1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: From the Rams studio connected by AT and T. Welcome 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: to Between the Horns. It is Wednesday, November twenty seventh, 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: twenty seventh, twenty second. I don't know what day it is. 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: I don't know why I said twenty seven. Man, we're 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: off to a great start here, aren't we. It's eleven 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: thirty am Pacific and the Rams are now seven and three, though, 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: after the twenty four to seven loss to the Minnesota 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: Vikings last week, the first time, you know, we've seen 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: the Rams lose in a long time, over a month. 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: So now the Rams have got to deal with some adversity. DeMarco, Well, yeah, 11 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: I mean deal with a loss, have a losing week. 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: How everything stinks. You know about how losses are and 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: what the weeks are like, Yeah, yeah, it sucks, it 14 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: really does. It stinks, So you have to deal with that. 15 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: I guess that's an adverse situation. Definitely. You lost to 16 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: a playoff caliber football team. It was a situation where 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: you needed to raise your game. And let's be honest, 18 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: they made more plays than you did. Do I think 19 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings are better than the Rams? No? Do 20 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 1: I think they made more players on game day? Absolutely? 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: Um you know, it is what it is. You have 22 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: to deal with it. You have to look in the 23 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 1: mirror and uh, you know, figure out who you are 24 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: as and what your role is on this football team. 25 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, I guess you can call it adversity, 26 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: but yeah, dealing with a loss definitely sucks this time 27 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: of year. Well, one thing I keep thinking about is 28 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: that McVeigh. You know, he has these sayings about the 29 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: standard is a standard and um he talks about takeaways 30 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: being um, you know one of the biggest measures of 31 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: wins loss as a standard as a standard. Yeah. I 32 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, yeah, it's one of those coach things. Yes, 33 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 1: it sounds but like a standard as a standard, Yeah, okay, 34 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: is a standard you get anyway, right, Yeah, And like 35 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: truest measure of performance is consistency he says, the go ahead, right. Yeah. 36 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: But one of the other ones he says is sometimes 37 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: you have to be your best when your best is required. Yeah, 38 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: and that is what did not happen on Sunday against Minnesota. 39 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: Adam Feelan made plays. That doesn't bother me. I mean, 40 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: when you look, Dominic Hatfield hasn't played that much corner 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: in the National Football know that offense has been together 42 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: for a while and they're starting to click. So yes, 43 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: you don't excuse it, but give him more reps. I 44 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: bet the touchdown doesn't happen. He probably still catches it, 45 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: but the catching run probably doesn't happen. His angles will 46 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: be different. Yeah, you know what I'm saying. But absolutely 47 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: the playmaking stuff. I point to Kyle Rudolph. There's a 48 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: guy making plays. Point to Case Kingdom. Ball placement. We 49 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,399 Speaker 1: talk about ball placement all the time and escape routes. 50 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: You had good rushes on him and he made better plays. 51 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: He was a playmaker. You didn't make the play they did. 52 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: So there were opportunities for the rams, especially on offense, 53 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: to make plays and that didn't happen. So when you 54 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: get into a dog fight on the road and they're 55 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: making more plays than you, at some point you're going 56 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: to the dam's gonna break. You'll probably lose a football game. 57 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: Well that's one thing I mean, and we can talk 58 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: about this a little bit more too. Just you had 59 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: injury situations in that game with dominiatfield having to step 60 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: up up in play. But that happened because you lost 61 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: your number two and number three corner and your number 62 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: four corner was out already with a hamstring injury in 63 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: Troy Hills. So I mean when you have to play 64 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: that guy like that's your in theory, your number five 65 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: corner stepping up to play literally one of the best 66 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: receivers in the entire national football Jong said, CB five 67 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: is out there against Adam Feeling, Right, Who's who's probably 68 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: going to the Pro Bowl. Yes, yeah, in case Keenum, 69 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: who's you know, playing pretty well after a good game, 70 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: So maybe Case has grown, maybe he is the guy there. 71 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: So yeah, you understand that. But the other stuff, I mean, 72 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: your best against their best, and that's what I mean 73 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: that down the running the ball at the end. Yeah, 74 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: you know when they made plays in the run game, 75 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: and I you know, I know what it's like in 76 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: those situations where you just want to make a play 77 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: so bad and you wind up making it worse for 78 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: your own defense. Yeahs, at some point you have to 79 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: realize the best thing I can do for us defensively 80 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: is just do my job. And I know you have 81 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: to fight your own human I got to make the 82 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: has happened. So you take the wrong gap. You got 83 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: two guys in one gap and bang, he got some 84 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: packs and finds a hole in scores. So you've been there. 85 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: But when their best is on your best and they 86 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: keep keep making plays on you, that's the frustrating thing. 87 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: But I think the adversity would be the outcome of 88 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: the game, not just the loss, but the players you 89 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: lost going into next week. Absolutely, that's the adversity I 90 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: thought you were talking about. Yeah, yeah, getting up to 91 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: speed because you're going to be lighting the secondary. Lighting, 92 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: you could be lighting the secondary that. It's not as 93 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: clear as if you know what the concussion situation is 94 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: with Cavon Webster. Monday, head coach Sean mcvas said that 95 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: they got good news, but I mean, you're not gonna 96 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: mess with a head injury. I've absolutely saw the hit man. Wow, 97 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: Ogletree really nailed him. Yeah, yeah, I tell you, some 98 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: of the hardest sitts, all the hardest hits, the hardest 99 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: sitts I've taken have come from my own guys. Yeah, 100 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: my own Jersey color. Yeah. It's just that's what it 101 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: is to play defense, Read and react. Yeah, sometimes you 102 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: get hit, right, Sometimes that happens when the kel Ruby 103 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: Coleman sounds like he's more day today with that thigh 104 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: injury that he left the game with and did not 105 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: return to. So again that those guys could play, we 106 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: don't know if they're going to play, especially because as 107 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: we speak it's Wednesday and the Rams have not practiced yet. 108 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: But yeah, Robert Woods is I think the injury that 109 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: you're sort of most referring to here when you talk 110 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: about both university, especially because of what Robert Woods has 111 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: meant to this Rams offense this year. Not being in 112 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: is going to be Really it's three starters when you 113 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: think about it. I mean, that's you don't want to 114 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: be down three starters against anybody, especially against you know, 115 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: a New Orleans club who's just absolutely rolling. Thinking they 116 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: walk on water at this point, and why shouldn't they? Yeah, Wow, 117 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: the way you come back thanks Washington. Well right, the 118 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: way the way they came back against Washington last week 119 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: was special, half full, half empty. How do you blow 120 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: a lead like that? Well, you get a bogus, you 121 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: get a bogus intentional grounding call. Okay, fair enough, but 122 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: blowing the lead absolutely you have to. Yeah, I gleans 123 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: that's not blowing the lead. I'm not letting Washington off 124 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: the hook. How do you blow that lead. Really, you 125 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,679 Speaker 1: let the you let Drew Brees go down the field 126 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: in forty eight seconds with no timeouts left under two minutes. 127 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: That doesn't shock me. Now, remember we had those conversations 128 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: about Brady and you know, the the dream matchup. As 129 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: a football fan, you want to see Aaron Rodgers and 130 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: Tom Brady for all the marbles. Yeah, right right underneath 131 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: that is probably Brady Brees. Yeah, when you look at numbers, 132 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: they're similar, and he's chasing the other guys. So I'd 133 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: love to see that matchup. And remember, like Drew Brees 134 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: can beat you from anywhere. This is a guy that 135 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: beat Peyton in a Super Bowl a straight manning, so 136 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: he's a great quarterback. Comebacks don't surprise me at all. Um, 137 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: the numbers they're putting up on offense don't surprise me 138 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: at all, especially when Drew Brees is under center, right, 139 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: I could care less if they're running the ball more. 140 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: It's still a lot is because of that guy at quarterback, 141 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: for sure. But yeah, let's get well, we'll talk more 142 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: about the Saints later on in the episode here, but 143 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 1: I do want to talk a little bit more about 144 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: Robert Woods because of who he is and what he's 145 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: done with this RAMS offense because he is the leader 146 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: of that RAMS wide receiving coord not just in terms 147 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: of numbers, but in terms of the leadership that he's 148 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: also brought to this room and to this team. We're 149 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: gonna find out. Yeah, I mean, look, the true measure 150 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: of leadership is can that group perform without you? Did you? 151 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: Did you lead in the right way? Like, did you 152 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: lead to a point to where you can remove yourself 153 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: and they still exceed? Yeah? So I guess everyone is 154 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: looking at Sammy Watkins number one. Yeah. Absolutely, he's going 155 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: to have to be the guy, and you would expect 156 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: him to be the guy. And look more of Cooper Cup. 157 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: He's not immune to this, no, Yeah, more players are 158 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: needed from him too. Yes, yeah, he's played his butt off, 159 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: but you need everyone needs to raise their game up. Well, yeah, 160 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: I mean we talk about Cooper Cup. I mean he 161 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: was sort of the topic of conversation after that game. 162 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: As you reach for your phone and you're going, I 163 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: did not reach from my phone. Actually it was a phone. 