 Yeah, yeah, obviously excited to have him on board. Been a fan of his from his game for a long time now and admired his game from a long time. So to be able to come out and put some work in here on the first day, it was exciting. Good start for us, a long way to go, but starting to build that relationship day one. How are you feeling with him? I guess during his visit, I guess for the month ago, what was the process waiting to see where he was going to end up and how did you find out he was coming forward? Yeah, it was a waiting game, just like it was for everybody. Had some good time together, a month ago or whatever it was. And then just kind of waited through the process, communicated with him every so often. I'd check in, hey, what are we thinking? How are we looking? Where are things at? And was excited to get that call from Vrable to let me know that it was going to happen. So definitely, it was a wait and see game, but excited to have him on board. What does he add to the game, Brian? Do what? What does he add to the game? I think he adds a veteran presence who's played at a high level for a long time. He's a guy who's played a lot of football, been successful his whole career. Obviously, unbelievable hands, catch radius, I think understanding of how to get himself open versus different coverages, different looks. So it gives that veteran guy who's been there and done that to lead that room. I know you trust guys to go get it. He may be as trustworthy a guy as there is in terms of contested catches and ability to go into small windows and protect you. Yeah, no question. I mean, you've seen it over the years as it doesn't look like he's open, but he's able to come down with the football time and time again. Just being able to build that trust here through the training camp, see where I can put the ball, where he can go get it, and where he likes that type of thing. So excited to go to work and keep building on what we started today. What that guy would play in a way he specializes in? Does it take a little bit more development of that trust? Does it require more trust? Yeah, trust is a big part of playing the quarterback position, whether it's a guy like DHOP or anybody else. You have to play with trust in order to make plays. And the more trust you have, ultimately, the more plays you make. So we've got to start developing that trust. We've already been talking through a lot of the concepts and how I see things and how we expect the routes to be run. So it's going to be a growing process. We're going to have to put a lot of work in, a lot of time in. But excited to start that process. If I wanted to better and I'm better in, does it help accelerate all that whole process stuff too? I think so. I think he knows I've seen a lot of football. He's seen a lot of football. Now it's just about getting on the same page and seeing it through the same set of eyes in this offense. He's been in a version of this before. He's been in probably several offenses at this point. But just making sure we're seeing it the same way. He mentions some of the things like he said you have to do things off the field in order to develop that relationship. From your perspective, what's an example of some of the off the field things that you could do? Be careful. Now I'll come back and get you. Piss them off. Yeah, it's just time. You're spending time being able to go over the offense, go over things, go over football things off the field. You can't hit everything on the field. Not going to get a rep of everything, every coverage, every look. So being able to talk through those things in the meeting room after practice, before practice. And then just spending time together, getting to know each other, getting to just develop that relationship. What did Kevin did almost as a president in the locker room? Oh, it's huge. Obviously, adding a guy like Deandre to this team is going to help us. So thankful that we were able to get done. And I think Kevin doing what he did was a part of that. So obviously, Kevin has been a big part of this team since I've been here, played as well as any safety in the league over that time period. So excited to have Kevin and thankful that they were able to work it out. What's a true challenge against your teammates? Maybe as you kick off training camp, and what's important to remember as you go through this six-week buildup for the season starts? That take advantage of every opportunity we get. Take advantage every day. It's a grind. There's highs. There's lows during training camp. We've got to stay the course. Stay the course. Come out with a focus each and every day. Have something to focus on and get better each and every day, whether it's timing on a three-step footwork or for a receiver. Being able to plan off the inside foot on an outbreak or whatever the case may be, just having something. You can't focus on everything every single day. But being able to focus on something every single day, you start stacking those things together. You're growing as a person. You're growing as a player. And then you start building the team. We start all doing that together. We're pushing each other. We're going through a tough thing together, battling through the highs, battling through the lows, and just starting to gel as a team. Those are some things you want to accomplish during this time. You've got to have a training camp when you go through it as many times as you have. It's probably old hat. But how much of a challenge is it with a new offense that Tim Kelly's brought