 You know, guys like Julio, he's done it for such a long time. He knows what his process needs to be. AJ is talented as he is. I believe he knows what his process has to be. And so for me, it's, you know, just keep taking these team reps, keep getting ready. I feel really good. I'm really excited for this upcoming game. It's going to be a great test. They have two great edge rushers. So I'm really excited for, you know, first game back. You just started looking at Cardinals guys that you'll be doing. Yeah. I mean, I looked at Cardinals guys in July. And so I've watched a little bit. And obviously a familiar face in JJ. He's a very talented individual. And that's awesome for him. And then obviously Chandler Jones is very talented as well. Their defense is good. I mean, Cardinals are not the focus today in practice. Focus is the corrections from the game, getting better and stuff, and working on those techniques and fundamentals that we all need to do on a daily basis. So yeah, I've watched the Cardinals a little bit. But we'll dive probably more into that later this week. As you kind of had more time recovering, did you watch more film this offseason than usual? And are there some things that you will benefit from as you try to get yourself healthy? No, I mean, I usually, my process was the same. My whole focus in the offseason was to get as healthy as possible, fix some of those things that I had some deficiencies in my body that I wanted to fix, and obviously get my leg healthy. And so I achieved those goals, and I'm just really happy to be back, super grateful and excited to go out for this practice. But you know, does not yet knowing who the starting right tackle's gonna be affect you at all personally? I mean, not unless he blocks his guy into my legs. I think, you know, yeah, I mean, as a unit, the five of us need to go out there and know everyone's gonna be on the same page. Whoever they decide to go with that right tackle, I think is gonna be the right man for the job. This team doesn't care about who's getting paid the most who's, you know, who the best five players are gonna play that off its line. And whoever is out there week one, we're gonna expect to hold up their end and just like they expect me to hold up mine. And so, you know, it's, I think, you know, does it affect me? Yeah, I mean, you wanna know who's gonna be out there, but at the same time, like I got, I have, I can't be focused on other people's stuff. You know what I'm saying? I gotta focus on my stuff. Although if I started, you know, figuring out other people's problems, where do you go from there? I gotta, I gotta, you know, take care of my house first. Kind of selfie bell on the, on the few snaps there that you got. Yeah, it felt good. I mean, I, my whole goal was, can I play fast? Could I, you know, go out and play a football game in front of people and feel no restrictions on my knee? And I went out and did that. I felt, I felt fantastic from a speed standpoint, a strength standpoint and, you know, got to get off on the ball a couple of times, had some pass pro and a live situation, which was really nice. I felt good. I'm, I'm really excited for this first week. You're referencing earlier some, some deficiencies. Is that anything? No, just little things. I think someone told me once, like the definition of an athlete is like being overly, over to competent, being able to compensate. Like how do you compensate for your body when you have a deficiency? And so I, you know, when you have an injury, a lot of times people just focus on just that injury. What's wrong with that? You know, how did I fix this leg? And I had an amazing team and a heart minute movement rev and she kind of paying the whole picture for me and said, okay, let's, we're obviously going to get your knee healthy, but let's look at where your oblique strengths is, where you're bad, you know, these certain things, your mobility in your shoulders, like what are those, how can we get those better as well? So when you come back, you're not the same person, you're better. So that's a, it was a total body process. You know, I think it's a lot to look this average. You look pretty excited to play Saturday night in a pre-season game. You talked about the value of it. Were you kind of nudging them to say, hey, I need these reps in the pre-season or? No. How did it come about that you didn't play what you wanted? Yeah, I mean, obviously, Raj and I haven't had a lot of snaps together and I think they wanted to get me and Raj together and, you know, work on the line and have some communication, some live bullets flying. You know, I'm going to do whatever these coaches and these guys upstairs asked me to do to the best of my abilities. And that's what they said. Hey, we want to get you out there for a couple of snaps and, you know, it's an exciting time. Like there's a couple of ways you can look at it and it could be like, oh man, I'd rather just play the first game. But, I mean, I thought it was cool to be out there. I love pre-season. I love pre-season going in there and kind of like tuning it up, but I also love sitting there watching the boys. You know, you had 90, however many guys in this team that are trying to make the team and they all can't. So to be able to have a front row seat at an NFL football game in a uniform and watch these guys and cheer these guys on, like I love the pre-season. It's a fun time for me and watch those guys battle for not only a job here, but on 31 other teams. That when Logan threw the touchdown on the fourth bird, he gave you guys the lead. The sideline win, it might have been the biggest celebration I've seen from the sideline, including some regular season games at times. Is this team closer than some teams in the past? Have been, where's that come from? I think, my short answer is yes. I think we have a really close locker room. I think that guys that have come from other teams have said it's a very different locker room. How, you know, there are guys who have their friend groups and everything, but you know, everyone gets along with everybody. You know, I hang out the wide receivers. I'll go talk to Bud DePri quite a bit. You know, talk to other defensive players. I'm, you know, you kind of talk to everyone and hang out with everyone. It seems like a really close team. And it's cool because when you're in college, you know, all these college coaches say, hey, you know, when you get to the NFL, like these guys have families and, you know, they just go, they come here, they do their work and they go home. And it's, it's, it seems like a very college like atmosphere in that locker room where guys are really close and, you know, it's cool to see guys have success in the field. And then the guys that aren't playing, you know, cheer them on. That's how a team should be. Did you ever go back, did you ever go back and watch? Oh, you got dummy there, dude. He kind of talked over you. He, no, he muscled you out. Did you ever go back and watch the play? You were injured all and you just tried