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You can download the app and watch 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.120 this program for free all three hours in our radio 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:27.560 affiliates around the country Fox Sports Radio Lineup, iHeartRadio. The 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:31.480 La Rams are entering a strange phase here. They've seized 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:35.000 on every opportunity they can to build a championship contender, 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.480 currently playing their worst football. The year you pick up 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:41.280 Von Miller, you pick up Odell Beckham Junior. They had 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:44.120 little impact on the game last night, blown out and 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:47.360 by the Niners, but they haven't had much time with 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.920 the Rams. In fairness to both of those acquisitions. The 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.680 rest of the team didn't show up last week against Tennessee, 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:57.080 looked even worse last night against San Francisco. Now you 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:00.960 go into a bye week. Now the world's falling around 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.400 them at seven and three, but there are more questions 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:07.080 than answers. Matthew Stafford started out the season look like 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:12.040 an MVP candidate. The rest of the team two disappointing weeks, 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.400 just like Stafford did, throwing two interceptions in the first quarter, 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:19.400 Aaron Donald, Jalen Ramsey. They were quiet last night. The 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.520 running gang didn't get it done. In two weeks, they 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.440 go to Green Bay for a very important test, and 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.480 we're going to find out soon enough if the Rams 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:31.400 trade deadline moves payoff, if they can regain their confidence 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:36.400 for the stretch run, and the reaction after last night's loss. 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:40.320 Here is the head coach, Sean McVeigh. Robert's a very 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:42.920 important player. You know, you never replace him. It certainly 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.160 didn't help not to have him, but I don't want 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:46.960 to use that as an excuse. We didn't play well enough, 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:49.760 We didn't make enough plays. Our best players didn't play 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:53.000 up to their standards. We'll look inwardly. We're gonna figure 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.240 this thing out and we're gonna come back freaking swinging. 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.120 I promise you that, all right, these last seven games 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.560 of the regular season, and coach was talking about not 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.760 having Robert Woods there, who is very underrated and I 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:08.000 think probably helped Cooper Cup have this breakout season, but 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:10.280 he's not there the rest of the year. Here's ob 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.160 j on his first game with the Rams. These moments 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.639 don't divide you, and you know they bring you stronger 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.480 and closer together. And I'm happy to be here. You know, 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:20.040 just over the bywe'd be able to get in the 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:23.960 playbook and really try and learn every single thing possible 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:28.240 and always quick. But I'm ready, I'm excited. I'm just 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:30.640 happy to be here. You know, it comes down to this. 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.320 The Niners have the blueprint to beat the Rams. They 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:35.960 run the football. They won five straight in the series, 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:40.080 including the second longest winning streak against the Rams. That's 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:44.080 the club's second longest winning streak against LA. The Niners 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.800 picked off Matthew Stafford on the opening drive, then when 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.600 eighteen plays for a touchdown, really never look back. But 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:52.320 you run the football there, and it feels like the 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.880 Rams are more equipped to stop you in the passing 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:58.480 game as most teams are. The Niners when they run 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:01.520 the football, you just ask Jimmy Garoppolo to make a 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.839 couple of plays and Deebo Samuel was unbelievable last night 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.800 running catching and San Francisco picks up the win. I 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.560 don't know what this means for San Francisco because they've 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.640 sort of been mired in mediocrity there and we keep 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:18.240 waiting for them to recapture what they had a couple 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:20.160 of years ago going to the Super Bowl. But this 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.680 is what they do. They run the football and play 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.599 good defense, and you saw that last night. I don't 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.159 need to ask Jimmy Garoppolo to do too much. Just 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:32.919 don't do too much where it hurts us. And really 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:37.080 that's what it is. Jimmy Garoppolo is out there and 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:39.640 hand the ball off, make a couple of big plays, 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.200 don't turn the ball over. And if you're not going 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.680 to put pressure on him, Jimmy Garoppolo is hitting once 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:48.880 last night, You're gonna have a pretty high success rate 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.839 if your quarterback has only hit one time. But running 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.720 the football it's a key ingredient for the forty nine ers. 