in and with a completely overhauled offensive line to work on? Training camp's tough. But training camp is a crucial time of the year to come out and grow as a player and to grow as a team. Individually, we have to all focus on different things. Like I said, that we want to get better at. Then we have to grow as a team. We have to start building that trust, that chemistry within the offensive line. Those guys trust in each other on the combo blocks and the pass protection. Quarterbacks trust in the offensive line in a pocket. Quarterbacks trust in receivers. Receivers trust in the quarterback that the ball is going to be in the right spot. So it all works together. And it all takes time and repetition to do that. So the fact that we have time is great, but we have to take advantage of the time we have. You haven't had much time to work with your Marco Jones in the past, seeing him out there on your right side just for a couple of days. You have an initial feeling for him. And did you get any kind of feel for him last year, being around him at all, or was it a complete wash? I mean, it's not a wash. I got to know him a little bit. Obviously excited to have him back. He went through a lot of adversity last year with his injury. The ups and the downs with that and the repeats and everything he dealt with was tough. And he felt for the guy just seeing him in there, working his tail off on a daily basis in the training room, rehabbing, and then having everything he had to deal with. So you feel for that, but excited to have him back out there, seeing him grow just in the first couple of days. He was here early with us, so was able to see some reps and see him grow just in the first few days of being out there. So done some good things so far, excited to have him back out there, and excited for what he can do. Let's talk about trust. I was talking the other day about how what the injury is a guy who sometimes doesn't run the route exactly the way he's thrown up in a playbook. Is that an example of the relationship that you guys have to form so you can figure out what you might be doing? Yeah, no question. You have a veteran guy who's, like I said, able to get himself open in different situations. So just building that trust on knowing when he does have the freedom to create on his own, than when I'm expecting you in this window in this timing. So it's a balance of being able to use his playmaking ability and spatial awareness and all those types of things, but then also how does it fit within the picture as a whole, right? So we're going to be working through that throughout training camp, but no doubt excited to have his playmaking ability as a part of our offense. Will you talk about trust? How much more trust do you have now in both jig and training than you did in last year? A lot, you know, when they're coming in, you're getting to know them. They're kind of swimming early on as a rookie. You're kind of swimming, trying to figure things out. You know, trailing was battling through some things early on, which slowed us down a little bit, but he's had a great off season. He's worked his tail off, was able to work with both those guys down in Florida this summer and excited for the growth that they both had. You know, now understanding what it's like to go through NFL season, understanding what I'm expecting from them on different plays. And now it's to the point where we can just let their natural playmaking ability take the field and take over, because super talented guys, both in their own regard. And when you understand what's going on, when you understand where to line up, what QBA is expecting, you can play fast. And when you're playing fast with the talent that those guys have, then you put a lot of pressure on the defense. You had mentioned Aaron Brewer in OTAs, and then you came to spending a lot of time even with you guys in the room. How do you feel like he is progressing? And how do you continue that kind of chemistry there with you guys? Yeah, he's done a great job, like I said, in the spring. He's been a leader in that room for us, putting in the time, coming in early with the QBs, getting a grasp on what we're asking from the center in this offense, being on the same page with the quarterback and all the different mic points and adjustments and protections and everything like that. So really happy and thankful for the work that he's put in over the course of the spring, and just like everyone else, have to keep the foot on the gas and keep going as we get into training camp here and not only pushing yourself, but pushing the guys around you. Ron, has Netflix approached you about quarterback season 2? Not season 2. No, not season 2. I had some conversations last year, but not season 2. Just your thoughts. Did you see it at all, Ryan? Did you see the quarterback yet? I haven't seen it. I want to watch it. It's not that I don't have an interest. I definitely have an interest in. We'll get around to watching it at some point. But when it came out over the summer, I was in the house. I didn't even have Wi-Fi. So I was living in the Stone Ages there for a few weeks, and just haven't got around to catching up. Was that intentional? Did you go away from Wi-Fi? No, it wasn't intentional at all. My wife was losing her mind, actually. I didn't mind it so much. I didn't love it, but I didn't mind it. But my wife started twitching, scratching the neck a little bit. But hopefully next year, we have Wi-Fi at the house. Ryan, there's so many men who trust in Chig and Trailin