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Speaker 1: From the Rams studio connected by AT and T. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to between the Horns. I'm Miles Simmons. I am here

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Speaker 1: with DeMarco far. It is Wednesday, October fourth, twenty seventeen,

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Speaker 1: and the Rams are now three and one after they

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Speaker 1: defeated the Dallas Cowboys thirty five to thirty down in

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Speaker 1: Jerry World at and T Stadium. And you know what, DeMarco,

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Speaker 1: it's a win that a lot of people are calling

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Speaker 1: a statement win. And it's left a lot of pundits

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Speaker 1: around the country asking are the Rams for real and

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Speaker 1: declaring yes, the Rams are for real? So are the

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Speaker 1: Rams for real? You break with your right foot right? No?

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Speaker 1: When you're driving? Yes? Yes? Oh my god, I just

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Speaker 1: forgot the car. I totally forgot how to drive. Well,

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Speaker 1: I drive sticks, so I drive with both feats. Were

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Speaker 1: not in London yet, I don't know. Apparently I don't

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Speaker 1: know how to No. Even then London they drive with

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Speaker 1: their their right foot, you know, do limarily anyway, pumps

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Speaker 1: up breaks on statement game because one's coming Seattle. Is

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Speaker 1: that's your chance for a statement game? Yeah, this is

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Speaker 1: the real deal coming in this Seattle defense. You know,

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Speaker 1: I bet they're watching that tape. You know what the

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Speaker 1: Rams did offensively versus Dallas' defense, and I would bet

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Speaker 1: that Seattle's not impressed. I would bet they're more saying

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Speaker 1: what Dallas didn't do or what they could have done

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Speaker 1: to stop the Rams. So you're going to see the

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Speaker 1: real deal test this week. But no, it's it's it's

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Speaker 1: great for the Q rating. We talked about this. I

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Speaker 1: texted you as soon as I saw it when that

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Speaker 1: the latest power rankings came out from whatever website and

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Speaker 1: they had the Rams top thirteen. I said, this is

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Speaker 1: what beating Dallas does for you. It makes people go, yeah,

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Speaker 1: so you've lost your ability to sneak up on people

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Speaker 1: after winning in Dallas. But it was great. But the

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Speaker 1: statement time is this Sunday in the coliseum. Well, you know,

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Speaker 1: coaches and players always talk about breaking up the season

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Speaker 1: into quarters, and in this particular quarter, the Rams went

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Speaker 1: three and one. They led the league with thirty five

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Speaker 1: point five points per game, which is a pretty remarkable

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Speaker 1: turnaround considering how everything went last year. But now it's about, okay,

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Speaker 1: how is this three and one going to be different

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Speaker 1: from last year's three and one? You know, um, it's

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Speaker 1: a transformative three three and one. I'll give you for instance,

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Speaker 1: Tremaine Johnson versus Dez Bryant. Remember back to the big

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Speaker 1: fight that they had in Ox and Are back in

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Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, and all started with those two guys. And

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Speaker 1: I mean I went into last Sunday thinking, Okay, they're

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Speaker 1: gonna go at it again. It couldn't have been more

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Speaker 1: professional out of Tremaine Johnson. And when you look at

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Speaker 1: the film and if you watch the game, Tremaine actually

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Speaker 1: gave it to Dez. Yeah, in a professional sort of way.

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Speaker 1: So that is a change in a guy that I

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Speaker 1: never thought would happen. I think that change has mirrored

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Speaker 1: the teams. That's when you start talking about a coach

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Speaker 1: changing a culture. When I see that what I expect

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Speaker 1: out of a guy because that's what he has always been.

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Speaker 1: Then change his approach and he's all about winning. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this team has changed. So that's I guess if you

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Speaker 1: if you really want to try to quantify what has happened,

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Speaker 1: why this three and one feels different than last season,

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Speaker 1: I would point to that. Yeah, there's a belief watching

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Speaker 1: those guys come in off the field after the game.

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Speaker 1: They earned that win. That was a character win. They

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Speaker 1: dug down and fought back and made adjustments and got

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Speaker 1: the victory, and they earned it. There was no nothing

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Speaker 1: flukey about it. So that was a great victory. It

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Speaker 1: got everybody, I guess looking in this direction as the

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Speaker 1: Rams aren't so bad. But when you go back to

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Speaker 1: that statement game, beat Seattle at home, that's a statement game.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you. And one of the things that

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Speaker 1: I keep thinking about is talking to some of the

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Speaker 1: guys in the locker room, Truemain Johnson being one of

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Speaker 1: them after the game, and what they talk about is

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Speaker 1: basically what you're saying. It's the culture shift. You know,

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Speaker 1: there's a belief and that especially goes for the offense

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Speaker 1: at this point right now, it seems like you don't

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Speaker 1: let me try to figure out the best way to

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Speaker 1: put this. You feel like at any time they can

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Speaker 1: go down the field and score. At least that's what

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Speaker 1: it's felt like over these first four games now. And

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Speaker 1: I agree with you. This statement will be can you

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Speaker 1: do that against Seattle's defense, because Seattle's defense is still

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Speaker 1: the real deal? Yeah, yeah, it's it's um their physical um.

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Speaker 1: You've seen Lord of the Rings, I've I hope right,

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Speaker 1: I am I over your head with Lord of the Rings,

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Speaker 1: not over my head, just saying I am didn't get

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Speaker 1: the scarface reference. I didn't. So if I if I

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Speaker 1: say Seattle's defense attacks like orcs, does that resonate with you? No?

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Speaker 1: Not really? My god. You know stormtroopers? Yeah, yeah, like storms.

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Speaker 1: They're relentless and they don't stop, and they and they

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Speaker 1: swarm like jackals. And this will be the most physical

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Speaker 1: group you've seen all years. When I say you've seen,

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Speaker 1: I mean Jared Goff. So yeah, I love the offensive mentality.

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Speaker 1: I think they've they've taken on the image of their

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Speaker 1: coach because you don't know who it's going to be

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Speaker 1: on game day. That's gonna to get fed that day.

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Speaker 1: But it all leads back to sixteen delivering the football

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Speaker 1: on time and accurately. So but this defense, like I said,

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Speaker 1: go ask Jacobe Brissette, I mean goodness, oh my god.

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Speaker 1: I mean they just battered down that wall until they

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Speaker 1: got to them. So I mean that's gonna be I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't say intimidating, but that's gonna get your attention watching

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Speaker 1: watching them on tape. So it's gonna be a little

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Speaker 1: bit tougher to move the football down the field versus

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Speaker 1: this defense. Absolutely, But before we get to that, I

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Speaker 1: do want to point this out because I tweeted this

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Speaker 1: on Sunday night when I got home and about this

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Speaker 1: three and one start and what is and is not

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Speaker 1: different about it. But it's basically there are some key

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Speaker 1: stats that you can look to, and I was watching

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Speaker 1: NFL Network and they put up this graphic. I mean,

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Speaker 1: obviously one's loss wins and losses are the same at

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Speaker 1: this point from twenty sixteen in twenty seventeen. But your

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Speaker 1: point differential last year it was minus thirteen, this year

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Speaker 1: it's plus thirty seven. Your yardage difference last year minus

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Speaker 1: four forty two this year plus four. Average margin of

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Speaker 1: victory last year five points this year fourteen points. Seven points. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: margin of defeat twenty eight points. You lost twenty eight

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Speaker 1: this year to Washington. So if there's reason to say, okay,

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Speaker 1: what's different, those are the different things that are that

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Speaker 1: are more quantifiable than just saying the culture has changed. No. No,

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Speaker 1: I mean last season, no disrespect to anybody that was

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Speaker 1: it felt like you got away with robbing a few

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Speaker 1: it went downhill, right, Yeah. I mean this year feels

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Speaker 1: going to build towards December. So this one feels like

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Speaker 1: what a winning football team should feel like. Yes, And

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Speaker 1: that's because I mean, in today's NFL, you have a

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Speaker 1: had a team that scored ten or fewer points nine tons,

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Speaker 1: nine times the average fourteen points per game. You can't

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Speaker 1: defend that in the true sense of defense. You can't

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Speaker 1: defend that when you're not scoring. Yes, yeah, we eventually

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Speaker 1: you're going to break down here right when you don't score.

