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Speaker 1: From the Toyota Patio here at SOFI Stadium, site of

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night football, the Rams and the Eagles. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: a new edition of Between the Horns, presented by your

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Speaker 1: Southern California Toyota Dealers.

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Speaker 2: I'm JB.

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Speaker 1: Long with my friends and colleagues DeMarco Farr and Maurice

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Speaker 1: Jones Drew. The band is back together to be back

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Speaker 1: at the stadium. It's a chili fall morning here as

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Speaker 1: we record.

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Speaker 3: Is that why you're rocking a hat. I've never seen

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Speaker 3: you rock a hat before. That's new.

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Speaker 1: I just ran out of time getting the kids out

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Speaker 1: the door to school.

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Speaker 3: So what we said.

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Speaker 1: Our last show before Thanksgiving? I guess how the holiday's

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Speaker 1: treating you?

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Speaker 2: So far?

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Speaker 3: Good, so far. Everybody's coming to my house this year,

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Speaker 3: so I'm making turkey. I'm more scared of that than

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Speaker 3: the Philadelphia Eagles right now.

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Speaker 2: Huh oh oh. I mean that's tough. You know. I

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Speaker 2: got lucky. My grandmother taught my wife how to cook.

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Speaker 2: And she's kind of you know, she's getting up there

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Speaker 2: in a so she doesn't remember everybody, and she was

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Speaker 2: eating the last Thanksgiving, was like, uh, who made this?

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Speaker 2: And I make this? I said, oh, then we know

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Speaker 2: what we're doing. So thanksgivings at my house, but not

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Speaker 2: with everybody nice, just grandma and uncle.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna get to takeaways from the win of the

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Speaker 1: Patriots in just a second. But one of mine is

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Speaker 1: food related, which is man, That New England clam chowder

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Speaker 1: was good. We might need to build that into our

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Speaker 1: own repertoire.

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Speaker 2: And it was. It was right on time too, because

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Speaker 2: though temper just started to drop at the end, and

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Speaker 2: it was right on time.

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Speaker 3: You didn't have any This is why I started to

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Speaker 3: hate you guys. Oh I didn't have a single bite

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Speaker 3: of clam chowder. I heard you guys eating though. Would

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Speaker 3: you have partaken?

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Speaker 2: Though?

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Speaker 1: Is that your deal?

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Speaker 3: There's some things I cannot resist in good clam chowder

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Speaker 3: on the East Coast. There I gotta have. That was

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Speaker 3: on the money. What about the football part of it?

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Speaker 3: What do you four days later, still thinking about good, bad,

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Speaker 3: and otherwise from that win over New England? Well, you

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Speaker 3: know me, I think we all feel the same way.

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Speaker 3: A win is a win is a win. I could

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Speaker 3: care less how it looks one point a thousand points

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Speaker 3: as long as you got the W. So there were

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Speaker 3: some good things, there's some bad things. I think you

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Speaker 3: could have made that game a whole lot easier than

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Speaker 3: you made it. So this is still a work in progress,

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Speaker 3: but is when you're working to try to get better.

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Speaker 3: As long as you keep coming up with w's, then

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Speaker 3: so be it. So they always say winning is great deodorant,

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Speaker 3: and man did that smell good? And that six hour

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Speaker 3: flight on the way back, they did check a lot

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Speaker 3: of boxes.

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Speaker 1: Some of the things that we were asking for, you

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Speaker 1: might say, begging for them to do, they were more

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Speaker 1: explosive that Cooper Cup touched down the longest offensive play

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Speaker 1: of the season. And then MJD, I hope you get

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Speaker 1: your commission for solving some of the red zone issues.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you just throw a little bit out there

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Speaker 2: to see what happens.

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Speaker 1: Well, if you were watching the show last week, I

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Speaker 1: thought MJD did a great job kind of breaking down

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Speaker 1: the philosophy.

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Speaker 3: Say yeah, oh.

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Speaker 2: I told him. I said, look, there's there's six windows

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Speaker 2: that you do. You attack in the red zone, and

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Speaker 2: really you want to attack the outside, the front pilon,

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Speaker 2: then every now and then, if you're going to attack

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Speaker 2: the middle of the field behind the goal post. You

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Speaker 2: have to have crossers coming. Well, the Rams decided to

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Speaker 2: attack the front pylon on the Puka Nakoua play and

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Speaker 2: the Cooper Cup touchdown, and then the back pylon on

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Speaker 2: the Kobe Parkinson, which was nice.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that won the cup that little when he rolled

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Speaker 3: out and then and just throw it to them. I mean,

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Speaker 3: how do you you can't cover that. That's one where

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Speaker 1: And we've been begging for that. Well, moving the pocket,

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Speaker 1: moving the launch point. They did it on two of

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Speaker 1: the touchdowns using some other personnel. Like great to have

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Speaker 1: Cooper Cup and pukin Akua go over one hundred yards each. Yes,

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Speaker 1: collectively three touchdowns combined. But Colby Parkinson gets his first

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Speaker 1: and it feels like, oh okay, you're starting to unlock

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Speaker 1: some things. You're forcing the defense to respect all of

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Speaker 2: Now, I think you're exactly right. We kind of talked

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Speaker 2: about the tight ends too. DeMarco, just where have they been?