there, with Domino Effective Signing, Deandre. How does that help Chig and Trailin more this year? Yeah, when you add a playmaker, I think it takes some pressure off, takes some eyes off of. The defenses are going to have to account for everybody now. They can't focus on any one guy. And then off the field, just being able to see how he goes about his business, what he brings to the table, how he creates on the field. I think he's only going to help the room and help the offense and other guys, other skill positions as a whole. So no, he's going to help us on the field between the lines, but I think he's going to help other guys grow as well. Did you give any serious consideration to any offer from Netflix for last year? Yeah, definitely gave it serious consideration, but it didn't work out. Ryan, pulling into your final year of your contract, do you feel with all the changes that have been made that you've been maybe put in the best position to help you and this offense do what they, everyone wants to do? I'm excited, I'm excited for this year, excited for the opportunity we have, the pieces we have, excited for the guys that we have, and the opportunity, like I said, what we have in front of us now. A lot of work to be done, have to keep working, doing the right things day in and day out on the field, off the field, but excited for the opportunity and the pieces that we have. Thank you. Happy birthday. Maybe the second time around, how do you feel like maybe you helped them and the team members? Yeah, I spoke to you guys earlier in the off season, told you guys we were in a good place. I didn't speak to you guys about it, but I kind of did it on the podcast, whatever about really not making this emotional thing, really just trying to make the best out of the situation that you're presented with, that's what I've done my whole life. Obviously, the restructure of the contract, but one thing I do know that it was, it definitely helps out the team a lot, and at the end of the day, we're trying to build a championship roster, and I wouldn't have came back here, or I wouldn't have done what I've done if I didn't think that we would have an opportunity to go win some ball games, so that's what it was about for me, and I'm happy to be back. I've told you guys multiple times, this is my legacy, I wanted to be here, so just glad we was able to get it done. What do you mean? Yeah, I mean, we'll deal with next year, when next year comes around. As of right now, I'm just gonna focus on this year and trying to make the best out of this year as I possibly can, help this team win a championship, and play my behind off of this team, that's what I've said, it's my job to be the best safety I possibly can be, and we'll deal with next year as next year it comes. What's the addition of the... Yeah, at the end of the day, it's all about winning ball games, and you kind of understand it as you get older as a player, the business side of football, and being able to build a championship roster, and that's what it's about here, it's about winning ball games. It's not about, you know, at times it's times to be selfish, but at the end of the day, it's about building the team, and I'm a team leader, and I want to win first and foremost. I've said this multiple times, I want to help bring a championship to Nashville, and that's what we plan on doing this year. Yeah, it's always new. It's always new feelings, and always, you know, new opportunities, new energy, obviously, you know, some of the guys that I'm used to being here with, Ben Jones, Taylor Lawan, those guys aren't here, so still learning our team, learning new teammates, you know, building the culture that we've always had, but obviously with some new guys added in, so it's exciting. It's an exciting opportunity, and that's what I'm excited about. Do you think there's some motivation in that for some of the older guys on this team when, how this is set up here? Yeah, I think for any great player, and all great players, every single year you have to find something to motivate you, keep that chip in your shoulder, and for all of us on this team, not just me, Ryan, Derek, but for everybody, some guys are getting new opportunities, coming from other teams, coming here, getting the opportunity to play, some young guys are getting older, second year, third year, fourth year, whatever, and we're all trying to fight for everything we can get, and that's what it's about. I think that's the energy and the type of culture that Mike Verbo wants here, that everybody is scratching and clawing and trying to earn everything every single day, and that's what it's about. You don't want to have anybody get complacent, including myself, guys that have proven in this league, there's no time and there's no space for complacency here in this building. Ryan, when you went through the end of last season and you kind of saw some of the things that maybe they did as a draft, were you worried at any point that you were going to go through a rebuild if this team wasn't going to try to keep the current window open? I mean, I think if you looked at what the media was saying, I'm not saying you guys particularly, but just being on Twitter and Instagram, that's the only thing that was going around. But I knew for myself, just obviously being in this building, being around this team, certain moves had to be made. You kind of understand that the longer you're in this business, that cuts are going to happen, some guys that been here for a while are going to move on, some