1 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: Everybody, Welcome to the Wednesday, December twenty sixth edition of 2 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: Between the Horns. Miles Simmons here with DeMarco far is 3 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: about ten am Pacific time. We are here in the 4 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: City of Angels We are actually in the ESPN LA Studios. 5 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: Not bad, huh yeah, yeah, pretty cool. Can you believe 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: they let me in here? Of course you should have 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: been here a long time ago. I told you we're 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: gonna take this show on the road. Yeah, We're gonna 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: be at a sports bar someday. I would love that 10 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: doing Between the Horns. That would be awesome. Honestly, it's 11 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: a great idea for pre draft. Good all all beers 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: on Miles, Yes, let's let's let's have somebody do that. 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: But we are now here. The Rams are twelve and three, 14 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: first time to twelve wins in a long time, and 15 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: they did that after beating the Arizona Cardinals thirty one 16 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: to nine on Sunday. Throttled beat the daylights out of 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: as ended their misery. I mean, how do you? I mean, look, 18 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: that's a bad Arizona Cardinals team. You know that. Yes, 19 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: it was the exact right opponent for the Rams. In 20 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: my opinion, it was a get right game. If there 21 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 1: ever was a get right game, that was it. Yes, 22 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: it's because the Cardinals, as you said, they're bad, they're reeling. 23 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: They could make wholesale changes after one year of having 24 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: that coaching staff, and I think that would be fair 25 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: if you go back to how they looked the first 26 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: time the Rams matched up here in La. Yeah, were 27 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: like the offensive game plan wasn't even close to being 28 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: anywhere reasonable to beating anybody. Oh yeah, starting from that 29 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: point to what you just saw, absolutely, I wouldn't be 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: shocked at all if they cleaned out. Well, look, they 31 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: have since fired Mike McCoy, they promoted Byron Left, which 32 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 1: they got rid of Sam Brad for it. Now Josh 33 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: Rosen is in there, and you can just tell really 34 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: their best offensive play was Josh Rosen running for his life. Yeah, right, Absolutely, 35 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: he's he's gonna be a problem. He's pretty good. I 36 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: like it. I think he's quite good, and I think 37 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: that he throws a good ball. I think that once 38 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: he gets somebody that can help him, help him make 39 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: the decisions and scheme things that are going to actually 40 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: beat teams, then yeah, you're gonna see him take steps 41 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 1: forward as a pro. Same kind of thing people said 42 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: about Jared Goff after that twenty sixteen season. No doubt, 43 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: if he could take the beating, take the punishment, it's 44 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: only gonna make him better. I like the Larry Fitzgerald 45 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: the fitness thing, fitness thing they did the Twelve Days 46 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: of Christmas when they did all his best plays because 47 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: clearly they were setting up for the retirement. Yes, this 48 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 1: might be the last time they see him in a 49 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: Cardinals uniform at home. How about the brand synergy of 50 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: them playing that in stadium and then Larry Fitzgerald throwing 51 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: the touchdown past That's the only thing. The only highlight 52 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: he didn't have was Fits throwing a touchdown passing on 53 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 1: the very next play he did it. Yeah, that was incredible. 54 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: That was pretty cool. That was really really cool. But 55 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: I mean that was, like you said, that was pretty 56 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: much their day. I mean they had to trick the 57 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: Rams to beat him, yes, and they had to do 58 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: that with that particular play. They did it with the 59 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: fake punt. The only time that the Cardinals could really 60 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: get anything going against the Rams was when they were like, 61 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna we're gonna do something special, right, 62 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: and that's kind have been the theme kind of lately, 63 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: at least since the bye week. You know, you had 64 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: two weeks in a row where offensive linemen are catching 65 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: passes and that's how teams are scoring against you. And 66 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: so I feel like at this point the defense is 67 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: getting a little bit more sound. You have the RAMS 68 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: offense that needed the tune up, that got that, and 69 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: at this point you're in pretty good shape heading into 70 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: the San Francisco week, so that you can then get 71 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: in an even better shape once you win that, you 72 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: clinch the bye and then you're really moving onto the posts. Yeah, 73 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: you get to work on fundamentals. You get to work 74 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: on stopping the run defensively, you get to work on 75 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: your coverage. Your responsibilities drop into the right area where 76 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: you're not facing say, one of the elite quarterbacks in 77 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: the National Football League, where any little mistake can cost 78 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: you big either a first down or a touchdown. So 79 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: it's a little bit easier to play defense against these 80 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: football teams. But this will only help you. I love 81 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: good sparring partners. I love scrimmage games before you have 82 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: to get into something serious. Really, I mean, that's and 83 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: that's what that was like on game day. It was 84 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: like a glorified scrimmage. I mean, they couldn't beat you 85 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: if you'll let them. And that's why. I mean you 86 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: had both teams putting in reserves, and way through the 87 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. Absolutely, that long drive that the Rams had 88 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: went ninety five yards in four plays because you get 89 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: the CJ. Anderson long run up the middle and then 90 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: you get the long pass from golf to woods. It 91 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: goes thirty nine yards a couple plays later and boom, 92 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: you're in the end zone. And that was the last 93 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: play basically for the first team Rams offense, right, and 94 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: it should have been. I mean good. We talked a 95 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: lot about and I watched. You were out there with 96 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: me watching Todd Gurley worm up. Yeah, you could probably 97 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: tell he wasn't going to play. Well, actually I was, 98 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: so I was in the press box. You were in 99 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: the press box for that, okay, I was down on 100 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: the field watch and then you could probably tell he's 101 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: not going to go I was looking at it through binoculars. 