Here's the thing.

This is a very small thing that I've been sitting on all summer, which is You know, I am extremely conventional wisdom with the hire.

I was right there with you guys.

I went from who to OK, and to ultimately being like, I would rather them continue this trend of hiring the next next guy than hiring the next guy.

Like, let's be ahead of the curve.

Let's invest in someone like I would.

Very well remembered firing up AOL in 1999 to see that the unknown quarterbacks coach of the Packers was named the new head coach of my Philadelphia Eagles.

No, it's

So w- why don't we just start there?

there?For sure, yeah.

This was definitely the, the critics' pick.

It was definitely the burgeoning college student who wished they were critics' pick.

We all felt very smug for loving this movie and caping up for it.

Um, but I don't think there was ever a moment when it seemed like it was like...

I mean, it was never gonna win against a juggernaut like Titanic, but it wasn't even, like, a hit, was it? It was more of a critically, a critically well-regarded modest smash, the type that they don't make anymore.

Yeah.

Right.

Like, the, the type of dominance that some Eagles fans are getting used to is not normal.

And the glow of the confetti falling in New Orleans has already made people forget about the disaster in Tampa Bay in week four or A.J. Brown being frustrated about the passing game just two or three weeks prior to that, right? Like, it, everything looks better in hindsight.

I think a more spirited season (laughs), a more competitive season, a season with more numbers, a higher number in the L column is possible, but it really only matters what happens in the playoffs.

Okay, but that said, I'm a little concerned about the number of spots where the...

And I think there's good business sense behind this.

You talk about this very well in Philly Special often.

If he won two Super Bowls, I would have a hard time, um, seeing people not put him in that tier.