guys are going to retire, those things happen. But I was always confident in the guys that we had already. I think sometimes, we kind of get caught up on name recognition and we want to bring this guy in and those guys in. But when you have a culture that we have here as a team, that's the most important thing to try to keep intact. Like I know last year, we definitely, we didn't end the year well at all. We kind of got on the losing streak, but when you kind of look back at it, we were still maybe a drive or a few minutes away, a bad play here from still making to the playoffs. So I know it ended bad, but at the end of the day, I still believe in the guys that we have. Kevin, and you meant different. Yeah, I mean, he's a different type of athlete, different type of player, an elite player. He's been an elite player for a long time in his league. Obviously I've battled with him years from Houston and was able to see him firsthand in practice against Arizona last year. He made an incredible rare zone catch last year, kind of made me walk off. It was crazy. But yeah, I mean, adding a guy like him is big time for us. Obviously be able to mentor some of the young guys, but anytime you can add a weapon like him and that'll help guys like Traylon, that'll help guys like Kyle Phillips and everybody else that we have out there. So, and giving Ryan more options. At the end of the day, I know Tim Kelly wants to throw the ball over the field, but at the same time, we still got Derek in the backfield. So just as a new level of, as far as what defense has the game playing for us as a whole team. What's the first thing you said to him when he came walking in the door? He actually came with me first. Obviously we already knew each other, but we kind of said, what's up? And I tell all the guys I've been here so long and say if you need anything around Nashville, I got you. So now he's a cool guy. For me personally, just being around him definitely seems humble, seems very approachable. And that's what you like from a guy. Obviously in his first couple of days here, he's speaking to everybody, being really good. So it's been good so far. When you add a guy of that caliber, what does that do for the overall team confidence? Yeah, I mean, the more great players you can have, the better it's gonna be. And obviously the first day out here, he's made some plays, made some catches. It definitely brings a different type of energy, but for myself personally, I understand that the work still has to get put in. I remember a couple of years ago, we brought Julio in and all those guys. Everybody's super excited, but sometimes guys do injuries and things like that. So for me personally, I just try to focus on what I can focus on, trying to get better. And I trust that everybody's gonna do the exact same. So it definitely brings some energy, some confidence, but at the same time, just playing games on paper isn't gonna win anything. We gotta put the work in. What do you feel about the ultimatum from the team that if you weren't able to get your contract reworked, that you wouldn't be here, and there would be consequences for that? You know, it never really got to that point. Like I said, I don't really wanna speak on the entire process of how everything worked. But I mean, like I said earlier, man, just happy to be back, happy to be able to obviously help the team, but at the same time, for me, it's all about a great opportunity. I have a great opportunity in front of me to be able to go out here and be the best player I can be possibly, and just help this team. And like you said, whatever going forward can happen at the end of the day, but we just try to make the best out of the situation and go out here and win ball games. Yeah, you're in the fact that your compensation among safeties in the league is pretty much where everybody has you in as a safety in the league, and then to take less compensation than where your kind of head is a safety. How did that make you feel? You know, it really didn't make me feel anything. Cause like I said, I don't think it was, you know, in this business, you know, you can't let your emotions get tied into it. You know, if it's fair, not fair, you know, life isn't fair sometimes. You know what I mean? Like you take what's in front of you, you make the best out of it and look everything as a positive and a great opportunity. So that's how I always viewed everything that I've been through in my life from when I was a kid till I am now and that's how I'm always going to view things. So I'm not really going to get into if it's negative, if it's bad, is it fair? Do I deserve what I don't deserve? I'm going to earn everything that I can get and that's going to be my mindset going forward for the rest of my life. What made you believe that this secondary can be better than it was last season when you guys did give up a lot of yards and whatnot? What have you seen to this point, obviously, as early, but what gives you that confidence? Yeah, I mean, one thing I would say, just having Chris Harris around our DB coach, he's a really good coach. Really like his energy, love the things we're doing as far as on the defensive back. I mean, as far as in the secondary, some different things we're going to do. Brings me a lot of confidence, honestly. Me and Amonie talk about it a lot, some things that we're doing. We see a lot of plays being made on that back end and we've set lofty goals for ourselves at the end day as bad as we was last year. We can't do nothing to go up and we plan