1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: All right, here we go. The regular season is upon 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: us this week. It counts Welcome to Between the Horns, 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: presented by your Southern California Toyo to Dealers. 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 2: I'm JB. 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: Long with my friends and radio broadcast partners Maurice Jones, 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: Drew and DeMarco far I get to kick it off 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: by saying, happy anniversary, you guys. Anniversary seven years together. 8 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: The three of us goes way back to the nineties. 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: We got to run a season. 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 3: Eighty You know what, it doesn't feel that long because 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 3: they just want to put a ring on it. 12 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 1: I can't believe to Marco, for god, what how does 13 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: that go over at home? 14 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 2: When you anniversary anniversary? 15 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: You should know better. 16 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 2: Come man, this is just game number what a thousand? 17 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: Let's get going. Come on, we don't count y. 18 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, you know who's buying Saturday night. 19 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 20 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: But it's great to be kicking off a new season 21 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: in the Pacific Northwest, where last year closed on a 22 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: disappointing and uncertain note. Talk about the series with Seattle 23 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: and how the Rams, even with backups across the two deep, 24 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: nearly beat the Seahawks twice last year, but the memory 25 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: out Speaking of first and foremost to Marco is the uncertainty, 26 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: whether it's the head coach, the quarterback, the best defensive 27 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: player to ever walk the planet. Would they be back together? 28 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: We didn't know when we left Seattle last. 29 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a kind of a depressing trip. When 30 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: did we hear about the hole Sean McVay may leave 31 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 2: go to TV? Was that on the bus or on 32 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 2: the way up or while we were there? 33 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 3: I was on the way up, Yeah. 34 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 1: Definitely when the Sunday morning reports hit the airwaves. 35 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, going through that stadium seeing people I know saying 36 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: your coach is gone, your coach has gone. We just 37 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 2: heard the news. It was a shock. So the most 38 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: distracted I'd ever been before game ever. Right, and then 39 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 2: the Rams went out there and just gave them all 40 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: they had and almost won the football game, almost knocked 41 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: Seattle out of the playoffs. I thought that was awesome. 42 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: So yeah, a lot of uncertainty. I'm glad right now 43 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 2: we're going back up there with your stars intact and 44 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: your head coach intact. 45 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 3: Yeah. I always think, when did you start to feel 46 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 3: cracks in your foundation and the fractures everyone's going to 47 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 3: kind of come in and try to pick apart your team, 48 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: and I think that's what they was for the Rams 49 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 3: that there was a lot going on. Matthew Savor was 50 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 3: banged up, Aaron Donald was out, Cooper Cups out, All 51 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 3: these things are going on. You bring in Baker Mayfield, 52 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 3: you're trying to figure things out, and so everybody, the 53 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 3: TV companies were coming and trying to pull Sean away. 54 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 3: It was just all this stuff going on, and they 55 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 3: were able to kind of get their focus lasered in 56 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 3: on what they had to do, and they played well. 57 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 3: And I think, you know a lot of times when 58 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 3: I've played on some bad teams before that last game 59 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 3: spring boares you into the next season, and I thought 60 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 3: the way they played with the players, they had really 61 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 3: got a lot of guys amped up to come back 62 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 3: and work hard this offseason, get ready to roll. And 63 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 3: I'm excited to go up there in Seattle because there's 64 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 3: a lot of hope and promise up there for them. 65 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: I remember how we lived that last game too, Like 66 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: you were in the booth wondering, like, is this the 67 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: last time we see this group together. I got the 68 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: binoculars on watching Pete Carroll and Sean McVeigh get together 69 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,119 Speaker 1: thinking if this is their last pregame handshake, I want 70 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: to remember it, But it didn't dawn on me until 71 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: just now hearing you guys talk. What the Rams are 72 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: trying to do in twenty three is not too dissimilar 73 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: to what the Seahawks I think have already