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:57.280 It was when they went to the Super Bowl. They 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:01.440 ran the football. And if they can come back with 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.320 that kind of game plan, I said yesterday, I thought 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.279 the role they would play the rest of the season 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.360 would be spoiler. I don't know if they can get 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.359 back into it. It feels like everybody is sort of 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:14.360 on the periphery of being a playoff contender. I think 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.760 there's only four or five teams that you'd probably go 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:19.400 they're not going to be in playoff contention in a 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.400 couple of weeks. But San Francisco last night. They were 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:24.719 the better team. You didn't ask for it, but you 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:30.200 got it. Todd has a limerick the Niners over the Rams. Wait. Yes, yeah, 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.200 I was gonna wait a little bit later on, but 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:35.600 I don't think that's fair to everybody. You just want 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.200 to get it out of the way. I think, oh, 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.040 you're ready, you're ready. A little bit of a hiccup there. 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:43.720 Jay is free from the Browns and can sign with 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:47.279 anyone who's down. His dad's video not cool. Try to 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.719 make Baker the fool now he can. Well, now I'll 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:52.919 see I messed up here. Okay, so that was the 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:56.400 last That was the last limerick. You got the typed 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.080 put instead of out threw me out, threw me off. 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.840 Stop it. That's two mistakest my Mica on thirty seconds ago. 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.279 I was talking, come on, you had a great morning meeting. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:10.800 I gave you a plus one. I did have a 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.960 good line in there. Okay, yeah you did. There was 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.440 an interception last night by the forty nine ers and 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:20.280 it was caught by the undercarriage or another region of 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:23.920 the defensive back, and Todd said that he would call 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:27.400 that a completed crotch. Yeah, you have to check anyone 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:31.480 I should review you. Yeah, yeah, okay, stay ready here, 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:33.680 you're ready with your limit because I don't know if 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.719 you have the yips. May can't reach first space, I 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.440 can't reach home play. I don't know what's going on. Okay, okay, 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.840 I rehearsed this, so here we go. Just go O. 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:46.039 B J and Vaughan debuts were shams. Mcvay's Rosta did 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:49.279 not earn their clams. Niners put lotion in the basket 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:53.400 through la in the casket, an unexpected silence of the lambs. Right, 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:00.359 I did again? You made that clothes and blue to 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:05.320 what is happening to me? Oh? Everything was going and 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.760 I said lambs instead of ram. You got the It 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:09.720 was even in the above the noise headlines, I had 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:13.200 silence of the rams. Oh, so I get another shot 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:15.520 of that's it? No, No, you're done. I can't read it. 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.560 One time, I swear seat and I looked at each 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:20.160 other and we were about to give Todd to like 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.400 a laugh and applause. That was a native that was original. 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:26.200 Oh it was really well done. It was well written Todd, 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.640 but it's just not executed. Can you get limri yips? 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:32.240 Can you get what I really don't understand what's happening. 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:34.920 It's twice in a row. You might have to have 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.440 a designated reader, Chuck knoblock. I know you love when 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:40.160 I make references from like thirty years ago. I just 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.160 I can't reach first base. I don't know what's going on. 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:47.320 It's not good. An unexpected silence of the rams. Yes, 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:52.200 missed the most important word in there. That's just unacceptable. 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.600 You missread your own words. But limber yips, that's kind 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.320 of that's somewhat clever. I know it doesn't make up 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:00.320 for messing up twice at a row, but well, you know, 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:05.200 it was a crotch that was good. That was good, 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:08.120 and unexpected silence of the rams. All right, go ahead, 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:11.480 go ahead, read it again. Oh, Beach and von debuts 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:15.400 were shams. Mcvay's roster did not earn their clams, niners 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:17.800 put lotion in the basket, through la in the casket 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:21.920 and unexpected silence of the rams. Let's go all right. 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:23.960 You can't get it back there. You can't unring the bell, 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:28.640 you can't go all right. You're good. I'll talk to 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:32.640 you tomorrow time. Thank you. See your Wednesday. McClellan, what 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.840 do you have full. Question Wise, let's start with those Rams. 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:40.480 Who's winning the NFC West, The Cardinals, the Rams, and 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.960 the Niners At four and five, I guess they're out 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:46.400 of it. But basically the Rams gonna win that division. 