WEBVTT - 01/18/22 DPS Hour 2 Maurice Jones Drew 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:03.480 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.880 Sports Radio Our two on this Tuesday, Dan and the 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:09.720 Dane's Dan Patrick Show. Once again, the front row is 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:13.039 here in the man Cave. Fritzie is joining us via zoom. 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:15.000 You can join us in a variety of blaze dial 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:17.760 us up eight seven seven three D P show email 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:20.600 address DP at Dan Patrick dot com, Twitter handle at 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:26.240 DP show. What if Arizona one last night, or better put, 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.080 what if the Rams lost last night? What would we 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:33.440 be talking about today? The Rams went all in on 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:39.440 Matthew Stafford, they overpaid for him, but instead the Rams 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.280 look really good, and the Rams are going to Tampa, 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:44.720 and the Rams are in great position to knock off 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.880 Tom Brady in the Bucketeers because if Tom's favorite lineman, 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:51.640 the all pro Tristan Worf's, is not able to play 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:56.640 Boy now, all of a sudden, Aaron Donald and Von Miller, 0:00:57.280 --> 0:01:00.800 Jalen Ramsey, you might have a bigger impact then you 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:03.720 were planning on. Plus, the offense is what I loved. 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.840 I love the approach. I don't need Matthew Stafford to 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.959 throw thirty five or forty times if I can get 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:13.480 a balanced attack there. And I thought last night, it 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:15.920 was a little bit more towards the running side than 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.160 it was the passing side, even though I have Odell 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.280 Beckham and Cooper Cup and Beckham was great last night, 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.640 Cooper Cup with a touchdown. You know, you're just asking 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:29.360 your offense to keep drives alive, you know, milk some 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:32.040 of the clock because when that defense comes on the field, 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:34.800 you want them to make plays and you have an 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.039 impact there. And certainly against Tom Brady and Tampa putting 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:42.600 pressure on him, You've already beaten him once and now 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:46.800 with what's at stake, you've got a chance, a great chance. Now. 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:48.680 I know the betting line started at two and a half, 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.760 it went up to three, but that wouldn't scare me, 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.520 even though I would never bet against Tom Brady. If 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:56.680 you look at the Rams, with the way they're playing, 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.240 I just need to know if they can put back 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:02.560 to back good games together. That's been my big question 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:06.280 with this team. As for Arizona, we've been talking about 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:09.359 this and seems like the last six weeks eight weeks 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:15.920 they went from everybody's like Darling here and Cliff Kingsbury 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:18.280 maybe coach of the Year, but this is what they do. 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:22.760 They have this pattern. And I remember at the halfway 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:25.079 point or a little past that we were talking about Arizona. 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.040 I say, I still don't know about them because we 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.720 had MVP candidate and Kyler Murray and Coach of the 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:33.320 Year candidate and Cliff Kingsbury. At the end of the year, 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:37.240 neither did their job, neither looked like they were worthy 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:41.960 of mention with those awards. There. Rams were the better 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:44.280 team last night. I just didn't know that they were 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:49.600 that much better than Arizona. They dominated them. Here's Cliff 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:53.320 Kingsbury post game. There's only one way to experience the 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.880 playoff football, and that's they go through it. And unfortunately 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.400 we didn't, you know, player best game. And I thought 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.040 LA played a great game, had a great plan and 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:02.720 out played us and now coached us. But I think 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:04.720 you just got to go through these moments and learn 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:06.600 from it and grow from it and use as a motivation. 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:11.080 Here's Kyler Murray after the loss. Prepare a week off season, 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:14.280 you know, to be where we are, and then you know, again, 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.880 they gave one competitive at all. So it's a disappointing 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:22.240 that we didn't, you know, didn't make it a game, 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:25.280 you know, and come out and play the football we 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.760 know we're capable of playing. That's really the most disappointed part. 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:30.840 And I can say, Okay, you didn't have DeAndre Hopkins, 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.800 and yes he is a still an elite wide receiver, 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:37.640 but I it's your team just based off DeAndre Hopkins. 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:41.400 Because if that's the case, you're in trouble. You got 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:44.040 to be a little bit more multidimensional than that. But 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.080 they were non threatening. I mean that's really what it 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.920 came down to last night. They were non threatening. But 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.480 I did like what I saw with the Rams. The 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.240 players that you need to make plays did make plays. 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.040 I don't want to put all of this on Matthew Stafford. 