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Speaker 1: Everybody. Welcome to Between the Horns and Miles Simmons with

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Speaker 1: DeMarco far It is about ten fifty Pacific time here

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Speaker 1: in sunny Los Angeles, California, where the Los Angeles Rams

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Speaker 1: are ten and scare me right now? Yeah, I gotta

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Speaker 1: be honest, I am. I'm intimidated. I can't even look

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Speaker 1: at you. Get out of here, man, serious, I think

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Speaker 1: we just will. Love has witnessed probably one of the

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Speaker 1: greatest games season games in the history of the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Beyond um, one of the best games, if not the

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Speaker 1: best game I've ever seen live in person. Um. You

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Speaker 1: hear stories about stuff like that, you do, and it's

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Speaker 1: usually some sort of fish story, but it's all true.

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Speaker 1: I mean really, right, five takeaways and they still score

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Speaker 1: fifty one point right, No, that defies logic exactly. And

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Speaker 1: not only that, but you get two defensive touchdowns from

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Speaker 1: the same guy. Amazing, and they had one. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you will never see a game like that ever again

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Speaker 1: unless you match the same two teams next week, right yeah,

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Speaker 1: with the same set of circumstances, right yeah, which will

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Speaker 1: never happen again. God willing, I think what you're saying

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Speaker 1: about the circumstances, right, you know, I mean from the

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Speaker 1: standpoint of okay, you have the shooting that here, and

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Speaker 1: then you have the fires that happen here that closed

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Speaker 1: then you have the Rams going to Colorado Springs to

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Speaker 1: you know, practice to play in altitude that doesn't happen

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Speaker 1: to play in Mexico, and then that gets switched on

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Speaker 1: a Wednesday, it was I think to a Tuesday Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: I don't know when it was prep week. Oh my god.

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Speaker 1: If I had a flat tire on a Tuesday during

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Speaker 1: a game week, especially this game, I might have freaked out. Right, Oh,

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Speaker 1: let's just change the venue and be at your best

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Speaker 1: come game day. That's wow. Wow, you're playing another nine

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Speaker 1: and one team especially you know, to have that game

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Speaker 1: moved and all the circumstances, and then you know, we're

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Speaker 1: I don't know how many people know this either, but

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Speaker 1: and everything. So I didn't step into my apartment until

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Speaker 1: two am on Saturday. Well, I like again, the circumstances

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Speaker 1: just piled up, piloup piled up. And I think when

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Speaker 1: you think about Sean mcvagh and the way his teams

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Speaker 1: have performed over the last you know, to one plus years,

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Speaker 1: based two years now, when their backs are against the wall,

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Speaker 1: when the circumstances are basically saying, all right, this is

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Speaker 1: gonna be a tough game for you, that's when they

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Speaker 1: seem to perform at their best. Amazing. To put all

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Speaker 1: that aside. It's not look. I mean this as the

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Speaker 1: highest level of compliment I can get. It's Navy seal,

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Speaker 1: like you put aside everything to get the mission done,

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Speaker 1: no matter how you're feeling the weather, if you got

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Speaker 1: to move, what have you. It's the mission is the mission,

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Speaker 1: and you stay on point. It is tough to be

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Speaker 1: a pro athlete. I know it's fun. You get paid

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Speaker 1: especially when you have things like the shooting. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: are the average American citizen who's doing something extraordinary, but

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Speaker 1: else and you want to be free to express those

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Speaker 1: But you have to go to practice, You have to

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Speaker 1: It's there's only so much you can do. And this

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Speaker 1: It's emotional. People want to express themselves, but you've got

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes all at the same time, right, and to

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Speaker 1: get it done on football's biggest stage when all eyes

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Speaker 1: it really best in his press conference last week. You know,

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks, against the divisional opponent that in a

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Speaker 1: But taking care of business that was great from the

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Speaker 1: They were so invested, and I kept saying to myself,

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Speaker 1: because they are so into this right now. It was amazing.

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Speaker 1: It was a game fit for Hollywood. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: glad we didn't have to go to Mexico City. But

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Speaker 1: This game was so right for losses. Yeah, it's immediately

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Speaker 1: it was perfect, right, Yeah, yeah, I mean I wonder

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Speaker 1: And that's that'll be the ending, that'll be the that'll

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Speaker 1: be cool. See, that'll be the saying, you know, Hollywood,

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Speaker 1: know while I'm up here? Ten and one? No, I

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Speaker 1: I have no idea. I don't either, all right, Regardless,

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Speaker 1: a fifty four to fifty one game, which is which

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Speaker 1: one hundred and five points. Well, it's the highest scoring

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Speaker 1: and walls. Yeah. Wow, you know, if you're Kansas City,

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Speaker 1: how do you feel. You can't feel too bad about yourself.

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Speaker 1: It's weird though, because there were so many good defensive

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Speaker 1: for him. Now, why because we're going to expect this

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Speaker 1: seeing it. Well exactly, I think that's part of it.

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Speaker 1: starting to play football once the ball is snapped. Here's

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Speaker 1: a rule of thumb for all defensive players. The first

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Speaker 1: So that's what I like about him. That gap is

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Speaker 1: a lot about wide receivers especially count the reps. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: I heard it was I was watching This is Funny

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Speaker 1: at Joe Rogan podcast or something about Joe Rogan and

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Speaker 1: he was learning how to hunt with a bow. I

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Speaker 1: He is playing his best football he's ever played in

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Speaker 1: unprecedented really for an interior lineman to play as well

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Speaker 1: is that the performance from Aaron Donald is consistent and

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Speaker 1: just a great player, deal with it. Yes. Yeah. So

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Speaker 1: He says, you haven't earned that yet. Welcome to the league.

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Speaker 1: So Aaron gets held on pretty much every single place,

425
00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,520
Speaker 1: so he appeals to the official who doesn't make the call.

426
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,480
Speaker 1: Well that gets frustrating, yea. So the battle goes from

427
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,679
Speaker 1: the guy you're playing against and the quarterback to that

428
00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,679
Speaker 1: white hat. Oh you're not gonna help, Well, I'll just

429
00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,280
Speaker 1: help myself. Yeah. Yeah, when you're that good, you can yes, yeah,

430
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,040
Speaker 1: you can do that. Yes. And he's unique enough that

431
00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,160
Speaker 1: he can do that because most guys cannot. No, no,

432
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,120
Speaker 1: But that's that's a unique deal where a guy can

433
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:15,040
Speaker 1: actually go beyond officiating, yeah, and make his own luck,

434
00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,240
Speaker 1: so to speak. Yes, Yes, I think Ablecome's second defensive

435
00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,000
Speaker 1: touchdown was also making your own luck in a lot

436
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,760
Speaker 1: of ways because on matt play it looked like some

437
00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,600
Speaker 1: a little bit of an RPO where Mahomes kept the

438
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,480
Speaker 1: ball and then decided to fire outside. But what abucom

439
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,680
Speaker 1: did was, I mean they always tell you this, you know,

440
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,200
Speaker 1: when you can't get when you cannot get to the quarterback,

441
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 1: get your hand up trying to make something happen. Maybe

442
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,440
Speaker 1: you'll tip the ball, maybe something else will happen. He

443
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,120
Speaker 1: tips it up, lands right in his arms, and then

444
00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:46,840
Speaker 1: he just takes off running towards the end zone and

445
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,439
Speaker 1: it ends up as I think a twenty five year

446
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,879
Speaker 1: old touchdown. Well, I mean, great athletic play, and that's happened.

447
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,360
Speaker 1: You've seen that before on screens, to where a guy

448
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,919
Speaker 1: gets into the rhythm of the play and he reads it.

449
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,600
Speaker 1: I bet they would say to Mahomes, way to beat,

450
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,680
Speaker 1: because he was it was almost by road called play.

451
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,200
Speaker 1: I'm throwing the screen and he just never even saw him.

452
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,680
Speaker 1: But credit to Sampson for picking off that pass from

453
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,600
Speaker 1: from that angle. But they had talked about that in

454
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,840
Speaker 1: the locker room going after those screens. Screens were a

455
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 1: big part of their game. They're gonna run it out

456
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:20,879
Speaker 1: of this, They're gonna do it out of that. So

457
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 1: we all have to be better at screens, and they

458
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,960
Speaker 1: were challenged up front we have to play screens better.

