 We talked about doing this yesterday and it was tough to get everybody in one place, but we appreciate your patience and appreciate you taking the time today to be with us. So I'll touch on a few things, author will touch on a few things, and from there we'll open up to questions. The first thing we want to talk about is, and I know we all have individual statements on Matt, but just want to be very clear that, man, we're so appreciative of the time we're able to spend with Matt, and he's just the, I know it was just a year with me and author, but he is just a consummate pro, the ultimate teammate, ultimate professional. He embodies all the traits and characteristics that you want in a football player, and we appreciate him, appreciate his family and his professionalism and understanding throughout this entire process, just mean so much to us. He's a special man and we're rooting for him and his continued success. We talk about every scenario and every possibility and we're always looking at long term future, and so we have to do that. So through the entire all season, we had discussions on when the right time was to trade Matt, and we talked about the possibility of it. When we look at that, we want him to be involved in that. He has to be involved in it because he deserves that, he's earned the right to be involved in that. We would never trade him somewhere, and he knows nothing about it, and we're just trying to maximize value, and we go through some strong out process and try to squeeze out every, all the compensation that we can. We were never going to do that with Matt. He deserves the right. He's earned the right to be involved, and so he was. He was involved in this whole process. Author was great communicating with him on a daily basis, and we allowed him to communicate with the team, and it was more important for us to let Matt be involved in it and get Matt somewhere where he wanted to be as opposed to just trying to maximize the value. But again, just so appreciative of him and who he is as a man. This is, that decision was us looking at the long term and trying to do what's right for him and doing what's right for this team when you look at the impact that it'll have on us next year and the situation we're going to be in next year at this point. I'll get into the offseason a little bit and where we are. We obviously have a lot of work to do, and yet we're excited about some things that we haven't gotten accomplished. Our first step is always to work hard to re-sign our players, and so we're able to get some things done with getting an extension done with Jake Matthews. That means a lot to us getting Young Way extended, also OZ, getting OZ under contract for this year, and then Zay, Kobe Gossett, Anthony Rush. I got a text about 10.45 last night that Eric Harris, we've re-signed Eric Harris, and another, we talk about bringing back our players, and there were some players that we weren't able to get contracts done with, and that we worked hard to and went through that process, and they had better opportunities elsewhere, and we wish them all the best. We try to keep everyone that we can, but in some cases we're not able to do that. Then from players outside the building, we're excited about Marcus Marriota, and we're going to continue to add to that room, and whether we're talking about free agents, trades, the draft, we're going to continue to add to that room, and yet we're excited that Marcus is here. Lorenzo Carter, we're excited about bringing him home from Georgia. Also Casey Haywood, really two Georgia boys that are coming back home, and they're really excited to be here and play for the Falcons. Damon Williams, Elijah Wilkinson, Tees Tabor, some other players that we've been able to sign. Our pro department is really working hard, and we appreciate them. Chris and Kirsten working hard on the contracts. We've got a lot of work to do in some particular areas. Obviously receiver, there's some things that we need to get accomplished prior to the draft with pro players, and we're going to work hard to continue to do that, but I really appreciate the work that has been put in up to this point. And then the college process, we're right in the middle of that right now. We're going to, as soon as we finish up here, we're going to get on a plane and go to Oxford and watch Ole Miss's pro day. We'll be in Cincinnati tomorrow, and our college scouts have just been hitting the ground hard, and we'll be at pro days and personal workouts really for the rest of this month. We get into our April meetings on April 4th, and we'll start going through that process. And we have nine draft picks right now, and we have significant draft capital, and that's a big part of it. When you look at the cap space we're going to have next year, and look at the draft capital that we have, it's an exciting time when we're looking at the future, when we're looking towards the future. So we're going to work as hard as we can, and I know we have the staff here, everyone here in Flowery Branch is really putting in the work right now. Yeah, just to echo what Terry just said right there, obviously I want to take a second here just to reiterate what we put out in our statement about Matt