 With the issues in games, what do you have to do to try to get things that are working in the practice field and get it to translate in the game so that you're able to play better, play better, not beat ourselves, not get into the flow of the game, start complimenting each other. There was an opportunity and we had a turnover and then, again, allowed the score. So defense has to be, we've had opportunities for sudden change and we've done well in sudden change and it just didn't seem to happen that way yesterday. But you go on the road and you get a stop and you hit a play and you start to get some momentum and that gets derailed and then defensively have an opportunity to go out and get the ball back. And again, that didn't happen. And so we'll have to get back to those things and take care of the football and then turn it over, trying to get some turnovers. Will and a couple of guys said that they felt like practice didn't translate to the game. Do you feel like that's the case? And if so, what's the disconnect? You hit it there, I guess. But what's the disconnect between carrying over what you do during the week to the test that you talk about? Yeah, there's only, I mean, only one day that matters. And I would say trying to continue to formulate those practices and make sure that we always try to create practice in a manner in which you played a game and then we're trying to do it with pace and with tempo, give them enough speed, looks that they can feel comfortable about what they're doing, but then also realizing where we're at in the season and who's available and how much they can go and what speed, capacity, and based on injury and health and all those things. And just looking at, ultimately, the more exposure and you get into those games. And you only have a few opportunities to go out there. And we can say that there's a bunch of plays, but there's a handful of plays that if you're able to make them, swing the outcome differently or make it much more competitive in yesterday's case. Despite the results, are you seeing week to week improvement from Will at the quarterback position as you bring him along? And also in that regard, how's he doing it as far as not making the same mistake twice like you preach? Well, making the same mistake twice is something that's probably been pretty good. And I thought there was a couple decisions there that we can't make. You can't throw that ball going to your left and throwing it. Whether he didn't see hop on the sidelines there is the play extended. But those should be turnovers. Those are turnover worthy plays. And we need to limit those. Again, the ability to throw the ball down the field has been a positive. The decision making, I think, has been pretty good. Yesterday was probably a few examples. But again, it's a process. And each week is different. And we have to come back. And again, to continue to improve at the quarterback position and then everywhere else. Mike, how does Amani, a safety, end up on their best receiver down around the red zone on the third down that they ended up scoring the touchdown? The coverage that we were in. And I would probably argue that at this point in time, Amani is probably one of our better options back there to cover anybody. How do you feel like Kavon and Terrell and some of these new guys have come along trying to fill Kaby's shoes since the trade? Well, maybe they've all played. And they showed up and made some plays, had some plays they'd like to have back. And both of them were in and out of the game yesterday. Kavon didn't finish it. Mike Brown played, Terrell played. So again, I think that their attitudes are great there. Their willingness, Kavon had a few plays there early. You know, where he showed up and but again, I think just making sure that the communication is sound and that we're not letting guys run free and had a few mistakes and have to get back to work. With the locker room itself, the team overall, what would you say are some examples of you still having a firm hold, a firm control of the locker room? Uh, I don't, I've never, you know, are you questioning that? I'm not sure. Is that something that you're quite, you know, are you questioning to run my, my control of the locker room? I mean, you're questioning it. No, what I'm asking you is, is for examples of how you still, I'm not saying you do or don't have control. But what I want to know is, what are some examples of you having control of the same ones that I've had since I got here? I mean, that's, I don't know how to do it any other way. You know, you know, be honest with them, you know, coach them, you know, and I have not, I don't know, I haven't really thought about it because I don't, you know, I don't think, you know, that there, you know, that that's an issue. You know, I wish, I wish we would win. I wish we were winning, wish we were better. But we're not gonna, I'm not gonna compromise the things that I believe that, you know, are gonna help us win and about the details and about, you know, the little things and not letting those slide and doing my best to hold everybody accountable, you know, including myself as we go through this. Is there anything that you feel or what makes you feel that it's gonna remain that way even if, you know, you guys have happened to keep losing, like what gives you confidence that you could, the players in there, you know, players in there, I think that, you know, you got to build something and with the people that you trust and again, we've always said about, you know, culture is defining yourselves by what you look like, you know, when things aren't well, things aren't great right now, and we know what they are. And so, you know, we've got to count on our leadership and, you know, and then finding out and if there are