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Speaker 2: What's been going on? You haven't seen that much production

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Speaker 2: is it just guys aren't showing up. And it seemed

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Speaker 2: like a lot of those questions were answered on Sunday.

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Speaker 3: I can't wait to get Higgs back. But that was

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Speaker 3: the best tight end day they've had all season long,

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Speaker 3: blocking and Parkinson finally getting in the end zone. So look,

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Speaker 3: when you talk about what you're about to face with Philly,

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Speaker 3: all these weapons they have, if you have a good

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Speaker 3: group of tight ends, that little gray area in between

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Speaker 3: that's making Hey, you can slow them down some Yeah.

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Speaker 1: How about defensive The Rams have already matched their takeaway

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Speaker 3: Well, look, it's to me, it's all about the front,

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Speaker 3: and it's all about the entire defense all eleven. But

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Speaker 3: what's driving this thing, what's driving this football team really

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Speaker 3: is that young front. Jared Verse should be Rookie of

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Speaker 3: the Year, Defensive Rookie of the year. I think Braden

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Speaker 3: Fist is as good as advertised Kobe Turner is. He's

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Speaker 3: on a heater. I think six seven tackles a game

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Speaker 3: for four straight weeks and he's been just an absolute force.

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Speaker 3: And he's calling the front. Yeah, he's getting everybody lined up,

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Speaker 3: so he's doing double duty and he's bawling his butt off,

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Speaker 3: so that front is just driving everything. I just hope

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Speaker 3: the offense gives them a chance to rest and then

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Speaker 3: go attack and rush the pass.

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Speaker 2: He has to turn his ears off.

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Speaker 3: That's all it happens, man. I mean, it's right there.

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Speaker 3: I mean, look, you know what you're trying to do.

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Speaker 3: They know what you're trying to do. You're gonna have

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Speaker 3: to play the hard count a little bit better. But

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Speaker 3: I'd rather have guys that are aggressive than the opposite.

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Speaker 3: I think that's the part of being young. You don't

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Speaker 3: have kids. Right.

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Speaker 2: When you have kids and there's all craziness, dads know

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Speaker 2: how to turn their ears off and let the craziness

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Speaker 2: go without even still focus on the things. When you're young,

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Speaker 2: those ears are still active and you're listening to me.

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Speaker 2: I thought the defense, the good part is what you

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Speaker 2: talked about, the young front. The bad part was a

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Speaker 2: young front right, making mistakes when you should have ended

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Speaker 2: the game, the penalties towards the end, the face mask obviously,

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Speaker 2: the personal foul. Those are things that you can have

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Speaker 2: and that's those are young issues, right, and that's what's

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Speaker 2: you know. You have to love it and then understand

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Speaker 2: it too, right. You can't be like, hey, you can't

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Speaker 2: just think that is they mature, which they've done an

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Speaker 2: awesome job of just playing. But when they mature, I

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Speaker 2: think you're gonna really see this defense explode. And I also

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Speaker 2: say this, I mean, as much as we talk about

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Speaker 2: Jared Verse, Brandon fixed Fisk has done him also he

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Speaker 2: should be up for Rookie of the Year too. I

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Speaker 2: don't know how many sacks he has, but he's up there.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's getting just as much pressure or causing

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Speaker 3: I love it, just not off the bench. When you're

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Speaker 3: an off the bench guy, Rookie of the year, that's

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Speaker 3: not you. It's a Jared Verse thing. I'm sorry, yeah,

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Speaker 3: what you're saying. But like spot duty guy, that's great.

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Speaker 3: He's got a motor. I love him. And I've been

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Speaker 3: saying this since camp that dude is one of the

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Speaker 3: best stunt runners the Rams have. But Jared Verse from

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Speaker 3: start to finished, handing the dirt from play one to

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Speaker 3: I hope he gets the nut and.

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Speaker 1: They are one two rookie sacks by the way, Fist

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Speaker 1: We'll see a Verse can get back this week. They've

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Speaker 1: gone back to back with forrest fumbles. Byron Young has

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Speaker 1: sacks in four straight games. He was a big part

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Speaker 1: of that closing effort. Look, he'd love to see the

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Speaker 1: Rams be better on third down, Stafford. You know, pitching

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Speaker 1: and catching on third down in particular is probably an

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Speaker 1: area for growth in the back half of this schedule.

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Speaker 1: But if you pun in play defense, to have b

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Speaker 1: why do his thing, and to have cam Kinchins, who's

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Speaker 1: the NFC Defensive Player of the Week again for the

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Speaker 1: second time in three games, close that thing with a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I wish he would have scored. I know, I

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Speaker 2: know you're against it, but I'm on the block. Extra

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Speaker 2: point a takeaway. We want to put points on the board, man.