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:01.720 I don't want to rely on Matthew Stafford. I just 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:05.160 need him to do a couple of things. First of all, 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.680 we don't need turnovers. Second of all, you know, get 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.400 as many people involved in the offense as possible. And 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.480 if you have two running backs now and cam Acres 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:18.799 and Sony Michelle, I love that. And you got defensive 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:22.280 players who can make an impact that is going to 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:26.080 make them a difficult out. I still lumped them in 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:28.520 with the Cowboys because I thought you've got all of 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:32.240 this star power, can you be consistent. Can you win 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:35.160 back to back playoff games? Well, the Cowboys couldn't win 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.919 their first game, but for the Rams it was a big, 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.000 big win. Last night poll question for our two, Paulie, 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:45.160 I got the results from our one. Okay, very creative. 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.520 Which team felt the least playoff ish this weekend? The 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.640 Eagles at forty percent, Steelers seventeen percent, and the Raiders 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:55.240 only three percent. Raiders put up a good fight. Wait, 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:58.880 what about the New England Patriots? Patriots fourteen percent, Cowboys 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:02.760 only seven percent. No, the Cowboys to me, should have 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:07.320 won that game, and they should be threatening. And I 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:09.680 guess the Cowboys. You know, Jerry Jones and his son 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:13.640 are all in on Mike McCarthy moving forward. And now 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.000 it comes down to that tricky game of who are 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.960 we gonna lose? Kellen Moore is going to be interviewing 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:24.040 for openings. He's the offensive coordinator, and you're gonna have 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:29.200 dan Quinn. Dan Quinn is probably going to be the 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.920 number one candidate for the Denver Broncos, but he did 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.560 he was a head coach before with the Falcons. You 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.800 may lose both your offensive and defensive coordinator. Like this 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:43.520 was the year. This was the year io green Bay's 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:48.440 great um. I think Tampa can be had. This is 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.800 this was your year with two good coordinators there, you 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:55.840 got star power, you got young players making an impact, 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.960 and you got to you gotta get past the opening 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:02.200 round there with the Niners Seaton. If the Broncos hired 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:06.120 Dan Quinn, does that help or hurt their chances of 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.880 getting Aaron Rodgers or does that even factor in. I 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:12.680 don't know if it factors in. I don't know a 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:14.680 lot of things have to play out here. You know 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:17.160 what happens this weekend against the Niners or in the 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.440 NFC title Game or a Super Bowl. You know, I 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:23.000 thought Aaron would come back this year. I didn't think 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:26.000 he'd be back for next year. It's like Russell Wilson 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.280 was going to be back this season. I didn't think 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:30.760 he was going to be back for next season. I 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:33.280 don't know how those play out, but it feels like 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.479 if I'm Seattle or I'm green Bay, if you want 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:37.400 to leave, then we want you to go to the AFC, 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:41.800 and Denver would probably be well. I go back to 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:44.000 the when they traded Von Miller, and I was told 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:47.280 by a source they wanted draft picks. They want to 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.279 trade draft picks to green Bay. Green Bay doesn't want players. 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:53.480 Green Bay wants draft picks and the way they draft, 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:57.440 that's why green Bay wants draft picks. And do I 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.719 think Aaron Rodgers win or loses out of there? I 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.359 still get that feeling. Although I wouldn't want to go 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:06.479 into the AFC West, I'd certainly want to stay in 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:11.640 the NFC North. 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And 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:54.920 the Gruden Mayock tandem brought some good football to Vegas, 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:59.440 But whether the team was going to have issues. Whether 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.800 that's on Ruden or Mayock, we'll never know, but as 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.720 the leaders of the franchise, they were inevitably held accountable. 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:08.480 And so now the search begins for a new GM, 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:10.960 and that usually means the search begins for a new 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.560 head coach. The new GM is gonna want to bring 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.880 in his own guys, start fresh, and maybe maybe Derek 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.440 Carr is there for the taking as well. I'm looking 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.800 at head coaching odds right now. The number one candidate 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:28.920 for the Jags is Bill O'Brien. Now this is Vegas 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:32.280 saying this. I don't know how the teams feel about this, 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:36.800 but this is just by Vegas. So Jacksonville, Bill O'Brien 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:43.240 doesn't seem inspiring. Byron Leftwich, now it doesn't. It doesn't. 