Mike Tomlin

No, nothing relative to his process or his prep process.

But it's just value, value that you can measure, value that you can't measure.

And having a guy that's been there and done that, it benefits him.

It benefits us as a collective, I think it raises the tide for the collective.

It's just certain conversations and things that you don't even worry about.

We had a significant possession down late in that game and he affords us an opportunity to run a misdirection pass.

And you don't even have to tell him, hey, throw an incompletion or take a sack because we want the clock running.

He knows that.

He's lived that life.

And so that's just one small example, but there's countless examples of benefits of having a guy with his level of experience, the quality of that experience, particularly this time of year as the road gets narrow.

Why is this specific group enabled to make an impact quickly?

You know, I'm never surprised by that, to be honest with you.

That's why we have cliches like the standard is the standard.

One man's misfortune is another man's opportunity.

It's not if, it's when, as it pertains to injury in our business.

And so if you're in a position like mine, you better work your tail off to ready each and every man that's a part of the program and have that urgency daily.

And I certainly do, and we do as a staff.

But those are the guys that are deserving of the credit.

I'll never ask guys to be patient.

I'll ask them to work while they wait.