 Coach, how special is Sunday going to be for you getting to go back to Brown State? Well, I don't get back to Northeast Ohio much anymore, but I've been back there, got to coach there. It's always a special thing to be able to see family, friends, see my high school football coach. Spent a lot of time in that area and grew up there. So I've been in that stadium and been in the Old Memorial Stadium too. So it'll be cool. What was your favorite Browns memory growing up? Well, I think we're in college and we got to go up to the last game that they played at Memorial Stadium. They had to switch ends because people were pulling the bleachers and the row of bleachers came off or the chairs came off and they would just take them and bring them over everybody's head and then they dump them into the field and they kept having to flip ends because the rows of seats started building up. So that was pretty cool. What was the least favorite Browns memory growing up? Well, probably the, you know, the fumble or the drive or when, you know, Bill got rid of Bernie Cozar. That was a big Bernie guy. Thoughts on board impressions? Good back, you know, I mean, like if you go back, you know, Alabama, you know, they don't take any, you know, scrubs. And so obviously talented and I had a great career at Cincinnati and I shown to have some real good quickness and speed and showed up the other night. As you prepare for the Browns, you know, without Chubb now, is it kind of back to where you were to prepare for the Saints, just like where you're not chasing goals? Or do you kind of expect to see things that pretty well? Well, I mean, this old line, you know, I mean, it's kind of, it's their system, you know, and then again, it's Chubbs made it go, but they also block, there's some really well blocked plays and they compliments the passing game and the boot, some of that stuff that they're doing. So we'll have to defend whatever they come out in, but they're going to have doing what they do predominantly, I would imagine just because of how good they are at it. Keys against the Watson, I guess getting there is maybe just half the battle. You got to get him on the ground. Well, he's got great play strength in the pocket. He saw his his length and play strength outside the pocket, his ability to scramble on third down to convert on those possession downs. He's got great play strength and shakes guys off at the waist and able to throw the football. I did Xavier, I respond this week in the last weekend, it was a little tough for him, but what did you see from him kind of bouncing back this week? Well, I mean, he had a good week, you know what I mean? That's kind of what he's been his whole career. I mean, he showed up there was drafted, competed and continued to work and, you know, sometimes that happens in this league and he'll get another opportunity. I mean, just one guy goes in, takes advantage of his opportunity and then we go from there. But no, I mean, he's taken some punches in his life and that's why he's here. I'm sorry. That's two people. Okay, you said it like that was one person. Yeah, good. You know, you miss hook, you know, just from a communication and a presence and so it's good to have him back out there and then, you know, Fulton just get out there and work and compete, go play. Yeah, we're clear. Good to go. When you play a team that builds their offensive identity on running the ball and your defense is built on stopping the run, is your goal then as a defense make them throw, make them do like be uncomfortable? No, I think it's just playing good defense. It's not trying to guess and you know, they came out the last time they were down here and they emptied us out, they opened us up, they threw the ball a little bit, you know, so I just, we'll just have to play good defense and whatever they do. Anybody home? Joe, you know, you just innocent bystander. I'm tweeting in actives. Good. I'm ready. Skoronsky. DeAndre, I guess how you feeling? How things looking for you this week? Feel good. You know, feel good. Feel good about everything going into this week. So, yeah. Kind of the same scenario as last week. Tested out and hopefully you'll be ready to go. I wouldn't say the same. I would say, you know, just, you know, me being a, as you guys say, old veteran player, you know, just taking some time to kind of, you know, get healthy all the way. So I wouldn't say the same as last week. I would just say, you know, we're able to just, you know, just trust and variables plan. Is it improved from last week or is it a completely different situation entirely? Yeah, it's not really more so improved or different situation. It's just, you know, the plan of me going into the game, you know, being able to play in my best. Yeah. I guess is there a question too of if you rest a little bit, you know, is that possibility that you come back at your best if you give it a little rest? You know, I think, I think each situation is different depending on the player, what kind of player. Obviously, you know, I played a lot of balls, you know, and there's very few games. So, you know, just trust in, trust in the plan and, you know, just ready to go out. My number is called. What are you doing, DeAndre, when you're not on the practice field as far as back in progress still? Man, you know, it's a lot that still goes on. You know, I still work out, still do cardio, you know, trying to do everything that those guys are out there doing, you know, without obviously catching the football. So, you know, it's still a lot that goes on. And, you know, when you're a professional and you have to prepare yourself like you're practicing every day. So, you will make the trip to Cleveland and have a chance to play, you think? Oh, yeah, absolutely. When last Sunday playing through? Oh, man. You know, I feel like, you