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:49.440 The Dolphins, the number one candidate is Brian Dable of 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:55.280 the Buffalo Bills. Brian Flores, formerly of the Dolphins, is 0:08:55.440 --> 0:09:01.280 tops on the Bears list according to Las Vegas Minnesota Vikings. 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.640 As I mentioned last hour, I was told that Eric 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.640 bi Enemy felt like he was the leading candidate. Right 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:10.760 now Vegas has him installed as the top choice. Brian 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:15.280 Dabele is second there Doug Peterson is third, Kellen Moore 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:21.199 is a distant fourth, the Houston Texans former Patriot, Jared 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:27.840 Mayo Gerard Mayo, the former linebacker. Wow, he's had a 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:32.760 meteoric rise, you guy, Gerard Mayo. Josh McDaniels is second 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.520 on the list, and then Ryan Flores. Is there a 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.320 chance that if Eric b Enemy doesn't get the Vikings job, 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:43.040 he's not going to get a head coaching job? Now 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.679 he's second on the Dolphins list as well. So if 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:49.520 Brian Dable according to Vegas, if Dabel, would you happen 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.640 to take the Vikings job, then b Enemy might be 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:55.680 the guy, or vice versa. But I think Eric bi 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:59.480 Enemy might be the clubhouse leader with the Minnesota Vikings. 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:04.319 But this is just according to Las Vegas. A couple 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.600 of phone calls in here. Let's see Nick and Ohio. 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:12.520 Hi Nick, what's on your mind? Hey? Hey, Dan called 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:14.400 a few weeks ago. I got to get to that. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.600 But first, how about my Bengals man? Yep, I was 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:20.680 forty years I'm forty years old. I was nine the 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:22.840 last time we want a playoff game. It's been a 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:27.280 long thirty one years, but we finally exercise the demons 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:32.640 with Bo Jackson. We're sorry, buddle. Now, now we got 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.920 to exercise the next demon, which is the Tennessee Titans, 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:39.680 who were the Houston Oilers last playoff win we had 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:43.319 before last week. We're just taking them off the list now, baby, 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.320 all right? Well, thank you Nick, thanks for calling in. 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:48.760 By the way, you can go to the website. We 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:53.400 have a Bengals inspired T shirt. There also an Aaron 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:58.040 Rodgers T shirt as well. Mike and Florida. Hi, Mike, 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:01.680 what's on your mind today? How are you doing? Lieutenant Dan? 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:05.000 Thanks for taking my call. Thank you. A long time 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.680 Rams fan and I was told not to mention the 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:09.480 best of but here it is. Best of Monday was 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:12.319 the Rams kicking ass last night. And the worst of 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.360 it was how about the Eagles not ten handed me 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:18.000 a home game? Couldn't they handle their business? Thanks to 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.600 calling man, appreciate it. Thank you, Mike you called me. 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:24.520 What was the second part of that? I don't know. 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.480 It was all one word. It felt like something that 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.280 the Eagles couldn't handle something he was gonna add something business. 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:31.559 Thanks for calling. Thanks you going, Yes, I got a 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.920 question if you're If you're Byron Leftwitch you're the offensive 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.600 coordinator with Tampa Okays. He seems like a kind of 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.480 hot prospect right now. If you're Tom Brady, do you 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:44.240 push or promote him for jobs? Yes, but then you 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.360 lose him? Yeah, but it's Tom has to if the 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.360 right thing. Yeah, if he cares about Byron Leftwitch, then yeah, 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.280 he would be promoting him. But wouldn't there be something 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.040 inside to say, Man, I don't want to lose this 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.280 guy yet. Things are going really smoothly down here. I 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:58.600 may have one more year left. Can we wait a 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:02.800 year Byron to leave? That'd be a tough one. If 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:06.760 at the quarterback, Well, Tom had a great year as statistically, 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:08.840 and I think Leftwich is going to be a head 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:13.440 coach one day. But I would think a recommendation from time. 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.920 You know, Tom has recommended guys to get into the 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:23.840 Hall of Fame. Taylor with the Dolphins, Jason Taylor, Tom, 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:27.040 you know that was the letter of recommendation came from 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:31.160 Tom with a divisional rival. And if Tom would say, Hey, 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.480 if Jacksonville you want to you want to go now, 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:36.800 this is a guy who can help develop your quarterback. 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:41.120 That's that's what I need. I need to have great 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:44.120 quarterback play with the Jags. I got to find out 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.160 what I have here with Trevor Lawrence and Byron Leftwich 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:51.560 being with Tom Brady. I like that. Now I am 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:55.880 a broken record on this. There's certain guys who aren't 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:59.480 head coaches. They're greatest coordinators, but as a head coach 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.680 there's you know, there's completely different skills that are needed 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.600 than just being a coordinator. Coordinator you just deal with 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.960 the offense or the defense. There's special teams. Coach got 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:13.880 to deal with everything and the media, draft pick, salary, cap, 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:18.440 free agency. There's a whole lot attached to that. I 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:23.520 don't know if Byron Leftwich, if you know, he's somebody's 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.240 programmed that way. Maybe he's just an offensive minded guy 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:29.320 as a former quarterback in college played in the NFL. 