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Speaker 1: Thea Around the NFL podcast plays Hackey Sack in their

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Speaker 1: Perkin stas. Welcome to another edition of the Around the

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Speaker 1: NFL Podcast not presented by New Arab. My name is

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Speaker 1: Dan Handls, and I am joined on a field filled

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Speaker 1: with heroes Mark Sesler, Chris Westling and Greg Rosa. It

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Speaker 1: sounds weird to not be wearing a headset and then

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Speaker 1: it's too loud, And now it's you know when you

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Speaker 1: this lineup of radio show pros sitting at their tables.

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Speaker 1: Now we very suddenly look exactly like that, and I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure that's a positive or negative. It's a little

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Speaker 1: more tense because we have, you know, our producer Tam

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Speaker 1: Posey and and many others who have helped us with

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Speaker 1: our interviews today at rams Camp, but especially Brassy has

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Speaker 1: given me the side I because we decided to make

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Speaker 1: a production decision that's going to delay her getting margarite

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Speaker 1: a little bit, just a little peek behind the curtain.

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Speaker 1: So we have um been granted access to the Rams practice.

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Speaker 1: Fielder's staring out upon it right now at you see, Irvine.

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Speaker 1: It's very cool. Uh, And thank you to the Rams

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Speaker 1: for having us. We're gonna have some really cool interviews today,

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Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks, Marcus, Peter Peters to the big new arrivals

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Speaker 1: for the team, Sean McVeigh, little coach, big fish, big fish, Uh,

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Speaker 1: and West. I know you're excited about talking to Sean McVeigh.

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Speaker 1: He's like your little man crush. He's the most fascinating

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Speaker 1: person in the NFL, right, little Dominican Sue Action, potential

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Speaker 1: future Hall of Famer. And Mark. I know you're not

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Speaker 1: after him hard. You're gonna say I have stuff to

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Speaker 1: to bring up with you surface specifically about Thanksgiving incidents.

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Speaker 1: I think that's where you're going in this interview. I'm

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Speaker 1: issues on Thanksgiving, no doubt, what else would I do? Dan,

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Speaker 1: you have a close relationship with his mom though, right,

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Speaker 1: So that's I mean I spoke to her for ten

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Speaker 1: it's it's very cool here is It is a little

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Speaker 1: interesting because it just seems like it's the entire RAMS

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Speaker 1: team and then just the podcast Bozos. That's basically it

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Speaker 1: cool vibe and uh, today's show where you're gonna hear

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Speaker 1: Brassie is standing behind Mark right now, and you know

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Speaker 1: That's the only reason I keep bringing her and the

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Speaker 1: polarizing audience reaction to uh the SoundBite you played from Brassy.

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Speaker 1: I'm starting to feel like this little camp fire part

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Speaker 1: I feel that too, Dan. I'm strongly with you on

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Speaker 1: that viewpoint, it's all about the magic plan. That's how

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Speaker 1: nice things to say about David Eally. The perspective this

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Speaker 1: here for. We're a news podcast. Tam Posey after and everybody, Hey,

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Speaker 1: this one. I'm standing in a raid, drizzle and everything today.

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Speaker 1: great time we had at the Jets practice today. Hey,

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Speaker 1: here's the quarterbacks, Josh McCann. Exactly what you expected. The

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Speaker 1: I don't necessarily assume he's going to make the team

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Speaker 1: why isn't Kenny Britt's fault that the Browns were stupid

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be singing songs about what a big pick up.

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady is going to be in sync with him.

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Speaker 1: It's just wave that the mascot rampage. By the way,

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Speaker 1: it's every single Patriots fan who owned a Danny Ammon

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Speaker 1: the transition. And one vaguely unsettling tweet not wrong, One

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Speaker 1: But is there now a better looking QB wide receiver

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Speaker 1: from veteran wide receiver Brandon LaFell UH. Mike Garafolo reported

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Speaker 1: what Brandon LaFell is right now. But when you've got young,

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Speaker 1: exciting guys like John Ross Uh Josh Malone who are

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Speaker 1: something because the six and ten, seven and nine Bengals

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Speaker 1: would upgrade that team already. It wouldn't be a bad move.

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Speaker 1: They've already got six Lafels exactly. Uh, why not seven?

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Speaker 1: sideline watching and coaches are saying that, players are saying

424
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Speaker 1: it's so benefit of the doubt. All right, that's what's

425
00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,919
Speaker 1: happening in the news. Time to get to it. We

426
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,440
Speaker 1: have some great interviews set up with some big fish

427
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,040
Speaker 1: with the Rams. And why don't we start with the

428
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,560
Speaker 1: head coach, Sean McVeigh, entering his second season. The first

429
00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,720
Speaker 1: season could not have gone better, So we get into

430
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Speaker 1: that and more. Let's listen, all right, Today we get

431
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Speaker 1: the chance to talk to Sean McVeigh, head coach of

432
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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams, a guy who bursted onto the

433
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,359
Speaker 1: head coaching scene as a superstars and now you have

434
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Speaker 1: to follow that up. And it's always hard to do,

435
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 1: isn't it, Sean? It is? You know? But uh, I

436
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,400
Speaker 1: think the biggest thing is that you feel really confident

437
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,639
Speaker 1: with the players that we have, with the coaching staff

438
00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,520
Speaker 1: that we're doing this with, and I think there's a

439
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,640
Speaker 1: humility that our team has. You know, there's a confidence,

440
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,760
Speaker 1: there's a swagger, but there's a humility understand that we

441
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,080
Speaker 1: got to earn it every single day and we're looking

442
00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:44,800
Speaker 1: forward to getting going, but we understand that we kind

443
00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 1: of just have to be where our feet are planted,

444
00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,159
Speaker 1: and that's you know, doing what we can control today.

445
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,119
Speaker 1: Go ahead, Go ahead. It seems like the Patriots have

446
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,480
Speaker 1: an advantage on the entire league because one of the

447
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,800
Speaker 1: keys to championships is a quarterback with coach like powers

448
00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage. And you seem like you've

449
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,440
Speaker 1: taken like Malcolm glab Well's role and thrown it out

450
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,000
Speaker 1: the window with what you're doing at the line of

451
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 1: scrimmage with Jared Goff, and you've downplayed that. I've heard

452
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,120
Speaker 1: defensive coordinators sometimes downplay how much of an advantage. Why

453
00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,399
Speaker 1: should we believe that's not an advantage because it seems

454
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 1: to me like the best innovation in the NFL right now.

455
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,439
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of guys that utilize it.

456
00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,679
Speaker 1: You know, and it's really you know, it's exclusive to

457
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,679
Speaker 1: just being able to talk to the quarterback. It's not

458
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,440
Speaker 1: necessarily getting the checks different things like that. Jared and

459
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,400
Speaker 1: really our quarterbacks as a whole, I have an ownership

460
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,399
Speaker 1: on what we're trying to do. And really it's at

461
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,439
Speaker 1: the discretion of the quarterback. You know, worked with different

462
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that like to be able to use all right,

463
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:35,959
Speaker 1: just give me some pointers and stuff all the way

464
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,160
Speaker 1: until fifteen and if I don't need it, I contunue out.

