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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome to the Tuesday, January eighth edition of

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Speaker 1: Between the Horns. Miles Simmons here with DeMarco far and

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Speaker 1: we are going to get ready for this Rams Cowboys

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Speaker 1: matchup that is coming up on Saturday. So Monday happened.

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Speaker 1: Monday sort of happened. So Alabama really did get waxed.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that really did happen that. Okay, I thought

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Speaker 1: I was asleep or maybe like got into a car accident,

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Speaker 1: was in a coma. No, yeah, like I'm dreaming this. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well not only that, but Nick Saban then said after

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Speaker 1: that game that he loved the media. What's going on

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Speaker 1: in the world. I don't know what happened. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I hope that, you know, we make it to Saturday

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Speaker 1: because this Rams Cowboys game should be great if we

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Speaker 1: make it. Maybe he's headed back to the NFL. Perhaps

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Speaker 1: maybe this is his only way out of Alabama. If

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Speaker 1: you won another national championship, you have to come back,

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Speaker 1: maybe lose, lose royalty, you can get out. And there

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Speaker 1: are still like there are seven openings left, yeah in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, since one has just been taken by Matt Lafloor.

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Speaker 1: At least this recording. He's got the Packers. Yes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: the cool one of the coolest jobs in the NFL

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Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, yeah, you work for the people. That's awesome.

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Speaker 1: And I heard Bruce Arians maybe headed to Tampa. Yes, wow, okay,

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Speaker 1: doing it old school, I like it, So that would

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Speaker 1: leave six. But I think just the way the wild

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Speaker 1: card weekend went, yeah, was pretty awesome just to see,

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Speaker 1: you know, it just reminds you of why you love football. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, except for the missfield goal. I saw your tweet,

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Speaker 1: by the way, what doink? Oh yeah, I think the

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Speaker 1: guy's got a family. Miles bro Gosh, come on real quick.

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Speaker 1: And it was blocked. It was I didn't I didn't

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Speaker 1: know that at the time, but it was still a

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Speaker 1: double before you push send. Oh. I would send that

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Speaker 1: tweet eight times, seven times a week, and then another

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Speaker 1: time on Sunday. You should change that tweet to thud

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Speaker 1: as then it got blocked. Not doing he missed. He

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Speaker 1: didn't miss it got blocked. So every there's every single

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Speaker 1: part of that was fine. Like I don't know it was.

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Speaker 1: It was a failure by the Bears. You can say that,

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Speaker 1: every single part of it. And what was funny true

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Speaker 1: to go like inside Baseball on it a little bit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Like I'm sitting in the office watching this game. I've

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Speaker 1: got two articles in the back end of the Rams website, right.

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Speaker 1: One is for if the Bears win and then the

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Speaker 1: Rams are going to face the Bears. One is for

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Speaker 1: if the Eagles win and the Rams are going to

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Speaker 1: face the Cowboys. How about that? Wow? Wow. So like

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Speaker 1: I'm in the I'm thinking like, okay, well, the Bears

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Speaker 1: are going to win this x X, and like I

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Speaker 1: gotta make sure we got the score updated. And then

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Speaker 1: as soon as that thing hits, I will hit publish

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Speaker 1: and then we'll be all good for the day, right,

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Speaker 1: and then doing and we got to go into the

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Speaker 1: other one, and that Bears article is now gone for

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Speaker 1: all of eternity. Is it like in in Southern Africa

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Speaker 1: with all those old T shirts? You know? Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know where do things go so funny? But yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're right, I mean anything could happen. Just sparring on

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Speaker 1: the way in because this is the fight between me

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Speaker 1: and you, but sparring on the way in with people

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Speaker 1: saying if you win this weekend, Okay, book your tickets

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Speaker 1: for New Orleans. Wait a minute. There's no guarantee New

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Speaker 1: Orleans wins. Yeah, any everybody's beatable in the NFC right now,

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Speaker 1: that's what makes it so fun, right And I think

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Speaker 1: with the Eagles right now, you're you're seeing how they

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Speaker 1: got to the Super Bowl last year, right, you know.

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Speaker 1: I think playoff experience is so important, and I think

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Speaker 1: we kind of saw that with Atlanta last year, coming

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Speaker 1: in and beating the La Rams, And Yeah, honestly, that's

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Speaker 1: why I thought the Eagles would be able to go

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Speaker 1: of similarities just in terms of the Atlanta Rams matchup

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Speaker 1: from seventeen and then the Bears Eagles matchup in this game. Well,

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Speaker 1: you got a young quarterback, first year head coach. The

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Speaker 1: offense has done really really well all up to that point.

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Speaker 1: But when you're talking about a young rookie, excuse a

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Speaker 1: rookie anymore, a young quarterback playing in their first his

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Speaker 1: doubt so Trubisky, I will give him a lot of

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Speaker 1: second half got them in possession to win. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: they just didn't. If I'm them, I'm just running the

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Speaker 1: runs better than he throws right now, Yes, you know

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So I mean, but look, they did

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Speaker 1: making mistakes on offense to put themselves in position, and

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Speaker 1: they had a chance to win that game. It just

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Speaker 1: Nothing is guaranteed, not even what's going to happen this

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Speaker 1: weekend in the Coliseum. Nothing is guaranteed. No, this is

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Speaker 1: not a soft touch when people are like jumping up

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Speaker 1: and down because you Drew Dallas. Okay, you must not

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Speaker 1: have watched Dallas or the Rams defense in a long time, right, yeah,

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Speaker 1: right exactly, And so well we're gonna go over. I

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Speaker 1: think a lot of these matchups, you know, I want

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Speaker 1: to I want to get into this deep dive fun um.

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Speaker 1: And because this really should be more tweets though these

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Speaker 1: guys have families, I will do no dot tweets. Okay,

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Speaker 1: come on now, Yeah it's not fair, Yes it is.

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Speaker 1: You should then every time something bad happens tweet about

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Speaker 1: that guy too, not just the place kicker. Guys have families,

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Speaker 1: just saying you should, like, it could have been a

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Speaker 1: bad snap. Who knows what would you say to that?

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Speaker 1: What would you say to a bad snap? You can't

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Speaker 1: jink that. No, I would have no idea what I

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Speaker 1: would say to a bad snap. But I'm just saying, like,

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Speaker 1: was blocked. It was, but nobody. Nobody knew that at

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Speaker 1: the time. Okay, anyway, go ahead. It was an instant reaction.

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Speaker 1: That's what Twitter. Yes, I know, before we get there.

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Speaker 1: I mean, just what your first impression of the matchup?

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Speaker 1: Because I think what you said is right because it's

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Speaker 1: it's not a soft tep Rams and Cowboys. Yeah, oh, tough,

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Speaker 1: favorable in many areas, but I mean there's there's some

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Speaker 1: danger there. Zeke Elliott is dangerous. Yeah, yeah, Zeke Elliott.