102 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: And it was the thing that I think said the 103 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 1: most about it was how they all huddled up. Yeah, 104 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: after he was done, and they were huddled talking for 105 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: a very long time and so from my spot where 106 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: I was looking at it through my binoculars whatever, I 107 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: couldn't quite tell what the conversation was. But at that point, 108 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: when you're having that long of a discussion and you 109 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: don't see a thumbs up or like a high handshake anything, 110 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: then you're starting to think, Ah, I don't know, I 111 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: got nothing from him. He looked like the same guy, 112 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: warming up, like right, like he was ready to go. 113 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: But I mean you could probably tell him. I mean, 114 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: he's got a little hitch in the gutta up when 115 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: he was walking. When he was walking. Now, if you could, 116 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: you'd rest him. Thank god you can. Thank god you 117 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: have the ability to rest a guy like Todd Gurley 118 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: going into the postseason. Hopefully you can rest him again 119 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: going into this week against the forty nine ers. Yes, yeah, 120 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: needs it. I still think you can beat them without 121 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: Todd Gurley. You would like to think that you'd be 122 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: able to. And part of the reason that you were 123 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: able to was C. J. Anderson and the huge game 124 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: that he had bowling ball. Oh my god. The first 125 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: thing I thought when I saw him was, wow, you 126 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: look like a little cannonball, a little bowling ball. And 127 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: he turned out to be a rolling ball of butcher knives. 128 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: He was tough to bring down. Yeah, he was hard 129 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: to bring down. I mean that's exactly what you want. 130 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: You just use the Sam Rogers nickname on CJ. And 131 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: yes he is. I mean, oh my goodness. I felt 132 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: so bad for the Cardinals safeties. I mean because look, 133 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: there were gaping holes up front. There were, and he 134 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,559 Speaker 1: was punishing them every single time he went down the field. 135 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: You have every single time every carry, you don't see bathet. 136 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: I mean, in all pro safety, you don't see him 137 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: missing tackles a lot. No. And I mean, look, I 138 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: don't want to get into a guy as helmet, but 139 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: it seemed like they turned it down a few times, 140 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: like I am sick of hitting this guy. If you're 141 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: not going to stop him up front, then I'm not 142 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: going to stop him back here. Well, I think that 143 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: might have happened on that forty six yard and run, 144 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: ye know what I mean? Yeah, And it was it 145 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: was the second half. It's early in the fourth quarter. 146 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: You're already down a lot. Offense is listless. You know, 147 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: you're probably at that point you're human, right circumstances you 148 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: start thinking about them in your in your head. Yea. 149 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: Not as a former player. Absolutely yes. Look at the 150 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: end of the year of a bad season on a 151 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: bad football team, especially on defense, and they keep running 152 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: the ball at you. If this guy keeps breaking loose 153 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: into the second level, well obviously you're not giving it 154 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: up for me. So why should I do the same? Really, 155 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: especially this guy. Look, he's off the street, he's trying 156 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: to make a name for himself. He's got the opportunity 157 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: of a lifetime. You just joined the playoff team and 158 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna give you carries. He is running hell bent 159 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: for leather. If you're not gonna help me up front, 160 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna help you in the back end. He 161 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: ended up getting twenty carries, one hundred and sixty seven 162 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: yards one touchdown. That is extremely impressive to me. Yeah, 163 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: I just I don't think it's something that you could 164 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: have ever expected from c. J. Anderson. And I thought 165 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: that the Rams would start c. J. Anderson, They'd give 166 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: him some carries, but I figured that he would be 167 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: sort of a bit player in the overall. Okay, this 168 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: is what the Rams are doing in this game. You know, 169 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: I thought that it would be Jared Goff has to 170 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: pass his way out of his struggles, right, and then 171 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: that is how you would win. I think that happened 172 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: though too. I think that happened, but as a benefit 173 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: of the run game, because I was not surprised that 174 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: Sean mcvath. I think his first couple of calls were 175 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: run calls. He ran the football against Arizona. Well, that's 176 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: exactly what you should do against them. Yes, they they 177 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: can't stop the run. The one thing they do well 178 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: on defense is get after the passer, right, So if 179 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: I can run to soften them up, then so be it. 180 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: I mean, who knew that, You know you'd have a C. J. 181 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: Anderson ripping off long runs per carry? Who knew that 182 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: was gonna happen? But I'm glad you started the game 183 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: running the football well, right, And I think that what 184 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 1: did the average on the ground? He averaged eight point 185 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: four yards per carry? I would have said half that 186 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: going into the game, and that would have been great, Yeah, 187 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: would have Yeah. I mean that speaks to how good 188 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: of a running back he is, how well the offensive 189 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: line blocked on, how bad Arizona is stopping the run? Well? Right, 190 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: I mean again, he had the forty six yard run 191 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: that was his longest run of the day was also 192 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: his last run of the day. But then you also 193 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: had that twenty seven yard run that's set up a 194 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,599 Speaker 1: touchdown earlier on in the game, So it's not And 195 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: in most of those carries he was ripping off for 196 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: decent yardage, so it's not like it was just this 197 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: boom one run and that's it, you know what I'm saying. 198 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: Like you you take away the forty six yard run, 199 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: and that's still nineteen carries for over one hundred yards. 200 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 1: That's still a butt whooping. That's still absolutely especially from 201 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: a guy that just came up the street. See what 202 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: we need to do is watch this on video, so 203 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 1: we could time his first ten yards on that long run, Yeah, 204 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: and then time the last ten and see when that 205 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: gorilla jumped on his back. Yeah. You know what also 206 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: was funny about the run game, just as the fact 207 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: that they got John Kelly integrated, and I think John 208 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: Kelly made a huge step ball this week. Look like 209 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: a different guy, completely different different guy, I think, you 210 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: know what. I'd have to ask him this for sure, 211 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: and I don't because I don't want to like to 212 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 1: speak for guys, but it seemed to me like that 213 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 1: was the Philly game was a wake up call. Well, 214 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: I tried to give him a pass to anyone that 215 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: would listen. Remember that is a Super Bowl Championship defense. 