465
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Speaker 1: And then there's some guys that say, give me the

466
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Speaker 1: play and and then just let me go operate. And um,

467
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Speaker 1: you know, I've I've worked with both. We have in

468
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 1: the organ a situation where we're giving information and Jared,

469
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Speaker 1: you know, he can tune me out a whole lot,

470
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,439
Speaker 1: and I'm sure he does a lot. So, uh, you know,

471
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,280
Speaker 1: we're we're doing things that you know, really a lot

472
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,000
Speaker 1: of people around this league, you know, just talking to

473
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Speaker 1: coaches do and that's if the quarterbacks like to be

474
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Speaker 1: able to utilize that. But it's not exclusive to just

475
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,159
Speaker 1: given plays and different things like that. It's like that

476
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 1: when they're substituting. Note, how how is that process for

477
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,480
Speaker 1: you when you're kind of watching who they're substituting and

478
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 1: putting into the in onto the field, and then you're

479
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,399
Speaker 1: making the decision how you're gonna counter that before the

480
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,640
Speaker 1: fifteen seconds comes up. Well, really that's you know, if

481
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 1: we're at the line of scrimmage, there are some different

482
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,320
Speaker 1: things that that we do greg but really, you know,

483
00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:20,959
Speaker 1: a lot of that comes from up top. You know,

484
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: what are the personnel grouping, is that the defense is

485
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,440
Speaker 1: presenting based on what we're in offensively, what the situation

486
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 1: might be if it's a third down, different things like that.

487
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,600
Speaker 1: So I think there was a lot made of it

488
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 1: just because he was miked up and you heard some

489
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,360
Speaker 1: of the cool code words and different things like that.

490
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,720
Speaker 1: But it's a phase of our offense. But you know,

491
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,160
Speaker 1: if you've got sixty five to seventy snaps in a game,

492
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,359
Speaker 1: we might be at the line of scrimmage for anywhere

493
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Speaker 1: between fifteen and twenty of those, and some of those

494
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 1: might be getting some check with me things, but all

495
00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,240
Speaker 1: those are things that the quarterback has command of and

496
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,200
Speaker 1: a lot of those decisions are being made really after

497
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Speaker 1: fifteen if you kind of really watch, um, it just

498
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 1: happens to be when the headset cuts off. But he's

499
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 1: making a lot of decisions under that fifteen second timeline

500
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 1: as well. A lot of people talk about how young

501
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 1: you are and talk about the age and how you

502
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,960
Speaker 1: hit the scene, but with the football acumen and knowledge

503
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 1: that kind of blowing people away. Your grandfather was a

504
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,840
Speaker 1: head coach back in the seventies. Did that impact How

505
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,080
Speaker 1: did that impact you? Imagine? It must have, Yeah, Mark,

506
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 1: it really did. Just being around the game, you know,

507
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Speaker 1: And I don't think I really realized how much you

508
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,679
Speaker 1: pick up on until you kind of look back on

509
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,920
Speaker 1: those times, and you know, just being around the game,

510
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: being around the players, that competitive atmosphere that this league provides,

511
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,680
Speaker 1: and um, you know, I feel feel so fortunate to

512
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,879
Speaker 1: have gotten the opportunities that I've gotten, really as a

513
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 1: result of my grandfather's uh you know rate, you know,

514
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 1: reputation that he's established in this league, getting a chance

515
00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,359
Speaker 1: to work for great people with the Grooten family, working

516
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,159
Speaker 1: with the Shanahans and people that were willing to invest

517
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Speaker 1: in mentor you and kind of try to help guide

518
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,919
Speaker 1: you along the way and know that, you know, it's

519
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: all about the people that you're surrounded with. My grandfather

520
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,440
Speaker 1: just used to call me a meatball a lot, which

521
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 1: is just it just heard and it sticks with me

522
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,000
Speaker 1: to this day. Um, this is all interesting stuff and

523
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 1: the grandfather angle. But I also have been hearing John

524
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,440
Speaker 1: that there is an credible taco joints somewhere within the

525
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: Irvine area. I was wondering, as you, as a head

526
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,320
Speaker 1: coach of the Rams, if you're plugged in on this

527
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 1: and if you could tell us where it is. Well,

528
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know if you're referring to

529
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Speaker 1: a specific one. But we've been to Javy Years, which

530
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 1: is a great Mexican restaurant around here. They took good

531
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 1: care of our staff when we reported to camp. Lots

532
00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: of good drinks, lots of good food. You know, more

533
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,639
Speaker 1: more drinks we had than food. So I don't know

534
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 1: if I can help me out there. People, Well that's good.

535
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,679
Speaker 1: They don't serve me baus typically Mexican Mexican restaurants. But

536
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,439
Speaker 1: the four of us we text NonStop January April. We've

537
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,560
Speaker 1: got thousands of texts. Do you have a text chain

538
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 1: with a couple of head coaches that just go on

539
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,879
Speaker 1: throughout the year. I mean, I just wanted love to

540
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,439
Speaker 1: get in your phone and see what kind of conversation

541
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: wants to be part of your group. I want to

542
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,200
Speaker 1: be part of in touch with those guys around the league.

543
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,879
Speaker 1: You know, you keep in touch with Jay Gruden. You know,

544
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 1: you talk to some of these other you know, John

545
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,480
Speaker 1: when he gets back into it, and you know, some

546
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,119
Speaker 1: of the other coaches that you've gotten a chance to

547
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:56,840
Speaker 1: get to know over just really the last year and

548
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: a half or so. And then, uh, you know, I'm

549
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,159
Speaker 1: always bothering our players with stuff too. They're probably you know,

550
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,159
Speaker 1: tired of hearing from me what you know, They're like,

551
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: this guy needs to get a life, and you know,

552
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,680
Speaker 1: when it's time to have off, you know, stop thinking

553
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 1: about football all the time we were talking, you know,

554
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,639
Speaker 1: before we started, and you're just kind of hoping that

555
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: there's no injuries so far as six days in the camp,

556
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 1: like things are going well. I wanted to ask kind

557
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,919
Speaker 1: of like why why is camp so important to you?

558
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,879
Speaker 1: Like quest is at the point, and I think this

559
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: is more the coverage of training camp where he's kind

560
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 1: of done with training camp, Like training camp is the

561
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: worst month of coverage of the season. I understand the

562
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,440
Speaker 1: importance to a team. It's just as important as has

563
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: been since the nineteen forties, but the media coverage has

564
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: changed so much and we blow things entirely out of proportion,

565
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 1: and training camp that means nothing once the season. Help us,

566
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,159
Speaker 1: help us cover I think really training camp provides a

567
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 1: great opportunity to kind of established what you're going to

568
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 1: be as a team, to come together to figure out,

569
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 1: you know, what are the nuances in terms of how

570
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 1: you want to operate offensively, defensively, and on special teams.

571
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 1: And really it gets a great opportunity to kind of

572
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 1: figure out your personnel, whether they're spots where guys are

573
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 1: competing for jobs, different things like that. And then you know,

574
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 1: a big part of it for us, as you continue

575
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,479
Speaker 1: to kind of educate yourself on the sports science approach,

576
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,639
Speaker 1: has taken advantage of these walkthroughs where you get around

577
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,200
Speaker 1: our athletic trainer Reggie Scott and our our head strength

578
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,399
Speaker 1: coach Ted Wrath, and you understand that why you do

579
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 1: want to push not at the expense of having guys

580
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: susceptible to some injuries, and then also making sure there

581
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,040
Speaker 1: as fresh as possible for when these games really count.

582
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,560
Speaker 1: Starting in the you know, the first second week of September.