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Speaker 1: You know, plus twenty carries going into the fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: really well. So what happens if dak all of a

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Speaker 1: the imagination. Well, no, And I think that's the case

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Speaker 1: are no really good matchups I don't think in the

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Speaker 1: postseason in general. No bell lap of a track, of

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Speaker 1: when they start to kick towards the end, and it's

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Speaker 1: when they kick it in. I mean, and steps matter,

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Speaker 1: like that. So that's how magnified it is in the postseason,

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Speaker 1: Like one mistake could be it for the rest of

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Speaker 1: the year. You may never get that back in a

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Speaker 1: game like this. Does that make sense? It makes sense

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Speaker 1: There's a column that comes over. There's a real panic

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Speaker 1: that happens in the postseason, like this is it. If

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Speaker 1: We're gonna lose this game and be done. And I

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Speaker 1: So about a quarter and a half, really, And if

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Speaker 1: you've been through it before, you should be telling the

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Speaker 1: that you have to correct it because it's all important, right,

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Speaker 1: And I think that's one thing that the Rams kind

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Speaker 1: Sean McVay talked about it last week. We sat him

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Speaker 1: that I didn't There are just things that I had

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Speaker 1: to do a better job of just for our football team.

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Speaker 1: And that experience means something because I think Aaron Donald

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Speaker 1: Those are the teams that move on to where it

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Speaker 1: like everything is, like you said, is crucial. Your next step,

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Speaker 1: your next snap, doing your technique poorly or to the

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Speaker 1: on absolutely. How did you spend your bye week back

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Speaker 1: in ninety nine, I mean, what were the focuses then

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Speaker 1: and how did it help going into the next week?

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Speaker 1: The rest, work, rest, enjoy, back to work in that order.

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Speaker 1: So you got the bye week, enjoy it, don't wait,

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Speaker 1: go ahead and blow it out now. As soon as

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Speaker 1: regular season ends and you're not playing the next week,

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Speaker 1: so that Monday or Tuesday, go out and have your fun.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy it. This is part of being a champion. Part

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Speaker 1: of winning that division is to be able to go

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Speaker 1: out and enjoy it. But enjoy that first. Then go

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Speaker 1: back to work right, get the work in for either

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Speaker 1: working on yourselves or working on your next possible opponents.

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Speaker 1: This is what they do in case in case the

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Speaker 1: offenses are completely different. They run option, let's do this,

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Speaker 1: or they spread out here, let's do that. So you

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Speaker 1: work on everything Wednesday Thursday, then you go back to

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Speaker 1: rest a little bit. I mean you really work your

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Speaker 1: rest and watch the games. See who you draw, and

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Speaker 1: and then Zeke Elliott. So don't get beat with your

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Speaker 1: eyes right right, So you're saying that you sometimes you

429
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,040
Speaker 1: just had to let them you did, just say this,

430
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Speaker 1: But the Tavon Austin thing that they run, and you

431
00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,159
Speaker 1: saw it against the Seahawks last week, you know, with

432
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 1: the jet sweet motion that gets very familiar with. If

433
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Speaker 1: that gets out, okay, great, that's on me. But what

434
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Speaker 1: you didn't do is allow their best player to keep

435
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Speaker 1: chipping away at you, right, Yeah, you make sure when

436
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,960
Speaker 1: he catches it or when he takes it, he's got

437
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Speaker 1: two or three guys on the other side of the

438
00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,960
Speaker 1: one is scrimmage first, deal with that, Yeah, and when

439
00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,840
Speaker 1: you when Zeke does get the ball, you got tackle well.

440
00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,360
Speaker 1: And that's something that I think the Rams have done

441
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Speaker 1: a better job of in the last couple of weeks.

442
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Speaker 1: And you know, you can talk about the quality of

443
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Speaker 1: opponent or not, but just from the standpoint of I

444
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,800
Speaker 1: don't feel like we saw many that many miss tackles.

445
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:45,080
Speaker 1: You know, in that Cardinals game, in that San Francisco

446
00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,480
Speaker 1: game in Week seventeen, they weren't able to just shake

447
00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,080
Speaker 1: guys in Chicago. A lot of guys your safeties make

448
00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,440
Speaker 1: great tackles. John Johnson is a great tackle of Marks

449
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,480
Speaker 1: Joining is a great tackler. Corey Lyttleton is feisty. It

450
00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,040
Speaker 1: was great to see Mark Barron, that Mark Barron show up.

451
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Speaker 1: I'm saying that guy is going to be huge. That

452
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,280
Speaker 1: one you saw in San Francisco will be huge playing

453
00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,720
Speaker 1: on their side of the line of scrimmage, attacking the football.

454
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Speaker 1: The last thing I want to do against any running

455
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Speaker 1: back the size of Zeke Elliott, but definitely the ability

456
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Speaker 1: of Zeke Elliott is be the catcher's mit. I'm not.

457
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Speaker 1: I don't want to catch this guy for four quarters.

458
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,880
Speaker 1: He's gonna wear me out. I'll wear out before him.

459
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Speaker 1: But I want to attack him. I want to make

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Speaker 1: him have to dance, to sing for his supper, spin off,

461
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,760
Speaker 1: bump off eight to you know, three guys just to

462
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Speaker 1: pick up three yards. That's got to be his life

463
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Speaker 1: on Saturday. In One of my old football coaches used

464
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 1: to say this in high school. He said, you're the hammer,

465
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Speaker 1: You're the nail, which what are you going to be

466
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Speaker 1: dang right, I'm the hammer and you know what, and

467
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Speaker 1: take take out the I guess the the Friday of

468
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Speaker 1: the thirteenth connotation to what Greg Williams had to say

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Speaker 1: when he got caught on tape. But he was exactly right. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm dead serious. He was exactly right. You have

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Speaker 1: to take out you have to take out the best,

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Speaker 1: and then the rest will fall. That's what he said. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I have to clean that up to Marco, take

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Speaker 1: off take out the you know, putting a hit on

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Speaker 1: a guy. But he's exactly right. I mean, your job

476
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Speaker 1: is to go in there and you have to take

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Speaker 1: it to Zeke Elliott. Yes, yeah, just no bounties involved. Yes, no, Yes,

478
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Speaker 1: if you take out the best, then the rest will fall.

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Speaker 1: That's he was exactly right. I know we can't say that,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean, yes, because I don't want

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Speaker 1: to get suspended. We're not going to get suspended. We're

482
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Speaker 1: not advocating bounties. I'm just saying yes, Yes, the coaching

483
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Speaker 1: point was understood. It's the head of the snake. The

484
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Speaker 1: snake can't function without its head. Yes, and Zeke Elliott

485
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Speaker 1: is leading the chart exactly. But if you go to

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Speaker 1: the rest of that Cowboy's offense, Dak Prescott has shown

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Speaker 1: that he can really make plays. And I think part

488
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Speaker 1: of it too, now is I don't know if I'm

489
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Speaker 1: necessarily is worried about him throwing it as I am

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Speaker 1: when he's able to sort of escape the pocket. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: start making plays with his legs, you know what I

492
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Speaker 1: mean that I want to see. I want to see

493
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Speaker 1: how many bad plays you can force him into. And

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Speaker 1: most of those are gonna come when he starts to scramble.

495
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Speaker 1: So how many times is will Aaron Donald will get loose?

496
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Speaker 1: This is a pretty good offensive line, but eventually he's

497
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Speaker 1: going to get loose in the backfield and it's going

498
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Speaker 1: to force Dak to pull the ball down. The called

499
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 1: play is not gonna work. He's gonna have to improvise.

