Speaker 1: The game, contributed all the way up until the end.
Speaker 1: It was you know, we needed every single play that
Speaker 1: we made to win on the road against a really
Speaker 1: good team, and we had a lot of fun doing it.
Speaker 1: I think the energy um even last week, even though
Speaker 1: we didn't get the result we wanted, we had a
Speaker 1: lot of fun and compete it um and did what
Speaker 1: we needed to do to give ourselves a chance. And
Speaker 1: this way, you know, and this time we got the result.
Speaker 1: We want it well, I think you know, at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, it starts with the leadership on
Speaker 1: the team, you know, just kind of you know, putting
Speaker 1: our foot in the ground, um and just saying we're
Speaker 1: gonna make a stand. At the end of the day,
Speaker 1: you know, we want to continue to play, and we
Speaker 1: want our dreams to continue. We got to go take it.
Speaker 1: And so that's why you see the ski masks, That's
Speaker 1: why you see the renewed enthusiasm, because we got the
Speaker 1: mentality that we got to go steal whatever it is
Speaker 1: that we want if we want to continue, it's not
Speaker 1: gonna be easy. And then nobody asked it to be.
Speaker 1: We're fine, we're doing something special in extraordinary, but that's
Speaker 1: just gonna take it, you know, one week at a time,
Speaker 1: keep competing and keep having fun. See that struggle this
Speaker 1: season is that a lot of injuries and you can
Speaker 1: come in here when a lot of people find this,
Speaker 1: not a lot of people everybody, we'll go ahead, okay,
Speaker 1: but for you guys to do it where the Rams
Speaker 1: had a boss, how priority all this team to fight
Speaker 1: you with all the injuries, especially in this second I
Speaker 1: mean very proud we've been. Look, we've been hit it
Speaker 1: with adversity all year, even to start out the season,
Speaker 1: all the way through now. Um, and we just found
Speaker 1: a way to continue to fight, plug guys in the
Speaker 1: trust in each other to adjust, um, you know. And
Speaker 1: that's that's been our mantra, you know, all all year,
Speaker 1: even last year. And so that that doesn't change regardless
Speaker 1: of who we have on the field. UM. And so
Speaker 1: we'll continue to grow. I think we've seen a lot
Speaker 1: of those young players who've been you know, playing more
Speaker 1: significant roles because the injuries grow today. UM. And so
Speaker 1: we'll continue to you know, our process. We'll get back,
Speaker 1: we'll watch the tape, try to improve on the things
Speaker 1: that we didn't do well. I'm gonna get ready to
Speaker 1: go compete against another good team. What's the significance of
Speaker 1: that and what do you got to do with it?
Speaker 1: Like I said, man, you know where we are right now.
Speaker 1: If we want to continue to play, we got to
Speaker 1: go take it. And so for us, it's kind of
Speaker 1: that season where we're gonna go steal every everything we got,
Speaker 1: whether it's the ball, where it's the game, you know,
Speaker 1: our our chance to go play in the postseason. We
Speaker 1: gotta go take it. And so that's kind of what
Speaker 1: that scheme mask is doing. And you know, for us,
Speaker 1: I think it's it's bringing back that that energy, having fun.
Speaker 1: Guys are enthusiastic about, you know, contributing, and there's so
Speaker 1: many different people, Um, you know making plays. Uh, it's
Speaker 1: right on time. I believe it was Jalen Mills. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not your side of the ball. But having Dick
Speaker 1: in there, do you guys seem the rally round him. No,
Speaker 1: he's a Super Bowl MVP. We don't have to rally
Speaker 1: around Nick Um. You know. We we trust fully that
Speaker 1: Nick can go on there and compete Um and command
Speaker 1: the offense. And you know, a hell of a game today.
Speaker 1: Put the ball up to our playmakers, guys who were
Speaker 1: making big plays for him, um, you know, and it's
Speaker 1: exciting to watch and all of a sudden, you know,
Speaker 1: those things on our offense gets rolling um and and
Speaker 1: as a team we played better, and so you know,
Speaker 1: Nick Nick's performance today was obviously a huge part. And
Speaker 1: while we got a w curus see back in the
Speaker 1: coliseum under center. It is ironic, but we got a
Speaker 1: lot less wins this time around coming into the game.
Speaker 1: But we knew it was gonna be one of those
Speaker 1: games where it wasn't going to be a blowout. This
Speaker 1: is a great team, a lot of great players, they're
Speaker 1: on the role this year. We knew we'd have to fight,
Speaker 1: you know, the entire game um and even the momentum
Speaker 1: that we got early in the game. We needed every
Speaker 1: every bit of that obviously coming down to the end um.
Speaker 1: But you know, it definitely feels good to to put
Speaker 1: it all together and come to a place on the
Speaker 1: road against the quality team and come out with a win.