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:54.000 What happens if they don't? You know what happens standalone game? 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:57.840 We overreact. Now that's back to back games where they 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:00.480 haven't played well. They go into a bye week and 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.520 von Miller and OBJ get a chance to sort of 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.640 get more acclimated to the surroundings the playbook. But I 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.280 don't know if Kyler Murray's going to play this weekend. 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.360 I think there's still a chance that he might not 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.280 be playing. You know, you can't be flirting with that. 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:19.400 You've got to have home field advantage because you know 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.679 there's one team that has that first round by If not, 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:25.440 the Rams are going to be like a five seed. 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:27.880 They're gonna be on the road. Now, you're gonna go 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:29.840 to Dallas to open up. You're gonna go to Green 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:32.679 Bay after that or Tampa Bay after that. That's where 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:34.760 it gets tricky when you want to make a playoff run. 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.000 I know we've seen teams that have been weren't the 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:41.120 Packers a sixth seed when they won the Super Bowl 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.839 with Aaron Rodgers. I mean it's rare. It can be done, 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:48.319 but be pretty difficult, sledding to go to Dallas, then 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:50.680 go to Green Bay or go to Tampa. Yeah, Paul, 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:54.360 isn't the weirdest thing about last night's game to ignore 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.440 the fact that Jimmy Garoppolo's dead man walking. He had 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:00.440 a great game on national TV against a very good defense, 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:05.280 two best defenders in sports, and there's no future for him, 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.040 right Or is there? I gave up a ton. I 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:11.440 don't think there is. I mean, if there is, then 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:14.600 that means that they blew it on Trey Lance because 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:18.480 you gave up an awful lot for Trey Lance. And 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:23.120 I think the more they win, the less opportunity or 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.040 likely it is that Trey Lance is going to play 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.640 the second half of the season, because if you're still 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:31.040 in playoff contention, you're gonna have Jimmy Garoppolo, it feels like. 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.280 But if they start to lose, they lose three out 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.400 of their next five, then you might see Trey Lance 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:39.839 as they start to make that transition into the Trey 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.520 Lance era and say goodbye to Jimmy Garoppolo. Yeah, club, 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.040 Jimmy only had one hundred eighty yards last night. He 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.680 didn't I could have led that team to a to 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.160 a win. Did he throw any interceptions? He did not? 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.800 But they ran eighteen play run drive to start the game. 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:57.360 I'm just saying that this is what you expect out 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:00.360 of Jimmy Garoppolo, right, But what happens if they fall behind? 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.079 Is he a quarterback who can get you back in? No, 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:07.640 he's not. No, you put pressure on him. And the 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.960 numbers are really bad for Jimmy Garoppolo. But if you 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:14.400 if you established the run and you let him just 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:17.720 you know, make a play, make a play to George Kittle. 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:21.360 That's it. Just keep the defense honest. But the fact 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.080 they couldn't stop the run and they knew San Francisco 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.040 was going to run because San Francisco always runs against 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.280 the Rams. Yeah, okay, I had a pole question. Who 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:34.720 regrets their trade the most Miami Dolphins trading basically up 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.400 from twelve to six to take jail and Waddle or 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:40.800 the forty nine ers traded the house to go from 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.679 twelve to three to take trade lance despite all the 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:47.160 rumors that they really wanted Mac Jones. But if you 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:50.320 look back at those trades, I'm not sure they make 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:54.680 sense now. I think the Dolphins did well with Jalen Waddle. 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.400 I don't know if they had to make I don't 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.600 know if they had to trade everything to go up 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.520 to at Jalen Waddle this year's first rounder, which could 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:06.400 be pretty high if you continue to struggle. Yeah, the 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:10.360 Eagles with Davante Smith, I mean they probably could have 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.640 gotten That's the only thing you probably could have got 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.440 a receiver at twelve. I don't know if it's good 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:18.079 as Waddle. Well, the Niners could have waited and got 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:21.959 mac Jones. You know they they gave up the number 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.080 twelve pick, a first and third round pick, a first 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.559 round pick in twenty three to move up to number 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:30.800 three to get Trey Lance. But that was somebody that 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:35.319 was an organization that people thought