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Speaker 1: That's where the mistakes come. I'll go back to something

501
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 1: that Kurt Warner always says, and I think he just tweeted,

502
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 1: and he's exactly right. You have to be able to

503
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Speaker 1: make the routine plays over and over and over again

504
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Speaker 1: to be successful, you know, in the postseason. So it's

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Speaker 1: really Jared versus Dak. You know who makes the fewest

506
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Speaker 1: mistakes or who can do the routine over and over

507
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Speaker 1: and over again when you hear take what the defense

508
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Speaker 1: gives you. You know what I mean? Yes, yes, what's open?

509
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Speaker 1: How many times can you hit that without a mistake? Right?

510
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Speaker 1: How many times can you put the ball on the

511
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Speaker 1: money without a mistake? So that will be the game

512
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Speaker 1: within the game. What's funny. I mean you mentioned their

513
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Speaker 1: offensive line and it is, by reputation, a very good one,

514
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 1: really good delt with It's dealt with injuries throughout the

515
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Speaker 1: course of the year. But because of that and they've

516
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Speaker 1: had to rotate in different guys. Dak Prescott actually got

517
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Speaker 1: sacked the second most of any quarterback in the league

518
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Speaker 1: this year. He was taken down fifty six times. He'd

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Speaker 1: been taken down fifty seven times in his first two

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00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,399
Speaker 1: years combined. Sometimes he runs himself into sacks. That's what

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Speaker 1: I mean. When you finally break their rhythm, when you

522
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Speaker 1: forced the game out of Scotland Hand's headset and onto

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Speaker 1: the shoulders of Dak Prescott, when he's got to create

524
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Speaker 1: on the jazz session, that's when the mistakes happen, or

525
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,959
Speaker 1: that's where you can take advantage, right, Yeah, but if

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Speaker 1: he gets in a rhythm like he did versus Seattle,

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Speaker 1: or like he did when they won ten games, when

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Speaker 1: he starts to get into a rhythm, you're in trouble,

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Speaker 1: right yeah. But what's interesting too, I mean, you get this,

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Speaker 1: you the way, I think you have to take him

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Speaker 1: out of the rhythm. And I think this to be

532
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,600
Speaker 1: said about any quarterback really pressure up the middle. And

533
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Speaker 1: so the Cowboys have actually been decently susceptible to pressure

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Speaker 1: up the middle this year. So that we got this

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Speaker 1: from NFL Next Gen Stats. NFL Research tweeted this out

536
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Speaker 1: this morning. And so what actually has been going on

537
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Speaker 1: with the Cowboys this year? They were tied for twenty

538
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Speaker 1: fourth with eighty six interior pressures allowed. Their interior pressure

539
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Speaker 1: rate was twenty third. They gave up twenty one interior sacks,

540
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Speaker 1: that's tied for twenty ninth in the league. And then

541
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Speaker 1: their interior sack rate was three point four percent, So

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Speaker 1: that's twenty eight. So you could have summed all that

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Speaker 1: up by saying they missed their center. Yes, they missed

544
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Speaker 1: their all pro center. Yes, yeah, well no shock there,

545
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Speaker 1: and Looney, I believe Looney is their center. Now he's

546
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Speaker 1: starting for them. Yeah, Joe Looney's not bad. He's just

547
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 1: the center they had was one of the best. He

548
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 1: erases a lot. But just like with any center, I mean,

549
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Speaker 1: there's there's parts you an attack. You can attack their coverage,

550
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: their protections, when you get into their rhythm, when you

551
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,360
Speaker 1: start to understand what they're talking about and how they're

552
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,920
Speaker 1: sliding to where they're sliding, you can get guys through,

553
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 1: or you can just line up one of your best

554
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Speaker 1: players into that gap and say wreck shop ninety nine, yes,

555
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 1: and see if they can block you. Yes. And I

556
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,959
Speaker 1: think that's part of what the RAMS approach is going

557
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 1: to be because NFL research. So this is that same

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Speaker 1: tweet there also said that Aaron Donald ranked first in

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Speaker 1: quarterback pressures with seventy three disruptions. And your guess might

560
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: be as good as mine as to what disruptions are,

561
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 1: but you know he was also first in that you

562
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Speaker 1: know what a three step, five step, seven step drop is? Yes? Okay?

563
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,160
Speaker 1: Usually those are in a straight line. Yes, So when

564
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 1: he drops to three, he's going to be directly behind

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00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,400
Speaker 1: the center. Yes, okay. So if I make you move

566
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 1: right or left or backwards, that's a disruption. Well now

567
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,159
Speaker 1: we know so obviously twenty and a half sacks he

568
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,200
Speaker 1: was first in that, but also time to sack three

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Speaker 1: point six zo seconds. That's first among any player who

570
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,359
Speaker 1: had at least eight sexes. So all of those things

571
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 1: you know you're talking about. Okay, what are the Rams

572
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 1: really good at on defense? Well, they're really good at

573
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Speaker 1: rushing the passer from the interior. If you want to

574
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,240
Speaker 1: win this game, do your job. And I'm talking to everyone,

575
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: well even Donald, but everyone not named Donald. Just do

576
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: your job and get them into a situation where they

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Speaker 1: have to throw it and let him wreck. Yes, yeah,

578
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 1: because eventually he's going to get there. It's just like

579
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 1: on offense. Eventually, Zeke Elliot is going to hurt you. Eventually,

580
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley is going to hurt you. The more times

581
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 1: he sees the football, he's gonna hurt you. Same thing

582
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 1: with Aaron Donald, the more chances he gets to rush

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Speaker 1: the passer. I can't even statistically thank you, You're welcome.

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00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 1: He's going to get there. Yes, yeah, yes, Wow. That

585
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 1: word is a little high. Hate that word. I swear statistically,

586
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,120
Speaker 1: thank you very much, League. That's not even an eye.

587
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,760
Speaker 1: I'm just messing with you. Yeah, come on, now, I

588
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: think we can all say statistically, I can't say it.

589
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: All right, well that's not working. And well, but I

590
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 1: think it's all about getting the Cowboys excuse me, into

591
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: those known passing situations, which is what you're saying. So

592
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 1: if the Rams can do that, which starts with containing Elliott,

593
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: I mean, Aaron Donald says this time and time again,

594
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 1: you have to stop the run in order to earn

595
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 1: the right to rush the passer. Said, well, I'm sorry,

596
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 1: I hear saying that to you from for years. I know,

597
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: but all right, go ahead, you just totally derailed my point. Well,

598
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 1: get back on point. You can't deal with crowd noise

599
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 1: as to the sideline. As Aaron Donald has said time

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00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 1: and time again, you got to earn the right to

601
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: rush the passer by stopping the run. And I think

602
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: that's true in this game, maybe more than any other. Agreed,

603
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,479
Speaker 1: it's it's it's paramount. It is the thing. If you

604
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: can't do it, you don't win. Yes, yeah, there's just

605
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 1: no way around that. Sticking with the Cowboys offense, you

606
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: see Amari Cooper just do really good things for them.

607
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: I think he's made that offense a little bit more

608
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 1: dynamic um and so in just nine games in the

609
00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:00,000
Speaker 1: regular season, Cooper had fifty three receptions, seven under two

610
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Speaker 1: twenty five yards six touchdowns. I love when you read

611
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Speaker 1: it's funny. Why do you have to tell the people

612
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: just love when you read what you just you just

613
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: keep derailing. Well we're talking about No, I'm right there

614
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:16,960
Speaker 1: with you. I'm right there with you. A lot of

615
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,440
Speaker 1: people have been on Scott Linahan's neck, and they have

616
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 1: been for years. With his offense. They think the O

617
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 1: stands for obvious. I think it's more like D for deliberate.

