 How key were those, especially the one where Arkin got the ball out in the short field? There you go, you know, I mean, just trying to, you know, play complimentary football, which looked like we did in the first half was really cool, great job getting the football out. I thought we had, you know, pressure and again that don't give, you know, give Bryce some credit, you know, I mean, he scrambled around. He was able to convert and help them, you know, and we couldn't contain him all the time. But we were able to get to him sometimes as well and, you know, huge play there at the end to win it on defense when they, you know, went to the screen there on the check. Five different receivers, how much do you like to see that spread the ball around? Just like them to throw to the guy that's open, that's the most important thing. Jay, look out, how do you feel you did, I know it was a sack of burns overall? I, you know, have to be able to take a look at the tape. I don't have the best view of the left tackle, you know. But I felt like, you know, at least it was a start. And again, it probably had some good plays in there. It was, you know, great as effort and see if he was finishing and competing. And, you know, again, it's a great place to start. It was a great opportunity. You know, it's good edge rushers and good interior players. So, you know, good place to start for Jalen. You know, the play concluded wasn't perfect, but how good just to win again? Just great and it was a fan, you know, I mean, put a lot into it. I'm happy for the players. You know, happy for the coaches and our fans and the organization and everybody included. It's, you know, you put a lot into it every week. And these games are tough, they're tight, they're close. And, you know, a few plays make the difference. And, you know, would have liked to end it on offense there in a four-minute drive. But it's great to see the defense come out and end it themselves. What's the answer to that? How are you guys to be able to build on this? Stop beating ourselves. Start there, you know. Penalties on offense, M.E.'s, third down penalties or quarterback scrambles, you know. So, start there. Yeah, I mean, this is a complimentary football earlier in that stretch where you had the 71-yard punt by Stonehouse, Key Strip sack, and then Henry's touchdown. Is that the best example of how you guys could really... Well, you know, I mean, that's a great, another great example. The other great example is right after that is, you know, they're trying to get some yards there and try to kick a field goal, and we stop them four-cent of punt. We don't have any timeouts. They took our last timeout there with the injury. And, offensively, we, you know, we could turn that into three points. And it executed a down-down clock in 11 seconds, you know. Great execution there by our guys and a great kick by Nick. So, that's probably those two great examples. We just need more of them. Why did that timeout come off with, like, the incomplete pass? What does the rules say there to... It's just an injury timeout underneath two minutes. If they would have kept the penalty, the injury timeout would have occurred because of the penalty, you know, they didn't feel like it was... whether defenseless or forcible contact in the head or neck, you know, they picked the flag up. So, once that came out, there's an injury timeout under two minutes. I have to talk to Rana. I think they're across the hall. One click of this year's play, would the defender keep his head up? Again, I saw one quick replay, and I didn't think that this, the launch door, you know, those are bang-bang plays. I didn't see a player that launched in a linear position. You know, I'm sure they saw the same thing. I'm not, I didn't see the replay other than quickly on the film. So, you know, having a huge debate with the way it was officiated? I'm not, what am I going to debate? You know, I mean, they picked flags up. They throw flags. Whatever it is, we got to overcome it. We overcame it on third down. You know, we've had probably six third down conversions by penalty in the last two weeks. So, there's not much to debate. What motivation does this give going into the next Sunday's game? Motivation. I hope we're motivated every week. You know, it's professional football. I'd like to, while you closed out the first half, getting in position for a field goal. It was just fun to watch all those stuff that we talk about and cover and show and watch. You know, that'll be us on the Friday tape this week, you know, with the situational football well executed. And it was great. You know, they changed their look. They called timeout, changed their look, went back into a different play, different defense, had the sideline covered and will and the offense changed their play at the line of scrimmage, allowed for us to get inside and got Nick down there to get lined up for the field goal. What was the explanation that they gave you on the challenge because it looked like the ball was on the ground as he was going down? Didn't have a clear view. And, you know, I just thought on fourth down that it was probably worth the challenge. I saw what I saw. And, you know, they just said they didn't have a good look at it to overturn it. You went forward on fourth and one and you're on 30 early. We're trying to maybe create a spark and I'd like to see how the