James Gladstone

Stay right where you are.

You could.

That's the most helpful piece.

I think being able to accelerate a lot of the conversations where at this point in time last year we were in true discovery mode, right?

We were learning.

on the fly and now we get to leverage all the information and experiences that we've had with everybody on our football team up to this point as a part of our decision making.

It allows those conversations, like Liam said, to be a bit deeper and get a little bit further into it in a more efficient manner.

He's somebody that I think by season's end, and I shared with the majority of you in the room, that he was somebody we wanted to align ourselves with.

beyond just the the contract that we had at the time and you know his commitment to our football team his commitment to his teammates it seeps out of his soul and it was very easy to see what his his piece to our puzzle meant and the scheme fit the priorities that we have on our defense you know it just all really matches up in a real way and glad that he was able to

earn himself that opportunity and know that he's going to take advantage of it.

He doesn't take it for granted and he's the type of human being that you feel comfortable making a decision like that about and really excited for really the evolution that we'll see moving forward with not only his usage but that entire defensive front and those guys behind him as we get into year two of the system.

James, do you have a good idea in terms of it seems like you guys are operating from a position of strength in terms of the health of the roster, but you still have 11 picks.

Are you happy with the positioning that you guys have put yourselves in going into year two?

Yeah, really excited about it because those slots that you're thinking about are more contributing slots.

And when you're talking about first-year players, typically that's the expectation is finding a way to contribute and offer a positive impact.

And

It can be a little bit more challenging on the early end of a season as a rookie or even towards mid-season to really feel that come to life.

And in the instances that it does, that's great.

But usually that's above the expectation, especially when you're talking about pick 50 and beyond, which is where we find ourselves at this point.

Excited about building off of last year's crop, knowing that it was just south of 11 picks.