done, which 74 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: is retool, reinvent themselves without having to rebuild. They've done 75 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: it successfully. They were a playoff team last year. I 76 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: think they're even better pois this year. The Rams have 77 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: been avoiding that our word all off season. Now we 78 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: get to see if they're capable of doing it too. 79 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,839 Speaker 2: I think I've figured out the NFL logic and language now. 80 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 2: It's only a rebuild when you're starting over at quarterback. Yeah, 81 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 2: you know what I mean. It's coach for GM, So 82 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 2: you're bringing back most of your same guys, plus you 83 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 2: have the quarterbacks, you're getting younger, so to speak, and 84 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: you're sprinkling in some superstars, some great players. But for 85 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: the most part, I'm still carrying around a roster with 86 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 2: names and faces on this football team because there's so 87 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: many new people. But like you said, as if you 88 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: have that guy at quarterback and you have special players, 89 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 2: still you still have a shot to win in the 90 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 2: National Football League. 91 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: We will get to the state of the Seahawks, will 92 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: have our keys to a Week one victory. But let's 93 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: start with Sean McVay and his thoughts on where the 94 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: Rams are going into Week one, which is to say, 95 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: without Cooper Cup. Unfortunate, but in his words, at least 96 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: something that they've been practicing for. 97 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: I love Cooper Cup. 98 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 4: You guys know how instrumental and vital He's been to 99 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 4: a lot of great things that have occurred. But we've 100 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 4: had a lot of work with the group that's going 101 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 4: to play the whole for the last handful of months. 102 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 4: You know, this is the group that we've been working with. Unfortunately, 103 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 4: or fortunately, however you want to look at it. He 104 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 4: really hasn't had a chance to get any offseason work. 105 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 4: It's been very limited in training camp, and so for that, 106 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 4: I'm very excited about the opportunity to compete and I have, 107 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 4: you know, a lot of belief in these guys and 108 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 4: the improvement that I've seen in the way that they 109 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 4: just commit to a process every single day, and I'm 110 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,799 Speaker 4: really looking forward to just being able to go shoot 111 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 4: our shot and see what the hell happens Gary. 112 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: And so I think there are two elements at that point. One, 113 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: in terms of the personnel in that receiver room, the 114 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: Rams have grown a lot. I think they're better equipped 115 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: to sustain in the short term without their triple Crown, 116 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,559 Speaker 1: Super Bowl MVP winner. But also the difference is this summer, 117 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford has been throwing actual, real live footballs and 118 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: reps to the five eligibles he'll have with them on Sunday. 119 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 2: I've had a lot of fun watching Matthew Stafford in 120 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 2: training camp. I know you guys have too. It's been 121 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: fun watching him grow with two two out well when 122 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 2: they do have success, watching Matthew Stafford sprint down the 123 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: field just so you can give him a high five. 124 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: So that's been special. But Van Jefferson, you would assume 125 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 2: would be the number one guy in the offense when 126 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 2: cup is going down. But I was gonna ask you 127 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 2: guys the same question when it's third and gotta have it. 128 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 2: Who you jamming the ball into right now? 129 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 3: To me is two things. One, I'm very excited to 130 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 3: see Matthew safag because I've seen him overthrow some guys 131 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 3: in OTA's in training camp, which is like, oh wow, 132 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 3: like that arm is live and well, it's ready to go. 133 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 3: But then two, it's the offensive line you talk about 134 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 3: on those third and gotta have it now. It's not 135 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 3: like I'm not gonna just I know Kooper Cump's gonna 136 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 3: get open on his run. I can trust it. Now. 137 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 3: It's like I have to go through the process. I 138 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 3: have can go through the reeds. I got to make 139 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 3: sure that I'm getting to the open guy and what 140 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 3: that comes with protection. And the Rams really invested and 141 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 3: put a lot of resources into this offensive line and 142 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 3: figured out how they want to make it go. Some 143 