Speaker 1: Out about that the final drive there and in particularly
Speaker 1: the less play when you sent a listen, I think
Speaker 1: that the biggest thing was there were like two or
Speaker 1: three huge tackles that kept them in bounds. And so
Speaker 1: we talk about situation of footballers. The things we talk
Speaker 1: about all the time, um, and sometimes you worry about
Speaker 1: with with younger players especially. You know that we're having
Speaker 1: the secondary. But guys made up and made some really
Speaker 1: good tackles on either sideline to keep that clock running,
Speaker 1: to give us that opportunity to then rush the passer
Speaker 1: um and you know, play the end zone basically on
Speaker 1: one last shot to the to the to the end zone.
Speaker 1: I mean, I just I know the situation that he's
Speaker 1: in and I know it's not easy, and we're putting
Speaker 1: a lot on the shoulders as a young guy, as
Speaker 1: a rookie come in you're drafted as a corner and
Speaker 1: then move the safety, um and you're learning all of it.
Speaker 1: And we're not just spoon feeding and we're giving them
Speaker 1: the whole defense, making them make calls. He gets, somebody
Speaker 1: gets hurt, he gets to go into the nickel with
Speaker 1: no preparation throughout the week this week, didn't even know
Speaker 1: if he's gonna play. Then he's a corner. He hadn't
Speaker 1: played corner all year, um, and he's making plays, that's
Speaker 1: making differences in our season. And so you know, I
Speaker 1: take a lot of pride in making sure that you
Speaker 1: know he's prepared to just you know, encouraging him. But
Speaker 1: he's a player that I think it's gonna come into
Speaker 1: his own. These explosives made a ton of plays this year. Um.
Speaker 1: It's fun to watch quite frankly, in that locker room
Speaker 1: last year after the game, to know what was the
Speaker 1: environment like and what was the message. I think it's
Speaker 1: very similar. I think guys, you know, as you you
Speaker 1: get wins like this, it creates energy, It creates um,
Speaker 1: that belief, not that it wasn't there, but you you
Speaker 1: prove it to yourself, you know, and you know, uh,
Speaker 1: you have examples of when you put it together, this
Speaker 1: is what it looks like. And so now the challenge
Speaker 1: to the leaders on this team is how do you
Speaker 1: keep that energy going through practice? How do you you know,
Speaker 1: you pay attention to every detail so that when we
Speaker 1: show up again next week we have that same energy,
Speaker 1: We have that same resolve um and that same drive
Speaker 1: to to come out with a win. And that, I mean,
Speaker 1: the biggest thing was like, this is what it looks
Speaker 1: like when we put it together as a team. Um.
Speaker 1: And the biggest thing that most things you know, and
Speaker 1: I'm proud of at least is that we had fun
Speaker 1: doing it. And this is what you know, we've been
Speaker 1: trying to get to all year. Um. It's obviously hard
Speaker 1: to have fun when you're not winning. But for us,
Speaker 1: we're not a front running bunch, and so we want
Speaker 1: to be able to have fun and and fly around
Speaker 1: have energy regardless of what the scoreboard looks like. UM.
Speaker 1: And that's what we've you know, been doing I think
Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks, um. And we let
Speaker 1: the cars far where they made, but we're gonna come
Speaker 1: out and have some fun. That's that's what we enjoy doing.
Speaker 1: We get this, this is a game at the end
Speaker 1: of the day that we enjoy playing with each other. Um,
Speaker 1: and say, yeah, we want to keep that going. There's
Speaker 1: a question there's going to teams. What do you think stocking.
Speaker 1: I mean, at the end of the day, you look
Speaker 1: at what you see on tape. Nick came in and
Speaker 1: had a great game. It helped our team win. You know,
Speaker 1: we don't get into a comparison game of who's doing what,
Speaker 1: but right now, Nicks the quarterback and he had a
Speaker 1: hell of a game that helped us win a game.
Speaker 1: And we know that we have that in Nick, And
Speaker 1: so for us it's always about you know, well we'll
Speaker 1: go through the week, who were going into the game with.
Speaker 1: That's who we're gonna try to win with. We and
Speaker 1: we have wholehearted you know, belief and everybody that puts
Speaker 1: those paths on. You've seen the young guys all year,
Speaker 1: a little experiences one hundred eleven. Yeah, what what do
Speaker 1: you kind of learn about? They're growing? You know, to
Speaker 1: be honest, a lot of these guys been put in
Speaker 1: some crazy situations, been forced into the fire. Um have
Speaker 1: struggled at times, but you know, have have persevered, have
Speaker 1: continued to improve and and now are making the plays
Speaker 1: that are helping us win games. And so you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's something I take great pride in. I enjoy
Speaker 1: watching these young dudes. Uh. They're bringing energy and the
Speaker 1: juice that that you know, we've been really searching for
Speaker 1: all year and uh, you know hopefully that that they
Speaker 1: continue to grow. When we watched the mature in from
Speaker 1: our eyes, cool, no problem. There's Malcolm Jenkins absolutely of
Speaker 1: what do he brings