 being willing to come public with some of the struggles he's gone through. He's just an amazing guy. I mean, he brings so much joy to so many people around him. And, you know, it's not real surprising to me that he wants to help anybody in that situation. And I tell you what, man, I'm really blessed to have him in my life. He's a great guy. All right. Well, good to see you guys. Thanks, sir. I thought it was just in the run game. What would you like, maybe, what needs to continue to improve for your past production? Yeah, we're just scratching the surface. You know, I think the guys are seeing some close runs. You know, I think we're real close to getting to some more efficient runs and some more explosive runs. Just got to stay at it, stay committed, stay urgent, you know, to the little details of our run scheme. Seeing progress in it, seeing guys getting attached to blocks with the perfect, you know, proper, not perfect, proper leverage, you know, and guys starting to hit the run tracks a little bit more consistently. You know, but we're, you know, we're always looking for ways to improve and we need to. AJ had talked about at times where he may have to, you know, be somewhat of a decoy for someone else now. He's willing to do that again for you as a play caller. Is it tough to kind of like balance that where, you know, I want to use him as a decoy here, but he's so talented, so I want to make sure I get him in the football. Sure. I think that's always the recipe you're trying to figure out, right? You know, he certainly garners a lot of attention with how much talent he has. We're just fortunate that he's such a selfless player, you know, and he's willing to do anything we ask him to do. And sometimes that's to carry a heavy, heavy load. And sometimes that's to, you know, make sure he's taken a couple defenders the other way with them. So, you know, fortunate to have a tool like that to be able to use in different ways. How much was it decoy or how much did Lattimore and Ramsey do good work against him, a force maybe to go with it? I mean, that's a very talented defense, you know, very talented defense. They got a lot of talent in that back end in particular. And certainly the, you know, the front doesn't give you very much time to get anything long developing off, you know, but obviously it opened up some opportunities for other people and created one-on-ones for other people. I was really proud of Marcus and the way he stepped up and kind of translated some of the things that we've talked about with his practice habits now into game production. And so that's always going to be that balance. It's finding, you know, what they're trying to do defensively versus what opportunities that creates for other people. Marcus, you know, was that, was the fact that they were looking at AJ kind of the main reason that Marcus had that big game or what else went into Marcus' big game? You know, I don't want to discredit Marcus' work by saying that it was what they did with AJ. Marcus has been working his tail off and, you know, I want to attribute his success to the fact that he stayed with it. He's stayed confident in himself. He's remained committed to doing the little things right. And then he made the most of his opportunities and that's the name of this game. You know, when you have an opportunity to make a play, you've got to make the play and he did on Sunday. And so I think it's a, you know, confidence boost for a lot of people that, hey, when your number's called, it doesn't matter who you are out there, Ryan's going to find you and you got to produce. Todd, you could work with Ryan, obviously, the last standing appreciation for what he's brought to this offense. Yeah, I think I said this a couple of weeks ago. The shame of it is Ryan Statz aren't telling the story of Ryan's season. He is having a much better season than statistic, you know, statistical rankings. He's extremely tough, not just physically, but his mindset. He's consistent. He's the same guy in here every single day. He works his tail off. He, you know, he's staying late, which quarterbacks do, you know, and I'm just, again, really fortunate, honored, and blessed to be working with him, you know, running this offense because you couldn't ask for a more high character guy and a tougher guy to be leading this offense on the field. Yeah, I mean, that consistency, right, is what we're leaning on, right, is knowing who he is and his play style and what he brings to the table and being able to depend on that weekend and week out. You know, makes it a little bit more palatable to deal with some moving parts elsewhere. And, you know, again, very fortunate to have him leading out there and I think that when the guys step into that huddle and see his face, they know we got a chance. A lot of the same guys at tight end, but sort of different roles this year without John Newhead. How, I guess, how clear is everybody's role now in that group as compared to maybe the start of the season? I think versatility is such a key factor at the tight end position, being able to do multiple jobs so that you're not pigeonholed by personnel groupings, you know, and those guys have really embodied that this year. You know, in the past couple of years with John New, he had kind of the things he was really good at and, you know, excelled at. And so you wanted to make sure that he was in there for those type of plays. And I think the guys have shown a good versatility. You know, we're growing each week. We got to get more consistent in the run game and in our pass protection with those guys. I think they've taken advantage of some opportunities in the pass game, but still a lot of room for growth and, you know, pleased that they're taking the mindset of not being satisfied where they're at. Catch has always been a real big part of AJ's game in the first couple of seasons. Haven't seen as much that this year. You know, are there reasons there too or is it, you know, hard to figure or what do you think? Yeah, you know, I think, you know, that's one of those things that is a little bit like we talked about with the Red Zone a few weeks ago. It just takes one or two plays. It's kind of like the indie game a few weeks ago, right? Nobody thought that a corner out for, you know, a 12-yard completion was going to turn into a, you know, long touchdown. So, you know, once he gets his opportunities, he comes to life and I think that those are, you know, real close, you know, to popping. I was able to handle the organizational aspects of being a head coach in terms of putting you all in the players' positions to succeed and sort of being on the same page throughout the week. Yeah, he's incredible leadership and consistency. He paints a great picture for us of what it's going to take to win games and then holds us to that standard, you know. And that's all you could ever ask for out of a head coach, is tell me what you need from me to help this team win and then hold me accountable to doing it. And he certainly does those things. So, learning a lot from him and certainly very fortunate to have the opportunity to work for him. How much of that do you think to his relationship with the players? We've talked about that a lot. Their ability to open up to him a little bit. I mean, do you sense that when you're around this team? Yeah, you know, I think he has such a wealth of experience, you know, in certainly different roles in this league, but he's been around this game for a long time and met a lot of different walks of life. And I think that that helps people, you know, hopefully it's been an asset to me, you know, of being able to meet people from different upbringings and different challenges and going through different life experiences. And I see Coach Verable take that to his relationship with the players. And they know that, you know, he has those experiences and he can rely on some wisdom from ways that he's either seen it done before or done it himself before. And certainly that builds a trust and a confidence in being able to talk through some of those things with him. Guys, what you guys like about Dante Forman so much that you decided to bring him back? Was it familiarity with the system or were there certain skills in particular, like despite the fact he hadn't played, you know, too much this year? I think a number of things, you know, he does have familiarity with the system and certainly he was down there, you know, with Arthur in Atlanta and so staying in the same kind of scheme. But he also showed some flashes, you know, really good stuff last year, Cincinnati game, you know, and, you know, catching the ball out of backfield a little bit. He had the touchdown thing was against Indianapolis last year. And, you know, so he showed a skill set that was intriguing enough to work with. So we're excited about where he's at and he's trying in the right direction, getting more and more comfortable. So, you know, we'll see what he can do with opportunities.