Ryan. Matt Ryan has been the consummate professional here, he means a lot to this franchise. He had 14 great years, and I'm very thankful that year I got to spend with Matt. We obviously made this decision in the best interest of franchise going forward, and we feel really good, and as Matt probably reiterated yesterday it was very amicable, and we feel like it was a win for both sides, for us in the long term, and Matt right now. We had some staff changes that I'm very excited about. Terry just hit on the free agent moves that we're also really excited about. We also understand there's going to be some questions about our quarterback process, and with respect to how we explored it, the options, we understand the seriousness of the situations and the concerns from our fan base, and with that we'll open up the questions to answer the best of our ability. Terry we'll open questions, just a reminder, if you have a question, type in the chat, I have a question. We'll open up Michael Rothstein. Yeah, hi guys. I want to start here. When it comes to the pursuit of Deshaun Watson, how much did you look into the 22 civil claims or civil cases that are currently pending against him? Yeah, we had a process, and we looked into everything, and we determined from where we are and the information we had, we determined we wanted to explore it, and obviously we take the allegations very serious, but based off the information we had, we want to explore it. Following up on that, in what you were looking into with that, did you reach out to Tony Busby, did you speak with any of the women, did you read the complaints, and if not, why not? Michael, we're not going to get into our process, we wouldn't, any potential trades, any players, we understand the seriousness of the questions you're asking, but we're also not going to comment on an ongoing civil case, so thank you. Thanks, Mike. Hey, Terry, this is for you. At what point did you decide or were you informed that y'all were going to be part of the Deshaun Watson trade discussions? Well, it was a collective decision, and we had ongoing discussions about it, and we made a collective decision to, again, explore it, and throughout that process, we were very transparent the entire time. Again, the author was talking to Matt on a regular basis, because we wanted to make sure that he was informed and he was aware, and so we wanted to handle that part the right way, but we together discussed it, and we made a collective decision to explore it. Arthur, I follow up for you. When you had that first conversation with Matt about the situation, did you feel like at that time that that was going to be the end of the Falcons and Matt's relationship, regardless of how things worked out? Josh, Matt and I had several conversations. Obviously, there's been a lot of transition here from when Terry and I got here, Matt understood that ultimately there was going to be a succession plan for us, and where we're at with this franchise and where he's at in his career, so those conversations when we got here, and there's been the same thing at the end of the season. It's the same reason when I got up there in Indianapolis that I said what I said, because you just never know, you understand that circumstances change, things happen that sometimes they're in your control, out of your control, and we've always evaluated this as a possible answer to a long-term plan. It wasn't like it came out of blue. Certainly those aren't easy conversations, but there's only one way we know how to do business with our players, and that's direct and being honest and transparent. That's what the conversation I had with Matt started off, and then obviously every day the situation changed, and I kept him up to date. We met twice in person, so he was aware every day. That doesn't mean people can feel one way or the other, but we were very transparent. If you feel like that the Watson situation was going to trigger that the succession plan was going to, you were going to trigger the succession plan right then, regardless of whether you ended up with the Sean Watson. Josh, any players when you have trade discussions in today's society, we're not working at the NSA, so things you can understand when you start having any kind of trade discussions, they're going to get out, and so you have to have contingency plans, from last year to this year, Terry and I are constantly in our staff talking through those things. You know it's a possibility when you quote-unquote cross the Rubicon and you're having serious trade talks and exploring that it gets out, whether how serious we were or not, it doesn't matter. You have to have a plan. You know that the player may have a say, and especially somebody like Matt Ryan, and so that was we had a plan, and that's why we executed the way we did. Yeah, and whether we got into the, whether we began to explore Deshaun or not, we were discussing trading Matt. We were discussing that just looking at all the options and what was best for this team, so that was already, we were already having those discussions. For this offseason? To make that trade happen this offseason? We were discussing it, yes sir. Dylan? Okay. You have to. Yeah, touched on parts of this, but how