He's a completely different quarterback than when we first took this job.

And so, you know, I'm just, I'm encouraged for where he's at right now.

I know he's really looking forward to this opportunity to go out there.

And, you know, he's played some really good football here, particularly in the back half of the season for us.

And we're going to need that. We're going to need him at his best. I think... played some really good football here, particularly in the back half of the season for us,

and we're going to need that.

We're going to need him at his best.

I think I am built for these moments, mentality-wise, how I've worked.

And so, you know, that's, I've been in a bunch of big games before and a bunch of big rival games. And so, you know, that's, that's, I've been in a bunch of big games before and a bunch of big rival games. And so, you know, in those moments and in these moments, you know, I don't, I think I can provide a spark for the team.

Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams, as we get ready to see what Caleb can do in the playoffs,

will he be like a Joe Burrow who becomes a next-level Superman when it's time to go pursue the ultimate prize?

Or will he be a guy that fails to live up to expectations?

It is too aware of the moments, A Barry Bonds type of a performance,

which I remember all too well from the early 1990s in my final years of being a Pirates fan

and in turn, a baseball fan at all. So... Well, I do feel like, I will say this. He's a showman,

right? I don't think, like, the pressure is going to be. I think he's a little bit more like,

I'll go out there and show everybody what I got. But I will say on top of that, right, you got to be

careful of that. You don't want to go overboard in that. You talk about Joe Burrow and the level.

Joe Burrow plays within the confines of that offense in these moments. And that's where he's really special. And then it's offense, offense, offence, surgical, surgical, oh, wait, offense didn't work. Now I make a play. I just hope Caleb doesn't go out there going, I'm going to make plays. And then we miss like, hey, you took a five-step drop and the first read was

open, but you were trying to make a play. That to me is a little bit of his kryptonite. And that's

what Ben Johnson's been kind of working out of him here. And then when you see the really good

games like the 49er game, right, he played in the pocket about as well as we've seen him ever play.

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