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 3: guys came from last some guys are rookies. Other guys 144 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 3: are guys that have been here for time. But they're 145 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 3: figuring out how the way to make this line a 146 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 3: little bit more stout in the middle and then tiers 147 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 3: so that you're not getting so much push, which I 148 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 3: think is important because Matthew Stafford is a step up guy. 149 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 3: He's not gonna be like Jalen Hurts or Mahomes that 150 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 3: like to scramble out of the pocket. He likes to 151 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 3: step up right, and so to me, if you can 152 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 3: allow him to step up and make those throws the 153 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 3: Rams will be much more difficult to stop. And then 154 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 3: when you get Cooper Cup back, kind of similar to 155 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 3: last year, you're gonna get all these valuable reps going 156 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 3: while he's gone, and the guys have gotten all this 157 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 3: stuff in the offseason. When they come back, it's gonna 158 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 3: be like, Okay, now we have our guy back. We're 159 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 3: better and we have our guy back, and so to 160 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 3: me going into this game is gonna be, you know, again, 161 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 3: the guys that Stafford's throwing the ball to, But it's 162 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 3: more important than the offensive line. Can you hold up 163 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 3: and make sure he can get to those third, second, third, 164 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:47,559 Speaker 3: and fourth reads? 165 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: Know it in Seattle's disappointed to not see Number ten 166 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: and Royal and Soul playing this weekend. But is there 167 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: a school of thought where the Rams are actually a 168 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: more complex prep might be giving Seattle some more sleepless 169 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: nights without cut because his target share was so outrageous 170 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 1: last year that Matthew Stafford has now been practicing with 171 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: two to two at well with Van Jefferson, with Puka Akua, 172 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,679 Speaker 1: who's been on the crash course program since he was drafted. 173 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Robinson is a proven pro who's done it for 174 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,679 Speaker 1: multiple franchises, and unlike in year's past, there's a built 175 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: out tight end room coming your way to Seattle this 176 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: time now, like the Rams are going to dress three 177 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: tight ends who I think can all be factors this year. 178 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 2: Bryson Hopkins, it's time, right. Yeah, you see him in 179 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 2: the hallways and the elevator. The guy looks terrific. He's fantastic. 180 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 2: If you want to build a tight end, you build 181 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 2: him to look like that. But it's it's time to 182 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 2: start contributing more than just a spell for Tyler Higbee. 183 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 2: I love it. I want to see both of these 184 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 2: guys on the field at the same time making plays. 185 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 2: There's nothing worse on a for a defense than twelve 186 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: personnel when you don't know where to call the strength 187 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 2: to which guy can catch passes, which one is a blocker, 188 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 2: what if they're both, what if they're both multiple? You 189 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: don't know what to call or how to call it. So, yeah, 190 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: it's time for Bryson Hopkins to take a giant step. 191 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 1: Forward continuity at head coach and play caller. But the 192 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: offensive line coach is different, The tight ends coach is different, 193 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: The running backs coach is different, The offensive coordinator is different. 194 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: So while this is a very familiar rivalry and the 195 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: Seahawks know what's coming, in some regards, I think without 196 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: Cooper Cuppn in the lineup, it could look a lot different. 197 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: We don't know what it's gonna look like. 198 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 3: Well it should look a lot different. Right Again, you 199 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 3: understand where you had success, but as you had turn off, 200 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 3: you have to kind of adapt to the different things, 201 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 3: the different schemes that coaches bring in. I know coach 202 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 3: Gould the running back coach, because he recruited me out 203 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 3: of high school to the University of cal No disrespect, 204 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 3: I wasn't going to Berkeley right now down here to 205 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: LA But this is the thing. He has a different 206 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 3: type of running scheme. He likes downhill runs. He likes 207 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 3: to get down and get their running backs shoulder score 208 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 3: to the line of scrimmage. Jake Pets, I've known Jake 209 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 3: Pets a long time. He came from Carolina with Christian McCaffrey. 