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Speaker 2: This is points come in different ways. The miscellaneous points

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Speaker 2: are the best ones, the ones that you're not you're

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Speaker 3: It's the end of the game. Take that thing to

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Speaker 3: the house. Do they teach takeaways at Miami? Is that

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Speaker 3: a It must be?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 3: I mean, like, is that a class, the professor. The

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Speaker 3: guy that comes out of there is a ballhawk. But

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Speaker 3: it's it's all about opportunity. It's all about pressure and

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Speaker 3: closing games is a mindset. And this is so funny.

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Speaker 3: Our guys are here, the ninety nine team, the defense.

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Speaker 3: I can't wait to see Todd Lite. He's the one

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Speaker 3: that hit me up to this. It's just three perfect

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Speaker 3: plays to end the football. That's it on defense. And

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Speaker 3: it starts with the first You get that one, you

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Speaker 3: get the second and third play you get that when

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Speaker 3: you're off the field game over. So it's all just

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Speaker 3: a mindset. Most young guys when they get to the

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Speaker 3: end of game mode, I need to make the play.

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Speaker 3: I need to make the play. Sometimes that works against you.

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Speaker 3: Breathe make a play, disrupt, get off the field, and

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Speaker 3: win the ball game. So it's all a mindset. The

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Speaker 3: three perfect plays they put together should have ended the

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Speaker 3: game a quarter earlier, though, because they did it and

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Speaker 3: punched that out and it was fourth down and Verse

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Speaker 3: pulls a guy off the pile and it cost him.

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Speaker 3: It's it's hard. I don't want to coach that out

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Speaker 3: of him because he was helping his teammate. But you

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Speaker 3: have to be smarter about those end of game situations,

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Speaker 3: especially with and no knock. With an officiating crew like that,

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Speaker 3: that's a little helter skelter that anything that they think

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Speaker 3: is a foul, they're gonna bang you for. So just

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Speaker 3: be smart. Let it go, Yell at the reft to

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Speaker 3: pull him off, don't touch the guy, get off the field.

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Speaker 1: Penalties we'll talk about a little bit later. As it

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Speaker 1: relates to the Philadelphia Eagles. It's actually been one of

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Speaker 1: the strengths of the Rams, one of the least penalized

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Speaker 2: if you look at it from top to bottom on paper, right,

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Speaker 1: On third you need zero's TFLs takeaways. Yes, And speaking

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think this battle could be decided

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Speaker 2: the different things. It may be time to do that

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Speaker 2: again this week and right and use it to your advantage.

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Speaker 1: Interesting though, because he's been shuffling personnel at his skill

436
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Speaker 1: group more than ever before right this year at tight

437
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Speaker 1: end and receiver, So that prevents you from kind of

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Speaker 1: using some of that tempo to your advantage.

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Speaker 3: And wise you can, like you said, make them go

440
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Speaker 3: side to side and a lot of motions, make them talk,

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Speaker 3: make them have to reset a lot. Maybe you get

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Speaker 3: keys on him.

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Speaker 1: I will say this, unlike last week where New England

444
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Speaker 1: just blitz the daylights out of Matthew Stafford and he

445
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Speaker 1: torched them a couple of times. That's not what Vic

446
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Speaker 1: van Jo and Philly do. It's not their identity, it's

447
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Speaker 1: not their philosophy. And they don't have to because the

448
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Speaker 1: game records they have upfront. So you'll have to beat

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Speaker 1: them a different way.

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Speaker 2: Most like, oh, yeah, they're gonna sit back and play coverage.

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Speaker 2: I mean, they're gonna rush for They're gonna play coverage

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Speaker 2: every now and then. They're gonna get the manna man.

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Speaker 2: And you know, Nakobe Dean is playing really well and

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Speaker 2: normally you say, okay, I think that we have a

455
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Speaker 2: matchup with Kyron against the linebacker. N Kobe Dean has

456
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Speaker 2: kind of showed up and a guy that hasn't played

457
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Speaker 2: in a little bit had to work his way into playing.

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Speaker 2: He's he's really getting this. He's kind of the center

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Speaker 2: point to this defense, right him and Zach Bond. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean they're both they're both doing a great job

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Speaker 2: of covering the.

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Speaker 3: Back out of the backfield. That's Fangio to me, those

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Speaker 3: two linebackers. That's basically him on the field. How they

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Speaker 3: get you covered up and aligned to whatever you're doing

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Speaker 3: just so they can get after you. With that front,

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Speaker 3: they don't make a ton of mistakes. You're gonna have

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Speaker 3: to earn every single yard.

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Speaker 1: Am I the only one who's fascinated by like Vic Fangio,

469
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Speaker 1: the specter of his defense and what it's meant to

470
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Speaker 1: every stage of the Sean McVay rams era like he

471
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Speaker 1: was the one who put the blueprint down in Chicago

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Speaker 1: on another son in night yead six to one. Then

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick borrowed from and led to their downfall in

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. I think it's led to several evolutions

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Speaker 1: of the Rams, whether it's hiring Brandon Staley and adopting

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Speaker 1: some of that with Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey, or

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Speaker 1: even evolving your running game the way that they have

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Speaker 1: in these last couple of years. And that's kind of

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Speaker 1: where I'm going next, because I think, with you here

480
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Speaker 1: in the seats next to me in this game coming,

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Speaker 1: it's the perfect time to dig into the running games

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Speaker 1: because Philadelphia is elite with their quarterback, offensive line and

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Speaker 1: running back and the Rams aren't getting enough. And when

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Speaker 1: you look at the key to their stretch run last season.