459
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 1: So no shock that that guy red screen got his

460
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 1: hands in the throwing lane and the ball stuck to him.

461
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,320
Speaker 1: That's just being Johnny on the spot, right, Yeah. And

462
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 1: then I think to get into the end zone. I

463
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,320
Speaker 1: mean after the game he was saying somebody asking them like, hey,

464
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,480
Speaker 1: what are you thinking there? He's like, man, I'm thinking

465
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 1: I got a score. Yeah, he's got a score. Yeah.

466
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,360
Speaker 1: And the fact that he was able to do that,

467
00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 1: I mean, when I watched the replay, basically you could

468
00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:48,919
Speaker 1: tell he put two hands on the ball and was

469
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 1: protecting it but also driving the shoulder so that Tyrell

470
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,359
Speaker 1: popped it. I know, a saying with Tyreek Hill and

471
00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,400
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes could not bring him down before he got

472
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,120
Speaker 1: into the bot and that was a huge play. That's dude, Um,

473
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 1: one of the best plays of the game of the year.

474
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,720
Speaker 1: That's one guy taken on too and he's doing it

475
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,680
Speaker 1: for himself, he's doing it for the crowd, he's doing

476
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,440
Speaker 1: it for you, your teammates. I mean, that's that's that's

477
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,880
Speaker 1: bowling a guy into the Enzo. But when you see

478
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,919
Speaker 1: a guy scoop and score and it's seamless, and I

479
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,639
Speaker 1: think there were two recoveries that were seamless and perfect

480
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,200
Speaker 1: where the ball didn't get out of there once the

481
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 1: Rams got their paws on it. Sampson scored with his

482
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: one of them. To me, that's mark of a well

483
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 1: coached team. He didn't panic at the moment of truth,

484
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's like, Um, you see

485
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,760
Speaker 1: teams when they do get the ball out, they're so happy,

486
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 1: and then when they have a chance for a scoop

487
00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 1: or at least a recovery, they they flub it. Yeah,

488
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:45,640
Speaker 1: they get too excited or exactly one guy's thinking espn no, no,

489
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 1: no, no no no, instead of the recovery. So that's a

490
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 1: guy that relaxed in the heat on Monday night, separated

491
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: himself from the environment, and just focused on the ball. Yeah,

492
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 1: that's that's great coaching, that's great play, right exactly, And

493
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,480
Speaker 1: that to me, Look, we I think can talk a

494
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,000
Speaker 1: lot about the fact that there were fifty one points

495
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,959
Speaker 1: scored by the opposition, But Jean McVay brought this up,

496
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 1: and I think it's true. There were a lot of

497
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,920
Speaker 1: good defensive plays ton in that game. And not only that,

498
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:19,040
Speaker 1: but honestly, about fourteen of those points and you can't

499
00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,639
Speaker 1: take them away, like granted, but fourteen of those points

500
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,000
Speaker 1: you really could put on the offense. Yeah, because seven

501
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: were directly caused by the offense on the golf sack fumble,

502
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,679
Speaker 1: and the other was the other golf sack fumble that

503
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 1: was a that was a giveaway. And then Kansas City

504
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,679
Speaker 1: scored on one a really cool screen design where it

505
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 1: was basically three play fakes and then Mahomes goes to

506
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: the right to Kareem Hunt and he runs into the

507
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,600
Speaker 1: end zone. So that if you can't take these fourteen

508
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 1: points away, but if you were to do that, then

509
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 1: it would be fifty four to like thirty six or

510
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 1: something interesting. I mean either way, like you said, it's

511
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,320
Speaker 1: it's one of those games where defensive coaches are scratching

512
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 1: their heads. There's a lot to like, but you look

513
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 1: up and you there's fifty one points on the board,

514
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 1: So you hate that part of it, but you got

515
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 1: to win. So there's a lot of good a lot

516
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: of bad. Um. I would say every player that hit

517
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:15,879
Speaker 1: special there was nothing easy about those plays. They have

518
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:21,240
Speaker 1: special guys that are running special plays. So Tyreek Hill

519
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 1: getting deep on you, well, he's done it to just

520
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:28,320
Speaker 1: about everybody else. Mahomes can't. No one can throw it

521
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,760
Speaker 1: like Mahomes down the field like that, the past that

522
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,879
Speaker 1: goff through to Gerald Everett. I mean, that's high level stuff.

523
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: That's that's big league ball at its best. I mean,

524
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,920
Speaker 1: you could that game alone is your highlight package for

525
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,680
Speaker 1: the year. It could be if the Martians came down

526
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 1: and said, what's football? Just give them that tape? This

527
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,399
Speaker 1: is it? You know what I mean? Yeah, no, I

528
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,919
Speaker 1: agree with you. Um, it's just funny because I mean

529
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 1: Larcus Jordana called the fifty one it was disgusting. As

530
00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,919
Speaker 1: as as a player like I, I hear that, and

531
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: I think that you're right, you know, But LaMarcus Joinner

532
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,439
Speaker 1: is somebody that we have not necessarily talked a lot about.

533
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: But I thought he had a tremendous game. But see

534
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,879
Speaker 1: he's old school, he's a throwback. I mean, everyone's happy,

535
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 1: you know. I think, like Sampson, Sampson said he's been

536
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 1: through games like that at Eastern Washington. I don't think

537
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 1: LaMarcus Joiner has ever been through a game. He doesn't

538
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 1: know how to reconcile that with. I'm supposed to be happy.

539
00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 1: Yeah you wont no, but you won. Yeah, yeah, it's good.

540
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,680
Speaker 1: That's good. Well, and he came up with I think

541
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 1: two big plays. Obviously the interception at the end to

542
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 1: seal it, but also there was a play on the

543
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,640
Speaker 1: left sideline where Tyreek Hill almost looked like he got open.

544
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes fired down to him on third down and

545
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 1: then LaMarcus Joyner just knocked it away. That was a

546
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 1: huge play in the course of the game, because if

547
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: they get that, then who knows what Tyreek Hill can do.

548
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:57,439
Speaker 1: You know. It seemed like and I hadn't had to

549
00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,119
Speaker 1: do a lot of LaMarcus Joiner defending. You know, the

550
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: numbers aren't there. I guess people expected more, um, but

551
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 1: it's not like he's played bad football. There just hasn't

552
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 1: been a lot for him to do, right, so to speak.

553
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: But when people were quick to write him off, I

554
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 1: just simply said that this is a long season and

555
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 1: his final chapter could overshadow everything he's done the first

556
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 1: nine weeks because he could become the most important guy

557
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,119
Speaker 1: back there for the teams you're facing and the situations

558
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 1: you're about to be in. And I think you saw

559
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 1: it on Monday night, absolutely, and it's it's been the

560
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,879
Speaker 1: way that teams have attacked the Rams defense and have

561
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 1: not necessarily gone down the field that vertical on them,

562
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: especially at least in those kinds of situations where the

563
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: defense called is where LaMarcus Jordan would be the one

564
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 1: to help, you know what I mean. I mean I

565
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: think that you could say, okay, the Saints would attack

566
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 1: the Rams vertically like that. But in terms of the

567
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 1: call in the defense, yeah, you know, everybody everybodydown, Yeah,

568
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: and I'm talking about seventy two touchdown. Wait, Phillips have

569
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 1: the call on the defense was not was Marcus Peters

570
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 1: in a one on one situation? Right? There are different

571
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: things that come up over the course of the season

572
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 1: like that. So yeah, he look, he doesn't miss tackles

573
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,480
Speaker 1: for the most part. I thought everybody struggled in New Orleans,

574
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: including him, but he's a short tackler. You always and

575
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,440
Speaker 1: this is this goes back to whatever level of football,

576
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 1: even Pop Warner, you always put your best athlete at

577
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 1: free safety. That's your last line of defense. Make sure

578
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:33,000
Speaker 1: nothing gets beyond you. And he's done a pretty good

579
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: job of that, with the exception of a few routes

580
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: that have gotten behind coverage that he's not a part of.