164 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: What else? Yeah, Yeah, we can we can all hear it, 165 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: we can all hear it vibrating. It's Thanksgiving, it's family's plans. 166 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. That's my family cares, right, Yeah, 167 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: you saying family about me. I didn't say anything. I 168 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: didn't implied that, Matt. Don't you feel like he implied 169 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: that you drop up? Don't you take sides? See, this 170 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: is Thanksgiving, right, this is holidays. Side is just wishing 171 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: him the best practice. That is a real inside joke. 172 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: That is really funny to me and it will be 173 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: funny to my mom and probably nobody else. Um, but 174 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,239 Speaker 1: I want to talk about this, the Cooper Cup stuff 175 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: happened on That happened on Sunday, and I think there 176 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: are two big plays that everybody was really focusing on. 177 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: One of them obviously was the fumble near the goal line, 178 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: and that was a game changing play. Yeah, it was 179 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 1: a good It was a good play. Obviously, credit to 180 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: the defender because they have a good defense for for 181 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: a reason. But also you had that, um what was 182 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,599 Speaker 1: amounted to a drop on third down and ten or 183 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: Cup was on the right side. He went up, Golf 184 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: really put that ball, I thought, in the only place 185 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: that Cup could get it, because yeah, he was well covered. 186 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: Threw him open. Cup goes up, ball goes off his 187 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: hands and you instead get and Terrence Newman was in 188 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: good position. Terence Newman played his butt off. Yeah, game 189 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: a lot about him. Wow, it's funny. Yeah, yeah, his 190 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: secret to success? Did he? Did you hear that? What 191 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: his secret is? No? I don't even want to say 192 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: it because it's the holidays, it's about family. But let's 193 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: just say his secret is the opposite of family. Cut 194 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: everybody off, like the Kobe system. Just yeah, it's just weird. 195 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: But anyway, he was in great position on the play, 196 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: so at some point that's one of the things, one 197 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: of the opportunities to become a playmaker. It's tough. Terrence 198 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 1: Newman didn't buy it. He's in good position, your quarterback 199 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: gave you a shot at it, and you got your 200 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: hands on it. Yeah, it's a tough catch. It is. 201 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: It's one in a million could make that catch. And 202 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: guess what you needed to be that one because that's 203 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: that's the plays they were making on the other side. 204 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's an opportunity and I throw it to 205 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: him again. I still have confidence in him. Yeah yeah, 206 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: but yeah, that's that's one of those instances where you 207 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: needed to make a play. Tyler Higby, same thing. Yes, 208 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: at you're covered, it's tight, it's a tough window. You 209 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: have to come down with that they make the play 210 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: because if not, they're making a play, right, And that's 211 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,719 Speaker 1: that again, I think goes back to the being at 212 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,719 Speaker 1: your best when your best is required. Right. I mean 213 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: the Cup catch that didn't happen the third and tenment 214 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: that we're just talking about reminds me a little bit 215 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: of the play that happened against Seattle at the end 216 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: of the game where Cup gets his hands on it 217 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: and is it a tough catch? Absolutely, But does Cooper 218 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: Cup expect himself to be able to make that play? Yes, 219 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: And I'm expecting Everyone's expecting and everybody, Jared is expecting 220 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: you to make that point, right, which is why the 221 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: ball comes to you, right. I think again, we always 222 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: talk about these guys, and it's funny to me that 223 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: you know, you see some of the stuff on Twitter, 224 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: and I know you're not on Twitter that much, and 225 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: maybe I take read too much into Twitter. But what 226 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: I think sometimes we're forgetting is what this receiving Corps 227 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: is now compared to what it was last year. And 228 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: that does not excuse not making plays. What's happening on 229 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: Twitter what are we saying about? What's what are they 230 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: saying on Twitter? Cooper cup black bag him? No terrible? 231 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: Why does Cooper cub never make plays when he needs 232 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 1: to make peas? They treat him like a seven year 233 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: vet and he's a rookie who's played all right? Okay, Yes, 234 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: the truth is somewhere in the middle. He is a rookie, 235 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: but we expect you to make that catch, right, that's 236 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: why you're getting the raps. Yes, yeah, it's and you 237 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: know you always talk about him being this polished receiver. 238 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: And again, I don't think this excuse is not making 239 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: plays when you need to make plays. But Matt, you're 240 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: absolutely right, like when people are treating somebody like they 241 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: are in year five as opposed to year one, where 242 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: I think sometimes rookie mistakes are gonna happen, and that's 243 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: what you gotta live with. But you know, rookie mistakes 244 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: are not knowing the play. He'd always knows the play. 245 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: A false start, okay, I mean showing up late for meals, 246 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: that's rookie mistakes. That gets you benched. That's not a 247 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: rookie mistake, that's I mean, you're in good position to 248 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: make a play on the ball, catch it. Yeah, So 249 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: you can't excuse him from that because he's a rookie. Sure, 250 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: and you come down hard on him, just as you 251 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,719 Speaker 1: would have seven year guy on that situation. You don't say, oh, 252 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: that's okay, it's your first year. You don't poo poo that. 253 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 1: I mean, we expect you to make plays. That's why 254 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: you're getting the reps. But yeah, yeah, he's learning. I 255 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: get it. He's never played football this long or at 256 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 1: this high of a level. True, But you can say 257 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: that about a lot of people, So you can't excuse it. 258 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: You need more out of him. That's just the way 259 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: it is, right, And again I'm trying to be nuanced here, 260 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: and I don't know how good of a job I'm 261 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: doing with that, because yes, he does have to make 262 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: those plays otherwise you don't want him out there. But 263 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: I think there's something to be said for the rest 264 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: of the time that Cooper Cup is out there, because right, 265 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: I mean, he had seven excuse me, six receptions on 266 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: seven targets. Yeah, year, he's making plays. Outside of the 267 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: bad game a bad plays, he had a great game, right, 268 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: But and then you're asking, you know, other than that 269 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: missus Lincoln. Hell was no, it's but no, it's just true, 270 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: right you know. Um, I told Robert Coyn after the game, 271 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: great hit, you know what he told me, thank you, 272 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: but it wasn't enough. Right, that's a vet exactly. I 273 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: told the Marcus great shot on the goal line. You 274 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: know what he said, wasn't enough? Okay, Yeah, I mean, 275 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: so good play here. When you make a bad play, 276 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: bad play here. We need those plays. But it's not 277 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: like you're up or down on the guy. I just thought, 278 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,679 Speaker 1: based on one drop, that's not how it goes, right, 279 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: I agree. Um, quick thing before we get back into 280 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,719 Speaker 1: these wide receivers because I want to talk more about that. 281 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: There was something I saw on Instagram today from I 282 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: think NFL films or whatever, but they had Latavius Murray 283 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: miked up in that game, and so they showed the 284 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: hit that Quinn put on him at the beginning of 285 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: the second half. Yeah, and then they showed Murray on 286 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: the sidelines and he was saying, that guy took my soul, mortal, 287 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: that hit took my soul. Victory. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that 288 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: was a heck of a show, it really, Yeah, And 289 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: that's what that should happen when we leave. Robert Quinn 290 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: unblocked on a run. He runs a track. When he's 291 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: in a stance and he comes off the ball, he's 292 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: on a track. He's gonna turn at like five and 293 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 1: head towards the quarterback. If you get caught in that 294 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: black zone, you're in trouble. Yeah, yeah, one way or 295 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: the other. If you get caught when he's on that 296 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: fifth step, you're gonna get hit hard. I don't care 297 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: who you are. Yeah, it's something I remember former defensive 298 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: coordinator Greg Williams said about Robert Quinn is about guys 299 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: turning the corner and like, you know, you're really average 300 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: guy will turn the corner out about what seven eight yards? 301 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: Then you're a really good guy will turn it at 302 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: about six. I told you that. Greg william said it first. Anyway, 303 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: go ahead. You also probably reiterated this, but Greg Williams 304 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: said it in a press all running together. But go ahead, No, 305 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: I probably we talked about it on this show. I 306 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: think we have talked about it all this show before. Anyway, 307 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: Robert Quinn is a guy who turns the corner at 308 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: five yards. That's what makes him an elite rusher. No, doubt. 309 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: If you get a statue back there, you're in trouble exactly. 310 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: But to take it back again to this wide receiver position, 311 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: now you're going to have to see some different guys 312 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: step up. Whether that is Watkins, whether it's Cut. I mean, 313 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: those guys are two guys that are going to continue starting. 