216 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: I know that he's facing and he's coming in to 217 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: be the guy after Todd goes out. That's that's a 218 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 1: tough ask of anybody to shrew me self ask. And 219 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: he's very green, Yeah, very very green. So that's what 220 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: you're dealing with as somebody who's a sixth round pick. 221 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: But to go back in the lab and credit Skip 222 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: Pete running backs coach, for this as well, you know, 223 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: getting him ready to be the guy who could go 224 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: out there, get ten carries for forty yards, catch a 225 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: nine yard reception on a checkdown from Jared Goff where 226 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: he gets really close to that first down marker. These 227 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: are the things that you want out of him if 228 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 1: he's going to be that second running back and that's 229 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: going to be out, Oh no doubt. It's kind of funny. 230 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:20,959 Speaker 1: How are we going too a week worrying about running 231 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: backs and then you come out of the week saying 232 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: you might have too many? Well, I don't think you 233 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: can when Todd comes back right, Well, but that's good. Yeah, 234 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: it's very good. I mean, if you can show up 235 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: that position, and we saw what we wanted to see 236 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: out of Jared Goff right, a more confidence, a cold 237 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: budded assassin, the guy we were used to in October. 238 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: You know, we saw that coupled with a run game, right, 239 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: and that I think is the biggest thing. When you 240 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: have the run game going, you will allow Jared Goff 241 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: to be Jared Goff because then he's going to have 242 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: time in The protection is going to be better, no doubt, 243 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: because the one game is going and you can't just 244 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: key in on different things. And I like when he scrambles, man, 245 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: when he doesn't give the defense a breath. You know, 246 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: at some point point they're gonna have you all sewed up, 247 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: either by front and coverage. We're gonna take away this route, 248 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna take it this away. We're only gonna give 249 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: you this. At some point, the quarterback's gonna be standing 250 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: back there with no one to throw too. And then 251 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: what do you do with the football. Well, Jared in 252 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: a blink will advance the ball down the field. It 253 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: just takes all your energy away, right when you got 254 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: it all sewed up and he's still moving the football. 255 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: And he did that. He had a five yard rush, 256 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: and then he also had a read option touchdown. Yeah, 257 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: I thought was funny because a all right, like you 258 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: get you did do fantasy? People tweet you. Hell no, 259 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: they know better. I wish they knew better with me, 260 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: don't don't know. Don't ask me anything about fantasy at all. 261 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna digress here for a second because I got 262 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 1: annoyed a little bit last again, I know nothing. Can 263 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: we tell the story you want to tell? The story 264 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: was this way back? This isn't sixteen twenty sixteen. We 265 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: were in this little It was like a cabana. Yeah, 266 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: a kickoff event, right, a pregame seven ESPN kickoff. No, 267 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if it was seventeen. I think it was. 268 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: I think it was seven ten. I don't. I don't 269 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 1: want to say it was. It was. It was a 270 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: seven ten events. And what were we were sitting there 271 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: eating talking about football? Yes, we were sitting there eating, 272 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: talking about football. So the ten am Pacific games were 273 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: already on. Yes, it was Patriots Brown. We were enjoying barbecue. 274 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: I remember this vividly. Go ahead, me too. And so 275 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: then somebody got hurt. I don't remember who. If it was, 276 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: it was a tight end for the Bears, I believe, No, 277 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: it was Patriots Brown was it? Okay, go ahead, so 278 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: it might it was some tight end. Yeah, hurt. And 279 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: then the dude goes, oh my god, I can't believe 280 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: it got hurt. It's all my fantasy team's gonna ruin me. 281 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: You should have seen Myles's face. I was I was 282 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: like Miles, you went from zero to sixty and like 283 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: a second. Because I think people sometimes think of these 284 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 1: fantasy players as their own too much, I think the 285 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: term fantasy owners should be banned. You hate that, I 286 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: loathe loathed. What else would you call? What's a better 287 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: way to say it, then team captain something I don't 288 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,079 Speaker 1: mean captain. Okay, somebody if you have the X person 289 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: on your fantasy team, that's what I think it should be, okay, 290 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 1: because I don't think it should be fantasy owners. It's 291 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: it's gross. Do you see like a couple of years 292 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: ago ESPN. I don a yes, and it looked like 293 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: a slave. It was tone deaf, and it fell flat. 294 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: It was awful. Yes, that's why I have a problem 295 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: with that. Yes, whoever came up with that or green 296 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: let that should be fire. Maybe I'm going to insight, 297 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: No you're not. I'm with you my mentality of these things. 298 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: But okay, so I'm trying to bring this back to 299 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: this week. He went from zero to one hundred. He 300 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: let the guy have it. It was great. I mean, 301 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: none of Miles and I have always been friends, but 302 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: we went to a whole new level. None of that. 303 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: Like I had to step in between the two. You know, 304 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: I'm being that serious and I'm with you. Look, I 305 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: hate when people they like it like players and guys 306 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: have families and they get hurt and they're banged up. 307 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: It's rough. It's it's not just fantasy. These guys are 308 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: putting everything on the line, every single snack exactly. Yeah, 309 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: and it doesn't matter about your fantasy football team exactly. 310 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: And that's the problem anyway ahead. So yes, so that's 311 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: from my job standpoint, and you know, getting to know 312 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: these players as individuals and not just you know, just 313 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: names that appear on my television every week. That that's 314 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: the sensitivity I have to it. But I also get 315 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: a little bit sensitive. And maybe I shouldn't say sensitive, 316 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: but I guess I am a little sensitive, but so 317 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: this over the course of the week, you don't know 318 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: if Todd Gurley's gonna play or not. Right, Yes, so 319 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: stay signed c J. Anderson. I go out and when 320 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: I'm at practice, the little bits of things that we 321 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: can see, you see CJ. Anderson, you know, taking different 322 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: snaps whatever. And I, knowing what I know about this team, 323 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: I said, I think that c. J. Anderson will be 324 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: the first running back up on Sunday. And I start 325 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: getting all these barrages of tweets John Kelly's gonna play. 326 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: It's not gonna be Cj' I'm saying, like even the 327 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: fantasy people names you know, are quote tweeting my tweets 328 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: and saying when Todd Gurley's not playing, like you should 329 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: pick up John Kelly da da da da da. And 330 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't know you should do that. They 331 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: ever seen that man with a cup gift where he's like, yes, yeah, 332 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: that's me right again with these people, I got you. 333 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: So I even get one person literally telling me I like, 334 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: I was like, I think it's gonna be c. J. 335 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: Andersons probably gonna be first running back up because I 336 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: just don't think you know what you're talking about Oh 337 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: my god, oh wow. So a lot of the line. 338 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: C J. Anderson carried the ball twenty times for one 339 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty seven guards and that is my victory 340 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: lab on between the horn. Well, you don't need a 341 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: victory lap. You don't need a victory lab. I get it. 342 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: I don't look. That's what the money is for. That's 343 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: what I get paid to do. That's why I know 344 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: these things. But I do know what I'm talking. If 345 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: he says it, I would If Miles says it, I 346 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: would trust it. He's around the team more than anybody. 