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.720 But I would think a ringing endorsement for Tom Brady. 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.240 Although we saw Patrick Mahomes do that with Eric b 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.480 Enemy and it didn't help Eric b Enemy. Yes, Ton 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.079 Paul's point, Kid Brady's recommendation, but you know what, in 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:46.920 about two three years death, it's just not ready just yet. 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.960 In the next few years when I'm retired, go after him. Okay, 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:53.920 I like that. Yeah, Hey, you know, Byron goes to Tom, Hey, 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.200 if you could put in a good word, sure, I'll 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:58.720 do that. And then all of a sudden, Byron Leftwich 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.320 tells his family, Hey, Tom's gonna put in a good word. Yeah. 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.400 I just want to talk about Byron Leftwich being a 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:05.480 head coach. I think in three years from now he's 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.960 gonna be a really good head coach. He's a year away. Yeah. 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:10.880 And then you see Byron as you get off the 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:13.160 podium and you go, how did I do you know? Yeah? 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:15.400 And the Jaguars jab will be open every other year 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:24.760 at the earliest. Bengals, Titans Saturday afternoon, Niners, Packers Saturday night, 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:31.440 it'll be the Rams, Buccaneers Sunday afternoon, Bill's Chiefs Sunday night. 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.560 Is weather going to be a factor in any of 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:38.560 these matchups? Either rain or wind or snow? I got 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:43.360 sixteen degrees at kickoff in Green Bay. I don't see snow. 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.760 Little too chili for snow. Sixteen. Yeah, that's not bad, arrowhead. 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:49.280 I got thirty eight degrees at kickoff, which is no 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:53.760 big deal. Any rain in the How about Tennessee? What's 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:57.480 going on in Nashville? I got thirty five degrees and clear. 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.400 All right, what about Tampa? They had rain with the 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:05.720 Eagles sixty four degrees in partly cloudy. Oh okay, all right, 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.800 just how Tommy likes it? All right, we'll take a break. 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:13.280 More phone calls coming up. Maurice Jones Drew, he works 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.800 uh the RAMS broadcast on radio. Been a while since 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.440 we've talked to Mojo. 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Be sure 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.040 to catch us live every weekday morning nine until noon 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:40.200 eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:43.720 you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:47.280 or stream us live on the Peacock app. More phone 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:51.160 calls coming up. Update our poll results. Are we staying 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.400 with the same pole question an hour or two that 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:59.080 we had an hour one? Paulie, it appears so ut 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.320 you want a freshee? Well no, why don't you give 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:03.840 me the results? Is this the Kyler Murray poll question 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.679 or the Kyler Murray eighty five percent? It was a quickie. 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:08.879 Eighty five percent have a less of a view of 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:12.159 him than they did before the game. Okay, they drop off. Okay, 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:14.719 we're very reactionary, Yes we are. And then the second one, 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.600 which team felt the least playoff ish and it was 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:20.639 the Eagles? Okay, kind of they basically no show. Do 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:24.240 you have another poll question moments away? Okay, thank you. 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:26.960 That means he does. But that's okay, I'll buy you 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.600 some time. Let me bring in Maurice Jones Drew, NFL 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:33.840 Network analyst. He also does the Rams radio color analyst 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:37.480 as well. You can follow him Maurice Jones Drew on 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:41.720 Twitter at m j D. How are you doing this morning. 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:45.720 I'm doing I'm doing great. Actually, I finally got a 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:48.600 chance to get a chance to call in and talk 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:51.240 to you. It's been a while. Yeah, and uh, I 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.800 appreciate you getting up early and after the game last night. 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:58.280 What were your expectations last night? Um, you know, I 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.520 think there were there were two times obviously this year 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:04.600 the Rams split with the Cardinals. So you saw earlier 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.480 in the year where the Cardinals were hot and defensively 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:10.440 did a great job of you know, force and staff 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:12.879 it off the spot and then you know, obviously getting 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:16.359 interceptions and then on their side the ball that earlier 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:18.720 in the year, Kyler Murray kind of took over the game. 