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Speaker 1: I mean we saw this countless times at Miami game

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Speaker 1: a certain point where the dam is going to break. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: if people are pounding on the door, pounding on the door,

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Speaker 1: as I have nixed the metaphors, and your offense is

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Speaker 1: not holding onto the ball, not getting first downs, So

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Speaker 1: that right there, I think helps you defensively win at

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Speaker 1: the end of the game, you need to come up

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Speaker 1: with a big play, and you've been you're fresh because

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Speaker 1: in this particular last game, you have the ball for

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Speaker 1: over ten minutes in the fourth quarter. That helps a lot, right, See,

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing that's what's going to happen in New England

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Speaker 1: at some point if they don't fix it. Defensively, sometimes

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Speaker 1: your best defense is your offense, which means Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: stays out there longer. We need twelve or more play

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Speaker 1: drives keep our defense off the field. Look, I think

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Speaker 1: Wade Phillips and the defense, I like what I saw

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Speaker 1: in the second half, everyone playing together, those tough, small,

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Speaker 1: unreasonable commitments to winning, which means it may not be

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Speaker 1: fun for me today, But as long as the group

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Speaker 1: I may not be able to make the wow plays,

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Speaker 1: the wow plays. So in the second half, I think

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Speaker 1: we saw more of that. So as long as that

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Speaker 1: continues into quarters one and two in the coliseum this Sunday,

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Speaker 1: you'll have a great chance of slowing down what Seattle's

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Speaker 1: Do you think that the defense has turned the corner there.

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Speaker 1: I'm only allowing six points in the second half, I

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Speaker 1: think so. I mean some of those I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: and there were some mistakes out there. Sometimes Dallas just

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Speaker 1: But I'm starting to see a the number of mental

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Speaker 1: those plays again, like the one Zeke scored on. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: stop him. But not every team has a Zeke Elliott.

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Speaker 1: Most teams don't act. But you're gonna have to sew

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Speaker 1: up those plays to keep people from doing it. Yes,

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Speaker 1: And I think that's part of it. You talk about

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Speaker 1: those open field tackling situations. That was kind of ugly there.

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Speaker 1: You know, when you don't get Zeke down, that's what happens.

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Speaker 1: And it almost happened the same way on that last

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Speaker 1: a mistackle, but then John Johnson, rookie out of Boston College,

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Speaker 1: yard short. So we've seen some things get better there.

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Speaker 1: But I agree you have to especially when you're playing

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Speaker 1: man coverage like the Rams are doing. You have to

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Speaker 1: be able to make the open field tax and you're

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Speaker 1: seeing the absence of LaMarcus Joyner. Yes, he's he's your

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Speaker 1: best defender in my opinion, that's why you put him

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Speaker 1: at safety. Your best athlete, your best tackler is going

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Speaker 1: to be at free safety. So you definitely missed his

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Speaker 1: presence last week. You know, I wish I had a

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Speaker 1: I wish I could put that scenario on right there. Okay,

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Speaker 1: here comes Zeke. Go ahead, make a tackle? Yeah, go ahead?

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Speaker 1: Right now? Yeah, you said you can make it go ahead? Yeah, Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, but that's a difference between when you say

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Speaker 1: something and probably when I say something, right. I mean,

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Speaker 1: like I'm not saying, oh, I wasn't talking about you.

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Speaker 1: I know, yeah, because I'm not saying I could make

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Speaker 1: really want Zeke Elliott to just come up and run

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Speaker 1: over me, because guess what my life Mike? Please, can

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Speaker 1: we put this on camera? Can I put you in pads?

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Speaker 1: I mean field goals that were He didn't have any

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Speaker 1: attempts over fifty yards, which I think credit the offense

424
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,560
Speaker 1: for that because you got in good, solid scoring position.

425
00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,680
Speaker 1: We all know Greg has a great leg, that's why

426
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,879
Speaker 1: they call him Greg the Leg. But now you know

427
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,360
Speaker 1: he's been dumb. He's been dumb, mister automatic. Yeah. McVeigh

428
00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,840
Speaker 1: was talking about that after the game. Jared Goff said

429
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:54,120
Speaker 1: he's absolute nails, and Goff was talking about how he

430
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,040
Speaker 1: wants to be very, very careful he's with the ball

431
00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,560
Speaker 1: down in the red zone because he knows, Look, you

432
00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:05,960
Speaker 1: have points. So in some ways it's I'm not saying

433
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,960
Speaker 1: that he must be conservative, but I'm saying that when

434
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,200
Speaker 1: you know you have points, if you've got a kicker,

435
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,439
Speaker 1: you don't want to give points away. You don't have

436
00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,919
Speaker 1: to press right. Yeah, if you get good field position,

437
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,040
Speaker 1: you're almost guaranteed to have three points. That's great to

438
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,360
Speaker 1: have in your back pocket. Yeah, first time kicking off

439
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,720
Speaker 1: turf all year and nailed it. I mean seven for

440
00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:27,920
Speaker 1: seven and they were seven, no doubts, more than enough distance.

441
00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,120
Speaker 1: I mean right down the middle. So what a great

442
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,159
Speaker 1: weapon to have. I mean, Johnny Hecker might be the

443
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,720
Speaker 1: best weapon in football, but on this team, it may

444
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,040
Speaker 1: be Greg's rline. Once you crossed the fifty minute, he's

445
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,639
Speaker 1: got the leg. You know he's got the leg. But

446
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 1: once you crossed the fifty, like you said, if you're

447
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,520
Speaker 1: in scoring territory, the least you're gonna come away with

448
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 1: is three points, right, And he kept you afloat, kept

449
00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,760
Speaker 1: you in the game in Dallas, and eventually you sewed

450
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,960
Speaker 1: it up and you got the lead and won the game,

451
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,560
Speaker 1: all because of your kicker. So he would be my MVP.

452
00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,560
Speaker 1: He would for that for that football game. Yeah, I mean,

453
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 1: when you hit seven field goals and you're doing you

454
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,560
Speaker 1: account for twenty three points, that that's a pretty special day.

455
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,360
Speaker 1: Set a franchise record in a single game for number

456
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 1: of field goals. Absolutely tremendous, And you know, I'm so

457
00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,679
Speaker 1: glad we got away from this threatening the record, the

458
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,560
Speaker 1: distance record. Oh yeah, yeah. I always thought that's like

459
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,000
Speaker 1: a home run derby. Yeah yeah, I mean it ruins

460
00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,600
Speaker 1: guys or changes them for the rest of the year.