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Speaker 1: It started in Week twelve, a trip to Arizona, the

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Speaker 1: return of Kiraing Williams, and they were a runaway freight

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Speaker 1: train from there. Is that within their reach, let's start

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Speaker 1: on the Rams running game. Is that within their possibility

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Speaker 1: right now in this moment.

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Speaker 2: I think it is. I personally believe it is. I

491
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Speaker 2: just think there's been a lot of issues. Right You've

492
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Speaker 2: had the offensive line woes, You've had some schematic issues,

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Speaker 2: guys trying to block with not the right leverage, and

494
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Speaker 2: then you've had runners miss holes. I was gonna say

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Speaker 2: against the Patriots, they had ran the counter trade to

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Speaker 2: the right, Kirroen breaks it for like, you know, twenty

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Speaker 2: yards thirty yards. Then they go back and run the

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Speaker 2: same play to the left and he dives inside instead

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Speaker 2: of following that that pulling tight end around. And so again,

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Speaker 2: it's been a little bit of both. When you have

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Speaker 2: great schematics, you have to hit it, and it sucks

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Speaker 2: as a run because when you're in a situation where

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Speaker 2: you have to be almost be perfect in the run game,

504
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Speaker 2: it's hard for you. Now you're like laser focus, like

505
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Speaker 2: I got to make the right read. I have to

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Speaker 2: do this instead of just reacting to things, and so

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Speaker 2: I think that's kind of what they're working through right now.

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Speaker 2: I thought making the change that the offensive line helped

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Speaker 2: a ton last week, Like I love I love Limber

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Speaker 2: back in that spot. I think Limber has done an

511
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Speaker 2: awesome job. And we talked about the blessing in disguise

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Speaker 2: over over the last couple between the horns. But that

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Speaker 2: that is right, all those reps. Now I feel more

514
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Speaker 2: comfortable with him being the center, and now I have

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Speaker 2: extra guys that can play other positions. And then the

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Speaker 2: last light least. It's it's the schematics, right. Last year,

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Speaker 2: everyone thought the Rams were a down outside zone team.

518
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Speaker 2: They became a downhill team, right and Kyron was breaking

519
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Speaker 2: off runs, he was manipulating the linebacker doing all those things. Well,

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Speaker 2: you have a whole offste now to study what they

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Speaker 2: were doing. So now you have to zig when they're zagging,

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Speaker 2: which means, okay, we need to get back to the

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Speaker 2: outside zone a little bit. We've seen the Rams have

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Speaker 2: a ton of success with their outside zone, so maybe

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Speaker 2: that's something you have to look for. Hooking guys and

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Speaker 2: getting around the outside and trying to get bigger plays.

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Speaker 1: Any perspective on that, do you want to flip to

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Speaker 1: the other side.

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Speaker 3: I was just putting myself on the other side of

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Speaker 3: what he was saying as a defense, and I just

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Speaker 3: remember I could you could tell when a running back

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Speaker 3: has zero confidence in his line. And it was almost

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Speaker 3: laughable the stuff they would try to do when we're

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Speaker 3: just kicking the guys butt in front of us. All

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Speaker 3: these tricks and all this stuff. It ain't working, bro,

536
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Speaker 3: I mean, why stop? And even when he's got a lane,

537
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Speaker 3: he's chasing ghosts because we're kicking his butt so bad.

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Speaker 3: But to me, to fix a good running game, you

539
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Speaker 3: just have to keep going through it. And you tell me.

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Speaker 3: I think Kyron is a good back, a better than

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Speaker 3: average running back in the National Football League, But I

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Speaker 3: do expect guys like him and your lead back to

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Speaker 3: be able to break tackles every now and then, even

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Speaker 3: if I get it, sometimes the design of the play

545
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Speaker 3: is to get you one on one and then I

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Speaker 3: expect you to win. That's what Philly does. Can I

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Speaker 3: expect Kyron the same out of Kyron? I think I should.

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Speaker 3: Don't have a question.

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Speaker 2: He did it last year.

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Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying so at some point it's not

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Speaker 3: about scheme or it's not about whatever. Sometimes it's about

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Speaker 3: that guy deciding he's just not going down.

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Speaker 1: Before we talk about stopping Philadelphia's run, I just want

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Speaker 1: to tack on that. When we say running game, at

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Speaker 1: least speaking for myself, I don't always mean a traditional handoff.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: There's all sorts of extensions of the running game, your

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Speaker 1: quick game, you're now stuff like what game was it Minnesota?

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Speaker 1: Or they motioned away from Puka, like they motioned the

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Speaker 1: quads away from Pookin, just threw him now route and

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Speaker 1: let him go get his Like that's an extension of

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Speaker 1: the running game. To me, your screen game, which has

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Speaker 1: not clicked, is part of that. Because what's Fick Fangio

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Speaker 1: gonna do. Like there's a reason why mel Kaier this

565
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Speaker 1: offseason was like we got to ban two high safety shelves,

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Speaker 1: Like this is the guy. He's gonna tack down your explosives.