618
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: You know, Okay, it's no frills. M. He's gonna give

619
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Speaker 1: you a personnel group and a formation that forces you

620
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Speaker 1: to go one on one backside with the guy he

621
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 1: wants you to go one on one with. Yeah, and

622
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: he's going to expect his quarterback to put it on

623
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Speaker 1: the money. So I'm assuming that's going to be Cooper

624
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: versus talib time and time again. And let's see how long.

625
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,520
Speaker 1: And this goes back to the other point about Dak

626
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Speaker 1: Prescott not making a mistake, how long, how many plays

627
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Speaker 1: he can make, or how many times he can do

628
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Speaker 1: the same things over and over again. Without making a mistake,

629
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Speaker 1: because if he does, it's critical with talib out there. Yes, yeah, yes,

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00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: And what's interesting, So I actually I watched this from

631
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: NFL Network. David Carr was on there and he was

632
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: talking about, you know, this matchup that's upcoming between the

633
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: Rams and the Cowboys, and he was saying that Amari

634
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: Cooper apparently only had one catch against the keyed to

635
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 1: Lead from twenty fifteen on, right, because they went against

636
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: each other two times a year over in the AFC West,

637
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 1: and the numbers against Marcus Peters aren't even that much better.

638
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: You only had apparently seven receptions against Marcus Peters. So yeah,

639
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: you look at what the Rams did against Amari Cooper

640
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: earlier this year when Cooper was still with the Raiders,

641
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: which is all you almost forget that he had three

642
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: targets one reception nine yards. Yeah. Look, I think what

643
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,719
Speaker 1: he does best against the guys that he does it against,

644
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: they're not going to be like to Lead. I hope

645
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: that's not taking a shot at Cooper. You just have

646
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 1: to bring more than size and speed, Okay, I mean

647
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: it's you're going to have to be a real true

648
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 1: professional to get him to bite on something. Okay, so

649
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: you're saying to get to lead to bite on something.

650
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 1: He's going to read the split, he's going to read

651
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: your stands, he's going to read the quarterback. He's going

652
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 1: to read the nearest tackle to get a run pass key.

653
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 1: He's just so smart. So it's going to be more

654
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: than just physical that beats him. You have to bring

655
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,719
Speaker 1: more than just a big catch radius to beat him consistently.

656
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: Not only that, but if you get him on one thing,

657
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 1: you're not going to get him on that again. Right

658
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: unless unless you're having a bad day, go back to Philadelphia. Sure,

659
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: unless there's a problem out there there's an issue coverage wise,

660
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 1: but man on man first and ten, when it's play

661
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: action and they're throwing the ball to Cooper and it's deliberate,

662
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: he's going to be able to make plays on the football.

663
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: And Dak Prescott has to be on. He has to

664
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 1: put the ball in the right spot. Either it's going

665
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: to get knocked down or could get picked and out

666
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 1: there it's a pick six going in that direction. Away

667
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 1: from everything, Yes, it definitely is. What I think is

668
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: interesting about the Cowboys offensive scheme just kind of watching

669
00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: them from that game that they played again Seattle last week.

670
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: Just use a lot of personnel groupings, you know, especially

671
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: on that first drive, and of course, yeah you script

672
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: out the first how running plays. What's that they're hunting,

673
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 1: Scott Lenahan is hunting for your weakness. That's why he

674
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: gives you a thousand different personnel groups. Yeah, he's going

675
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 1: to find out who didn't study or who can't play

676
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: a block and let Zeke chew that guy up. Yes, yeah, exactly.

677
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 1: So I mean they're going three tight end sets, they've

678
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,479
Speaker 1: got two backs. Sometimes they just do a lot of

679
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 1: different things. They spread you out. And because of that,

680
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: I think when you have somebody like to leave who's

681
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: seen what he's seeing and you can trust him against

682
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: a guy like Amari Cooper, that shouldn't make everybody else

683
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: better because, like like we were saying earlier, like that

684
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: puts you at ease, true backside, But I mean that guy,

685
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: those two linebackers, Littleton Baron, what's happening up front, and

686
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 1: then to leave on the outside versus Cooper. That's how

687
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: Dallas is going to try to win. That's how they

688
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: have one. That's how they won last week. That's how

689
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: they won ten games. So you know, it's coming. Um,

690
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: it's great. Football is a very simple game. Let me

691
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,799
Speaker 1: separate one guy from the other ten and see if

692
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,240
Speaker 1: I can work on him. Well, that one guy happens

693
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 1: to be to leave, and let's see how he plays. Yeah,

694
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: I think that the extra time that you got with

695
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: the bye week can only help him as well. Yeah,

696
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: I mean, because you gotta remember, he's still coming back

697
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 1: from that ankle injury that kept him out for half

698
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: the season. No doubt rest is good, and I'm I

699
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 1: think they did a great job bringing him back and

700
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 1: how they brought him back. So I think by the

701
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 1: time he touches the field on Saturday, he should be it.

702
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: He should feel like it's September again, or at least October. Yeah, yeah,

703
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,320
Speaker 1: I know I'd agree with that. Um, their wide receiving

704
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: corps is not necessarily the most name guys is one name,

705
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: you know. I know That's what I'm saying. Yeah, But

706
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 1: like with with Mark Cooper, you got table on auesome

707
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 1: over there now, Beasley Gallup, I think you hate to

708
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,359
Speaker 1: see what happened to Hearns. I mean in that I've

709
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: only seen it once. I I'm not gonna see it once. Yeah. Yeah,

710
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: that was when I was I was rewatching the game

711
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 1: and then he made the catch, and then I was like, oh, no,

712
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 1: I gotta make sure I worry about people that can

713
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 1: watch that over and over and over. What is wrong

714
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: with you? What other stuff are you watching? You can

715
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,280
Speaker 1: watch that and not flinch, honest against we were watching

716
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 1: that and that got me up off the catch and

717
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 1: I had to like kuck off the hebgbs. Yeah, this

718
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 1: makes me laugh, Like when people punch me that don't

719
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:26,080
Speaker 1: know me, Like they punch me in the arm and

720
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: I go, ol, what do you mean it? What do

721
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,919
Speaker 1: you mean now? You're tough? No, that you that hurt?

722
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: You just hit me? Ol? Right? A broken leg is gross,

723
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? It's yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

724
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: that was. That was very unfortunate. But I think with

725
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 1: just the action that you get with Tavon Austin, he's

726
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: not somebody you can ignore. But I think that also

727
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: you have to realize, like, Okay, you're not going to

728
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:53,359
Speaker 1: try to let Cooper and Ezekiel Elliott bet no. I mean,

729
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: those are the guys that I think you have to

730
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: key in on Belichick versus the Giants. Way back in

731
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: the day when he at caught and it's a great

732
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 1: sound by in the Super Bowl. Make them throw it

733
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:08,280
Speaker 1: to Manningham. Yeah, that means we're locking everybody else up. Okay,

734
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,360
Speaker 1: this is their worst option in my opinion. Make them

735
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,240
Speaker 1: go there. Yeah. Well, Manningham wand up having a pretty

736
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 1: good game and beating them. But same rules apply. It's

737
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: not like you're forgetting a guy. It's just we're gonna

738
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: focus a lot on these guys here. Yes, so if

739
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 1: you get out, we can run it down. We can

740
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 1: live to fight another down here. But all our efforts,

741
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: our focus is going to be on stopping Zegoli. It's

742
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 1: stopping Amari Cooper. Yep, yep, all right for sure. Let's

743
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 1: turn it to the Rams offense then, Yeah, so let's

744
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 1: start with the Rams run game versus the Dallas run.