he's the ideal quarterback 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:39.120 for Kyle Shanahan. Chris Simms, who's great friends with Kyle 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:43.920 Shanahan before the draft, said it's gonna be h mac Jones, 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.760 and then all of a sudden it wasn't. I don't 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.199 know what happened. Eleventh hour or maybe they were locked 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:51.679 in and they wanted to just you know, try to 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.760 deceive us there, but Trey Lance better be great, not 0:12:54.920 --> 0:13:01.280 good great, and right now he needs to he needs 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:05.000 more football because he came in basically as a one 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:09.199 year wonder at North Dakota State, and so far he 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:12.360 looks like he's just an athlete there, not a quarterback, 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:15.200 not yet. But you know, let me see when he 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:18.319 gets a full season when it's his team. The Rams 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.599 what they traded for von Miller a second and a 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:29.319 third round pick. Okay, the trade with Jared Goff for Stafford, 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:33.280 that was what first round picks in twenty two and 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:35.920 twenty three, but the Rams are probably going to be 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:38.280 obviously at the tail end of the first round there. 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:41.360 You know, they'd be giving up the twenty seventh pick 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:47.840 right now. You know, I think it was the smart 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:52.600 move to move on from Jared Goff. Let's just see 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:55.360 Stafford in a big game, in a big moment. Can 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:58.000 you count on him? I mean, that's just standalone game, 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:01.120 that's not a playoff game. Last night and he threw 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:05.960 two first quarter interceptions there. You know, ob j looked 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:09.360 like he stopped running on you know, the first one. 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:13.600 But you know, I just want to see how Stafford 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:17.680 does when these games really matter, and I think that's 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:19.760 going to be the difference of is this team going 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:22.960 to make a playoff run or not. Yeah, I'm a club. Well, 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.480 you guys are talking about before the show that Robert 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.760 Woods not being there. That's it's big. It seems like 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:30.760 a really big deal. It is, and he's not a 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.360 household name, but if you talk to people who are 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.520 around the Rams, they'll tell you how valuable he has been, 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:41.360 and certainly helping Cooper Cup because if you don't have him, 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.840 and this is where OBJ has to step into that role. 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:47.480 But Cooper Cup, even though he had eleven catches last night, 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:50.400 just didn't feel like that he was a true weapons 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:53.600 as he has been. But Robert Woods is a very 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.320 valuable player for that team. All Right, we'll settle on 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:59.440 a pole question. 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That's masterclass dot com 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:11.560 slash Patrick. Terms do apply. Thanks for listening to The 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.360 Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.160 every weekday morning nine until noon eastern six to nine 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.040 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and you can find us 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:24.200 on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.680 on the Peacock app. We'll settle on a poll question, 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:29.440 Play of the day, stat of the Day coming up 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:33.280 the Niners rushing numbers versus the Rams the last five games, 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:38.200 all victories, one fifty six last night, one twelve, one, 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:42.760 twenty two, one, nineteen ninety nine, averaging one twenty one 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:46.000 point six. If you can keep the ball out of 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:49.920 Jimmy Garoppolo's hands, if you're Kyle Shanahan, you know you're 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:52.760 you're doing something right because then you just ask Jimmy 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.600 to compliment what you're doing doing running and they had 0:16:55.720 --> 0:17:01.480 forty four rushing attempts thirty three, thirty seven, thirty three, 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:04.680 forty one. Those things take a toll on the defense. 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:08.040 It's bringing Gary Klein, who's kind enough to join us 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.840 this morning, covers the Rams for the La Times. How 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:15.600 would you sum up last night's performance, Gary Well, I 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.560 think for the Rams, I think Jimmy Garoppolo used a 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:21.159 term along the lines of it was kind of a 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:25.399 soul sucking drive that first eighteen play March that the 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.520 forty nine ers just kind of ran it down their throat, 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:32.919 And as you mentioned, Kyle, Kyle Shanahan's just been masterful 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:36.720 at not putting Garoppolo in situations where he's going to 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.359 make mistakes. And the last few times they've played the Rams, 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:43.160 he's played air free and we've seen what happened. Were 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:46.760 you surprised last night? You know, Dan, I will say 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.280 I chose the forty nine Ers to win that game 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.320 just because of all the turmoil that was going on 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.000 with the Rams. And some of that was good in 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:59.080 terms of, you know, the Von Miller trade. Odell Beckham Jr. 