guys like that, exposing them, and then we certainly don't want them here and I don't think there are guys like that. Are you saying that in the locker room? Yeah, I don't think we have bad culture. I think we've lost. I don't think our, you know, I mean, I don't think we, you know, if I looked overall, I wouldn't say, you know, I mean, we, you know, again, we're busting our ass, we try to block extra points. You know, I know it sounds silly and ridiculous, but when you look around and, you know, again, you can judge some of that on the effort of, you know, the guys saying, you know, I'm going to do everything I can, I'm going to play every snap. We don't, you know, again, we hate to be in four minute, we hate to be in that situation. You know, Harold Landry's out there, you know, fighting, competing, you know, at the end of the game, just like everybody else, we made some substitutions. But I'm confident that we're going to, we're going to fight and we're going to compete. We just, we just didn't win. As we talked to guys yesterday, there were several that kind of shit there, so I hadn't said, I had no idea. And maybe that's it. You know, they're, I mean, Jacksonville is better, they're a better football team. They're better coach and they got their better team right now. So none of us would be able to do anything after that game yesterday. And I know that we're going to come back to work tomorrow and, and have a plan and, you know, see who's available and get to work. Mike, why wait until the game is out of reach when you guys kind of dipped into the bag on the trick plays? Ran a, ran a reverse there, second play of the game, that third play of the game that got us down. Ran some screens and, you know, just the opportunity to present itself and, you know, being in a situation where, you know, on the, you know, on the reverse pass, trying to be in a position where you score a touchdown on that. So, you know, they were sprinkled throughout the game. And I just, I, I disagree that we waited. I think that that's, you know, the ones showed up. But we had, I think throughout the game, you know, like I said, early in the game, the reverse that got us 38 yards was a good example of that. Do you need to sort of change the way you coach or approach your guys given like the circumstances of this season? You've never really coached a team that has been falling out of contention at this point in the year. Does it change your approach to the day to day? I hope not. No, I hope, I hope that I come in with energy. I hope I come in with passion for coaching and teaching and making sure that, you know, we understand how we have to play and try to correct them and have energy at practice and, you know, listen to them and demand and hold them accountable and all those things that I feel like I try to do. Fourth and one in the third quarter in your own territory, 20-nothing, I know, with sure hard pressure. It could be, yeah. Yeah, of course I thought about it. You know, of course I thought about it. But, you know, thought about trying to punt and see if we couldn't keep them back there and try to keep it at 20. Just try to weigh, you know, both sides of it. That's what I was doing, Paul, and decided on that one at the 30-yard line to kick it. With Fulton and he and Trey Avery, they split some time. Was that, I mean, did he tweak something or was that? Oh, no, that was Coach's decision. Okay. What was going wrong for Christian to make you want to? I don't know what was going wrong. I just felt like it was needed to be better and we've had a conversation and I'll keep that between him and I and we'll try to move on to this week. But that's, you know, getting beat is one thing. You know, just making sure that we're executing, you know, the call and the scheme and corners are going to get beat. I think they're going to get beat by wide receivers, especially, you know, ones that we played yesterday. And so that wasn't the reason that I tried to put Trey in there. I just, there were some other reasons that, you know, Christian and I talked about. What do you think about Rodgers that he got flagged a couple of times and gave up one on the sideline? Well, again, corners are going to get beat. You know, Rodger's challenges, Rodgers, you know, competitive. I didn't see the TV copy yet of the first one. I think that that would probably, I probably would say that disagree with the call. I don't think he restricted him. I think the receiver, you know, I mean, that's what happens on 95% of those passes at the sticks on third down. You know, the deep ball. Again, where we're at right now, we get a little bit of pressure and instead of tipping the pass, we hit the quarterback's arm. So now the ball's under thrown. The receiver comes back for the ball and we get DPI as opposed to somehow tipping that football and then DPI not being in effect. So again, Rodger, not without fault, but he's, you know, competitive and he tries the challenge and, you know, was, you know, had a win on two minutes when they tried to throw over there on the sidelines. So that was positive. He showed up and tackled a few times and, you know, but again, just, you know, we all need to be better. What was your assessment of Raiden's and Duncan at the tackles? You know, I thought it was good to have Jalen get the opportunity. You know, I've been working hard and we've been working through some, you know, some different lineups upfront and he had a, he had a role in XL Jumbo role, which he, you know, put some time into and was excited to use that and then got in there at tackle and, you know, I would say from an execution standpoint or understanding and assignment standpoint was good. I think the execution could always be better, but it's a good place to start. I'm excited about, you