581
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: Right exactly. So we've gone basically like twenty minutes and

582
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: we've not really talked about the offense in a fifty

583
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:45,959
Speaker 1: four point game, which is kind of fun. I mean,

584
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 1: you could talk about let's talk about the tight ends then. Man. Yeah,

585
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: I thought Tyler Higbee has been a different guy since

586
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,000
Speaker 1: New Orleans. I agree with that. Since that one went

587
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,000
Speaker 1: off his hands in the end zone. I think he's

588
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: been a completely different dude. Yeah, yeah, I agree. And

589
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: maybe it's just because Jared has continued to go back

590
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 1: to him, or maybe it's like, oh, I love that

591
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 1: about him too. I'm in the offense now, you know.

592
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 1: And because we really did not see much tight end

593
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 1: usage in the offense early on in this season. You

594
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 1: ever teach a kid how to play football or teach

595
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 1: him how to catch not real, Okay, never mind, this

596
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: is gonna sound brutal. What you gotta keep throwing it

597
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: at his head, He'll catch it. He's gonna get sick

598
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 1: and tired of that thing hit him in the head.

599
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 1: I'm dead serious. I mean, you tried out to hurt him,

600
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: use a nerve, but I mean I'm being real. And

601
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 1: that's that's what I got with Jared Goff. He's firing

602
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: the football at him. We're gonna work through this, me

603
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: and you. Yeah. Yeah, And you've seen a different guy,

604
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 1: a different player in Tyler Higbee. At least I had well. Look,

605
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: I mean six receptions sixty three yards on seven targets

606
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 1: last night, and that's huge. And then you also have

607
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: Gerald Everett three receptions for forty nine yards and two touchdowns. Yeah,

608
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: so dynamic. Yeah, that's I think as everybody he's sort

609
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,400
Speaker 1: of asked the question, you know, oh my gosh, one

610
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,959
Speaker 1: of the Ram's gonna get more of their tight ends, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

611
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 1: I think part of the reason that you might be

612
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: seeing the Rams use the tight ends more right now

613
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 1: is because Cooper cup is out and like not having

614
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:17,200
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup is extremely significant, and I thought the rams,

615
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 1: the rams, I think compensated for Cup's loss better than

616
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 1: I maybe thought they would, at least initially. In last

617
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 1: night's game. Well, I think there's going to be a

618
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 1: more vertical component to the offense from an interior route

619
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: without Cup. I mean, Cup can do anything any route

620
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: you need, So, yeah, everything is available, which makes him dangerous.

621
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 1: And he can block in the run. Yeah, but I mean,

622
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 1: but for Sean mcvayh in the in the passing game,

623
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 1: it just makes him dangerous. He can get to anywhere

624
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: from anywhere. He's hard to defend that way. He can

625
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: run that route from this spot, and we don't have

626
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: a guy that can cover him that long well with

627
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 1: tight ends like Gerald Everett. It's just going to be

628
00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 1: more vertical. The the the the option is going to

629
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: be can you keep up with this guy and beat

630
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: him to the spot. So last night Sorenson could not right,

631
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: and you've got a quarterback that can put it where

632
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 1: it needs to be. So once this athlete gets over

633
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: the top and gets positioned on you, the ball is

634
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 1: going to be placed perfectly and boom, either it's a

635
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: big play or a touchdown or both. Well, isn't that

636
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: you know, to sort of go back in ramps history,

637
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: like what Mike Martz was always talking about. If you've

638
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: got a one on one situation down the field and

639
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: you've got a mismatch, especially take it. Yeah, of course, yeah,

640
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: if he's ahead. You know it's Randy Moss. M what

641
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 1: did he say one of his famous lines, if I'm even,

642
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: I'm leaving. That means if a defender is even with me,

643
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: throw the ball because I'm gonna leave him. Yeah. But

644
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: if Gerald Everett gets a step and that's and there's

645
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: no one over the top, give it a ride. But

646
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: that was Vernon Davis like that sort of tight end

647
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: play with him. When you can have a guy that

648
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: can get that far down the field from where he

649
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: lined up, if you get time and you have a

650
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: quarterback that can launch it that far, it's a big

651
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: play waiting to happen. It's a mismatch that That's exactly

652
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: why the Rams drafted Gerald Ever when they drafted him

653
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: a two thirty seven to forty four I can't remember

654
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: quite exactly when it happened, but it was in the

655
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: second round. And that's why you pick Gerald Everett there,

656
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 1: because you think that he can make those plays, you know,

657
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:21,480
Speaker 1: and I just like that when you see Everett lining

658
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: up in the different places, and you know, on his

659
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: first touchdown, when he has that little crosser in the

660
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: back of the end zone of you, he gets the

661
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 1: separation he needs to. Jared Goff buys the time in

662
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: the pocket, fires the strike, and Everett makes the catch.

663
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: Those are the things that really I think can separate

664
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 1: him being that big target down there in the red zone.

665
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,040
Speaker 1: Here's where Sean McMahon coaches like him. They become like

666
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: basketball coaches when they get in the red zone, all

667
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 1: of a sudden, they sub in a bunch of big dudes. Yeah.

668
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: So you've got Everett Higbee and then you have Reynolds

669
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,560
Speaker 1: at receiver. I mean so not only do they run

670
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,479
Speaker 1: good routes, and you have a quarterback that could zing

671
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: it in there, that can really spend it. Okay, now

672
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: the game has moved up to about six foot five, right, Yeah,

673
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: I mean so as a defense, as a coordinator, and

674
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,399
Speaker 1: as an athlete, you have to have everything to cover

675
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: that up. You might have your best cover guy, but

676
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,360
Speaker 1: he's five eight. They got the advantage. Yes, you're or

677
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,399
Speaker 1: you have a lanky guy that can cover big dudes,

678
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: but he can't move in space. Trouble again, right, But

679
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 1: that's the difference with those tight ends. And I'm glad

680
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 1: you mentioned Josh Reynolds because again, another guy that's really

681
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: filling in for Cooper Cup. And I think the one

682
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: difference we saw in this game, and it might be

683
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: because it's a more permanent thing with Cup out for

684
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,240
Speaker 1: the entire season as opposed to what he was earlier

685
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 1: in the year. Yeah, but now you've got Reynolds basically

686
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: out there every single play. Yeah, you know what I mean.

687
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: And like earlier in the year when Couple was out,

688
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: they had Nick Williams come in for a couple third downs.

689
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 1: Now it just seems like you're gonna have Cup Reynolds

690
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 1: in woods And because of that, I think that probably

691
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,239
Speaker 1: may have given RELs a little bit more confidence. I

692
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,799
Speaker 1: don't know, but he finished the game with US six

693
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 1: receptions for eighty yards and a touchdown, and that touchdown

694
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,360
Speaker 1: that he had was one really good snag in the indigent.

695
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: My man Courtland at the barbershop had it wrong. Courtland

696
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 1: is a guy at the barbershop. Everybody has a Courtland

697
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 1: than they say or the Clippers fan, you know amongst

698
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 1: a bunch of Laker fans, you know, the Angels fan,

699
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,319
Speaker 1: a bunch of a Dodger fans. He's always that guy.

700
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: He said that the team could fold because Cooper Cup

701
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,480
Speaker 1: went down, like it's going to drag them down, And

702
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: I said, I think you have this wrong. They're gonna

703
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: miss him, but I think they're gonna win for him. Yeah,

704
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 1: he's an inspiration. Yeah. Yeah, they all wish he could

705
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: be there with them. You know, he's the reason they

706
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,279
Speaker 1: have been so good or part of the reason. So

707
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: it's not something well we've lost our guy boo who, No,

708
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: it's let's get one for him. Yeah, yeah, he should

709
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:00,439
Speaker 1: be here. So I think everybody steps into the Boyd.

710
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: He works hard and he raises the bar for everyone,

711
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,800
Speaker 1: including quarterbacks. You have to know more than him, and

712
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: you have to work harder than him because if not,

713
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: it's it's going to show. So guys that are coming

714
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 1: behind him making plays, no shock, I mean they're getting better,

715
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: and they're because they're getting reps in his stead. Yes, exactly.

716
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,879
Speaker 1: If there's one mini criticism that you can make over

717
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: Josh Reynolds, it is get your right foot in bounds

718
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: on that man. I know d Rice has done it,

719
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: you know, Moss, everybody. It happens, I know, yeah, it happens.

720
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 1: Can you learn from it and you know what it's

721
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 1: but that because that honestly, that catch too was really

722
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 1: really good because he dragged the second foot in. But

723
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 1: it was just like you know, it's a game of inches.