745
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 1: Do you think, oh boy? Yeah? And I think if

746
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: you've got a healthy Todd Gurley and a healthy Rams

747
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: offensive line, which is what we are pretty much expecting

748
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: here going into this game, I think the Rams should

749
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:57,240
Speaker 1: be all right. I agree. I love the kid vander

750
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: esh He makes a lot of tackles, block to the

751
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: football at one of the best. Make him fight through

752
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: a guy, which means your guards, your centers, everybody that's

753
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 1: going up to the second level. Just get a pad

754
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 1: on these guys. Jalen Smith, they leave him in on

755
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: third down, very active, same thing, free to the football.

756
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: They're dangerous. Make sure you get somebody in their way.

757
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 1: To me, I think the toughest matchup on Saturday will

758
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: be at right tackle with DeMarcus Lawrence, not just in

759
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: passing downs, Trying to get the ball out and around

760
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 1: him has been tough for some teams that do it

761
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: on a regular Rob Havenstein has his hands full with

762
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 1: that guy, no question. Yeah, there's a reason that I

763
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 1: think all three tackles that made the Pro Bowl in

764
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 1: the NFC were all from the left side because DeMarcus

765
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: Lawrence wasn't letting any right tackle into the Pro Bowl. Yeah. Yeah,

766
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: that's a guy that's ten and a half sacks this year.

767
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: So I think the Rams did a pretty decent job

768
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 1: against him last year. And DeMarcus Lawrence, just from my

769
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: recollection of that game and going back and watching it,

770
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 1: isn't like he was he was so wild that the

771
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: Rams couldn't do anything offensively, You know what I mean? Right? Right? Um,

772
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 1: he's he's gotten better. Um, the numbers aren't the same,

773
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,799
Speaker 1: but he's gotten better. He's playing things a whole lot better.

774
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,720
Speaker 1: It's funny like living in Hollywood, man, when you're around

775
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 1: a bunch of movies and stuff, it just doesn't turn

776
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: you on like it does other people. They don't see

777
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: it every day, so you're used to see a ninety

778
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: nine rec shop. It's old hat to you. DeMarcus Lawrence

779
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,479
Speaker 1: is dangerous. I'm not can ruin your he can ruin

780
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 1: your postseason hopes. Don't don't get me wrong. I am

781
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 1: not trying to say that DeMarcus Lawrence is not like

782
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: I've seen him Rexoment think that the game he had

783
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: against Atlanta it must have been last year, Like he

784
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: really ruined Atlanta's day. Or he makes you tear half

785
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: of the playbook in half the turard and half and

786
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: said we just can't run the ball out to his side. Yeah,

787
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:52,879
Speaker 1: we're playing right hands in today and that's it, right,

788
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 1: And so that's not you don't want to do that. Um,

789
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: But I think you know those three guys that you

790
00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: brought up in terms of vander esh in terms of

791
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 1: Smith Lawrence, those are the guys that if the Rams

792
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,320
Speaker 1: are going to run the ball effectively, They've got to

793
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,439
Speaker 1: make sure they've got blockers on those guys, and you're

794
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: not just letting them shed those blocks. Well, you've got

795
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 1: to do a great job of the guys up front,

796
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: and they're pretty active. Wherever they line up, they take

797
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,719
Speaker 1: it as a challenge. I'm assuming Rod Marinelli hasn't changed much.

798
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,439
Speaker 1: A he's a former, he's an old defensive line coach.

799
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,359
Speaker 1: That's a coordinator. You don't see that a lot. So

800
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: the front gets more coaching than anybody else on defense.

801
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: So wherever they line up, it's a personal challenge. So

802
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 1: if you're gonna have to combo block through it, you're

803
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 1: gonna have to really work to get it because if

804
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: they tie you up. Those linebackers we mentioned free to

805
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: the football, they're gonna make every single play. Well, then

806
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: they have I mean, Vander esh Is one hundred and

807
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: forty tackles during the regular season and Jalen Smith had

808
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty two, So it's not like you

809
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 1: didn't see that. And really they average a three point

810
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: yards per three excuse me, three point eight yards per

811
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,839
Speaker 1: carry against did the Cowboys, So that's the number five

812
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 1: in the league, and they were five in league overall

813
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: in rushing defense. Oh yeah, so this is a very

814
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: good team against the rut They're well coached. And I

815
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: hate when coaches say that in press conferences, but it's true.

816
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 1: They are well coached up front. If they can't make

817
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: the play, then they will tie you up so the

818
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,800
Speaker 1: other guy can, right, Yeah, And they do a pretty

819
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 1: good job with it if you look at different matchups

820
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: that they had over the course of the season. So

821
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: the Saints game that they had that was obvious. I

822
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:26,359
Speaker 1: think as a defense that was Dallas's best game over

823
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,280
Speaker 1: the course of the season. So they had the Saints

824
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: to sixty five yards rushing in one hundred and seventy

825
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 1: six yards of total offense. Now, there were circumstances in

826
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: that game. They were playing in Dallas, their plan on

827
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 1: a Thursday night, and I know that you still had

828
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,439
Speaker 1: a week of preparation from the Saints because they also

829
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 1: played on Thanksgiving and that game was the week after Thanksgiving.

830
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:47,879
Speaker 1: But that's still a game where you're like, Okay, there

831
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 1: were some things going on, But at the same time,

832
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: you cannot dismiss what Dallas's defense did. No, no, no,

833
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 1: great job. And I think their best game is still

834
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,439
Speaker 1: out there Dallas's defense. Yeah, I think their best game

835
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: is still out there. Um, it just all depends on

836
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 1: it all depends on what their offense has given them.

837
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,839
Speaker 1: Really in my opinion. Um, they've got some pretty good

838
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: pass rushers. They like we said, they have some linebackers

839
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: that can run, so they're dangerous run end pass um.

840
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 1: It's a simplistic scheme that allows the player to play.

841
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 1: It's it's Rod Marinelli was in Tampa. Get it. It's

842
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,399
Speaker 1: the Tampa two that that very simplistic deal. Go out

843
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: and kick ass um. So if they happen to catch

844
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: a pigeon, they can make your day really tough. Sure, yeah, sure,

845
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 1: But they've also had games where, like the Colts, the

846
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 1: Colts kind of ran all over them back in Week fifteen.

847
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 1: The Colts at one hundred and seventy eight rushing yards

848
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 1: in that game. And I think we've seen now how

849
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: good the Colts offensive line is, especially after what they

850
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 1: did to especially where we're at the guard position. Absolutely, yeah, exactly. Yeah.

851
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: So when you have guards that can do where they're

852
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,160
Speaker 1: what they're doing, that is a good sign. And the

853
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: Rams have had two of the better guards in the

854
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,120
Speaker 1: league this year. I think and Roger Staffeld an awesome blood.