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Speaker 1: He's not gonna give you zero blitz sixty nine to

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Speaker 1: the house. He's gonna make you earn it one step

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Speaker 1: at a time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I also put play action pass in your

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Speaker 2: running game, right, and.

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Speaker 1: That's effort's been incredible at it.

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Speaker 2: And that's why I've when the red zone, I was like,

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Speaker 2: the play action passed the fake stretch. When you run stretch,

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Speaker 2: you have success with it. They all start to overcommit

576
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Speaker 2: and then you're able to boot away. And that's a

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Speaker 2: part of your running game as well, because again it's

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Speaker 2: off of a run action. To me, I think, again,

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Speaker 2: whatever you figure out success And I said it on

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Speaker 2: the broadcast when Kiren broke that counter run and then

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Speaker 2: Sean came right back to it. We've never seen Sean

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Speaker 2: do that. Go same play the other side.

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Speaker 1: I will say this to you, reminded me of something

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Speaker 1: and to Mark and I have discussed this recently. I

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Speaker 1: think Sean's best ability as a play caller is stacking blocks,

586
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Speaker 1: like forming his own patterns, his own tendencies, making sure

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Speaker 1: that you know what he's going to do, showing you

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Speaker 1: that same look and then giving you an answer to it,

589
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Speaker 1: flipping the script, using your rules and your principles against you. Well,

590
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Speaker 1: here's the problem. It's been under construction so much of

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Speaker 1: trying to assemble this plane at thirty thousand feet after

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Speaker 1: takeoff that he hasn't been able for multiple weeks to

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Speaker 1: put those tendencies down on tape, do them well, has

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Speaker 1: success with them, and then say, oh, you think I'm

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Speaker 1: going to give you this here it is out the back.

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Speaker 2: Well, I thought he did that against the Patriots in

597
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Speaker 2: the first play where he threw the ball to pukin Nakua. Right,

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Speaker 2: he gives you a heavy run action, then he runs

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Speaker 2: like he's going left and he comes back and he's

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Speaker 2: wide open. Yeah, and how many times we've seen him

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Speaker 2: fit in on the linebackers and safeties. They're getting to that,

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Speaker 2: and that's why I said it's it's taking a little

603
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Speaker 2: bit of time because of all the missing pieces. But

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Speaker 2: I think again, as long as they continue to work out,

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Speaker 2: it's like the old adage is chopping wood, right, you

606
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Speaker 2: just got to keep chopping the venture of the tree falls.

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Speaker 2: That's what they're at right now because they started so

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Speaker 2: late with all the injury. Or your axe breaks on

609
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Speaker 2: or the axe hits off the wood and it goes

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Speaker 2: right into a guy's leg in your locker room.

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Speaker 3: But that's never first pass to Puka was so awesome motion.

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Speaker 3: Then you go back through the line of stag like

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Speaker 3: that's that's just pure design. You gotta love it.

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Speaker 1: And again if they hit a few more of those

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Speaker 1: third downs, maybe you start to build off of that

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Speaker 1: sooner in the game and you run away with that victory. Again,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots last week, good effort. Definitely not the Eagles

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Speaker 1: you're contending with here, in part because Philadelphia has the

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Speaker 1: best running game in the National Football League. Running back, quarterback,

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Speaker 1: you name it, they do at all. About The only

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Speaker 1: bad thing you can say about Sequon is he keeps

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Speaker 1: getting tackled inside the two yard line and letting his

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Speaker 1: quarterback hawk his touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: Right first and foremost, we need to is this my

625
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Speaker 2: single uh to the Giants? Why why would you do this?

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Speaker 2: Why would you allow this man to hit Freecy nor

627
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Speaker 2: where he was going? So the whole world has to

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Speaker 2: deal with this.

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Speaker 1: I think you know the answer, and do it with

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Speaker 1: a behind the scenes show tracking your every decision out

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Speaker 1: there for everyone.

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Speaker 3: What are we doing?

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Speaker 2: You knew he was going to Philly. Everyone knew he

634
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Speaker 2: was going to Philly. If he didn't, if he left

635
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Speaker 2: the Giants, I mean that's if you're a running back,

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Speaker 2: why wouldn't you want to go to Philly? They have

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Speaker 2: everything you have a running quarterback. So now the defense

638
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Speaker 2: has to play eleven on eleven football, so I don't

639
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,640
Speaker 2: have to see two guys, only have one guy to beat.

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Speaker 2: Then they have an offensive line that can create seams.

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Speaker 2: And guess what. On top of all that, they have

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Speaker 2: two first round two first round wide receivers on the

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Speaker 2: outside that can go and a tight end that can

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Speaker 2: make plays. I'm just a piece of thing.

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Speaker 3: I'm just a piece of the puzzle. Winning isn't complicated.

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Speaker 3: People complicated.

