personally, speaking for yourself, concerned about

his availability on Sunday? I just coach the guys that are out there, so whoever Graves tells me is available, that's who I'll spend my energy on.

I'll take the information as it's given to me.

You guys have Mack on the IR, Romeo on the IR, AJ not there today.

It's a lot of injuries.

How is the group stacking up with all this adversity? Such a cool opportunity for those guys.

We've talked over the last several weeks when I've had the chance to chat with you guys about just the approach of the unit and you know from chiz coming in early and preparing for his moment in buffalo or pop being you know you know a positive influence and energy for the group i'm just excited for the guys whoever's out there it's gonna be fun to watch them go out and compete and you know try to go get a division win

Yeah,

What do you see from him just from his preparation, uh, week in and week out?

First of all, I wanna make sure I set the record straight.

All the guys come in early and, and get work in.

There were a couple of hurt feelings on how big the story's become about, uh, Epton.

They all work late.

But Epton is the first one in.

Um, and, and his work ethic, um, you know, is unmatched.

For a guy like Efton to come to work with a smile every single day on his face, what does that say about him that he could teach that to some younger players out there on a daily basis?

What was it like to kind of see them this summer and to now earn this opportunity to stay with this team a little, you know, for longer and get to play a role

Yeah, I'm so proud of them both.

Different journeys, right? Cam battled with learning some of the terminology and playing more than just the X position, put a ton of work into it.

Met extra with Riley Larkin, came in, saw me in the mornings and grew and grew and grew.

And as he got more comfortable, he played more and more and more, and he truly earned that practice squad spot.

Kyle Dixon, a little bit different, you know, he's banged up, wasn't available as much, but found ways off the field to show that he was, you know, our type of football character and football junkie.

So really proud of those guys, the way they both took kind of roundabout journeys to the practice squad, but I'm excited to be working with them.

But like, what was your reaction to it? And you know, I guess who sort of steps up and fills more gaps with them?