210 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 3: He has a different scheme. So all these things and 211 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 3: ideas are going to come in and what works works, 212 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 3: And so if you're the Seattle Seahawks, you're like, okay, yes, 213 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 3: we know that they like to run the outside zone. Yes, 214 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 3: we know they like these routes, but they don't have 215 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 3: Cooper Cup there, So who's gonna run that route for 216 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 3: Cooper cupp up? And then you have all these different 217 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 3: other coaches with different opinions that may come into play 218 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 3: and help out. So I think it's gonna be tough. 219 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 3: And the the other thing is this when you're when 220 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 3: you're in a meeting and you're going to game plan 221 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 3: for a team, you're saying, these are the supers like Madden, 222 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 3: this guy's a superstar, this guy's this, this guy's that. Well, 223 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 3: Cooper Cup is out, So now you have to figure 224 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 3: out are you gonna are you gonna shadow Cooper? Who 225 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 3: are you gonna shadow? Are you gonna just play sides? 226 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 3: Are you just gonna play regular covers? Are you gonna 227 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 3: blitz in this situation? Who's gonna cover two two out? 228 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 2: Well? 229 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 3: If he runs shallow or deep? All these different things 230 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 3: come into play, and it makes you like you said, 231 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 3: stay up late, because there's it's not there's the unknown, 232 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 3: And I think the unknown or or limbo is what 233 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 3: we like to call it, is tough for any coach. 234 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: What was the downfall of last year Seahawks on defense, 235 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: in particular. 236 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 2: To stop the run. Oh yeah, So. 237 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: With cam Akers ripping off one hundred yards a piece 238 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: on anybody behind an offensive line that was mostly cobbled 239 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: together from practice squads around the country, I think that's 240 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: the leading question going into this match is cam Akers 241 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: is poised to have his best year, Yet he's as 242 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: good as he's looked. The offensive line says they're nasty 243 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: and physical and they've got something for you. Has Seattle 244 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: done anything enough to address that Achilles heel other than 245 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: getting Bobby Wagner to switch side, I hope. 246 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 2: You can attack that and make attack that weakness. You know, 247 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 2: if I'm cam Akers, like we said this before, the 248 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 2: bag is fifteen hundred yards away. All you got to 249 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 2: do is get to it, and every step counts absolutely, 250 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: So I look, I would say pull out your best 251 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 2: Matt Ford TA tape and say be like this guy. 252 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 2: Attack him, Attack Babby Bobby Wagner in the run game, 253 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 2: attack him in the passing game, go after him. Every 254 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: single catch, every single touch is going to be so important. 255 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 2: So without Cooper Cup and I would rather have Cooper 256 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 2: Cup in the offense. No, don't get me wrong, but 257 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 2: outside of that, then I'm loading the box, taking away 258 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 2: the run and making someone else step up to beat me. 259 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 2: So who are those others? We're gonna find out soon. 260 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:56,359 Speaker 3: Well again, you know, it's say you have an infatuation 261 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 3: with like big men I do. If you want to 262 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 3: run the football, you got to move guys. 263 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 2: Off the ball. 264 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,079 Speaker 3: You got to move the line of scrimmage at least 265 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 3: a yard or two the opposite way, so you can 266 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 3: create scenes for cam akers to go and make plays 267 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 3: and cameras run hard in spurts. We need it to 268 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 3: be a consistent play. But again, I love what the 269 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 3: Rams have done this offseason. I've loved the fact that 270 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 3: they've been committed to the running game. They've played some 271 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 3: starters in the preseason, they've gotten they've been more committed 272 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 3: to running the football in the preseason. You're seeing guys 273 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 3: go and to me, that is when you become a 274 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 3: balance office. You talked about being one dimension. When you 275 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 3: become a balance office, and it doesn't have to be 276 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 3: fifty to fifty. It could be sixty to forty pass 277 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 3: a run. But when you're efficient running the ball, everything 278 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 3: opens up. Play action, pass, quarterback boots regularly, drop back 279 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 3: because they have to load the box and they have 280 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 3: to play simple covers on the back end, so they 281 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 3: can't play these exotic covers. They only can play Cover three, 282 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 3: which is a single high zone, or Cover one, which 283 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 3: is a single high man. And guess what. You have 284 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 3: a quarterback that's seen it all anyways, right, so he 285 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 3: knows when you're blitzing in what you're in in different things. 