was this decision arrived to trade Matt Ryan? Just systematically? Well, when we look at, we look at where we are right now as a team, and we were going to have to, we couldn't have kept Matt Ryan on his, the way the current contract was in order to, in order to fill the team, we're going to have to do, it's, we didn't want to do anything with Matt Ryan's contract last year, but we were handcuffed. We had to in order to fill the football team, and it would have been the same thing this year. So we had to do that, and we look at doing that. And then with that, the impact that has on us next year, then we're continuing to do the same thing. And then now we're in another situation next year where it's hard to sign and re-sign players. We hate losing our players. We hate it. We hate losing players. We hate not being able to sign players. And we still, again, our pro department has gone to the pavement and we found some good players at good value. And we're excited about that. And that's our job. And we're not making excuses about it. But when we think about the future in, okay, do we want to be in this situation again next year? Or do we want to look at it and say, okay, let's really looking at the draft capital we have and the cap space that we now have. And, and I know you guys, you guys know the impact that it has trading Matt now and how significant it is. So we discussed that it's, it wasn't a foregone conclusion. We discussed everything. We discussed what we would do with this contract if we kept them here. And we have all those discussions because it's hard. It's hard to trade a player of his caliber and the type of person he is. It's very difficult to do, but we had all those discussions and we decided this was the right time to do it. Please explain the benefits of the compensation that you all received and the record, how you plan to proceed with the record dead salary cap hit that you're going to take this year. The benefits. Tell me again, you're asking about the benefits of the compensation, the third round pick, you know, and the, because it, the some, at some point, I guess the dead salary cap hit is a had to play in it also. Yeah, we're taking on the chin this year and yet, but taking it on the chin this year. And now you look at where we are next year, it's, it's significant. If not, if we don't do that, and again, we could have restructured his contract or done something with his contract and kept him this year. And then we'd have still had, if we trade him after the season, or if we keep him next year, then it's, we're still in a really tough salary cap situation. So with this, we take it on the chin this year and, and it's our job to, to find value in free agency and to, and to draft well and to put a good football team on the field this year, even with that, that dead cap. And it's an obstacle, but we look at it as an opportunity and that's our job. And we're not, we're not making excuses about it, but us deciding to take it on the chin right now will really, it makes a significant difference for us next year in the future. Did that, did that answer the question D led? Yes, it did. Thank you very much. Thank you. Yeah, Terry, you hit on this a little bit earlier, but I wanted to kind of go into more detail. Many from the outside looking in did not understand why Matt was traded with a third round pick as that compensation when a quarterback of his caliber is known in the past few years to draw more. Would you mind going into more detail as to kind of why that trade was something that y'all were willing to execute with that compensation? Right. Well, Tori, I would say it was more important for us to do right by Matt than to try to maximize compensation. And when we look at it, yes, we probably could have opened it up and talked to every team and traded Matt somewhere that he didn't want to be and got more compensation. Yes, there's probably if we could have had a drawn out process and shopped him and gone through this and trade him somewhere he didn't want to be, but we talked about it. We said, if we're going to go down this road, we want to do right by Matt and he has to be involved in it. And we have to allow, and when you do that, when we allow him to talk to the team and authors talking to him about a team he wants to go to and we open that up, we let him talk to, we opened up a window and gave and allowed him to talk to their head coach and GM. And when you do that, Tori, yes, you're not going to have very much leverage just being completely honest because we're allowing him to be a part of that process. But we discussed that and we said, yes, the compensation isn't going to be as much if we go this route. We thought it was more important to handle it that way with Matt. He's just done too much for this organization, done for us and for everything. We wanted to make sure we handled it the right way. And look, the way he treated us and the way he handled everything, it was more important for us, Tori, to make sure we did things we did right by Matt as opposed to just doing our best to maximize compensation. And also, Tori too, you got to look at 23 in the fit where we're at and not every team's in a market for a veteran quarterback and understand