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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL podcast, Keep scorching her from the

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Speaker 1: campus of you See Irvine and the home of the

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Speaker 1: world champion Los Angeles Rams. It's around the NFL. I'm

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Speaker 1: Dan hansis joined for the first time ever since we've

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Speaker 1: done this podcast by a man with exposed legs. Greg

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Speaker 1: Rosenthal and Mark Sessler. What's up? Voice? So not true.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure we've worn't short. Wasn't prepared for Harry legs. Greg,

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Speaker 1: I mean I'm a hairy man. I just I didn't

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Speaker 1: want to say anything. It's not a negative. And you're

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Speaker 1: getting older. It's getting it's getting Harry, thankfully, unlike my

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Speaker 1: brother and dad not with the Harry back. So that's solid.

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Speaker 1: That's also this is the home of the ant theaters.

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Speaker 1: Put some respect on Emicha. Rosenthal's Alma Mada. I apologize,

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Speaker 1: of course. It is there forever home, the temporary home

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Speaker 1: at least uh in summertime of the champion Rams and

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Speaker 1: I have to say, like, first of all, it's great

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Speaker 1: We're in the shade, which is an upgrade from past

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Speaker 1: years when we have been on location. Um, this is

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Speaker 1: enough where we we followed this whole saga of the

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles and then the Rams eventually coming here the

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Speaker 1: temporary home with the old Colosseum. So if I stadium

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Speaker 1: comes into being, and now you see what winning does.

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Speaker 1: Tens of thousands of people filing through these gates throughout

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Speaker 1: the summer, including thousands today. It's it's quite they got

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Speaker 1: they figured this out. Mark. They kind of stuck the

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Speaker 1: winning the Super Bowl and then the fan appearance today, um,

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Speaker 1: you could not have scripted it more perfectly. The narrative

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Speaker 1: It is coming to focus. I want to use this

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Speaker 1: four times every episode that I had this anti Rams thing.

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Speaker 1: I was healthy. I had a healthy suspicions, suspicion about

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Speaker 1: what it would look like for us at at our

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Speaker 1: are an enjoyable team to do things their own way.

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Speaker 1: I can appreciate it, and we've been indoctrinated. I was

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Speaker 1: there they become Rams fans. They got an autograph from

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Speaker 1: get not true. That is not true. He won the bracelet.

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Speaker 1: You have to have spin a wheel, and he won

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Speaker 1: the bracelet. Uh. If he didn't get if he didn't

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Speaker 1: the veil, he did it. You had to get a

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Speaker 1: sounds more realistic. Um. Yes, So here we are at

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Speaker 1: So beautifully for the athletic We're gonna have a kind

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Speaker 1: But before that, what was that? That was a horn?

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Speaker 1: This is the the next chapter of the story that

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Speaker 1: last twenty years, shoulders out, shoulders out with the Lions.

429
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Speaker 1: The guy's tough as nails. But I I will acknowledge

430
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Speaker 1: the legitimate concern um and at this time of year,

431
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,159
Speaker 1: we wouldn't be talking about this issue if that wasn't shared.

432
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Speaker 1: And if there's a through line to Sean mcveigh's success

433
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Speaker 1: over these five years, five winning campaigns. They've won a

434
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Speaker 1: lot of games on Sunday, but they've also won a

435
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Speaker 1: whole lot of Friday afternoons. And what I mean by

436
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Speaker 1: that is their injury fortune and Reggie Scott, VP of

437
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,560
Speaker 1: of Sports Medicine, their whole team has had the top

438
00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,160
Speaker 1: of their roster available on game day. I think as

439
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,000
Speaker 1: often or more often than any team in the National

440
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Speaker 1: Football always high and that adjusted games loss and you

441
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Speaker 1: can't overstate that in terms of scheme, You're right. I

442
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,960
Speaker 1: mean I was talking with cam akers Rams running back

443
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 1: yesterday about remember when he went off at so fi

444
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Speaker 1: stad Hum against the Patriots. That was kind of his

445
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,520
Speaker 1: welcome to the NFL moment. I went back and looked

446
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Speaker 1: at some of those highlights and like was characteristic of

447
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,560
Speaker 1: the Jared goff Ram's offense. He was under center, Cam

448
00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 1: was in the dot and that was kind of their

449
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,200
Speaker 1: format for the better part of their tenure. And one

450
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,080
Speaker 1: year they've totally revamped that where now the Rams went

451
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 1: from no gun runs to a very broad staple of

452
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,400
Speaker 1: their offense the offset gun and Matthew Stafford often preferring

453
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,479
Speaker 1: to operate out of empty The difference this year as

454
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,199
Speaker 1: they continued to assemble the pieces around him too, I

455
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,480
Speaker 1: think leverage that to its ultimate potential. And I'm sure

456
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 1: we'll talk about this is Allen Robinson and Matthew Stafford

457
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 1: has had talents like in his past, but McVeigh with

458
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: the Rams has not. And I think that's gonna have

459
00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,439
Speaker 1: a ton of benefits, especially finishing drives in the red

460
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,840
Speaker 1: zone and if you can layer in O b J

461
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,800
Speaker 1: in November or beyond on top of that look out.

462
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 1: I think that's the next evolution of this offense. Yeah,

463
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Speaker 1: it's really interesting watching how it changed from one I

464
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 1: always refer to seaw McVeigh as a heart on his

465
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Speaker 1: sleeve play caller, like he is the play sheet. He

466
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Speaker 1: puts himself into that. And I'm not trying to, you know,

467
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Speaker 1: write an article here in real time, but like that,

468
00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 1: really it really is, it really is what he is.

469
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Speaker 1: So you see the facets of his personality come out

470
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Speaker 1: by the way he designs plays, not necessarily by the

471
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Speaker 1: way he calls plays, although on fourth down we could

472
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Speaker 1: argue that, but also like the way that the layers manifest, right,

473
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:50,920
Speaker 1: and you saw him um almost overcorrect in some ways

474
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 1: they didn't, you know, with some of the things that

475
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,040
Speaker 1: they were doing out of the out of the gun

476
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 1: and some of the drop back passing and limiting the

477
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Speaker 1: play actions specifically for under center when they we're going

478
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,399
Speaker 1: play action, they were also going gun action, which they'd

479
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,560
Speaker 1: never done in the Jared Gop Sean McVeigh era, because

480
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,800
Speaker 1: it was that that sense of everything opening up in

481
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Speaker 1: front of the quarterback and then allowing the quarterback to

482
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,680
Speaker 1: make the decision post snap instead of sort of like

483
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 1: laying up what I think is a very valuable cheat code,

484
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Speaker 1: but one that they became so dependent on. So you

485
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,320
Speaker 1: almost saw him overcorrect. Um personally and in some of

486
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,119
Speaker 1: the ways that he was designing this offense. And I

487
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,560
Speaker 1: think what they want this offense to look like in