know, my team won. And that's all that matters. Ryan and myself, we went four for five on, you know, targets to me. So, you know, I would say, you know, we won't win. So, it went well. For you personally, though, how did the ankle respond to a full game? Oh, man. You know, those guys did a good job of helping me get ready to play. And it's post game as well. So, it felt good, you know, going into the game and after the game as well. Tyler knows guys, you know, they know what they're doing. So, you're going back to school to get your degree, why is that important to you to do that? Oh, man, it's important because, you know, I come from a family where not a lot of people graduated. And, you know, my father died when I was six months. And, you know, when I went to school, it was kind of something that I promised my mom, you know, and, you know, my, you know, my mom and, you know, obviously my father, you know, I kind of vowed that, you know, I would make both of them proud and graduate. And that was something that, you know, I promised my mom that I would do, you know, knowing that my father would want me to graduate college. What's the degree? Excuse me? What's the degree? It's called PRT, Parks and Recreation Tourism Management. I always was interested in managing facilities and, you know, before I, you know, came to Nashville, I always wanted to put on music festivals and country music festivals growing up on country music. So, that was my interest in going into that degree of learning how to manage and facilitate, you know, things of that nature. How much more time do you have left and what's it like trying to juggle doing that and getting up with a playbook and being ready to play on Sundays? Oh, man, you know, well, you know, my teacher that I have now is very understanding of my schedule, which is amazing. And, you know, it's, I mean, look, I played in the system too, to kind of understand what's going on to where I'm still not, you know, having to learn to playbook every week. So that helps out as well. But, you know, it's, I would say it's pretty easy, man. It's not the most demanding major. I'm not going to law school. I think somebody maybe screen recorded you being in the Zoom sessions this week. What's the reaction been like of fellow students when they see the Iyer Hopkins doing Zoom class from a locker room? I mean, I really haven't had anyone message me outside of the message board in class. You know, so hopefully, hopefully whoever did that, you know, I'm pretty sure you know, you're not supposed to do that. But, you know, I hope they don't get in any trouble. You know, I'm pretty sure they didn't mean anything by just being excited to see me. So hopefully, you know, there's no punishment against them, even though I'm pretty sure that's illegal. Your teammates think it's pretty cool and you got pretty much pretty good support pursuing that. Yeah, man. I think, you know, I don't think I do it for the support or validation of anyone but myself and my father and my mom. The fishing clearing was today. So I had to get through some practices, make sure that I feel good and then meet with the doctors and neuro doctors and they clear me from there. So you had the same situation last year, intensified the process to clear the issue? I mean, it's all about how I feel. I mean, last year was a little different. Last year was a little more serious concussion. This time it wasn't as bad. So it's just all about how you feel. I think some guys, it could take longer than others. But fortunately, this time that I'm able to come back pretty quick. I'm very, very happy. I'm able to feel the way I do right now. I'm very fortunate as well that I'm able to feel good a week and a half, almost two weeks after the hit. So I mean, no rush really. I mean, just got to be able to come back and make sure I'm healthy. I want to come back too early and then I'll just put the team at Jeopardy and myself. Is your, you know, concussions are so talked about now and it's potentially dangerous. I mean, does it concern you that, you know, this is two years ago? Not really. A lot of the concerns, you know, back in the past is guys will get a concussion, stay and then go back out there and play again or play the next week and then they're just stacking concussions on concussions. They got good protocol and the good staff here. And like I said, good protocol around the league to where that they wait until the brain is healed first in order for you to go out there, which limits that long-term effect. It seems like, it seems now like almost always players will miss at least the game. Whereas years ago, a lot of times, a good thing. Is that kind of what you're referencing? Yeah, exactly. I mean, you got to make sure that brain heals. That's, that's the main thing. That's how you don't get those long-term effects is by not keeping your brain up week after week after week. When it happened, did you recognize it yourself or were you pulled out? Just kind of what was the protocol started? I recognized it myself. Obviously, I went down. I started feeling a little pressure in my head. And then from there, it's they control everything from there. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, for me, it's practice has always been important to me. If you don't do it in practice, it's going to be hard for you to do it in the game. So a lot of the stuff that I've been doing in camp, I think he's preparing me for this year and, you know, ready for this week. He plays a lot of impact. Great quarterback. I played him multiple times, my first couple years when he was in Houston. And like you said, he's going to make plays, extend plays. He's a playmaker guy. He can make all the throws. He obviously he's not having the year he wanted right now, but he's still capable of doing all those things.