347 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: I mean, all this missing his pads. If you ask 348 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: me for me, yeah, and that would be funny. I 349 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: would like you know, do you have video of you 350 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: playing football? Yes? I think there is videotape off you 351 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: playing football. I want to see you play football. By 352 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: the way, you said you were an offensive guard, right, 353 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: interesting this I got to see what happened. I was 354 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: an offensive guard. Where were you going at your phone for? 355 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: How dare you look at your phone between during between 356 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: the horse? Somebody sent me a text and I thought, 357 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: I don't care. What are you Adam Schefter? Now, No, 358 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: you're looking at your phone during the show. It was 359 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: somebody that I was disrespectful. Somebody sent me something that 360 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: I thought it might be important. What was it? Share 361 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: it with the world, Go ahead and share it with us. 362 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: Go ahead, No, I'm not. You would be Robin Williams 363 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: with the best Thank you, Julio. He said, you'd be 364 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: Robin Williams on the best of times. You've never seen 365 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: the movie. I've never seen You've never seen the movie. Kidding, 366 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: I've never seen him. He hasn't seen anything. Yeah, I know, 367 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: he hasn't seen a movie, not one movie ever. Let's 368 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: move on. No, okay, go ahead, all right, But so 369 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: as we record this, Gurley is still considered day to day. Yeah, 370 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: and so that's what we know. And you know, I 371 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: think it probably would behoove the RAMS to rest Todd 372 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: Gurley another week if there's any question about his health. 373 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: If they're smart, they would now Todd Gurley is going 374 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: to be He's the guy that wants to play. He 375 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: won't play last week. I know, I know that. And 376 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: when we were talking to him in his press conference 377 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 1: last week, he was pretty adamant and like, I want 378 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 1: to be out there. He's telling you know, Gary Klein 379 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: at the LA Times. We got a game to win, brother, 380 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, And if I can help this team 381 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 1: win and we can get this first round by I 382 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: want to be able to do that. And I think 383 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: that's still going to be his mentality. But at the 384 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: same time, especially now that you know what you've got 385 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: with C. J. Anderson, he can go out He to 386 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 1: me is the perfect replacement for Malcolm Brown because he 387 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: does basically the exact same stuff that Malcolm Brown does 388 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 1: in a manner. You know that John Kelly can go 389 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: out there and be trusted be a capable backup. Yes, yes, 390 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: I think the Rams may rest Todd Gurley again, I 391 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: hope so. You know, if I were running the team, 392 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,239 Speaker 1: I would give him like misinformation, like I tell him 393 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: the wrong meeting times. I tell him we're meeting down 394 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 1: at a hotel in downtown Los Angeles and lock him 395 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: in the suite or something. I know he wants to play, 396 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: I really do. I mean, but I think the best 397 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: thing for him and the football team is to rest. Probably. 398 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: I mean, I think you've done an off and I 399 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: think the team is good enough to get through it 400 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 1: without you. And if you're worried about you know, being 401 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: the guy. Look, I want to be out there with 402 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: my guys. I think your guys would say the same thing. Todd, 403 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: rest right. We can handle this without you. We need 404 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: you healthy for a stretch run. What's interesting is that 405 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: you know when you're looking at the way the rams 406 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: blocked up front. I was talking to Roger Saffold about this, 407 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: and he was saying that, you know, if Todd probably 408 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: wanted to go, but we upfront want to make sure 409 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: that when he's right, he's right, and so that means 410 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: it puts on the offensive line. Okay, now that we've 411 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: got CJ. Anderson in there, we've got to make sure 412 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 1: that this running back can come in and read the 413 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: lanes easily. And so that in turn will probably make 414 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: Todd feel better about saying, Okay, you know what, if 415 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,959 Speaker 1: I have to rest, then we're good, no doubt. And 416 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: don't be jealous that someone else is dancing with your dates. Great. 417 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: CJ is here for a reason. He's here to spell you. 418 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: He's here to take carry so you can get healthy. 419 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: There is no competition. We know this, No, I'm sure. People, 420 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: because there's nothing else to write about or talk about, 421 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: you can make like a running back controversy because he 422 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: had such a great game against Arizona. Look what I 423 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: saw upfront against Arizona. I call it a Baskin Robbins block. 424 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: You know what I mean by that double scoop. That 425 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: means the guard and the tackle got up to the 426 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: second level. I mean that's just bad defense, is what 427 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: I'm saying. Great blocking up front, so gaping holes up fronts. 428 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: I think you can do the same thing this week 429 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: versus the forty nine ers. As long as you handle Buckner. Yeah, 430 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: he's the only problem you have defensively, right, He's the 431 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: only guy that can wreck your day. Right, And that's 432 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: the thing, as long as they are sharing things up 433 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 1: inside and you're not getting pressure up the a gaps, 434 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: you know. And they didn't really do much of it. 435 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: They didn't really have much of that last week against Arizona. 436 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: I thought that C. J. Anderson did a really nice 437 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,880 Speaker 1: job of stepping in and sometimes, you know, Jared Goff 438 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 1: would move him really basically up to the line of 439 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: scrimmage because it was clear what the Cardinals were doing. 