James Gladstone

close games, but we needed to raise the floor and inject intangibles into the football team so that we could close games.

And to be able to see that come to fruition is certainly something that we can take some pride in and being able to talk through and engineer what this football team looks like moving forward and where our points of emphasis need to be is

Certainly something we're having those early discussions around and need to continue to dive deeper into what that actually looks like.

But looking forward through that, seeing proof of concept as a version of fulfillment, knowing that our whole message and really what was so great is Liam's message was absorbed by our players.

It was believed by our players, but it was going 1-0.

And to be able to say,

Hey, looking right here, we need to pour in simply to our process, not worry so much about the results, and find fulfillment there, knowing that regardless of if we win a Super Bowl or if we don't, that ball is rolling back down to the bottom of the hill, and we've got to start all the way over.

James, how much Brian Thomas, Jr., how much do you view him as a part of this thing in the long term?

And also, how much more can you get out of him with his skill set as a 23-year-old player?

I'm glad you asked that, and I think I can point back to D-Rock's question about wide receiver one.

The cool thing about our offensive system, and this is my observation, Liam can dive into the details, is each and every game presents a different problem for an opponent.

You never know who it is that's going to pop off.

You look back at sort of the output of the collective.

We had three receivers go over .700.

700 yards, that's abnormal, that's not typical.

To be able to spread the wealth, so to speak, is a really positive thing.

And with Jacoby's arrival, it certainly allowed BT to continue to level up in areas that fit within the system itself, that were fit for his skill set, and allowed him to be the best version of himself down that back stretch of the season.

I think beyond that, you saw even in Parker Washington, his play, be able to take steps with opportunities.

That was showing itself throughout the course of the off-season program and training camp.

Training camp didn't lie to us this time around.