where Matt was with his contract, where it fit, where we're at or any map was that. So it was a win-win because it opens up a lot of space in 23. So we don't have to keep playing this game of restructure, minimum deals. And so that was part of the thought as well. That's part of the compensation is what it opens up in the future for us. And then Arthur, this one's for you. Just kind of looking ahead and also looking back, can you kind of speak to your history with Marcus and what that time was with him and what you learned about him when you both were at Tennessee together? Yeah. So obviously, Marcus and I were together the entire time was in Tennessee. There were a few different scheme changes, staff changes. Obviously, it was a coordinator the last year when Marcus was there and a lot of lessons learned. And Marcus had some terrific runs with us in Tennessee. Obviously, he was a starter who won a playoff game with us in 2017 season. And he's at a different point in his career where he was at then. I'm at a different point in my career and a lot of lessons learned and we're excited to work together again. He's an exciting player, a smart football player. And like I said, we're excited. He's excited about the opportunity to get to Atlanta to prove himself. Thank you. Allison? I was just wondering, was there a point during last season that you felt like you were going to need to trade Matt Ryan or was it all in the off season that that came about? And also when you keep talking about the future, what does that future look like? Are you talking about a couple years next season? I think there's a lot of uncertainty when it comes to this a rebuild year for the Falcons. I think the rebuild tag, it's a competitive league. We understand our charge is a win. We felt we were last year. We come in year one. It's a completely different culture. A lot of obstacles we had to work through and we feel like we made pretty good progress. But where we're at, our charge is the one of championship. And that's where certain players at different points in their career and we don't want to be stuck in this limbo. So yeah, you do have to make some moves sometimes. You're going to take it like Terry said, you take it on the chin a little bit with that money. Doesn't mean we don't feel like all of a sudden, that's why I don't like the rebuild. It's a competitive league. Our charge is a coach. We're going to go out there and compete and play better team football than we played last year and to improve. I mean, there's a lot of things as we're also going to compete now and building for the future. It's just the opportunity to open up where it gives you some more cap room. We'd like where we're at with our draft picks and the number of picks we have. You don't need 15 picks in a draft either. You're not all those guys are going to make your team. So I feel good where we're at, but our charge is not to be stuck in this kind of limbo area. We're going to build this thing the right way. And we're going to be competitive this year. That's our charge as a team and a coach. Nobody says anything. Rebuild. I understand the question. Just understand the reality that we're trying to, you have to do both. We're going to put a competitive team. We're like our young players we need to develop like our free agency signings and our charge in. We got to do well. We're continuing to add guys. We need to have a good draft and understand we'll open up a lot of space. So we are players in free agency and can sign our own. That's a big part of free agency. We got to a certain price point with a couple of guys. We basically just couldn't do it. Guys, was there ever a point where you actually thought that just Sean Watson deal was done where he was coming and then the follow up. I'll ask it now. Well, what point did you guys either have an opportunity to match or was there a walk away before that ever happened? No, I would say there wasn't. We just went through the process. Basically what they do is they give us a window. We had to talk to the Texans on the front end and they gave us a window to have a meeting with him. And we're able to have that meeting. And outside of that, we weren't able to communicate about the Sean. So once you have that meeting, then you step away and look again, we were exploring this. So that was just that meeting was a part of the process. If we had taken that next step, we're continuing to explore. So it's so no, I think there was never a time where we felt he was that we were going to have that player here. Again, we're just exploring it. Very aware of everything involved in it and making sure we have sensitivity to that. But it was we were exploring it. So you were never given an opportunity by his agent to say match this and he comes, do this and he comes? No, we're not going to get into all the details of that part of it. But like I said, we're allowed a window to have a meeting with the player. And from there, we just had to wait from there in. Yeah, hey, excuse me. This is for Mr. Fontenot. Coach Smith just said that you're not going to use the word, you're not going to say rebuild going into this year. Why can you not say that word? I mean, we've seen in this town, we've seen the Braves