488
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:34,359
Speaker 1: its fullest manifestation is a high pass volume offense with

489
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,240
Speaker 1: a really solid, explosive run game, with running backs who

490
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,040
Speaker 1: can work out of the backfield and be threats in

491
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Speaker 1: the passing game. And you've definitely seen that so far

492
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,560
Speaker 1: here in camp. You saw that in in trickles, in phases,

493
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,520
Speaker 1: not necessarily maybe the run game last year they had

494
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 1: to do a bunch of different things because of injuries,

495
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,440
Speaker 1: but specifically with the past game, they want the ball

496
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,439
Speaker 1: in Matthew Stafford's hands as much as possible, not to

497
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,439
Speaker 1: not to sort of downgrade the run game at all

498
00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: because it will still be such a huge factor, but

499
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 1: they want Matthew Stafford throwing the ball. And so that's

500
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Speaker 1: where we kind of come back with this arm thing,

501
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 1: this elbow thing. You know it does that kind of

502
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,159
Speaker 1: raises the concern level a little bit, because I do

503
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 1: expect this to continue to expand you're going to continue

504
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,200
Speaker 1: to see the empty sets. You're gonna continue to see, yes,

505
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,440
Speaker 1: the motions in the screens that Sean McVeigh loves to do.

506
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: But but man, you're going to see them spread out

507
00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,400
Speaker 1: the field, not just horizontally but vertically with what Alan

508
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,080
Speaker 1: Robinson can do. It's a tricky need a little thread

509
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 1: with the Rams, of course have accomplished and how they've

510
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,159
Speaker 1: built this team, and you're gonna see and you're already

511
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,560
Speaker 1: seeing teams trying to copycat because listen, we're at the

512
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,200
Speaker 1: home of the champions right now. But the Stafford issue

513
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 1: with the elbow, and you look at their secondary with

514
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey and then some question marks. You look at

515
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner, a veteran in his thirties, Aaron Donald now

516
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,000
Speaker 1: a veteran in his thirties. This thing could go sideways

517
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 1: very quickly because it's a very top heavy, star veteran team,

518
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,600
Speaker 1: and he concerns about that coming off a long season,

519
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 1: maybe as an employee can answer that, but coming off

520
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,679
Speaker 1: the season where they play, the company can definitely answer that. Yeah,

521
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,240
Speaker 1: where do you come down with that? JB. Is that

522
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,560
Speaker 1: is that something that you feel like this team could

523
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 1: they handle injuries? Are they more susceptible and more danger

524
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 1: right now as a result of the way they're built.

525
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: It feels like deja vu. All over again. Being here

526
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: last year, I remember hearing the criticism about a top

527
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 1: heavy roster. It was not from your specific but no

528
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:31,200
Speaker 1: Mark is a top ten global NFL insider insider. He

529
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,160
Speaker 1: also a huge Rams guy like loves the NFL's connection

530
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 1: with the Rams and loves you. I'm so happy right now.

531
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: I even got to hear a staying live like I'm

532
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 1: so happy. I think what last year taught me is

533
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,679
Speaker 1: just how profound appreciation you have to have for the

534
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,719
Speaker 1: stars needing to align in so many regards for a

535
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 1: moment like that to happen at so Fi Stadium. Everything

536
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 1: from the Broncos being willing to trade von Miller and

537
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: O b J getting out of Cleveland and make himself

538
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,040
Speaker 1: available post deadline is Robert Woods tears in a c

539
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,120
Speaker 1: L to having a future Hall of Fame safety down

540
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,400
Speaker 1: the road two years into retirement in San Diego, who's

541
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,199
Speaker 1: been watching and studying your scheme and can step in

542
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: and play just about every meaningful snap throughout the postseason.

543
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: I think there's a valid case to be made that

544
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,959
Speaker 1: this roster, this team could beat last year's team. I

545
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 1: think last year they may have been a year ahead

546
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: of schedule, especially with respect to Stafford and McVeigh on

547
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 1: the weapons they've assembled around him. Now with the schedule

548
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 1: they're gonna face, does that mean they're gonna have as

549
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: good a record, win as many games, are go as

550
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: deep as they did. Uh, No, of course not. But

551
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 1: I don't think it's because they're top heavy. I think

552
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 1: to capture the sense of urgency and to have all

553
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 1: of the good fortune from the football's bouncing their way,

554
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 1: um to getting the sleeper agent of the San Francisco

555
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 1: forty Niners into the postseason to clear out the Cowboys

556
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: and Packers, like you can't replicate that will never happen again.

557
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: I mean also like they go get these big names,

558
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: but they work out. I mean Matthew Stafford worked out,

559
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham in time worked out, and Allen Robinson. Can

560
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: we overstate I've seen some of your tweets. You said

561
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: some jaw dropping, your draw dropped to the grass. I

562
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 1: think at one point Jordan's back. Can we overstate how

563
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: well this is working out so far? Yeah? I mean,

564
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 1: I'm as you guys know. You know the nature of

565
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 1: my job is to be a bit skeptical, right, and

566
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 1: to not overreact to things and to sort of dig

567
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 1: in deeper and see moment by moment what's happening. I've

568
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 1: got to tell you, like the hype is real on

569
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:28,440
Speaker 1: Alan Robinson and it's it's in May. I'm standing there

570
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: at O T A S. And Matthew Stafford is not throwing,

571
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: and they're running through install and Allen Robinson is moving through.

572
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 1: And again, when you look at an all twenty two

573
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 1: view of what this offense is and how the route

574
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: layers spread out and how they sort of um interconnect

575
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: with each other, you see him doing it like he's

576
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: not new. And I'm sitting there and I'm like, oh

577
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 1: my god, this guy could play a game for them tomorrow.

578
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: And then I'm sitting there it's May, What am I doing?

579
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 1: Who have I become? And I'm sitting there thinking this

580
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,000
Speaker 1: is going to be so special? And it has been

581
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: special every single day, even on the days where you

582
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: can tell they're um sort experimenting with each other with

583
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 1: the ball placement and they're figuring out leverages, and they're

584
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: figuring out the way that Alan likes to catch and

585
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: the way that Matthew likes to throw, and some of

586
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 1: the timing stuff, and and sometimes that leads to the

587
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: turnovers or the drop passes or whatever. But you can

588
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 1: see the um collaboration and it's it's very similar to

589
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 1: how he and Cooper Cup collaborated on this offense last

590
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 1: year all through the spring, literally drawing plays in the

591
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: grass after practice, and I think it's it's so special

592
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 1: And and when you think about the addition here and

593
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 1: talking about the the guys that have worked out, there's

594
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,320
Speaker 1: also when the Rams are targeting these players, it's not

595
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 1: want tune, Like they're not just saying, oh, that guy

596
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 1: seems pretty good, Like they do have a analytical study

597
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 1: of the top tier guys who they will pursue, and

598
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: they value, you know, how much capital can we push

599
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 1: in on that specific tier of player because they know

600
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 1: the expectation with the middle and the bottom part of

601
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,040
Speaker 1: the roster is those guys have to bring up everybody

602
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: with them, not just schematically in the course of snap

603
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 1: to snap, but in the locker room, in the film room,

604
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: the expectation is those guys are brought up with them.

