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Speaker 1: Welcome to episode two of RAMS Playbook, an official podcast

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Speaker 1: of the Los Angeles Rams. I'm Miles Simmons. In this episode,

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Speaker 1: we're bringing you a conversation with RAMS head coach Sean McVeigh.

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Speaker 1: The RAMS dot Com sat down with McVeigh for an

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Speaker 1: interview at the conclusion of OTIA number six last week.

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Speaker 1: We got to ask him questions about how the offseason

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Speaker 1: program has gone so far, what's different for him in

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Speaker 1: his second year as a head coach, and how he'll

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Speaker 1: coach with the expectations the blockbuster twenty eighteen offseason moves

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Speaker 1: have brought on. Take a listen all of the first

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Speaker 1: two weeks fotia's gone. I think it's been really good, Miles.

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Speaker 1: You know, there's been a lot of a lot of

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Speaker 1: good competition, Guys getting familiar with our systems, continuing to

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Speaker 1: learn each other how to compete but be smart doing it.

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Speaker 1: And I think we're starting to see guys just continue

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Speaker 1: to make improvements one day at a time. Our coaches

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Speaker 1: are doing a great job. So I want to wrap

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Speaker 1: up OTAs the right way next week. Who does it

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Speaker 1: start to feel a little more real Now that you

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Speaker 1: get seven on seven, you can have eleven on eleven

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Speaker 1: things like that. It does, you know, and really that's

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Speaker 1: what it's about, is getting out here, getting on the

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Speaker 1: grass and getting the chance to compete. You know, love

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Speaker 1: doing the meetings, Love being able to have these guys

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Speaker 1: work with Ted and work with Reggie and his staff,

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Speaker 1: and just getting themselves healthy as possible and as strong

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Speaker 1: as possible. But it's about playing football. It's about getting

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Speaker 1: out here on the grass with these guys and enjoying

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Speaker 1: that and us all collectively getting better together. What do

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Speaker 1: you typically try to accomplish in phase three? Well, I

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Speaker 1: think it's just that, you know, getting an ownership on

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Speaker 1: our systems, coming together as a team, and kind of

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Speaker 1: continuing to formulate that identity with what the twenty eighteen

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Speaker 1: We feel really good about the personnel that we have,

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Speaker 1: and we've got to do a good job as coaches

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Speaker 1: putting themselves, putting them in positions to have success. Really,

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Speaker 1: in all three phases, we think about getting on the

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Speaker 1: grass and you just set it yourself. Does that really

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Speaker 1: energize you? Because I mean we obviously see you out there.

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Speaker 1: You're running around, you're doing everything you do. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: being able to get out here and work with the

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Speaker 1: players is what you love so much about coaching. You know,

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Speaker 1: I feel so fortunate to be able to do this

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Speaker 1: enjoy and want to try to help them. And if

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Speaker 1: little bit of exer size, that's always fun as well.

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Speaker 1: But but this is what coaching is about. This is

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Speaker 1: what you enjoy the most and love being able to

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Speaker 1: get out here with our players. So let's kind of

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Speaker 1: take you back, maybe a little bit to last year

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Speaker 1: next time, lest we finish the sentence like this time

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Speaker 1: last year, or we were continuing to get to know

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Speaker 1: our players, figure out, you know, what we were going

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Speaker 1: to be on offense and defense, and you know, I

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Speaker 1: And the more time you spend with people, the better

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Speaker 1: forward to kind of just seeing as we progress one

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Speaker 1: year at this time? You know, I think there's still

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Speaker 1: And what you're also reiterated with is you know how

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Speaker 1: of the whole team and not just be about the offense,

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Speaker 1: it goes back to building and developing those relationships, knowing

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Speaker 1: That's doing your job to the best of your ability,

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Speaker 1: and that's about and listening to people, learning from them,

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Speaker 1: working through problems, solving them together. And we always talk

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Speaker 1: All right, A couple more for you. One about Aubrey

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Speaker 1: pleasant cornerbacks coach. You know obviously brings a lot of energy.

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Speaker 1: see from Aubrey present that he brings to your staff. Yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: For this edition of RAMS Playbook, we thank head coach

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Speaker 1: Sean McVay very much for his time. You actually see

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Speaker 1: the Grind that's now available for your viewing pleasure on

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