rebuild and we've seen the Hawks rebuild. Is there something about the NFL that just makes you unwilling to just use that word? And I realize it's often an excuse for fans not to buy tickets. But is that it? Mark, and I won't cut Terry off here. The way you're looking at it is like our charge is the win. I mean, we're coaching. It's not fair to the players. Like you guys have put that on there and like, I don't know what coach is going to coach a team and say, hey guys, we're rebuilding. I understand where we're at. We're in a transition. And there is certain elements you are. You're constantly rebuilding the NFL. Your roster changes year to year so much. It's more of a team philosophy in the players that we have here that compete every day in the coaches. So I understand what you're talking about, big picture. And I'm not dismissing that. I'm just talking about your charge when you're in the national football league. Our objective is to win football games. And we understand there's other things going on around it and long term strategy. So that I started to cut you off, Terry, but I want to clarify, Mark, what I was talking about. Yeah, yeah, I'm with you. And Mark, I definitely understand the, we definitely understand the question and it's a good, it's a good point. And yet the reason we hate the word rebuild is because when we're talking to Casey Hayward and he's excited about coming home and competing right now, he's a real talented player that has done some really good things in this league. He's not coming somewhere to lose and he's not are again Lorenzo guys outside the building when young way extends or when Jake extends. And these guys are excited about going out there and compete. And it's yes, it's a challenge with all the dead money this year. It's a challenge, but taking it all on this year. It's it's it's we're excited about what we're going to do this year because we're going to do the best we can and we're going to go out and compete. And then next year it's it's significant when you when you look at where we are. And again, I know you guys have all looked at it and the significant impact this will make on us next year. But but we would never say that because it's just not fair. It's not fair to the players here. We've got 17 games next year. We're going to go out and compete in every single one of them. So that's why we definitely understand what you're saying and the points you're making marking it. But that's why rebuild is not something that that we ever want to say. Thank you. Thank you. Michael, question. Yeah, I mean, it feels like it was four years ago with Calvin Ridley at this point with everything that's gone on. But what is Calvin Ridley if he is ever brought back from suspension? What is his future with the Falcons? Could he return to Atlanta? Or is that no longer an option in your eyes after his suspension? Yeah, that was obviously we're very transparent with everything throughout the season. With the way everything played out. We're we're just we did our best to to be supportive of him and his family. And then we get into the offseason. And it was a surprise to all of us when we on February 9th got the call from the league and told us that there was an investigation. We were talking to other teams and having some discussions. And yet we got that call and had to take a step back. So right now with Calvin, we continue to right now he's he's on our roster right now and we continue to support in whatever way we can and do the best that we can and how the future looks. Mike, we just we don't know. It's a long time from now. And so we'll see what happens with that. But we've been transparent really all the information on Calvin that we've been transparent with with everything with him. And we'll see where that goes. Thank you. Yes, sir. Yeah, Terry, I guess these are for you, but less art has, you know, wants to interject. Two points, quick back checks. Did not have a no trade confidence ability in this process? No, he doesn't. He doesn't. But but again, I know you wanted to do right by him. I just wonder I had seen reported that he had the ability to veto. No, he doesn't have a no trade clause. Secondly, just to just to make sure I'm clear on this point when the when the John Watson went to Cleveland, did you at that point want to keep Matt or did that point the decision had already been made by you or Matt that you're going to have to do something else? No, it was it was still a discussion. And at that point, we talked about and we told him we're going to allow him to talk to the team and we go from there. So we're looking at all the different possibilities and all the different scenarios. But again, different with Matt and with some players, he was involved in the discussion because it was important for us to to make him a part of it. And then on a different track, how does the what's happened in the last week affect the likelihood that you're going to take a quarterback in this coming draft? And what does it increase in your mind the urgency to do that now? Or do you still think this is a longer term process? Well, no, it doesn't. It depends if we feel great about a quarterback at whatever pick, then then we're going to take a quarterback. And