314 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: I'm taking him as a definite Sammy Watkins. There's no 315 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: excuse you have to see but yeah, I mean you 316 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: have to. So I expect him to ball. I expect 317 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: him to relish this opportunity maybe yeah, and to flourish 318 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: in this opportunity. One thing I think the Rams could 319 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: do a little bit more with him is get him 320 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: sort of involved in that quick passing game. And we 321 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: saw this a little bit. I thought against Minnesota, we'll 322 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: soo it a little bit too against Houston, where you 323 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: just get him the ball and let him let him 324 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: work on the outside if the guys are playing in 325 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: off coverage. And that's something that I think Sammy Watkins 326 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: can do really well. When he catches the ball and 327 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: he turns his shoulder, it looks different, you know, no doubt. 328 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: You see it with Antonio Brown and Ben Roethlisberger. Sometimes 329 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: I mean, Ben has the autonomy to do this in 330 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: the offense where he's just going to start playing football 331 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: with Antonio Brown, right, He's gonna play football against your 332 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: defense with that guy. I'm going to him. I'm going 333 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: to him. I'm going to him. I'm going to him. 334 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll mix in a few here, but my whole 335 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: point is you can't stop him. If Sammy's feeling it 336 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: that day, I'm sure they'll call the game that way 337 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: within the framework of what they're trying to do. If 338 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: if it comes to early or late, I could care less, 339 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: short or long. You've got to be productive period. When 340 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: they call your number high number of targets, you have 341 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: to have a high number of catches. If you have 342 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: a high number of catches, the yards will come, and 343 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: probably you're going to be in the box exactly. I mean, 344 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: that's what we didn't necessarily see last week. I mean, 345 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: you look at the targets. Robert Woods got eleven Sammy 346 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: Watkins head four and three receptions for thirty six yards 347 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: for Sammy Watkins. There as you look at the box scores, 348 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: see that or better, eleven targets targets, eleven targets for Woods, 349 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: but eight catches, high number of targets, high number of catches, 350 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: and you're productive that way. So let's say you put 351 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins in that same role and you force eleven 352 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: footballs to him at some point, I would bet that 353 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: this number, the most important number wouldn't be Zier number 354 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: of touchdown. Number of touchdowns probably goes to one or two. Yeah, 355 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: if he's got eleven targets, I hope that's the same guy. Yeah, yeah, 356 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: Well that's what I think happened against in that game 357 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: against San Francisco where he was getting the targets. Jared 358 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: Goff was throwing it accurately to him, and then he 359 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: was able to get into the endzone for certain things? 360 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: Am I wrong to expect? And I love this guy 361 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: and I hope I'm not devaluing or knocking him down 362 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: a peg, But athletically, am I wrong to expect the 363 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: same production that Julio Julio Jones gives the Falcons and 364 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan and you're covered by two guys on a 365 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: sideline route and you stretch out to six five and 366 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: catch it. That Okay, that catch was unbelievable to me. 367 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 1: One believable. It wouldn't be it would be unbelievable for 368 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,479 Speaker 1: me if it wasn't him. Yeah, it's believable because I 369 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: get it with that guy. So am I wrong? You 370 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 1: expect that same sort of ability out of Sammy because 371 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: I'm still in that same category the ability is I 372 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know, to be honest, because I 373 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: don't think I only we've ever been able to see 374 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: that with Sammy Watkins, you know, yeah, like and be 375 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: it because a quarterback play or because you're trying to 376 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: integrate him into a new offense and the chemistry isn't 377 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: quite there yet between quarterback and white receiver and he's 378 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: not getting targets that out at all. Yeah, Like, I 379 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: just I don't know. I think you're right that the 380 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: ability is probably there because there's a reason that he 381 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: went number four overall right to the Buffalo Bills, and 382 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 1: you can sell for him, m Rice, Carter moss Um. 383 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: It just in that group. I mean, there's there's great, great, 384 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: and special. You know, I put Sammy in the special category. 385 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: I mean, well, that's what I was saying. When he turns, 386 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: when he catches and turns, it just looks different, yeah, 387 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: than it than it does from pretty much any other 388 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: wide receiver that I have covered since I've been here. 389 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 1: If we make him this is great. This is what 390 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: I think great is. If we make a mistake, he's 391 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: behind us, He's in the end zone, right, special is 392 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what we do, Megatron Special, It doesn't 393 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: matter what we're doing, what we're calling. We're in great 394 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: position and he's still catching him. Yeah, that's Julio Jones. 395 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: I would expect Sammy Watkins to have that same sort 396 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: of ability. Or maybe I overestimated him. Maybe I don't know. 397 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: I just don't know that we've seen it. Yeah, and 398 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: you hope that if the Rams are going to make 399 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: a run in this, you know, last stretch of six games, 400 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: then that's something that can maybe develop. Well, this is funny. Um, 401 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: And I know you said we'll talk about him in 402 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 1: the minute, but you're going to need that to beat 403 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: new Or Yes, Yeah, especially if you're down Robert Woods, 404 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna need that guy to be that special. You're 405 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: gonna need an a playmaker receiver. No, I agree with you. Um, 406 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: two other guys that I think could really be in 407 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: the mix to help sort of replace Robert Woods, because 408 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: as McVay said, it's probably gonna be a buy committee approach. 409 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: You can't just replace what Robert Woods has done and 410 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: what he's been, and he's been Jared Goff's favorite target. 411 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: I mean, he's got seventy targets. Next up on that 412 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: list would be Cooper Cup with sixty one. You're gonna 413 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: have to split that job up, Yes, exactly. So what 414 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: McVay basically mentioned all of the wide receivers that were 415 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: not named Cooper Cup and Sammy Watkins to do that, 416 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: which is sort of mcveagh's way. But I think, yeah, 417 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: you know, I think Pharrell Cooper is going to be 418 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: really important in that role because at least when I 419 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: when I think about training camp, it looked like Robert 420 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: Woods and Pharall Cooper we're sort of playing the same position. 421 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,959 Speaker 1: And that makes sense because you know, you'd call him 422 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: all wide receivers. But there's the X, there's the Z, 423 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: there's the F. So there's there's differences in the nuances 424 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,239 Speaker 1: of what those guys are doing. And I think, um, 425 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: and they're all supposed to be able to play everything, yes, yeah, 426 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: but one of those guys, his direct backup, you think, 427 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: is Farrell Cooper. Yeah, I agree with that. Yes, good. Yeah, 428 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: But then you also have guy like Tavon Austin who 429 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: might get back into the mix at wide receiver a 430 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: little bit more. Josh Reynolds could emerge. I mean, he's 431 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: been in the system now for a little bit. He's 432 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: still rob because he's a rookie, but I think he's 433 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: somebody that could that could, that could make some noise. 434 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: And then Mike Thomas is somebody that we haven't really 435 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: talked much about since he came back from his suspension. 436 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: But you know, when he did come back and the 437 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: Rams had seven wide receivers on the roster, it's kind 438 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: of like, h why, But now maybe this is an 439 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: opportunity for him to step up and show him. Let's 440 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: pretend like you had to replace Aaron Donald knock On 441 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: Wood Okay, no really, I mean here's a guy that's 442 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: so good at everything. So if he's not there, well, 443 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: somebody's going to have to go out there and play 444 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: the run for some second down. And then when it's 445 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: a passing down bringing the other guy in that's a 446 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: better pass rusher, So you're gonna have to split that 447 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: up with Robert Woods. Okay, you've got screens, Okay, you've 448 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: got the intermediate ross. This is what I'd ask Robert. 449 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have to take a guy off the field. 450 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: He does everything right now that he's not there. Okay, 451 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna do this, You're gonna do that. I'm gonna 452 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna allow you to run the vertical routes. All 453 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: I need you to do is run the guy off 454 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,239 Speaker 1: on this play. We're given it to Todd. I need 455 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: a blocker. Yeah, I need somebody that can knock that 456 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: safety on his keyster. So that's your job. If Woods 457 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: was healthy, it beat him. So you're gonna have to 458 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: split that job up. Yeah, that's that's why the guys 459 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: get paid the big bucks MANU. Yeah, it takes a 460 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: lot of guys to replace him, yes, yeah, yeah, so 461 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: which means more coaching, right, Yeah, well you can't have 462 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: you it's one guy that you're one guy has a 463 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: lot of responsibility and you're counting on him not just 464 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: mess it up. Well, now there's three guys doing the 465 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: same job, and there's three guys you have to worry 466 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: about not messing it up. Yeah, it's it just puts 467 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: more of a premium on coaching. It's interesting they talked 468 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: about that too. It's one of the good things about 469 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: the National ball leak, he said, is that you get 470 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: challenges like this and that you have to try to 471 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: solve them, and that's their job as coaches in order 472 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: to do that. Yeah, even in past protection same thing 473 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: when you talk about playmakers, not just guys that drop passes. Hey, 474 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: you got to pick up the right guy versus a blitz. 