605
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: And that's every single player, even some of the more

606
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 1: controversial additions they've made in the last couple of years,

607
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: who have done nothing but proved that they're that type

608
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: of person as well, kind of like Ricky Hollywood has

609
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: a there is I was wondering if you guys came

610
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 1: to try and get Ricky back so that, yes, we

611
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 1: share it with you. Dan, you probably want to sit

612
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: down with less need and give him your will fuller pitch, right,

613
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 1: because the Rams are well you've mentioned fuller because we

614
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: brought up fuller on the podcast this week when the

615
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: Cowboys had a hit to their depth chart, and then

616
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: Greg Astuteley brought up O'Dell Beckham Cowboys, that's meant to be?

617
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: And then I hear JB. Long, who's totally plugged in

618
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: to this building, almost speaking earlier, as if Dell's you

619
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: know he's gonna materialize down the line? Is that the

620
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: expectation around this team in your mind that Odell's gonna

621
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: be here. Cam Akers doesn't think thinks that he took

622
00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:04,120
Speaker 1: a number. I will stay out the Odell Beckham Junior

623
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: prediction business. I I don't think. I think there are

624
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: good vibes on both sides. But there's also what thirty

625
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 1: one other teams who will have a say in that,

626
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: and presumably have some time to have a say it

627
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: is fascinating, like if Robinson ends up being as good

628
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 1: as you as like we think he might be, like

629
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: that it ended up being a von Miller for Allen

630
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 1: Robinson trade, Like if von Miller took that money, Allen

631
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 1: Robinson probably uh wouldn't be here. And though they find

632
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 1: a way to figure everything out, right, that's that's true too.

633
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: And just before I know, you guys have to work

634
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 1: and stuff. But I'm thinking sort of about this division

635
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: two as a whole, and if it was also curious

636
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:45,720
Speaker 1: for Jordan's answer to the Odell Beckham, what do you curiosity? Okay,

637
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: we're okay, we're back there. Give us one second. We

638
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: do have time. Also, I mean, I can't speak for you,

639
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: but um, I love being here. So if you you're

640
00:32:55,320 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: gonna have to actually Crowbar can't possibly get Um. I think,

641
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:04,959
Speaker 1: like Jamie said, I think there's very good vibes on

642
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: both sides. I think this is one of those things

643
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Speaker 1: that and I repeat this, you know rams fans and

644
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 1: readers and subscribers. No, I repeat this altogether too often. Um,

645
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 1: multiple things are true at the same time about this situation.

646
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,959
Speaker 1: Like I personally am optimistic that this is something that

647
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: that works out longer term. I don't expect O'Dell to

648
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: be back um until like November ish, so there's not

649
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 1: really a timeline on this. Well, at the same time,

650
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 1: it's another truth that he has every right and should

651
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 1: do what's best for himself and his family. So I

652
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 1: think that he seamlessly fits back in with this group.

653
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: They stay in contact with him. Um. You know, he

654
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh is like publicly wooing him and every chance

655
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: he gets, and you know Odell was at Shawn's wedding.

656
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's like, you know, there's good vibes, right,

657
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 1: But but at the same time, multiple truths like yes,

658
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: I can see him fitting in UM and making an

659
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: impact because like I said, they do hope by that

660
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: time of year to continue to be a high volume

661
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 1: passing attack, right barring any sort of setback or elbow

662
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 1: flying off into the sun or whatever. And so at

663
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 1: that point I do see him fitting in. I see

664
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,720
Speaker 1: a role for him. I see UM some flexibility perhaps

665
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 1: on the second year of such an offer, versus maybe

666
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: some incentive heavy stuff on the first year. And I

667
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: also think that at the same time Adell very rightfully

668
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,479
Speaker 1: should do what's best for him, whether that's emotionally being

669
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: here and sort of settling in Los Angeles, um maybe

670
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 1: like full time, or whether it's someone else you know,

671
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: gives him a huge offer that he can't and shouldn't

672
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: refuse because you need to make sure that you're taking

673
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: care of your family is taken care of. Do you

674
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,399
Speaker 1: think they make some of these moves with the forts

675
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: in mine? It looks like a two team division to me,

676
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 1: and Sean mcveigh's offense has struggled against the forty Niners.

677
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,360
Speaker 1: They won this. I think it's gotten a little overlook

678
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,320
Speaker 1: that they really won the Super Bowl because of the defense.

679
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 1: More it's a team game. But if you have to

680
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 1: apportion credit, this is a team that embarrassed the Cardinals,

681
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 1: embarrassed Tom Brady until the you know, the Rams started

682
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:06,280
Speaker 1: fumbling every time held the forty Niners and the teams

683
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 1: and kept getting the ball back in the Super Bowl

684
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: because in part because they haven't had answers for the

685
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: forty Niners in the regular season on offense, Like how

686
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: much do you think this battle between Shanahan and McVeigh

687
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: plays into their off season thinking and like how do

688
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 1: you see that going this year? Because it seems very important.

689
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,919
Speaker 1: I'm fascinated to hear you call it a two team

690
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 1: division because given the way last year ended with the

691
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 1: heroics at SOFI Stadium Week eighteen and then also in

692
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game, I was surprised when the schedule

693
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: came out and the Rams and the Niners are done

694
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,399
Speaker 1: by Halloween like there their games are early UM, which

695
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,919
Speaker 1: usually says that that's not how the league necessarily sees

696
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: the division playing out. It may have just been a

697
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: scheduling quirk, but in terms of answers to the Niners,

698
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: how about Bobby Wagner? Because the way this division plays,

699
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: the Rams have absolutely wiped the Cardinals right. The Seahawks

700
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 1: have had the forty Niners number, and the Niners have

701
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: had good success more than any other team in the

702
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: division against the Rams. But if I'm if I'm not mistaken.

703
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 1: Now every remnant of the Super Bowl team in Seattle

704
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 1: is now gone, with Russell Wilson going to Denver and

705
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner being here, and I it's such a departure

706
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: from their team building model. Jordan to invest in a

707
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: veteran future Hall of Fame off ball linebacker that's typically

708
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: UM a salary cap corner that they would cut that.