team respond to that. Well, it was great, you know, to be able to go down there and convert, you know, and turn those into points. Derek, did you do a better job today of being more efficient on his plays and leaning on that defense over the course of four-quarters? Derek? Yeah. I mean, we just got to, you know, block better. Like, I don't know, like efficient on his plays. I'm not sure what that means. He said last week that he didn't feel like he was being as efficient as he could on his plays. He'll come up here and he'll be able to ask him about his efficiency. I'm going to tell you that, you know, we got to block better and run better. But when there was some space that, you know, I mean, it was cool in the four-minute there. It was fantastic. You know, and then, again, we just got to get him started, you know, and not beat ourselves with negative yardage runs and, you know, whether they pressure and, you know, we have to be ready for it. But, you know, we hit him there on a run. You know, I had a couple of nice ones. They hit him on the touchdown run, or they kind of pressured and moved spiked. And, you know, he went out the back door and then, you know, had the long one there at the start of four-minute. But then, again, we stalled and weren't able to finish up. So it's just a consistency, I think, probably with, you know, that. And, you know, Derrick, and, you know, again, he wants to impact the game. You know, I know that. And we want to let him, proud of him, you know, the career that he's had thus far, you know, 9,000 yards, you know, need 10,000. I should come down next Sunday. What's the plan there with that divisional team? The plan? What's the game plan going into that? Hopefully, when I prepare, I'll know more of the game plan here as we work through. But knowing it'll be a physical contest in the division, you know, they were able to run the football on us last time. And we stalled in the red zone. And so those are things that, off the top of my head, that we'll need to get fixed in a, I would imagine, a closely contested divisional game. Do you think some doubt had crept into some guys? And was there a little bit of a sense of relief out of kind of knowing, hey, we can do this? I mean, I think that you just get, you know, frustrated. You know, again, we just put a lot into it. And I don't think there's doubt. You know, I mean, it just, you know, we got to eliminate bad football. You got to eliminate the penalties, the X plays, uncover guys, the penalties, you know, third down that extend drives and, you know, because our good is good enough to win. I know that I've seen it and I believe in it. It's just the, you know, the unfortunate mistakes that cost, cost your points and cost you, you know, more possessions. Do you have some red zone today? I know you need to get there more, but you got the points when they were at home. Yeah. And again, we hit a long one and then we grinded out, you know, one down there close. So great play from the high red for, you know, Chig to come through and make a great catch and a great throw. Got us into the one and then we were able to punch it in. Mike, TK and Clinton was someone who started from the defensive line today for someone like him and some other younger guys on the offensive, the defensive side. How does this last kind of stretch prove as an opportunity for them to, you know, show what they're made up? Every time we practice and especially every time we play, those are opportunities, you know, to show your team and your coaches and your teammates that you know what to do and you're playing up to the standard that we expect. So yeah, these are good opportunities for him and for everybody. And we just, you know, like Colton Dow, for example, I mean, it's really, really cool to see him impact the game on special teams. And I know that he'll continue to work hard, you know, to carve out a role on offense when we need it. But I mean, that's a fantastic job from a young player, a young receiver that, you know, took it, you know, took his job and his role very seriously and knew the challenge that he had with, you know, their special teams, guys with Franklin and, you know, be able to go down there, come to balance, tackle inside the 10 on a punt, factoring on a kickoff. So those are all really, really cool, positive things. No, I'm just, you know, I'm talking and just making sure that we're good on some of the pick routes and stuff that we thought may come in that down a distance. You know, quarterback check to a slip screen there and, you know, guys look like guys were running to the football and I think Hook was able to secure to tackle. It's just a great effort right there. How did you manage to take people out of the game and was that one of the keys coming in? It was a key, you know, it was a key and, you know, we were able to put some guys around them on third down. You know, that's kind of where he'd had, you know, 30-some targets, 30-his targets were on third down. You know, they did a nice job and, you know, whether we challenged them and had a couple yard completions there, but, you know, we just, again, we just have to be better. Just being able to, you know, Christian Fulton had a good, you know, he had a holding penalty earlier. DPI, whatever it may be, came back and tried to hit him on a post. We got a sack and Shark came back and ran into him and Christian