475 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 1: You can't turn people loose. Right, you have situations where 476 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,439 Speaker 1: guys are just about to come open. That play is 477 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: just about to, you know, go from zero to a thousand, 478 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: but they get a guy home to the quarterback. Now 479 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: he rushes it and it looks like Minnesota played to 480 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: play better than they really did. All it was was 481 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: a guy missing a block up front. So it's all 482 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: a part of the same thing. You have to play 483 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: better and be better than you were last week, regardless 484 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: of who's in there. Yeah, DeMarco, do you think when 485 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: you do have to replace somebody like that, splitting up 486 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: the pressure amongst several people as opposed to putting it 487 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: all on one player to make up for all that 488 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 1: ground and Robert Woods, Yeah, that's the benefit. That's the 489 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: benefit of having a lot of depth, man. I mean, 490 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: you're not just depending on his direct backup to make 491 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 1: up for Robert Woods's absence. That's impossible. If if that 492 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: were true, then guy be on the field with Robert 493 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: Woods not behind him. So you're gonna have to split 494 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: those up. Like at corner. How much work do you 495 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 1: think Hatfield really got in practice that week? Probably not 496 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: that not that much. He was running. He was running 497 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: scout team and walked through right Like. That's so. Yeah, 498 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: you have to get guys ready to play, and when 499 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 1: you lose one of your premium guys, well you just can't. 500 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: There is no direct backup for guys like Robert Woods. 501 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to split that job up. Benefit of 502 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: having bodies out there, capable bodies, but it puts more 503 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: of an emphasis and a premium on coaching. Yes. Yeah, 504 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: If there is one position that I think the Rams 505 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: do have depth on this team, it's a wide receiver 506 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: and it's something that they built up over the course 507 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: of this offseason now and now I think we're going 508 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 1: to be able to see it. But because look, this 509 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 1: is not this is not the same White Rams wide 510 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: receiving course. What's last year or any of the previous 511 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: three years that I've covered this team. So I think 512 00:23:55,760 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: that the Rams can sort of make up for what Woods. 513 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: But to say that there's not going to be a 514 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: drop off, and obviously, yes, that's what players are going 515 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 1: to say in the locker room. But there's a reason why, 516 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: as you're saying, Robert Woods is out there and you 517 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: know the rest of the guys are not, you know 518 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: what I mean. Yeah, Sammy can't wait. Pharrell Cooper might 519 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: have a lot to say about this game. Yeah, yeah, 520 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: Well there's a special teams. There's an opportunity out there 521 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: for you. Yeah. Absolutely, we'll see. Yeah. So one of 522 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: the questions that sort of kept coming up on Twitter 523 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: following this game was what do you think was up 524 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: with Tavon Austin? No idea, Yeah, and I got tired 525 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: of them on the bench, right and Damon Auston was 526 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: out there for two plays, one of which I recognize 527 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 1: when I was rewatching the broadcast of the game on 528 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: Monday morning, and the other one I to be honest 529 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: with you, I have no idea when it came to 530 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: do you know, but it's interesting to me because and 531 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: as Fens I think rightly pointed out, a lot of 532 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: the bread and butter in the Rams offense was using 533 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: Tavon Austin on the jet sweet motion, and then you 534 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,199 Speaker 1: have Todd Gurley that you're handed off to. And I 535 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: don't know if it was a product of the game 536 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: plan where you've got a team in Minnesota that I 537 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 1: think goes east and west really really well, yeah, or 538 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: it's something else. But I do think that there's a 539 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: lot that goes into game planning and that you have 540 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,959 Speaker 1: the game plan specific stuff, and I think that's how 541 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: mcvay's offense has tended to run, no doubt. I'm just 542 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: looking at the total number of plays they ran fifty 543 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: six plays. Yeah, sense had the ball less than twenty 544 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: three minutes. Yes, so who knows. I mean if you 545 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: and you were what three of eleven on third down? 546 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 1: Three of eleven on third down, All three conversions came 547 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: in the first half, So it just you didn't get 548 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,919 Speaker 1: drives like you No, you didn't stay on the field 549 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: long enough. So to tell you the truth, I don't 550 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: know what the game plan was. It's it's that's a 551 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: shortened game plan. You weren't out there long enough to 552 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: really execute. You were in a situation where it seemed 553 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: like you were in need of big plays, which means 554 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 1: I was surprised as to why one of your big 555 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: play guys was still on the bench. Yeah, even even 556 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: if it's from a decoy standpoint, Tavon Austin draws eyes. 557 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: Drawing eyes opens it up for a lot of people. 558 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: So yeah, that was that was a big surprise. He's 559 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: one of those guys that defense you know, opposing coaches 560 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 1: things like that constantly say you have to account for 561 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,479 Speaker 1: where he is on the field at all time, both sides. Yeah, 562 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: if you're an outside guy and edge rusher, I don't 563 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: care what position or what defense you'rant. If you're a 564 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: defensive end or an outside linebacker. Right when Tavon Austin 565 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: is through your side, you're calling that out to the 566 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,479 Speaker 1: guy behind you. Okay, let's watch this. Let's watch this. 567 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: Let's watch this. You'll probably change your stance and alignment 568 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: just a little bit because he's standing right there. From 569 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: a speed standpoint, Also, it affects the other guy on 570 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 1: the other side, you have to communicate toward you. Yes, 571 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 1: he could leave me. That means you got him, and 572 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: that creates some issues you have to have conversations on 573 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: the backside. So there's a lot of conversation and a 574 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: lot of eyeballs when he's out there, and when you 575 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: move him pre snap, that's going to change a lot 576 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: of what you do. Yeah, yeah, and you hope everybody's 577 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: on the same page. So even if you give it 578 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,719 Speaker 1: to him, you have to run him down and defend it. 579 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: If not, you have to honor it, and they may 580 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: open you up for somebody else on the other side. 581 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: So there's there's a lot that goes on with Tavon Austin. Yeah, 582 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: he's a good weapon to have, he is, and that's 583 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: why McVeigh I think, was saying sort of uncelicited even 584 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: on Sunday that we have to do a better job 585 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: of getting Tavon Austin more involved than he repeated that 586 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,239 Speaker 1: notion on Monday in his press conference. So one thing 587 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: I did think was interesting in that game is that 588 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: you saw the Rams kind of run that jet sweep, 589 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: same motion, but with different players. I'm thinking specifically, and 590 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: I can't remember if this was in the second or 591 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: the third quarter, but when Goff faked the jet, Sweet 592 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: motioned to Cup and he dropped back and then you 593 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 1: had that basically the same play that they ran in Dallas, 594 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 1: exceptables with Tabon Austin on the jet sweep motion where 595 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 1: you know Todd Gurley is going down the seam. Yeah 596 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 1: Gurley was open and yeah yeah Jed Goff slips and 597 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: then the ball just so that count is making plays too. Yeah. Yeah. 598 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 1: I remember the first time I sliped on a play 599 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: and it was bad. I mean, I slipped, um and 600 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: I'm trying to plead my case. I slipped, and I'm 601 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: it's falling on deaf ears like this one. This is 602 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: the pros. They don't care about slip. Right, I'm not 603 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 1: getting paid to slip. You're right and that exactly, but 604 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: that's it's back. But I slipped. It's wet. I don't care. 605 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: It's wet. You don't slip, Yeah, you don't slip, right, 606 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 1: like and in these things happen. But I think this 607 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,920 Speaker 1: all goes back to the umbrella of Okay, are you 608 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 1: at your best when your best is required? And it's 609 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: just that that's a play where it's there to be made, 610 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: but you just yeah, it's it's gut wrenching, right, It's 611 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,360 Speaker 1: that it's the fumble, Like there were just these wrenching 612 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: plays of the defense when Todd's here, right, and how 613 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: you had them? I mean you absolutely had him. If 614 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 1: you complete that, he makes one move and he's gone. Right. 615 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: Even if the guy makes the play, it's still a 616 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: big play. But I bet on Todd in that situation. 617 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: But when the play is dead, you'll look at Minnesota 618 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: and they turn around and go, what just happened? Like 619 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 1: they didn't know, Like, wow, we got lucky on that point. 