 Ryan, some of the injuries, some of the issues we've seen on offense, I know you don't want to make excuses, so I guess looking ahead, how much more room is there for this offense to grow and how much, I guess, can you progress? How much have we not seen yet of what you guys could do? Yeah, no doubt we have a lot of room to improve in a lot of different areas. I think we're trending in the right direction. I feel like guys are growing, as an offense we're growing, but no doubt we have a lot of room to improve and excited to keep the foot on the gas and trying to clean things up. Did that connection come back for you and Marcus out there Sunday? I mean, it looked like you guys were really strong during training camp and then just seemed to click back in. Yeah, it was great to have Marcus back out there. I was excited to get him back out there. Like you mentioned the guy that got a lot of reps within training camp and feel really confidently throwing the ball to. He's got a lot of ability and I think it showed up. His first game back, he didn't really ease into it, he came out and played fast and I had some huge plays for him, so excited to have him back. But there was one play, maybe where you guys run different pages in that game. You maybe thought he was going to go inside? No, that was totally my fault. Yeah, that was not on him, that was totally on me. Are there some weeks where the plan that they drop on Tuesday can really almost win the game where it winds up being kind of perfect? I don't think so. No, I don't think so. I think sometimes you get the game plan looks that you're looking for and sometimes you don't. But at the end of the day, it's about going out and executing our bread and butter stuff and hopefully hitting a couple of the game plan plays. I'm not trying to minimize game planning at all because that's obviously a big part of every team and what they do. But as players, we have to be able to go out there and make plays on the basic stuff. When things aren't like we thought we were going to get, we're not getting the coverage for the shot that we thought we were going to get. Can we still make it an efficient play and keep the chains moving? Yeah, it's great whenever things dial up the way you look for them to. But at the end of the day, it's about going out and executing on a down-by-down basis with normal stuff. How about maybe the broader themes that Mike strikes? You ever come out of a win and say he had us just in the right mindset with that three-word slogan of the week or whatever? You knew just what to put in our veins this week. Yeah, no doubt. I don't call it the mantra, but the slogan of the week or the mindset of the week could definitely have an impact on how guys prepare and locking guys back in and giving us as a team something to rally behind and get behind and believe in together. It's not ever going to win you a game, but it can help set things moving in the right direction. So back to playing above the game-playing part of things. You had a play last week where you kind of extended the play to red zone. You threw it to pro. Is that something you would like to do more of? Is that something that you could showcase more of your ability just to extend plays, attack line of scrimmage and help guys get over it? Yeah, I think that there's going to be opportunities in every game to try to extend and go off schedule and make a play. I think we've had some opportunities. We've missed some opportunities and always want to be able to have that as an option. If things aren't exactly as we drawn up, we have to move off the spot or get quick pressure. Being able to get outside and let our guys work downfield is a big impact play. Have they made Nichols do something particularly well in the screen game or have they just been blocked up really well for them a few times lately? I think it all works together, right? You know, it's Jay Mack having a good feel of getting out and not being in front of the linemen. It's the linemen getting out in the perfect timing and getting on their blocks, receivers blocking downfield. Yeah, I think that Jay Mack has a good feel for it, but at the same time there's a lot of other guys that are making plays as well on those screens that make them efficient. A lot of sacks, Ryan, but no fumbles since that second week. Has that been something you've been more conscientious of over the last several weeks after the early start there? Not really. I mean, I feel like I always try to have good ball security in the pocket. Several of those came on throwing motions. I'm getting hit in the back and I'm trying to throw the ball, so not a lot you can do on those. But yeah, definitely it's always a focus of mine to have good ball security, especially in a crowded pocket, moving around, keeping two hands on it and being secure with it. It's a ball that maybe should have been intercepted, but maybe it's dropped or it's wiped out by a penalty, something like that. Can you just breathe a sigh of relief and move on or do you say, I got a gift there, I better take advantage of it, that sort of thing? I feel like it's kind of the same reaction to both. I think, yeah, no doubt a sigh of relief. You know when you get away with one. I think that every quarterback knows when they get away with one and it's definitely breathe a sigh of relief. But yeah, I just