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:21.480 You youalized his legs running, and then there was a 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:24.920 second time where the Rams kind of dominated from start 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:28.080 to finish. And so it was a little concern when 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:32.920 you saw JJ walk coming back, and you know, defensively, 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:34.840 they they've done a really good job. Beans Joseph has 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:36.800 done a really good job of getting those guys in 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.320 the position to make plays. But if you watch the 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.000 Cardinals down the stretch, they struggled the last five games. 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:45.280 So expectation was that the Rams started fast. You know, 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.359 you probably could jump on them and you know, get them, 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:50.200 kind of get them out and have a little doubt 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:52.360 set in their mind there. And that's what they did. 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:56.480 It really started from the Rams defense, whose secondary was 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:59.920 banged up. You're starting some guys that are Terrell bur 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:02.840 just Nick Scott. Those are core special teams guys. When 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:04.800 I'm starting at safety for the Rams, and kudos to 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:07.760 Raheem Morris for getting those guys prepared, and and and 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:10.080 Eric Weddle coming in after retirement. You know, to be 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:13.920 honest with you, I told Sean McVay after the game, 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:16.639 I kind of like joked around, but I was a 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:19.199 little serious that if you guys keep getting retired, guys like, 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:20.960 let me just let me know. It's like giggle shape, 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:23.399 you know what I mean. Like, you don't have to 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:25.320 go too far. I'm right here calling the games for you. 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:30.040 Another offense I've been watching um but no. Look, credit 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.240 to those coaches and players for stepping up in a 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:35.600 huge game and playing really well to get that first 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:37.600 three and out and then get the ball and get 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:39.879 some big explosive plays and then kind of start playing 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:42.680 field position and go down and take the game over. 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:47.800 Was huge. How important is the running game for the Rams? Oh, 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:51.240 it's it's it's it's underrated, I think because when you 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:54.840 see Matthew Stafford and Odell and Cooper Cup and those guys, like, 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:56.520 you're like, oh, they gotta throw the ball, but you 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:58.520 have to understand that offensive line needs to go forward 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:00.440 and they need to be able to wait and lean 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:03.440 on guys. They're they're a bigger group. They loved the 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:06.960 zone scheme and what it does is it allows that 0:20:06.960 --> 0:20:08.760 that defense that kind of play on its hills a 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:11.280 little bit with the play action pass and so with 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:14.520 the dishy cam akers and you know, and like I said, 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:16.639 I said this last night. No, no disrespect to Sony 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:19.040 Michelle and Darryl Henison. They did a really good job 0:20:19.080 --> 0:20:21.639 this year. But cam Akers comes in, it looks different. 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:24.320 And if you watch that game, the Rams just look 0:20:24.440 --> 0:20:28.239 different with cam Akers there with his explosiveness, his elusiveness. Uh, 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:30.000 and then the way he finishes his runs like he 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:33.320 finishes like Sony Michelle. And so when you got two 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:36.199 guys that are gonna run downhill and break tackles and 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:38.920 run through guys, uh, it kind of it takes his 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:41.280 toll on a defense as you saw last night. Um. 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:43.760 I'd also like to say this, I hope budda backer 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:46.240 is okay. That was a big collision there. Um. And 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:49.400 there are a couple of them in that game. And 0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:51.600 you know, you saw the Rams running backs fall forward. 0:20:51.840 --> 0:20:53.400 And so when you can run the ball the way 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:56.359 the Rams did and you could utilize the play action pass, 0:20:57.040 --> 0:20:59.440 Matthew Stafford had a clean pocket pretty much all night. 0:20:59.600 --> 0:21:02.720 And so and let's not forget that they have you know, uh, 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.639 two premier pass rushers possibly three of Marcus Golden, Chandler 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:09.720 Jones and JJ Watt there rushing the quarterback. And I 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:14.320 don't think Stafford got touched all night. So um that 0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:16.600 that that that tells you how important that running game is. 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:22.520 How does this Rams team match up with the Buccaneers. Um, 0:21:22.560 --> 0:21:25.160 I think they match up. Will I haven't really watched 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:27.960 the Bucks last game, and before I had like to 0:21:27.960 --> 0:21:29.440 call gain. Let's try to go a couple of games 0:21:29.440 --> 0:21:31.800 back just to see how they're playing. Um. I know, 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:34.280 obviously they're there. They had a lot of injuries going 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:39.000 on there. Um, obviously the Antonio Brown situation. But you know, 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:41.199 they still have Grinkowski, you still have the goat the 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:44.359 greatest of all time, Tom Brady, you still have Mike Evans. Offensively, 0:21:45.080 --> 0:21:49.200 uh supposedly, we'll see if they get Leonard for netback. Um, 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:52.240 but I think they match up well defensively for the Rams, 0:21:52.400 --> 0:21:54.120 they do a really good job of stopping the run. 0:21:54.200 --> 0:21:56.120 They have a guy that can lock up with Mike Evans. 0:21:56.400 --> 0:21:57.840 They're gonna have to figure out a way how you're 0:21:57.840 --> 0:22:01.360 gonna stop Gronkowski and then offense to you know, you 0:22:01.400 --> 0:22:03.520