461
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,680
Speaker 1: So I would love it if all of his field

462
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 1: goals for the rest of the year were for fifty

463
00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,520
Speaker 1: and under and he nails, and he nails every single

464
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Speaker 1: one of them. Yeah. Well, and we were sort of

465
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,240
Speaker 1: talking about this before we went on the air. Look

466
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,800
Speaker 1: that the great thing about Greg Zerline is that he's

467
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,520
Speaker 1: kind of turned things around, especially from two years ago

468
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,560
Speaker 1: where he only hit sixty six percent of his field

469
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 1: goals and there was talk of there being competition for

470
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,159
Speaker 1: him last year, and and then he goes out has

471
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,560
Speaker 1: a great year last year and he has now made

472
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:57,880
Speaker 1: eighteen consecutive field goals dating back to twenty sixteen. So yeah,

473
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,480
Speaker 1: to him, you keep nailing stuff like this. When they

474
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: bring in a kicker in camp. That's not competition, that's

475
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: just rest for you. Yes, yeah, it's like when they

476
00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 1: bring in a punter for Johnny that's just yes, get

477
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 1: you get your rest. But let's turn it though to

478
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 1: the offensive player of the week and the Offensive player

479
00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 1: of the month for September. And you know, if not

480
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,760
Speaker 1: for Kareem Hunt, then probably someone that we'll be talking

481
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,959
Speaker 1: about is the MVP of the first quarter of the season,

482
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Speaker 1: and that's Todd Gurley, because he's been outstanding, you know.

483
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,439
Speaker 1: And the funny thing is, I think he could have

484
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 1: been better. I think there's still room to get better. Yes,

485
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 1: with Todd Gurley in the open field, but how he's

486
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,080
Speaker 1: being used, how Jared Goff sees him in the open field.

487
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:44,640
Speaker 1: How the offensive line, My goodness, Roger Saffel has an edge,

488
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:49,119
Speaker 1: Jamon Brown has an edge, Sullivan, they all played with

489
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 1: an edge. Yeah. They wore out, absolutely wore out that

490
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboy defensive line. I think that the best example

491
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,440
Speaker 1: they didn't want anymore. Well, the best example of that

492
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 1: is look Todd Gurley's numbers rushing the ball twenty three carries,

493
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,920
Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty one yards average, five point three

494
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,480
Speaker 1: longest run of the day was seventeen yards. Yeah, they

495
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 1: just so that means you're just bludgeoning them again and again.

496
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 1: You saw it on the last offensive drive that the

497
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 1: ram's head. You get a run for eleven yards and

498
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,960
Speaker 1: then you get a run for twelve yards. It's just

499
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,359
Speaker 1: you are wearing those guys out. Those three guys really

500
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,320
Speaker 1: had a great game. I mean the offensive line as

501
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 1: a whole had a great game. Obviously, it's a unit

502
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 1: right now that I think is playing very very well

503
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,040
Speaker 1: to get You're going to be tested this Sunday. Yes,

504
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 1: this is by far your best defense, defensive line, most

505
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:41,680
Speaker 1: active group you're gonna see to to date. But against Dallas,

506
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 1: if you had a third place MVP, it might be them,

507
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 1: or I might even replace Todd Gurlius as a second

508
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,879
Speaker 1: place with those guys with the way they blocked, I

509
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 1: mean they were letting Dallas know, like finishing people. It's

510
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,199
Speaker 1: not safe in here for you. It's more than just

511
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 1: about football at this point. So and when you get

512
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 1: a defensive line worried about you, and then the running back,

513
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 1: that running back is going to have a big day.

514
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 1: And that's what Todd Gurley I mean, well, as a

515
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 1: former defensive lineman. When you're in that situation, what goes

516
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: through your mind? There? It's not safe out here. Yeah,

517
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: this is more than football at this point. Yeah, it's

518
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,080
Speaker 1: it's it becomes about survival and then you have to

519
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 1: worry about doing your job as well. But you know,

520
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: with a back like Todd Gurley, if you give him

521
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 1: just you know, an iota of hesitation, he's going to

522
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: be by you so and you have to give the

523
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,400
Speaker 1: offensive line all the credit in the world. I mean,

524
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,879
Speaker 1: they really took it to Dallas. Have you been surprised

525
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: at the way Todd Gurley has been able to catch

526
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,040
Speaker 1: the ball too? And been such a Yeah, I've never

527
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,840
Speaker 1: seen it. I haven't I didn't see it at Georgia. Yeah. Yeah,

528
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,520
Speaker 1: they're not really known for their passing product. Maybe he

529
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,919
Speaker 1: knew it was he could do this the whole time,

530
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 1: but or it could have been that Sean McVay convinced

531
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 1: him that, hey, there's more ways to get you the

532
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,199
Speaker 1: football than just handing it to you and let me

533
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,479
Speaker 1: show you yea, and then boom he starts to have success.

534
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 1: That happens with players too. Something has suggested you don't

535
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 1: think you can do it, and then it happens, and

536
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,239
Speaker 1: you become better and you it just snowballs. So I

537
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: think Todd is reaching his prime. I think he's playing

538
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,400
Speaker 1: his best football to date. Oh he started, no question. Yeah,

539
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,880
Speaker 1: since he started so and there's still room to grow

540
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,320
Speaker 1: for him. Yeah. But it goes back to what I

541
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 1: was thinking about the chunk yardage, right. I mean when

542
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: we saw a lot of those hundred yard performances back

543
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, a lot of them were kind of

544
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,879
Speaker 1: predicated on Okay, he gets a big run of forty

545
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,120
Speaker 1: plus yards down the field. And it's not that Todd

546
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,960
Speaker 1: Gurley doesn't have the capability of doing that. I think

547
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: obviously he still does. But sometimes to me, it's almost

548
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 1: more effective if you are running the ball like that

549
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 1: and you don't get a run over twenty yards, because

550
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 1: it just means that you're pounding away at the defense consistently.

551
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: There's no relenting, you can't do anything to stop it.

552
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 1: And I think that kind of builds something from a

553
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: mental standpoint for the offense too. I think that's his

554
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 1: approach to the game. Um, the big runs are gonna happen,

555
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 1: Just don't reach for him, you know, Yes, they're they're

556
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,479
Speaker 1: going to happen. Um. He's a grinder and eventually, like

557
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,639
Speaker 1: the great Marshawn Lynch, that that great sound by it,

558
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,680
Speaker 1: if I keep running through your face over and over

559
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: and over and over and over, eventually you're not gonna

560
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,639
Speaker 1: like it. Eventually you're going to quit. Do you think

561
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 1: there's a larger metaphor that. Yeah, Well that's that's that's

562
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 1: that's a back like Todd. He just keeps pounding and pounding.

563
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: Eventually those big runs happen. Yeah, no, shock, they happen

564
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: late in games when you have a lead and you

565
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 1: need and that's closing time. Yeah, that's the That's the

566
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,160
Speaker 1: great thing about Todd Gurley is that when you need

567
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: that closer, he can be that for you. Yes, And

568
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 1: and then as a defense you also have to contend

569
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: with they slipped him out on a screen and now

570
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: I've got to go pursue. Yes, yeah and there Yeah,

571
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,600
Speaker 1: they get him out there on that wheel route down

572
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: the seam and Jared Goff hits him. Boom, He's going

573
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: down The feat can catch too. Yeah. Oh yeah, what

574
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 1: did you think of that? Play? Design? Loved it? Um,

575
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,080
Speaker 1: It's it's new nfl UM. A lot of teams are

576
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 1: using it. It's it's a big copycat league. You know this.

