James Gladstone

Those are the types of people that you want to align yourself with.

It's the type of players that we want to make sure that are still in our building moving forward.

I know, obviously, dealing with injury, that's

That's never easy for a player to tough through those types of things, especially when it's coming with a wrist and a knee simultaneously.

It's not something that's easy or many would be willing to put themselves at potentially risk for looking worse.

And you wouldn't hold that against him.

It's not something that's ever...

considered as long-term concern or anything of that nature.

In fact, it's something that you would prop him up for, right?

The willingness to step into that despite being sort of adverse situation or your body's not feeling its best.

That's stuff that he should take real pride in.

And he's certainly somebody that we want to make sure we align ourselves with moving forward.

That's a good question.

I don't know that it comes down to a sale job as much as it is.

Think back to a lot of our conversations last spring into the summer and it's

It's going to be really important, I think, for us as a leadership group to make sure our words align with action.

And when we say something, we stand on it.

And when it comes to injuries over the course of the season, I think that provides opportunities, opportunities to showcase depth and agility and development and

I think you mentioned a few guys, but there's a long list of folks that sort of shine when those opportunities present itself.

There's a long list of examples of our coaching staff adjusting in real time.