855
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: So we'll see how that turns out, no doubt if

856
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 1: they want to stick on you, and there's there's many

857
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: ways to teach it as a defensive tackle. Trust me,

858
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,439
Speaker 1: if when you're playing a combo block, if you're going

859
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,320
Speaker 1: for the gap, which means I don't even care about

860
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,359
Speaker 1: the guard, I'm just shooting into the backfield, you better

861
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 1: make the play playing through the guy like playing through

862
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:28,959
Speaker 1: the guard, trying to keep your linebackers clean. Make sure

863
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,359
Speaker 1: you don't give up ground as you're doing that. So

864
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 1: I think that's how the Rams beat the Cowboys is

865
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: when Roger Saffeld or or whoever John Sullivan is going

866
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: through the man to the second level, make sure you

867
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 1: take that nose tackle or three technique at least a

868
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 1: yard back. Give Todd Gurley almost a two way go. Yeah,

869
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: put the pressure on the defense. If you're flat down

870
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, you're gonna have issues. Absolutely no.

871
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: It's all about being able to push that lineback. And

872
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: I think that's part of why it's so good that

873
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 1: the Rams had the bye week. They should be able

874
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: to at least get a little bit more because they're

875
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: a little bit fresher, you know what I'm saying. Yeah,

876
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 1: and look, I mean they I think they do a

877
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,839
Speaker 1: great job with tempo too. You know, if you can

878
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 1: catch Dallas late lining up and snap the football, you've

879
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 1: made the job easy. Yeah. You've heard me say a

880
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: Baskin Robbins before. Right now, when you get the double scoop,

881
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: oh yes, yeah, when you get the guard and the

882
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: tackle around the three technique, and that's how those big

883
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 1: runs happen. So most of that happens on quick counts

884
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 1: when you catch them not ready. One time, the one

885
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: time I can like clearly remember that from this year

886
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: was on that fourth down in ten in Denver and

887
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: the Ramps ran to the left side, They ran right

888
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: to the line, They got the ball off and then boom,

889
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: you get double scoop from Rogerson had two double scoops

890
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,279
Speaker 1: and your way up, Yes, and you get into the

891
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: end zone in now, you know what I call a

892
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 1: guy that misses a block on a pass and gives

893
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: up a sack, A Nolan Ryan That is a no hitter. Yes,

894
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 1: what else do we have? Give me one more? That's

895
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: all for now? Okay, Yeah, people love the demnco I know,

896
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,319
Speaker 1: I know, all right, Yeah, I want to give them

897
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:00,359
Speaker 1: more of them. All right, let's get to this last

898
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,319
Speaker 1: one matchup that I do want to talk about. That's

899
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 1: Jared Goff versus the Cowboys passing defense, and we're sort

900
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: of talking about DeMarcus Lawrence earlier. Obviously he big factor

901
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 1: in that in terms of can he get into the

902
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: backfield bring golf down for a sack. That that's one thing,

903
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: but I think also the big impression that I was

904
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:22,759
Speaker 1: left with after that Cowboys Saints game was just how

905
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 1: tight the Cowboys defenders were on those receivers for the

906
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, and it just didn't leave any room

907
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: for Drew Brees to really get things going. No doubt,

908
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:36,800
Speaker 1: I expect more of the same. They're going to be

909
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 1: dialed into what you do, but I think play action

910
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 1: is going to help. Mis Direction is gonna help. You'll

911
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: be able to guys, You'll be able to get people

912
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 1: where you want to get them offensively, just like you

913
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 1: saw versus San Francisco. Just by the nature of how

914
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:50,920
Speaker 1: that defense is going to be cold, but you're gonna

915
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 1: have to win one on one end. When you're talking

916
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:57,359
Speaker 1: about Jared Goff, Okay, if DeMarcus Lawrence does get free,

917
00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,800
Speaker 1: protect the ball. Yes, yeah, let's protect ball. It can

918
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: not be swatted out of there. You can't turn the

919
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: ball over for any reason whatsoever. And keep your feet active.

920
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: You don't have to scramble to run, but you can

921
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 1: scramble to throw. Yes. Yeah, your guys can come off

922
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:17,239
Speaker 1: their their route combinations or route patterns when the play

923
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:21,240
Speaker 1: breaks down and stay and stay viable. Maybe the first

924
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,200
Speaker 1: move or the first route won't get him, but those

925
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: double moves or that second one will. Yeah, because they're

926
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 1: going to be charging hard to where they think you're going. Yes,

927
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 1: that's just how they're going to be coached, right. And

928
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: I think Chris Rashard, who's their defensive secondary coach, I

929
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 1: believe he's been calling the plays with them lately as well.

930
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: That's why he's now considered a head coaching candidate in

931
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,799
Speaker 1: so many different places because he's done a great job

932
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,279
Speaker 1: of kind of revamping that secondary and making it what

933
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:48,799
Speaker 1: it is right now. Absolutely, coach and your butt. I mean, look,

934
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,280
Speaker 1: they're they're great at not getting beat with their eyes

935
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 1: for the most part. But just like any defense, when

936
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:57,520
Speaker 1: you start to run the football and you have a

937
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,960
Speaker 1: threat of an eight yard run play, You're going to

938
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 1: get them to sink whenever you want them to, right,

939
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:04,879
Speaker 1: You just have to run the ball first, right, So

940
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:06,719
Speaker 1: this is a game where you do think the Rams

941
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 1: kind of have to establish the run before they can Yeah,

942
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 1: I'll do you one better. You have to establish Todd Gurley. Yeah,

943
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 1: not just the run game him. Yes, you get him

944
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:19,319
Speaker 1: going with traditional carries, the games in the bag, so

945
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:21,720
Speaker 1: to speak, if you don't turn it over right well,

946
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:23,839
Speaker 1: And I think that's you know, that's what we've kind

947
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,959
Speaker 1: of seen with c. J. Anderson over the last couple

948
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: of games, you know what I mean. Like early in

949
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: that Cardinals game, I'm sitting in the press box and

950
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,040
Speaker 1: it's the it's the first couple of drives, and I

951
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 1: saw the way that they were pushing the Cardinals defense

952
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 1: around and letting C. J. Anderson get you know, seven

953
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 1: eight yards chunk carries, And I'm like, the Rams have

954
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,480
Speaker 1: this game one. Because if you can't stop the Rams

955
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:49,719
Speaker 1: like that, if you are allowing the Rams to get

956
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 1: these early carries of seven yards, eight yards, ten yards,

957
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,839
Speaker 1: eleven yards, then that opens up play action even more

958
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: than they already would be. The George Foreman jab when

959
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 1: the jab was knocking you down. You don't have a prayer,

960
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 1: you got right, there's another one. Yes, you don't have

961
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 1: a prayer. Yes, yeah, and so you also you need that,

962
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,480
Speaker 1: but you need Jared Goff to be accurate when he

963
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 1: is making the throws. I think he's done better in

964
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:14,719
Speaker 1: that over the last couple of games, but there's still

965
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:16,839
Speaker 1: a couple of throws where you're like a man that

966
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 1: was not exactly what you want. Whose house is it

967
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,759
Speaker 1: Ram's house? Is it Jared's house? I mean, I know

968
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 1: when you like when you when that bus makes that

969
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,279
Speaker 1: final right turn into into Gillette, the first and last