was square, standing right by the official and he let him go. So, again, as long as we're learning from things and understanding what we have to do, you know, it's whatever happens early in the game, it happens and it's over with and we got to move on and then, you know, keep playing and continue to factor. You can build on this. Yeah, just a win is a win and talk about how hard winning in this league is and those are ones, that's one where it kind of feels like you didn't, you know, but we got it and we got to keep building on it and keep rolling from there. I mean, it's the first time in a while, I feel like we got a win, so it's a good feeling. Do you guys require to build on it when you guys are in these situations and have some momentum? What do you need to put together here? I mean, just continuing the keys that we've been talking about these past few weeks and even today, like we did better probably in the first half, but in the second half, just examples of us just shooting ourselves in the foot and let me do a better job of just operating the offense and putting us in an easier spot so that we're not, you know, setting ourselves back. So a couple of third downs, just a couple of opportunities for us to extend drives, which I wasn't able to do for us today, but I mean, just got to just key on those moments and make sure that we can operate in those situations. Have you ever posted a read-out of how to get in and out of the huddle as, you know, one of the keys? How do you feel you guys did that? Yeah, I thought we did a good job of getting in the call quick, getting in the huddle quick and getting out quick, not so much the operational part of it though. Like I think just on me, like we had a, we had a Keynes issue on the last drive that put us in a bad spot, which I could have helped us by just getting things going a little faster. And for the most part, though, I thought we did a good job and we got to continue to continue to do that and use it as a weapon. Do you think any degree of doubt had crept in because you guys haven't played well? And is there some sense of relief or re-establishment that comes with this win? Yeah, I mean, I just, I talked to the guys today about, you know, we just, we got to get our juice back. We got to just get our mojo back. And it's tough, it's tough, it's tough these past few weeks looking around after games and just seeing the looks and dudes' eyes of dudes that we all know are dogs and just got guys go out there and have done this year in and year out and to just let's regain that confidence today, which I think getting the win alone was enough to do that. And hopefully we can keep that rolling and get these guys' confidence up going into Indy. How much did it help when you go through that on that first touchdown drive and you're kind of in a good rhythm and you're completely involved with different guys and getting them involved? How much did that kind of help change the mindset and get it rolling? Yeah, I mean, that was awesome. I mean, it was, well, 17 play drives and like that. That was, I think we ran more plays on the drive than we did in the second half. But it was, those are the types of drives that, you know, brings up the entire stadium, you know, defense offense, special teams, the fans. Like, when you're able to, you know, just capitulate down the field like that and just then finish it. Like, I mean, it's the best feeling in a ball to just finish a drive like that. I was surprised because the coach went for the 30 and I liked plays like that. Has that helped kind of get the juice going like that? I was so glad we did because, you know, we had messed up and I had done something that could have put us in a better spot if I hadn't on the third down or on the second down or the third down before the penalty. And then to get that close on that play, that's obviously a risky situation but I'm for it, obviously. Your third down numbers today weren't really all that good. What do you guys need to do better on the third down to convert one? Yeah, I mean, looking back for me, I think this was the first game where I had more than a couple, at least location issues in terms of just accuracy, which, you know, I'm just, just got to keep working and know that I can make those throws but couple third down opportunities where I had someone and I just missed the throw and then maybe one or two where I could have gone somewhere else with the ball but I mean, the location I got to just trust and I'm going to make those throws and they'll come next time. Jay, when Duncan's first start, how do you kind of notice him protecting you there? Yeah, I was on him all week just about getting his confidence up and I was his demeanor and just how he went out there and played. I was very happy for him and gave him a good hug after the games because it's this huge. Anyway, to explain, we'll be, you know, 4-0 at home now and still haven't found a way to win tomorrow. No, I guess we got good fans. It's a cleaner process though for you guys on offense. At home, isn't it? Yeah, it will definitely operationally just with the noise. But even today, like I feel like in terms of the operational mistakes we had this week compared to last week, it was pretty similar, even though we were at home, which is interesting to think about. But again, just got to hone in on those things. One by seven, but how important