583
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 1: Does it feel different? Um, Obviously you're in a different

584
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: places a team last year coming off a tough season.

585
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,159
Speaker 1: This year, a lot of people are picking you as

586
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 1: like a Super Bowl favorite. Does it feel different? Uh,

587
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 1: in terms of your preparation, the coaching staff, where you're

588
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,760
Speaker 1: coming from. Personally, I think the only thing that feels

589
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: different is really, you know, the comfort level with knowing

590
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 1: the people that you're doing it with. You know, we

591
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: know our players a lot better. There's some continuity on

592
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: our offense, defensive and special team systems, and now we

593
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: want to operate and really as a staff, we've got good,

594
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: you know, cohesion in terms of what we want to

595
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 1: get get done. And you know, we've had some guys

596
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: that were elevated when we lost Matt Lafleur and Greg

597
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: Olsen where they got Nator jobs. But I feel really

598
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 1: fortunate to go to work with these players, these coaches. Uh.

599
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 1: And I think just the idea as far as knowing

600
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: how we want to operate, we can do things a

601
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: little bit more efficiently. There's a couple of things that

602
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: I know I can do a much better job of

603
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 1: in terms of the planning. But as far as the

604
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: way that we go about practice different things like that.

605
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: It's very much the same. You don't know about less sneed.

606
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: He's been on this show before and he's a little

607
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: he didn't want to talk too much about it, but

608
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: we could not we need something that you don't know

609
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: about less sneed. You know, I would say that, uh,

610
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: one of the things that you don't know that you know,

611
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: don't know about less need. He's a wine connoisseur, loves

612
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 1: a nice class of wine. That's not but but that was,

613
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 1: you know, we we when I first got hired last year,

614
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: we would go and and uh, you know, have a

615
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 1: little drink at the end of the night, and Kara

616
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 1: would come and we would, uh, you know, kind of

617
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: get to know each other a little bit, talk about

618
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: the personnel, and you know, he'd still wake up the

619
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:05,160
Speaker 1: next morning with his teeth read. So I'm all right, Sean,

620
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 1: thank you for joining us. If you want to join

621
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: us for tacos, maybe that's that's an option. At times,

622
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 1: I got a lot of time, Shan is gonna get

623
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: after those margarita's. It's it's always a good time. There

624
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:23,239
Speaker 1: you go. Thanks, guys, appreciate a little bit braggy in

625
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: my opinion, with knowing everyone's names, I just feel like

626
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: on your radar very quick me because I could never

627
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: do something like that. I barely remember you guys names.

628
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: He gave you two names, Dan and Meatball. Whenever it's

629
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: carrying on the legacy of my grandfather Baba. Whenever people

630
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 1: do that, I think like, yeah, I could never do that,

631
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: and like, oh, that's how he got into this position

632
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: of leadership. That's what real men do. Greag. I've seen

633
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 1: you forget somebody's name two seconds after you've met them.

634
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I never pay attention the first time, like

635
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 1: you have to. It's gonna be two to three times

636
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 1: talking to them. They need to make an impression. It's

637
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: actually a sign. I've heard about that because I'm a

638
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: little self conscious about it, because people say it's like

639
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 1: a sign of being just completely self obsessed to not

640
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 1: be able to remember other people's names. It sounds about

641
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: but it's just hard. No. But I think the first

642
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 1: point is accurate, not that you're not that anyone's self obsessed,

643
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 1: but it's that in that moment, you're only focused on

644
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 1: how do I look, how do I sound? And then

645
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 1: the four names have gone by and you have no

646
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: concept to what's hey, or you're not in my case,

647
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: you're not thinking about anything to do with that person

648
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 1: or yourself. You're thinking about something so that that would

649
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 1: be you're just maybe that's not how I'm thinking about

650
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: what you want to say next? Um about lunch? Yeah,

651
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 1: so McVeigh obviously exactly the guy Mark I said, you

652
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 1: have to talk to the tour and it's the last

653
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 1: time anyone here cut along. I want an honest answer.

654
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: I cut along last summer my parents house. You have

655
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: to be senior year of high school or the summer

656
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: after that. Probably the summer after that. That That would be

657
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 1: spent at least ten years. I was. I was gifted

658
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: at it. In fact, I was known, uh here were

659
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 1: family members as Danny double cut. Because some people, yes,

660
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: some people will just go up and I'm sure that's

661
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 1: what you guys did. We go up and down just

662
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 1: one road at a time, uh, and just knock it

663
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 1: at as fast as possible. I would always go up

664
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 1: the row and then back down the road to make

665
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 1: sure there was no mulch left behind, because if you

666
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 1: leave behind molst, you're sloppy. I take a fence that

667
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 1: I would circle first around the entire lawn twice, two

668
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: or three times the perimeter, and then I'd go back

669
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 1: and forth on the inside, then collect all the trimmings

670
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: and then maybe go throw them in the forest so

671
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 1: they wouldn't be seen from the house. I would combine

672
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 1: it with wool gathering. Wol gathering, yeah, and just you know,

673
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: make some designs in the grass. The first job I

674
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: ever got fired from was was mowing the lawn when

675
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: I was like eleven or twelve years old. Why did

676
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: you get fired? I don't know. I must have done

677
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 1: a terrible job. But McVeigh was more or less exactly um,

678
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 1: kind of who I expect. He's super confident, obviously very sharp,

679
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 1: he knows the names, and a man complete lee in

680
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 1: control of his own destiny and he knows it. Also,

681
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: still what I've noticed, still unwilling to say anything that

682
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 1: will shine a positive light on himself. He's not willing

683
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 1: to go there, and he's not willing to say anything

684
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: that doesn't give his quarterback a ton of credit. It's

685
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: good to be Sean McVeigh, by the way. Oh yeah,

686
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: I think it's great. Um. Alright, moving on, now, we're

687
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:25,320
Speaker 1: gonna get into conversations with three this offseason. What took

688
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 1: the hype to the next levels That the Rams did

689
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: not stand pat and it was it's easy to respect

690
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: that because they could have and instead they made some

691
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 1: big moves. Uh. And we're gonna go talk to three

692
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: guys that have joined the team and we expect to

693
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: make a big impact. Let's start with new wide receiver

694
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks, and then you're gonna hear uh from the

695
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: brand new cornerback Marcus Peters. Let's get to it now,

696
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 1: joining us wide receiver of the Rams, Brandon Cooks. Last

697
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 1: time we saw Brandon, he was on the field at

698
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Now he's in l a Uh, playing

699
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: for the most high profile team, arguably in the NFC.

700
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: After time with the Patriot, It's so you're always in

701
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: the mix. BRN. I guess so I like it. It's good. Yeah,

702
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: it must be like playing we call it, or I

703
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,320
Speaker 1: call it on our podcast. The playing for the Patriots

704
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: is the throne of ease because it just seems everything

705
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 1: comes easily. That's just I'm a bitter jetsman. But with

706
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,840
Speaker 1: the Rams, with the Rams, it feels like everything is

707
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,839
Speaker 1: in such a good spot right now for success, and

708
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: you feel like a missing piece or a final piece

709
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 1: type guy for them. Um. You know, I think they

710
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: were doing so many great things last year. Um, and

711
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: what we're building so far is camp. Uh, it's been great.