577
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 1: Oh yes, yeah, I think didn't Dallas hit the Rams

578
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 1: with one on a Zeke touchdown another pick route sort of? Yeah? Yeah,

579
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot of rubs. There's a lot

580
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: of picks. That's why it's a real point of emphasis

581
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 1: this year about calling that offensive pass interference on those

582
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 1: rub rows if that ball doesn't come out quickly. So, yes,

583
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 1: it's it's the new NFL. Oh you've got to get

584
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: that that block within a yard. But the funny thing

585
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 1: about that fifty three yard touchdown, and people kept pointing

586
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 1: this out on Twitter, it was similar to what Kansas

587
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: City did against New England in Week one where Kareem

588
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 1: Hunt goes down the field. The two differences that I

589
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 1: noticed in that watching that play on ALL twenty two

590
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 1: and then we did that the girly play for All

591
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: twenty two on the Rams dot com. If you haven't

592
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: checked that out, you can go do that. But there

593
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: was a little bit more rhythm and timing to the

594
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: Rams play than there was to Kansas City's play because

595
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: Alex Smith had to hold the ball, hold the ball,

596
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,520
Speaker 1: hold the ball, and then boom he throws it down

597
00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 1: the field, whereas with the Rams, it was okay, Jared

598
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 1: Golf hits that backfoot after the play, fake the table

599
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 1: on Austin and ball's got to come out because that's

600
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 1: where the lapse in coverage is. So yeah, I think

601
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 1: it was a really nice job of executing that point.

602
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 1: And they set it up perfectly. Yeah, I mean they

603
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: got the look that they wanted and they they called

604
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: the play on time and they hit it, So it's

605
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 1: gonna work. Um. Just going back to Seattle, that little

606
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: tight end play where you do a little fake half

607
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 1: role in the tight end slips out and Lance Kendricks

608
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 1: met a living on it. Remember that play they just

609
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,320
Speaker 1: covered it. It's that play is impossible to see. Yeah,

610
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 1: and they covered it with two guys. They're gonna be

611
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: ready for everything. It's gonna be tougher, it's gonna be

612
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a lot tougher. Yeah, because that's that's

613
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 1: Seattle's defense. Yes, they're they're dialed in with everything. It's

614
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 1: a defensive minded coach in Pete Carroll right with a

615
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: team that's actually winning, so his job is to dismantle offenses.

616
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: That's how Seattle's gonna win. It's always going to be close. Yeah. Yeah,

617
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 1: and especially when you when you have division rivals. Um.

618
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: But with Todd Gurley, I look at his workload right now,

619
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 1: he's leading the league with one hundred and six touches.

620
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 1: Keep giving him. He's fine. Okay, I don't even want

621
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:12,719
Speaker 1: to hear it. Stop. He's young, he's fine. Give him

622
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 1: the rock. I agree with you. I mean the workload though,

623
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: it's something that you're probably going to continue to buy

624
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 1: him a cryo chamber whatever they're putting themselves in in

625
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 1: the off Jane, Yeah, we'll freeze you in the off season,

626
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 1: but right now it's work time off season. Yes, And

627
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: but with a back like that, I think the more

628
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: touches he gets, the better he's going to be, right,

629
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 1: Isn't that Isn't that sort of the point? Absolutely? You

630
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 1: know you drafted him number ten overall for a reason.

631
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 1: But at some point, I mean, I love Tavon as

632
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: the the backup tailback. I mean, there's gonna have to

633
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 1: be the emergence of someone else. Um, it could be Tavon,

634
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: it could be Lance Dunbar if and when he gets

635
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 1: off pup in a couple of weeks, so that's something

636
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: to think about. I mean, anytime you can spell Todd

637
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: Gurley with a few attempts and dare I say that

638
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,680
Speaker 1: don't matter, or just when you can squeeze in to

639
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: get him a little more rest well there, then, yes,

640
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,840
Speaker 1: right there, there was that play and it was the

641
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: play before the fifty three yard touchdown where Malcolm Brown

642
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: got a screen and it goes for fourteen yards. That's

643
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 1: that's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Yea.

644
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 1: I mean you probably, if you're in the game at

645
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: that point, you probably don't think Malcolm Brown is going

646
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: to get the ball because Todd Gurley was just doing stuff.

647
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley go gets a breather and you like, okay,

648
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: well we got to defend something else on this play,

649
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: and then boom you hit him with the screen. I

650
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 1: think that's really good place. He's fine, But I don't

651
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: want to hear about Todd and overuse and what. No,

652
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: the guy is your bell cow give him give him

653
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: the ball. Well, he leads the league right now with

654
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: seven touchdowns and he has five hundred and ninety six

655
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: yards from scrimmage. So okay, I'll tell you when when

656
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: when you know he's tired when he stops like jumping

657
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: grown men. Yeah, when he stops jumping over people, maybe

658
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: maybe you can say he's tired. But yeah, I think

659
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 1: he's fine. Now. You know when he did that that hurdle,

660
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: at least the hurdle attempt and then the helmet goes

661
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: into the groin, and like everybody in the press box

662
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: was like, ohky except him. Yeah yeah, because it didn't

663
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: actually hit him where it hurt. He was running right

664
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: at me and I swear his foot I'm six feet

665
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: six one. His foot was in my face. That's how

666
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: high up he was. Right. That is such amazing athletics

667
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: as that was like Jackie Chan carrying the football, talk

668
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: about things I can't do. I can't do that. No, no,

669
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: well I think you could. How if you were scared

670
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: to death, If you were scared to death or something,

671
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: maybe maybe maybe maybe Aaron Donald is running at me. Yeah,

672
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: and I need to like leap overs. I think he's

673
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 1: got more to show. I think there's more in there's

674
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 1: more in Todd Gurley. He's got more to show us

675
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 1: this season. So I wouldn't worry about touches or being

676
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: tired yet. I wouldn't either, But one thing you did

677
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: bring up about the rub routs and things like that.

678
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 1: I noticed this on the Cooper Cup touchdown last week.

679
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 1: We talked about how Cooper Cup sort of set that

680
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: thing up for Sammy Watkins when they're on the one

681
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: yard line. You know, he blocks the guy within the

682
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 1: yard of the line of scrimmage. Sammy Watkins runs a

683
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: slant golf delivers the ball. It's a touchdown on this play.

684
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: After the Robert Woods touchdown that was not And I

685
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 1: still don't really know why that was not a catch.

686
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 1: We can talk about that bit. But you get Sammy

687
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: Watkins on the line of scrimmage, and you've got these

688
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 1: route combinations with the two of those guys, with Watkins

689
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: and Cup, and Watkins is this time the one who's

690
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 1: gonna make a lild block within a yard of the

691
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage then run out for his route That

692
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: gives enough separation for Cooper Cup to get into the

693
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: left sort of flat I don't know, cral area. Then

694
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: he catches the ball, runs it in for a touchdown.

695
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 1: I like that. You've got these guys kind of all right.

696
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,400
Speaker 1: I'll scratch your back one week, you scratch mind the

697
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 1: next isn't that I like that as this office, And

698
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 1: that's probably the first time that they have seen it.

