Chris Emma

I think that that's a perfect reaction when you consider this is year one of what he hopes is many things.

Not that it's his rookie year, because we know that was before, but that year one of a Ben Johnson offense and year one of trying to set a standard here that's different.

That's an important line to be able to draw.

Well, you know what else I think we hear when we hear Ryan Pohl say that?

Ben Johnson's opinion.

We're going to get it here in a couple of minutes, but when Ryan Pohl says that, it's asking the question, you know, did you do everything your head coach wanted you to do?

Did you follow the steps that your head coach wanted you to follow?

When Ben Johnson said strip it down to the studs last year, what did that entail?

And yeah, I think you bring up a really good point, Mark.

There were several games against lesser opponents where we found ourselves asking the question, did QB1 do enough?

Did those, I think, lessen over time, especially toward the end of the season and the playoffs?

Yes.

But you want that beginning of the season to start a lot stronger than it did first five or six games last year.

Runner's ball, screen game.

I agree.

I think a big part of it, too, is it's kind of like what you talked about, Mark, when the Bears got away a little bit from scoring on the opening drive.

You know, when you get in these tough situations late in games, great that you came back, but I think that that would be something that if I'm Ryan Poles, I'm probably looking at in upcoming games and seeing how often the offense hits on those opening drives.

And you brought that up, too.

Okay.

Okay.