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Speaker 1: We are back with another edition Between the Horns, presented

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Speaker 1: by your Southern California Toyota dealers, stew To Marco and

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Speaker 1: JB no longer in Denver. It was a long week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we can breathe.

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Speaker 3: It feels good to be home for that reason and

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Speaker 3: many others.

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Speaker 1: Do you have trouble sleeping at altitude att did you?

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Speaker 2: I thought it was just me, Oh good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but it's more than offset with how well I

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Speaker 1: sleep on them away from my family, right, So this

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Speaker 1: is true and silence about.

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Speaker 2: How we feeling today.

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Speaker 1: It's always a bittersweet time of year, isn't it in

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Speaker 1: terms of some players that we've got to know and

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Speaker 1: like this summer have been released. Hopefully many of them

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Speaker 1: will be on the practice squad that'll be released by

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Speaker 1: the time this podcast is published. But it's also excitement

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Speaker 1: for so many new Los Angeles Rams who have made

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Speaker 1: I want to be careful to say the first not

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Speaker 1: the final by any means, the first fifty three man roster.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's weird. It's a weird day.

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Speaker 4: I mean, here we go, you're getting ready for Week

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Speaker 4: one in Seattle and you have your football team, so

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Speaker 4: there is excitement there. But you know, it's always a

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Speaker 4: tough day, you know, when guys get cut, lose their jobs,

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Speaker 4: have to find other places to work. But it is

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Speaker 4: what it is. Everyone had an opportunity. Yeah, you had

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Speaker 4: practice reps, you had game reps, and they're going to

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Speaker 4: pick the best fifty three they can or the guys

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Speaker 4: they think that could help win a championship. So you're

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Speaker 4: excited about that. But it is a weird day coming

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Speaker 4: off yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely strange and very different, especially when you eventually

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Speaker 3: get to the point where you're going from seeing ninety

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Speaker 3: people out there on the practice field and observing them

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Speaker 3: and you know everything that's going on, to now having

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Speaker 3: that down to fifty three. But you know the good

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Speaker 3: thing is for this coaching staff and the front office

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Speaker 3: is that they got joint practices with the Broncos, joint

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Speaker 3: practices with the Raiders, as well as three preseason games

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Speaker 3: to really get this thing nailed down again, at least

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Speaker 3: the initial version here. So excited to see where this goes.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, total moving target. It's probably changed since we sat

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Speaker 1: down in these chairs. We'll find out more as soon

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Speaker 1: as we're done with this podcast. But let's go around

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Speaker 1: the horn a couple of times like big picture reactions,

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Speaker 1: do you want to lead off, like what's your major

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Speaker 1: takeaway from what you saw transpire yesterday?

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Speaker 3: I think the biggest thing for me was just how

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Speaker 3: different the outside linebacker room looks, or how different the

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Speaker 3: edge position looks, just because you look at I mentioned

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Speaker 3: this kind of in the article announcing the initial fifty three.

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Speaker 3: You look at the bodies and the and the players

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Speaker 3: that were there last year and who's there this year.

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Speaker 3: That room has completely turned over. And so you know,

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Speaker 3: whereas last year there was you know, Leonard Floyd, you

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Speaker 3: among others. Now this year you've got Michael Hoyt, who

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Speaker 3: committed to learning the outside linebacker position and training their

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Speaker 3: full time this offseason, as well as Treo rookies, and

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Speaker 3: Byron Young, Nick Hampton and in O'shawan mathis at least

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Speaker 3: until O'shawn, until he goes on to IR As Sean

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Speaker 3: interesting to watch because it is not only is a

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Speaker 2: A little bit inexperienced. That's a nice way to put it.

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Speaker 3: That's underselling it.

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Speaker 2: I guess dead wrong there leaving Denver.

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Speaker 4: I mean, if you look what the Rams would have

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Speaker 4: had six acts in the preseason and you cut three guys.

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Speaker 4: Copeland had one, kier Thomas had two and a half,

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Speaker 4: but you know, it is what it is. You're going

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Speaker 4: with inexperiencing young guys. So the second one for me

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Speaker 4: along those lines is d Line, you know, and Bobby

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Speaker 4: for guys that could be good teammates or or sidekicks

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Speaker 2: Donald, Kobe Turner. Oh, I love the way he plays.

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Speaker 4: As soon as we saw his explosiveness, I see where

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Speaker 4: you're gonna play him. But just a little bit of

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Speaker 4: shock there. I was surprised by Copeland being cut. That

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Speaker 4: You didn't stand out enough against first and second year dudes.

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Speaker 4: So good for the guys that made it, but that

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Speaker 4: Marquise Copeland wouldn't make this football team.

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Speaker 1: Same with Robert Rochelle. Right when you're out there in

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Speaker 1: the second half of preseason game number three, the writing's

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Speaker 1: kind of on the wall. So to your point about

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Speaker 1: has Michael Hoyt returning to it, and even he was

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Speaker 1: not even a glimmer in the edge's eye until deep

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Speaker 1: in last season. But at the same time, no one

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Speaker 1: so we kind of knew it was coming that this

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean, look it comes back to Braheem Morris.

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Speaker 4: I mean, this is what you got, now, how do

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Speaker 4: you generate pressure? You saw what happened last year. Bobby

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Speaker 4: would expect a lot more of that, plus some faster

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Speaker 2: So we'll see. Who knows.

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Speaker 4: Maybe Byron Young, could you turn that body into something special?