709
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: I think they saw something special there. Um. Not necessarily

710
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,919
Speaker 1: to solve the San Francisco conundrum, though I do think

711
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 1: he will help in that regard. And I'll just had

712
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 1: one other thing because we haven't talked about. Despite not

713
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 1: having a top one pick in the draft, I think

714
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: they have found some starters again on defense, especially in

715
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: their secondary. Given the quarterbacks in the offenses they're gonna

716
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: face on this championship schedule, you can never have enough corners,

717
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: but especially here. And give us the names. What are

718
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 1: the names? Darian kendrickbe durant Uh seeing some good things

719
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: from Rush East. Um. Although they're so safety and I

720
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 1: mean they've got they came in thinking, oh, corner is

721
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: a position of concern. In the draft, they leaned on

722
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 1: what they do best. They found a ton of guys

723
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:11,880
Speaker 1: who are maybe perhaps overlooked in some areas of athletic

724
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 1: testing or UM certain phases of the standard draft process. UM.

725
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: They run them through these personality tests to determine like

726
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 1: whether they're a culture fit for specifically what they're going

727
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: to ask them to do. UM. And then they show

728
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: up Day one and they start to ball and it's

729
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,720
Speaker 1: I'm not kidding, like this kid, Darrion Kendrick. He's matched

730
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 1: up against Allen Robinson in the red zone and holding

731
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 1: his own and this is this is something to watch.

732
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: And they traded for Troy Hill. They got Troy Hill

733
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: back in Los Angeles where he played his best football.

734
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,240
Speaker 1: Could prove to be for this year. The most important

735
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:42,800
Speaker 1: thing they did on draft weekend. They seem to have

736
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,280
Speaker 1: their act together. They seem to and if if Jordan's

737
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 1: as good as I know she is in terms of

738
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: her writing ability, yeast rises has to be in the

739
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 1: mix at some point. And it's been used, you know,

740
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: but I did. If you guys have a second to like.

741
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 1: JB made a great point about the Bobby Wagner edition

742
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,800
Speaker 1: because I think ultimately what ends up beating the Niners

743
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: late in the season when they had to get through

744
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: them to get to the Super Bowl is something that

745
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: goes so underlooked through the course of the history of

746
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,760
Speaker 1: the modern history of this team, and that is Raheem

747
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: Morris and Sean McVeigh. They completely unpacked the defense they

748
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 1: had spent the last two and a half years evolving

749
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 1: that nobody else was playing. They completely unpacked. It went

750
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,280
Speaker 1: totally opposite by dropping the safety down, Eric Weddle, dropping

751
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: the safety down specifically built the entire defense in one

752
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: week to stop the run. That's it, That's all they

753
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 1: were gonna do. So that agility is not something they

754
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,800
Speaker 1: had in ten when they came up against similar problem

755
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 1: solving issues. I will say politely, um, they didn't have

756
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: that agility. So agility got them over the hump. Here

757
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: and Bobby Wagner as somebody who continues to expand that

758
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: agility with the multiplicity of what you can do, not

759
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: for what your team is doing, what the scheme and

760
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,280
Speaker 1: the design per game can be, they deserved the benefit

761
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,319
Speaker 1: of the doubt. Mean, what else do we need to see?

762
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 1: What else we need to hear? You've said it all,

763
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: Jordan and j B. Thank you this RAMS round table.

764
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: Mark has a rasp from all this. It is such

765
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: a narrative like I it's a beautiful day out. This

766
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 1: team just won the secret narratives for the grape nuts

767
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 1: of the national football And because that's right, that's right.

768
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 1: Are you know? The question is not whether or not

769
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,000
Speaker 1: the Rams or right for you? Forget about me. Are

770
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 1: you right for you? And our families. JB sitting in

771
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 1: the park together having wine and cheese. You incessly sitting

772
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: one on one in a restaurant chopping it up. I

773
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: like that. Well, various personalities have come on this show

774
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,800
Speaker 1: and not given Mark his d He's trying to correct that,

775
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 1: and that's fair. I'm not try right at Kyle Brandt,

776
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 1: but I'm kind of calling back. Kyle owned it. He

777
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,719
Speaker 1: took the l on that, but it happened, and we

778
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: can't ignore it. You're taking the road less traveled, and

779
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: it's gonna benefit you in terms of our friendship. All Right,

780
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:52,839
Speaker 1: you guys have a lot more work to do today,

781
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 1: but we thank you for taking some time and I

782
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: hope to have you on again the days. Thank you.

783
00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 1: Thank you to H E. T. N and everything you

784
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 1: guys have met to my NFL experience on and off

785
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 1: the air. You guys are the best, the best. Thank

786
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 1: you guys. All Right, there we go. I love those

787
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: two people. Great, great conversation there. And one thing we

788
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: didn't get to, gentlemen that I want to throw out

789
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:24,680
Speaker 1: there with the Rams after that trade deadline, they faced

790
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:31,479
Speaker 1: these quarterbacks Tom Brady, Kyler, Murray, Patrick Mahomes, Derek Carr,

791
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Justin Herbert. I want to put

792
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: a season a sandwich out there right now that Aaron

793
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 1: Donald's gonna get some more help in the pass rush

794
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: via trade deadline, a splashy acquisition, because that that does

795
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: profile as a tricky situation there for this team and

796
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 1: a team that loves to make a splash move. It's

797
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,200
Speaker 1: gonna be an interesting year because, like we were saying,

798
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 1: like so many things went right to win last year,

799
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: you're asking all those things to go right again. I

800
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: think this team is gonna need help when it's the

801
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: presence of for each of these NFC West teams having

802
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 1: to deal with the a f C West, because half

803
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: of those quarterbacks you talked about are sitting in the

804
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: a f C West. It takes their schedule, and if

805
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,799
Speaker 1: you're in the global view of the NFC, you're loving

806
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 1: if you're the other three divisions, what the NFC West

807
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,760
Speaker 1: has to deal. I mean, there there's not a cloud

808
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 1: in the sky, but Dan's bringing the gray gloom and doom.

809
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 1: Here was the last back to back champion in our league. Well, sure,

810
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 1: no team has more than what a fifteen chance of

811
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 1: winning the Super ball. It's gonna be tough. That that

812
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: is absolutely true. Uh, it's it's the elbow thing that

813
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 1: worries me. I like that at that point. On the defense,

814
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 1: it's a good prediction because they are awfully thin in

815
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 1: terms of their outside pass rush. I know they feel

816
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,800
Speaker 1: like they can generate it and they got Leonard Floyd

817
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: and like things work out usually, but they are they

818
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 1: are rather thin. They did not replamember our first edition

819
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: of Training Camp Whispers when I brought up Matthew Stafford's

820
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: elbow and Greg's like, you're a fool. Why would you

821
00:41:58,080 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: even bring it up? And it was it was so

822
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: the ssmissive that Graver had to take it out of

823
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,280
Speaker 1: the shape that you just made something up poll clock.