724
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: Everybody does it. Do it over a pool, you know,

725
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 1: everybody tries that toe touch that that catch. I don't

726
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: think anybody really has the guts to go all the

727
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 1: way to the ground though. It's always you always fall

728
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,839
Speaker 1: on something soft. Have you noticed that? Yeah, of course, yeah,

729
00:36:57,840 --> 00:36:59,359
Speaker 1: because you don't want to like bust your face try

730
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: to go to the ground on a toe tap, like

731
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,800
Speaker 1: fall on hard cement on your elbows, nothing, trying to

732
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: make the cat. They joined the ball over five times

733
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: in that game. Oh that's right, I forgot. That's the

734
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, one of those

735
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: yeah yeah yeah. Black Cats Sunday I refer to that game, right,

736
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 1: black Cats. Yeah, there was a black cat somewhere. Somebody

737
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: walked under a ladder, broke a mirror. Yeah, probably, Well

738
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: that's what happens when you have five good boys. Um,

739
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:30,479
Speaker 1: but I think from the golf standpoint where like you said,

740
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: I mean he under threw a couple of guys. He

741
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 1: you know, had some in between ers where it just

742
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 1: wasn't right. But the thing that is always impressive about

743
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: Jared is that he doesn't get phased by anything. And

744
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: you know, he's so even Keiley, so consistent. Sean McVay

745
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 1: talks about it every week, and I feel like we

746
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: asked Jared about it every week. But um, that I

747
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,720
Speaker 1: think was the biggest thing in this particular game, because

748
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: after you fumble and they recover and they score a

749
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 1: touchdown and they go ahead, to be able to come

750
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: back after that, go down the field and score right, yeah,

751
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,800
Speaker 1: immediately Basically you hit big plays to Robert Woods, you

752
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: hit one I think to Brandon Cooks as well, Like

753
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 1: those are very significant plays over the course of the game.

754
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: And to be able to come back from that so quickly,

755
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: I think says a lot about him. He never got

756
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 1: off script. He never showed his offense any other demeanor

757
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 1: other than attack, attack, attack. And it's funny, man, I

758
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 1: was watching Jared drive the offense and this is a

759
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: lot of you know, first sound you know, quick offense.

760
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 1: They were. They were really getting up to the line

761
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 1: fast and Steve Young can walk behind me. He was

762
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:43,720
Speaker 1: getting ready for the halftime, and I'm like, this looks familiar.

763
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: It's it's I always thought he was the dude that

764
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 1: like ran his herd hard. Like really, I mean, he

765
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: is really speeding it up, and you can tell his

766
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: own guys are getting tired, but it's it's affecting us

767
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 1: more so. He just speeds up. His tempo was unmatched.

768
00:38:58,520 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: I think that's what put him in the Hall of Fame.

769
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: Watching Jared do the same thing. He's wearing out the

770
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 1: defense while pacing his own offense, and he's constantly pushing them.

771
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,800
Speaker 1: Let's go faster, get set, here's the play, let's go. Eventually,

772
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: they're going to break and you're going to get your breaks,

773
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 1: and I'll give you a break here right, you know,

774
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: out of bounds. So just watching him, it's more than

775
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: a game manager. It's like maestro, you know, watching him,

776
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,280
Speaker 1: watching him orchestrate down the field and just manage everything properly.

777
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 1: Just great stuff. I thought the way the Ram's very tempos,

778
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,439
Speaker 1: especially early on in that game, was really really good.

779
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: I mean the first couple of drives. You really, I

780
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,719
Speaker 1: think saw it. Yeah, they're going down the field, they're

781
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 1: sometimes huddling, then they're going right to the line, or

782
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 1: then they're sometimes huddling and then they'll you know, songs

783
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 1: into the line like usual right, or then they're just

784
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: going no huddle and they're going right. I think that

785
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: probably messes with your mind a lot. As defensive play,

786
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: Oh my god. Yeah, it's it's a different game between downs.

787
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 1: It's a different style of defense. One hurried and you're

788
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 1: trying to line up and you can't get calls out.

789
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden they slow down on you right,

790
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:06,919
Speaker 1: and then you try to sub and you get lulled

791
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 1: to sleep, and then they speed you up again. It's

792
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 1: to be able to do that without a bunch of

793
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 1: false starts, that's a sign of great coaching on that side.

794
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: To be able to do that consistently without shooting, without

795
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:22,279
Speaker 1: messing yourself up constantly is amazing on offense. But to

796
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: do it in reverse, like Okay, now we're going to

797
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 1: go fast and quick count you, and then we're going

798
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:30,960
Speaker 1: to go slow walk to the line, but still quick counting. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

799
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 1: It's just it constantly makes you have to readjust as

800
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 1: a defense, and it never lets you get in a rhythm. No,

801
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,320
Speaker 1: not never. And but that's the beauty of this McVey offense.

802
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,240
Speaker 1: And I just think, you know, watching the McVay offense,

803
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 1: when they did get set, you have to give them credit.

804
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: When the Rams did get set and the chief did

805
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 1: do a good job, or they were incomplete or what

806
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,359
Speaker 1: have you, and the Rams had to get it back

807
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,440
Speaker 1: on second down when it was a set piece, you

808
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 1: have to give Kansas City credit for getting pressure on Jared.

809
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 1: Oh yes, yeah, I mean they really did a good

810
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 1: job with one on one. Well, they're leading the league

811
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 1: in sacks for a reason, you know, and they had

812
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: five in that game last night. So again, like you

813
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 1: can say, okay, there's fifty four points. Where was the

814
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 1: defense was? I mean, like it was there. Yeah, there

815
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: were five sacks in that game. It's just respectable real rushes,

816
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 1: not just Jared ran into a guy or it was

817
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: a covered sack. I'm talking some real beats out there. Yes, yeah,

818
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,439
Speaker 1: that's you have to give them credit for that. Justin

819
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 1: Houston had an excellent game. I mean he gave Andrew

820
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:32,320
Speaker 1: Worthrow the candles and Sapple too. Yes, yeah, yeah, so,

821
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: and he did a great job. I thought of setting

822
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: the edge too on some certain run plays and it

823
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,879
Speaker 1: was really difficult. The Rams a lot of times will

824
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: go to the outside and try to keep the defenses

825
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,800
Speaker 1: on us that way. But in terms of the jet sweeps,

826
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 1: I mean, but like that, especially towards the end of

827
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: the game, where they had a jet sweep with Brandon

828
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,319
Speaker 1: Cooks to the left and Justin Muston was just there

829
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 1: and set the edge and he forced that thing inside.

830
00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 1: That's when you can't get those where Zombian runs and

831
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 1: you can't go left to right like that. That does

832
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 1: take an element away from the McVeigh offense. Obviously, it

833
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,279
Speaker 1: looked like something did happen when he went out when

834
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 1: he was tackled out of bounds either on the first

835
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,760
Speaker 1: or the second drive, and he landed a little bit awkwardly.

836
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,440
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, Sean McVay did not address

837
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 1: that after the game. Maybe he will when we talk

838
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 1: when he has this conference call at about two o'clock.

839
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 1: So it's a couple of hars from when we're recording this.

840
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 1: But basically, in a game like that, it's almost gamesmanship,

841
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,839
Speaker 1: right you're not going to tell the other team, Hey,

842
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley's dealing with this. No, especially when he's not out,

843
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: he can play, and he was still effective in points

844
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 1: in the second half, for sure. But I think it's

845
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: fair to say, like, when that happens and then all

846
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:46,360
Speaker 1: of a sudden you get Malcolm Brown in there, and

847
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,319
Speaker 1: the usage rate of Todd Gurley in the first half

848
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 1: is not what you're used to seeing, it's fair to

849
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 1: raise questions about it. But I mean from the RAMS standpoint,

850
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,719
Speaker 1: I also wouldn't give you many answers about it either.

