Mike Tomlin

And so we got our work cut out for us.

It's certainly going to require some strategy.

But as I continually mentioned, minimizing those moments, being in manageable one-dimensional passing down moments where you can maybe throw the ball shorter and let legs do some of the work and things of that nature,

is a major component of minimizing their impact on the game.

You know, we generally have, but we're not patting ourselves on the back for that.

That is required in this game and particularly at the highest level and doubly so as the road gets narrow.

You're certainly not getting into this tournament and you're certainly not going to be in this tournament long.

based on talent alone, there has to be some substance, there has to be an intangible quality, a display of individual and collective will, and certainly we have a collective that's capable of doing that.

But as I've mentioned many times, we not only work at developing that individually and collectively, but it's really the building block of

of team building for us.

We look for good men that love football, that enjoy the process, that enjoy the drudgery, that got great relationships with the game.

And I think that aids us in doing so.

You know, it's not about the organization or myself.

It's about this collective.

And quite frankly, most of these men don't care about the last whatever years that you mentioned.

Most of them are new to us.

And so that's where my focus is.

I'm certainly not going to, you know, unpack my bags on the collector's bed, if you will.

I'm excited about doing it and doing it this week with this collective.

I'll let him and TJ speak for themselves in that regard, but most of the others, the other 51, it's less significant.