Sometimes coordinators who become head coaches still keep their hands, keep their fingerprints on whatever side of the ball there used to calling it.

Is that a nod to that?

You understand?

In today's game?

We're hearing a lot about the CEO, the head coach, being the CEO, delegating authority, being the front man, being the guy that handles three entire room instead of one side of the ball.

And the Jets just had a coach that we're really focused on one side of the ball, and that didn't work out.

Is that something that you, you firmly believe in, or are you still gonna have an eye on the defense?

How is that gonna work for you?

And is it a bit of a challenge?

Because it's really been all you've known, You know, there's Ah, I guess I'll challenge the last part of it right there just because the you know, I've been very, very fortunate.

Uh, 10 of my 16 years, I believe, mistake.

Forgive me on my math, but has been involved with the Shanahan system six years in Houston on then I had four years with San Francisco, and so being able to sit in all those meetings and really listen to how those guys talk and, uh, and listen toe the install.

Listen, Toto, watch the process.

Watch how they practice.

Watched how they deliberately script every single play with intent to get something done.

The techniques they teach, the people they go after the players that they asked O execute those schemes.

I will not sit here and pretend like I can call plays, but, you know, we know exactly what it's supposed to look like.

We know exactly the way it's supposed to sound.

We know exactly the process at which they operate, and so to be able to help those guys, they connected to it and help the entire buildings they connected to what we wanna look like, the way we want to approach every day.

Uh, that includes offense, defense and special teams.

And so, yeah, there's there's still gonna be a heavy dosage of what we want to do defensively.

From what we were able to accomplish.

That San Francisco on then, obviously giving all break the ability to add his own wrinkles toe, keep things a little bit from, say, ahead from in evolution standpoint.

But as's faras as faras, the state connected part, I think it's so important for the head coach to be ableto keep everyone connected to the overall message of what's trying to be accomplished from a from a day in and day out basis, especially in game week, because it's not offense.

Take the field defense.

Take the field.

Special teams take the field.

I really believe that it's all three phases working together to find a way to win football games.

And everybody has to be tied into the overall message and what's trying to be a what we're trying to accomplish day in and day out.

Well speaking, speaking of, uh, that that system that Shanahan system job well done by Kubiak, who I think called it a career who really helped push that system forward on gun thing.

I remember about going about against that, that that that type of system was the ability to get the edge, the ability to change the math quickly, the ability to control the defense for ships and motions.

And it's a very user friendly type of offense, especially when you think about the quarterback and ability to try and create space and windows with the play action.

Um, but, you know, I remember coming here with Rex, and I was one of the players that he chose to kind of bring like a piece of himself to be that coaching the India in the locker room.

And I know you're not at liberty to really talk about who you wanna bring over maybe from your your experiences and players that you may have worked with that players may not know and that on a custom being great players.

But I just want to throw out there to the people that, you know, when I think about that San Francisco system and how physical they were.

You know, I think you've checked, personifies toughness and what it means to have that type of sound, and I'm just putting that out there.

But I know you can't really talk about it, but I think I think the better Easier would ask the question for your coaches.

This is like Bill Parcells did this a lot, too.

When he went to places I brought my guys in to help set the tone in that locker room.

So everybody understood what I want.

Because I had some leaders in their other coaches have done that in the past.

Is that something that you feel that you might need to do is well, first off, Bart, I gotta You're so eloquent in the way you explain that offense.

Are you sure you're doing the right thing and not getting the coaching?

Man?

E needs a little cheese on the taco.

You may not know this, but I'm looking at the facility right now.

Joe Douglas.

No.

You know what?

Joe Cord, Joe Joe with the Grim Reaper.

Man Joe, when I was with the Ravens with a guy picked us up from the airport and the one that told you to bring your playbook and go up to the principal's office.

So Joe does have a unique relationship.

He almost a couple of times I told you, better not come thio.

Some of your players gonna make great coaches, but not not dodge your question.

There's so many things that we got to get done with regards to evaluating this roster first.

Before we could ever look anywhere else on DSO there's there's a process that we got to go through, and it's gonna take a few weeks just to find a dissect what's here and and how we can make the people here fit and, um, and so toe to answer your question.

There's there's still a process to go through, and, uh, it's still, you know, having the opportunity to bring in the best people possible to make these things work.

So it Z those are things that will visit in time.

And then we can't let you go, obviously, without asking.

The obvious question is, as you're talking about process and you have to go through different processes, I'm guessing, but I won't guess.

I'll let you say that.

Sam.

Donald.

Part of the process of deciding what to do with that very important position.

Yeah, you know, Sam, Sam is if you watch tape on Sam, I mean, he he displays everything you would want out of a quarterback.

He's There's a reason why he was the third overall pick His.

His arm talent is fantastic.

He's a natural thrower.

He can move in and out of the pocket and still throw on the run.

He can scramble.

He's fearless in the pocket.

He's tough as nails.

He's He's smart enough to be able to process and make timely decisions and get the ball out of his hands and and very quickly.

And so now there's a reason why he was the third overall pick, and we all believe that he's a starter in this league, but no different than every position.

And if you just watch the whole process of the way the head coaching search went, there's a due diligence and everybody wants to go through with regards to making sure that every decision is being made, especially at the quarterback position.

It's because the most important position on the team, period, I mean their quarterback is a big, big, big, big piece of this and to make the best decision and check every box and go through that process, it is not an indictment on Sam.

It's just the process at which we wanna go through.

He's a phenomenal young man.

He's beloved in this locker room and and has every skill set you could possibly imagine to be a starting quarterback.

We just got to go through the process and see where things fit.