824
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 1: That was like just wasn't that? It was like Steven

825
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 1: Ross statement, like you're just making your own reality. Um,

826
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: all right, good stuff great. J B and Jordans both

827
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,160
Speaker 1: know their stuff. So I hope you the listener, UH

828
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 1: enjoyed it. Um. Coming up next after the break, Jordan

829
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 1: talked about Allen Robinson and the raves he's been getting

830
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 1: and people are coming up to her without her inquiring,

831
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: saying this, Allen Robinson is gonna be insane this season

832
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: where we're gonna have Allen Robinson right next to us

833
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 1: and we're gonna ask him about his debut season with

834
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: the Rams right after this. All right, welcome back as promised. Uh,

835
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,359
Speaker 1: two huge pieces added to the Rams. Everybody talks about

836
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,080
Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner on the defensive side of the ball. On

837
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,920
Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball, it is Alan Robinson

838
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Welcome to her in the NFL. Appreciate it, Man,

839
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:00,759
Speaker 1: thanks for having How does it feel? Obviously everyone knows

840
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 1: what's going on in Chicago that that as a team

841
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:07,319
Speaker 1: that's rebuilding, it's had some down seasons. Now you've come

842
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: to Los Angeles, you're all of a sudden part of

843
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,920
Speaker 1: the defending champions. What's the vibe? The difference for you? Um?

844
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:16,359
Speaker 1: You know, for me, Um, the difference is, I mean

845
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 1: there are different organizations obviously, but again for me, Man,

846
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 1: coming into here, you know, I wanted to be the

847
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:22,840
Speaker 1: best player I can be, you know, and and you know,

848
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 1: like I said before, Man Um, playing alongside guys like Cooper,

849
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 1: playing alongside guys like Matthew A. D You know, when

850
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: you're playing with the best man, that brings the best

851
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,040
Speaker 1: out of you. You know, and I've seen that even

852
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 1: from myself, you know, since I've signed here. You know,

853
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 1: just just how I approached the offseason, how approach coming

854
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 1: into camp, you know, on my day to day you know,

855
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 1: it's just continuing to challenge myself to get better. The

856
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 1: one I mean across the board, the early reviews on

857
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: how you fit into the offense, how you picked it

858
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 1: up quickly have been rave reviews. I mean, what what

859
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 1: was your approach from the minute you got the playbook

860
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 1: to now? I mean how because that's not true of

861
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,839
Speaker 1: every player, that especially for wide receivers that go into

862
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,320
Speaker 1: certain systems. Man, just taking advantage of everything you know

863
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,719
Speaker 1: at my disposal, you know, being able to to to

864
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: play for coach McVeigh, you know, being able to play

865
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 1: with Matthew, with Cooper, like I said before, Man, just

866
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: you know, leaning on those guys that I can learn

867
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 1: and grasp as much as possible, as fast as possible,

868
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: you know. And then on the on the other side

869
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: of that, which is continue to prepare myself physically for

870
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,600
Speaker 1: the season. You know, that's taking this offseason, you know,

871
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,440
Speaker 1: being able to to take the route concepts and things

872
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 1: that I learned in the spring then this summer being

873
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 1: able to get out on the grass and try to

874
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 1: perfect those in the time and different things like that.

875
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: You say, the vibe is different, Like your vibe right

876
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 1: now is definitely very l a very chill. You've got

877
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: the crocs on, but you've also got the crocs with

878
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 1: the little accoucherman to what are those called? They're like,

879
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:40,880
Speaker 1: are you getting deep into you got the football? We

880
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 1: have a friend, you know, John Gonzalez, who loves adding

881
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 1: the little trinkets to the crocs. Are you getting deep

882
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,359
Speaker 1: into that subculture? I am? I am. You know it's

883
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 1: it's it's a pretty cool additive, you know, to to

884
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 1: the crocks. You know. So whenever I go to the

885
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,920
Speaker 1: store and grab something, I'll grab I'll grab a few pieces.

886
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,839
Speaker 1: What's it like joining a new team, because we can

887
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:02,440
Speaker 1: obviously we don't know what it's like, but you do

888
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: know if you start a new school or you know,

889
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: you have first you're starting at a new job, Like,

890
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: do you find people right away that you bond with

891
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:12,440
Speaker 1: or is there a time where you kind of keep

892
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 1: to yourself? Is it difficult to transition doing new team? No,

893
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,800
Speaker 1: it's not difficult at all. You know again, um, especially

894
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: if when you were a vet. You know again, um,

895
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of guys across the league, you know,

896
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,480
Speaker 1: even like you know, um, me and A d was

897
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: in the same draft class, you know, Um Van Jefferson

898
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,240
Speaker 1: went to my high school, you know, back in Detroit.

899
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,640
Speaker 1: You know. So even for me knowing knowing Matthew a

900
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 1: little bit from when he played in Detroit, you know. So,

901
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a it's a lot of different things

902
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,080
Speaker 1: that kind of you know, come to fluition, you know,

903
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:39,840
Speaker 1: when you go to different teams, you know, you know,

904
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 1: being a vetting things like that. You know, but it

905
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 1: hasn't been a tough transition at all. Do you ever,

906
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,760
Speaker 1: you you know, Matthew Stafford, long long journey in Detroit,

907
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,239
Speaker 1: You've been all over the place and and you never

908
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:51,600
Speaker 1: had a Matthew Stafford playing quarterback with you. Do you

909
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 1: ever look at each other and just say this is

910
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 1: this is way better this situation right right here? Um again, man,

911
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 1: for me, you know, uh, it's a it's a blessing

912
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,120
Speaker 1: to be able to with a quarterback like him, you

913
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: know again, I mean even even from me, you know,

914
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,840
Speaker 1: growing up in Detroit, you know, and watching and watching

915
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 1: you know, him from Afar, you know, growing up and

916
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 1: seeing you know, how he was as a quarterback. Now

917
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,959
Speaker 1: being able to play with him, you know, it's been fun. Man. Again.

918
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:14,480
Speaker 1: I mean he's the person who comes in there every day,

919
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: you know, it comes to work, competes, you know, he

920
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,400
Speaker 1: sees you know, everybody on the field. You know. So

921
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:20,960
Speaker 1: it's it's fun and it's been excited. You're you're kind

922
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 1: of a football tape heads favorite. Throughout your career, You've

923
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 1: been in some spots, um where the production depended sometimes

924
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 1: on the offense around you. Sometimes it's huge. Uh do

925
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:36,280
Speaker 1: you think that in this spot you're surrounded You mentioned

926
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,839
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald. I'm sure he's one of these guys by

927
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 1: like a lot of like minded people. Yeah, you know

928
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 1: again that's that's what makes it special, you know again, um,

929
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,960
Speaker 1: being around guys that are like minded in a sense

930
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 1: of you know, like I said before, the dedication or

931
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 1: did they put in you know, each and every day

932
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: Like I said before, when you're playing with great players

933
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:55,719
Speaker 1: like that, man, it does nothing but challenge you to be,

934
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 1: you know, as as good as you can be, you know,

935
00:46:57,880 --> 00:46:59,400
Speaker 1: and and again each and every day, you know, like

936
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:01,440
Speaker 1: I said before, men if I don't know if anybody

937
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 1: has watched you know, his workouts or you know, they