on going really, really, really high, is what I would say. I feel like we can be great at the end of the day. I know sometimes the stats don't really show everything, but last year, obviously, the past defense, what it was, but I feel like we was a really good defense last year, but with those guys we have on the front seven, some of the guys that he brought in, like Arden Keesch is here and all these guys, or Aziz, I think that just overall, he's going to improve like, I'm telling you, I just have a lot of confidence in ourselves. And like I said, I don't want to make any predictions or nothing like that, but just feel really good about the guys we have. How much help could AJ Moore bring? You said what again? I'm sorry. How much help could AJ Moore bring? Well, I just think he brings another presence that obviously he was here last year. Obviously, his guy battled some adversity early towards the Achilles and things like that and he's battled himself and he had a workout yesterday and I think it went really well. So just glad to have him back. I know he's still working his way back or whatever, but things are going to be a great just veteran presence with some of these young guys and obviously he's going to be able to help us out on special teams. That's something he's been really good at since he didn't leave. I'm not even going to mention that you guys, he's really familiar with you from high school. What are some of the things you remember from high school days with Arden Keesch? So Arden got to my high school, I think maybe a year after I left. So he actually played with my younger brother who was there as well. But just remember him being a dog. My little brother was talking about him all the time. Like we got this guy named Arden Keesch, a beast. He's getting a lot of sacks. He was going to LSU and obviously he's where he's at now. Proud of him, but just his energy. He's a goofball, but at the same time when it's time to work, it's time to work and he brings energy. So you talk more than or now? It's like I said, I wasn't actually a teammate with him, but like I said, I just heard about it. So obviously I think he talks more now because I was just hearing it from through the great bonds and stuff like that. So what about the Orgers, Junies? You got a chance to kind of try them on. What do you think and how's it going to feel representing those? Best throwbacks in the league. You know, I know a lot of teams are doing the throwbacks and all these different things. I think he looked really good, especially with the red face mask. It's going to look really cool. Definitely want to win some games and those right there. Maybe convince Amy to try to bring those back a little bit more often in the future. They're upset in Houston about it. You sympathetic at all? I mean, no, I mean, I wasn't even, I don't think I was born when they was playing back there in Houston with the Orgers. And if I was, I was a little kid. So don't really have anything to add on to those guys that are salty. It is what it is. I mean, can't get mad because we're, you know, it's the same franchise. So what do you want us to do? I think you should actually. I think you do. Trying to convince him out there today. So we'll see. Yeah, Elijah is a very smart player. He's one of the most versatile players we have on the defense. He could play safety, play nickel, play corner. And he's, like you said, he's been, he's been grinding away. And like I spoke about earlier, just the opportunities that we all have in front of us to go out here and try to help this team. And I think we've all kind of bought into that mentality. Yeah, just a lot more space back there. A lot more ground you have to cover. Little bit of different techniques and things like that. But like I said, I think Elijah, he's always been a versatile player. So he's always been able to play in space playing that nickel. So like I said, I think he can play any position on the back end for sure. Thank you. Thank you, Kevin. Number 27, Mike. I'm just saying. Just hey, hey, hey, hey. That's to anyway. Getting DeAndre out on the field, first day camp, getting a chance to take a look at him. And, you know, obviously, early his first time on the field. What, what did you see out of him and early chemistry starting with Ryan? Again, it was everybody's first day. I think getting a group together was great. I thought there was great energy. I thought there was enthusiasm. I thought there was some, a lot of things to teach off of. And it was a good start. Hop was a part of that. Just like everybody else that we had out there, the 85 or so guys else that were out there. So, you know, that's where these guys are going to continue to build chemistry in all three phases and quarterbacks that relationship and understanding what the receivers is important. So when he's back here in a day or so, then we'll be able to continue to work with him. With Ryan going into the final year of his deal, his veteran experience and focus, do you like the way that he can lead this offense in this year with all the pieces and all the changes that have been made around him? Sure. I mean, that's the quarterback's job is to be an extension of the coaching staff and to carry that message and the details and make sure that everybody's lined up and the operation, it starts with the quarterback and their command. And that's nothing new for Ryan. So we just have to make sure that he's doing that and that Malik and Will are doing that and saw instances of that where maybe guys had to