know, if we'll be able to see him this week. It seemed like he got early, just how much of a hit was it to the game plan when Chris went out and you guys weren't able to go to that as much? Well, it was just, again, I was a way to get a young player in there, a young tackle in there to some work. We could still run some of those plays and but it just felt like that that's a good way to introduce a young lineman who hasn't had a lot of game reps into the game and, you know, get him some work and then see how he handles it and then progress on. So, you know, I'll probably play more tackle this week. Mike, are you thinking at all at this point in time about any coaching staff changes given the issues that seem to be repeating themselves? No. You say Jalen may play more tackles, Chris potentially? Yeah. Gonna miss some time? Yes. You have hope that you get training by practicing at some point, unless he's still kind of... Once he clears through protocol, once him and Dillard clear through protocol, you know, when the trainers and the doctors say that, you know, that's on to their next step and they'll practice. And so I don't know where that is right now other than to say that today they wouldn't have been able to practice and tomorrow could potentially be something different as they progress there. I talked yesterday about snapping 100 footballs instead of snapping 50, but at what point do you make a change at that position when you're having the same issue of snapping the football? Well, Bruce played some good football for us and, you know, he's done some good things, he's done some really good things. And, you know, we'll just have to, you know, we'll have to clean it up. You know, I mean, I guess not to say that we would never make a change, but I don't anticipate making a change. I would, you know, want to just make sure that we're executing the play from the time that we started and get the snap and give ourselves a chance. And, you know, Bruce knows that and will continue to work on it. Frustration is growing, but like it seemed to be yesterday in the locker room, do you have to change your messaging or you're very consistent in how you do it? But, and obviously it's gotten to three and seven at this point. Do you have to change anything down the stretch in your approach? Well, man, I try to figure out what's best for the team each and every week and what I show them and, you know, the good stuff and the stuff that's been getting us beat. And we'll keep coming to work and we'll keep grinding away. We'll keep trying to different rotations and, you know, do everything that we can and making sure that these guys improve. And when we improve, then we'll win. Is that Murphy bunting back this week? Yeah, I did a little bit last week. So I would say that it's trending more positively, but again, just the contact with, you know, the thumb and everything else. We'll have to see how that does throughout the week. Why is the improvement taking so long? Well, there's obviously ways to develop players and I think different players develop at different rates and different speeds. We've got some, some younger guys and some guys that, you know, haven't been here. We've worked through different combinations on the offensive line through injury. Had some guys out, you know. So again, making sure that we're creative in the ways that we develop these guys and that we're showing them and explaining to them and giving them opportunities for small victories, whether it's Jalen who handled a role and then he'll get another role or it's TK who plays in a game, continues to develop, you know, Monty Rice challenged him to do well on special teams to perform there, which in turn would lead to some defensive snaps, which he has gotten, and I would say has taken advantage of those, has been active, you know, just, you know, different examples of that throughout the roster. So, you know, it's all bringing it, it's bringing it all together in all three phases. You know, Colton Dahl, you know, gave him an opportunity to get more yesterday, showed some speed. So, you know, as a gunner, showed some size and, you know, did a nice job in some of the return, you know, units and, you know, that's something that he hasn't done a ton of and, you know, it was good to see him, you know, take advantage of that. Do you get impatient or do you fight impatient? You're talking about small things, which I understand add up, but collectively it seems slow. Well, when you lose, it is. And then trying to find examples, you know, of that, right? To make sure that, you know, our ultimate goal is winning, you know, we understand that. And, but again, also understand where we're at right now in this season. And I think that if you can improve with that, then we're going to lead to victories. And that's what I've said. We can't worry about winning before we worry about improving. We're going to have to do some things, you know, better. And I'm excited about that challenge, excited about, you know, getting back to work. Brought up yesterday, only playing 40 snaps offensively. Just when you went back and watched the tape, was that kind of the old standards of getting behind the sticks on first down sort of thing, or was there something new you identified about why the team was struggling to sustain those drives? Well, we had some unforced errors. Again, we snapped the ball bad, and we snapped it bad again. And then the back goes the wrong way one time. And then we snapped it bad. We have a false start. And then we follow that up with another false start, you know? Mike, why can't this team figure out what we're doing now? Yeah, I mean, I thought Eric's done a nice job. You know, I mean, it's, I mean, I don't know. I thought he's caught him well. You know, it'd be like saying