938
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: don't allow us, you know, Cooper cut when he's working

939
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:10,640
Speaker 1: out or and things like that. And when you're around

940
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:12,560
Speaker 1: you know, great guys like that man, Like I said before,

941
00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:13,880
Speaker 1: it brings the best out of you. So you're kind

942
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 1: of under the radar. And now you're gonna be with

943
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 1: the Rams. You know, you're playing kickoff game and you're

944
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 1: kind of known as you know, you're a quiet receiver

945
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,640
Speaker 1: who goes about his business on the field. Now that

946
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 1: you're in l a any thoughts to like wrapping or

947
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:30,759
Speaker 1: acting or maybe like a celebration after every first down

948
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: where you now, I just mean like where you like

949
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,680
Speaker 1: embarrass the person that you are playing against and is

950
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:38,799
Speaker 1: a family like just as a way to build your

951
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: brain's slightly psychotic, just to let you know if that's

952
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:44,400
Speaker 1: no man again, for me, it's about going to getting

953
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 1: my work done. You know, at the end of the day,

954
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:47,640
Speaker 1: everything has to take care of itself. You Like I

955
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,239
Speaker 1: said before, Man, I came out here very focused, you know,

956
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:52,239
Speaker 1: and and I want to continue to you know, not

957
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 1: only be that, but but continue to enhance my game,

958
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:56,880
Speaker 1: you know, and as cliche as it may sound, as

959
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 1: being the best player that you could be. You know,

960
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:00,320
Speaker 1: for me, that's been my main for because you know,

961
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 1: since the dad step foot in this building, you know,

962
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,000
Speaker 1: and that will continue to be my ultimate focus. Did

963
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh you know they were when when Odell Beckham

964
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 1: came to the Rams last year, was a lot of

965
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,280
Speaker 1: chatter that he got on the phone with Oldell Beckham

966
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:11,880
Speaker 1: and said, this is how you're gonna be used, this

967
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,600
Speaker 1: is why the Rams fit you. Did he make special

968
00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 1: pitches to you? Did he go out of his way

969
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 1: to make this the most attractive landing spot? Yeah? Again,

970
00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: you know we we we spoke, you know, before we

971
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:24,960
Speaker 1: um came to agreement on the deal. But again, I mean, uh,

972
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:27,320
Speaker 1: I said this other day. But I don't think that

973
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:29,640
Speaker 1: they knew that they had to sell me as much

974
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 1: as they you know, I mean I had been able

975
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 1: to to watch you know, his system and Matthew and

976
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,239
Speaker 1: those guys from Afar, you know, for for for a

977
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 1: good little while, you know. So again they like this answer.

978
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 1: They like that Mark likes to think it was his

979
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 1: question that's gonna hi. I think it was from a

980
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:49,520
Speaker 1: large friday of people here but yeah, you know, he

981
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 1: put on some tape and show how it will be

982
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:53,400
Speaker 1: using things like that, you know, and and again you know,

983
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 1: I saw myself sitting there with all right, So last

984
00:48:56,040 --> 00:49:00,239
Speaker 1: question from Detroit. You were in Chicago, No for the

985
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: deep dish and it's the Midwest or the brat worst

986
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,400
Speaker 1: and all that stuff. Here in southern California, Mexican is

987
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:10,320
Speaker 1: huge as great food. What is the Detroit food? What

988
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:12,879
Speaker 1: is the food from where you go out that's the best?

989
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 1: I would say, uh, and this may sound crazy to

990
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:20,000
Speaker 1: some people, and I say it's all the time. You

991
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:23,359
Speaker 1: gotta if you're ever in Detroit. They have Detroit style

992
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: pizza very popular. Now, wait a second, I love pizza

993
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 1: and pizza. Gotta tell me about Detroit pizza. It's not

994
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:34,879
Speaker 1: quite deep dish, but it's more so kind of like pain.

995
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 1: Some people do it differently. Some people have a little

996
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,080
Speaker 1: bit of a sauce on top. So I not. But

997
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:41,480
Speaker 1: if you if you go to Detroit acts around, my

998
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:45,719
Speaker 1: favorite is Jets Pizza. Shout out the Jets. Um. They

999
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:47,880
Speaker 1: have a Detroit style pizza and A and and a

1000
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: few other spots, but Detroit style pizza is the way

1001
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:52,360
Speaker 1: to go for sure l A has a few Detroit

1002
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:56,200
Speaker 1: style pizza spots. Go do a little grubblup search you'll

1003
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 1: find it. Mark, You're way more knowledgeable on the subject.

1004
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:01,400
Speaker 1: That's a guy has not a big food I I

1005
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:04,400
Speaker 1: almost fought Detroit pizza the other Now I'm gonna do it.

1006
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:09,120
Speaker 1: I'm Allen Robinson. May you find great success, big numbers

1007
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:11,960
Speaker 1: and plenty of Detroit style pizza here in Los Angeles.

1008
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,920
Speaker 1: Best of lucky, Thank you, appreciate you. All Right, there

1009
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,759
Speaker 1: goes Allen Robinson, and we are wrapping up our day

1010
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,680
Speaker 1: here that you see Irvine, the home once upon a

1011
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 1: time of Amica Rosenthal. What a time she had. Maybe

1012
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: she fell in love for the first time here. I

1013
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:31,680
Speaker 1: don't want to know about. Yeah, we'll have her on

1014
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:36,320
Speaker 1: later to talk about I'm but before we leave, we

1015
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:41,720
Speaker 1: could not we could not leave the Rams world without

1016
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:44,760
Speaker 1: talking to one of our favorite people in the world.

1017
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:47,600
Speaker 1: She is on Mount Rushmore. Was one of the greats

1018
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 1: in the history of our show. Uh and now she

1019
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 1: is basically elevated beyond us as big time talent for

1020
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:58,080
Speaker 1: the Rams. You know what I'm talking About's Ricky Hollywood Erica.

1021
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:01,280
Speaker 1: What's up high? It's so good to see you guys.

1022
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: I know, yeh, Like it just feels like it's another podcast,

1023
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 1: except you're wearing Rams merch. Yeah that's not that far removed. Yeah,

1024
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: that's true. Now, it's definitely different, but far away from us?

1025
00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,840
Speaker 1: Is that? Do I take that symbolically to mean anything

1026
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 1: of any nature? I wouldn't. I wouldn't, but I mean

1027
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:21,479
Speaker 1: you can look into it however you want. What's going on, Ricky.

1028
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 1: You've been now with the with the Rams for about

1029
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:26,719
Speaker 1: a month, right, Yeah, what are you doing? So? They

1030
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:28,800
Speaker 1: have me doing a lot of stuff. I'm doing the

1031
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 1: Morning Minute, which has been doing really well on so

1032
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:37,640
Speaker 1: Shart getting noticed by the fans over the Morning Minute. Yeah, yeah,

1033
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:43,280
Speaker 1: exactly rams into every word um no um to Kobe.