go in there and play a different position and he lined them up, moved them in, whether, I don't know, maybe that was Malik or whoever it was did that. So those are the things that we need. Off-season award winners in Spain and how important is those guys to kind of build on that momentum in camp? So offensively, Thomas Otakoya made great strides, effort, consistency and improvement, put a lot of time in and started not with that international program and it's been fantastic for us and he's improved. So he was one of them, Ryan was one of them. I would say that Malik was very, very close. Can only give so many of them but outstanding effort and improvement from him in conditioning and weight room and field and just the package. And then the last one offensively was Corey Levin. Put a lot of time in and did a nice job defensively. Jaden Peavey, a young player that noticeably different. And it was good to see that carryover to the conditioning test and today what he did in the spring. Dr. Gibby and then Arden Key. Progress that he made. Well, I think when you coach players and they ask for feedback and again, I really, you can learn a lot from great coaches and for me to not think that Nick Saban is one of the best coaches that ever wore a whistle is ridiculous and so he says something all the time that really average players wanna be left alone and good players wanna be coached and great players wanna be told the truth. And I think it's like, man, if we can just live in that world where everybody just, hey, what was this? What is this? What else do I need? What do I need to do to improve? Where do I stand? And they can seek the truth. They can handle the truth. And then we always wanna tell the truth. And so that's what we did the entire off season. We'll continue to do that. And Malik took those things just his appearance, his attitude, smiling and just playing football. So, and again, playing quarterback in this league as a young player is something very different. And so I think that experience at off season has helped him and then we'll continue to work with him and improve. From the start of the off season workouts through now and then into the first game, how much differently have you structured anything because try to limit injuries that you've made? You know, how many changes did you make did we miss you the other day, Gentry? Maybe so, pretty sure. So again, last year we try to do that and we've always tried to go two on and try to pull back on that third day where maybe historically or some of the data would tell you that the volumes, you know, getting too high and we started out in a jog through last year and then looking at the data, it was like hard to keep the receivers from running a certain, you know, mile per hour. So we've just adjusted those to be in walkthroughs. We're still gonna work, we're still gonna practice, we're gonna still, you know, hold up to our standards of what we feel like is important, but we're gonna try to on that third day continue with our installation, but still come out here in the morning or whatever time at 10 and walk through the installation. I mean, we can't just take a day off, we have to continue with the installation and make sure that we're progressing on into third down and red zone in two minute, but that'll be a little different in that regard, just the volume on that third day. We're attracted to you, Mr. Marko, when you made your initial connection way back when you were recruiting and what do you think of him now having fought through what he fought through last year being in a position to maybe go take the job? Well, just an athlete watched him play basketball in high school, got to know him and his mom. Then he came to a house that I went to Houston. And again, you make a lot of connections in relationships and life and certainly in coaching and recruiting, so that was another example of that. I would say in the free agent process, there was some versatility, played all across the front for Seattle. And then, like you alluded to, had a setback, had an injury, tried to come back and it wasn't gonna be possible. And so now he's gonna try to take advantage of the opportunity that he has. At that same position, John Ojuku, or as you call it, OJ. OJ, it's a hell of a lot easier. Yeah, seriously. But what has he done, coming in as a rookie under a free agent to earn some of the significant reps? He was probably in the five years, or now going on six, going through that post draft process of being excited, knew how we played, knew what our demeanor wanted it to be, has come in, he's learned, he's a smart player, he's got good length. And so he shows up and by being out there every day, we tell him that they can do three things. They can improve, they can take advantage of an opportunity if it's there and then they can be evaluated. So that's where he's at, just getting started. You talked about Jack giving. The last two years with guys, how refreshing is it for you to have a healthy 90-herald? It's the first day, give it a week, Corey. Well, they're gonna get hurt, but you gotta. If they're all out there, Corey, on paper, you get excited, but we'll make sure that everybody that's out there and the guys that we end up with on the final roster, you have to, you gotta have a pair and a spare every position and trying to find guys that play with speed, violence and versatility. And part of that versatility is going and playing another position, taking a look at some of these inside linebackers that can help us out at Sam or