286 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 3: You can't disguise coverage when you get it, you can't 287 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 3: stop the run. And so if you can run the 288 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 3: football this week, it's going to open up a lot 289 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 3: of things for Matthew Stafford in this passing game. 290 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: Let me rip through a couple other Rams news and 291 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: notes and I'll get you back to the offensive line 292 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: for your perspective on that. At the end, Hunter Long, 293 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: one of the four tight ends roster for the Rams, 294 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: won't play Sunday dealing with a leg injury. So that's 295 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: why I mentioned they'll dress three. 296 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 2: Or go with three. 297 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: Stetson Bennett won't be dressed as the backup quarterback either. 298 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: He's got a throwing shoulder injury. Brett Rippin figures to 299 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: be the backup for the Rams, and we just don't 300 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: have official word on the starting offensive line configuration, although 301 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: we could probably take an educated guess that's neither here 302 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: nor there, though DeMarco, they're coming with a group of 303 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: eight that I feel like they believe in and that 304 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: has been promising us something different a bounce back campaign. 305 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 2: In twenty three, we heard there was emphasis on bringing 306 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 2: the nasty back to the offensive line. And look, look, 307 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: you worry about all five of them, but the one 308 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 2: I worry about the most is actually the rookie Steve Avila, 309 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 2: because you have to treat him like Forrest Gump. Stop 310 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: at the whistle, going to be jacked up that crowd. 311 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 2: He's going to be amped up, absolutely, But I mean, look, 312 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 2: that physical presence is going to be there. So whichever 313 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 2: five of the eight is going to start, it's going 314 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 2: to be a little bit different than we've seen from 315 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 2: a Rams offensive line, especially running the football. So, like 316 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: we said, emphasis on nasty, I think if the starting 317 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 2: five we think is going to start, I think the 318 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 2: nasty will be there with that group. 319 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: After six seven months of hearing about how different the 320 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: Rams are going to be, how young, how much roster 321 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: turnover they've had, when the numbers come out over the 322 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: cap had this like right there with the Colts and 323 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: the Rams, Seattle changing over forty percent of their roster too, 324 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: largely in some good ways because they're still, you know, 325 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: making the most of the Hall they got back from 326 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: Denver and the Russell Wilson trade. So they get cornerback 327 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 1: Devin Witherspoon with a fifth overall pick. We'll see if 328 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: he goes. He's got a hamstring of his own with 329 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: a top twenty pick, Jackson Smith and Jigba the top 330 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: receiver in the class, and then some second rounders and 331 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: edge Derek Hall and running back out of UCLA Maurice Zach. 332 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: But the biggest thing they did this offseason is commit 333 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: to Gino Smith to believe that that wasn't just a 334 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,079 Speaker 1: one year blip, that he's worth three more years. 335 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, listen, you you know we all see things differently, 336 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 3: right I don't. I don't know. I'm not in practice. 337 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 3: I don't see those things. I want Geno to be 338 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 3: that guy. I want him to be better. But it 339 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 3: was a tell of two halves last year. In the 340 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 3: first half he was on fire, lighting up. Second half 341 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 3: kind of went back to being the Gino Smith that 342 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 3: we knew, and so can he keep that fire going? 