if we don't, we're not going to reach in and do something that we're not excited about. Obviously, we're very excited that we took Kyle Pitts at four, and he's going to be significant for this organization for this franchise for a long time. So we're going to make a decision at each pick. And we're never going to feel pressure to reach for a quarterback. Now, we're going to add to the position, whether it's in the draft, Josh, we'll see where that is. It could be in the draft, it could also be in free agency, and it can also be via trade. We're going to add to the position. And obviously, we were Monday, we're at Pitt, we're at Liberty yesterday, we'll be in Oxford today, and we'll be at Cincinnati Thursday. And so clearly, we're going to see all these quarterbacks. And it's an exciting class, they're different flavors. But we're going to dig into this class, but we're not going to feel pressured to do anything. We're going to do what's right for this team and take the best players off the board. But we are going to add to that position, whether it's in the draft or with another avenue. Thank you. Thank you. Now, I want to draw. Mine was on the draft class and Terry just covered it, the draft class at quarterbacks. So thank you. Chris, do you know your follow-up? Arthur, we talk a lot about quarterback fit with the head coach and the guy who's actually calling the offense. Is that still a thing when you're going to go to these four schools, or is it just about the talent of the player? And sort of it's not square peg round hole anymore. It's just finding the most talented player and then doing what he can do best as opposed to the other way around. Well, that's part of coaching. I mean, I don't have that fixed mindset. It's just got to be the right guy in the way that you want to build this team. Obviously, you can study the last 40 years of team building and when you've added quarterbacks and when you haven't, we feel like we need to make sure, whoever the guy is, that there's enough around him to be successful. And so you're weighing every cost. I mean, you go to last year's draft in terms of team building. And we decided because Kyle Pitts, we thought was the best long-term fit for us that we continue to be the same thing this year. And the original question, I don't have that. I mean, there's a lot of things that need to fit, but we'll adapt to player strengths. That's always been my charge. It's what we tried to do last year with Cordell Patterson, and we're really excited it's back. Same thing we've done throughout in my coaching career. It's not, hey, this is my system and this guy must fit my system. I've never thought that way. And Terry, can I just ask, how far ahead does the general manager, people already start to talk about next year's quarterbacks in college? Is that even a thing as well anymore, or can you not afford to play that game? No, we do have to. That's a great question. And we do have to look at that. And we have to look at what's, again, you don't want to feel pressured to do something, but you have to look, not just for myself, but it's funny when you're watching tape on players, you always, me and Arthur, we're talking about some some underclassmen the other day, because when you're watching tape on other players, you see those guys. And that's important to not just look at this year, but to look at next year and think big picture. So that's a great question. And we do, as a GM and as a head coach, we definitely look into the future and what's coming in the next draft classes. And we have a great scouting staff too, Chris. By the time we're having conversations here on the 22 draft, a lot of our scouts, they've been studying these guys for years. Yep. No, I mean, it's a totally right reports. But unless you got your head in the sand, I mean, you're they're constantly, they know what's going on in the college game. Yeah, yeah, great point. And like you say, we have a great staff. They know players and you really have to once they're in their freshman year, because that player, you're going to be talking about them in a couple of seasons. So they know who's there. And they know those teams top to bottom. And they bring up those players to us. So, um, so yeah, it's a great question. And because of the staff we have, um, we're always aware of not just this year, but next year. Is it one of the reasons you accumulate draft capital in case you do like somebody and have to make a move up the following season? Certainly to take consideration, Chris, you know, we certainly want to have picks that allows you to be flexible depending on the situation that hand. I mean, you know, what we're at right now, you know, the other the other narrative about Oh, play the comp game or we've got to fill out a roster. So it's a lot of these guys that we've added like a little Carter is going to be a good, you know, where he's at age wise a career as we keep as we keep building this. And there is some strategy there. I mean, we have to field a team. And I understand that question about the comp game as well. But we feel good about where we're at. We feel good about the opportunities in France to Thank you. Yeah, I have two actually first for Arthur when it comes to