970
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: guy you think about is Brady Sure, when you're heading

971
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,279
Speaker 1: into Green Bay, it's all Rogers. This has got to

972
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:36,879
Speaker 1: be Jared's house on Saturday. Okay, Yeah, this has got

973
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 1: to be his environment. No matter what environment it is,

974
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 1: it's perfect for him, rain perfect. Yeah, it's got to

975
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 1: be his environment. So being accurate, being this, being aggressive,

976
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: being that guy taking chances and having it payoff, make

977
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:53,160
Speaker 1: the team, make your whole fan blase believe that, make

978
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:56,880
Speaker 1: them believe in magic, that you can do anything. Yeah, well,

979
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:59,799
Speaker 1: I just I go back to that game that they

980
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:02,839
Speaker 1: had with the Vikings, Right, that was the best game

981
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:06,720
Speaker 1: of Jared Goff's Yeah, that's I mean, you're not probably

982
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:10,440
Speaker 1: gonna get a perfect passer rating. Yeah, but that's what

983
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:12,880
Speaker 1: you need out of Jared Goff. Go back in the postseason,

984
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: go back and look at that game. It was so

985
00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:18,440
Speaker 1: funny and I'm glad you brought that up. After each

986
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:21,240
Speaker 1: big play, for the most part, you'll see Vikings defenders

987
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 1: turning around and look back at Jared and say, where

988
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 1: did that come from? Yeah? Yeah, not the guy who

989
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 1: just scored, Like, who just threw that? Where did that

990
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:30,840
Speaker 1: come from? Well? Right, I mean dat Cooper cup touchdown

991
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,880
Speaker 1: that he had rolling to his right, where like, yeah,

992
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:35,520
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like you almost think it's

993
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:38,880
Speaker 1: a throwaway. Yeah, and he puts it perfectly in the

994
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,279
Speaker 1: bread basket in the back of the hats they would

995
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 1: have tipped their cat exactly. Yes, Yes, that's the kind

996
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:47,360
Speaker 1: of stuff you need, because guess what, Jared Goff is

997
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,239
Speaker 1: a number one overall pick. You brought him here to

998
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 1: win games like this and the next couple so that

999
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 1: you can hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Hit one of those

1000
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:00,920
Speaker 1: and then put the camera on Dak Prescott. Yeah, you

1001
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:03,839
Speaker 1: got to match that. You've ever seen that gift of

1002
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 1: like Cam Newton where he like has he's on the sideline,

1003
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:08,920
Speaker 1: he's got kind of a talle around did yeah, and

1004
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:12,760
Speaker 1: he just is like okay, Bett, let's go yeah, like yeah, yeah, yeah,

1005
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 1: that's what That's what you want to make them do, right, Absolutely,

1006
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:21,359
Speaker 1: Jared is making those kinds of absolutely personal challenge y. Yes, exactly. So.

1007
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: I think from a passing game standpoint, I would look

1008
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 1: for Robert Woods to step up, just because he has

1009
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:30,400
Speaker 1: been that most consistent guy, you know, and even in

1010
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 1: last year's playoff game, he was the guy that really

1011
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:36,200
Speaker 1: showed up in terms of the passing game and he

1012
00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:38,319
Speaker 1: was just making play. I think you can feed him

1013
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:40,160
Speaker 1: the football a lot. I think he'll be a great

1014
00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 1: CounterPunch to Todd Gurley. Yeah, either end a rounds or

1015
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,759
Speaker 1: play action the first guy that's gonna be open and

1016
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:46,279
Speaker 1: those ted ends to forget about the tight ends. But

1017
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:48,880
Speaker 1: Robert Woods in particular, I think he's gonna have. I

1018
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,840
Speaker 1: think he's set to have one of those ten catch days.

1019
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:56,240
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, with a few broken tackles that either scores

1020
00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:58,760
Speaker 1: from the red zone or puts you in scoring position

1021
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:01,040
Speaker 1: in the red zone. What do you do you remember

1022
00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:03,960
Speaker 1: much of that twenty seventeen Rams Cowboys. I mean, you

1023
00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: know what, there are other things that you can take

1024
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:09,360
Speaker 1: away from it, just because I remember the Robert Woods

1025
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:12,160
Speaker 1: catch that was not and I still don't know why

1026
00:50:12,239 --> 00:50:14,600
Speaker 1: that wasn't his first touchdown catch. Remember, yeah, back of

1027
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:16,360
Speaker 1: the end zone kind of that's a crazy play and

1028
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,000
Speaker 1: then goes down with it. Well, that's the one thing

1029
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:19,960
Speaker 1: I did take away is they had a lot of

1030
00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: things going for them offensively. I mean, they really trapped

1031
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: Dallas or full Dallas, and you know, unfortunately the score

1032
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 1: didn't show that because of some phantom calls. Yeah, I

1033
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:33,440
Speaker 1: hope I don't get fined for saying that, but it

1034
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 1: showed me that Sean McVeigh has more questions than they

1035
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,760
Speaker 1: have answers for on defense because of how they're coaching

1036
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,600
Speaker 1: it and the players they have. So I think that

1037
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,760
Speaker 1: will carry over into Saturday. I kind of think so too.

1038
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: I think obviously it's two different teams, two different years.

1039
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:55,560
Speaker 1: But yeah, but the coaches are the same. You know,

1040
00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: all the star personnel is pretty much the same. So

1041
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:03,320
Speaker 1: you do now have Brandon Cooks though instead of Sammy Watkins. Yeah,

1042
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:07,360
Speaker 1: and that I think does create another layer of dynamism

1043
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 1: to your offense. Right, nothing against them their defense, I'm

1044
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 1: getting to their names just to be respectful. Their defense

1045
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:20,560
Speaker 1: is good. But if you, if you're playing a consistent

1046
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:22,439
Speaker 1: Rams offense, the one we think is going to show

1047
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:25,120
Speaker 1: up on Saturday where Todd is pacing everything, yes, and

1048
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: you consistently give up one on one matchups on the outside,

1049
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 1: Eventually one of these receivers is going to get to you.

1050
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 1: And I would bet Robert Woods will will hurt you

1051
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:37,360
Speaker 1: to the body and Cooks will be the guy that

1052
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:41,280
Speaker 1: seals your death with a post route. Maybe Yeah, eventually

1053
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,800
Speaker 1: when that safety drops down because he thinks here comes

1054
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 1: thirty again and that post is open, that's the guy

1055
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,279
Speaker 1: that's gonna get you running by you. You know what.

1056
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: I wouldn't see. Josh Reynolds too, also could be a

1057
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:52,960
Speaker 1: big factor in this. I mean, we saw that deep

1058
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:55,319
Speaker 1: cash that Reynolds had a couple of weeks ago now

1059
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:57,560
Speaker 1: against the forty nine ers, and that really kind of

1060
00:51:57,560 --> 00:52:00,719
Speaker 1: like sealed the deal on things. I think the more

1061
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 1: Jared Goff has played with Josh Reynolds, and the more

1062
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:06,960
Speaker 1: we've seen Josh Reynolds. The better those two are going,

1063
00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 1: the better those two have gotten first of all, and

1064
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:13,680
Speaker 1: the better they're going to be because look, Jared Goffin

1065
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 1: Cooper cups chemistry I think is very special, and Sammy

1066
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:19,200
Speaker 1: I think you can say the same about Robert Woods. Yeah,

1067
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:21,120
Speaker 1: because those two guys, I mean, those three guys, I

1068
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:23,600
Speaker 1: should say I've been working together now, going back to

1069
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:27,520
Speaker 1: the twenty seventeen off season program. But when you have

1070
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:30,680
Speaker 1: Josh Reynolds in those game situations, he I think is

1071
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:32,919
Speaker 1: showing more and more that he can be relied upon,

1072
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,200
Speaker 1: that he can step up, that he can make those plays.