343 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 3: And if you believe he can, which Pete Carroll and 344 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 3: the Seahawks do, you're gonna pay him. You're gonna put 345 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 3: more resources around him. Right. Yeah, But let's remember what 346 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 3: Seattle is and who they are. They are a run 347 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 3: first football team. They're gonna run the ball and play 348 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 3: and play with the legion boom two point zero. They 349 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 3: want to stop the run. They want to figure out 350 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 3: a way to shorten the game. That's what Pete Carroll 351 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 3: has always been. I read his book. That is what 352 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 3: he believes, that's its philosophy. And so if that's the case, 353 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 3: if you have a quarterback that can spin it enough 354 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 3: to make it work, you take care of them, right 355 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 3: And so I think they've done enough to help him out. 356 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, is Geno gonna 357 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 3: be the guy last year in the first half or 358 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 3: he's gonna be what he's been in his career in 359 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 3: the second half. You know that we saw. That's gonna 360 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 3: determine what they do and how this game goes. 361 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 2: I think he can get better. I think he's above average. 362 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 2: I think we've seen just about everybody in the National 363 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 2: Football League, I mean, seven years worth of quarterbacks. He's 364 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 2: not the worst we've seen. He's not the best, but 365 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 2: he's somewhere in the middle. So when you think about 366 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: what Seattle has, They've got two pretty good tight ends, 367 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 2: Fan and Disley. They've got the one of the best 368 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 2: receiving duos we've seen in the National Football League with 369 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 2: DK Metcalf and Lockett, and they just added a third 370 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 2: one which will change everything. So if if not now 371 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 2: for Gino Smith, then it will never happen. I think 372 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 2: this might be the best group he's ever had. 373 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's set up to take that step forward. The 374 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: question is do you believe that he will or he won't. 375 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: And also he still has to survive first contact with. 376 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 2: Aaron Donald, that man, that guy. Yeah, Carl Russell Wilson. 377 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: You know what's funny, you guys, you talk all the 378 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 2: time defensive player of the year. How many times have 379 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 2: you heard AD's name this year? 380 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 3: You know, when they don't see you, they forget about you, right, 381 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 3: That's always been that's been a problem with our league. 382 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 3: Like he's just like, well he was out last year. 383 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 3: This guy did, Like Okay, it's. 384 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 2: Either Bosa or persons, right or what? And no one's 385 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 2: talking about Ad. Awesome. Great, that makes me happy. You 386 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 2: know why, it probably makes him mad to me. 387 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: Aaron's the most responsible for Gino Smith being the Seahawks 388 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: quarterback because the previous guy tapped out. I don't want 389 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: to do. 390 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 3: Listen, we haven't blocked him yet. Yeah, I can't do 391 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 3: this anymore. I need to go somewhere else. 392 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: So I know there's been a lot of change over 393 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: in Jalen Ramsey's not walking out of that tunnel with 394 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: the Rams this weekend. But John Wolford almost beat Seattle 395 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: last year at SOFI Stadium. Baker Mayfield took Seattle to 396 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: overtime in Week eighteen, arguably the worst game Gino Smith 397 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: played all year, and he didn't even have to deal 398 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: with ninety nine. 399 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is gonna be different. So look, the only 400 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 2: question I have is who's coming with Ad? So when 401 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 2: it's third and long and you've got to get past rush, 402 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 2: you know Ad is gonna win no matter where you 403 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 2: line him up. Who else is coming with him? Which guy? 404 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: Can you please answer that question? Rather than continuing to 405 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: ask them? 406 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 2: Well, and Byron Young, we trust in Michael Hoyt. We 407 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 2: trust we got to see, we got to see what 408 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 2: Raheem Morris can throw at the Seattle Seahawks besides Aaron Donald, 409 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 2: because it. 410 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: Can't be one guy, Ernest Jones, you go get one. 411 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, Bobby Wagner was a good blitzer last year, so 412 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 2: Jones was a great blitzer. 413 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 3: He used it again, sacks and the Super Bowl. 414 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 2: Use it again. 415 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 3: This name, Kobe Turner, I want to see. I want 416 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 3: to see it like there's names that you hear about. 417 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 3: This guy's a dog and this guy's this and that's 418 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 3: what that's. Look, we talked about the preseason is the preseason. 