every time, you know, when Derek fumbled last year, it'd be like saying that, you know, I can't figure out, you know, Derek, he fumbled. I think that that's probably a little different than, you know, catching him. It's not like we haven't gone through and had guys, you know, catch the ball or, you know, try out five or six different guys. I think that the fumble and the rake, you know, I would probably say that that's, you know, under the category of we have to do a better job of protecting the guy with the ball. And he knows that. But also, you know, not letting that guy, the long snapper, who was, you know, talented and had three tackles, you know, we have to do a better job of protecting the returner. And, you know, Eric's caught him. He'll continue to catch him. And, you know, ball security is critical. Rayden's with the false starts. Rayden's with the false starts. We're brewer with the high snaps. Why is it taking the time it is for those things to get correct? You know, we continue, I'll just keep coaching it. I'm gonna keep blasting the music and keep getting him to concentrate the best that we can. You know, keep working with Brew about different blocks that he may have to execute and where he's moving and making sure that the snap is the most important thing, you know, and then wherever he has to go and make sure that he's not moving too fast to snap the football. I said, we'll blast the music. We'll play the music louder. Are there enough guys on this roster that have earned your trust that they're gonna do the right thing and make the right play consistently, play it and play out? Are there enough guys that I trust? Yeah, we trust a lot, I mean, whether we make the play, I don't know. Yeah, I mean, we'll, yeah, I mean, we have some mental errors. And again, I think that we're working at it, but we'll make sure that they understand the plan, give them my opportunity to go out there and have trust and confidence in what they're doing and get a win. But yesterday was disappointing. But we're gonna get back to work. We're gonna make sure that our guys are confident when they go out there and have a plan on third down defensively. You know, I've already had conversations with some players and they're explaining things that they think and they said, well, you know, we have to understand that whatever the detail is that has to be better to help us do our job. And I'm confident that we'll keep doing that. We're not giving up anything with the Tuesday, Thursday split in terms of speed or physicality or recovery? No, I mean, no, I don't, at this point in time, I don't know how much speed and physicality, you know, try to get the most out of these walkthrough periods that we've had, you know, showing them as many possible plays as we can versus many different looks of our plays that we have in versus things that they have. Those have been beneficial and, you know, there's just only so many full speed opportunities in a week. So that that's the schedule that we're going with. And I think that we'll get more out of that being focused on Tuesday and Wednesday, you know, then we would for half a day on Thursday. When it comes to not making changes on the coaching staff, you talk about, you know, just going back out there and coaching it and wrecking it and things like that. What gives you the confidence that coaching it and wrecking it with the same coaches? Because I have the luxury of having played this game in this league. And I know what we're coaching. I know what we're teaching. Never blamed Dean Pease or Matt Patricia or Bill Belichick or Romeo Cronell or Rob Ryan. When I couldn't get to the pass rusher, I missed a tackle or I went the wrong way. And that's the luxury that I have. Never blamed a coach for my, let me finish and then you can interrupt me. And so I know what we're coaching. I know what we're teaching. I'm in the meetings. You know, we're gonna continue to find ways to help our players and to demand that they play with great effort and improve our details and improve our fundamentals. Cause I know that that's what works. Go ahead. Well, these players may not be as good as you. So when you, as a player, my comment had nothing to do with my ability. It was my perspective. Right, in the past, when it's come to the perspective, you've talked about the training staff and the injuries and you've said that you never blamed a trainer as a player for injuries. But then guys like AJ who get injured here, David Long go off and they play in these other places. And so at that point it starts to become, well, maybe it could be that issue that you are not considered. I appreciate and certainly understand that. There's gonna be guys, I'm not gonna debate whether guys go on and get injured. Like, I'm not gonna talk about AJ. I have a great relationship with AJ. And David Long was a player that we've had here for many years. And whether he was injured in the spring or not injured or what, and I just, not gonna have that debate. I just, I don't think that making changes to a coaching staff at this point in time is warranted. I believe in our staff, I believe in our players and we're gonna find ways to improve. We're gonna find ways to win after we find ways to improve. You did mention earlier that Jacksonville was better coached. Wondering if you could elaborate on where some of those things are falling short with your staff compared to their staff as a whole. I just, you know, every opportunity that they gain plays, they had a good play call and we need to give our guys better chances and certain opportunities, whether that's explaining it to them better, coaching it better and therefore getting better results. So that all falls on me, the performance and the coaching, it all falls on me and I'm excited to get it fixed.