to distance yourself as far from it as you could? No, I mean, it's not, I mean, it was a, it was a screen. Oh, it's one of the rules. It's one of the rules almost got into it too much. I ran out to the left and I went to go get a corner and planted on it and just popped and rolled out. I mean, it didn't hurt, you know, it wasn't like a, you know, excruciating pain thing. It was a feeling I've never felt before. Like I've heard a pop, my leg got super warm. I'm kind of just laying there and Dr. Petty came out and this did the worst thing possible. I go, hey, is it, is my ACL? And he goes, oh, I'm not saying anything right now. And I'm like, well, yeah, obviously it's my ACL. So you kind of knew right then and there. And, you know, it's easy to look back at it now and joke and, but man, what an emotional time that was. It was such a horrible feeling walking out of my wife and kids were in the suite and I go up in the elevator and I go and see them and my daughter's just excited to see me. I'm like borderline tears and it's just, it's been a cool process becoming here. And then going to that pre-season game, knowing I made my first snaps, I went over, same as that place I got hurt, kind of just laid there and really appreciated the full circle. So it's going to be cool to be back out there a week one. And really into the challenge. Was that the thrill of him getting the flag down before the next snap or just in? He's got my stretch, you know? Got to follow up a guy like Vrabes. I think I've jokingly called Stretch Vrabes a secretary before in the past. And I don't know, it was a cool opportunity. It was fun to be out there and, you know, stretch running the show, you know, letting them hang, throw that red flag out there. And it was a, it was just fun, man. I mean, I enjoyed watching and participating in the football game from the sidelines even when I was out. That was just a fun time for everybody. You were kind of... I'm not delirated to you. You've worked with them, so I'm delirated. Yeah. And he's going through a struggle playing both positions. What's some of the things that you was, kind of the OG of that role? What was some of the things that you've stated? OG, I like that. That's sweet. I don't know, man. Like it's, this whole thing is hard. Like it's hard to go from college to the NFL, have that confidence. Guys are faster. Guys are stronger. They play at a better pad level. It's a different world. I think I said this in my first press conference. My other one is, you know, I think Dylan's had a better camp than I did my rookie year and I think he's going to be all right, you know. We all have stuff to work on. I think that the conversations between me and Dylan are going to stay between me and Dylan. But, you know, I'm rooting for the guy. I want him to be as successful as he can possibly be in this league. Eighth year I guess for you and you've talked about this team being closed. What's this week like where you haven't got a 90-man roster, you can be down to 53 and guys you've worked with here over the last couple of months going to be heading out the door. How do you deal with that and what advice do you give guys you've worked with? Yeah, it just sucks, man. I mean, you want everybody's dream to come true of playing in the NFL and the reality is it's not going to happen. And so your heart aches for those guys. I remember the first my rookie year watching guys get tied and just such a weird feeling to watch these guys who you've worked with for a few weeks and then kind of walk out the door and you don't know if you're going to see them again. And so, you know, for any of those guys that I mean, inevitably do get cut, it's, you know, it's important to keep the dream alive for as long as you possibly can. If this is something they're truly passionate about to keep going after it and, you know, to learn from whatever they didn't do the first time. I think we have a lot of talented guys in this locker room, more talented than I've ever in my eight years here. I've ever been a part of and I think John's had a lot of hard decisions to make and he's going to do what's best for this team. And I just hope that, you know, the guys who does do pick realize that we're trying to do something special here. And, you know, don't take any days for granted. And what you guys went through last year with COVID as the last week felt familiar. Like everybody kind of knows how to deal with it. It felt like 2020 for sure. But, you know, gotta do what you can. I mean, there's things you can control and these are the types of things you just can't control. So for me, it's focus on what you can. It's going out to practice, taking care of all my stuff on and off the field and getting ready to play a week one against the Cardinals. Total flyer, I know that we've got their own thing. Ties, stains, he's got that back leg, further back, I don't know if that's anything you guys noticed or if I hit it forward. No, I've never noticed ties back leg back. I'll have a peek. I'll make sure and have a peek at that. You know, ties an athletic guy. I'm sure he's got a rhyme or reason for that. The most talented roster, what about the anticipation maybe outside the building for the season? Does it feel any different to you, more intense to you in terms of the fan base, the city anticipating the season? I'm sure it is. I'm definitely, I'm sure that this city is really excited for this team. You know, I'm not focused on that right now. I'm not focused on what other people outside this building think, whether it's good or bad. We know throughout the ebbs and flows of the season, you know, one week you're a hero, the next week you're the enemy, and that's just kind of how it works. So for us to stay consistent, just kind of focus on what we're doing here is the most important thing. So I hope fans are excited and I'm excited, but at the same time, we gotta control what we can control and that's today's practice, which is I believe in 30 minutes. So we'll take one more. What would it mean to have that stadium filled with Titans fans, you know, maybe more intense home field advantage than you've had a lot of weeks? Yeah, no, I think you go back to 2014, 2015 and how some weeks we'd be in silent cadence when we were at home and I hope that's not the case this year. I hope fans are really excited to come watch us play. I think a year of not having any opportunity at all to come see us play. I hope that place is packed week one. I hope people are allowed. I hope people are excited. We've been here since 14 and being a part of like a culture change type thing. It's very rare to be on a team this long and very rare to kind of help that direction of culture change. And I'm really proud of that. And it's not saying it's me, I'm just saying like it's very cool to be a part of a team that has gone from the bottom and is slowly moving their way up. And I hope fans here take that seriously and realize that we're doing the best we can to make them proud and everybody in this franchise proud. Thanks guys.