419 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 3: I want to see what you do now, right right, 420 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 3: all that other stuff is out the window. We should 421 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 3: talk about. You could tell who a real player is 422 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 3: and OTAs You can really tell if he's going to 423 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 3: be that guy when the regular season happens. 424 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: All right, to take you to your keys to this game, 425 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: the first one. We get to dig into our seventeen 426 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: most favorite Sundays of the calendar. We start on a 427 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: seventy degree day in Seattle. 428 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 3: This is gonna be sunny. 429 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 2: What do you mean, I'm shocked. 430 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 3: I'm just hoping because it comes out it's always been 431 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 3: overcast and rainy. 432 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 2: I'll starry, Matthew Stafford, you got to play the hero. 433 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 2: And look, it's Matthew Stafford and everyone else and a 434 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 2: bunch of young guys. So be that guy. And I'm 435 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 2: sure that that uh that Sean McVay is going to 436 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 2: tailor and offense to where he's going to vary his drops, 437 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 2: one step, three step screens, get the ball out. At 438 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 2: some point you're gonna have to drop to seven and 439 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 2: throw the football. We know this. It's gonna be tough 440 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 2: in Seattle, especially with your offensive line. But Matthew Stafford 441 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 2: has to come away from this game with zero turnovers. 442 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 2: If it's not there, throw it to the stands play, 443 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:41,919 Speaker 2: let your punter flip field position and going with that. 444 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 2: But one thing you cannot do is turn the ball 445 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 2: over and give them life. And the other thing is 446 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 2: move a d around. Let him take advantage of matchups 447 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 2: and it'll give you some information on how they're trying 448 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 2: to stop him. And maybe Rahie Morris can take advantage 449 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 2: of that. But so it's got to be those two guys, 450 00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 2: your stars, stepping up and leading the way. 451 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 3: You know, when you brought that up the hero, I 452 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 3: thought Ad needs to be the villain. Then right for Seattle. 453 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 3: It's kind of a movie thing, right, the hero villain. 454 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 3: To me, there's a movie I love. It's with Mark 455 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 3: Wahlberg and Will Ferrell's called the other guys. Oh yeah, 456 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 3: That to me is that's what it comes down to, right. 457 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 3: The other guys. We know Matthew Stafford is gonna be prepared, 458 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 3: ready to play. We know Aaron Donalds be prepared, ready 459 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 3: to play. We know these veterans that we have on 460 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 3: this roster and prepared, Ernest Jones, John Johnson, third Fuller, 461 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 3: all we know they're gonna be prepared, ready to play. 462 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 3: It's the other guys. Are you gonna be prepared? Rob Havins, 463 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 3: And we know you're ready. You've played so long, you 464 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 3: know what your your routine is. But the other guys, 465 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 3: you have to figure out your routine before the game. 466 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 3: You have to figure out what gets you ready to 467 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 3: go throughout the week and then we got to see 468 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 3: if it works on Sunday and then who's gonna show 469 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 3: up to two hour? Well it's time for you to 470 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 3: show up, right, cam Akers, Just time for you to 471 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 3: be consistent offensive line as a whole. Can we protect 472 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 3: our quarterback? Can we do these things? We have a 473 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: new coach, We've got some new resources. Defensive line. You 474 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 3: talked about it. We know what ad is gonna do. 475 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 3: Who's gonna who's coming with them? Right? Derren MacGuire, Who's 476 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 3: coming with me? 477 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 2: I'm out, Bobby with me? Right? 478 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 3: And then that corner you have two new starting corners. 479 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 3: Someone has to step up and make a play. And 480 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 3: so to me, it's the other guys that have to 481 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 3: show up and be consistent and contribute to this game 482 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 3: in order to figure out is this team gonna be 483 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 3: able to take that jump that you want to right 484 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 3: in this reloaded year? He like reloaded that rebuild reloaded 485 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 3: year yea? Or are we going to have to use 486 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 3: the other R word? We like to do it. 487 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: We've had roles set for you and vision for you. 488 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: Are you ready to step up and play that role 489 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: exactly when when it counts? What about special teams? Oh boy, 490 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 1: Seattle has arguably the best special teams unit in the division, 491 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: if not the conference, if not the league. These games 492 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: between the Rams and the Seahawks are often decided on laces. 