712
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: You know. The beautiful thing is we have such a

713
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,959
Speaker 1: long way to go. Um, a lot more practices left,

714
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 1: you know, and just taking one day at a time,

715
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,360
Speaker 1: let everything else take care of. So I feel like

716
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: playing for the Patriots the first like word that comes

717
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,280
Speaker 1: to mind, like would not be easy? No? Was that easy?

718
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,799
Speaker 1: Was that an easy experience? Oh? No, I don't think

719
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 1: playing football is an easy experience in general. You know,

720
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 1: playing for coach Belichick was great. Not an easy process,

721
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 1: but definitely well worth it. You learn a lot when

722
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: you're over there. Um, and so a ton of respect

723
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: for what they got going well. There was kind of

724
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 1: an off season trend to with certain guys dragging the Patriots,

725
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,800
Speaker 1: saying Belicheck and not fun to play for. That became

726
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 1: kind of like a trend of this offseason. H you know,

727
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: I mean everyone has their personal experience. You know, my

728
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: experience was awesome. Um. You know, it's a special place.

729
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: You know, I've got special people from the owner and

730
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: to you know, to the coach's dad, to the players.

731
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,880
Speaker 1: So I had a wonderful time and there's nothing negative

732
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: I can say coming out of it with Sean Payton

733
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,720
Speaker 1: and Phil Belichick and now you're with with with McVeigh.

734
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 1: Is do you see any sort of share DNA between

735
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: McVeigh and these other two coaches? I think just the

736
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: hunger to put in the work on their end to

737
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: be able to put us in our best uh position

738
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 1: to win games. I see it from all three of

739
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: these guys. Um, you know, coach McVeigh does it so well.

740
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: He brings so much energy just like the other ones

741
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 1: due uh, just in his own way, which I think

742
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:54,799
Speaker 1: is awesome. What about the two quarterbacks you've been with

743
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 1: Breeze Brady and now you're with Jared Goff. Where is

744
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,879
Speaker 1: golf compared to those guys? You know, golf is I've

745
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: see trending in that direction. Um, you know, he had

746
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: an awesome year last year, and then what he's been

747
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: doing out throughout this spring and throughout this training camp. Uh,

748
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: you know, he's doing great things. And with that being said,

749
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 1: you know, I can't wait to be able to suit

750
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: up on Sundays and get going with this guy. You

751
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,280
Speaker 1: bounced around the last three years to three different places.

752
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: But to me, like it says something about you that

753
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: three of the best minds in football want you on

754
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,919
Speaker 1: their team, like Sean Payton, you know, Belichick and Josh

755
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: McDaniel is one of the best offensive coaches and now

756
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh. Does it, Like do you feel good about that?

757
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: Like there's so many smart coaches, Like what what you got?

758
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I look at it and uh,

759
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: you know, I'm very thankful, and then that you know,

760
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,839
Speaker 1: so many people can take the negative from it. Uh,

761
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 1: but I think there has been such a blessing to

762
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: play with two great coaches and now playing for another third. Um,

763
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: all that's doing is just helping my career and blessing

764
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: making me become a better players walking. Um, you know,

765
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 1: be the best teammate that I can be. Who's gonna

766
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: had more yards this year? You were Robert, I don't

767
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: get into that. We you were a routine guy. So

768
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 1: you wanted to do this interview kind of right as

769
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 1: you're coming off practice. I didn't want to do the interview,

770
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 1: right you probably probably, So what does that mean to

771
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:14,720
Speaker 1: be a routine guy? And are you Are you upset

772
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: with us for messing up? I'm not upset at all.

773
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: You know, you gotta be able to improvise. So just

774
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 1: for me, I just like to you know, a certain

775
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: times I like to take care of my body, especially

776
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: you know, before practice, I want to get food in me,

777
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,879
Speaker 1: you know, just little things like that, trying to be

778
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 1: the best product I can be. Uh, so I can

779
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 1: be healthy? Uh is it? Is it a career high

780
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 1: point to be on this show? You've been in the

781
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 1: super Bowl. I had a lot of great moments, but

782
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: now you're here. I'm here. I'm uh that's up there.

783
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: I will say that up there. Do you listen to podcasts? Yes?

784
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: I do, besides ours, but usually I just more so

785
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 1: listen to uh pastor Brian Leris. My faith is a

786
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 1: lot to me. Um, everything to me. So I usually

787
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: like driving in in the morning and listen to podcasts

788
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: and get my day started positive messages. Last question, you know,

789
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: more so going home from practice. Last question? Where can

790
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 1: we get a good taco and irvan? You know, Um,

791
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: I don't know, but go to Nobu Malibu. They got

792
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: some good You're not wrong about that little above our Sorry,

793
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,320
Speaker 1: we'll save up for you be able to do it.

794
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: Brenda Cook's best of luck this. Thank you guys. Thanks.

795
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:33,440
Speaker 1: We have Marcus Peters, new cornerback for the Los Angeles Rams.

796
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: As you were coming to meet with us. A Chiefs

797
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 1: fan behind the scenes, Ryan said, I can't believe we

798
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: let Hall of Famer out the door. I'm gone now.

799
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:49,839
Speaker 1: So there's the there's what you're leaving behind, Kansas City.

800
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 1: You don't seem too too sad about it now. I

801
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: left with nineteen picks, a couple of forced fumbles, a

802
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: couple of touchdowns, and we had a lot of out

803
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 1: of fun out there. So it's time to move on.

804
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: But you don't disagree with the Hall of Fame respect

805
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: he's given you. Oh no, man, See, you gotta just

806
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 1: keep working in and then all that stuff will come

807
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: on down the line from my peers and stuff like

808
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: my game and stuff. But as of right now, and

809
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 1: just keep working. We keep running. You know, you lead

810
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 1: the league and picks since you entered the league, and

811
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: to keep to leave since he ended the league also

812
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,320
Speaker 1: enters picks. Is this the best cornerback duo in the NFL?

813
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,400
Speaker 1: Right now? We're gonna see, man, We're gonna as we

814
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: we get into the what this week to a camp,

815
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,040
Speaker 1: and we just keep building and then by time we

816
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 1: get ready to play the readers on September ten, Monday

817
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: Night Football, we're gonna find out. What do you think

818
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: about Wade Phillips? Yeah, O, g man, I keep saying

819
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: that now, but it's really um, it's really true. Man.

820
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: He's he's so laid back. He trust his players to

821
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 1: go out there and do everything that he's asking for

822
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,840
Speaker 1: us to do. And let's play fast, play physical, and

823
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 1: just do do do our job. You go from Andy Reid,

824
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,320
Speaker 1: who is one of the best offensive minds of the

825
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 1: last two decades, to Sean McVeigh, who's already one of

826
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:03,320
Speaker 1: the best offensive minds in football. Do you see just

827
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: in the short time you've been with Sean, like, do

828
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: you see something that makes him special? Everything that he does,

829
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: the way that he prepares, the way that he's so

830
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,520
Speaker 1: competitive on all on all tools of of of him

831
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 1: wanting us to be on our toes of defense, of

832
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 1: us to be uh sound on special teams, And then

833
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 1: how are you coming out with it with all his

834
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 1: unique looks and and his his unique snap counts and

835
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: stuff like that. On offensive side, it's all unique. Man.

836
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 1: So yeah, he's he's he's gonna be a great coach

837
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: in this league for a long time. How about just

838
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: the difference like in vibe, But they're both great coaches.