851
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 1: So that because again he was still playing, he was

852
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 1: able to go in and out. It was late to

853
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 1: a meeting and got benched. Perhaps this kidding, but I

854
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,800
Speaker 1: don't think that. I mean, no one knows the kid. No, no,

855
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 1: I'm just missing her. But no, I mean, look, it's

856
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 1: you have to wait and see and you're never going

857
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 1: to know. So but I would say this, if you

858
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,319
Speaker 1: get into a situation to where you had to throw

859
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:24,439
Speaker 1: at forty nine times, I'm comfortable with that at this point. Yeah,

860
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:26,879
Speaker 1: I think you have the quarterback to do it. Um,

861
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: It's it's not like you're asking a guy to step

862
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:32,800
Speaker 1: outside himself, a guy who's used to throwing eighteen to

863
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 1: twenty passes per game and feeling comfortable with that all

864
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: of a sudden to start throwing close to fifty, right, No,

865
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:42,040
Speaker 1: this guy is he's he's a born thrower. Yeah, yeah,

866
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 1: I as many pass plays as you call is how

867
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: happy he's going to be during the game. This is

868
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: what he's born to do. So if you have to

869
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:51,680
Speaker 1: throw it forty nine times to be competitive and win,

870
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 1: I think they just showed they can do that and

871
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:58,440
Speaker 1: outscore somebody. Yeah. I feel comfortable with that, especially if

872
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 1: you're at home. Man, I think that that's part of

873
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 1: it too. You know, you have that little home field advantage.

874
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 1: The crowd was behind you. You were able to get

875
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 1: in and out of the huddle easily because the crowd

876
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 1: was behind you. It makes a difference what happens if

877
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 1: you didn't have a quarterback that can do that. In

878
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: that same scenario, you think of lose the game. One

879
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 1: dimensional football teams, right, all of a sudden lose that

880
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:19,800
Speaker 1: dimension or have to go away from it. Oh you

881
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:22,320
Speaker 1: mean if I'm sorry, I didn't really understand what you're remitting,

882
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,720
Speaker 1: But like if you're saying, if you rely so heavily

883
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 1: on Todd Gurley. Yeah, that you don't, and you don't

884
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,840
Speaker 1: have a quarterback who's comfortable throwing the ball when he

885
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 1: has to run first teams all of a sudden, when

886
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 1: the run is blunted and you're going to have to

887
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 1: rely on the pass and you can't, Okay, then what happens. Well,

888
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 1: you don't score fifty four points, No you don't. Yeah,

889
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 1: you probably don't score twenty. So this is what I mean.

890
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 1: If you have to We've seen that in the pass

891
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,879
Speaker 1: from this team. If you have to go away from

892
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: a certain area, you feel comfortable loading up heavily on

893
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 1: the other right, it just so happens you can load

894
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,840
Speaker 1: up on the passing game this time. Yes, yeah, yes, exactly. So,

895
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 1: I mean, we'll monitor Todd Gurley. We'll see what happens

896
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:01,879
Speaker 1: after the Bible. But I don't know to me if

897
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:05,280
Speaker 1: it wasn't serious, serious enough excuse me to get announced

898
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 1: as an injury. I don't think it's something that will

899
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,319
Speaker 1: hold him out going forward in Detroit. It's probably something

900
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 1: that you know, what you take this week, your rest,

901
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: you recover, and then you'll feel fresh going into that

902
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 1: pack him an ice, can you do something like one

903
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: of those like Marvel superheroes, like, you know, put him

904
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:26,800
Speaker 1: under and you know, let him sit in water, whatever

905
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:29,840
Speaker 1: that is something, you know, just let him heal. You know,

906
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,640
Speaker 1: that's the best thing about bye weeks is just get

907
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 1: away from football, try not to move for a while.

908
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: Let your body heal up, because when it does, it's

909
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 1: just like working out, because that's all you've basically done

910
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: is beat yourself up exercising. When you get the rest

911
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,799
Speaker 1: and your body heals, you'll be a better athlete when

912
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,759
Speaker 1: you come back. So just get off your feet for

913
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,799
Speaker 1: a week or so. I think the bye week could

914
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: not have come at a better time. Yeah, for this team.

915
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 1: I mean I think all things considered, everything that they've

916
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: been through from you know, and we brought it up

917
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,320
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the show, you know, from everything

918
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,280
Speaker 1: that happened in Thousand Oaks, whether it was the shooting

919
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,280
Speaker 1: or the fires and people getting evacuated from their homes

920
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,279
Speaker 1: and then going to Colorado and you're like, oh, well,

921
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 1: all right, now we're just going to play a game

922
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 1: at home, and you know it's time for to get

923
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:19,280
Speaker 1: these guys some rest. Yes, And the crazy thing about

924
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 1: it is that excuse me. They now are able to

925
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 1: clench a playoff spot just by resting on their laurels. Yeah,

926
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,360
Speaker 1: you've earned the right. That's cool. You have. Yeah, let

927
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 1: the world come to you. I remember, man back in

928
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:33,160
Speaker 1: this is back in the day. This is an old

929
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 1: guy moment. Okay. I thought the coolest thing in the

930
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 1: world was that six disc DVD changes. Oh yeah, dude,

931
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: I used to love that thing. I couldn't wait for

932
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:44,840
Speaker 1: the bow. I had all great movies just loaded up.

933
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: I am not leaving my bed for forty eight hours straight.

934
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 1: I remember, everything will be delivered. Growing up, and my

935
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:53,120
Speaker 1: mom used to have like a four or five disc

936
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:57,320
Speaker 1: CD changer. It was in our den or whatever, so

937
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,640
Speaker 1: like I would play video games and just like have that.

938
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: Oh like, listen to this CD and then this CD's

939
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 1: gonna plays and Ken Griffey Junior slug Fest. Man, it exactly,

940
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:10,320
Speaker 1: And that's exactly what you should be able to do

941
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: at this point. I mean, you're ten and one. Your

942
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: only loss was to a very very very very very

943
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 1: good New Orleans Saints team in their place, where you

944
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 1: tied it up at thirty five in the fourth quarter

945
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:25,000
Speaker 1: after you were with another candidate quarterback. Yeah, and I

946
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 1: don't know, it's really interesting what this team is going

947
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:31,560
Speaker 1: to look like down stretch because after the bye week,

948
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,440
Speaker 1: you expect to get to keep to lead back and

949
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 1: that should help you out tremendously at corner, which I

950
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:40,839
Speaker 1: mean to be Frank Duran's need it. They need him, yes,

951
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,560
Speaker 1: no doubt, yes, yes. And also you're going to have

952
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:46,480
Speaker 1: a more rested Todd Gurley, you're gonna have Sean McVay

953
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,840
Speaker 1: with two weeks to skim against the Detroit Lions. But

954
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:52,520
Speaker 1: give the DB's credit. Even though the yards what they

955
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:55,239
Speaker 1: were what they were, right, they still made a lot

956
00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:58,759
Speaker 1: of plays out there against a very tricky offense. So

957
00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:04,239
Speaker 1: extremely true. Marcus Peters I thought played great ball. I

958
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:06,759
Speaker 1: thought he bounced back. Yeah, there were some moments, but

959
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 1: I thought he fought back and came back and made

960
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:11,719
Speaker 1: one of the biggest plays of the game. Definitely. And

961
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,200
Speaker 1: Troy Hill too, some of the plays he made out

962
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:17,840
Speaker 1: there fighting off blocks to make plays against Travis Kelsey

963
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 1: on screenplays. Yeah, that ain't easy to do, man. That

964
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: that's that's that's hard. That's hard nosed football stuff. Yeah.

965
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 1: I mean Sam Shields drew the tough assignment covering Tyreek Hill,

966
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:32,480
Speaker 1: which I mean, how do you cover that guy? Carl

967
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 1: Lewis and Ben Johnson in the Olympics. Carl Lewis is

968
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,799
Speaker 1: the fastest ben on the planet except not that day.

969
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 1: Did you see the look on his face when Ben

970
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 1: Johnson like passed him up and crossed the finish line first.

971
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 1: Sam Shields can run, maybe he is fast, but Tyreek

972
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,239
Speaker 1: Hill is on a whole different level he is. Yeah,

973
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:54,960
Speaker 1: And so that's why, Like, that's what I know. This

974
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,440
Speaker 1: is like excuse making and I tried not to do that,

975
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 1: but it's Alvin Kamara and Tyreek Hilled to me are

976
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:06,120
Speaker 1: in some ways, it's a comparable situation when people get

977
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: mad like what, oh my gosh, Like why are they

978
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: letting Alvin Kamara do that? Why are they letting tyrekill?

979
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 1: Like they do that to everybody? But you know, why

980
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 1: are they letting like why are they letting a that

981
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:22,360
Speaker 1: Like really two thousand, the two thousand Ravens and the

982
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: eighty five Bears wouldn't be able to compete with those

983
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 1: two guys because they are elite at what they do.