maybe those three or four and a half and how you executed that? Yeah, that was sweet. I mean, to get points there, to stall out on the two-minute drive before it and then to get another crack at it, which is some like 30 seconds left. Like that was cool to, you know, that they had the trust in us to go out there and try to make something happen. We had a couple plays dialed up and a couple guys who we weren't really thinking of that could be getting it, ended up getting it. The one right before half was nice because they pretty much knew what we were running and we still converted on it. So it's cool. Should I ask Michael, the spears I guess took a knee 15 yards, maybe behind the line of scrimmage. Was that him being smart, getting down or did you play, did you talk about, sorry? I guess right before the other half it took a knee on the spot. Oh, just, I mean, he doesn't need to be anywhere specifically in that formation. If we knows we're clocking it, he can just stay. So that's just him being a heads-up player. As you said, you know, when is the win, but is it a little frustrating when the second half you guys weren't able to get it? Yeah, I mean, we were stagnant all second half, which is tough. But I mean, we got to just focus on, watch the film and learn from it. But to have a first half like that and to play complimentary football with the defense and to have that great feeling at halftime to then roll out and just kind of be meh for the rest of the game, it's not acceptable. We got to be able to keep it rolling and, you know, keep putting our foot on gas and finish these types of games out. No, I literally heard it yesterday. Ryan was the first player. She was like, soups to the AMA. And I was like, I have no idea what you're talking about. But yeah, I guess now he's staying, but I mean, I got to talk to him. I'm out of the, out of the, you know, whatever on that one. Every time you turn around and hand the ball up to Derek Henry, he gets to the end zone. He's climbing up the board. He's now, we have 17. How cool is that to, you know, be associated with a guy that's continuing to do what he does? It's so cool. I mean, and he's one of the dudes I was talking about earlier without staying with getting our, getting our swagger back. Like, I mean, he's one of the most gifted people to ever touch the rock and for him to be on this offense and for me to be able to hand the ball off to him and watch him run is a pleasure. And when you get him, when you get him rolling, there's not many people that can stop him. So it was good to get him in the end zone a couple of times today, get his confidence up. I mean, I still think, you know, he's definitely hardened himself and knows that he could, he and we could have done a better job just running the ball offensively. But I mean, he's going to, this is going to motivate him to, you know, get us ready for next week and get those guys up front, rolling for him. Oh, step forward. Can you speak for Chick? I mean, he finally, he finally got things going a little bit. Yeah, shoot. I wish we would have gotten him that score. I think he was still in. I don't know why they didn't review that, but don't reach the ball next time, Chick. But that was, it was cool to get him, you know, some burn. And he's a guy that we got to get the ball in the hands or get the ball in his hands for. He's explosive. He's not many people at his position that can run and move the way he does. So understanding his strengths and finding ways to get him the ball is going to be important for us. It seems like when you guys have some of those negative plays to get you behind the down and distance, the play calling can go a little more conservative, some screen passes, some run plays. You obviously have a lot of confidence in yourself and want opportunities to take shots. How do you balance wanting those chances to throw the ball down the field while also trying to take, you know, what your coaches are giving you? Yeah, I'm just taking my coach in. I'm seeing the game and reading it out as we see fit. And I try to do a good job of knowing when, you know, you can go a little off schedule and see things and be confident, but not, you know, not reckless with types of throws. So, I mean, I'm just operating the game plan. And I wouldn't say off the top of my head that I could really say that I'd agree with you in that statement in terms of just the, I don't know if I forget the word you used, but yeah, I mean, love taking shots on the field, but you got to know when to. And today, there were some opportunities that I could have hit that I either missed the throw or didn't make the decision to. But got to learn from it because there are big plays out there for us to be made. I got a little bit of clock there near the end. I mean, didn't keep it the whole way, but the run-out time. Some of the clock, how important was that there? Yeah, just being there for a minute, trying to get a lot of time out of the clock as much as we can. And just trying to move the ball down field so we can keep the ball and keep it out of the hands. It was coming for a long time. What it means to you to cross the 9,000-yard rushing threshold for your career and to do it in a win? Extremely blessed. Thankful to be able to make it this far. Thankful for the players and coaches that my teammates helped me get to this point. And just blessed. And