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Speaker 1: I do like this opportunity, opportunity for the Rams defense though,

648
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Speaker 1: and Chris Shult because a little bit, like we said before, Miami,

649
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Speaker 1: they've developed this reputation for being like pocket puncturers, like

650
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,680
Speaker 1: takeaway artists, disruptors, but they have other muscles to flex,

651
00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,880
Speaker 1: and they have stopped some pretty good running games. It's

652
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,439
Speaker 1: not been as consistent or as persistent as we like

653
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 1: to see, but I like the chance they have ahead

654
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:04,919
Speaker 1: of them Sunday.

655
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,640
Speaker 3: Night, the Rams stopping this this rushing attack against Look,

656
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,320
Speaker 3: if here's the thing, and you can tell me, facing

657
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 3: guys like Maurice when it gets cold and you're outdoors,

658
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,760
Speaker 3: that stinks. Facing Saquon Barkley outdoors when he's got a

659
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,040
Speaker 3: lead or he can pound on you that stinks. So

660
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,440
Speaker 3: you're here, you're in so far. I think the same applies.

661
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,240
Speaker 3: The last thing you want to do is let Philly

662
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,640
Speaker 3: have a lead going into the fourth. You'll see Saquon

663
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 3: a lot. You may see him hurtle two guys going backwards.

664
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Speaker 1: He's this game, but at historical levels after halftime in

665
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:34,720
Speaker 1: terms of yards per carry.

666
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:37,919
Speaker 3: But if you're doing the job offensively, if you're staying

667
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,320
Speaker 3: on the field, if you're running the football effectively, if

668
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,879
Speaker 3: you're keeping Saquon and company off the field, you've got

669
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,119
Speaker 3: a better chance to beat him. The more points you score,

670
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,439
Speaker 3: the less you see Saquon. The less you score, the

671
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,560
Speaker 3: more you're gonna see him. I'll say this too, Stopping

672
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,560
Speaker 3: stopping the run is going to be tough. Let's let's

673
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:54,919
Speaker 3: just put it's going to be hard to do that.

674
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,520
Speaker 3: But you have to beat your one on one blocks, right.

675
00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,000
Speaker 3: That's how you stop the Eagles. It's when you get

676
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,440
Speaker 3: one on one because they double team a ton. When

677
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 3: you get that one on one, if it's on the edge,

678
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 3: if it's over the guard, if it's over the center,

679
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 3: you have to win your one on one. And the

680
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 3: other part is this all you talked about offensively. If

681
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 3: you get up and you were able to force Jalen

682
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 3: Hurts to have to throw the ball, that's where you're

683
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,120
Speaker 3: at your best. Because Jalen Hurts drop back game, that's

684
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 3: where the Eagles aren't like the top of the league.

685
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,400
Speaker 3: They're they're kind of in the middle, towards the bottom.

686
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 3: So getting him to have this drop back a ton,

687
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 3: that's where you win this game. When he could do

688
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 3: the play action pass and the.

689
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 2: Quarterback run and all that in the red zone and

690
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,119
Speaker 2: the potition push, then the year in the world of trouble.

691
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 2: So forcing him to be play left handed is gonna

692
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,159
Speaker 2: be what you want to do.

693
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: Two things on that, I'm encouraged by the progress that

694
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,919
Speaker 1: Tyler Davis has made it as a defensive tackle. That

695
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,880
Speaker 1: Bobby Brown is put together maybe his best month as

696
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 1: a pro. Like those are the times of early down

697
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: run stuffers. You're gonna need to have big nights against

698
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 1: these Eagles.

699
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 2: No question.

700
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 3: This is what you're here for. I mean, this is

701
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 3: if you're Bobby Brown, this is how you're gonna make

702
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 3: your money. If you want to make some money in

703
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,159
Speaker 3: the NFL, this is it here. You were the biggest

704
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 3: body they have the whitest guy by far. I mean,

705
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 3: like you said, the first guy that gets off the

706
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 3: bus is him. So if you want to make a

707
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 3: name for yourself, go nose to nose with Philly and

708
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 3: turn them back.

709
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,959
Speaker 2: Well, he gets in TFLs on. He's he's done that.

710
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 2: Like he's dominated Miami. He dominated the line of scrimmage

711
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 2: against Miami. He's dominated the line of scrimmage against Minnesota.

712
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 2: He's done some really good things. This is gonna be

713
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 2: your tough test. And you're right if you want to,

714
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,879
Speaker 2: if you want to get paid, go out here and

715
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 2: start moving guys out the way.

716
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 3: He walks like he's carrying luggage. So beat that guy.

717
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,119
Speaker 2: So I gotta tell you this that we're in the

718
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 2: elevator getting on the go on the bus, and like

719
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 2: you know, I kind of get in the back corner

720
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,239
Speaker 2: of the elevator and he got in. He took like

721
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:38,640
Speaker 2: the whole thing up. It was just me and him.

722
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 2: I was like, bro, like this thing is big enough

723
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 2: for the bus? Stare said. It's like, and it's big

724
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 2: enough for all Like we asked three more people. He

725
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 2: was just walking around. I was like, I get it now.

726
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 2: Ice was through a metal detector that's how big he is. Yes,

727
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 2: So that was before the game.

728
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: After the game, were flying home from New England, and

729
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 1: before the plane takes off. Well MJD didn't see it.