984
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:31,839
Speaker 1: That's blasting me. You can't go out, I'm at any

985
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 1: other defense I'm doing it. Eighty five Bears, two thousand

986
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:39,880
Speaker 1: Ravens steel curtain. I'm sorry, pick another defense. No, Alvin

987
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,879
Speaker 1: Kamara wouldn't last two thousand. They would eat him. Can

988
00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:48,320
Speaker 1: I go there? Two? Were really gonna go two bucks? That? Okay?

989
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:54,000
Speaker 1: Go ahead? That okay. Maybe I'm sorry. I'm putting the

990
00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:56,920
Speaker 1: nine nine Rams in this category too, And I know

991
00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 1: y'all were great, but I'm just saying, like speed, like

992
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: there is there is something very special. Yeah, Tyreek kills speed. No, No,

993
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:09,959
Speaker 1: Tyreek killed a deep cross versus man coverage. Everybody who loses,

994
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,520
Speaker 1: Why are you letting you say Bold beat you? Right? Dude,

995
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: He's just faster than everyone, That's what I mean. So

996
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, you can, you can fuss and

997
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 1: fight all you want about these kinds of things, but

998
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:23,279
Speaker 1: it's like, dude, he's special. It's probably the same thing

999
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:26,879
Speaker 1: team say a week after week about Todd Gurley, would

1000
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:31,240
Speaker 1: well just let this first was now as a franchise

1001
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 1: record of like eleven straight games with seven yeards receivers,

1002
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:38,680
Speaker 1: He's mister consistent consistency. Just go be re killed. Just

1003
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: to answer those questions, I mean, he is fast in

1004
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 1: all directions. He's not just a one trick pony. The

1005
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: guy is good no matter what coverage you roll at

1006
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:50,000
Speaker 1: him or try to use on him. He's good enough

1007
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:52,120
Speaker 1: and has the speed to beat it right. And he's

1008
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 1: got Mahomes, So he's not they're not letting Tyreek Hill

1009
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 1: do anything right. Yeah, he's doing it. That's just how

1010
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,799
Speaker 1: it goes. What was the other question you threw out

1011
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 1: there before I got off on that, Oh, Robert Woods

1012
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:09,800
Speaker 1: mister consistency, absolutely god as reliable as any of the

1013
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:13,280
Speaker 1: best tight ends in the world. He is always available

1014
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 1: and there for Jared Goff. He's there for the offense

1015
00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 1: when you need a play. Yeah, it's true, and that's

1016
00:51:18,239 --> 00:51:20,800
Speaker 1: why he's now. He's on pace to go over a

1017
00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 1: thousand yards receiving in the next couple of weeks, if

1018
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 1: not next week. But if you look at the receiving

1019
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,359
Speaker 1: numbers right now, Woods has fifty nine receptions for nine

1020
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:31,239
Speaker 1: hundred and four yards and Brandon Cooks has fifty nine

1021
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:34,839
Speaker 1: receptions for nine hundred and sixty four yards. There, I mean, well,

1022
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:39,239
Speaker 1: we all wish Cooper Cup were still active and healthy. Yes,

1023
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:43,919
Speaker 1: they're just a great duo and a great trio. They really,

1024
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,600
Speaker 1: really are. It's they're they're special together. And you hope

1025
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,759
Speaker 1: that you can see all three of them healthy next

1026
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:52,160
Speaker 1: season because in the season half of the acts, they're

1027
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 1: all in their contract in twenty twenty. But yeah, they're unselfish.

1028
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:57,920
Speaker 1: They don't care who makes the play because they all

1029
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: think they're making the play. And that's just great. And

1030
00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:03,080
Speaker 1: they all celebrate each other, and they really seem to

1031
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:05,400
Speaker 1: like each other, no doubt. That room, I think is

1032
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,719
Speaker 1: special because you don't have a diva in the group. No,

1033
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:12,239
Speaker 1: that is weird. For wide receivers, whatever route you get,

1034
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 1: whatever route combo you're getting versus what coverage you're in

1035
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,200
Speaker 1: is going to dictate where the ball is going for

1036
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:19,360
Speaker 1: the most part. Yeah, so they can tell if I

1037
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:22,319
Speaker 1: run this hard, I can draw him off to get

1038
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,400
Speaker 1: Cooks on a vertical, or I can get vertical and

1039
00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 1: clear this guy out for Robert Woods coming underneath me. Right.

1040
00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:31,400
Speaker 1: It's and it just works seamlessly, you know, and they

1041
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:34,040
Speaker 1: all celebrate, like you said, with each other. You know,

1042
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,560
Speaker 1: one great catch is one great catch for the football team,

1043
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: no matter whose hands are on it, exactly. I'm also

1044
00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 1: worth noting on the offense that Todd Gurley went over

1045
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 1: a thousand yards rushing in this last game and is

1046
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:49,760
Speaker 1: now he has a forty three yards rushing, thirteen rushing

1047
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: touchdowns for receiving touchdowns. Actually, this is the first game

1048
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:55,080
Speaker 1: that he in regular season game that he did not

1049
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:59,399
Speaker 1: score a touchdown all year at long Wow. The last

1050
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 1: time we say, he scored fifty four points. Yeah, and

1051
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:06,160
Speaker 1: Todd Griley did not have a single touchdown. Who would

1052
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,359
Speaker 1: have thought that? I think if I was in Kansas City,

1053
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:11,200
Speaker 1: I'd start the meeting with that. That might help us,

1054
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 1: I would what's the one positive thing we did? Okay,

1055
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 1: that Todd Griley didn't score? Yeah? Yeah. Um. As we

1056
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 1: get to the bye week though, this is sort of

1057
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:26,759
Speaker 1: a unique time for the Rams where they can you know,

1058
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:30,360
Speaker 1: sort of rest, recover and whatnot. What has been your

1059
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:33,120
Speaker 1: biggest takeaway from the first eleven games of the season.

1060
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:40,200
Speaker 1: Biggest takeaway? Well, okay, there's a lot. Aaron is, Aaron

1061
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:44,680
Speaker 1: is Aaron uh Sue was a great pick up. Jared

1062
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: goff Is. We throw around that word elite and it's

1063
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:54,960
Speaker 1: it's so pass a now, but he's becoming one of

1064
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:57,719
Speaker 1: the better quarterbacks in the league period. Yeah, you know,

1065
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,359
Speaker 1: I think he's I think he owns the division now.

1066
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 1: You know you swept Seattle already he did. Yeah, and

1067
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 1: he's beaten Aaron Rodgers. No matter how you say got

1068
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,319
Speaker 1: it done, he still had more points at the end.

1069
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:15,360
Speaker 1: So he's becoming one of the better quarterbacks in this conference,

1070
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:18,880
Speaker 1: possibly the league. So he's taken a step. Todd Gurley's

1071
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:23,399
Speaker 1: still Todd Gurley. Sean McVay is learning and getting better,

1072
00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:27,399
Speaker 1: taking his beats moving forward and getting better. No matter

1073
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 1: what you say about what happens during the game or

1074
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,479
Speaker 1: the rams could have made it easier, yadi, YadA, YadA.

1075
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:34,200
Speaker 1: He's still lost one game in this entire season. This

1076
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: entire season, he's making He's doing a lot of things right.

1077
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:40,919
Speaker 1: So even the coach and the coaching staff is taking

1078
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:44,719
Speaker 1: a step forward. So the schedule the way it was

1079
00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:48,200
Speaker 1: mapped out, and what has happened to get through Monday

1080
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:52,040
Speaker 1: night to get to the bye week? Wow, Yeah, I

1081
00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:53,759
Speaker 1: don't know that many teams that could have made it

1082
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 1: through with just one loss over Historically, you call this

1083
00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 1: a quarter of the season, right, And you played the Saints,

1084
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,520
Speaker 1: you played the Seahawks, you played the Packers, you played

1085
00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:08,560
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. Three three four teams, I should say,

1086
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:12,040
Speaker 1: with quarterbacks who are maybe one day going to be

1087
00:55:12,120 --> 00:55:14,880
Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame. At three of them have

1088
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:18,080
Speaker 1: won super Bowls, right, and then this fourth one looks

1089
00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:20,759
Speaker 1: like the best thing since slice bread. Let's we can

1090
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:22,399
Speaker 1: call it what it is, right, And I'm not trying

1091
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:24,239
Speaker 1: and I'm not saying that to Dinni Grad Jared Goff,

1092
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:27,600
Speaker 1: but like you, look at what Patrick Mahomes has done

1093
00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:31,279
Speaker 1: in this year. It is absolutely special. So to go

1094
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:34,640
Speaker 1: three and one through that gauntlet, I think you're absolutely right.