as a kid, wanting to be able to play this game as long as I can. So I'm just thankful. You moved up a couple spots in career rushing touchdowns. You've now won three times. Marcia and Litz, how much does that mean? To be able to get into the top 20 at number 17 overall? Yeah, it's a blessing. Grew up watching Marcia and admire his game, the way he played. And just a blessing to be able to get to that list and get to where I'm at. And just thankful for the people that helped me. I can assume you were, I guess, with Ajay when you took that big hit on their sideline and it seemed like you came to just defense a little bit. Were you not liking what you're hearing as far as the chatter or what was going on over there? Yeah, I just wanted to make sure that he was okay. He took a big hit. I've just seen a lot of guys over there chatting, wanting to see what the promotion was about and checking on him. And my wife's going to come to his defense in that situation. You're a pretty tough kid. Bounce back, Matt, come back and play. Yeah, definitely. You know, I think you've seen that when he was at Tulane. You know, he's tough. He works hard. And, you know, he took a shot right there, but glad he was okay to be able to get back in the game. That's like right where we're going for in 4-1 early and did that provide some kind of spark early for you guys? You know, I think Coach was just trying to be aggressive. He gets into a drive, get a spark going on offense so we can end the points. We were all for it and excited that we were able to convert it. A couple guys said it's kind of inevitable for some degree of doubt to creep in when things aren't going well and for confidence to rebound with a win like today. You feel like that kind of an accurate assessment and how much does today kind of bring you guys back to a good feeling about yourself? Yeah, I mean, it's always positive for a lot of good things to build off of when you get a win. And, you know, put things in the right direction and, you know, remain positive for like guys. Play it hard today. Try to do whatever they can to help us win. Glad we were able to get in the win column. It's been a little while. And, you know, just build off that momentum, going into next weekend in the vision game. I thought you'd try to keep guys up when things aren't going well. But did you feel guys getting down as things were not so good? I think guys were just hungry to get something going and to make something happen. When stuff wasn't happening, I don't think no guys had doubt. I think guys were just ready to get it going just so, you know, we can move the ball downfield and both sides of the ball, everybody making plays. How do you constantly play your end guys' ears, pushing them through the week? Do you think they're different this week, sitting three and seven, needing to, you know, make the most of this last seven games? No, I think guys were just ready to win. I think that was just the main focus. It's getting the win column. And that's, you know, been the whole, if it's just all week, let's just win the game. Have a great week of practice and let it translate on Sunday and then go out there and execute and play the way we want to play. You know, the two rookies you have blocking for you on the offensive line, how do you feel like this last stretch of the season can be a good moment for them to kind of prove themselves and also get you guys success? Oh, yeah, I mean, just a hell of an opportunity for those guys to get in and show what they can do and keep building as the season goes on. And then, you know, just also building for the future and getting in position and doing whatever they can to help us win, held opportunity for them and excited to see what Jaylin does and all the other rookies to get an opportunity. How do you like their performance today? I thought they played great. I'm gonna focus on what I did and how I played. I mean, I thought those guys tried to do the best they can to help us win and that's all you can hope for. How did you feel like you did? You talked earlier in the week about trying to be more effective with your touches. Did you feel some more effectiveness in your carries this week? No, I feel like I could have done a little bit better today. But just watch the film and grow forward, grow from it and just try to be better and try to work on it as this week comes up and just try to go out there and let it translate. But I could have been better today. Two for two in the red zone. Was it as simple as being able to run the football? I think it was just getting in there. We get down there and getting in there. And I'm thankful that I was able to help us and put some points on the board. But, you know, we were two for two, so that's good. How big of a moment was for you guys to bounce on that immediately? Yeah, that was cool. The defense got a turnover and then two plays later, we were able to score. So, you know, you definitely want to capitalize on things like that. I was glad we were able to. Our boy yesterday used to stick out guys like Darren Banks after a game like that. I haven't talked to Banks in a while, but glad we were able to win. You know, that was, I was about to go crazy in the house on that fourth and I fourth down. But Bond made a big play and Millrow made a hell of a throw. So, being able to do it, so I'm happy. Thanks, Derrick. Thanks, Derrick.