839
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 1: They both run their teams a certain way. Like what's

840
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 1: the difference. It ain't nothing like California. So but no, man,

841
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,319
Speaker 1: Big Red kind of he kind of uh held us

842
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,359
Speaker 1: his his his ball club in the old school ways,

843
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 1: I should say, of of how he was was getting

844
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 1: down with things. But like I said, it's nothing like California. Man,

845
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,279
Speaker 1: I think a coach Sean he fits perfectly with the

846
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: California weather, the California five. He's a young young coach man.

847
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 1: You know what about his player ways? What about for you?

848
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: I mean Kansas City and no disrespect Ryan, Uh seems

849
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: like a nice place. But l A is a lot too.

850
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,360
Speaker 1: How how big was that like coming to l A

851
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 1: and for you like changing that type of lifestyle like that,

852
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,839
Speaker 1: I'm fifty minutes away from home, want to flight five

853
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: and a half? I would drive to go home. And

854
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: it allows for my family to come see me play

855
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: a lot more ball. You know we play against were

856
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 1: still playing the bear, you know with me transferring from

857
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 1: playing against Oakland every year I go within playing against

858
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: Sepsis before the nine is now my family still get

859
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 1: to come see me playing Santa Clair and just close

860
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 1: to my family. And what's it like being the new guy?

861
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,759
Speaker 1: So you're obviously a high profile guy, But is it

862
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: nerve wracking when and maybe you know a lot of

863
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 1: players on the rams even before you got here, But

864
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,359
Speaker 1: what's it like being I don't feel like you get

865
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 1: nerve wracked too often. I think the best thing, yeah,

866
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 1: but I think the best thing about this whole situation

867
00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 1: is that I came in the right when we was

868
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,799
Speaker 1: being ready for O T S and and and all

869
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,120
Speaker 1: those things. So it allowed for me to be around

870
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: my teammates and stuff and just to to jail on

871
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: them to see I'll play with Corey Littleton in college

872
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 1: and stuff. Um I knew time for a little bit

873
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,360
Speaker 1: with over probos and just having conversations and stuff like

874
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: that and everything else I know Jared from back at

875
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 1: home and stuff and planning against them, but everything you

876
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 1: just take it as a learning experience. You come in

877
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:24,719
Speaker 1: and just be yourself and then it's it's gonna all

878
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,760
Speaker 1: get to jail and as we go through these processes

879
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,800
Speaker 1: of oas mini camp and now training camp. You have

880
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: to go back to almost the ninety four Niners to

881
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 1: find the team that in the off season attacked free

882
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 1: agency and trades to bring in players they brought in

883
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: like Dion Sanders back then. And you, you guys, the

884
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 1: Rams really are the team that did that. This offseason

885
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,279
Speaker 1: was a distinct difference than in some the ways some

886
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 1: teams build. Is it really in houses? It's sort of

887
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 1: super Bowl or bust for the Rams this season? No,

888
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:53,319
Speaker 1: I think it's is week to week busk. Yeah, We're

889
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 1: gonna prepare a week to week and and see if

890
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 1: we busted that week or not, and then we we

891
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 1: can we continue to grow each week and and we

892
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:01,759
Speaker 1: see where we we fall at the end of the

893
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: seventeen weeks of regular season, and then if we get

894
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 1: to playoffs, we just keep playing our ball. That's gonna

895
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,319
Speaker 1: be a little bit different going from the Chiefs, where

896
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 1: you were a perennial playoff contender but didn't get up

897
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: as much like media attention or love to now everybody's

898
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,760
Speaker 1: picking you to do great things. What's the difference between

899
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,879
Speaker 1: like the high expectations now versus where the Chiefs. I don't.

900
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 1: I don't see no difference because I think everybody there's

901
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 1: only one champion this league right now, and that's the

902
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: Philadelphi Eagles. You know, until we opened up week one,

903
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 1: you know, and then once we opened up, we want

904
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,279
Speaker 1: everybody on a clean slate of us playing ball. And

905
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 1: you go out there and you put your best foot

906
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 1: for it each week, and then you see where you

907
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 1: fall at the end of the season. Who talks more?

908
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 1: You were a keep man? We kind of I don't know,

909
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 1: we we we kind of we to be honest, I

910
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 1: think we chill man. Okay, what about your wide receivers um,

911
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:54,839
Speaker 1: I think they'd chill to man with Cooper, Brandon and Rob.

912
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: I think they all chill man. They also spoken and

913
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: stuff and just I think they all just have the

914
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 1: same mentality of let's just go in and work and

915
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,080
Speaker 1: see what we can fall at the end of this

916
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 1: wave talks. But that's why I'm saying. He the o

917
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: g man, so he didn't see a lot of games,

918
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 1: and being coaching this game forty plus years now, you

919
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: gotta you gotta listen. The fortnight shirt, is that a

920
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:17,960
Speaker 1: big thing with the team. Yeah, he said that his grandson.

921
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:19,879
Speaker 1: He got a six year old grandson, so he said

922
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 1: he watches his grandson played the game a lot. I

923
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 1: act him, did he get down? But I don't know

924
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,200
Speaker 1: how to play Fortnight? So if he was getting down, man,

925
00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 1: that would be something the players in general. I think

926
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 1: that's the new thing that's popping around the around the

927
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:32,759
Speaker 1: world right now is Fortnite. And you can do so much,

928
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 1: you know, with all of the New age dance moves

929
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 1: and all that stuff, you know, like Super Mario Brothers

930
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,360
Speaker 1: still there. I mean, I'm I stick to maddening stuff

931
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: like that. You know. I played the regular games of

932
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: of of what was what was the topical? Like where

933
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: at U c Irvine? You're in the dorm room right now?

934
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 1: Like what are you guys getting into in the I'm

935
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 1: watching my computer on FaceTime with my son until I

936
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,360
Speaker 1: can come see him to day at practice and just

937
00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 1: enjoying my time here. There's no like raging kickers or anything. No, man, no,

938
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:04,919
Speaker 1: nothing like that. Man does way you ever talk about

939
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: his dad tells stories about him. Um, not as much,

940
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:09,879
Speaker 1: you know, but you know it's all about he tells

941
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:11,799
Speaker 1: the stories about how how we grew for the love

942
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: of football and and why he's been doing it for

943
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: so long, and you can you can always relate to

944
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 1: all those tools back to him, just his dad being

945
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: a football coach and stuff. You can just see the similarities.

946
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:24,400
Speaker 1: The last question, Marcus, we're grinding here podcast dudes Grinding

947
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: and the sun afterwards. We're looking for a good taco

948
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 1: spot in Irvan. Do you have any knowledge in this.

949
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:32,960
Speaker 1: I haven't done to his taco spot out here. It's

950
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,239
Speaker 1: a great food place called Eurek over here. Yeah, they

951
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,359
Speaker 1: have some great wings and some great hamburgers and stuff.

952
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 1: You gonna kind of mixing, match it whatever you want,

953
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 1: Marks the vegetarian, what about kind of stuff and then happen.

954
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,600
Speaker 1: Thank you. That's the luck of season here for sure.

955
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: Thank you, thank thanksus, thanks thank you. Good to meet you.

956
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 1: We cannot get a good taco read where are we

957
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:59,319
Speaker 1: gonna go get? You get the sense that they've really

958
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: kept them be hemmed in on the campus. First is

959
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:04,600
Speaker 1: allowing them to flit her into the Los Angeles night

960
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,440
Speaker 1: till two or three in the morning during training camp.