699
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: The corners have seen that sort of route combo. But

700
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: it's it's incumbent upon Jared Goff not to waste that

701
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,280
Speaker 1: rep because once they've seen it, I mean, I wouldn't

702
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,320
Speaker 1: say it's no good, but now they can talk about

703
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 1: it game plan for defended a little bit better. But

704
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 1: the first time it hits, it's going to be wide

705
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: open and you've got to score. And that's what they did.

706
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: So it's just like basketball, pick and roll basketball. I mean,

707
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 1: there's a thousand ways to make your pay off a

708
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: pick and roll, but the first thing is that pick

709
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 1: and roll. So when you've got a bigger receiver or

710
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:18,080
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins and Cooper Cups stacked in right behind that

711
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 1: rub route is always going to be a problem. It's

712
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: tough to defend, and then they can do, you know,

713
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: eight different variations off it. So but when you do

714
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,239
Speaker 1: come up with something they haven't seen in it's open,

715
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 1: Goff has got to get the ball there. You've got

716
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: to get good protection, get the ball there and boom,

717
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: you've got to score with it. And so far he's

718
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: been doing that though. Yeah, Yeah, I mean there's a

719
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: lot going on in this offense. I said, it's like

720
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 1: a space shuttle. There's a million and one moving parts

721
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,880
Speaker 1: space shuttle. Yeah, there's a million and one moving parts

722
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: to this offense. Yeah, there's a lot going on. And

723
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: the guy that needs to know everything about it is

724
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 1: Jared Goff and so far he's been perfect with it.

725
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: He hasn't missed. No, he hasn't. In credit to Sean

726
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 1: McVay and the coaching staff were having him ready to play.

727
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: One thing that stood out to me earlier this week

728
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: is when Sean McVeigh was talking about himself in a

729
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: self critical way, and I said, talking about himself, and

730
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: that's not quite right, because he was asked about, you know,

731
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 1: different play calls or things that stood out on film,

732
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 1: and what he started talking about was basically that he

733
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,400
Speaker 1: wasn't happy with the way that things went for him

734
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: at the end of the game. Basically when he called

735
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: that Todd Gurley was a draw inside zone whatever you

736
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: wanna call it, on third and four, and he basically

737
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: was saying, you know that that's something that has to

738
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: be better. And then he also talked about getting a

739
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 1: little pass happy down in the red zone when they're

740
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 1: running three straight pass plays, And it just continues to

741
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: stand out to me how self critical he is and

742
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 1: how forthcoming he is about being self critical when he's

743
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: talking to media in these press conferences, and how smart

744
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 1: he is. I mean, yeah, you know some of that

745
00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:02,279
Speaker 1: is coach speak, but you don't know which art. Yeah, yeah,

746
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 1: I get what you say. Yeah, yeah, he's very smart

747
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: with that. And um, so far, he's been very very good,

748
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:13,839
Speaker 1: um at calling the game. Um, it's not always gonna work.

749
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: It's not always gonna you know, score seven rum. But

750
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: the offense is building towards being one of those teams

751
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,800
Speaker 1: that you know, once you stop making mistakes that shoot

752
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,280
Speaker 1: yourself in the foot and you start having the emergence

753
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: of special players we're already seeing in Toddy. Now, imagine

754
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: if Todd and Sammy are both going berserk at the

755
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: same time, it's very hard to defend. It makes you

756
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons as well. I'm saying, So, um, you're

757
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 1: you're building towards that. So as long as you have

758
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,319
Speaker 1: a good foundation, and I think they did that through

759
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,359
Speaker 1: training camp in preseason, you can start to build off

760
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: your offense and by November December, if you're lucky everybody

761
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 1: stays healthy, you're gonna be there with with the best

762
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:58,919
Speaker 1: offenses in the National Football League, right, And that's the thing,

763
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: Okay McVeigh was talking about. Okay, it's great for Greg's

764
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 1: Airline to get twenty three points and you know, seven

765
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 1: field goals and all that, But the other thing you

766
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: said is I'd like to see him kick a few

767
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: less field goals and more extra points because when you

768
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: get down into those territories, especially when you get two possessions,

769
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: one off of a kick returned and then the other

770
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 1: off of Mark Barron's great interception that start at the

771
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 1: thirty five or end, you want to get touchdowns out

772
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: of those drives instead of two field goals. Right. I

773
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 1: think you know now that Sammy Watkins is I think

774
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 1: you're going to start to see more out of him.

775
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: I would if I were a betty man, and I'm not,

776
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 1: I would bet that Sammy Watkins, just like Todd Gurley,

777
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 1: has been the MVP of the first quarter. Yeah, I

778
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: would bet Sammy Watkins takes over this second quarter. You

779
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 1: think so? I would bet because of who you're about

780
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: to face and where you're playing them and how this

781
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 1: offense is progressing, and Todd Gurley's emergence is going to

782
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,399
Speaker 1: draw a lot of attention absolutely, which is gonna give

783
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 1: you man coverage. And the guy's made a living beating

784
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: man coverage. Yes, yeah, yeah, That's one thing that people

785
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,479
Speaker 1: will have actually been talking to me a lot about

786
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 1: on Twitter the last couple of days, like what's up

787
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: with Sammy Watkins? That? And somebody asked me this earlier today,

788
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 1: and you know, I tweeted it. I was like, well,

789
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: I find this to be a weird take when like

790
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,279
Speaker 1: you're saying, what's up with Sammy Watkins? Like, why isn't

791
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,400
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins more involved when this offense is scoring thirty

792
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: five and a half points a game? Right? You know? Ye?

793
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,919
Speaker 1: So to me, it's a fair question. Do you really

794
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: think so? It's a fair question? I mean, because I

795
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 1: mean Sammy hasn't dominated the game yet, that's what he's

796
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,439
Speaker 1: talking about. Well, I think he dominated the San Francisco game.

797
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,760
Speaker 1: I think he and Woods both dominated the San Francisco

798
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,839
Speaker 1: Being fair, I mean, light it up, big plays, take

799
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: the top off defense type stuff, Okay, yeah, Antonio Brown,

800
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 1: Julio Jones type plays. Sure, Okay, and that's fair to

801
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: that type of stuff. That's what he means, Um, we

802
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: haven't seen that guy yet. It's coming, guaranteed, it's coming.

803
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 1: Of course it's coming. It's right. So it's it's not

804
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,440
Speaker 1: what's up with Sammy, it's just look, the offense is functioning,

805
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 1: they're building, and it's not his turn. Eventually he's going

806
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,760
Speaker 1: to be yes, yeah, and I think that, But that's

807
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 1: to me, that's what it is. It's a matchup based offense,

808
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 1: and certain guys are going to have their turn every week. Right,

809
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,840
Speaker 1: it was Robert and Sammy's turn against San Francisco. This

810
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:23,320
Speaker 1: last game, it was Todd and it was basically a lot,

811
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 1: a lot, a lot of Todd Gurley. When you get

812
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,919
Speaker 1: two hundred and fifteen yards from scrimmage, that's what that means.

813
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 1: Got Cooper Cup doing some good things with matchups there.

814
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 1: So to me, it's more, all right, who are the defense?

