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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Friday, December twenty eighth edition of Between

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Speaker 1: the Horns. Miles Simmons here to take you through the

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Speaker 1: top storylines of Week seventeen as the twelve and three

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles Rams get ready to take on the four

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Speaker 1: and eleven San Francisco forty nine Ers in the twenty

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Speaker 1: eighteen regular season finale, And once again, we'll begin with

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Speaker 1: running back Todd Gurley, who may or may not be

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Speaker 1: available to play on Sunday. Curley is still dealing with

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Speaker 1: the effects of his minor knee injury suffered against the Eagles,

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Speaker 1: and as of this recording, he is not practiced in

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Speaker 1: Week seventeen. But even if he doesn't practice at all

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Speaker 1: this week, head coach Sean McVay said, there's a chance

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Speaker 1: Gurley could still be on the field on Sunday. This

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Speaker 1: is a situation really much like last week. If he's

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Speaker 1: some mental reps things like that, and that could definitely

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Speaker 1: be an option. I mean, you'd prefer for him the practice,

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Speaker 1: but it would be something that if he doesn't practice,

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Speaker 1: then there's definitely no chance he plays. I definitely wouldn't

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Speaker 1: say that, since we've been talking about it for the

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Speaker 1: last two weeks, it is a worthwhile question at this point,

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Speaker 1: what is Todd Gurley's injury. Well, McVay clarified that it's

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Speaker 1: considered knee inflammation, just as it was said before at

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Speaker 1: the start, and while McVeigh joked in response to a

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Speaker 1: question that no, he is not a doctor, he is

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Speaker 1: aware of the latest updates surrounding Girly's knee. Yeah, just sure,

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Speaker 1: you know, and yeah, you're right, I'm not a doctor,

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Speaker 1: but my understanding is it was just a result of

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Speaker 1: the inflammation that has gone down and we're really just

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Speaker 1: a time, like we've said, just from a rehab and

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Speaker 1: just the overall pain management, just the way that your

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Speaker 1: Todd Gurley was pursuing the twenty eighteen NFL rushing title,

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Speaker 1: but now there's a real possibility that he'll finish this

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Speaker 1: season with just over twelve hundred and fifty yards rushing

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Speaker 1: with twenty one total touchdowns. That's seventeen rushing and four receiving. Now,

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Speaker 1: last Sunday was also the first it's time that Girly

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Speaker 1: had missed a game due to injury since weeks seventeen

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Speaker 1: of the twenty fifteen season. Girly said on Thursday that

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Speaker 1: he just wasn't feeling quite right. Yeah, I mean I

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Speaker 1: felt I felt good, not knowing that I didn't do

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Speaker 1: anything all week, but it wasn't good enough to like

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Speaker 1: play a game. You know, I might have could have played,

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Speaker 1: but who knows how long I would have been able

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Speaker 1: to play. So how was his knee now? Girly said,

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Speaker 1: it really does vary depending on the day. Well, just

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Speaker 1: based off like going off last week, you know, assessment

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Speaker 1: and you know, thinking I was going to be able

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Speaker 1: to play and not. That's when you kind of be

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Speaker 1: realistic with yourself. And honestly, you know, it's really been

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Speaker 1: like one of those day by day things. You know.

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Speaker 1: You know, some days you wake up feeling the same,

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Speaker 1: some days you wake up, you know, feeling much better. So, um,

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Speaker 1: it's just one of those kind of day by day things.

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Speaker 1: And I just wanted to see when Sunday get here.

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Speaker 1: If there's maybe one silver lining from Girly missing last

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Speaker 1: week's game, it's that the Rams now, no, they can

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Speaker 1: move the ball effectively even with number thirty on the bench. Now,

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Speaker 1: is it realistic to think that the Rams can be

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Speaker 1: as effective as they were last week against every opponent

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Speaker 1: if girl he's not on the field, especially in the postseason. No,

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Speaker 1: probably not. But no matter who they played in Week sixteen,

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Speaker 1: and quarterback Jared Goff put it, that demonstrates the mentality

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Speaker 1: of the Rams offensive unit. We always said we have

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Speaker 1: that's really what it is. And when Josh came in,

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Speaker 1: this you know, this offense havn't stopped. You know, CJ

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Speaker 1: coming in being addition to our offense. John Kelly gets

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Speaker 1: some touches, you know. Uh, you know's there's no slack

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Speaker 1: off from Todd Gurley. We know he's our MVP player.

