 What's the confidence in this offense right now? Obviously Derrick's doing something we hadn't seen over the last three games. But you've been able to throw. Guys are getting open. Johnny making catches, Kaleef, things like that. What is making you all so effective and able to put up points when you need to? I think there's a belief in one another, first and foremost, that we've been through a lot this season, ups and downs, and won games in a lot of different ways. So different guys have stepped up throughout the season and made those plays for us to win. And with that comes a lot of belief and a lot of confidence in one another that doesn't really matter what play call comes in, that we'll find a way to make it work. Obviously Derrick is running his tail off right now, and receivers are doing a good job of making plays when the opportunities come. I know there are times that settling for a field goal is the right thing for an offense. In the red zone, I think you've left the field maybe four times since you've taken over. What's it like to always be looking at the end zone and never be looking at the sideline? That's one of our goals. We talk about it every week is coming away with seven points when we're down there. We've done a good job, I think, throughout the year of executing plays and then making some off-schedule plays as well. So there's a lot of confidence that once we get down there, like I said, that we'll find a way to make a play. Sometimes it comes early in the set it down. Sometimes, like last week, it was late on third down John, to make a heck of a play in the corner of the end zone. You combine that with Derrick, obviously, running hard each and every play, and there's a lot of different weapons we can use. How much has the variety maybe been the key to the whole thing that you've been? Well, it's been huge. Like I said, we have a bunch of different guys. They can't really key in on one particular guy. We're able to kind of spread it around, create matchups all over the field, and we have confidence that every guy can get open. How would you think of the springboard for maybe what has happened here this season? Well, it definitely gave us some confidence. Coming off of a loss at Carolina, then coming back home and being able to beat a really good team late in the fourth quarter came back a couple of times in that game. Down, I think, nine in the fourth quarter, being able to come back and get that win. Defense stepping up huge, and then offense making some place to get the points on the board. It just gave us a lot of confidence that we can be really good teams, and kind of springboarded us and gave us confidence that it just kept growing as the season went on. Have you seen more of a change maybe developed? Well, every offense kind of goes through ebbs and flows of the season, and play callers, players do kind of the same thing. So he's done a great job of manipulating the way he's calling games and what he's calling as to how the games are going. You look at the past couple of games, we try to shorten those games and really handle everything up front, which the offense line does a great job, and Derek's running hard. So we haven't thrown the ball a whole lot. Go back early in the season, and there's more of the play action and stuff downfield. So we're able to do it kind of different ways, and it all kind of just depends how the game is going and what we're trying to accomplish. I think that it doesn't seem to worry too much about taking some risks and thinking to the Derek Henry jump past there. I guess I don't know what your initial thought was when you heard that play call and how you saw it develop, and maybe just a general and Arthur's willingness to take risks like that. Yeah, we're always going to take some risk. With no risk comes no reward. So that's kind of our mindset is calculated risks, not dumb risks, but we're going to take some risks. That's part of playing the game and wanting to go win. You don't play not to lose, you play to win. So that's our mindset as an offense. His mindset is a play caller. And that play call that Derek was a great call. It was something that we've worked for several weeks now. It's a great practice. Derek's done a great job of putting that ball in a great spot, and he executed it in the game just like he didn't practice. To throw the ball. Given the last couple weeks, you haven't had to. Yeah, well, I mean, being a quarterback, obviously, I love throwing the ball. But I just want to win. At the end of the day, that's what we go out there each and every week is to find a way to win and do whatever it takes. So if that's throwing it 15 times and trying to execute those plays, that's what I'll do. If it's 35, then that's what it is. Do you think the confidence in the offense is we've had such success doing it basically one way for three weeks now. Do you think if the game materializes differently and it has to go the other way, do you think the same confidence is there that you can win the other way? No doubt. We've put in a lot of work to get this point. Like I said, we've done it multiple ways throughout the season. And you don't forget how to throw and catch in two weeks. So it's something we still have a lot of confidence in. And I know our guys outside have a lot of confidence in themselves. And I have a lot of confidence in them being able to get open and get them the football. What do you want to say, like I said, to someone? I was excited for the opportunity. Obviously, it feels like forever going out. But yeah, when you're standing on the sideline, you just want to be prepared and be ready for your opportunity. So when I got the chance to go in, I just wanted to take advantage of it and find a way to lead this team to win. What are you envisioning it going? Yeah, I mean, you always envision it winning games and competing for a championship. But for me, I don't step back a whole lot and take a look at long term at the end of the season. It was more week to week. All right, find a way to win this one game, find a way to win the next game, and just keep moving. I