620 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: Yea with one woo absolutely, So yeah, you see Jared 621 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: Goff pounding the ground yetis absolutely he knows. But guys 622 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: do have signature plays. Um, And this is what I mean. 623 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 1: It's his play or they're running. Yeah. When you take 624 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: certain players that offense run and they have success with 625 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 1: and you look at who's doing it nine, if it's 626 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: one guy, then that's his play. So when you start 627 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: to see those same plays with other people, you start 628 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: to scratch your head. Yeah, okay, that would be a 629 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: Tavon play. Well there's Tavon, but that's Pharaoh running his play. Wow, 630 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: what's happening here? Yeah, So it's just one of those 631 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: head scratching moments. That's fair. Yeah, Um, But I think 632 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: part of it too, is just the McVeigh offense where 633 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: you're trying to make something that is the same look different, 634 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: or something that is different look the same. That's why 635 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: I think you get Cooper Cup on that kind of 636 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: fake motion instead of a Tavon Austin, probably for that 637 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: specific play. I don't know about anything else, but you're 638 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: not You're trying to make it look different than it 639 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: wasn't Dallas where it's something that they've seen before. This 640 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: is something that you really haven't seen, where Cooper Cup 641 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: comes in the motion and then maybe you think, oh, 642 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: what is this And that's probably why you kind of 643 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: caught them in the situation that you did. And if 644 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: the plays executed, then whatever. But drew eyeballs and it 645 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: created indecision and it gave you the edge. You just 646 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: didn't make the play right exactly. So as my grandfather 647 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: likes to say, we're saying if, but if does not 648 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: mean anything. What did my grandfather say if a duck? 649 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: If I say a duck could pull a truck, you 650 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 1: better hook up, hook his butt up? He didn't use 651 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: butt Yeah, what that's if you questions, that's if you 652 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: question him. If you said, if you said grandpa. Are 653 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: you sure he'll look at you and say, if if 654 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 1: I say a duck can pull a truck, you better 655 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: hook his butt up. Yeah? I like that, right, No 656 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: you don't like that? That's good? Yeah, much better. I 657 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: think my wisest line from my grandpa, I don't even 658 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: have anything. He just used to call Eminem's Pills and 659 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: he would just say, I gotta take my meds and 660 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: would just grab a handful of MBA love it Eminem's pill. 661 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 1: I like that. I like, I like your grandpa. Yeah, 662 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: I'm literally a spending him. I'll show you really. Oh 663 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,719 Speaker 1: that's oh wow, like it. I'm kind of this. I'm 664 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: kind of spitting image of my grandpa. Are you really? Wow? 665 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: To like just derail what you said? That kind of 666 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: felt weird? That's awesome. Yeah, yeah, that's cool. Love Grandfather's um. 667 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: One other guy that I think we might see kind 668 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: of step up this week maybe, And I keep feeling 669 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: I feel like I keep saying this every week and 670 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: then it sort of has not happened yet. But Gerald 671 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: Everett and you know, all all more tweets I keep 672 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: talking about. But he's another guy where it's kind of like, 673 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 1: all right, well when is he going to get more 674 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: involved here? And the reason why I bring him up 675 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 1: is because I think he has the versatility, um and 676 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: the speed, maybe more so than Tyler Higbee to be 677 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: the outside guy, you know, and sort of fill that 678 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: role a little bit more than of a Robert Woods 679 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 1: then a Tyler Higbee. Could you know, Okay, I'll tell you. 680 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: I'll relate it this way. This is funny. Uh. Back 681 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: when I was a youngster, a rookie as a matter 682 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: of fact, Okay, I was so excited that I was 683 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: part of a package, the defensive group. It was a 684 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: pass rushing package. So we're gonna call it this. Can't remember. 685 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: It's like Jaguar or something fast, Right, that's something that 686 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: was really cool. So we're gonna call it this. We're 687 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: gonna do this when we get out there. Right. So 688 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: I called my family and said, look, I'm part of 689 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: the Jaguar package. It's gonna be fun when they called us. 690 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: I'm out there, I'm pass rushing. This is my responsibility. 691 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: It's gonna be great. Gonna be great. We used about 692 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: twice in the game, right. And it's not because it's 693 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: not because it wasn't effective. We just never had the opportunity. Yeah, yeah, 694 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 1: you see what I mean. So I bet, yes, yeah, 695 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: Gerald Everett probably has a huge role, and they just 696 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: never really got to it. I mean when you look 697 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 1: at these numbers, yeah, that's what it comes back to, 698 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: the fifty sixth place, right, You just didn't get the 699 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: plays in order to get these things done that you 700 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: probably would have wanted. Absolutely, but that it's It's funny 701 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: because I talked to Gerald Everett a couple of weeks ago. 702 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: It must have been after the Giants game when he 703 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: when he took that jet sweep and I was asking him, like, dude, 704 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: a tight end jet sweep play? Yeah, what And he 705 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: was like, yeah, I know, it's pretty cool. Yeah, because 706 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 1: he did it when in college and he was telling 707 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: me that, you know, once he saw like he's basically 708 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: I called him the Swiss Army Knife of the Rams 709 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: offense because he can take a jet sweep, he can 710 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: take an inside shubble pass, he can begin lock, you 711 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: can line up on the outside and take you deep. Yes, yeah, 712 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: so that's I just find it really interesting. But it 713 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: was fun just talking to him about the jet sweep 714 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 1: and he was like, yeah, when they put that in, 715 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: that was like, oh yeah, that says a lot about you. Yeah, 716 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: but I mean if you if you're planning, I'm sure 717 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: they are. Like Sean McVay is planning on getting to 718 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: the red zone on every single drive. So oh yeah, 719 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: so you get there five times. I would bet three 720 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: of that Three of those five red zone touches or opportunities. 721 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 1: Part of that offense is going to be to him. 722 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,000 Speaker 1: You keep running that stuff, those little short outs, and 723 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: when when you have to have a defender come up 724 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: and tackle him in space, eventually he's gonna make that 725 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: guy mess and turn up field and you've got problems. 726 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,920 Speaker 1: You know, Here's something that I've been sort of thinking about, 727 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: and it doesn't I don't know how much of an 728 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: effect it really has. But you're going up against two 729 00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: opponents now in the last two weeks that have played 730 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 1: Washington the week before they play you. Weird, isn't it? Yeah? 731 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,279 Speaker 1: And it's and it's weird because obviously these are two 732 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: very very similar offenses, and I just I wonder how 733 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,319 Speaker 1: much that helps that team prepare for the next It's 734 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: the same thing. You're You're exactly right. It's not rocket science. 735 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: We said, it's it's gonna seem like Minnesota is going 736 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,840 Speaker 1: to be a little bit faster because they faced a 737 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,400 Speaker 1: similar offense. The play that we're talking about with Cooper 738 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,879 Speaker 1: Cup where Terrence Newman is in great position to make 739 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,480 Speaker 1: the play. Well, okay, Washington runs a similar play, so 740 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,359 Speaker 1: he's there, but the play is still there to be made. 741 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:41,280 Speaker 1: It's just tougher. But even with that, the Todd Gurley 742 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: play that we talked about where Jared Goff slips, you 743 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 1: can still catch them. You can still run stuff they 744 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: haven't seen, and you can playoff how they've defense certain 745 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,759 Speaker 1: stuff versus Washington. Well, this is the formation they gave him, 746 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 1: this is the motion they gave him, and this is 747 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,839 Speaker 1: how they reacted. Okay, guess what we get this look, 748 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,439 Speaker 1: this is what we're gonna do. Yeah, and bang bang 749 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: It looks like magic, But no, you're just it's a 750 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:05,240 Speaker 1: two week breakdown of a defense playing a similar offense. 751 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: It also helps you as much as it hurts you, right, 752 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: it does. Um, So let's start talking more about these 753 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,400 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints because I think one thing the Rams 754 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,360 Speaker 1: are going to have to definitely do this week is 755 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 1: sure up that run defense because you saw Minnesota last 756 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: week rush for one hundred and seventy one yards, and 757 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 1: the Rams have done better against the run in recent weeks. Yeah, 758 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,960 Speaker 1: you know, you you did a really good job against Arizona, 759 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: a decent job against the Giants too, you know, even 760 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,319 Speaker 1: though you had that one drive toward the beginning of 761 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: the game where Eli was making those third down versions, 762 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,240 Speaker 1: and then you also had them running the ball pretty 763 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 1: well there. But again, if there's one thing they've got 764 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 1: to do they have to do this week, it is 765 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 1: sure of the run defense, because you've got a two 766 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 1: headed monster in Camara Karamato. Let's call the whole thing off. Yeah, 767 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: but I think I've heard most more people pronounced it Kamara. 768 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,320 Speaker 1: I think I have two. Yeah, a lot of kamara 769 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,319 Speaker 1: like coming into the season, and then the last like 770 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: six weeks, i've heard kara. Okay. You know, certain guys 771 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,759 Speaker 1: do that. They allow it and then they corrected as 772 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: we go. Yeah. There was a guy named Kenan mccartel. 773 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,840 Speaker 1: It was Keenan mccartell for the first five years, and 774 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 1: then he corrected us it's McCardell. Yeah, I remember him 775 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,800 Speaker 1: as McCardell. Probably the late part of his career was 776 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,239 Speaker 1: my early football, right, But it was mccartell when he 777 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:25,880 Speaker 1: first came in. I did not know that. Yeah, and 778 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,240 Speaker 1: it was like the actor. It was Larry Fishburn until 779 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: he became like a real actor. Now it's Lawrence. Yeah, 780 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 1: you correct us, So Kimara, Kamara, whatever it is. The 781 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 1: guy can run. I was trying to say it in 782 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 1: text form. You know, they and run the blank out 783 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: of the ball. Yeah, so think of that in emoji form. Yeah. Yeah, 784 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:48,320 Speaker 1: they run the ball, both running backs mark ingram is 785 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,319 Speaker 1: still proving a point, yeah, yeah, still proving a point. 786 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: So you don't get a break running the ball. Um. 787 00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,239 Speaker 1: If you're watching the Rams defense, I bet you think. 788 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 1: I bet the Saints think they can run the ball 789 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 1: in the Rams too. Yeah. Yeah. It's gonna be tough. 