1034
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,400
Speaker 1: Kobe Durant came up to me and he's like, oh,

1035
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 1: you're the Minute lady. He's one of the bookies on

1036
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:49,839
Speaker 1: our defense, which is great. Um. So yeah, it's been

1037
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,680
Speaker 1: really good that we have a celebrity flag football match today.

1038
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,560
Speaker 1: I actually convinced Rachel Bonetta to come down again, so

1039
00:51:55,719 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: she's playing in that they about us we're here. I

1040
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:05,080
Speaker 1: did actually pitch you guys and they passed. I know

1041
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:07,080
Speaker 1: that what I did try. I did say, do you

1042
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 1: want me to reach out to any of the and

1043
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:12,520
Speaker 1: I have cannons to the fortunate money to be in

1044
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:16,920
Speaker 1: a flag football game. And I'm not worried about the

1045
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:19,080
Speaker 1: other people, but I just want to be either on

1046
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 1: marks team or an opponent. Either way would be delightful.

1047
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:26,120
Speaker 1: I would love Greg via Mark Gregg's lining up in

1048
00:52:26,239 --> 00:52:30,040
Speaker 1: the slot, Mark lining up as the nickel corner and

1049
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:33,000
Speaker 1: let's just let's just jam them at the line of scrimmage.

1050
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:38,239
Speaker 1: Let's rock dense press coverage. That's not happening. No, I

1051
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:41,960
Speaker 1: don't think so, that's that's amazing. You're experiencing training camp

1052
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,400
Speaker 1: in a way you're real like football football guy, now

1053
00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:49,440
Speaker 1: football girl. Like you're here literally every day. We've never

1054
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:52,840
Speaker 1: been We've never like experienced training camp where you're like,

1055
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:56,759
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like, no, it has been

1056
00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:59,319
Speaker 1: nice and has been great to be here every day,

1057
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:01,719
Speaker 1: but yeah, no, it is a completely different experience to

1058
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:05,360
Speaker 1: sort of being at the facility and with you know,

1059
00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:08,600
Speaker 1: I'm staying at the players Hotel, so you know, getting

1060
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:13,239
Speaker 1: coffee in the morning, really getting to Players Hotel, very

1061
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:16,840
Speaker 1: nine breakfast, yep, Jim is great. There's also a player's

1062
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:19,239
Speaker 1: gym that they like built in a ballroom for them

1063
00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:22,719
Speaker 1: as well. Um, do you have a nice Oh yeah,

1064
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:27,319
Speaker 1: everything is everything, the arms, Yeah it was. It's been

1065
00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:29,480
Speaker 1: really great. But no, it's been awesome to be here,

1066
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,399
Speaker 1: you know, every day in a way that I wouldn't before.

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00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,440
Speaker 1: You know, we've come down here together as a as

1068
00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:36,160
Speaker 1: a show and you sort of just see something. It's

1069
00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:39,160
Speaker 1: a walk through day today, you're not gonna see much regardless,

1070
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:42,800
Speaker 1: but being on the inside and getting to experience this

1071
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:45,879
Speaker 1: energy in a different way, and I'm really just loving.

1072
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:47,880
Speaker 1: So you've got to know some of the players, I

1073
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:49,880
Speaker 1: would imagine, because when they come on and talk to us,

1074
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 1: it's like the trio a bozos will get through this

1075
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:54,520
Speaker 1: in six seven minutes. But when now you've built a

1076
00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:56,279
Speaker 1: relationship with some if any of them stood out as

1077
00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:58,279
Speaker 1: like I really like this person. I like to hang

1078
00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:01,439
Speaker 1: out with this player up firstly, Yeah, or someone who's

1079
00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:05,920
Speaker 1: been out but you can't get the real sc Yeah,

1080
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 1: I know. Everyone has been phenomenal and they just put

1081
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 1: their best foot forward. Every single day has been fun. Honestly,

1082
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:17,359
Speaker 1: everybody here has such a unique personality. It's been really

1083
00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:20,600
Speaker 1: phenomenal to get to know each and everyone. He's great,

1084
00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:22,719
Speaker 1: he's great. It's got a great like you hang out,

1085
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:24,840
Speaker 1: we have like a one on one. But yeah, I

1086
00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:27,200
Speaker 1: was like, oh hey, I Tennisalbo in college. Like it

1087
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:31,759
Speaker 1: got better than I got fired. Um No, it's been good. No,

1088
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,920
Speaker 1: I mean they have real personalities. Matt Gay the kicker

1089
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:39,520
Speaker 1: actually is very very funny. Um, they said hi to

1090
00:54:39,719 --> 00:54:42,320
Speaker 1: my son. He was walking by and went out of

1091
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,640
Speaker 1: his way to say hi. He's been he's been really,

1092
00:54:44,920 --> 00:54:48,600
Speaker 1: he's been really good. Um what else where can people like?

1093
00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:51,240
Speaker 1: What can people expect from you in your first season?

1094
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:54,480
Speaker 1: I know, I think it's very cool, Like in all seriousness, Um,

1095
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,879
Speaker 1: you you were a producer and did such a great job,

1096
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:59,400
Speaker 1: but we always felt and I know you felt the

1097
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:02,200
Speaker 1: way way because you have such great ambition and drive

1098
00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:04,400
Speaker 1: that you wanted to do something more in the in

1099
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:05,840
Speaker 1: front of the camera. Like what are you going to

1100
00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:08,520
Speaker 1: be able to do this year with the Rams? Well,

1101
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:10,800
Speaker 1: it's been it's been phenomenal so far. I've used that

1102
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:13,040
Speaker 1: word a lot. I'm gonna stop saying phenomenal. I know,

1103
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:16,239
Speaker 1: I know, Um, I've started a lot. Who you guys

1104
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,919
Speaker 1: already spoke with j Blong and Jordan. I've been able

1105
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:20,879
Speaker 1: to hang out with them every day and really kind

1106
00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:23,919
Speaker 1: of dig in and it's so fun, you know, having

1107
00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:28,320
Speaker 1: Jordan's explained to me the difference between the defensive schemes

1108
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:30,160
Speaker 1: that they're running, and I feel like I'm really learning

1109
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:33,400
Speaker 1: a lot about this team specifically, which I love. But

1110
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:36,360
Speaker 1: also I'm going to be doing. You know, I have

1111
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:40,000
Speaker 1: a I'm interviewing Aaron Donald later today after practice. Um,

1112
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 1: I guess I could give an exclusive. I am dropping

1113
00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:50,000
Speaker 1: a podcast pretty soon on the Rams, so so check

1114
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:54,520
Speaker 1: that out Around the Rams podcast Around the Rams. Yeah, exactly, exactly.