730
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 1: He was already sleeping because that's what he does. But

731
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 1: DeMarco and I were watching the Seattle Seahawks go to

732
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: Santa Clara and get that win over the San Francisco

733
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 1: forty nine ers, kind of reframe the division, put it

734
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: back within comfortable striking distance. Let's turn the playoff picture now,

735
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: the six and four Cardinals and the five and five

736
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 1: Seahawks this week. We said it last week. You better

737
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 1: be accustomed to rooting for the Seahawks, as awkward as

738
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,040
Speaker 1: that feels, because the Rams need them right now.

739
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,440
Speaker 3: We are Seahawks fans right now. Oh yeah, we the

740
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 3: Rams have the toughest assignment this weekend of anybody, right

741
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 3: I got Philly.

742
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 1: San Francisco and banged up going to the Snow and Lambeau.

743
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 3: You could argue, but yeah, but I mean, so we're

744
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 3: all Seahawks fans. I don't know what to make of Seattle.

745
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 3: I don't know what to make of Arizona right now.

746
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 3: Are they really the best team in this division?

747
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: They're nuxt three at Seattle at Minnesota, home to Seattle.

748
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 2: It's tough.

749
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,959
Speaker 3: They had a tough stretch, it's cold, and this is

750
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 3: you know, Kyler Murray is a run around type guy.

751
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 3: Will he still be that guy when it turns cold

752
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 3: and you got to go play outdoors? I don't know.

753
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:55,880
Speaker 1: So I'll say this. I don't think this is a

754
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: gotta have it must win Sunday for the Los Angeles

755
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: Rams because of what happened in the division. But I

756
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 1: will say, if you want to keep your wildcard hopes alive,

757
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: you gotta win this one. Because I'm looking at Minnesota.

758
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 1: If they win this week, that's nine for them, Gonna

759
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: be tough to catch them. If Green Bay wins this week,

760
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: and that's what the Rams want to happen, beat the

761
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: forty nine ers, that's eight plus the head to head,

762
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: they're getting a bit out of reaching the wildcard. And

763
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: if Washington wins this week, that's eight for them, and

764
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 1: they've got a clear path to eleven or maybe twelve

765
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: with the schedule that I've seen. So again we return

766
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 1: our focus to the division. I think that's the best

767
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: and hopefully not the only, but definitely the most direct

768
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,240
Speaker 1: path to the postseason be better than those other three teams.

769
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 3: I want to turn the league Auden's head because I

770
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 3: don't know that many people that's picking the Rams to

771
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 3: beat Philadelphia because they think Philadelphia is this unstoppable juggernaut.

772
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,920
Speaker 3: So what happens if we get to Monday and the

773
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 3: opposite happens? So how do you start reconfiguring who goes

774
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 3: where and whatever? But I agree with you, I think

775
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 3: the easiest path to make the playoffs is to win

776
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 3: the NFC West. Some of these teams are just gonna

777
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 3: run by you by by their schedule. But I think

778
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 3: if you beat Philadelphia, you change a lot of opinions.

779
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 3: You changed perception like that.

780
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 2: It reminds me of a time I was in Jacksonville

781
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 2: and we were playing and we were kind of either

782
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 2: going we were going against the Colts for the division,

783
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 2: and Jack Darrell said this, and it resonates right now,

784
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 2: like we can only worry, Like we can worry about

785
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,480
Speaker 2: what they're doing, but we have to control. We can control,

786
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 2: We have to handle our business. If you do what

787
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 2: you're supposed to do, everything else all fall into place.

788
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 2: You can't like, we can't be playing Philadelphia and rooting

789
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 2: for Seattle right like we can. But as a player,

790
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 2: you have to be locked in on making sure you're

791
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 2: doing the best you can to beat Philly, because that's

792
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 2: the only path that matters, is that the one that

793
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 2: you create. Now when you get into a situation where

794
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 2: you have to like we're over here holding hands and

795
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 2: hoping and watching TV and hoping. So that's the worst

796
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 2: feeling in the world because it's out of your control.

797
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 2: And as a competitor, you want to have control everything, right,

798
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 2: you want to be able to control your own destiny.

799
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 2: So if I'm the Rams, I'm focusing on on on Philly,

800
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 2: we beat Philly, then hey, Seattle, hope you do your thing.

801
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 2: Green Bay, hope you do your thing. If you don't,

802
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 2: we still took care of what we need to do.

803
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 1: I hear you by not listening to you, like, because

804
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: at four point thirty on Sunday, I'm be doing this.

805
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not talking about I'm not talking about us.

806
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 2: I'm talking about the players, yeah, and the fans. We

807
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 2: all should be looking roodent.

808
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 1: Because I've got the I've got the magic number ten

809
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: in my head, right, ten wins. I hope that's enough.

810
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: Maybe it'll be eleven. But if I'm thinking, how do

811
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: the Rams get from five to ten between now and

812
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: the end of the season, I think the last two

813
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: are gotta habits, Right, you get to host Arizona and

814
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: Seattle to finish. Given what we're talking about winning the division,

815
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: you got a bank those, right, So then that means

816
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: can you get three of these next five between now

817
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 1: and then? I think they can?