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Speaker 4: I mean getting off the bus. He does look scary

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Speaker 4: and he's got the most potential. And Michael Hoyt maybe

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Speaker 4: he's got something in store for us that we don't know.

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Speaker 4: But as it looks right now, there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: Walk us through the Oshawan mathis decision and what that

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Speaker 3: Right So with Oshan, he's expected to go onto injured reserve.

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Speaker 3: In order for a player to be designated to return

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Speaker 3: from IR, they have to be on the initial fifty

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Speaker 3: that allows some flexibility as far as when he can return,

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Speaker 3: rather than just saying, Okay, he's going to be he's

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Speaker 1: And I've stood next to you as you stood next

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Speaker 1: to him on the practice field, and I know you

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Speaker 1: think he looks the part.

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Speaker 4: Definitely looks the part. We were riding the elevator together

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Speaker 4: and I'm like, oh my god, I see it.

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Speaker 2: You're tall.

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Speaker 4: You're from the same planet as Jalen Ramsey. I hope

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Speaker 4: you can play as well, but a tall corner. When

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Speaker 4: you see guys like that, the first thing I thought was, Okay,

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Speaker 4: that's decay insurance. You got another big body to toss it.

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Speaker 1: You're talking about me, Nickeella Witherspoon, Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry. Yeahah,

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Speaker 2: Oh my god.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, of what he brings to this rocket levers When

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Speaker 4: you can get some explosion with that, I mean there's

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Speaker 1: Last time we gathered in Denver, we were talking about

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Speaker 1: the possibility of the Rams only keeping two quarterbacks. Stetson

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Speaker 1: Bennett had ascended through two preseason games, not so much

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Speaker 1: in Denver. How has that altered your feeling about where

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Speaker 3: Well, I think there's just like you would expect with

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Speaker 3: going to be some learning moments, still going to be

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Speaker 3: I mentioned in my five takeaways after the game, that

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Speaker 3: I should say, to bounce back from some of those

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Speaker 3: there's still a lot that you know, Stetson has to learn,

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Speaker 3: and not every game will be you know again like

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Speaker 3: are still some things that clearly he has to work on,

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Speaker 3: fans will have to understand going in, especially with him,

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Speaker 2: Now fans and understanding okay, that's fun. No, I mean

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Speaker 4: The growing pains, and the pains aren't his. When you

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Speaker 4: turn the ball over, it's offensive line know that have

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Speaker 4: to go cover. That's the painful part. So I thought

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Speaker 4: it was clear early. I mean, he's got some juice,

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Speaker 4: he's not the starter yet. But eventually, say November December,

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Speaker 4: when he actually learns the program and he gets to

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Speaker 4: watch Matt Stafford, he could become a guy that you

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Speaker 4: the preseason watching him play, clearly it's not too big

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Speaker 4: a guy that understands his mistakes and learns from his mistakes.

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Speaker 4: That to me tells me he could be a great backup.

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Speaker 1: We all expect there to be a third arm out

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Speaker 1: on the practice field if there isn't already by way

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Speaker 1: the practice squad. And we also know we've been saying

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Speaker 1: it all summer that Matthew Stafford's been excellent and the

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three Rams are predicated on keeping him upright

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Speaker 1: and keeping him active. Oh yeah, absolutely, the whole game changes.

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Speaker 1: And this isn't unique to the Rams. If you lose

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Speaker 1: your starting quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's no matter who's the guy, that's the guy.

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Speaker 4: He is the number one asset. You got to keep

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Speaker 4: a pretty good chance to win that football game, no

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they're buying the same size underwear, no doubt there

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Speaker 1: No one likes this decision, right, Like, this is not

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Speaker 4: I'm with you, And just one more word for me

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Speaker 4: Then get better and find another team. That's just the

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Speaker 1: First round receiver, first round corner to go with last

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Speaker 1: And there have been times this offseason where I've been

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Speaker 4: That depends on what happens with San fran and the

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Speaker 4: right now, I mean, now that Kyler Murray is still

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Speaker 4: in this division. So what are we talking about it?

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Speaker 4: What do we start talking about edge rushing? I mean,

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Speaker 4: that's the best way to control those guys. So you know,

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Speaker 4: I still think you said the emergence of Gino Smith.

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Speaker 4: It's like the re emergence of Gino Smith, the rebirth.

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Speaker 4: The guys played well, and Pete Carroll seems to be ageless,

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Speaker 4: I'm trying to figure out who's was more annoying to me,

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Speaker 1: I saw at as press conference this week he was

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Speaker 1: been reading? And you just said, simply defenses. His first

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Speaker 1: book or his first chapter of this season will be

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Speaker 1: for last year's Week eighteen game in Seattle. I'm not

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Speaker 1: with an upset victory. So let's go back to the

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Speaker 1: Cooper Cup in the lineup, Aaron Donald in the middle

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Speaker 1: of the defense, and see what happens.

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Speaker 4: And line them up and let's see what happens. Absolutely,

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Speaker 4: I mean, look, it's Seattle. Is always scary because it's Seattle.

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Speaker 4: But the Rams can compete. Obviously, they can compete with

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Speaker 4: nine ers right now until we figure out what happens

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Speaker 4: on your p's and q's, they can get after you.

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Speaker 4: And we haven't talked about the elephant in the room

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Speaker 4: special teams, which is what they do so well and

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Speaker 4: what we're figuring out what we're going to do right now.

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Speaker 2: To that point.

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Speaker 1: Should we go out on the grass and take a

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Speaker 1: look at the first fifty three Los Angeles Rams. Let's

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Speaker 1: go practice today as a group for Stu DeMarco.

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