1115
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:56,920
Speaker 1: So yeah, no, just a bunch of social content. They

1116
00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,520
Speaker 1: also want me to do the Code of Conduct video

1117
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:03,279
Speaker 1: that will play before every Rams game on the huge

1118
00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:06,520
Speaker 1: video board. Should we I guess we we should come

1119
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:10,080
Speaker 1: clean to the Around the Rams podcast. It's Ricky Mark,

1120
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,399
Speaker 1: myself and Grave Digger as the producer. Oh my god,

1121
00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:15,520
Speaker 1: I love that sounds amazing. We were looking. We didn't

1122
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:18,000
Speaker 1: know one to tell you. Graver misses the show. Lindsay

1123
00:56:18,040 --> 00:56:22,320
Speaker 1: Fulton is going to step right in. Yeah, an Erica,

1124
00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:26,520
Speaker 1: any commentary on Grave Digger. I know you've you've kept

1125
00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:28,279
Speaker 1: any year out for the show since you left, you

1126
00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:31,279
Speaker 1: think like one to tenant again, we're in the trust tree.

1127
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:33,719
Speaker 1: We all know each other for so long. One to ten.

1128
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:36,000
Speaker 1: How's Justin doing so far? Being honest, I think it's

1129
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:37,799
Speaker 1: an eleven. I think he is such a perfect fit

1130
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:42,680
Speaker 1: for the positive person. Now. I feel show have you

1131
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:45,600
Speaker 1: listened to? I feel like I could count them on knowing? Yeah, yeah,

1132
00:56:45,719 --> 00:56:50,440
Speaker 1: one maybe one. Socially, did you go you're tracking the

1133
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:53,200
Speaker 1: show closely? Yeah? No, no, no, no, I um, I

1134
00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:57,000
Speaker 1: did listen to actually your guys Watson um pod the

1135
00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:58,759
Speaker 1: whole thing. I did listen to that. I wanted to

1136
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:01,839
Speaker 1: know your your take saw it. That was a real howler. Yeah,

1137
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,439
Speaker 1: Sean actually produced that one, so he didn't he didn't

1138
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:09,240
Speaker 1: even listen, right, Yes, No, I mean Justin's phenomenal again,

1139
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:12,200
Speaker 1: phenomenal take a shot every time I say the um.

1140
00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:15,240
Speaker 1: But also, you know Justin has been editing and posting

1141
00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:19,560
Speaker 1: the show for a year when I was there, he's done,

1142
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:21,880
Speaker 1: but you haven't checked it out, but you assume. No.

1143
00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:24,520
Speaker 1: I think he's a great. Fans seemed to love him.

1144
00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:27,600
Speaker 1: I think there wasn't a really you know, Big titoons

1145
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:31,120
Speaker 1: present on the pod before and here's you guys are

1146
00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 1: really hitting that. Finally, there's a big poster that arrived

1147
00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:37,000
Speaker 1: at the studio from a fan a few days ago

1148
00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:40,720
Speaker 1: and on the Mount Rushmore. Uh there were I believe

1149
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:44,080
Speaker 1: six of them. Yeah, I supposed to be too many.

1150
00:57:44,080 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 1: I would argue, do you think did that strike you? Well,

1151
00:57:46,760 --> 00:57:50,400
Speaker 1: obviously you're on it in the image, um, along with

1152
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:56,800
Speaker 1: t D, Zach Goldman, Irish, Crystal Rich k rich In

1153
00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 1: las Cid. Oh yeah, Irish Brandon McGinnis. He looked in

1154
00:57:59,840 --> 00:58:01,840
Speaker 1: the picture. I thought it was like a young woman

1155
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:04,320
Speaker 1: and I thought they were confused. He's got very keep

1156
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:07,439
Speaker 1: building bridges. Yeah, do you think that maybe it should

1157
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:09,840
Speaker 1: have been cut down to four and perhaps just one?

1158
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:15,280
Speaker 1: I mean, personally everybody has you know, their own was

1159
00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:17,520
Speaker 1: phenomenal as it was. I think you know you guys.

1160
00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:20,280
Speaker 1: I think our fans and our fans I speak for

1161
00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:25,160
Speaker 1: the last five years do a phenomenal job of finding

1162
00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:28,560
Speaker 1: bits and pieces to love about everybody. So there's plenty

1163
00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:31,880
Speaker 1: of room up there on the shoulders of great and

1164
00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 1: I am it. I'm also liking that the Rams fans

1165
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:38,640
Speaker 1: who like come up and then they look up for

1166
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:40,800
Speaker 1: half a second. It is like, should we know these people,

1167
00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:43,080
Speaker 1: and then they're like now, and then they keep moving.

1168
00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:47,320
Speaker 1: I think, uh, I think, Erica, you were really proud

1169
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:49,360
Speaker 1: of you and thank you. It's so it's so cool

1170
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:52,280
Speaker 1: to see you take this next step and don't forget

1171
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:55,880
Speaker 1: about us when you're delivering your Emmy speech. I feel

1172
00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:59,560
Speaker 1: like an Emmy. Maybe maybe that I've been talking to them. Actually,

1173
00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:03,800
Speaker 1: we're at a a little function last night and I

1174
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:06,720
Speaker 1: was talking with them about potentially, you know, the draft

1175
00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 1: video was such a hit. I was like, I really

1176
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:11,360
Speaker 1: want to meet um. They have some like Netflix producers

1177
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 1: in town and stuff like. I'm like, I really need

1178
00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:15,560
Speaker 1: to keep working on my brand and I would love

1179
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:18,320
Speaker 1: to be in the next video. Um. And and that

1180
00:59:18,440 --> 00:59:23,200
Speaker 1: didn't seem completely on the docket for for first steps,

1181
00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:25,240
Speaker 1: but I think we're making it. And also to it

1182
00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:28,000
Speaker 1: did give me a little bit of joy to see

1183
00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:30,960
Speaker 1: you guys walking over here, slipping your backpack, sweating as

1184
00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:33,880
Speaker 1: the golf cart drove me to drop me off. So

1185
00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:38,360
Speaker 1: I did get a little little bit of pleasure. Yes, Erica,

1186
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:42,800
Speaker 1: thank you so much. Good guys, Thank you everybody for listening.

1187
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:46,000
Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday with another week of shows.

1188
00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 1: Thank you to the Ramps. For having us. Thank you

1189
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:55,000
Speaker 1: to everyone else for your support. Jordan's j B Allen Robinson.

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00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:59,720
Speaker 1: You guys, that was fun all right until Monday. You

1191
00:59:59,800 --> 01:00:02,760
Speaker 1: know you gotta do what you said. All the names,

1192
01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:06,520
Speaker 1: yeah you didn't say mine didn't started started lead with

1193
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:13,160
Speaker 1: Ricky Hollywood and especially Erica Tempose a k A. Ricky Hollywood,

1194
01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:25,040
Speaker 1: Ricky phenomenal, certified phenomenal. Until Monday, we're all ramily dude, clutey,

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01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:28,080
Speaker 1: mark me too. He's a call