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.000 Is a choir, but then when they lost Robert Woods 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.879 just a few days before the games, kind of an 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:10.320 unheralded player that is really key to that offense. And 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:13.040 again with you know, with the history with the forty 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.359 nine Ers, it just seemed like the Rams were ripe 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:17.120 to be beat for the second time in a row. 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:21.840 Explain to the audience the value of Robert Woods. Well, 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:25.040 this is a player, damn that actually I've covered when 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:27.800 he was a freshman at USC, so I've seen him 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:31.840 grow up and even from those early days, he's a 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:36.000 guy that is not going to complain. A very talented receiver, 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.720 but really does everything, especially in the blocking game. He's 0:18:39.720 --> 0:18:43.520 a guy that they match up against defensive linemen, linebackers 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:47.359 and just kind of very unselfish and gives Cooper Cup 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:51.040 and other receivers an opportunity to run all kinds of routes. 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:53.760 A great receiver in his own right, but really just 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.399 from a team leaders standpoint, from all those things that 0:18:56.480 --> 0:19:00.400 you don't see necessarily in the stat box. He's been 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:03.400 instrumental to their success since he signed as a free 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:09.000 agent in twenty seventeen. Can Odell Beckham Junior fill that role? 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:12.160 You know, I don't think that they're going to ask 0:19:12.520 --> 0:19:16.600 Odell Beckham Junior to actually fill that role because he 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:19.560 is not a blocker. At least he hasn't been, you know, 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:23.040 throughout his career, not as the level of Robert Woods. 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.200 So Sean McVeigh is going to have to figure out 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:27.720 how to get him involved. And of course, early in 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:30.800 the season, you know, they signed to Sean Jackson to 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:33.520 give them that deep threat, and then they really couldn't 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:36.600 figure out a way to get him any touches. So 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:40.760 McVeigh didn't waste any time last night, OBJ got the 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:42.919 first play of the game, they went to him. So 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:45.240 it's obvious they want to get him involved, but it's 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:47.800 going to take him more than one day to fit 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:51.080 into that offense. I don't know what to expect. Adam 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:56.800 Matthew Stafford because you know, wait, first couple of months 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.840 pretty good, but you know, when it comes to big game, 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:02.080 we want to see what he does in a big game. 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:04.760 And it feels like this success or failure, this team 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:08.520 might be more predicated on Matthew Stafford than Aaron Donald, 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:12.000 von Miller, Jalen Ramsey or Odell Beckham Junior. What do 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:16.760 you make of Matthew Stafford so far? Well, when they 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:19.600 traded for Matthew Stafford, that was their first sign right 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.040 that the Rams are all in Okay, They've got to 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:24.600 get to the super Bowl this year. With Stan Cronki 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:28.600 and Sofi Stadium, they have to be playing in that game. 0:20:28.960 --> 0:20:31.800 And I think the first part of the season Stafford 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:35.520 was an MVP candidate. He looked, he looked great. But 0:20:35.600 --> 0:20:38.600 these last few games he has made some decisions and 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.320 some players that really for Rams fans. I mean, I'm 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:44.440 in the press box, but you can almost hear fans going, 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:47.200 oh my god, that's what Jared Goff did. He's had 0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:51.119 some series like that, and you know he's a veteran quarterback. 0:20:51.280 --> 0:20:58.760 My sense is that with Gary Froze up there by 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:01.960 week he'll come back. But the ultimate test is gonna 0:21:01.960 --> 0:21:04.520 be when they get to the playoffs. Better team the 0:21:04.600 --> 0:21:09.560 Rams are Chargers, I would say the Rams at this point, 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:14.600 but Justin Herbert is a terrific quarterback. And getting back 0:21:14.640 --> 0:21:17.720 to that pressure, Dan, you know, I can't even imagine 0:21:17.720 --> 0:21:20.560 a scenario if the Chargers really start playing well and 0:21:20.640 --> 0:21:23.439 somehow get to the Super Bowl and Dean Spanos is 0:21:23.480 --> 0:21:25.720 in that owner suite for the Super Bowl instead of 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:29.159 Stan Cronky. That would be an absolute disaster for the Rams. 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:32.480 Handicap the Rams the second half of the season by week, 0:21:32.840 --> 0:21:35.720 and then you got the Packers coming up. How tough 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:39.200 is this schedule going to be? Well, I think it 0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:41.640 even for a team that was playing as well as 0:21:41.680 --> 0:21:43.639 the Rams, this was going to be a tough stretch. 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:48.640 You've got road trips to Green Bay, to Minnesota, to Baltimore, 0:21:48.720 --> 0:21:52.840 all on holiday weekends. By the way, Jacksonville comes into town, 0:21:53.200 --> 0:21:54.760 but you got to go on the road to play 0:21:54.800 --> 0:21:58.480 the Cardinals as well. And then also the Seahawks come 0:21:58.800 --> 0:22:01.480 to your place, and the forty Niners, who've been invincible 0:22:01.520 --> 0:22:04.800 against the Rams, finished the season at Sofi Stadium. So 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:07.600