961
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 1: We can try years, we can. So you heard from

962
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:14,359
Speaker 1: both Cooks and Peters there, Marcus Peters that dude has

963
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 1: a lot of confidence. By the way talk about Sean McVeigh.

964
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:21,960
Speaker 1: Marcus Peters is completely comfortable and he's I think, very

965
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,960
Speaker 1: happy to be playing in a new You get the

966
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:31,759
Speaker 1: sense that pro athletes in general are confidence the next level.

967
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: The way he carries himself, he's he's the type of

968
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: confidence where he doesn't even need to talk, as he said,

969
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 1: he just the way that he kind of enters like

970
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 1: everyone else. I did want to ask him why he

971
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 1: threw his gloves into Jets game last year, uh and

972
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:48,640
Speaker 1: basically and then walked to the locker room and then

973
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 1: came back with his shoes off. That was an incredible

974
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,319
Speaker 1: That's how interviews go south, but it would Yeah, he's

975
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: probably moved on from that chapter of his career. All Right,

976
00:46:56,520 --> 00:47:01,320
Speaker 1: Finally we're gonna hear from one of the most uh gifted,

977
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:05,879
Speaker 1: uh talented, notorious defenders of the last ten twelve years

978
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 1: in the NFL. UH He is the new defensive tackle

979
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:13,279
Speaker 1: for the Rams and Dominicans sue Alright, a ton of

980
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,440
Speaker 1: hype around the Rams this year, and one of the

981
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:19,080
Speaker 1: reasons is the man sitting next to Mark Mark not

982
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:21,400
Speaker 1: quite as big as the man next year and Dominicans Sue,

983
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 1: Welcome to the Round the NFL podcast. You you spent

984
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: so many years in Detroit then Miami maybe never got

985
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 1: a deep January run during those years. All of a sudden,

986
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 1: now you have a real chance with a top NFC contender.

987
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:36,879
Speaker 1: How exciting is that I got a lot of talent

988
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 1: on this team. Very excited one of the attributes of

989
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 1: you wanted to come here a team that obviously showed

990
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 1: a lot of promise in the previous year that they

991
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:46,479
Speaker 1: had uh and just coming back with a young group

992
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 1: of young core guys, especially a quarterback that has grown

993
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:53,440
Speaker 1: tremendously under coach McVeigh and a strong offensive line that

994
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:56,200
Speaker 1: I wanted to practice against every single day. So I'm

995
00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: excited about it, but we've got a lot of work

996
00:47:57,640 --> 00:47:59,400
Speaker 1: ahead of it. It's kind of like an iconic now

997
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,359
Speaker 1: ready or soon will be if the Rams go all

998
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 1: the way and they do the Football Life Super Bowl Champion,

999
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:08,719
Speaker 1: the dinner at NOBU where you were wind and dying

1000
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:11,640
Speaker 1: to be brought to l A. Was that a part

1001
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,799
Speaker 1: of the conversation, Like, you're a guy that's a Hall

1002
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,439
Speaker 1: of Fame candidate type player that may be a deep

1003
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: playoff run. Is the last thing you need to kind

1004
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:20,360
Speaker 1: of go over the top and have the gold jacket.

1005
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:23,000
Speaker 1: I've said it before without question, the gold jacket is

1006
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:25,120
Speaker 1: something that I aspire to have. I think all the

1007
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,279
Speaker 1: greats and and the best. The special thing about it

1008
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,439
Speaker 1: is being able to go with Charlie Sanders and see

1009
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: his bust before he unfortunately passed many a couple of

1010
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 1: years ago was special for me when I was in Detroite.

1011
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,120
Speaker 1: So to be able to do that. He was a winner, uh,

1012
00:48:37,239 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 1: not only as a as a player, but as a

1013
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 1: coach and a mentor to me. Uh And and that's

1014
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 1: one thing that I want to accomplish, being able to

1015
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:45,479
Speaker 1: do something specially as as a union, as a team

1016
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:48,319
Speaker 1: and a defense. And that's obviously one of my big goals.

1017
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 1: You just came off the field practice, Irvine's son. How

1018
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:54,319
Speaker 1: are you feeling about us keeping you in the sun?

1019
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:58,759
Speaker 1: I don't mind. It can beat the Miami heat any day. Okay, okay,

1020
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:00,800
Speaker 1: because we're wis there was a out of like whenever

1021
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 1: we could take shade at all today and you're you're

1022
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,760
Speaker 1: there with the full like uniform. How are you feeling

1023
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,719
Speaker 1: after a couple of hours like that's not bad at all?

1024
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: I mean, honestly, the winds blowing, it's only probably like

1025
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:14,400
Speaker 1: eighty five degrees. I'm used to a hundred hundred five especially,

1026
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 1: so it's it's not bad, not like in the top

1027
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:21,680
Speaker 1: ten most challenging days of my life. But you're also

1028
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 1: like pushing three hundred pound men, you know, play after play.

1029
00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 1: I would think, I think I was definitely built for it.

1030
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 1: So I think I've blocked those things out. But now

1031
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:35,799
Speaker 1: it's it's it's definitely a grueling and a grind. That's

1032
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: part of camp. We all understand that. So as as

1033
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:41,000
Speaker 1: going into my ninth year, it's something that I don't

1034
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 1: really even focus on anymore. It's about getting better and

1035
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,960
Speaker 1: trying to find things that I can craft and uh

1036
00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:47,359
Speaker 1: be prepared for the season. I had a chance last

1037
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,719
Speaker 1: year for a Mother's Day piece to interview your mom, Bernadette,

1038
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,720
Speaker 1: and I said, just described to me what nodalmi Ensoux

1039
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:54,920
Speaker 1: was like as a challenge. He said it was a

1040
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:58,719
Speaker 1: very cuddly boy who loved his legos. Is that's still

1041
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 1: the case, still very cuddly. I got away from the

1042
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:05,320
Speaker 1: legos and connects as my mom, I begged her and

1043
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 1: begged her for Christmas gifts all the time with that stuff,

1044
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,120
Speaker 1: but not without question that people see me on the

1045
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:13,720
Speaker 1: football field and and think that's my personality offside outside

1046
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,799
Speaker 1: when it's totally opposite. I love being around my friends

1047
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 1: and family, spending time having fun, laughing, uh, and just

1048
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:23,359
Speaker 1: really enjoying life. Definitely in a special position to play

1049
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:25,759
Speaker 1: the game that I love and in a sport that

1050
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:29,600
Speaker 1: tremendously has a great platform, but you soak it up

1051
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:30,920
Speaker 1: and have fun with your friends and family at the

1052
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:32,440
Speaker 1: end of the day. I know that also, you were

1053
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:35,400
Speaker 1: a shot but champion. I did shot foot in high school,

1054
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:40,920
Speaker 1: and I'm like, I don't even remember what the term

1055
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:42,680
Speaker 1: was because I was not long for the team. But

1056
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:44,600
Speaker 1: what I intimidate you if we were to line up

1057
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:47,000
Speaker 1: out there and have a kind of a contest there,

1058
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:49,399
Speaker 1: do you feel like you could take me? No doubt.

1059
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 1: I mean he's kind, but now you're getting too competitive stuff.

1060
00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:59,880
Speaker 1: You're gonna get my juices flowing. Marcus Peters earlier and

1061
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 1: we asked him about Wade Phillips and he said, he's

1062
00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 1: the O g is he unlike any coach you've happy for.