1095
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:37,960
Speaker 1: It says a lot about the buttons that McVeigh is putting,

1096
00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:42,440
Speaker 1: is pushing on this team, and he just always seems

1097
00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:44,160
Speaker 1: to be able to come up with the right stuff

1098
00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:47,520
Speaker 1: at the right time. Yeah, especially again you consider what

1099
00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:50,480
Speaker 1: this team has been through the last two weeks and

1100
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:54,400
Speaker 1: to still win both of those games, it's special. You know.

1101
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:56,920
Speaker 1: I know it sounds to people like he's going into

1102
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:59,759
Speaker 1: autopilot when he's answering questions, But it's the truth that's

1103
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:01,839
Speaker 1: mean out of his mouth. That's how that man thinks

1104
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:04,440
Speaker 1: it is. And when he says he's trying to get

1105
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 1: better and he'll do it right, the next time he

1106
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:10,880
Speaker 1: is talking about examining, figuring out how to make that

1107
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:15,359
Speaker 1: one situation better. So let's say he gets ninety five

1108
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:17,680
Speaker 1: percent of it right, Well, he obsesses over the five

1109
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:20,000
Speaker 1: that he didn't, yep, So the next time it comes up,

1110
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:23,239
Speaker 1: it'll be better. That's not just lip service. That's not

1111
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:25,120
Speaker 1: a guy telling the media what they want to hear.

1112
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,560
Speaker 1: He's telling you the truth. And to see that guy

1113
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:30,839
Speaker 1: live it and to see the team execute it has

1114
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:34,080
Speaker 1: been amazing. It's why the Rams play so hard for him,

1115
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:36,839
Speaker 1: you know it. I mean, and they play for each other,

1116
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:38,400
Speaker 1: and they play for the city, and they do all

1117
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,719
Speaker 1: these different types of things. But I think you see

1118
00:56:40,719 --> 00:56:42,920
Speaker 1: a team take on the personality of its head coach, right,

1119
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:44,839
Speaker 1: and talk about that all the time with different things.

1120
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:48,080
Speaker 1: This team is taken on the personality of Sean McVay,

1121
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:52,000
Speaker 1: and that's why you see the way things go and

1122
00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 1: you see how the Rams handle themselves. And it was

1123
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:57,880
Speaker 1: why Sean McBay was so disappointed and the word he

1124
00:56:57,960 --> 00:57:00,920
Speaker 1: used was bothered by the way the penalties came out

1125
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,440
Speaker 1: in that Seattle game, because that's not who they are.

1126
00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:06,560
Speaker 1: And you saw it was much better in terms of

1127
00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:10,359
Speaker 1: the personal fouls and all that against the Kansas City Chiefs. True, yeah,

1128
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:12,120
Speaker 1: because you had a week to correct that and they did.

1129
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:15,919
Speaker 1: But I think you cannot give enough credit to Sean

1130
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:17,760
Speaker 1: mcvagh for the way he's led this team, no, not

1131
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:21,439
Speaker 1: this year, and the fan base that that environment last

1132
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:25,880
Speaker 1: night unbelievable. I mean, there's been certain places I've been

1133
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:32,840
Speaker 1: to that have forever being printed in my head. First

1134
00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:35,200
Speaker 1: time going to Kansas City, yeah wow. And when they

1135
00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:38,200
Speaker 1: did the Home of the Chiefs jumped out of my skin. Yeah.

1136
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:42,360
Speaker 1: Playing at Nebraska when I was in college, just seeing

1137
00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 1: that much read and there were more people out than

1138
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:50,320
Speaker 1: in really it was crazy. Nuts Green Bay for the

1139
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,560
Speaker 1: first time, and seeing how Raucus had got the first

1140
00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:55,760
Speaker 1: time I saw Death Valley LSU and it was it

1141
00:57:55,800 --> 00:57:57,920
Speaker 1: seemed like it was sky high, and I felt like, Okay,

1142
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,920
Speaker 1: this is this must have this must have been what

1143
00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 1: the other guys felt like when they saw the Gladiators

1144
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 1: walk out. Oh the ain't my home, you know what

1145
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:08,280
Speaker 1: I mean? This is bad. And then last night just

1146
00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:13,200
Speaker 1: the energy just kept just seemed to rise. And when

1147
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:15,160
Speaker 1: I said look turning around looking at the people that

1148
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:18,880
Speaker 1: were so invested, everybody, even the celebs, were screaming, Yeah,

1149
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:22,280
Speaker 1: that's how you know you're entertaining people. Yeah, and and

1150
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:24,840
Speaker 1: and the environment was awesome. But just to see the

1151
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:27,720
Speaker 1: buy in from the fan base to this point has

1152
00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:31,439
Speaker 1: been great. That's some of the things that have stood out. Yeah. Yeah,

1153
00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:34,120
Speaker 1: getting to this point and watching that, Yeah, I think,

1154
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:36,760
Speaker 1: you know, you brought up environments that just stick with you.

1155
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:40,560
Speaker 1: Um that the playoff environment from last year's game against

1156
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:43,919
Speaker 1: Atlanta that that's ingrained in my memory is just something

1157
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:47,360
Speaker 1: that was just completely so like that. Yeah, yeah, it did.

1158
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:50,280
Speaker 1: Last night felt like that. Like it was. It was

1159
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:53,960
Speaker 1: a true Los Angeles event. Weren't you tired leaving the stadium?

1160
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:59,120
Speaker 1: I'm still exhawesome, man. Everybody was on their Boston. Everybody

1161
00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:00,880
Speaker 1: was on their best bet. Because I had to walk

1162
00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:02,800
Speaker 1: to the car, it was like a mile walk. Yeah.

1163
00:59:02,840 --> 00:59:05,439
Speaker 1: So I'm walking with fans usually, I mean they're party

1164
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:06,880
Speaker 1: and they're having a good time. You know, they just

1165
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:08,680
Speaker 1: went to a football game, and these people were walking

1166
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:14,680
Speaker 1: home slow. They were tired. They made the joke at

1167
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:16,720
Speaker 1: his postgame press conference, He's like, man, I may need

1168
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:20,600
Speaker 1: an adult beverage from this one. Yeah. Man, Yeah, that's

1169
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:22,479
Speaker 1: that was good stuff. It was. That was good stuff.

1170
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:28,560
Speaker 1: That's what else. Um, gosh, handling the kicking game. You know,

1171
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:31,400
Speaker 1: you have to give Bones Fossil a whole lot of credit. Yeah,

1172
00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:34,280
Speaker 1: he lost his returner, lost his place kicker. Um, and

1173
00:59:34,640 --> 00:59:37,240
Speaker 1: he replaced both and got through it. And you still

1174
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:40,520
Speaker 1: that hadn't cost you. That has not cost you a

1175
00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:42,920
Speaker 1: game at all. That's what I'm saying. That's that's amazing

1176
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:45,480
Speaker 1: to get to this point. So Johnny Hecker also, of

1177
00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:47,880
Speaker 1: all the things that we've talked about in this podcast,

1178
00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:51,800
Speaker 1: he also had a tremendous game. Yeah. Yeah, punting the

1179
00:59:51,840 --> 00:59:55,040
Speaker 1: ball and that was really significant, especially on that last drive.