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Speaker 1: But you guys have to produce and come in, be

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Speaker 1: not in there, But it didn't feel like much. Winning

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Speaker 1: this Sunday's game is critically important for the La Rams

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Speaker 1: on a number of levels. While the team hasn't known

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Speaker 1: that it'll host a postseason game for nearly the entire

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Speaker 1: month of December, the Rams still haven't locked up that

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Speaker 1: first round by and as defensive coordinator Wade Phillips put

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Speaker 1: it on Thursday, if the Rams win this game, they're

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Speaker 1: automatically in the league's final eight instead of just the

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Speaker 1: final twelve. But Los Angeles can also accomplish something fairly

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Speaker 1: rare with the victory on Sunday. For more on that

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Speaker 1: here staff writer Clarence Dennis. With a win against the

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Speaker 1: forty nine ers on Sunday, the Rams can both clinch

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Speaker 1: a first round playoff by and sweep the NFC West.

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Speaker 1: Nineteen teams have swept their division since the league's realignment

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Speaker 1: into thousand and two, but only four of them have

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Speaker 1: come from the NFC. On Wednesday, hey Cochean McVay said

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Speaker 1: going six and out the division would be quite the accomplishment. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I'd say a lot, you know. I mean to be

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Speaker 1: able to accomplish that at home would mean a lot,

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Speaker 1: because there's three tough division opponents that we go against

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Speaker 1: and then what that also means is being able to

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Speaker 1: secure a first round by, that's a big deal. But

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Speaker 1: for us, we've got to have a great week of preparation,

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Speaker 1: and if we do that, we know it's kind of

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Speaker 1: be a great challenge. But you know, we expect to

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Speaker 1: and guys got to be locked in. But that'd be

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Speaker 1: a big deal. Mouse No NFC team has gone undefeated

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Speaker 1: made it to the Super Bowl. The Rams have not

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Speaker 1: gone undefeated in the NFC West since realignment, but they

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Speaker 1: have gone five and one twice. Mcvay's Rams are five

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Speaker 1: outscored the Seahawks, Cardinals, and forty nine Ers by combined

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Speaker 1: Week seventeen, they'll take a big step toward their ultimate

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Speaker 1: goal of playing in Atlanta come February. Wide receiver Robert

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Speaker 1: get the body right, just you know it's the bye.

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Speaker 1: We'd got a still a working week, stay boys and

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Speaker 1: Woods is right. The postseason essentially starts now for the

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Speaker 1: La Rams, and quarterback Jared Goff said that's the mentality

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Speaker 1: going into Week seventeen. Think about it like this. A

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Speaker 1: victory on Sunday will put the Rams just two wins

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Speaker 1: and then for us it doesn't feel that way. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: and if we win, we get that two seed locked

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Speaker 1: up and do what we have to do. All right. Finally,

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Speaker 1: let's talk a little bit about Aaron Donald, who was

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Speaker 1: Donald has also now set the accepted record for sacks

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Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty two. No one has ever had twenty

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Speaker 1: it means he only needs three to time and now

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Speaker 1: it certainly isn't out of the realm of possibility. Donald

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Speaker 1: NFC West. So what would it mean for Donald to

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Speaker 1: know much about Aaron Donald at all, that response probably

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Speaker 1: the fact that Donald's even in this position at all

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Speaker 1: he's he's obviously deserving of being what he is is

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Speaker 1: it's great for Aaron because you know, his success has

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Speaker 1: been a huge factor in our team's success. And uh,

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Speaker 1: to be able to see somebody that you care about

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Speaker 1: be a great deal for the Rams and for Aaron

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Speaker 1: for sure. And this really is meaningful to Donald, who

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Speaker 1: admitted he became a little emotional after getting to nineteen

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Speaker 1: that's right. The big guy had to hold back tears

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Speaker 1: show it. So you're going out there trying to play

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Speaker 1: how historic Donald's season has been, but running back Todd

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Speaker 1: I really don't even know what to say about him. Man.

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Speaker 1: He's a great person, great leader, and even better football

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Speaker 1: ever been around him. So again, Donald needs three sacks

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Speaker 1: We'll see if he's able to get it on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: And that'll do it for this Friday, December twenty eighth

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Speaker 1: edition of Between the Horns for Clarence Dennis, A Mile

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Speaker 1: Simmons saying thanks so much for listening. Kick off for

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Speaker 1: the week seventeen matchup against the forty nine ers will

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Speaker 1: be at one twenty five Pacific on Sunday, and if

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Speaker 1: That game will be televised on Fox, or you can

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Speaker 1: listen to the call on ESPNLA Enjoy it a game