815
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 1: Who is the defense trying to take away? How do

816
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: you counter that? And if you have this amount of

817
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: weapons that the Rams appear to have right now, that's

818
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,880
Speaker 1: going to allow you to continue to put up points

819
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 1: like that. Absolutely, whatever you can do, the Rams have

820
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: an answer. I think it's what you're saying, yes, exactly,

821
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: but eventually that's more important than saying, Okay, well why

822
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: isn't Sammy have numbers? But take it a step beyond

823
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: because as golf gets better, it's not going to matter

824
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:05,720
Speaker 1: what you have. True. Yeah, I mean yeah. The group

825
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: I ran with the greatest show, it was every week

826
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: was their day. Yeah, They're all getting it no matter

827
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: what you had. So eventually, as your quarterback becomes as

828
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 1: he gets better, so does the offense. But I mean,

829
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 1: I think it's a fair It's not a criticism, it's

830
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: just a fair question, is what is up with Sammy?

831
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: I thought i'd see more, I thought he'd be more

832
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,799
Speaker 1: explosive at this point. But there's nothing to complain about

833
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 1: when you're scoring this many points, right And that's I

834
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: guess where it like is off to me, because if

835
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 1: you're the top scoring team in the league, then what

836
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,439
Speaker 1: more do you want right now? I mean, nobody else

837
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 1: is scoring thirty five points a game, especially as a

838
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: team that again scored ten points or fewer nine times

839
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 1: last year. So I guess I don't know if my

840
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,720
Speaker 1: attitude is like, well, what more do you want? Or what? Okay?

841
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: But I understand numbers in front of you, because I

842
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 1: do not from number of what the receiving numbers um

843
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: from this team. I can pull them up right, Please

844
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 1: do real quick, because I think this is what he

845
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 1: was talking about. Come on, hurry twenty four seconds. We

846
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 1: don't have twenty fours. Hurry up off. Oh my gosh,

847
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: getting me lined up? I can't. I need here, Come

848
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: on my head, I don't care. Get me my helmets.

849
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: Seat them off, just like Jared Goff and um Sean mcvailan. Okay,

850
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,760
Speaker 1: who's leading in receptions right now? Who's leading in receptions

851
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,440
Speaker 1: with Todd Gurley right now? Okay? Twenty for two thirty four.

852
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: I bet people thought it would be Sammy Watkins. Okay,

853
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 1: who's leading yards? Who's leading in yards? Todd Gurley. I

854
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:35,919
Speaker 1: bet people thought it would be Sammy Watkins, who's leading

855
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 1: in touch touchdown receptions Todd Curley. I bet people thought

856
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: it would be Sammy Watkins. That's why it's it's it's

857
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,879
Speaker 1: it's it's an okay question to ask what's up with Sammy?

858
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: But you know what, But I mean, you're answering the

859
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: question with what's up with Sammy? Well, Todd Gurley right

860
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 1: now is getting the line share of the offense. There's

861
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: your answer. Okay, So didn't like why it's it's a

862
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 1: fair question. What's up with Sammy? Well, Todd Gurley is

863
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,720
Speaker 1: seeing a lot of action right now. Yeah, that's your answer.

864
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 1: It's nothing to get all in a twist over. I mean,

865
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 1: I'm not really in This is me on a normal day,

866
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,480
Speaker 1: and I like this on a normal day, Matt all

867
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 1: the time. Who's leading in targets? Who's leading in targets?

868
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,240
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley with twenty five? Who's second? Who is second?

869
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,279
Speaker 1: Robert Woods with twenty two? Where is Sammy Watkins on

870
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,880
Speaker 1: the target list? He is fourth right now with sixteen.

871
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,720
Speaker 1: Now see if I was just walking off the street

872
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: and I saw that, I would ask Miles who's around

873
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 1: the team? Hey, what's up with Sammy Watkins? See what

874
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: I mean? So now you're making me look like an

875
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 1: unreasonable idiot. No, I'm just saying it's it's a fair

876
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,680
Speaker 1: question to ask. It's not a knock, but the way

877
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 1: the way it's been phrased to me sounds more like

878
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: a knock than it does. Well, wait a minute, you know,

879
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 1: like is somebody is what's going on here. I think

880
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,360
Speaker 1: it's just your filter. Man. You think it's it's the

881
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 1: way you heard it. I mean I read it because

882
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 1: it's a twet. Okay, I think it's just the way

883
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: you read it. I mean that's probably true. I have

884
00:43:57,120 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: a tendency to make makes I really need to. I

885
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: need I need to get into boxing. If somebody is

886
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,880
Speaker 1: listening to this, mixed martial arts are yours? Really? You

887
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: think mixed martial arts? Now? You need it so bad? Really,

888
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,760
Speaker 1: I don't know about kicking stuff, but I'm gonna I'm gonna,

889
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be shameless right now. If somebody, like, if

890
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: you're listening to this and you know of like good

891
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 1: boxing thing, Jim, you need whatever you need mixed martial arts, Yeah,

892
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,000
Speaker 1: you need something that doesn't stop when it hits the ground.

893
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:24,360
Speaker 1: But I don't want to like box people. I just

894
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:25,840
Speaker 1: kind of want to, like, you know, just get in

895
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,920
Speaker 1: the gym and trust me, work out or come with me.

896
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:33,920
Speaker 1: I'll take you to a Brazilian jiu jitsu. I know, Katie,

897
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:38,359
Speaker 1: let's not walk in there with that, Okay, they'll beat

898
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 1: us up. Yeah anyway, Yeah, it's a fair question. It's

899
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,040
Speaker 1: a fair question. More glory days stories for me before

900
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: we move on to something that actually football. I was

901
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: actually a black belt in taekwondo as a child. See

902
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,880
Speaker 1: when he says I was a black belt? Did you

903
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,359
Speaker 1: take this at a mall store? It was not a

904
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:02,319
Speaker 1: mall store. No was How long? How long did it

905
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:04,479
Speaker 1: take you to receive a black belt from master quand

906
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 1: from start to black belt day? Probably second to fifth grade,

907
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,919
Speaker 1: second to fifth grades this summer before three years? Yeah?

908
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,360
Speaker 1: How much did you pay for that? I have to

909
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: ask my mom. I don't know you paid for a

910
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 1: nice belt. Well, you know I stopped. I broke my

911
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 1: arm right when it was fifth grade, and it was

912
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: the day after my birthday. I'd gotten a new bike.

913
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,879
Speaker 1: I'd gotten a new bike and said, got in the fight.

914
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 1: I would have laughed, okay, please me in a fight?

915
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 1: Really okay? Well I would win if I got in

916
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,200
Speaker 1: a fight. Okay, a lot of pin up aggression. Um.

917
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 1: But so I got this new bike, and on my

918
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 1: old bike, I would always you know, go really really

919
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 1: fast down the street, and the brakes weren't that good

920
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 1: on the bike, so I would just squeeze both the

921
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: front end back break and it would like skid on

922
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 1: the sidewalk and it would be really fun. And then

923
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:54,520
Speaker 1: I'd stopped right in front of my house. So I

924
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 1: didn't really understand the concept of how bikes work, which is,

925
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 1: you know, if you hit the front break really hard,

926
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 1: like physics is going to flip you over if the

927
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: brakes are good. Okay, So I'm I'm rolling down the street.