440 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: I thought that was funny, right, Yeah, It's like Cesar 441 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: just go there. Yeah, it's just blockdown, no more deception 442 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: and we're not going to have any more breakdowns and 443 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 1: pass cover or pass protection. Yes, line up right here 444 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: and block that guy. Yes, yeah, exactly, that's how you 445 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: do it. Yeah. And it worked out very well. I 446 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 1: mean the only will play it did not work out 447 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: was on that first drive where he comes around the corner. 448 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: C J. Anderson runs into Rob Havenstein and then boom, yeah, 449 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: sacks chairs. That's called the Nolan Ryan block. Nolan Ryan, 450 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: no hitter. That's funny. Yes, I like that, thank you. 451 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 1: But what I think C. J. Anderson does is just 452 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,959 Speaker 1: he made he He's like a security blanket. Yeah. And 453 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: that's not necessarily what you think of with the ring back, 454 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: but he is that secured. No. I mean, look, he paces. 455 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: A good running back paces the offense and it keeps 456 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: the defense off balance and honest. You can't load up 457 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 1: against the past because they can run the ball at you. 458 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: So as long as you can keep them honest and balance, 459 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: the offense can stay balanced. And you have to use 460 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: a Sean McVay quote, you have a the full compliment 461 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: of the offense. You can run just about anything against 462 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 1: them because they are balanced, right exactly. One thing that 463 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 1: I actually two things that I thought were very interesting 464 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: about this last game. The Rams use kind of some 465 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 1: tendency breakers. So you know, everybody talks about needing a 466 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: balanced attack on offense. You want to be balanced, and 467 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: balance is what makes play action work, and I disagree 468 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 1: with that. But in this particular game, the Rams were 469 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: so run heavy with even without Todd Gurley, which was 470 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: I mean, you had control of the game, so that's 471 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: part of it. But they ended up running forty one 472 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: times for two hundred and sixty nine yards, right, So 473 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: you really you a cute take. You can take two 474 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: kneel downs out of that from Sean Mannon and you 475 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: get thirty nine carries two hundred and seventy one yards, 476 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: So that would have been a season high for MS. 477 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: You haul worthy of the defense. So, but you were 478 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: getting it from not just CJ. Anderson, not just John Kelly, 479 00:21:55,480 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: but Brandon Cooks, right, Robert Woods, Gerald Everett. You're getting 480 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: these jets sweeps from all kinds of different people, and 481 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: so the Rams hadn't necessarily used that as much going 482 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: east and west against certain defenses in the last couple weeks. 483 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: I think some of that is matchup based, but when 484 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: you do get it. It makes defenses have more things 485 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: to worry. Absolutely, if you're getting pounded up the gut. 486 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's gonna make any edge guy, any outside linebacker, 487 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: defensive end, outside linebacker, a guy that's standing there. It's 488 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 1: gonna make you collapse to the middle a little bit 489 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: more and worry about it the fastest. Would it loses 490 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: up the middle, right, Yes, So when you start controlling 491 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 1: the middle, it opens up the edges. No surprise. You 492 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: have a running back that's running, that's ripping off eight 493 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: yards per carry up the middle, your edges are gonna 494 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: be a little bit shorter for end a rounds. Yes, 495 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: it's easier to run those plays. A little bit different 496 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 1: in Chicago. Go back to that game to where they 497 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: dominated the middle. There is no edge to get around 498 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: the edge. Guys worry about the edges, So you can't 499 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: run end rounds against that same thing with Philadelphia. A 500 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: little bit different versus Arizona. You control the middle, it 501 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: opens up the edge exactly, And so I think the 502 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: Rams are probably going to do a little bit more 503 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: of that this week. Especially looking at that San Francisco 504 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: defense in the game that they played against Chicago, it 505 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: was interesting how Chicago was going east and west a 506 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 1: little bit, and they were sort of able to move 507 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: the ball down the field in that way. But the 508 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: other thing that I thought was really interesting about this 509 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: last matchup with Arizona from the Rams offense was twelve personnel. Yeah, 510 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: and so like I geek out over these personnel groupings, right, 511 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: So the Rams are almost exclusively eleven personnel all seasons. 512 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 1: So eleven personnel, one running back, one tight end, three 513 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,639 Speaker 1: wide receivers. And you know, in the perfect world when 514 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: the Rams were starting the year, that was Cooper Cup, 515 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks, Robert Woods. So when they start using this 516 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: twelve personnel, that's one running back, two tight ends, and 517 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: so you're getting Gerald Everett more involved. You've got Tyler 518 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: Higbee on the field there at the same time, and 519 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: then your two wide outs are Brandon Cooks and Robert Woods. 520 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: And the Rams just had not done that all year long. 521 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 1: And I thought that they were able to run it 522 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: and run it very effectively against the Arizona car. I 523 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: thought those two tight ends showed up big. Definitely Higby 524 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: two in the passing game, I think he's been absolutely dynamic. 525 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: You know, out of those even eleven or twelve personnel. 526 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,879 Speaker 1: Twelve personnel was always the worst defense for me as 527 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: a defensive defensive lineman. Why because it's completely balanced. I 528 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: don't know where the ball is going until the ball 529 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: is snapped. Yeah, and eleven you kind of have an 530 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 1: inkland of where it's going. There's a tight end. They 531 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: probably were in week were in strong. It's easier to 532 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: play against that in the run game. But versus twelve, 533 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 1: I mean you are really flat footed as a defensive lineman. 534 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,719 Speaker 1: One of the interesting things too about this offense and 535 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: going into twelve is that it's something that they probably 536 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: were planning on doing, at least at the start of 537 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 1: the season. I remember Sean McVay talking about this a 538 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: little bit, just in that Gerald Everett got hurt. So 539 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: he was hurt. He had a shoulder injury during training 540 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: camp and in OTAs and stuff. They have been practicing 541 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: twelve and doing all kinds of things with the two 542 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: tight ends and Gerald Everett going into a second year. 543 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: You gotta remember this is a second round draft. This 544 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: is a guy that this organization really is counting on. 545 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: He was their first pick, yes, to be a centerpiece 546 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: of this offense. I think going forward, so he was 547 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 1: going to be that gets hurt in training camp, and 548 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: then that sets him back a little bit. And that 549 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: also makes the Rams decide, Okay, we've got these three 550 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: great wide receivers. We can just put them on the 551 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: field all at the same time, Cooper Cup gets hurt, 552 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,880 Speaker 1: and I think that kind of changes things a little bit. 553 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not trying to denigrate Josh Reynolds at all, 554 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: because Josh Reynolds was still on the field for the 555 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: majority of snaps in that game. He plays well. But 556 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: when you have now this twelve personnel and it can 557 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: be more balanced, maybe you can protect a little bit 558 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: better up front. If you want to max protect and 559 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 1: you want to send just two guys out on routes, 560 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 1: maybe you also run block a little bit better too, 561 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: because you've got bigger guys on the inside and C. J. 562 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,199 Speaker 1: Anderson's four yard touchdown run. Gerald Everett's coming across and 563 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 1: he's getting that peel block, so that Anderson has that 564 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: clean running lane. Absolutely, look big tight ends athletic tight 565 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 1: ends are a problem. I mean, especially in the past game. 566 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: I think we can see that. But when you do 567 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: run it, they are bigger guys. They can get position 568 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 1: on defensive ends outside linebackers and at least cut those 569 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: guys off so they can become big problems. They are 570 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: the broad sword of the offense right down the middle 571 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: of the field if you focus too much on stopping receivers, 572 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: and the Rams have two good ones on the outside, 573 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: if you focus too much attention on them safety wise, 574 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: well guess who's gonna eat you up in the middle 575 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: those tight ends, right, And that's what's been happening. You 576 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: show Cooks too much respect or too much attention, you 577 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: try to cover up Robert Woods with two guys, you're 578 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,239 Speaker 1: gonna leave yourself single up with one of those tight ends, 579 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: and they're gonna make you pay exactly. And that's what's 580 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 1: been happening, at least with Gerald Everett. And you know, 581 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: you can go back to that Kansas City game where 582 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: he goes down the field makes the forty yard catch 583 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: and that's what wins the game for the Rams. But 584 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: in this game, I thought it was just so fun 585 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: to see that tight end jet sweep. Yes, who's running that? 586 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 1: Not only Yeah, Travis Kelsey's not even really running tight 587 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: end jet sweeps. Not often. He runs those little shuttle 588 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 1: pass plays on the goal line. Yes, yeah, but I 589 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: mean you don't really see a full out jet sweep 590 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: by a tight end, right, Yeah. I mean most of 591 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: the time you want those guys to run it because 592 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: they can't run. But this guy can. He is and 593 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: he can turn north and south in a heartbeat. Well 594 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: what you've said this before, Gerald Everett really is one 595 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: of the best catching carry guys that the Rams have. Yeah, 596 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: once he gets it and puts it away, that's a 597 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: big dude. That's Christian Nakoye. Come and ahead you you 598 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 1: know what I mean, and not just run you over. 599 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 1: He can jump over. He's you know, he's a dynamic 600 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: gun and I think we're just scratching the surface with him. 601 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: I agree. Yeah, maybe maybe he'll be the breakout guy 602 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 1: in the postseason. If he is, then that's really good new. Yeah. 603 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: I mean you're controlling a lot if you're controlling it 604 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: with your tight ends exactly. And so he becomes kind 605 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: of the checkdown option, especially without Todd Gurley in there. 606 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: And you know what, if he can sit in the zone, 607 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: catch it and get up the field. He's so dynamic 608 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: with the shiftiness in the way that he moves, it's 609 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,719 Speaker 1: just it spells good news. I like everything about him 610 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 1: except for his hair. Really, what's going on with the hair. 611 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 1: It's orange, right, It's like it's like blonde. It's not blonde. 612 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: It's like it is a tent. It's like copper almost. 613 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 1: I would call him he's got copper hair. Yeah, he 614 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: wants to be a redhead. Maybe Okay, he and Higbeet 615 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: didn't Higbee have something? But he did have the like 616 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: Guy Fieri. Yeah, okay, maybe it's a tight end thing. 617 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. I did ask Higby about his hair. 618 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 1: What did he say? He wasn't that he lost a bet. 619 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: It was almost that he won a bet. He won 620 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: the bet. I think so this is him winning the bet. 621 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 1: I believe so. So what would have happened had he 622 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: liked don't know, bald? Maybe? Okay? And John Johnson the 623 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 1: Safety had blue hair at one point blue hair? He 624 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: had green? What was what the blue? What's going on here? Green? 625 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: Was about the earth? Or his hair was a money tree? 626 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: I think he was quoting a song when he told me, 627 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. Has he gone Kyrie Irving? The world 628 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: is flat? No? No, no, no, he's not. Okay, he 629 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: hasn't gone completely overboard. Hey man with the Boston College. 630 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: Come on, now, what does that mean? It's good school? 631 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: Is he grounded or is he nuts? Because he went 632 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: the Boston College? He's grounded? The impression he has green hair? Man, 633 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: How can you say he's grounded because it's just the 634 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: way John Johnson is. Okay, that's grounded. Okay, I think 635 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: so his hair is black. Now it's back to normal. Yeah, okay, 636 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,719 Speaker 1: it's funny ground I don't care what color his hair is. 637 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: He's playing great football he is. Yeah. Would you say 638 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: he is the biggest Pro Bowl snub from the ring 639 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: on this team besides Robert Woods being a fifth alternate? 640 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: Probably did Roger Staffold make any other Roger is an alternate? 641 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: I want to say he's either a first alternate or 642 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: a second alternate. I can't remember all the time, Wife, 643 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: I don't know that plithe did. Okay, then yes I would. 644 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: I would say he's probably the biggest snub because he's 645 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: been great run end pass. I mean he makes great 646 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: plays against the run, great plays in the passing game. Um, 647 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: maybe not enough wow plays to turn enough heads, you know, 648 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: league wide, but definitely among the NFC West and the 649 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: teams that he's played, he should have gotten their vote. 650 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: That's that's how well he's played this year. Yes, I 651 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: totally agree. I think one of the best things about 652 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: John Johnson is his versatility because he can come up 653 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: and he can play in the box, and he's done 654 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: that and he's done it very well. Yeah, but then 655 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 1: he can also drop back in space. Yeah. Yeah, I 656 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: mean I like the way the safeties are being used 657 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: because look, LaMarcus Joinner in high school was a linebacker. 