on the edge and just starting to build a roster and form a team. So, but for those guys for, I mean, work extremely hard, you know what I mean? To get back out there and never having had a knee surgery or gone through that, you know, there's gotta be a mental aspect to it. There's gotta be one, excitement, but two, you know, there's gotta be some hurdles that should get over that maybe the apprehension and didn't look like it, you know, anything affected him and Harold worked extremely hard to make sure that he was back out there. You talked about Jack giving. You talked about Jack giving and being one of the off season award winners. Last year he went from practice squad and he had the green dot at the end of the year. What's kind of been the continued acceleration that he's done? I just think he's a tall, linear, lengthy player and I think he worked extremely hard to improve his lower body strength. You know, was running just as well. Was running better than he ran last year just from a tracking standpoint. Not that that's the end all be all, but you know, he knows what to do. He communicates, he's a good communicator and he's where he's supposed to be. Sorry, Kayla. No, you're fine. The right tackle position again, obviously you're seeing a little bit of Jalen Duncan in there and I guess the knock on him coming out of the draft was maybe just a little bit more of that knee side of him. How do you kind of look at this guy and what he needs to continue to do to have a chance to win that position? Well, you know, Jalen made a great impression on us at his visit. You know, Jalen's a talented player. Jalen's a smart player. He can handle different installations and things and you know, just his focus continuing to be there and really, you know, our conversations are a lot of the times personal, but I'll tell you this, like he just has to realize how good he can be, not get frustrated by making mistakes. You know, we're gonna, we're gonna coach mistakes. Hopefully we're not coaching the same ones over and over again, but just making sure that that effort there is there and the finish is there. Mike, how have you seen Traylan and Shane specifically, their mentalities maybe elevate to the level of expectations you're gonna have for them as easy as if they're gonna be a big part of your offensive? Yeah, I think there's a confidence level that goes up when you string plays together or string days together or that has to happen. You know, when you're trying to get open in this league and you're trying to catch the football, there's gotta be a confidence level. I think that's high for them. Physically, I think that they're young players who put good work in throughout the off-season. Both of those guys did and you know, again, just getting started, but you know, trying to find pieces where those guys can help us and get the ball in their hands. Mike, I know you spoke on this earlier, but how important is this ramp up period before, you know, next week when you get to Tad's I don't really get going. Well, you can't waste the days. You have to, you know, make sure that there's an acclimation, right? You have to get out there and you have to figure out, you know, what's important and the individual and making sure that you're getting a little bit of team in and then we'll continue to ramp it up. But you have to be able to practice with speed. You have to be able to take care of each other, stay off the ground, stay away from the quarterback, all those things without pads. You know, we have to be able to run the football without pads on in practice so that we can get work and work our offense and all those things that come along with it. So, you know, I've said this ad nauseam that great teams know how to practice. They can practice with speed without pads on. You put pads on. Guys are still staying up. Guys aren't flopping around. So we got off to a good start. We'll just have to, you know, keep stringing days together. Are your vets in the hotel? Our vets, there are some vets that are in the hotel. Their option or your option? Option. Option. How long did the first day with the vets? I think so. The decision to bring AJ Morbeck. You know what I mean? I'm not being funny, Joe. I just, I'm focused on tomorrow and the meetings at one o'clock. The decision to bring AJ Morbeck, just what did you like about him in the limited time before the injury last year? Great energy, great spirit. Could be a disruptive, productive, special teams player. You know, we got to find gunners. And we think we've got a punter that's going to carry the football down the field. And so this isn't 42 yards and 42 by 42. You know, we got to have some guys that can beat some double teams. And, you know, AJ did make an impression on us. And it was tragic that he got hurt as early as he did last year. And he worked hard. He worked extremely hard. He came back and he's excited for the opportunity and we're excited to give it to him. You mentioned the start and the energy today. I just, I look at operations, you know, I look at demeanor and, you know, maybe there's some good plays, there's some bad plays, whatever it's, you know, one side's going to have a good play, one side's going to have a bad play. I just look at overall tempo of practice, the urgency, you know, going from drill to drill, special teams to, you know, Indy and Indy and ended seven on seven in group and being able to string those together and not have a wall. And I felt like, you know, we carried through most of the day. Thanks, Mike. Thanks, Mike.