Marcus, when you were working with him, he did get benched for Ryan Tannehill. Why do you feel like this time it might be different in terms of how things go with with Marcus and how he plays? Oh, just there's been a lot of growth from him and myself. I mean, ironically, they're, you know, really different players. But Ryan Tannehill was in the situation when we got Ryan. So Marcus is a high end talent, just like Ryan was, and he was a, you know, first round pick. And so he's a different spot in his career. And I trust Marcus and Marcus, he's going to come in here and he's going to give us everything he's got. And he's got a high end talent and he understands what's happened in the past. He's learned from him. I've learned from him. And we feel excited about the opportunity. And this going back to the Deshaun stuff again, because you guys have both said exploring a couple of times. And if Deshaun Watson had said, yes, I want to come to Atlanta, would that have then happened? Or would then at that point you had had to do more research and more digging? I'm just trying to understand. That's a good question. And just one other follow up on that as well is you've talked about Matt Ryan's contract hamstringing you. How would Deshaun's Watson's contract theoretically not hamstrung you where Matt Ryan's did? Mike, a little bit of this hypothetical. Now we're, you know, we're focused on a lot of understanding and we respect the question, but you're talking about hypotheticals here. Now it's a completely different situation. So we, like I said, like did explore it. But now you're talking about things that, that happened in other spots that it wouldn't have been the same. So like we're not going to get these hypotheticals. And we can go down that road and I understand why you're asking and doing your job, but we're just not going to get into hypotheticals. And really it's, it was when we say explore, okay, we're going to take this next step in exploration. So this is the step, right? Now, and there was such a layered process. So now, all of a sudden, like you saying, if he would have chose us, okay, now we negotiate with the Texans and we do more exploring. It was a, Mike, it was a great, it's a great question because it was a process. And we were willing to go through the process of exploring it, but there were so many layers to it. It wasn't just as simple as him saying, that's where I want to play. There were still so many layers to it. And like Arthur says, it's a, yes, it was still a, it was still going to be a big contract, not the same contract. If we're taking on his, as we take on his current contract, but that's, we're talking about a 26 year old player and we're thinking long term with even pursuing him. But again, it was exploration and there were so many layers that we're going to have to get through. Appreciate it. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Thank you. One more, Cody. Guys, I gotta imagine when you're filling out the practice squad, you know, the owners not involved, but how much was Arthur Blank involved with the starting quarterback stuff, whether it's pursuing to Sean or trading Matt? And is that, is he coming in as a leader or you just calling him at the end of the day saying, here's what we did? Cody, the other thing too, like we have a very collaborative organization. I know those are the ones that everybody wants that story, whether it was this person's idea or this person's charge. We have so many conversations about multiple things. And Mr. Blank is phenomenal to work for. And anybody that's ever worked for him understands that there's constantly, as we communicate throughout the entire season, questions. He's terrific to work for in that regard. But I know the story that everybody wants is that we have a very collaborative team from the personnel, the coaching, you know, conversation that Terry and I have with Rich McKay all the time. So it's a collaborative effort here. And that's probably the best way to put it for Cody. Yeah, he's so supportive. And he is, he's so passionate and he wants to win in the worst way. And yet he always empowers us. And so we have discussions about everything and he cares about everything. It's normal to get a text at 11 o'clock at night and we start talking about something. But it's always, it always comes from a place of support. And so we discuss things, but he always says, you guys are going to make the decisions. And he's great about it. I mean, we were having dinner the other night. And I felt bad because my family was in Orlando and they were at Disney. And I felt bad because I feel like I haven't seen my kids in a few weeks. And we all are. I'm not making excuses. Everybody works hard. But I was going to meet my family Orlando and I couldn't. And so he said, and he felt so bad, he wanted me to go and he said, okay, well, make sure I send I send your family Orlando down the road. But that's the kind of person he is. He really cares about us. He gives us all the support that we need. He is passionate and he's in every discussion, but it's from a place of support as opposed to a place of mandating anything like that. It's just he's just very supportive. We couldn't be more appreciative of author.