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Speaker 1: You know, you know it's been all season. We know,

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Speaker 1: rotate it in there in practice. Obviously you can't simulate

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Speaker 1: a game in practice, but you're just trying to take

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Speaker 1: advantage of those reps and those opportunities to just gel

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Speaker 1: and mold in case they you know, they need ever

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Speaker 1: comes for you know, the step in there, whether it's

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Speaker 1: at guard or center. Now you just try and make

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Speaker 1: sure you write play. How important is it for you

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Speaker 1: to make sure they can run every play the same

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Speaker 1: way they would run it before when you're not in there,

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Speaker 1: you know, like when you're stepping in to do kind

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Speaker 1: of that same role, that they don't slow down. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And I mean that's the role as a backup offensive linement.

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Speaker 1: Your job is to make sure you can step in

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Speaker 1: and that the train doesn't slow down because of you.

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Speaker 1: And um, you know, we have a bunch of guys

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Speaker 1: on this team who really embrace that role. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I just try and keep up with those guys. What

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Speaker 1: sends out to you about this Kansas City defense? I

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Speaker 1: just think how tough they play, Um talking about one

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Speaker 1: gap defense guys you know, who take a lot of

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Speaker 1: pride in their jobs of controlling the gaps. So you know,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have our hands full for us for sixty minutes,

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Speaker 1: you know, so we'll see what happens. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: I just fin like I said earlier, and been really

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Speaker 1: fortuned to have a role, um, you know, and like

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Speaker 1: I said, it's been a backup role. And whether it's

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Speaker 1: left guard center a right guard doesn't really matter to me.

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Speaker 1: You know, my job is to make sure I'm ready

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Speaker 1: to play anything that I'm needed to do. So, you know,

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Speaker 1: Bridge is really thankful to have a job. Are you

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Speaker 1: guys sort of talking to each other when you're you're

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Speaker 1: lining up a lot? Yeah, you know. And I you know,

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Speaker 1: I've spent some time behind some really good center has

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Speaker 1: been Ted and Dave and just kind of observing how

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Speaker 1: they operate and how they work and just try and

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Speaker 1: you know, pick their brains and learn from them. And

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Speaker 1: so you know, when the time comes, or if it

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Speaker 1: ever does come, you're just ready to go.