What's sort of his message to your group right now, or wh- when you're turning to him, what, what is he saying as far as how to get through this?

Yeah, so I think it's just really just coming and attacking every day as you would, um, regardless.

And, uh, you know, staying, staying even, even through hardship and, uh, attacking it, attacking it the same way every day.

Um, that's really all you can do, and, uh, you just get a little better every day and see where it takes you

Who are some of the leaders on the offense?

Some of the leaders, I would say Gus is a big leader.

I mean, he's been doing it for a while, and I, it's someone that everyone trusts, um, is gonna do his job at a high level.

And, um, I think we have, uh, Hudson's a good leader too as well.

What advice would you have for them to last as long as you have and go beyond

that as well? Dude, longevity in this league is hard.

And I've seen that.

And I would say for me, what really helped me, especially my first couple years, was looking at the people that have been there a decade, have been there a long time.

And literally all I tried to do was just do exactly what they did.

Pattern my habits exactly like they did.

Do the little things like the post-practice work exactly like they did.

What's that like for you and the squad?

we got a lot of rookies coming in young players guys who've maybe been here a year what advice would you have for them to last as long as you have and go beyond that as

well um Dude, longevity in this league is hard, and I've seen that.

And I would say, for me, what really helped me, especially my first couple years, was looking at the people that have been there a decade, have been there a long time.

And literally all I tried to do was just do exactly what they did.

Pattern my habits exactly like they did.

Do the little things like the post-practice work exactly like they did.

Do the pre-practice activation exactly like they did.

Your thoughts?

How nice is it not to have to worry about that, just focus on ball and your cars, and not worry about your contract?

Yeah, dude, it's, it's awesome.

Um, I got the best agent in the world.

Um, me and Steve have been together for 10 years, damn near.

And, um, I just...

I'm grateful to have a guy like that, that's, that's willing to kind of go to bat for me, and, like, take care of that part of the business.

Because there was, there was many years of my career that I was like, as soon as the season was done, that was, like, at the absolute forefront of my mind.

How did your years on the farm shape you? And then what was it like blocking for Christian McCaffrey when he was just putting up monster numbers for the Cardinal?

Or do you just let it go?

No, that's my guy.

Of course I do.

You know what I mean? Like, everybody has, everybody has a bad game.

Everybody has a rough game in the office.

Like...

And to be honest, like, not all that was on him, and, like, everybody's gonna pin it on him because he's the quarterback, and, like, he understands that.

Yeah.

We keep hearing it, but why? What is it specifically about

CJ? Going back to what you're saying, though, is like, It's the same.

It's just noise, dude.

Like, everybody was also calling for everybody's jobs.

Everybody be fired when you're 0-3.

Like, it's the same as our job as players and everybody else.

And I know Nick is, like, the best one for this.

I mean, what's going on with those guys, and how do you feel that room can – develop and and mature in year two of this offense

Yeah,

I mean, nothing's given, though.

Yeah.

And everybody kind of, like, you know, rests on that.

Like, well, everybody's coming back.

Yeah.

Yeah, but next year is going to be a totally different beast than this year.

Of all those guys, which one has one thing that gives you the most problems? Or is like, man, that is a, I know they all have different strengths, but something that really stands out among maybe each of them that makes it so tough to go against them.