493 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 3: That's part of the. 494 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. 495 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 3: His philosophy has run the football, play defense, and went 496 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 3: on specialty teams. 497 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 2: Yes, and we have a new long snapper, punter, place kicker, 498 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 2: and coach and coverage unit. 499 00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 3: And covers it. 500 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 2: Yeah. Please don't want this come down to a field position. 501 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 2: Special teams battle, not against them, not up there. 502 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: For me, it's intangible, and I don't always like to 503 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 1: go in this direction, but I do like to lean 504 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: on it in moments like this, where the Rams have 505 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 1: been told all off season that they are one of 506 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: the most depleted rosters, that their time has come and gone, 507 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: that the door is closed. And yet where do we 508 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: start this conversation in Seattle with the specter of the 509 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: Sean McVay era, ending with the fear of not seeing 510 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald come back to play more football. Well, guess what, 511 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: they're here. They're here, and we still believe in them. 512 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: And if you've observed them from the spring through the 513 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: summer through training camp, they believe in themselves. This group 514 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: has a swagger. They believe in it. Whether or not 515 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: they can convince others we get to see. But sometimes 516 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 1: the chip on your shoulder can carry the day, at 517 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: least for one week, if not for a full season. 518 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: I think the Rams have the motivational advantage this week 519 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: in Seattle. 520 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 2: I'm with you, feed them of fat, shut up burger. 521 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 2: How about that with cheese? It with and onions, yeah. 522 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 3: All of it, but everything on it. Well, like we 523 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 3: said before, the Seahawks have been they're being loved up, 524 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 3: they're being praised, right, super Bowl contenders, all these different things, 525 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 3: and the Rams are been thrown away. Can you go 526 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 3: up there and start the season the right way? How 527 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 3: you start normally kind of helps you get it going 528 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 3: through and you you have a tough schedule. 529 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:18,640 Speaker 1: That's what's different this year. As good as Sean mcvay's 530 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: Rams have been in September and it has been their 531 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,719 Speaker 1: best month, I mean for these first five, we wouldn't 532 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: be surprised to be to see them be the last 533 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: team standing, right with Indie being the exception. And even 534 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: that's going to be a tricky week given what their 535 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,719 Speaker 1: person now looks like the fact that it's coming back 536 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,239 Speaker 1: from Monday night football in Cincinnati. So I do think 537 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: the story this season will be can can you settle 538 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: in and build right? Can you get some traction, especially 539 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: with your underclassmen if you're healthy. I think there's wins 540 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: to be had on the other side of the By 541 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 1: no question, but how many wins can you and do 542 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: you need to get between now and that midway point 543 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: of the season to make the organization feel like, hey, 544 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: we can go now, we can put the foot on 545 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: the gas. 546 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 2: Now, let's come back from Seattle one to Oh that's 547 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 2: all it matters. Come back from Seattle one to Oh 548 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 2: that's all that matters. 549 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 3: Let's get to know each week. 550 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 2: For the long seven months without football, I'm psych let's go. 551 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: Say no more. 552 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 3: Has it been long? 553 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 2: By the way, seven months? 554 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 3: Man, dude. I was just talking to our boss Jury 555 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 3: and I was like, Uh, this thing is flown by. 556 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 3: I feel like yesterday like we were just at OTAs 557 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 3: kicking it and it's like, oh, here we go. 558 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 2: I should have called him then, I was suffering. 559 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 1: You and me both all right, we'll pause there and 560 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: pick it up again next week on the other side 561 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: of the opener at Seattle. Thank you for being with 562 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: us for this season kickoff edition between the Horns, always 563 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 1: presented by your Southern California Toyota Dealers.