1073
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:38,400
Speaker 1: And because he is so tall, he's got that vertical

1074
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:41,399
Speaker 1: dimension to it as well, and that could be really

1075
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 1: huge in a playoff situation. Oh, no question. The kids

1076
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:48,840
Speaker 1: swag is growing and I love it. I do. I

1077
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 1: love it. Yeah. Yeah, he's he's gotten the taste of

1078
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 1: big time football and once more, Yes, great postseasons coming, Yes,

1079
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,319
Speaker 1: show it there. Yeah, you can make yourself a household name. Yeah,

1080
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:00,360
Speaker 1: and make more money at the same at at the

1081
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:03,280
Speaker 1: same same time there same lesson. It is so funny.

1082
00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:06,879
Speaker 1: My three year old came home one day like well,

1083
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:09,560
Speaker 1: how's Naomi? Naomi's her best friend? She says, well, I'm

1084
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:12,160
Speaker 1: not friends with Naomi anymore. Why aren't you friends with Naomi?

1085
00:53:12,239 --> 00:53:16,040
Speaker 1: Because I want to be friends with Bodie you know. Okay,

1086
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:18,680
Speaker 1: Well you don't have to stop being a friend here

1087
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:20,719
Speaker 1: because you want to be a friend there. I mean

1088
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:24,879
Speaker 1: we're learning right, right, So, I mean it's golf and Reynolds.

1089
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 1: It's not Cooper Cup, but let's maximize what you have

1090
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:31,799
Speaker 1: in Josh Reynolds. And there's a lot there. So I'm

1091
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:36,879
Speaker 1: with you, sneaky good or sneaky X factor in the game,

1092
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,000
Speaker 1: the one guy that you just can't guard for the

1093
00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:42,600
Speaker 1: reason you just mentioned with an accurate Jared Goff. I mean,

1094
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:44,880
Speaker 1: he got two touchdowns the last time he was in

1095
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:47,600
Speaker 1: the coliseum. I wouldn't be surprised if he did it again.

1096
00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:50,160
Speaker 1: I wouldn't either. And I think if the Rams can

1097
00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:55,480
Speaker 1: do that, if they can get to thirty points, that's

1098
00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:58,040
Speaker 1: gonna be I think a big decide in faction, because yeah,

1099
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:01,520
Speaker 1: I'm not putting anything up past Dak Prescott because he's

1100
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:04,000
Speaker 1: getting better and all of a sudden, if he, like

1101
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:07,280
Speaker 1: we said, if he starts to show up and takes

1102
00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 1: a big leap when it matters most. It could be

1103
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:12,640
Speaker 1: a shootout, yes, And I don't think you really want

1104
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,359
Speaker 1: to get into a shootout in this situation. I don't

1105
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:17,560
Speaker 1: think that you will get into a shootout in this

1106
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 1: situation just because of the way that Dallas offense usually

1107
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:23,480
Speaker 1: runs and prefers to run. But I think that the

1108
00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:28,799
Speaker 1: Rams have to start hot offensively and defensively because if

1109
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:32,720
Speaker 1: you allow the Cowboys to take that early lead playoff football,

1110
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,080
Speaker 1: that allows them to just grind the thing away, right,

1111
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 1: and time of possession to me is not necessarily that

1112
00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:40,399
Speaker 1: big of a deal until it's the fourth quarter. Yeah, yeah,

1113
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:43,720
Speaker 1: But if you allow them to control the first half

1114
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:47,280
Speaker 1: of this game and really take time of possession away

1115
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:50,160
Speaker 1: from you because they are just grinding and grinding, and

1116
00:54:50,239 --> 00:54:52,799
Speaker 1: that means you don't get the plays offensively to set

1117
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:55,520
Speaker 1: things up. That's when it becomes an issue, right. It's

1118
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:57,680
Speaker 1: you have to go right from your setup plays to

1119
00:54:57,760 --> 00:54:59,680
Speaker 1: your big plays, and it all of a sudden looks

1120
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:03,160
Speaker 1: like you're just grasping at straws. Right, So yeah, it's

1121
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:06,320
Speaker 1: important too. I think it's important to win time at possession,

1122
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:08,279
Speaker 1: but that just means you can sum that up as

1123
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:12,040
Speaker 1: stopping Zeke Elliott. Yeah, yes, I would agree, all right,

1124
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:15,920
Speaker 1: any parting shots before we go, Uh, well, let's hope

1125
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:18,359
Speaker 1: they get better this time around. You know you had

1126
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:21,080
Speaker 1: eleven season Yeah, you had eleven wins in year one

1127
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:27,319
Speaker 1: under Sean McVay. You got thirteen in year two. These

1128
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:29,439
Speaker 1: things are hard to come by, this type of run,

1129
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 1: and you never know what's going to happen from here,

1130
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:37,440
Speaker 1: so make sure you take advantage of the position you

1131
00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 1: put yourself in. Yes, yeah, Dallas is a tough out

1132
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: for anybody. But I still think the Rams are the

1133
00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:45,880
Speaker 1: better team. Let's hope they prove it. I agree with you.

1134
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:47,920
Speaker 1: Look at Jared Goff said last week, can sum them

1135
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:50,680
Speaker 1: down for an interview. You know, playoffs are all about opportunity,

1136
00:55:50,840 --> 00:55:52,880
Speaker 1: because it's an opportunity to be at your best when

1137
00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:55,319
Speaker 1: your best is required, right, and if the Rams are

1138
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:57,920
Speaker 1: at their best, I think I really do believe that

1139
00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:00,000
Speaker 1: they can win this game, no doubt. And you didn't

1140
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:03,719
Speaker 1: read that, so impress Miles, Thank you very much. So

1141
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:05,759
Speaker 1: one one other thing before we get out of here.

1142
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:08,200
Speaker 1: So I'm going to be doing an ama on Reddit

1143
00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:10,719
Speaker 1: on the Los Angeles Rams reddit page. So it's a

1144
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:13,719
Speaker 1: pretty big fan community. Nice. We'll be doing that Thursday,

1145
00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:17,360
Speaker 1: three thirty specific times. So if you guys have questions

1146
00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:18,960
Speaker 1: for that, if you guys want to get excited for that,

1147
00:56:18,960 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: that's something that plugged by Miles. I like it. Well,

1148
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:25,440
Speaker 1: it's something that I'm doing, so we'll see about that.

1149
00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:29,200
Speaker 1: But other than that, we'll see you guys Saturday at

1150
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 1: the LA Memorial Coliseum for Rams Cowboys kickoff at five

1151
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:38,560
Speaker 1: fifteen time. That's gonna be televised on Fox. It'll be

1152
00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:41,240
Speaker 1: a great game, great matchup. I can't wait either. DeMarco

1153
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: and we'll see you next time. I