658 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: He takes great angles to the football. So when he's 659 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: in the box, I mean, you actually have three linebackers 660 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: in there, right, you don't lose anything either run to 661 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: or away. The best thing, I think, the dumbest thing 662 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: any team does is when LaMarcus rolls down is to 663 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: run away from him. Really, now you're helping him because 664 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: you can just down, you might as well just run 665 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: at him. Yeah. But even with that, you have to 666 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 1: watch your p's and ques because he will come up 667 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: and hit you. Speaking of LaMarcus Joinner, he did leave 668 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: last week's game with an ankle injury. When we talked 669 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: to Sean McVay. Talk to Sean McVay earlier this week, 670 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: he said LaMarcus is going to be day to day, 671 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: So wow, that's it's good news in a way. Yeah. Yeah, 672 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: at least it's not something that will keep him out 673 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: long term, right, And there's always Blake Countess if LaMarcus 674 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 1: can't go or needs to rest. I mean, another guy 675 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: that can play at a starters level. I think that 676 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: Blake Countess is very talented. Yeah, and it was something 677 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 1: that we have necessarily seen yet because he just hasn't 678 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: had the opportunity. But I think if Blake Countess does 679 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: get in there, you're going to see something, no doubt, 680 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: surprising thing up coming from Sunday. The one surprising thing 681 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: was number one, seeing Pharaoh Cooper and another uniform that 682 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 1: was weird, that was weird, that was strange. And seeing 683 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: Jojoe Natson return kicks. Were you surprised by that? I was. 684 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: I thought Blake Countess would be your guy. Yeah, I 685 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: thought he. I like bigger guys as kickoff returners, but look, 686 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: if you have a specialist like Jojoe Natson, let him roll. 687 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: I agree. Look, I think that part of it was 688 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,239 Speaker 1: that you already have Blake Countiss doing what he's been 689 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: doing on special teams and he's doing it so well. 690 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: He's one of those special Teams aces. Yeah, that we've 691 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: seen kind of come through here, especially with Bones Fossil 692 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: a Special Teams coordinator, and right now in terms of 693 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: the special Teams aces, I'd say Bryce Hager's one of them. 694 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: Blake Countess is one of them. I mean in the 695 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 1: past you had guys like Cody Davis, Benny Cunningham. Yeah, 696 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: Darren Bates is another guy that comes to mind. You know, 697 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: those lists go on and on. But yeah, I thought 698 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: it was kind of interesting too that they decided to 699 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: have Natson return those kids. And if you're going to 700 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: be that one guy that only does one thing, you 701 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: better do it well. Yes, I think Phararell Cooper just 702 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: proved that, you know. I mean, look, if you're gonna 703 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: be a one trick pony, it'd better be a great trick. Yeah. 704 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: We actually really haven't gotten a chance to talk about 705 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: the fact that the Rams let go of Farrell Cooper. 706 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: If you didn't happen it happened like an hour or 707 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: two after we're done with our show. If you didn't 708 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: need a roster spot because the todd I don't think 709 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: it happens. I think Pharrell Cooper is still your return guy. Yeah, yeah, 710 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: I mean you needed a roster spot, so you find 711 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: the guy that's only doing one thing, and that happened 712 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: to be him. Yeah. And as when you have the 713 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 1: forty six like that, you you need that spot, right, 714 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: you know, especially because you were gonna have Justin Davis 715 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: up as well. So you need that roster spot on 716 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 1: your game day forty six. And so that's why it 717 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily come from somebody, come from somebody who was 718 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: not on the who was on the fifty three, but 719 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,479 Speaker 1: he wasn't played, no doubt. Sense. When I came up 720 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 1: as a rookie, as an undrafted rookie free agent, they 721 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: told me, the more you can do, yep. And I 722 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 1: told them I would hold for field goals if I 723 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: had to. So yeah, I can be on punt, I 724 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: can be on kick off, I can be on anything. 725 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: I can play defense. So the more useful you are, 726 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: the better chance you have to staying around when you 727 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: hit situations like this. Yes, yeah, exactly, all right, So 728 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: we've gone I think at least a half hour in 729 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: this PODCT are you timing us? Now? I have to 730 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: time us to Marco stop timing us man, thirty three minutes. 731 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: You're looking at your phone, you're looking at your watch. 732 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: Do you know who we have not talked about. Let 733 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: me guess the record setter, Aaron Donald. Yeah, yeah, I mean, 734 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: what more can we say about him? I don't know. 735 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,480 Speaker 1: I played back any show. Listen, Yeah, when when the 736 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: guy sets records? Though? Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what you 737 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: really have to just respect in the priest and look, 738 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 1: I chase that record where anybody that's put his hand 739 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: down in the interior has chased Keith Mullard, whether they 740 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: want to admit it or not. And I swear, after 741 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: the best season of my life, I thought that record 742 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 1: was unreachable. Eighteen sacks from a defensive tackle spot, Yeah, 743 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 1: is impossible until I saw Aaron Donald play football. And 744 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: I keep telling people this. I remember, I think it 745 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: was Booger McFarlane right before that Monday Night game right 746 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:10,359 Speaker 1: talked about talked about Aaron and said that the best 747 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 1: way to stop him or to control him is to 748 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: run the ball at him. And I'm like, I don't know, man, 749 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I respect Booger. 750 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: I mean, we we've we spilled the same blood in 751 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,319 Speaker 1: the same mud. I mean, we we played, we were contemporaries. 752 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't know, dude, I mean to be honest, 753 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: he might be the best thing I've ever seen play 754 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: that position. Yeah, and no one wants to believe it 755 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 1: until you see it live. Now that he's sitting on 756 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,359 Speaker 1: nineteen and a half sacks, I think you might want 757 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: to believe it. He is that good. Oh, he's absolutely that. 758 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:41,799 Speaker 1: None of them have come easy, none of them have 759 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 1: been gimme sacks. They've all been earned. Listen. The one 760 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,719 Speaker 1: that might be might be a gimme sack was the 761 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,880 Speaker 1: last one that he had in this game against the 762 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,919 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinal. When he touched it was still a beat. 763 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 1: If he's still one upfront. The first sack was ridiculous. 