1063
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:07,760
Speaker 1: Without question, He's got a ton of experience and obviously

1064
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 1: it's a wealth of knowledge that I can grasp him

1065
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:13,120
Speaker 1: many things from I mean the other day when were

1066
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:15,279
Speaker 1: in O t A. S had the opportunity to talk

1067
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 1: with him, which is he's a man of many few words.

1068
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,239
Speaker 1: So being able to sit down with him and have

1069
00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:23,000
Speaker 1: that conversation, especially around Reggie White, one of the greats

1070
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: to ever play the game, was something special for sure.

1071
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:30,160
Speaker 1: Have you thought at all about Week three this season

1072
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:33,799
Speaker 1: you might be going up against the Cardinals, Zam Bradford

1073
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: was the number one draft pick of your draft by

1074
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:40,480
Speaker 1: by this team, Rams Like, would that be a special

1075
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:43,719
Speaker 1: guy to go after? I always marked the calendar when

1076
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 1: I have saying Bradford on there, no matter no matter

1077
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 1: what when it was, whether it was when we're fre

1078
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 1: rookies and when he was in St. Louis or when

1079
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:55,160
Speaker 1: he was any other place. I've always looked forward to

1080
00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,360
Speaker 1: going against him. And is that completely because of the

1081
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,360
Speaker 1: one to no question, without question, if it was the

1082
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 1: other way around, all cool the quarterback at the end

1083
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:05,840
Speaker 1: of the day. So I want to get after a

1084
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,120
Speaker 1: quarterback no matter what. So you have you have you

1085
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:09,759
Speaker 1: sacked him, had to have you gotten some hits on

1086
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,360
Speaker 1: him over the years. Oh, Yeah, definitely. I've gotten to

1087
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:14,240
Speaker 1: pick off of them, sacked him a couple of times,

1088
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 1: So I hope to just continue to win in the

1089
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 1: winning column. Do you like let them know a little

1090
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:21,440
Speaker 1: extra that you would. I'm not much of a talker,

1091
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:23,600
Speaker 1: but I mean, I'll definitely try and hit him artism

1092
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 1: because as I can. UM. We also, Uh, this has

1093
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:32,360
Speaker 1: been an ongoing quest while we've been here on Irvine.

1094
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:35,240
Speaker 1: We're trying to find a really good taco place. Anything.

1095
00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 1: Can you share anything? I have not been off a campus,

1096
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:41,239
Speaker 1: to be honest, I've been staying here on campus NonStop.

1097
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:43,600
Speaker 1: And uh, I wish I knew. I I go check

1098
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,960
Speaker 1: it out myself. If you had any suggestions, we do.

1099
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:51,239
Speaker 1: We've heard these dorm rooms are pretty spartan. Yeah, college wasn't.

1100
00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:54,040
Speaker 1: It wasn't the best living situation, but like we said,

1101
00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:55,719
Speaker 1: it's a part of campus, part of the grind, and

1102
00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:57,839
Speaker 1: you get used to it. This is your first camp

1103
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 1: you've been in, like where you're in a do arm

1104
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:03,239
Speaker 1: that sort of situation. Yeah, it is Detroit. We were

1105
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:06,560
Speaker 1: at home or in a hotel nearby the facility that

1106
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:10,400
Speaker 1: we stayed at UM And same thing with Miami, same situation,

1107
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:13,640
Speaker 1: but Yeah, this was the first time coming to a dormitory,

1108
00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:17,680
Speaker 1: to say the least. It's not joke. You mentioned like

1109
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:21,040
Speaker 1: you want you're looking for little things to improve? What

1110
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:23,319
Speaker 1: what like? What are some of the things this year

1111
00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:25,120
Speaker 1: because you're in a little bit of a different role,

1112
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 1: Like what are those things you're looking for? It's it's

1113
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:30,800
Speaker 1: a handful of things. Really was during OT as a

1114
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,200
Speaker 1: mini camp was figuring out the defense and understanding where

1115
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,160
Speaker 1: I was gonna be positioned in it, uh, and then

1116
00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:38,160
Speaker 1: kind of moving forward coming into camps, figuring out the

1117
00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:42,200
Speaker 1: nuances to play with Brockers and Smarty uh and all

1118
00:53:42,239 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: the other guys that are on the defensive line. So

1119
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:45,600
Speaker 1: it's a matter of just coming together, as you know,

1120
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:47,440
Speaker 1: to get in the field for each other. And over

1121
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,239
Speaker 1: the last probably a couple of weeks now that we've

1122
00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 1: been in here, we've been starting to just get a

1123
00:53:52,320 --> 00:53:54,400
Speaker 1: good flow, especially in the pastors game, which is a

1124
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:56,359
Speaker 1: very important piece. We always gotta get the quarterback down.

1125
00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:59,319
Speaker 1: The last question you you've been in the leagual while

1126
00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:03,040
Speaker 1: now um become part of the reason you come here

1127
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:04,919
Speaker 1: is to get over the hump win a super Bowl,

1128
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,600
Speaker 1: Like do you see yourself playing in the league for

1129
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 1: many more years? Could you win a Super Bowl and

1130
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:11,759
Speaker 1: walk away like, where are you in terms of where

1131
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 1: you see your career at this point? It's funny. John

1132
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:18,120
Speaker 1: Sullivan actually asked me that earlier today. How many times?

1133
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 1: How many more years I figured to play? But I

1134
00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:23,760
Speaker 1: don't haven't really thought deeply about it. I think personally

1135
00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:25,600
Speaker 1: if I if I choose to, I can play another

1136
00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:28,759
Speaker 1: five six years. But ultimate goal is to win. Uh,

1137
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,839
Speaker 1: and my goal was always to get to ten years.

1138
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,239
Speaker 1: So it was this year in the following year and

1139
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 1: kind of go from there and make a decision. It's

1140
00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:36,840
Speaker 1: really about I want to have a family. So I

1141
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:39,440
Speaker 1: got to look at those different those different pieces as well.

1142
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:41,200
Speaker 1: Uh it's not easy to being in the league and

1143
00:54:41,280 --> 00:54:45,040
Speaker 1: having a girlfriend and managing the time because uh, as

1144
00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:48,640
Speaker 1: we know, all athletes are pretty much to some extent,

1145
00:54:48,840 --> 00:54:51,560
Speaker 1: so pater Masters, you play until you're like forty and

1146
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 1: then you settle down and so it's some decisions that

1147
00:54:55,520 --> 00:54:58,719
Speaker 1: are gonna come up over the next couple of years. Cool, excellent, well,

1148
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 1: best of lucky this season. Thank you, domin Suit, thank you,

1149
00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:06,800
Speaker 1: thank you. You know we heard that Dominican would be

1150
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:10,440
Speaker 1: maybe quiet or we get clipped answers, but I found

1151
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:13,960
Speaker 1: him engaging and wonderful. He seems like a thoughtful guy.

1152
00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:16,960
Speaker 1: I think that's a credit to UH, to our podcast

1153
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:19,359
Speaker 1: in our ability to get athletes open up a little

1154
00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:22,239
Speaker 1: drill water from a stone. Also also a credit to

1155
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:24,840
Speaker 1: the person that wiped off the sweat off of his

1156
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 1: chair after he got up, because that was it was

1157
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:30,560
Speaker 1: like it was like a lake. There's a lot going on. Hey,

1158
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:32,320
Speaker 1: he just got off the practice field, and that was

1159
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:34,120
Speaker 1: the other thing I was nervous acould here he gives

1160
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:37,279
Speaker 1: short answers. You the reputation coming off a practice field

1161
00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:39,919
Speaker 1: or he just practiced for three hours. No, he's all cool.

