James Gladstone

knowing the natural course of a season, in particular across the offensive line, which tends to get more injuries than most other positions, has got to be something that we ensure we guard against.

And Cole obviously getting the opportunity to step in at multiple spots, obviously four out of the five, but then settle in at left tackle and really face some of the best rushers in the NFL and

doing his part in particular in past protection was a real piece to that puzzle and the reasoning as well as projecting into what the free agent landscape looked like and where he might fall in the crop that was upcoming and the depth of that group as a whole and trying to map out what that could look like.

Yeah, it's not a notable concern based off of our initial understanding.

It's something that can be addressed, won't impact long-term standing or anything of that nature, but thanks for asking.

You want to hit it?

Go ahead.

You know, I think communication remains to be something that is an area I feel like needs to be improved upon personally.

It's always a point of emphasis, but it's never a place where I feel like I've done my part, and I continue to seek feedback in that regard, internally, obviously, from different departments, as well as I think about how Tony and Liam and I operate in conjunction with each other.

Where it lacks,

Very straightforward negativity tends to fill that void, and I've got to protect against that and do my part to ensure it's an area that I continue to assess and improve upon.

That stuff's never easy, but just like I mentioned at the beginning of the press conference, it's always ongoing, and I certainly want to put a lot of emphasis in that as we approach this offseason.

Yeah, that's a fun question because, again, like I said, this time last year was still focused on my roles and responsibilities in Los Angeles, wasn't considering what

an opportunity in Jacksonville was going to look like so to be able to have some version of a head start in that process and understand our team at a really deep level is extremely helpful and extremely beneficial.

The fact that the timeline of just the scouting cycle remaining consistent up to this point I'm in a very similar place that I was this time last year with the draft with

pro free agency, the piece that is obviously sped up is now the understanding of our current roster and not being forced to sort of dive into that with very little nuances and depth to it.

So I think that's a really helpful piece in order to make some

Now procedurally, we incorporated new functions and mechanisms that our scouting staff and our coaching staff didn't necessarily have experience with in the past.

So obviously those will be new wrinkles that we'll work in and looking forward to seeing those unfold in real time.

As far as my personal operation, it's very similar in terms of the draft and free agency.