If you thought the moment would be too big for Christian Parker, you couldn't be more wrong.
When the Dallas Cowboys announced the hiring of Christian Parker as their new defensive coordinator, the move was seen as a good one.
After Parker's exploits with the Denver Broncos and Philadelphia Eagles, he helped develop players into league stars, like Patrick Surtain II, Cooper DeJean, and Quinyon Mitchell.
Now he brings that to The Star, and the hope is that the Cowboys will be able to have the same sort of success that Denver and Philadelphia had with Parker.
Of course, it isn't an exact science. And let's not forget that this will be Parker's first time as a defensive coordinator and as a playcaller.
So there will be a learning curve for the young coordinator.
But if you thought he wasn't ready for the bright lights of Dallas, you're sadly mistaken.
'I'm ready," Parker said unequivocally.
The confidence and assuredness were oozing out of Parker as he sat with Brian Schottenheimer.
But what else was he supposed to say? He's not ready?
However, it is here where Parker went on a deep dive to explain to everyone why he is so firm in his belief that he's ready for this opportunity.
"I think confidence comes from preparation,” Parker added. “I've been able to learn from the right people, as head coaches and defensive coordinators number one, and then the diversity of scheme that I've been involved with.
“You become accustomed to what you're comfortable with in your own ideas. You like certain things, you don't like certain things, what will work, what won't work, your own identity.
"So when you have that opportunity, you know what you want to do, and I've gone through that process internally for a great deal of my career. So I've prepared as much as I possibly can at this moment.”
So Parker is taking bits and pieces from what he's learned throughout his NFL journey and mixing them with what he wants his own defensive identity to be.
It won't be Vic Fangio's scheme we see in Dallas. It'll be Christian Parker's.
Yes, it is only a press conference, and we haven't seen anything on a practice field yet, but much like Schottenheimer's introductory press conference a year ago, we come away impressed with what we heard.
Parker aced his verbal test. Now let's see how he handles the practical test.