Adam Hogue

And he's still a great... To hear Ryan Poles talk about how...

I think it was polls.

I keep getting some of these quotes from the other day confused between Ben Johnson and Ryan polls, but one of them talked about how, you know, he, I think it was polls, how he was an example for the other guys in the room where, where how other guys were like, well, if he's playing, I got to play with my injury.

Cause all the things that like that stuff matters.

I mean, it really matters in your culture.

So, you know, can he be better?

Does he need to be better?

Yes.

I also don't think people understand what he was really playing through in the second half of the season.

And so sometimes what looks like a lack of effort is actually just, you know, max effort, but only playing at 80, 70 percent, you know.

And now they do need to get more on.

Don't get me wrong.

It's a very hard contract to move, though.

You can't just cut him.

I mean, you could, but you're taking on a ton of dead cap for really, I think the value of him being on the team would outweigh that.

And so if you can find somebody to take on that contract in a trade.

You might look to do that, but I don't know that there's a team that's going to be willing to do that.

So I think more than likely you hope in year two of this offense he can stay healthier and settle in into a more defined role.

But ultimately what matters here is what Ben Johnson thinks about him.

I think Ben Johnson likes him in the locker room.