818
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 2: Yeah?

819
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 3: Why not? Same as you? It just being I heard

820
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 3: nothing of what you said. Beat Philadelphia, that's it.

821
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 2: Beat Philly.

822
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 1: Huh, All right, then fine, give us the game and

823
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: that's that's all you're gonna talk. Okay, you get to

824
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 1: start keys of victory then.

825
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 3: Okay, we we We've said it. I mean it's it's

826
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 3: a retread. I mean, you've got to stop Saquon Barkley.

827
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 3: That's going to be number one. They're gonna lead with that.

828
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 3: That's the tip of the spear. When you get in

829
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 3: the red zone. I think it's a mathematical certainty they

830
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 3: score because they have so many weapons, even ones we

831
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 3: haven't mentioned. We didn't even talk about their tight ends

832
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 3: and they're good. Yeah, so there's a lot of issues there.

833
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 3: So I think this game It comes back to what

834
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 3: the Rams do. Offensively, Ken Matthew Stafford and companies stay

835
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 3: on the field long enough, pick up first downs, score

836
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 3: when you get down the field, and put the pressure

837
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 3: on Jalen Hurts to have to throw the ball to win.

838
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 3: If it's the opposite way, I wouldn't say you have

839
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 3: no chance, but your chances are slim to beat them

840
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 3: if they're running the football.

841
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna, I'm gonna. I'm gonna go something completely

842
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 2: different than I normally go, like running game or third down.

843
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 2: Like to me is put pressure on Kellen Moore, put

844
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 2: pressure on their oc force him to have to call

845
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 2: it the perfect game with meaning that offensively, your scoring points,

846
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 2: you're holding the ball. Defensively, you're creating some issues for

847
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 2: him where he can't just turn around and be like,

848
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 2: oh here handed off to Saquon, oh here. He has

849
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 2: to start dialing up plays. When he dials up plays.

850
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 2: We saw it in LA when he was with the Chargers.

851
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 2: We saw with the Cowboys he tends to get a

852
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 2: little nervous. And what I mean by nervous is like

853
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 2: he'll call a play and it just it just doesn't

854
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 2: flow the same. When he gets out of his flow.

855
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 2: That the Eagles don't look as good. And I think

856
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 2: early in the year they the Packers did a great

857
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 2: job of getting them out of the flow, and the

858
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 2: Saquon saved them right this the Saints got them out

859
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 2: of their flow. Saquon saved them right. So if you

860
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:15,759
Speaker 2: can find a way to get him out of their flow,

861
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 2: get him out of his flow, I think you have

862
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 2: a great chance of really putting up some points and

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Speaker 2: doing some good things.

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Speaker 1: Something you said earlier reminded me. You know, we've been

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Speaker 1: harping on the slow starts for the Rams. In seven

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Speaker 1: of their ten games, they haven't scored so much as

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Speaker 1: a point in the first quarter. You know, he's been

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Speaker 1: even worse. Philadelphia has put up eight zeros in the

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Speaker 1: first quarter. So maybe there's an opportunity to jump them

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Speaker 1: and kind of dictate some of those terms like you're

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Speaker 1: talking about. Hey, one other thing in the backdrop that

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Speaker 1: I want to mention here before we go on between

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Speaker 1: the Horns, DeMarco and all his buddies from the championship team,

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Speaker 1: fifth anniversary to be here and.

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Speaker 3: We still look good? Is everybody coming? Every most of

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Speaker 3: the guys are coming. That was the cool thing about winning.

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Speaker 3: When we did, we were all roughly the same age.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, we get to all come back and do

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Speaker 3: this again. So special. So we're gonna mission for a

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Speaker 3: little bit. We'll bet I'll be doing that halftime stuff.

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Speaker 3: I'll be doing the m scene. I'll get to announced

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Speaker 3: Tory and Isaac, and it's gonna be so much. I

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Speaker 3: cannot wait to get to game day. Tory, who's going

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Speaker 3: into the Hall of Fame? Some Yes, this is the year.

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Speaker 3: You tell me we were both teammates at Tory Hole. Listen, Tory,

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Speaker 3: I learned a lot from Tori. I actually have two

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Speaker 3: teammates going in. Hopefully this year it's gonna be Fred

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Speaker 3: Taylor and Tory. Yeah, that'd be awesome. Look, Tory does

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Speaker 3: if if the other guys are already in, then Tory

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Speaker 3: Holt is definitely he should be. And let's get this done.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 1: Let me see if I can check all the Toyota

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Speaker 1: boxes here. It's Sunday Night Football, presented by Toyota, the

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Speaker 1: Rams hosting the Philadelphia Eagles, trying to snap that six

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Speaker 1: game winning streak. We say so long and have a

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Speaker 1: good rest of your week. From the Toyota patio. Here

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Speaker 1: at gorgeous Sofi Stadium, and as always, between the horns

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Speaker 1: is presented by your Southern California Toyota dealers.

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Speaker 3: That was nice.

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Speaker 2: Wow you did that.

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Speaker 1: Let's check, get behind the wheel of our Toyota and

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Speaker 1: drive home Ago.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure