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Speaker 1: Okay. Instant reaction on the Rams hammering the Minnesota Vikings, Well,
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold had a chance at some point to be
Speaker 1: a fifty million dollars quarterback, and he'll probably now get
Speaker 1: closer to a Baker Mayfield contract, which will be in
Speaker 1: the thirty millions. I might kind of take away the
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks is I think Minnesota is going
Speaker 1: to move off Donald and go with JJ McCarthy and
Speaker 1: back up with Daniel Jones. I think it was I
Speaker 1: think for the most of the season that you couldn't
Speaker 1: do that. I think you you know, I think all
Speaker 1: of us watched through the course of the season and
Speaker 1: thought you can't let Sam go. But this is the
Speaker 1: way the league works. I mean, coaches get fired because
Speaker 1: of bad back to back games at the end of
Speaker 1: the season. And I think it's that simple. I just
Speaker 1: think the last couple of weeks you could see the
Speaker 1: frustration Kevin O'Connell. And by the way, tonight was mentor
Speaker 1: Hersus student McVeigh against Kevin O'Connell. I mean McVeigh with
Speaker 1: extra prep time, they looked really good. But I think
Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell's frustration on the sideline, he's, you know, very
Speaker 1: authentic and when he's angry and his frustration with Sam
Speaker 1: Donald and listen, I like Bo Nicks, I like Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: I like Justin Herbert. They all played poor football. They
Speaker 1: all fell behind early in the first half, and they're
Speaker 1: trying to make plays and you know, last game of
Speaker 1: the year, you're trying to make plays. And frankly, the
Speaker 1: Rams defense has gotten so much better. I mean, the
Speaker 1: Rams are really an interesting story. They have not missed
Speaker 1: on their defensive draft picks. They've missed them some offensive
Speaker 1: draft picks two two at well, second round receiver never
Speaker 1: been as good as they thought. Logan Brus kind of
Speaker 1: a miss interior O. Ligneman, second or third round guy.
Speaker 1: They don't miss on defense. Jared Verse is incredible. That's
Speaker 1: a ten time pro bowler. I mean there are his
Speaker 1: speed and power for his size. He was chasing down
Speaker 1: Darnold at the end of the game and you're like,
Speaker 1: get two hundred and sixty pound guy, shouldn't run like that.
Speaker 1: He is a bull had a touchdown on that fumble
Speaker 1: recovery in the first half of the game. I think
Speaker 1: when you look at the Rams, they had eight sacks
Speaker 1: in the first month of the season. They had eight
Speaker 1: sacks tonight and Greg Cosell said last Thursday on the
Speaker 1: show and I asked him, I said, I'm kind of
Speaker 1: go either way in that game, and he stopped me
Speaker 1: and he said, the Rams defensive line, if you look
Speaker 1: at the film, is going to be a major problem
Speaker 1: for the Vikings and it will decide the game. And
Speaker 1: that's why I picked the Rams. I said that with
Speaker 1: Chad Bilman on Sharper Square. Greg co Sell he does
Speaker 1: as a HANDFLT times during the year he feels so
Speaker 1: strongly about something and he just said, DRAMs d line
Speaker 1: will decide the game and they just haven't missed. Kobe Turner,
Speaker 1: Jared Verse Young from a couple of years ago, Braden
Speaker 1: Fisk Florida State. I mean they just all those guys
Speaker 1: can play, and their back end is more mid round guys,
Speaker 1: but really well coached. You get nothing free over the top.
Speaker 1: They're a combination of a young, athletic, twitchy team getting
Speaker 1: better every five to six weeks. You lock up and
Speaker 1: you think, Okay, this team is better than they were,
Speaker 1: you know, in September and October, and they're gonna give
Speaker 1: Philadelphia a real game. Now Philadelphia played so poorly. I
Speaker 1: think they'll be really focused. But this Rams d line,
Speaker 1: it won't be muted by Philadelphia's on line. I mean
Speaker 1: they'll they'll pressure. They'll pressure Jalen Hurts to some degree.
Speaker 1: And Hurts hasn't played, you know, from concussion on. We'll
Speaker 1: see what we get. Generally, when quarterbacks get concussions, they
Speaker 1: can be fuzzy for a couple of weeks. I think
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts will play much better football against the Rams
Speaker 1: than he did this past week against Green Bay. And
Speaker 1: I like Philadelphia in that game. I thought the Rams
Speaker 1: for about three quarters played perfect football tonight. But you know,
Speaker 1: going back to Sam Darnold, I think Donald And this
Speaker 1: is what's great about the NFL is that you know,
Speaker 1: after Buffalo lost the Rams, I'm like, oh boy, Buffalo
Speaker 1: is not good enough defensively, and then they go on
Speaker 1: a run. And as I've often said with kids, the
Speaker 1: days are long, the years fly by. The NFL week
Speaker 1: to week, you don't know exactly what you're getting. But
Speaker 1: over the course of a year, great coaches with great
Speaker 1: quarterbacks win a lot. So if you look at the AFC,
Speaker 1: it's Mahomes and Andy Reid has left, John Harbon, Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott and Josh Allen and Demiko Ryans and CJ. Stroud.
Speaker 1: You look over in the other and you know what
Speaker 1: a shock is. Stafford and McVeigh once again are ready
Speaker 1: to go. You've got the great Detroit staff and Jared Goff.
Speaker 1: So this stuff over the course of time, when Stafford
Speaker 1: is healthy and people aren't getting to him, I mean,
Speaker 1: when's the last time. I mean he hasn't felt pressure
Speaker 1: in a month. So the Rams are really good on
Speaker 1: both lines. They just couldn't stay healthy for the first
Speaker 1: eight weeks. But right now now Puka got banged up
Speaker 1: to night, so Kyron Williams. If those guys come back,
Speaker 1: they'll be at full strength against Philadelphia. I think they've
Speaker 1: got a shot again. The McVeigh and Stafford equation, they've
Speaker 1: got a shot. But it looked like tonight when they
Speaker 1: jumped out to that leads it felt like Andy Reid
Speaker 1: off a buy, and I don't think there's any I
Speaker 1: think Andy Reid and McVeigh are the best play designers
Speaker 1: in the league. And I think McVeigh is conn It's
Speaker 1: like the opposite of the Pittsburgh Steelers. McVeigh is constantly
Speaker 1: updating and adapting and evolving his schemes, his sets. You
Speaker 1: just don't know what you're getting with him. I thought
Speaker 1: he got a little predictable about three to four years ago,
Speaker 1: and he probably thought that too, and now you're never
Speaker 1: quite sure what you're getting. The Rams are a really
Speaker 1: good team, and I thought Minnesota had an amazing year.
Speaker 1: But listen, we all kind of thought they were a
Speaker 1: third or fourth place team. And the truth eventually comes out.
Speaker 1: The truth came out with the Broncos. They got into
Speaker 1: the playoffs, but they were a year ahead of schedule.
Speaker 1: The truth came out with the Chargers. What a great story.
Speaker 1: They're not a great team. They need more offensive playmakers.
Speaker 1: So the truth comes out the longer and the longer
Speaker 1: any business exists. You know, it's like good football teams.
Speaker 1: There's always been a theory if you have a better
Speaker 1: football team, you want more plays. So you just you know,
Speaker 1: Ohio State earlier this year, I was I think it
Speaker 1: was Urban Meyer talked about this. They weren't They weren't
Speaker 1: playing very fast, and considering how good they were, they
Speaker 1: weren't producing a lot of plays in the game. Now,
Speaker 1: if you watch Ohio State play, they're playing more up
Speaker 1: tempo and faster, and that's what Ohio They shouldn't want
Speaker 1: to play like they have the best players, and so
Speaker 1: you slow the game down when you're trying to kill
Speaker 1: the clock or eat clock and you don't feel you
Speaker 1: have good personnel. I'm looking at the Rams right now,
Speaker 1: and I don't think they're as good as Detroit or
Speaker 1: Philadelphia or Buffalo in terms of overall talent. But I
Speaker 1: don't think the gaps. I don't think the GAP's that big. Now.
Speaker 1: They need everybody healthy, So Kien Williams has to play.
Speaker 1: They're not terribly great. Blake korm hasn't done anything this
Speaker 1: year as a rookie. Ronnie Rivers, Fresno State running back
Speaker 1: is a number three guy. If Kien Williams is not available,
Speaker 1: it's not quite. The offense isn't as punchy. But you know,
Speaker 1: I was looking around at some numbers. Let me just
Speaker 1: look real quick. I was talking about Donald. Every Donald
Speaker 1: early sack everyone early. He held onto the ball for
Speaker 1: at least three point two seconds. And again, Joe Burrow
Speaker 1: does that a little bit. Joe Burrow was looking for
Speaker 1: big play. He'll hold the ball just a little longer.