try to take a deep breath. All right, got away with one, reset and get ready for the next play. They've not given up a lot of points or forced a lot of turnovers. What are they doing so well on defense, but hello? They do just about everything well. You know, you see them getting half the quarterback, you see them solid in the run game, tight coverage on the back end, great in the red zone, great on third down, really just an all-around solid defense. What is it about those safeties that makes it so hard to connect them down the field pass? Is it difficult to do that? Yeah, their safeties are really good. They've played together for a long time, both very active, physical, smart players. They have a great feel for what they're doing defensively. They kind of set the tone and then they're playmakers. So definitely you don't have to be aware where those guys are at. Has it been what people around here are used to generally? You think as a result of how you're deploying them, are you playing a lot more 3-1? I would have to look at the numbers on how often that we've been in three wides, but we have confidence in our tight ends. Obviously, like you said, the production maybe hasn't been there, but we have confidence in those guys' ability to make plays worse. Brian, there's not too many opportunities that you guys get to play a Monday night football game here in Nashville, and I predict it will probably be a pretty incredible scene just with the attendance we've seen so far this year with fans. How much do you embrace that opportunity as a team? I'm sure there's some added excitement that goes along with that. Yeah, no doubt. Anytime you get to play a night primetime game and at home, it's a huge opportunity. Guys get excited for it. You love to go out there and be able to showcase what we're about. I think guys are excited. I'm excited to go out there and play in front of a packed house at home. There's not much better than that. Carter was at some pretty high praise the other day for Ben Jones. He called him one of the toughest guys he's ever seen, so it was a source of pride that he doesn't want to have to be helped off the field, that kind of thing. I'm wondering, in your experience with Ben, has it been similar? Have you seen some instances that stand out in that regard for you? Yeah, no doubt. Ben's about as tough as they come. You see him battling through constantly, not constantly, but it feels like every game or every couple of games, there's an instance where he gets rolled up, twists an ankle, MCL, I don't know, they're just making stuff up, but something goes wrong and he's got an injury. And you see him in the huddle, he's gritting, he's like, Ben, you okay? You need to go down? He's like, no, I'm good, I'm good. He's got this face on like he just bit into the world's sourced lime or lemon, but he's gutting it out and the guys in the huddle, they see that. We realize how tough he is and are thankful to have a guy who wants to battle it out out there with us and really set the tone up front. You played for Dan Campbell in the past and I don't know if you saw how hard he took that loss this past, but he was standing up there and he broke down into tears. So my question would be, do you have any idea why he would have taken that so hard and if you have any past experiences when he had something like that happen while you guys were together? Yeah, it's been a while since I've been with Dan. But a guy who loves competing, you know, he's the interim head coach for us there for a little bit. A guy who loves competing, loves winning and loves the guys. So, you know, he's going to give it everything he has and when you do that, it makes it emotional. What do you remember about Derek Steffard last year? I guess it was a year ago today, the Tuesday night game when we played those guys. What was the energy like after that, even though it was really a no play, but what was the energy like in the huddle and on the sidelines and in the stadium after that? Yeah, it was exciting. You know, you see that type of play, especially happening on our sideline where our guys on the sideline can get juiced, definitely brought us a lot of energy. The game overall, Ryan, I mean, there was so much kind of chaos leading up to it with the COVID situation and so forth. And then you guys just came out and had a tremendous game. What memories come back from the days leading up and the performance? Yeah, it was a wild week or a couple of weeks. I forget exactly what was transpiring beforehand. I remember we didn't have much practice, but I really just had to believe in each other and go out and cut it loose and play. And as a team, I felt like we did that and guys made plays. What do you call play in the huddle? Do you try to call it the same way every time or do you use that as, hey, this is a big play and you give emphasis from time to time or challenge guys? Oh, no doubt. There's tons of instances in every game where maybe you're reminding the guy, hey, make sure to get your depth or set your guy up on this one or this is a huge opportunity. Let's go put this thing in the end zone. Give Derek a crease. He's going to be able to score whatever the case may be. There's all types of situations that come up that you're able to use that huddle time to either inspire or remind guys or just try to get things going.