1162
00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:42,560
Speaker 1: Couldn't have been more genial, and he know he really

1163
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,000
Speaker 1: I've always thought in people who have been around him

1164
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,000
Speaker 1: that he's one of the more intelligent players. That's a

1165
00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:49,360
Speaker 1: big reason of why he's gotten to where he is

1166
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:51,680
Speaker 1: is his smarts, and you can that came across. You

1167
00:55:51,719 --> 00:55:54,520
Speaker 1: can see and he did speak. He was speaking kind

1168
00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:57,120
Speaker 1: of passionately about how important it is I think to

1169
00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,200
Speaker 1: get to the next step in terms of being a

1170
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:03,560
Speaker 1: championship player. I think I thought you're gonna say, I

1171
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:05,480
Speaker 1: thought you gonna say he was speaking really passionately about

1172
00:56:05,480 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 1: how Batty wants to get the same brand. That's what

1173
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:08,920
Speaker 1: I was thinking. That's what I was thinking. Maybe not

1174
00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:11,439
Speaker 1: as much as that. I'm totally locked into that Week

1175
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 1: three game now because I just want to see him

1176
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:15,200
Speaker 1: like take Bradford's head off, like that would not be

1177
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:17,879
Speaker 1: as genial as he was, like, is there any player

1178
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:20,560
Speaker 1: you would want to like, you would want less after

1179
00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:23,400
Speaker 1: you than Dominan? I feel like Sam Bradford has been

1180
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:29,360
Speaker 1: through a lot, alright, So that was fun. We should

1181
00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:34,040
Speaker 1: do this day And by the way, as you heard,

1182
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:37,120
Speaker 1: failed time and time again to pump these players and

1183
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:39,520
Speaker 1: the head coach for information on a good taco if

1184
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,600
Speaker 1: you're in the O C. Orange County, Irvine, Well, guess what,

1185
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:46,840
Speaker 1: Greg got a source, triple source possibly uh to go

1186
00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:48,759
Speaker 1: to a taco place. So we went to for lunch.

1187
00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:50,800
Speaker 1: A loyal listener in the show shout out to Adam.

1188
00:56:51,080 --> 00:56:55,000
Speaker 1: Shout out to Adam. A place called Puesto here in Irvine.

1189
00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:57,160
Speaker 1: Look it up and if you are ever in this area,

1190
00:56:57,160 --> 00:56:59,040
Speaker 1: you gotta go. What are the best tacos? If not

1191
00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:01,960
Speaker 1: the best taco I've ever had? I looked up at

1192
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,000
Speaker 1: one point because you said, no, no, this is really

1193
00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:09,840
Speaker 1: emotional for me. But thank you, Adam. That was the

1194
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:12,520
Speaker 1: best taco I've ever had. Think of imagine something being

1195
00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:15,120
Speaker 1: called the filet mignon taco and then it living up

1196
00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:18,600
Speaker 1: to the best possible reality of what it could be. Anyway,

1197
00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:21,840
Speaker 1: So what were your thoughts on it? What a delightful

1198
00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:26,680
Speaker 1: place too, Not that we imbibe too heavily. We're professionals.

1199
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:28,560
Speaker 1: We do got it. I do want to go out.

1200
00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:31,040
Speaker 1: We gotta do this more. Jared Goff throws a pretty

1201
00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 1: football like you can't. You can't get that from home.

1202
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:37,200
Speaker 1: Greg's got the Jones again, that's pretty football Jones. I'm

1203
00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:40,920
Speaker 1: just saying it is also a bit of a weird juxtaposition,

1204
00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:44,640
Speaker 1: first having in Dominican Sue and then later Andrew Whitworth,

1205
00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:46,880
Speaker 1: who will get to in a second, sitting next to

1206
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:49,760
Speaker 1: Mark Sessler. Also weird to be having the greatest taco

1207
00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:51,800
Speaker 1: of my life next to a man on a full

1208
00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:56,160
Speaker 1: juice cleanse. Mark. Yeah, listen, I'm not pretending to be

1209
00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 1: an NFL player in training camp right now. I'm just

1210
00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:01,320
Speaker 1: doing this job. That got you all right. Now, you

1211
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:05,360
Speaker 1: heard from the players, the coaches, There's more that you

1212
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:09,120
Speaker 1: will be able to see on social media on NFL

1213
00:58:09,160 --> 00:58:11,800
Speaker 1: dot com Slash a t N video. We had interviews

1214
00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:15,280
Speaker 1: also with star left tackle Andrew Whitworth and wide receiver

1215
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:18,479
Speaker 1: Robert Woods, who was a big fan of Sour Patch kids.

1216
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,880
Speaker 1: Always interested when grown men are super into candy um

1217
00:58:22,520 --> 00:58:26,760
Speaker 1: soar stuff. It seems yes, yes, and and I and

1218
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:30,320
Speaker 1: I get that. But we'll be back on Monday, back

1219
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:32,840
Speaker 1: in the studio. So it was great being here again.

1220
00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:35,440
Speaker 1: Thanks to the Rams for having us. They were more

1221
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:39,960
Speaker 1: than accommodating. And uh, Brassie's she's we should get her.

1222
00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:43,280
Speaker 1: Come on, Brassey at least at least say hello to

1223
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:46,320
Speaker 1: the listeners. This is your chance an day. Guys, you

1224
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:49,160
Speaker 1: were brass. You were brassy at lunch, that's for sure.

1225
00:58:50,760 --> 00:58:55,480
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, Greg's Gregg's got love for me now,

1226
00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:58,919
Speaker 1: so maybe I'll make more appearances. We we uh, we've

1227
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:02,600
Speaker 1: been going. It's been along for a segment. We did,

1228
00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 1: we did, we did just you know, surpriser here. You know,

1229
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,200
Speaker 1: even even Dan's warming up to have me on. She

1230
00:59:08,320 --> 00:59:10,280
Speaker 1: had a theory that Dan was a little worried that

1231
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:13,280
Speaker 1: she was gonna steal all this Dan shine and kind

1232
00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:16,240
Speaker 1: of steal the show, but it hasn't happened, so yeah,

1233
00:59:16,240 --> 00:59:17,800
Speaker 1: but I know there's gonna be someone back at the

1234
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:22,600
Speaker 1: office really sour about this little eelie shop, potentially. You know,

1235
00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:25,080
Speaker 1: I didn't send any names, alright, Brastie, thanks for your

1236
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:29,040
Speaker 1: help as well a time and loose Cannon. I see

1237
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:33,760
Speaker 1: you helping out Tim Posty long Day. We love you, Ryan,

1238
00:59:33,840 --> 00:59:35,800
Speaker 1: Bartlett and Bartlett, thank you, Thank you to everybody and

1239
00:59:35,840 --> 00:59:40,280
Speaker 1: thank you intern. Yes until Monday. This Dan Hansons signing

1240
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:45,320
Speaker 1: off for Quiet Storm, the mail Man, the Old Boss.

1241
00:59:46,280 --> 01:00:02,360
Speaker 1: Oh h, loose Cannon on the field until Monday. S