1180
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:58,320
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill has a green light for any punt because

1181
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:00,160
Speaker 1: there's no way in the world you should feel the

1182
01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:02,360
Speaker 1: punt that deep. Nope, unless you're a bad man. And

1183
01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:05,080
Speaker 1: I did see Dante Hall before the game, the only

1184
01:00:05,160 --> 01:00:06,920
Speaker 1: other guy who had a green light like that. Oh

1185
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:08,960
Speaker 1: you're returning it from the end zone. You must be

1186
01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:12,480
Speaker 1: a bad But that that punt there was great. And

1187
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:15,600
Speaker 1: um the play that McQuaid made to get him out

1188
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:18,160
Speaker 1: of bounds. Yeah yeah, he almost ran me over on

1189
01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:22,320
Speaker 1: the subline celebrating. Dude. Hey, hey, I'm like, are you

1190
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:24,000
Speaker 1: moving in for a fist pump? Are you trying to

1191
01:00:24,080 --> 01:00:26,800
Speaker 1: run me over? But yeah, but that's how fired up

1192
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:29,000
Speaker 1: guys were to make plays. Everybody was in on it

1193
01:00:29,160 --> 01:00:31,200
Speaker 1: last night. I mean that's a true indication when you're

1194
01:00:31,360 --> 01:00:36,960
Speaker 1: when you're a long snapper makes a play. Yeah, that's everybody, everybody. Yeah, yeah, um,

1195
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:40,680
Speaker 1: thanksgivings this week. Yeah, you're looking forward to that. Yeah.

1196
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:45,400
Speaker 1: I love Turkey absolutely, family to get togethers, you know, yeah, yeah,

1197
01:00:45,640 --> 01:00:48,640
Speaker 1: the football everything. It's actually it's a pretty good slate

1198
01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:51,800
Speaker 1: of games this week when you look at it. Lines Bears, Cowboys,

1199
01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:56,600
Speaker 1: Washington Saints, Falcons. Nice who you got from all that? Yeah,

1200
01:00:56,680 --> 01:01:00,600
Speaker 1: come on start again? Go ahead, all right, Lions Bears

1201
01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:02,520
Speaker 1: first one. That's going to be a nine am Pacific.

1202
01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:06,800
Speaker 1: Where's the game in Detroit? I'll take you know, I'll

1203
01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:09,600
Speaker 1: take Chicago in the upset, even if if it's an upset,

1204
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 1: but I take Chicago beating them there true bisky is

1205
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,840
Speaker 1: apparently dealing. I take to take the back forgot you

1206
01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:18,240
Speaker 1: got a shoulder deal. So Cowboys are on the rise,

1207
01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:20,320
Speaker 1: they're playing Washing and you just lost Alex Smith to

1208
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:25,520
Speaker 1: a really gruesome injury. So Dak versus Cult and the

1209
01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:29,040
Speaker 1: game is where games in Dallas I'll take the Cowboys.

1210
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:31,240
Speaker 1: I would take the Cowboys. Yeah, that this big one.

1211
01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:35,760
Speaker 1: Don't lose own Thanksgiving better not yes, exactly, not to Washington,

1212
01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:38,440
Speaker 1: especially in these circumstances. Saints Falcons, though, this is the

1213
01:01:38,520 --> 01:01:42,560
Speaker 1: one that the Rams are a little bit invest Saints Falcons.

1214
01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:44,400
Speaker 1: Where's the game? Oh? I believe the game is in

1215
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:50,920
Speaker 1: New Orleans. Let me check. That's an easy one. Yeah,

1216
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:52,960
Speaker 1: the game is in New Orleans. That's an easy one. Yeah,

1217
01:01:53,320 --> 01:01:55,480
Speaker 1: you gotta take New once there. I mean, but something

1218
01:01:55,560 --> 01:02:00,320
Speaker 1: can happen. But so this is the game because on

1219
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:04,280
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving I can't really either. Yeah, but this game. I mean,

1220
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,080
Speaker 1: if the Falcons win this game, then that would give

1221
01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:10,920
Speaker 1: the Rams that advantage in terms of the tiebreaker, because

1222
01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:13,160
Speaker 1: the Rams are already lost to the Saints. So like

1223
01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:15,960
Speaker 1: home field advantage is now pretty much what the Rams

1224
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:18,000
Speaker 1: are going to be playing for throughout the rest of

1225
01:02:18,080 --> 01:02:21,400
Speaker 1: the regular season. This is a like a stupid prediction,

1226
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:23,960
Speaker 1: but this is the game. Like where Breeze plays well

1227
01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:26,760
Speaker 1: and one of the commercials is him getting off the

1228
01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:30,600
Speaker 1: nationwide bus like Peyton Manning is passing the commercial onto him,

1229
01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:33,959
Speaker 1: just like he's passing all the records onto him. Yeah,

1230
01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:37,920
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say there's no way, but New Orleans will

1231
01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:41,280
Speaker 1: win this game. Well, New Orleans look like I said,

1232
01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:43,160
Speaker 1: I mean, New Orleans now is going to play them.

1233
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:46,400
Speaker 1: They're going to play the Cowboys the next Thursday in Dallas.

1234
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:49,680
Speaker 1: There may be some opportunities if the Rams keep taking

1235
01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:53,880
Speaker 1: care of their business, for the Rams to surpass the

1236
01:02:53,960 --> 01:02:56,280
Speaker 1: New Orleans. See, this is good, This is really good.

1237
01:02:56,360 --> 01:02:59,240
Speaker 1: This is therapeutic for me because I used to always wonder,

1238
01:02:59,320 --> 01:03:01,280
Speaker 1: because I knew we felt in the locker room at

1239
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:03,280
Speaker 1: ninety nine. I wonder if they were saying the same

1240
01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:06,240
Speaker 1: thing about us. Oh, they got their own problems. You know,

1241
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:09,000
Speaker 1: we'll never see them down the road. You will see

1242
01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:11,760
Speaker 1: New Orleans down the road. I think they're they're good. Yes,

1243
01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:14,680
Speaker 1: that's what I'm saying. I think the question is is

1244
01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:15,920
Speaker 1: it going to be here? Is it going to be

1245
01:03:16,040 --> 01:03:20,440
Speaker 1: New Orleans? We'll see. Yeah, yeah, those two teams against

1246
01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:23,320
Speaker 1: New Orleans. I'll take the Saints, yeah yeah, I would too.

1247
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:25,360
Speaker 1: But they do have to play the Panthers twice still,

1248
01:03:25,480 --> 01:03:28,760
Speaker 1: and that's when you it's division and it is cam

1249
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:32,360
Speaker 1: that could change. A lot can be wonky always exactly

1250
01:03:32,680 --> 01:03:36,000
Speaker 1: what's your favorite Thanksgiving said before we let the people go, Oh, well,

1251
01:03:36,200 --> 01:03:38,640
Speaker 1: do you call it stuffing or dressing? I usually call

1252
01:03:38,680 --> 01:03:41,280
Speaker 1: it stuffing, but I don't actually stuff the turkey with it. Okay,

1253
01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:46,760
Speaker 1: dressing is my favorite, no doubt. Yes, good stuff. Oh

1254
01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:50,680
Speaker 1: yes I make I've found recipe once and it's got

1255
01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:56,080
Speaker 1: apples and spicy sausage. Really is primo. I don't even

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Speaker 1: know I will be making that for Thanksgiving. My family

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Speaker 1: has a recipe the Fars for dressing. I don't even

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Speaker 1: want to know what's in it or how you made it.

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Speaker 1: I don't care. I just want to eat. I just

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Speaker 1: want to eat it. Yes, more, more, more, more more absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Oh well, it'll be nice this week to really be

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Speaker 1: able to do that, spend the time with the family,

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Speaker 1: especially because there are no Rams games this week. So

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Speaker 1: this is the first time in like five years that

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Speaker 1: I'm going to be able to spend Thanksgiving with my family.

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Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward. Everyone asks me like, where's the ring? Well,

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Speaker 1: this is where I bring it out. Heck yeah, I

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Speaker 1: bring out all of them nice, and I make sure

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Speaker 1: to do it right when we say grace when we

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Speaker 1: have to hold hands, especially when my brothers are watching.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, this is why I love Thanksgiving. That's all right, everybody.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for tuning into this edition of Between

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Speaker 1: the Horns. I think we went a little along today,

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Speaker 1: but after that game, I think it was I'm trying

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Speaker 1: to make Miles snap because I know he's grumpy too.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning in, everybody, and enjoy the bye week.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll see the Rams clench a division if Seattle

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Speaker 1: loses to Carolina. That game is at ten am Pacific time.

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Speaker 1: I think it'll be on Fox. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: it'll be shown here a little gale or not, but

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Speaker 1: that's the one to monitor if you want the Rams

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Speaker 1: to clunch. So for DeMarco Farb, Miles Simmons, thanks for

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Speaker 1: tuning in. We'll see you next time.