Speaker 1: The difference is Burrow is a more accurate thrower than Donald. Donald.
Speaker 1: The ball can sail. He's not quite as naturally accurate.
Speaker 1: But a lot of these quarterbacks, Andrew Luck did that,
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow does it, Donald does it. You know, Big
Speaker 1: Ban at times did that. They hold the ball a
Speaker 1: little longer because they want the big play. Sam loves
Speaker 1: to throw the ball down the field. He'd prefer not
Speaker 1: the dink and dunk. He's always been almost to a fault.
Speaker 1: He wants to throw it deep. But the thing with Donald,
Speaker 1: he was a great student all year. He just bombed
Speaker 1: the final. It doesn't mean he's a n F student.
Speaker 1: He's a B student, he's not an A student. And
Speaker 1: there's only about seven of those in the league, or six.
Speaker 1: But I think the teams that were exposed this weekend,
Speaker 1: Minnesota got beat up, Denver got beat up, Chargers got
Speaker 1: beat up, Packers got beat up. Are any of you surprised?
Speaker 1: I mean, really, it's we went into this weekend. We're
Speaker 1: like Buffalo, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Rams was going either way. But
Speaker 1: after cole Sell said what he told you and me,
Speaker 1: I like the Rams. But I don't think it was
Speaker 1: a terribly surprising weekend. I think eventually you get exposed
Speaker 1: in this league at this level. And playoff football is different,
Speaker 1: you know, it's such a It's just it's the same
Speaker 1: thing in playoff baseball. It's the same thing in playoff basketball.
Speaker 1: Is that it is hard pro athletes. It's hard to
Speaker 1: fake it. You know, you're playing Carolina, it's week seven.
Speaker 1: It's hard. Sometimes people have lives and wives and kids
Speaker 1: and they're banged up and to get complete attention and urgency.
Speaker 1: And the NFL keeps expanding the schedule. You get into
Speaker 1: these playoff games and those coaches those games are often standalone.
Speaker 1: The entire league is watching it. There's a real vanity.
Speaker 1: Like Sean McVay put on a coaching clinic tonight. That
Speaker 1: was a flex. That first half was an absolute flex
Speaker 1: by Sean McVay mentor teaching student. So fun weekend. The
Speaker 1: big dogs advance. Now you know there's at least four
Speaker 1: new playoff teams every year, four new playoff teams. So
Speaker 1: I've been pretty good. I've been pretty lucky at predicting
Speaker 1: the four new playoff teams. Teams to keep your eye
Speaker 1: out for. And remember what I said Washington. You guys
Speaker 1: all you were very critical, very hurtful. I'm gonna tell you,
Speaker 1: if they have a good draft and they have the
Speaker 1: most cap room, keep your eye on New England. You
Speaker 1: think I'm crazy. You thought I was nuts for the Washington.
Speaker 1: You thought I was nuts to the Rams before Mike Frable,
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniel. If they go by a T. Higgins hit
Speaker 1: on another running back, shore up the old line, keep
Speaker 1: your eye on New England. That's my surprise team next year,
Speaker 1: and not just because I like Mike Vrabel. So we
Speaker 1: headed too. The next weekend of games, I'll tell you,
Speaker 1: starting with Notre Dame on Thursday, over Penn State until
Speaker 1: tonight Rams kind of hammering the Vikings. That was about
Speaker 1: as good to five day stretch of football as I remember.
Speaker 1: The games weren't all great, but and I hope you
Speaker 1: know this. I'm so grateful for what I do and
Speaker 1: so thankful for this I get to sit and watch
Speaker 1: football and then shoot the you know what on this thing.
Speaker 1: I want to talk if I could, about Dion Sanders
Speaker 1: to the Dallas Cowboys. So I got a text tonight
Speaker 1: from Jordan Schultz and he reported Cowboys owner Jerry Jones
Speaker 1: has spoken with Deon Sanders regarding the possible job, and
Speaker 1: there is some mutual interest here. Coach Prime is considered
Speaker 1: a top candidate, though the Cowboys plan to interview other candidates.
Speaker 1: I thought it was very interesting talking to Matt Moseley
Speaker 1: today on my show. And Matt's been covering the Cowboys forever.
Speaker 1: Whenever you see a Cowboy press conference after a game,
Speaker 1: Matt's the one with the dark sunglasses. Very very funny guy.