think sometimes you can get overwhelmed if you try to take a step back and do more than what's right in front of you, at least I can. So just a matter of handling what's right in front of me and find a way to win one game. Where do you see the biggest growth from going back to that time you became a starter to where you're at now specifically for you? How do you see yourself now compared to where you are? I have a lot more experience in this offense. I think I'd go back to that time, obviously, had training camp in the off season, but hadn't had any game reps besides preseason and just not a lot of reps in general. So with the games adding up and with the time in the offense, obviously, more and more confidence in the guys around me and more and more comfort with the offense knowing, all right, I got this coverage. I know this is where the ball is probably going to go. There, boom, boom, boom, there's my check down. So just faster processing and knowing exactly what the play is probably going to do. Where is Week 10 and what are the challenges facing that defense in that stadium? They're a good defense, man. They've done a really good job, especially since we play them. They really play hard. They play physical. They play fast up front, coming off the football. They got good guys on the backside to cover. Matthew's all over the place, making plays on the football. So they really have the whole package on defense. And they're playing really well right now. Ravel said do you hold people accountable in your own way? Could you kind of describe what that way is? I mean, just holding people accountable. Holding people accountable is holding people accountable. So if you're not in the right spot, just making sure we get it corrected and fixed. That way we can hit it the next time. There's mistakes that are constantly being made in football. It's an imperfect game. You strive for perfection, but it's an imperfect game. So I make mistakes. We all make mistakes. And it's just a matter of being able to learn from those mistakes, correct them, and then move on that way the next time it comes up, we can hit it. How long are those lines? I know you were here before the start of the season, but you weren't the starter. So you took over about halfway through. How did you go about establishing yourself as a leader? Because a lot of guys have talked about that. Yeah, it's a little bit of a slow process. You don't want to come in guns blazing and shake the boat too much. It's just a matter of being myself, leading in my own way, encouraging guys, trying to press this offense, press each and every person, build the relationships, and try to get the most out of every guy. Every guy is a little bit different, how you talk to them, how you handle them, and hold them accountable. Every guy is a little bit different. So a matter of building those relationships, learning each and every guy, and then just trying to push to get the best out of our guys. How much did being able to sit back and observe those first multiple weeks help you evolve as a leader to understand how to relate to each other guys? Well, I got to kind of be a fly on the wall for a few weeks there and just see how guys operated, how they responded to adversity, to positive things, and just really learn about them from afar and while getting to know them on a personal level. So it was a combination there of having a broad perspective of how they respond to certain things and then also just building that relationship. We talked to Mike about how you guys were having to run into eight-man boxes out of necessity. How much has that benefited you guys as you've had to do it through the playoffs at this point? Well, it gives us a lot of confidence. You look at what Derrick's been able to do over the past few weeks. I mean, once you get into the third quarter and you've already run it 30 times, you know what's coming on first and 10. And he's still in yards. It's incredible what the offensive line has been able to do. Moving guys, moving the line to scrimmage, creating increases for him. And then, obviously, Derrick is one of the biggest, most physical backs that I've ever seen run. So if it's muddy, he's going to get three yards. If it's open and he gets to the second level, it may go 70. So it's been a lot of fun to see those guys work. What's it about when people stay around town? What do you hear from Ty and Spain that you kind of establish yourself here? I don't go out a whole lot, unfortunately, not this time of year. I get out a lot more in the off season. This time of year, it's pretty boring, really. I mean, I go from here home, spend some time with my kids, maybe go to a park and slide down the slide with my kids. They're rare time on Tuesday that I get. But yeah, it's pretty boring. But I think I feel the excitement in the city. It's been fun to feel that energy build as the season's gone on. Ryan, on the shuttle, it's business as usual this week. But being so close to the ultimate goal, do you feel it maybe a little more intense this week, or you guys still look pretty loose through? Yeah, I think there is a good feeling around a lot of confidence in business as usual. Obviously, we're sitting in here with, I don't know how many, 30 cameras in here, and a lot of faces that I haven't seen before. But our week is the same, besides the extra media. We're going about the same process to get ready both mentally and physically that we've gone through throughout the season. So yeah, it's a big game, obviously. There's a lot of attention. But when we're in the building, not a lot's different for us. We're just going about our process, get ready for the game. Talked about involving as a leader for this football team. Were there some veteran guys that you leaned on in that process? On this team? Well, I mean, obviously we have other leaders on the team. Guys that have been around a long time. Woodyard, Jarrell, KB, Ben. I mean, a bunch of guys that do a good job of leadership for us. But at the end of the day, leadership is about being yourself and just trying to get the most of the guys around you.