928
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,720
Speaker 1: I got my new bike. I'm like, I just turned

929
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 1: ten or eleven or whatever age I was, and I'm

930
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:15,240
Speaker 1: having a great time. And then I squeezed the brakes

931
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,359
Speaker 1: to stop and skid right in front of the house

932
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 1: and boo boom, go over the handlebars and I broke

933
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:24,440
Speaker 1: my left arm. Like it was bad, like and I'm like,

934
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,320
Speaker 1: you're about rid of the cry now, no, oh my god.

935
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:29,799
Speaker 1: It was funny because I'm like laying there on the

936
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:32,880
Speaker 1: sidewalk and my mom might hate that I'm telling the story,

937
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 1: but she's inside watching Glitter and like I took off

938
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: my watch, I know, but I'm in A neighbor eventually

939
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: comes by and it's like, are you okay, and I

940
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:49,840
Speaker 1: was like, not really, and so he knocked on the

941
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: door and got my mom. We went to the hospital.

942
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 1: But I was I was I don't know why. I

943
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,560
Speaker 1: was just laying there thinking I'm gonna be fine. I'm

944
00:46:57,600 --> 00:46:59,719
Speaker 1: gonna be fine, you know, like it's it is what

945
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 1: it is is. I have one question. Okay, have you

946
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 1: seen Glitter? No? Okay, thank god? Okay, isn't that that's

947
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: the Mariah carry movie. I have no idea. I'm pretty

948
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:12,759
Speaker 1: sure it's a Mariah Carrey movie that she made. Um, anyway,

949
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,879
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't need to know. Okay, Matt,

950
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,200
Speaker 1: look up if Glitter is a Mariah Carrey movie. I'm

951
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 1: not going to Seattle's coming this week. Yes, Seattle is

952
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 1: coming this week. And that actually, to me, is going

953
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,839
Speaker 1: to be a really really big test for this Rams team,

954
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 1: especially defensively because if you look at Russell Wilson and

955
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 1: I know people are talking about the line and whatnot.

956
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:40,760
Speaker 1: Oh he can go bombs away. Yeah they do that.

957
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 1: That's going to be a problem. And that's I think

958
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,839
Speaker 1: that's been to their detriment. He has gone bombs away.

959
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,480
Speaker 1: It's his football team. Now. He is playing like he's

960
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:50,600
Speaker 1: not looking over his shoulder ever again, Um, they're gonna

961
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: live and die on his arm and he knows that.

962
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,879
Speaker 1: So uh, he's he's very dynamic in the pocket and

963
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: at times can get careless with the football. That's why

964
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: he's turned it over. But a failed left tackle Luke

965
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 1: Jocole playing guard. I mean that should make Aaron Donald smile.

966
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:09,720
Speaker 1: And I have to give props to the Indianapolis defense,

967
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,400
Speaker 1: especially those two tackles, because I know what it feels

968
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,600
Speaker 1: like to have your work overlook because your team is bad.

969
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 1: Those guys are good. They should be on everybody's Pro

970
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: Bowl list. They gave it to the Rams in Week

971
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 1: one and they absolutely man handled Seattle's offensive line. Last week.

972
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: Guys were getting thrown around. Britt was getting thrown around.

973
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 1: So I think the Rams have the advantage there with

974
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 1: Donald and Brockers. But remember this, Russell Wilson knows what's up.

975
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:41,280
Speaker 1: He knows that he's gonna face a lot of pressure,

976
00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:43,319
Speaker 1: especially from the interior, so he's going to be at

977
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: his tricky best, damn near annoying the way he plays.

978
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 1: And you know he's got that baseball background, right Yeah,

979
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,840
Speaker 1: So when he hits a big play, I mean scramble,

980
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,640
Speaker 1: Scramble throws one down the field. When he hits a

981
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 1: big play, he has a home run glide to him

982
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:00,719
Speaker 1: like his body language. He's like above the cloud. Yeah.

983
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:02,600
Speaker 1: But also when you trap him, when he has to

984
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: cut back to the middle of the field, when he

985
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 1: scrambles and doesn't have a safe place to you know,

986
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:08,960
Speaker 1: to hit, and he's going to take a hit, his

987
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:12,880
Speaker 1: body linguals will change. Everything about him changes. So you

988
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: have to force him back to the middle. Even if

989
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:17,879
Speaker 1: he runs, he's going to get out, but make sure

990
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 1: you you're able to tag him and hit him and

991
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 1: make him pay for it because it does change him.

992
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 1: But he's going to be very, very elusive this weekend.

993
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: It's going to be tough to catch him. I think

994
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 1: it's gonna be tough to catch him because of the

995
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: way he has been able just to make plays with

996
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:36,640
Speaker 1: his feet and the way that he's got this partnership

997
00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:39,719
Speaker 1: with Doug Baldwin. I think that has gone extremely well.

998
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:43,240
Speaker 1: He's a Doug Baldwin is a rock in your shoe. Yeah,

999
00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 1: he's able. He's a problem every step of the way.

1000
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,600
Speaker 1: The only way to rid yourself of Doug Baldwin is

1001
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,239
Speaker 1: to take the shoe off and throw it away, which

1002
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:55,719
Speaker 1: means yeah, but he's he's always going to be there.

1003
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: He's a problem. So is Jimmy Graham. Jimmy Graham, and

1004
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:01,319
Speaker 1: this is funny. I'm we'll probably get killed for this,

1005
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:03,319
Speaker 1: but he reminds me of Jerry Rice. When I see

1006
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:08,640
Speaker 1: him run routes. He glides, He just absolutely glides into position. Interesting. Yeah,

1007
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 1: the body types don't match, the positions don't match, but

1008
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 1: just the way they want to run routes, he glides

1009
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,560
Speaker 1: into everything and he always seems to be open. Well,

1010
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:21,759
Speaker 1: I'll say this. I mean watching that game with Indianapolis

1011
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 1: and Seattle from last week, Graham had four catches for

1012
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:27,040
Speaker 1: sixty one yards. Just seems like he and Russell Wilson

1013
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:29,960
Speaker 1: are finally getting on that same page that kind of

1014
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:31,880
Speaker 1: haven't been over the last couple of years. And he

1015
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,080
Speaker 1: was forcing the ball too, Jimmy Graham, and they turned

1016
00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 1: it over a few times. Or once he tried to

1017
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:38,160
Speaker 1: get the ball to Jimmy Graham and he under threw

1018
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:41,239
Speaker 1: it and it was picked. Great play, but yeah, that's

1019
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:43,839
Speaker 1: the matchup you want to take advantage of. You've got

1020
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:47,080
Speaker 1: a giraffe sprinting through the middle of the field. Yeah,

1021
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:50,440
Speaker 1: I mean, just throw it up higher than the defender

1022
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 1: can get it and Graham will catch it. So pressure

1023
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:56,640
Speaker 1: stops that, getting Russell off his spot, disrupting the timing

1024
00:50:56,719 --> 00:51:00,759
Speaker 1: of the play. Well can control Jimmy Graham because look,

1025
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:03,239
Speaker 1: on a scramble play, Doug Baldwin's gonna hurt it on

1026
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,239
Speaker 1: a scramble play. I'm not sure how much Jimmy Graham

1027
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 1: can hurt you, that's fair. But in the pattern, on

1028
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: time and the ball gets out to where it should be,

1029
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:13,840
Speaker 1: he's almost unstoppable. Well, one thing they're gonna have to

1030
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,360
Speaker 1: contend with this week is that Chris Carson, one of

1031
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:19,880
Speaker 1: their rookie running back at Oklahoma State. He's been playing

1032
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 1: really well, so I just seeing him run against Indianapolis,

1033
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: you think, oh man, this guy's gonna be a problem.