Speaker 1: Baylor guy, funny guy, really like him. Does the Doomsday
Speaker 1: podcast with edwarder Boy also like and you know, he
Speaker 1: said something today, He's not going to hire some young
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. What really bothered Jerry. This year was empty
Speaker 1: seats and the apathy around the Cowboys, and that really
Speaker 1: bothered Jerry Jones. And that's why Dion. You know, first,
Speaker 1: I think that's not going to happen. Deon Sanders is
Speaker 1: going to sell tickets. Is he the best candidate? I
Speaker 1: don't know. I mean we were all surprised how well
Speaker 1: they did at Colorado. Colorado was like a bottom three
Speaker 1: college football program when he arrived. He was getting like
Speaker 1: five star athletes. So so I think I think Deon
Speaker 1: Sanders could build a good staff. But this is Jerry.
Speaker 1: I mean, let's let's be honest. Name another coach. But
Speaker 1: in fact, I don't think there's another coach you could
Speaker 1: hire that would create more buzz than Dion Sanders. I
Speaker 1: don't think Belichick would create that buzz. We've seen Belichick.
Speaker 1: We saw the last several years, grumpy Bill Belichick. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't. I mean, it would be interesting. I think
Speaker 1: Dion Sanders would be sort of a revelation and people
Speaker 1: there'd be a lot of mystery. Mystery fascinates people. That's
Speaker 1: why conspiracy theorists on podcasts. I mean, one of the
Speaker 1: things that really gets attention for people with small audiences
Speaker 1: in you know, the podcasting space is a conspiracy theory.
Speaker 1: People are interested. It's it's the mystery, it's the unknown,
Speaker 1: and that's why magic's so popular and we all know
Speaker 1: it's fake. But it's like, oh, how did you do that?
Speaker 1: And I think Dion Sanders has a how will he do? Quality?
Speaker 1: I mean, Mike Rable's gonna win in New England, right
Speaker 1: like Harball was going to win with the Chargers. I
Speaker 1: mean that's Andy Reid, Kansas City, a lot of Dan Quinn,
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury. They were going to do just fine in Washington.
Speaker 1: I don't know how Diane would do as a pro coach.
Speaker 1: I don't know. He's a better football coach in college
Speaker 1: than I would have guessed. There's not that many former
Speaker 1: star players that make good coaches. You need patience, you
Speaker 1: got to be a grinder, and a lot of star
Speaker 1: players are just naturally gifted. You know. It's like, how
Speaker 1: many all time great baseball players are great baseball managers.
Speaker 1: I mean, Doc Rivers was a pretty good player. A
Speaker 1: good player wasn't a great player. So I mean Jason
Speaker 1: Kidd has been successful, that's Jerry West, but Jerry West
Speaker 1: didn't like coaching. He liked gmming the late Jerry West.
Speaker 1: So I think Dean would be fascinating. And I think
Speaker 1: when Matt Moseley said that today that the apathy around
Speaker 1: the Cowboys really got Jerry's attention. And there's a sameness
Speaker 1: to Mike McCarthy. He's a very good coach. He's not fascinating,
Speaker 1: he's not captivating. He didn't have a vibe. He's not cool,
Speaker 1: he's not alpha. Mike McCarthy's just a nice guy, good
Speaker 1: football coach. So I think McCarthy's going to go and
Speaker 1: light it up. If he goes to Chicago, I think
Speaker 1: he'll do really well. Or with the Steelers or with
Speaker 1: the Jets. Bears is where I think it fits best.
Speaker 1: I think Dion to the Cowboys. Listen, I'm in the
Speaker 1: interesting business. Wouldn't you watch? You know? My take on
Speaker 1: Dallas is I just Troy Aikman said this on ESPN today.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a great job. I think New England.
Speaker 1: I think the Charger's job with Herbert was a great job.
Speaker 1: Had your left tackle had a couple of good pass rushers,
Speaker 1: had Derwin James had a good draft pick like that
Speaker 1: was a good job. I think I think New England's
Speaker 1: a pretty good job. The roster's not very good. You
Speaker 1: got Drake May and Robert Krafts. He has stability and
Speaker 1: ownership and the quarterback of the future. I don't think Dallas.
Speaker 1: I think you just have to navigate around an outrageous
Speaker 1: contract to a quarterback who got worse after his first
Speaker 1: injury and now he's recovering from a second. So I
Speaker 1: don't think it's a great job. You know, Deon would
Speaker 1: make it, however, a captivating and that's what we're all
Speaker 1: here for. The volume