790 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,640 Speaker 1: It's not gonna be easy, but at some point their 791 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 1: m says, they'll make a mistake and we'll hit it. 792 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,840 Speaker 1: Be ready. Well that's what happened last year. If you 793 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,839 Speaker 1: remember that game in the Super Dome, I mean, I'm 794 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,480 Speaker 1: trying to forget it. Well, yeah, I think there's probably 795 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,719 Speaker 1: a lot of people that are trying to forgive that 796 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,840 Speaker 1: felt like some of them might be in Cleveland that 797 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,680 Speaker 1: felt like, you know, you're in a department store and 798 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:22,040 Speaker 1: you're watching a mom discipline or kid. That was personal. 799 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 1: Just just stay out of that man. Yeah, yeah, that's 800 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,160 Speaker 1: Peyton the great dress. That's what I was in Cleveland. 801 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 1: That game definitely felt personal more than any other double 802 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,440 Speaker 1: pass at the end. Yes, that's abuse points or whatever 803 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,319 Speaker 1: you were up by. I mean it was the game 804 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: was clearly in the Saints favor and then you do 805 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:43,920 Speaker 1: a double pass and Willie Sneed gets that man on 806 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 1: a touchdown. I just wanted to scream, like, take it outside, 807 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,160 Speaker 1: take it out back, man, that's personal, very very well. 808 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,960 Speaker 1: But yeah, like mark Ingram though, yeah, didn't run for 809 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: over one hundred yards, I think somewhere close to one 810 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:56,360 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty, and I wish I had it in 811 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: front of me, but I don't um in that particular 812 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:02,120 Speaker 1: game against the Ram. And then now you add in 813 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: Kamara back up. Yeah really, I mean he catches the 814 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: ball well, he runs the ball, well, he blocks well, 815 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: he's really a complete backlock. Yeah, they block really good 816 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,879 Speaker 1: up front. I mean I was watching him. I put 817 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: this on Twitter from the Washington game where there is 818 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 1: a play and I wish I could remember when it 819 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,399 Speaker 1: was but somebody's coming in the backfield and just flips them, 820 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,759 Speaker 1: just goes un yeah, and he just gets him out 821 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,600 Speaker 1: of the play, and it was It's one of those 822 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 1: plays where you look at it and you're like, wow, 823 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 1: this guy is not playing a rookie running back. Well, 824 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 1: I mean, look, thank god they had to come back 825 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,840 Speaker 1: from the brink um. So it's going to be physically 826 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,799 Speaker 1: taxing because think about what the Rams defense had to 827 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,439 Speaker 1: go through in Minnesota. How many snaps did they play? 828 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,239 Speaker 1: Seventy eight? Yeah, I counted eighty plays on video, so 829 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 1: two didn't count. So that's a lot of football, and 830 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,320 Speaker 1: they ran it towards the end, which is the worst. 831 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,279 Speaker 1: That takes a lot out of you. So you're going 832 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:56,879 Speaker 1: to be taxed. You have to get ready to play 833 00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:00,399 Speaker 1: a similar game plan coming this Sunday. So but thank 834 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: god they had to come back and expend a lot 835 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,359 Speaker 1: of energy. But they're gonna slam the ball at you, man. 836 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 1: I mean, look, mark Ingram. We always talk about SEC 837 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,120 Speaker 1: running backs and which guy is really doing well in 838 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,000 Speaker 1: the league, and we always forget to talk about him. 839 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,279 Speaker 1: It's true, Yeah, and maybe it's because of who his 840 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,360 Speaker 1: quarterback is, but this guy has been doing work for 841 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 1: two years, especially against Rams. Yeah, so it makes it 842 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:23,640 Speaker 1: hard when you can when you have two capable backs 843 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:27,760 Speaker 1: plus a quarterback that can take advantage of you trying 844 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: to stop the run. He's waiting on you to collapse 845 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,239 Speaker 1: on the run so he can just exploit you. He's 846 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: that good. They're that good. Well, it's gonna be tough. 847 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: One of the things that really stood out to me 848 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:40,040 Speaker 1: watching the Washington game was how they just sort of 849 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,160 Speaker 1: rotate through the backs. I mean, Ingram would get a run, 850 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 1: all right, now it's Kamara and then and then Kara 851 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,000 Speaker 1: gets a run and put them Ingram's back in there, 852 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,120 Speaker 1: and he's getting another one, and they just flow through 853 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: these guys, and I think it's interesting how neither one 854 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,759 Speaker 1: can take the other out of their rhythm, you know, 855 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,880 Speaker 1: like even a one guy's sort of got a hot hand. Well, actually, 856 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna give both of you hot hands. And how 857 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,400 Speaker 1: tough can that be as a defendant when it's a 858 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,960 Speaker 1: two headed monster like that. Well, each back is different, 859 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: so you have to play him different. You may not 860 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:13,840 Speaker 1: call the game, you know, Wade Phillips may use the 861 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,839 Speaker 1: same call for both backs, but as a player, they 862 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,799 Speaker 1: hit the hole at different times in different ways, so 863 00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 1: at some point they'll slip the other guy in and 864 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 1: you're so used to play in this block the same way, 865 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,160 Speaker 1: and it's it's not going to work against a Kamara, 866 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: it's not going to work against the mark Ingram. So 867 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,319 Speaker 1: you're a little bit late or year too early, and 868 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:34,080 Speaker 1: the next thing you know, the hole gets it just 869 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 1: becomes gaping or it becomes vertical and he pops out. 870 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,879 Speaker 1: So that's the hell of facing two headed monsters when 871 00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 1: there's no ego coming off the bench. With those two 872 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,520 Speaker 1: guys and they are truly platooning one two one two, 873 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,279 Speaker 1: and they both it doesn't matter who the starter is. 874 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 1: It almost becomes impossible to stop. That's why you see 875 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:56,080 Speaker 1: numbers like this, Yeah, yeah, yeah, numbers six yards per carry, Yes, yeah, 876 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,160 Speaker 1: that's for a backup. That's ridiculous. Yes, it is ridiculous. 877 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,720 Speaker 1: I mean mark Ingram him had eleven attempts one hundred 878 00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,120 Speaker 1: and thirty four yards. That's twelve point two yards to 879 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,600 Speaker 1: carry as long as was thirty six. So it's not 880 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,160 Speaker 1: like he popped off one of those seventy five yarders. 881 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,719 Speaker 1: Sevens and eights, yeah, right, Like he is getting a 882 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:14,520 Speaker 1: lot of chunk yards in order to get to one 883 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,000 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty four. Then got Kamara if he has 884 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,640 Speaker 1: eleven excuse me, Hugh is eight carries for forty two yards, 885 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 1: then adds six six receptions for seventy four. Yeah. So 886 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 1: like that again, like two headed monster, Like yeah, it's 887 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,319 Speaker 1: it's it's real now. Out of the backfield. I mean, 888 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,560 Speaker 1: like if you look at what you put on tape 889 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,319 Speaker 1: and that's all you are as a pro, Yeah, well 890 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,400 Speaker 1: look at who made plays for Minnesota and look who 891 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,360 Speaker 1: may they who they made plays against? Right in the 892 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,439 Speaker 1: Rams defense, Well, those are the same guys you're gonna 893 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,960 Speaker 1: be counting on to stop the run. Yeah, and stop 894 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,760 Speaker 1: these guys out of the backfield. So yes, two weeks 895 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,759 Speaker 1: in a row. It's tough. It's tough duty, but yeah, 896 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,840 Speaker 1: we're expecting a lot out of you, right, Yeah, and 897 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 1: they need to step up. And that's saying everything of 898 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,319 Speaker 1: the run game and saying nothing of Drew Brees, who 899 00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,520 Speaker 1: is a Hall of Fame caliber quarterback, and it's still 900 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,880 Speaker 1: playing at high level, right even if you've got it 901 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,800 Speaker 1: sewed up. He's mobile, Yep, he can move around, and 902 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,400 Speaker 1: he can keep his eyes on the rush and know 903 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,799 Speaker 1: what's going on downfield. He is the total package at quarterback. Yeah. Yeah. 904 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 1: The only benefit is that you have is he's short, 905 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,560 Speaker 1: but and they're not, and they're going to be on 906 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,719 Speaker 1: the road, right, they're not in the dome. But I 907 00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,759 Speaker 1: think he's overcome the size thing a long time ago. Yes, absolutely, 908 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,120 Speaker 1: And they've overcome the road thing too, no doubt. He 909 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: just saw what they did at Buffalo a couple of 910 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:26,880 Speaker 1: weeks ago where they put up a fifty burger on 911 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,399 Speaker 1: this right. He's got he's he's got no weakness. No, yeah, 912 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:34,200 Speaker 1: not really. Um, and right now, it's funny that you know, 913 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:37,279 Speaker 1: his yards per tempt are a little bit up because 914 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,400 Speaker 1: they're not throwing the ball as much, but he's still accurate. 915 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: I mean, right now he's completing seventy one percent of 916 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,759 Speaker 1: his passes, nearly seventy two percent if you round up, right, 917 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 1: that's that's really really kind of insane. It's with the 918 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,120 Speaker 1: way he throws the ball. Next level. Yeah, it's not 919 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,560 Speaker 1: like he's just throwing he's not. He's not Captain checkdown 920 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 1: where it's where Sam Bradford set the completion you know percentage, 921 00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,719 Speaker 1: whatever had the highest completion percentage last year where he 922 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:02,520 Speaker 1: was over seventy and it was a lot of crossing 923 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,799 Speaker 1: routes and a lot of short stuff like Drew Brees 924 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:06,600 Speaker 1: is firing the ball down the field. You know, we 925 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:09,279 Speaker 1: always have this discussion a run around draft time about 926 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:12,600 Speaker 1: spread quarterbacks and how they translate to the National Football League. Well, 927 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,600 Speaker 1: we never talk about Drew Brees. He was one of 928 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,040 Speaker 1: the first spread quarterbacks in college. And I think he's 929 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,600 Speaker 1: pretty good now. Yeah. Yeah, so he's been pretty good 930 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,719 Speaker 1: for a long time. He's been throwing the ball well 931 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:23,920 Speaker 1: for a lot of years, and he can almost put 932 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:25,719 Speaker 1: it where he wants at any point. Yeah, it's like 933 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,920 Speaker 1: watching Tiger at his best. It's like, how did you 934 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,839 Speaker 1: put it right where you need it to have? Yeah, 935 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,279 Speaker 1: same thing. It's it's he's just so special. I mean 936 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,719 Speaker 1: we brought this up earlier, but the way he was 937 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:39,520 Speaker 1: able to get down the field forty eight seconds, no timeouts, 938 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,440 Speaker 1: inside two minutes and score a touchdown and then get 939 00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,320 Speaker 1: a two point conversion off of what I thought was 940 00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:47,200 Speaker 1: a nice little pitch play there. Yeah for that two 941 00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:50,640 Speaker 1: point Yeah that you don't see that very often. For 942 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,520 Speaker 1: a reason, it was better than the fake field goal Seattle. 