good. Does that leadership void, Phil? Naturally, you have to do something consciously. How does that work, man? Is the web void? What's the leadership void with Derek on? I just continue to be myself, leading the way I lead. And we have other guys that will continue doing the same as well. So we'll definitely miss Derek. But as an offense, we just have to keep pressing forward. Brayville said no one in this building will serve. What do you like about what you guys have with Derek, how they can let you keep running the ball, keep throwing those play action downfield shots, and maybe even with some of the new backs that have been brought in? Yeah, no doubt. If you look at the run game in general, taking nothing away from Derek, it starts up front. And that will continue to stay the same as we have to have to be physical up front and create space for the backs that we have. So obviously, Derek's extremely talented and has a rare ability. But if we're able to create space up front and block physically on the outside with our wide receivers, then we're going to be in good shape, especially adding some of the pieces that we added. They say everybody needs to step up in Derek's absence and all. And while that may be true, how do you balance that with trying to stay within yourself and your abilities and, I guess, impart that to the team? Just go play. I don't think I don't have to overthink it a whole lot. Just continue to prepare. So it's one of the football game and make the plays that come up within the framework of what we're trying to accomplish offensively. I want you to appreciate the fact that you can't replace Derek, but management goes out and gets the only other active 2,000 yard rupture on the planet, right? I mean, that send a good message to the room, you think? No, no doubt. It's a huge addition being able to add Adrian. Obviously, the career he's had up to this point, unbelievable. I can remember watching him back at Oklahoma and then, obviously, his whole career in the league has been spectacular. So a guy who has a ton of experience, who likes to run physical, kind of a lot like Derek does, and he's definitely going to be helpful for us. And to play, how much does he style? I think five passes to the free tight ends and that driver. Haven't used them a ton. Do you feel like this is now an opportunity to kind of maybe get them more involved in the offense? Yeah, I feel like the past few weeks, those guys have been showing up. They're consistent for us. Sometimes the ball just doesn't end up going that way due to coverage and opportunities elsewhere, but they continue to be reliable. They're reliable in practice, and then they've shown up in the past few weeks in the games for us. So it's a group that maybe doesn't get a lot of attention or focus, but I have a lot of confidence in them, no doubt. And watching Adrian Peterson play, how much does his style, in your opinion, fit what you guys want to do offensively? It definitely fits. We look at what we like to do, get the ball down hill, and run physically. And that's exactly what you would say about how he runs the football. He's a strong physical runner, and he gets down hill quickly. So I think he fits in perfectly. What did he say to him? What did he say to you? What was kind of your initial conversation like when you walked in the door? Yeah, I talked to him yesterday a little bit. Just excited to have him on board. Obviously, I've been a fan of his since he was at Oklahoma watching him run, and excited for the opportunity to be able to play with him. Do you think Derek fundamentally changed the identity in the offense you guys have held in the last? I don't think so. I think our foundation is the same. I think what we believe in as a team, as an offense, is what we believe in. So I don't think that would change that. There's this challenge a little bit, Ryan, of not only the leadership void, but I'm sure the passing game will play a bigger deal, at least a little bit anyway. Is that sort of, do you see that? And do you kind of say, all right, I got to take that? Yeah, we'll see what shakes out. You kind of approach each week independently, and I want to do whatever it takes to win. So if that's throwing the ball more, then that's throwing the ball more. If it's running it more, then it's running it more. So I just love winning football games. So whatever it takes to win, and to give our team the best chance to win, that's what I want to do. Do you expect the way AJ is covered to change now, with boxes maybe not as loaded as often? I don't know. We'll see. AJ is a very talented player, and has been making plays for a few years now. So we'll see how teams try to defend us. What's your approach as a quarterback, when you're facing a guy like Ramsey, just one of those elite co-owners who's known for taking guys out of him? He does a great job. You look at, they move him around, he plays inside, he plays outside, and he's making plays all over the place. He's long. He has a great sense for pattern reading, and getting his eyes and hands on the football. So definitely have to be aware for where he's at. And as receivers, we have to be clean in our depths, and precise on our details. And as a quarterback, have to be great with ball location. AJ has been saying a couple times that to lighten the mood, sometimes in a huddle, you'll occasionally begin to drive with a little joke. Anything you can share in that regard that you usually try? I don't know. Whatever comes in the moment, it's not something I have a little pocketbook of and pull one out. I just try to get a feel for the mood and the huddle and the mood of the game situation. And if it feels like a good time to bring levity to the situation, then I try to do that. He says he can't share them himself, though. Sometimes they're a little bit not family rated, is that it? I don't try to be. I'm not too out of the box, so. You're first in Miami. How have you seen yourself personally in terms of growth here, really in the past couple of years with this team? Yeah, I think I've grown over my whole career. And that didn't change when I got here. Constantly trying to improve physically, mentally, with leadership. I think all of those things grow through time and through experience. So I try to file away every experience, whether it's a good or bad experience, and try to learn from it. And I think you start adding those things up over year after year after year. And eventually, you see growth and better overall play and leadership. I know you, I know JB, asked you about Von Miller earlier. But you guys buddy from A&M days? And the part of you when you saw that news thing, in a while, it would have to be this week's timing. And that's great. Yeah, talk about the timing, man. But yeah, I love Von. We had some great times together at A&M. We actually came in the same recruiting class. I, Richard, he didn't. So he came out a year before me. But played in some really big football games, some fun football games together, and have a ton of respect for him. So it's been fun watching him as a friend over the past 10 years, 11 years of seeing him continue to be a great football player. Can't say I love facing him. But a ton of respect for him and know that he's a dangerous player. One of the things that happens, you have a lot of the offensive responsibility on your shoulders anyway. Do you feel any added responsibility now that Derrick's out of the lineup? My responsibility stays the same, as far as leading this offense, doing everything I can to put us in position to score points. So the responsibilities and the job, per se, doesn't change. There's a school of thought that you have to be running well for play-action to work. And there's a school of thought that you just have to be threatening to run for the play-action triggers to work. What do you think? Well, I think, obviously, the better you're running the football, then the more bite you're going to get out of the second level. So I've played in games in the past where we weren't running the ball, but had effective play-action. But I think, overall, it all works together, right? The more they respect the run and want to stop the run, then the better action you're going to get out of the second level. Ryan, did you get a chance to speak with Derrick at all after his surgery? Or have you spoken with him the last couple of days? And if so, what kind of was your message to him? Yeah, I spoke with Derrick a few times. Talked to him after the game on the plane ride home. And I was just really feeling for him. I've had that injury in the past before the combine or after my senior season before the combine had the same type of injury. So I kind of know what he's going through, slash, about to go through. But just feel for him. A guy, like I mentioned, who puts so much into it and cares so much and does so much for us to be having the season that he was having and to go out to play through it. For however long he played through it last week, this says a lot about him and his toughness and his will to win. So you hate to see a guy that puts that much into it be affected by something like this. But he's built different. He's shown that over the course of the past several years is his toughness. Obviously physically, he's built different. Mentally, he's tough. So I know coming back from this, he's going to be stronger than ever and been praying for him and thinking about him a lot the past few days.