1034
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 1: Oh no, he's suffered a broken legs or he's not

1035
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: going to be in there and there, and they're going

1036
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,680
Speaker 1: to go to some of their other guys a little

1037
00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 1: bit more. Now. McKissick also made a couple of plays

1038
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 1: in that Indianapolis game where you think, wow, if they

1039
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:39,759
Speaker 1: get him going, he could be a problem too. I

1040
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:42,600
Speaker 1: had to look him up too, because he was explosive

1041
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:46,200
Speaker 1: that that touchdown run, a twenty yard sprint to the

1042
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:48,840
Speaker 1: end zone. Well, an outside zone and yeah, and all

1043
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:50,600
Speaker 1: of a sudden boom, he's down the field and he's there,

1044
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 1: and then the end of the game he catches a fade. Yeah. Yeah,

1045
00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:56,840
Speaker 1: So I have to look him up to see what

1046
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:59,560
Speaker 1: he's about. And I found out that his first touch

1047
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,200
Speaker 1: ever in the pros one one hundred and one yards

1048
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 1: on a kick return for a touchdown. Um. So, the

1049
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:07,439
Speaker 1: guy is explosive. I would bet you're going to see

1050
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:09,600
Speaker 1: him more. But then I looked at hYP and wait, um,

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Speaker 1: he's one hundred and ninety pounds. It's not very big.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, I mean that's not very big. Um

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Speaker 1: So a change of pace, absolutely, a consistent tailback that's

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00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:21,920
Speaker 1: gonna slam it at you twenty five times. Probably not.

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Speaker 1: I think Lacy is going to do the dirty work,

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Speaker 1: be the slasher, and this guy is going to be

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Speaker 1: the change of pace. So um. I think they're still

1058
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Speaker 1: auditioning running backs to fill that role for Marshawn Lynch,

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Speaker 1: and they haven't found him yet. I don't think they

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Speaker 1: have either quickly. Defensively, Cliff Avril likely out this week,

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Speaker 1: and that may change his things go along because he's

1062
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Speaker 1: suffered a stinger during that game and a tackle with Brissette,

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Speaker 1: but I mean Frank scary play too. Yeah, Frank Clark

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00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:50,719
Speaker 1: would step in for him on defensive end. Was at

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Speaker 1: Michael Bennett, and you know that's also a tough matchup

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Speaker 1: because Frank Clark is a good guy. I don't know

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00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:59,040
Speaker 1: if it got better or worse. Chris April is a

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00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 1: darn good past. Absolutely this. Frank Clark is a different animal.

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00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:05,440
Speaker 1: He's not very big, so you have the advantage if

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00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:07,440
Speaker 1: you run at him, you can push him off the football,

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00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:10,960
Speaker 1: but he's subject to run by you at any second.

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm really looking forward to this matchup Clark versus Whitworth. Yeah,

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00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:19,920
Speaker 1: this is going to be a titanic matchup of a

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Speaker 1: true right end if that's where he lines up and stays,

1075
00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:26,239
Speaker 1: versus a true left tackle with a passing offense. So

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00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:28,000
Speaker 1: that's gonna be fun to watch. And then on the

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00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:30,399
Speaker 1: other side or wherever he decides to line up, because

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00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:33,239
Speaker 1: I'm not even sure Seattle can control Michael Bennett. I

1079
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:35,759
Speaker 1: think he just does what he wants. So I'll just

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Speaker 1: say Bennett versus anybody. Yeah, yeah, he's gonna be everywhere.

1081
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Speaker 1: So they've got some guys that can get pressure on you. Immediately.

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Speaker 1: All Right, what's the single most important thing the Rams

1083
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:45,799
Speaker 1: have to do to beat the Seahawks? Don't turn the

1084
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:49,240
Speaker 1: ball over. Yeah, you're gonna have to work for everything

1085
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:51,680
Speaker 1: you get. Richard Sherman is one of the best corners

1086
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,959
Speaker 1: in the game. I don't care what anybody says. Ask

1087
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:58,200
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton. He's gonna lock down that side of

1088
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:02,440
Speaker 1: the field. But I would say, like Richard Sherman might

1089
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:04,200
Speaker 1: be one of the guys that don't have a tremendous

1090
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:07,360
Speaker 1: amount of respect for the football team for Jared Goff

1091
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:10,600
Speaker 1: because of what he's seen and how he feels about

1092
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:14,320
Speaker 1: competition in the NFC West. But when they break the

1093
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:17,200
Speaker 1: huddle and Sammy Watkins trots out to his side, that's

1094
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:19,520
Speaker 1: a different deal, now, it sure is. Yeah, Yeah, that's

1095
00:54:19,719 --> 00:54:22,560
Speaker 1: definitely that's that's a completely different animal that he's going

1096
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,640
Speaker 1: to have to deal with. So um, that matchup is

1097
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:28,360
Speaker 1: also going to be fun. But the guy on defense

1098
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:30,279
Speaker 1: that you must watch if you want to see pure

1099
00:54:30,320 --> 00:54:32,400
Speaker 1: perfection is Earl Thomas. Yeah. I was gonna bring him out.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't make he doesn't make mistakes, he does not

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00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:36,879
Speaker 1: at all. He can play the run, he can play

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Speaker 1: the pass. I mean, he just he's so fast, so decisive,

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Speaker 1: and when he comes in. So here's the thing that

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00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:47,040
Speaker 1: Arrant passed that Jared Goff got away with that was

1105
00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:50,440
Speaker 1: almost picked um last week last week, Remember that pass

1106
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:53,040
Speaker 1: that is going to be picked with earld toms. So

1107
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Speaker 1: eront passes are turnovers. So that's the one thing I

1108
00:54:58,080 --> 00:55:00,960
Speaker 1: think that will kill you against teams likes is takeaways

1109
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:05,120
Speaker 1: and turnovers. So if you play it close to the best,

1110
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Speaker 1: I imagine the game is going to be close, and

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Speaker 1: take it into the fourth quarter, we'll see what happens.

1112
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Speaker 1: But if you if you have a couple of turnovers,

1113
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:13,960
Speaker 1: it could be Katie bar the door. Yeah, and that's

1114
00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:16,279
Speaker 1: what happened with Indianapolis last week because it was tied

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Speaker 1: at eighteen with like five minutes left in the third

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Speaker 1: quarter and then all of a sudden, Yeah, the house

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Speaker 1: just kames like Bobby Wagner. Happened exactly, all right, So

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Speaker 1: before we get out of here, Matt, did you look

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Speaker 1: MDB Matt's Got My Disease seven percent on Rotten to

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Speaker 1: meet Um. Yes, and that is what my mom was

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Speaker 1: watching when I broke my arm. And she does not

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Speaker 1: like that. She was watching that terrible movie, which is

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Speaker 1: what she has told me before. That almost makes sense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's what you get for watching Glitter. Your son breaks

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Speaker 1: his arm, all right, everybody. That is this week's episode

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Speaker 1: of Between the Horns. Thanks so much for tuning in.

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Speaker 1: For my producer, Matt for Demaco Far I'm Miles Simmons.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you next week.