943 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:56,520 Speaker 1: Loran who baby just saying yeah, I get I get 944 00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:58,759 Speaker 1: the thinking behind it, but wow, what a play. Thanks 945 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,879 Speaker 1: to Atlanta for yeah, keeping the Rams in first place 946 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,040 Speaker 1: there when Atlanta tried to Atlanta. Yeah yeah, But is 947 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,040 Speaker 1: that better or worse than Indianapolis is fake punt? No, 948 00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:09,800 Speaker 1: that's still the worst play of all times. That's the 949 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,560 Speaker 1: worst play of all time. That's I don't understand why 950 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:17,000 Speaker 1: that was. Why snapped? What were you? What did you 951 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,200 Speaker 1: think would happen? Just yeah, it just happens. Yeah that 952 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:24,560 Speaker 1: was that was particularly weird. I don't know what happened. 953 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:28,959 Speaker 1: It just happened. Yeah, yeah, keep your helmet on exactly defensively. 954 00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:32,640 Speaker 1: For the Saints, what's interesting this week they may or 955 00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:35,560 Speaker 1: may not be without Marshaw and Lattimore, And if they're 956 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,000 Speaker 1: without him, that would be a significant loss for them 957 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:42,000 Speaker 1: because he has been outstanding as a rookie cornerback out 958 00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,200 Speaker 1: of Ohio state. If you had Robert Woods, I'd be 959 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,200 Speaker 1: really happy. Yeah yeah, yeah, I'd be really really happy. 960 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:49,239 Speaker 1: But I mean, look, you saw what happened to the 961 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,640 Speaker 1: Rams being down, A guy being down to guys, Yeah, 962 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,359 Speaker 1: that hurts, especially guys you really count on to either 963 00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,359 Speaker 1: cover the best or the second best receiver on the football. Feel. Um, 964 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,560 Speaker 1: So here's a guy that that usually goes over the 965 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:05,320 Speaker 1: number one guy, and he's pretty much locked up number 966 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,719 Speaker 1: one guys to this point. So that's gonna that's gonna 967 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,839 Speaker 1: hurt big. Yeah. But I mean, I don't think their 968 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 1: defense is just gonna fall all the way off for 969 00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,200 Speaker 1: one guy. I don't either. Yeah, but when you're talking 970 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,360 Speaker 1: about him, he is a guy that is not surrendered 971 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,839 Speaker 1: to pass over twenty five yards. He's not a lot 972 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,359 Speaker 1: of touchdown and he's intercepted two passes, one of which 973 00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:25,720 Speaker 1: he scored for a touchdown. Get that from ESPN's Mike Triplets. 974 00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:28,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, that big sign where he is throw at 975 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:31,400 Speaker 1: him at your own peril. Yeah, good luck, Yeah, exactly. 976 00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,520 Speaker 1: And then they've got good guys in their defensive front 977 00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:37,840 Speaker 1: as well. And Cam Jordan's eight sacks. He's a difficult 978 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,680 Speaker 1: guy to stop. Yeah, when they say I want you 979 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,800 Speaker 1: to run through a guy, they don't mean it literally, 980 00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:51,759 Speaker 1: but I'm not sure if he knows. Yeah, it looks 981 00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:55,160 Speaker 1: like he's really trying to cut you in half. Yeah, yeah, 982 00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:58,160 Speaker 1: like split you in two Mortal Kombat. He is absolutely 983 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,520 Speaker 1: brutal as a pass rusher. That's and that's going to 984 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,560 Speaker 1: be something that the Rams have to contend with. They 985 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,279 Speaker 1: will not have to contend with Alex okafor he's at 986 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:08,160 Speaker 1: for the year with the torn achilles he is had 987 00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:11,360 Speaker 1: four and a half sacks, two forced fumbles, UM, and 988 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,520 Speaker 1: you know that's one of the things that they tried 989 00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:16,560 Speaker 1: to bring into improve that defense. One of the guys 990 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,920 Speaker 1: they did. They brought him over from Arizona, where he 991 00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:21,759 Speaker 1: had been for four years. So that's again you talk 992 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,120 Speaker 1: about handling things, handling some adversity that the New Orlean 993 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:27,120 Speaker 1: Saints are gonna have to do that too. Okafor and 994 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:31,000 Speaker 1: Arizona was at the embryo stage of becoming a RAMS killer. Really. Yeah, 995 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,800 Speaker 1: he was just like Clais Campbell, Yeah, Larry FitzGeralds just 996 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,680 Speaker 1: certain guys that they just become RAMS killers for some reason. 997 00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:39,759 Speaker 1: He was becoming one of those. Yeah. I was happy 998 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:41,759 Speaker 1: when he left, thank you. Yeah. Well, now you gotta 999 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,480 Speaker 1: face of it, just the ones. Yeah. Yeah, So we'll 1000 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,279 Speaker 1: see you never know, that's true. You never know. It 1001 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,080 Speaker 1: might be um in the regular season in the Yeah, 1002 00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,200 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens later. All right. So it is 1003 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:58,440 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving week, so in recognition of this wacky question time. Yeah, okay, 1004 00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:03,120 Speaker 1: the Miles minute. Okay, it's not even that whacky the 1005 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,279 Speaker 1: Miles minute. I feel like it's more of a rant thing, 1006 00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:08,120 Speaker 1: like I didn't rant today, and I wanted to. Actually 1007 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,879 Speaker 1: we just now we're going to rant about something, because 1008 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:13,920 Speaker 1: I did want to rant about this, all right. So 1009 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:18,440 Speaker 1: when I put out that Robert Woods got injured, one 1010 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,360 Speaker 1: of the things that kept coming back in retweets. And 1011 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,239 Speaker 1: you know how people quote tweet stuff and it ends 1012 00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,439 Speaker 1: up in my mentions or acts or whatever you wanna 1013 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:29,160 Speaker 1: call it. But somebody, and I don't remember what their 1014 00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:32,000 Speaker 1: name was, and more than one person really was like, oh, 1015 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:33,799 Speaker 1: looks like you're gonna have to drop them off your 1016 00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:37,800 Speaker 1: fantasy team. And of course this is the thing that 1017 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,880 Speaker 1: everybody thinks about, you know, when it's first, it's the 1018 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,880 Speaker 1: first thing that's something happened. Like this guy, this is 1019 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:46,560 Speaker 1: his career, this is his life. He enters his left shoulder, 1020 00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:48,239 Speaker 1: he's gonna be out for a couple of weeks, and 1021 00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:51,399 Speaker 1: all you think about is your fantasy team and how 1022 00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:55,200 Speaker 1: that affects you. No, I'm on your side. I'm telling everybody. 1023 00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:57,239 Speaker 1: I'm telling you all, I'm telling Matt and I'm telling 1024 00:47:57,280 --> 00:48:00,520 Speaker 1: you world by looking at this, like, don't do that, man, Like, 1025 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,840 Speaker 1: have a little class. I don't know. If somebody is 1026 00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:07,360 Speaker 1: going to be injured and their life and their livelihood 1027 00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:10,720 Speaker 1: is affected, the first thing that you think about shouldn't 1028 00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:13,520 Speaker 1: be how it affects you. That is just really really selfish, 1029 00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:17,719 Speaker 1: and especially because it's for fantasy football. It's not like 1030 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:20,600 Speaker 1: this is somebody that you really care about. You're just 1031 00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,880 Speaker 1: a fantasy owner. And another thing that's something else we 1032 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,680 Speaker 1: really got to think about is how we address how 1033 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,479 Speaker 1: people are on your fantasy teams. People need to stop 1034 00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:33,120 Speaker 1: saying that I own this person, I'm a fantasy owner 1035 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,520 Speaker 1: of this person. Do you realize how gross that sounds? 1036 00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:39,160 Speaker 1: Did you see it back in August when ESPN two 1037 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:44,800 Speaker 1: was doing like this large fantasy football thing goes back away. Listen, 1038 00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,359 Speaker 1: ESPN back in August did this like twenty four hours 1039 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:52,120 Speaker 1: of fantasy coverage, and they did like an auction and 1040 00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,960 Speaker 1: basically they're auctioning off these people. Yes, we saw it. 1041 00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:58,759 Speaker 1: It was bad, it was horrible. They apologize, Yes, they 1042 00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:02,279 Speaker 1: needed to apologize. And it's an entire mentality that I 1043 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,600 Speaker 1: think we need to do because I don't care you know, 1044 00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:07,120 Speaker 1: people said, oh, like it has racial over don't step that. 1045 00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,480 Speaker 1: I don't care if you're black, white, green, or purple. 1046 00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:12,480 Speaker 1: All right. If you are saying that you own another 1047 00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:16,319 Speaker 1: human being and you're auctioning off another human being, that's problematic. 1048 00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,520 Speaker 1: All right, So everybody, let's take a step back and 1049 00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,640 Speaker 1: let's just realize what we're doing when we play fantasy 1050 00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:26,680 Speaker 1: football and realize that human beings are players and players 1051 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:30,040 Speaker 1: are human beings. I feel like Mike Myers right now, 1052 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,160 Speaker 1: that needed to come out though, that even pent up 1053 00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,520 Speaker 1: in him since training camp. That's been there for a while. 1054 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:38,560 Speaker 1: I'm glad that it finally good. I feel better. Good 1055 00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:40,920 Speaker 1: for you, I feel a lot better. Okay, let's talk 1056 00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:44,919 Speaker 1: about Thanksgiving side dishes. God, because it's Thanksgiving. Guy. Well, guys, 1057 00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:47,360 Speaker 1: what are your favorite and least favorite things? Whatever you like? 1058 00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:56,120 Speaker 1: Whatever you like? Man turkey, Yeah, I'm sorry, Oh gosh, no, 1059 00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:59,880 Speaker 1: uh it depends, um I do. It's it's a mini ran. 1060 00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:04,479 Speaker 1: It's dressing, period, okay, not stuffing, not stuffing. You don't 1061 00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,239 Speaker 1: want to inside the turkey? Right? Yeah? No, I agree 1062 00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:09,200 Speaker 1: with you. Okay, thank you. So my favorite side dish 1063 00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:14,560 Speaker 1: would be dressing. Dressing and yeahs oh yeah, yeah, absolutely yeah. 1064 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:18,040 Speaker 1: What's your least favorite least favorite? Um, I don't really 1065 00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:21,680 Speaker 1: have a least favorite. Um, maybe if somebody brings like 1066 00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:24,960 Speaker 1: what do you call that, Like I don't know, like 1067 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:27,800 Speaker 1: some p almond bean or something, or string beans, you know, 1068 00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:31,320 Speaker 1: like beans some sort of string being dish. I like 1069 00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,920 Speaker 1: string beans, but like a string being dish. Yes, yes, 1070 00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,640 Speaker 1: the casserole. Yeah, why are you putting green beans with 1071 00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:40,239 Speaker 1: cream of mushroom soup and like putting a little onion strings? Like, 1072 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,319 Speaker 1: just give me some green beans? Thank you? Right, that's 1073 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:44,800 Speaker 1: that's I agree with you. Yeah. I was actually not 1074 00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:46,440 Speaker 1: as strongly as you, but I agree with you. Yeah, 1075 00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:48,120 Speaker 1: that would be my least favorite. Okay, Matt, what's your 1076 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:51,719 Speaker 1: favorite least favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Um? Favorite? My mom 1077 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:56,160 Speaker 1: makes a mean whipped mashed potatoes. See yeah, she's coming 1078 00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,239 Speaker 1: to town tonight. We're gonna get coocaine. We got that 1079 00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:02,600 Speaker 1: in spinish ARCHI Dad, we're gonna take It's gonna be always. Honestly, 1080 00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:05,800 Speaker 1: I don't have a least My least favorite moment is 1081 00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:09,080 Speaker 1: when my plate is empty. Okay, yeah, fair honestly it 1082 00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:11,919 Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna keep eating everything yeah, I could. 1083 00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:13,520 Speaker 1: I could do without the vegetables if I had to 1084 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,879 Speaker 1: pick something, just any vegetable, just get it off. More meat, please, 1085 00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:20,839 Speaker 1: no vegetables on the plate. Cranberry sauce in a can 1086 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:26,000 Speaker 1: or out of or like fresh you know berry stuff. Uh, 1087 00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:28,719 Speaker 1: cans fine with me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like I 1088 00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:31,320 Speaker 1: like the can. I like seeing the ridges, yeah, the 1089 00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:33,600 Speaker 1: little bumps. Yeah, I like the ridges. Yeah. What do 1090 00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:35,839 Speaker 1: you think that? I honestly don't know that I've ever 1091 00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:39,399 Speaker 1: used cranberry sauce. Oh really, try it. Yeah, that's good. 1092 00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:42,040 Speaker 1: That used to be my job cut it when I 1093 00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:45,399 Speaker 1: was a kid. That it was the coolest thing ever. Yeah, 1094 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,080 Speaker 1: I like so I do like dressing, but like I 1095 00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:51,040 Speaker 1: call it something because I like to make it with 1096 00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,600 Speaker 1: like French bread. So you gotta cut up the French 1097 00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:57,120 Speaker 1: bread into like one inch cubes or whatever, and then 1098 00:51:57,400 --> 00:51:59,120 Speaker 1: you put it in a dish and then you put 1099 00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:02,160 Speaker 1: some spicy sauce with it. I think put apples or 1100 00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:04,560 Speaker 1: pears or whatever in it too. Like that's that's my 1101 00:52:04,719 --> 00:52:07,680 Speaker 1: kind of thing. Okay, here's here's the most important question. 1102 00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:10,800 Speaker 1: TV on or TV off. TV has gotta be on. 1103 00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:13,279 Speaker 1: I gotta watch full Thank you very much gotta Okay, well, 1104 00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:17,040 Speaker 1: but I do want to sit at a table or something. 1105 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:19,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to eat at the TV. TV's gotta 1106 00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:23,040 Speaker 1: be Yeah, we gotta sit at a table or something 1107 00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:25,399 Speaker 1: if it's Thanksgiving, and we gotta use real we gotta 1108 00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:29,440 Speaker 1: use real utensils. Yeah. My least favorite Thanksgiving ever probably 1109 00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:31,920 Speaker 1: is when I don't even remember whose house I was at, 1110 00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:34,160 Speaker 1: but it was somebody in our families and we were 1111 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:37,400 Speaker 1: sitting around the TV and we were eating off like 1112 00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:39,920 Speaker 1: paper plates with plastic tensils, and I'm like, man, this 1113 00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:42,840 Speaker 1: is not really Thanksgiving. Wow. I don't like it, and 1114 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,000 Speaker 1: I don't want to disparage my family because that's no, no, 1115 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:47,759 Speaker 1: it's all it's fair. Yeah. Yeah, come on, man, we 1116 00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:49,640 Speaker 1: got we gotta. We gotta sit at a table. I 1117 00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:51,960 Speaker 1: remember my first Thanksgiving at my house. This is like 1118 00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,600 Speaker 1: when I'm in pro. Everybody's coming over, big table, big nine. 1119 00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,200 Speaker 1: So I'm like, okay, no TV, We're gonna have a 1120 00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,959 Speaker 1: It's gonna be one of those moments. We're all gonna 1121 00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:02,160 Speaker 1: talk like a family, right, We're gonna have Thanksgiving. We're 1122 00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:05,120 Speaker 1: gonna talk and we ate, And no one said of work, 1123 00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:08,520 Speaker 1: because just everyone was eating so I was I said, 1124 00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:13,160 Speaker 1: turn the game on. Everybody gets happy. Yeah, thank god. Yeah, 1125 00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:15,200 Speaker 1: my brother says. Man, we were like, we're never coming 1126 00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:18,000 Speaker 1: to your house again, like I did it for you. 1127 00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,479 Speaker 1: I did it for you. We were never coming here again. 1128 00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:25,120 Speaker 1: This is born. Yeah. Anyways, the thing about Thanksgiving, though, 1129 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:29,160 Speaker 1: I think it's the best holiday. Um, okay, the top 1130 00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:33,480 Speaker 1: top two with Chris Christmas. Absolutely, I love this. Don't 1131 00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:36,920 Speaker 1: enjoy blowing stuff up. Fourth of July is great, but 1132 00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:39,880 Speaker 1: as far as family, okay, yeah, Fourth of July is 1133 00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:43,560 Speaker 1: all right. I never did the fireworks thing really yeah, 1134 00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,080 Speaker 1: oh really, I mean like I got to blow stuff 1135 00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:48,320 Speaker 1: up coming from the middle of nowhere. We just like 1136 00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:50,759 Speaker 1: I remember, um one of my favorite Fourth of July 1137 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:54,000 Speaker 1: memories off topic, yeah, it's on topic. We're talking about holiday. 1138 00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:57,840 Speaker 1: We just used to like find old electronic appliances and 1139 00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:03,120 Speaker 1: shove Roman candles in them and just what, I don't 1140 00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:05,680 Speaker 1: know what's the Roman candle? Um? You like hold it 1141 00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:08,000 Speaker 1: and it shoots out like a stick. You light it 1142 00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:13,879 Speaker 1: it like propels. Tell me you didn't have Roman candle fights? Uh? Yes, 1143 00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:18,880 Speaker 1: don't tell my mom exactly, basically shooting fire at each other. 1144 00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:21,640 Speaker 1: We would stick those in the in the like VCRs 1145 00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:25,760 Speaker 1: or old stereos or whatever. And one time my buddy 1146 00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:28,200 Speaker 1: stuck it in upside down and it started shooting back 1147 00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:30,400 Speaker 1: at us, and so he tried to like kick it, 1148 00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:33,160 Speaker 1: and then it's like flung around and started shooting into 1149 00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:35,920 Speaker 1: the neighbor's garage and it was just all bad. We 1150 00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,359 Speaker 1: didn't know what to do. But wow, didn't even catch 1151 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,960 Speaker 1: on fire. No, we got very very very lucky, and 1152 00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:43,399 Speaker 1: nobody had any injuries. Nobody got hired. It was good, 1153 00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:46,480 Speaker 1: all right. The first time I lit off an m ad, 1154 00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:49,279 Speaker 1: it shut the lights off, the street lights out. I 1155 00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:52,640 Speaker 1: mean it was. It's like it's a bigger version of 1156 00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:54,319 Speaker 1: a fire cart. How would you explain in m ad. 1157 00:54:54,920 --> 00:54:58,840 Speaker 1: It's like it's like less powerful dynamite. Yes, oh, I 1158 00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:02,640 Speaker 1: mean the kaboom so loud. I'm like, wow, it shut 1159 00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:05,080 Speaker 1: the street lights down. I feel like I'm learning so much. 1160 00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:09,040 Speaker 1: This is just like outside the realm, Like did you 1161 00:55:09,120 --> 00:55:12,040 Speaker 1: ever make like the little you put little pieces of 1162 00:55:12,120 --> 00:55:15,439 Speaker 1: foil and like the the works dish cleaner or whatever, 1163 00:55:15,560 --> 00:55:17,400 Speaker 1: and like a gateorade bottle, and you like so or 1164 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:18,880 Speaker 1: you seal it up and then you just leave it 1165 00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:23,120 Speaker 1: there and like the I don't know. Yeah, it's I 1166 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:25,319 Speaker 1: never did that. Oh wow, okay, that will never make 1167 00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:31,360 Speaker 1: a look at Yeah. Well, now we've gotten all of 1168 00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:34,640 Speaker 1: our Thanksgiving and holiday and everything stuff like that out 1169 00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:37,399 Speaker 1: of the way. Oh no, what is it? No, it's 1170 00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:40,160 Speaker 1: not No, it's the football question. Yes, what's the single? 1171 00:55:40,280 --> 00:55:43,120 Speaker 1: I don't own anybody, Miles. I'm sorry anyway, Yeah, sorry, 1172 00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:46,240 Speaker 1: I don't even do fantasy. I'm not on Twitter anyway. 1173 00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:47,840 Speaker 1: Go ahead, you are on Twitter, I mean, yeah, you 1174 00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:49,520 Speaker 1: know what I mean. Don't tweet anyway, go ahead. What's 1175 00:55:49,520 --> 00:55:51,279 Speaker 1: the single most important thing the Rams have to do 1176 00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:54,000 Speaker 1: to beat the same Oh, single most important thing? Um, 1177 00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:56,239 Speaker 1: I haven't noticed, Like that's the way I've been ending 1178 00:55:56,280 --> 00:55:59,240 Speaker 1: the show. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I need to think about 1179 00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:03,040 Speaker 1: it more before lock Drew brees in this hotel room. 1180 00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:06,759 Speaker 1: That would help. Um, I don't think that's going now, 1181 00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:09,439 Speaker 1: that's not possible. Uh, you know, take care of the ball. 1182 00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:12,000 Speaker 1: That's that's always. We're gonna say that every single week. 1183 00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:13,959 Speaker 1: It is, and I when the Rams, When the Rams 1184 00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,480 Speaker 1: lose the turnover margins there and three if they tire 1185 00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:19,080 Speaker 1: or ahead, they're seven and oh to carry over what 1186 00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:22,400 Speaker 1: we've talked about for the entire show. You've got to 1187 00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:25,359 Speaker 1: find some playmakers because look at this point in the season, 1188 00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:28,120 Speaker 1: with the teams you're playing, it's gonna be hard, hard 1189 00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:30,719 Speaker 1: to fool people. Yeah, so at some point you're gonna 1190 00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:33,600 Speaker 1: have to make contested catches, throws, runs, what have you, 1191 00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:35,120 Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to be better than they are 1192 00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:38,680 Speaker 1: on that play. So playmakers. All right, Yeah, Well that's it. 1193 00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:43,000 Speaker 1: Everybody appreciate you listening and watching and wherever you may be. 1194 00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:45,640 Speaker 1: Rams are back at home this week, so we do 1195 00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:47,759 Speaker 1: hope to see you at the coliseum if you are 1196 00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:50,760 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. Kickoff is at one twenty five Pacific. 1197 00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:53,879 Speaker 1: The game will be shown on CMS one whose Crossflex Games, 1198 00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:55,799 Speaker 1: so apparently it's going to be seen by about eighty 1199 00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:58,000 Speaker 1: percent of the country. So even if you are not 1200 00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:00,680 Speaker 1: in the Los Angeles market, probably will be able to 1201 00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:03,000 Speaker 1: see this game. So that's kind of game is going 1202 00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:06,840 Speaker 1: to be shown on CMS. I said CBS, didn't I SMS. 1203 00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:09,840 Speaker 1: It was new on me when you said, I'm like, 1204 00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:12,600 Speaker 1: I thought I didn't know. I thought I was doing 1205 00:57:12,719 --> 00:57:17,800 Speaker 1: so well with the clothes anyway, CBS, CBS, all right, well, 1206 00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:21,640 Speaker 1: and I'm thankful for all of you guys, watching, listening 1207 00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:24,280 Speaker 1: and keeping between the horns um the way it has 1208 00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:26,280 Speaker 1: been and it's been a good season so far. We 1209 00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:28,480 Speaker 1: hope that it will continue to be great. So all 1210 00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:31,480 Speaker 1: you CMS people, yeah great. So for my producer Matt 1211 00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:34,720 Speaker 1: for Demacco Farr, I'm Miles sevens. Have a happy Thanksgiving everybody,