764 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: He ran right by the guy. I know, how in 765 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: the hell does Aaron Donald get how does he get 766 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,439 Speaker 1: Scott free into the backfield? In late December, you all 767 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 1: should be fired. He's the first guy you talked about. 768 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: He is. He's the first guy you talked about when 769 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,920 Speaker 1: when you drew the Rams this week when they're your 770 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: upcoming opponent. I'm sure ninety nine was the first guy 771 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 1: they talked about Yeah, how in the hell did he 772 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:27,440 Speaker 1: get in there so fast? They ran a game? Crazy? No, 773 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 1: that was the second one, this was the first. This 774 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: was the first sack. Oh my god. Really you might 775 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 1: want to double him all the time, people, and he 776 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:40,280 Speaker 1: still beats the double teams, right, but he definitely beats 777 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 1: a single block. Yes, yeah, against Joe Bag of Donuts? 778 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 1: Are you crazy? Are you insane? Nineteen and a half sacks, 779 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:51,879 Speaker 1: twenty four tackles for lost, thirty eight quarterback hits. Leaves 780 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,399 Speaker 1: the league in sacks and quarterbacks ridiculous production. And it's 781 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 1: only getting better. Yeah, it's only getting better. And so 782 00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: I love doing this too. But you gotta remember Aaron Donald, 783 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:05,240 Speaker 1: one defensive Player of the Year last year with eleven sacks, 784 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: fifteen tackles for loss and twenty seven quarterback hits. Well, 785 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,439 Speaker 1: you can give it to him again. You can give 786 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,680 Speaker 1: that to him again, and no stuff, Charlotte. And I 787 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 1: wonder where the hell he's going to finish in the 788 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: MVP race. He may not win it, but where does 789 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 1: he finish? Listen? I think so a, I think it's 790 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,839 Speaker 1: possible that he gets four sacks this week, and ye 791 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: strayhand more more, why I don't. I mean I haven't 792 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: blocked him yet. Okay, and especially as this group I 793 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: know because San Francisco is the group that let him 794 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 1: get four sacks earlier this year. Yeah, so yes, it 795 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,920 Speaker 1: is certainly possible that he gets that. And there were 796 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,400 Speaker 1: a couple of him more chances for Aaron Donald to 797 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: get sacks in that San Francisco game, tighter coverage. He 798 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:51,360 Speaker 1: probably has a half dozen. That's how close he is 799 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,160 Speaker 1: on every single pass play. Yeah. Now here's the thing 800 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,360 Speaker 1: I remember Strayhand going into that that last week versus 801 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,640 Speaker 1: Green Bay. Everyone on defense was Rayhan, was in on him, 802 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: was in on him getting the record. So imagine that, Hey, look, 803 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,400 Speaker 1: Aaron you have zero responsibility this week. We'll cover you. 804 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 1: Regardless of what call comes in off the bench, we 805 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,760 Speaker 1: will cover you. You go get it. So Aaron Donald 806 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:21,879 Speaker 1: playing pass on every single downy right, every single down 807 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,239 Speaker 1: is a pass. Do you think they will scheme? I mean, 808 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,520 Speaker 1: not that they don't already, but like this will be 809 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 1: a game where it's like, hey, we want you to 810 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,799 Speaker 1: get this. Well, there's there's only so much you can 811 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,880 Speaker 1: do to stop a tackle. That's the problem with a 812 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,319 Speaker 1: guy that's so good from that spot. You can only 813 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,800 Speaker 1: send two at a time, and it's going to be 814 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,439 Speaker 1: a center guard some sort of combination. If you send 815 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,000 Speaker 1: more than that, if you send the back up the 816 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:47,319 Speaker 1: gut to help, well, you're shortening yourself. You're you're leaving 817 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: yourself open for blitzes. Yes, you can't do that and 818 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 1: expect to have a healthy quarterback, you know, for four 819 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,919 Speaker 1: straight quarters. So there's only so much the Niners can do. Now, 820 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,320 Speaker 1: this is him playing a discipline game where he's actually 821 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,040 Speaker 1: playing the run. Imagine just the guy that's going out 822 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 1: trying to stat stuff. I'm just going out to play 823 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:08,480 Speaker 1: pass every single down. Oh my gosh. Yeah, half dozen 824 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: is not out of the Roman possibility. Well, listen, I 825 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 1: think he was doing that in the toward the end 826 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,760 Speaker 1: of last week's game where they started putting in the reserves, 827 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,359 Speaker 1: you know for the Rams defense, and he's still out there. 828 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: I'm like, and I even asked him about this after 829 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 1: the game. I was like, you're trying to get that record, yeah, 830 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,280 Speaker 1: and he's like I was playing. He was like smiling. 831 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 1: I'm like, bro, Like I called him out. It was like, dude, 832 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,719 Speaker 1: you're smiling. I understand what it is here. Yeah, you 833 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,279 Speaker 1: don't want to say it's fine. He's got a lot 834 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 1: of respect for the people he plays against. That's what 835 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,520 Speaker 1: I do love about him. Yes, and that's why he looked. 836 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,719 Speaker 1: The work ethic from Aaron Donald is legendary. We know this. 837 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 1: I mean I can go back to twenty fifteen talking 838 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,520 Speaker 1: to Mike Tomlin on a conference call when the Rams 839 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,960 Speaker 1: are playing Pittsburgh. Must have been week three back then, right, 840 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,759 Speaker 1: no doubt, And so he says to us, you know 841 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,400 Speaker 1: that Aaron Donald was at the workout facility that the 842 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh share, and he'd see 843 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,319 Speaker 1: his car there, you know, six seven am whatever it 844 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:06,280 Speaker 1: was early in the morning when players are really off, 845 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 1: you know, they're they're doing whatever they need to do. 846 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald just finished his rookie year. This is early February, 847 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,040 Speaker 1: maybe or even before the Super Bowl, and Mike Tomlin 848 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 1: is still seeing Aaron Donald's car at that facility. That 849 00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:18,000 Speaker 1: are no surprise, man. I mean, look, we used to 850 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 1: give Tom Brady, or we still give Tom Brady a 851 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:21,719 Speaker 1: lot of credit. We used to give Peyton Manning and 852 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:23,319 Speaker 1: all the credit in the world for being that guy 853 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 1: for knowing everything. Well, I mean you can do that 854 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,440 Speaker 1: from any position if you happen to be a defensive tackle. 855 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 1: That's that dominant That also studies. You have seasons like this, 856 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:38,160 Speaker 1: you have runs like this that that don't that won't 857 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,919 Speaker 1: slow down exactly. This is just the beginning of this run. Yeah, 858 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,160 Speaker 1: are you looking at Julio again? Both of you guys 859 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,040 Speaker 1: are looking at your watch. Man, There is no instruction 860 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,759 Speaker 1: on between the horns. There there is when we have it. 861 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 1: What do you want to do? What? What am I missing? 862 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,640 Speaker 1: You're not missing anything. You got me talking about Aaron Donald. 863 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,320 Speaker 1: I'm all fired up, and you're looking at your watch again? What? Okay? 864 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,640 Speaker 1: First of all, like my watch is blowing up. I 865 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 1: think people are sending me calendar invites from We're scheduling 866 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:06,719 Speaker 1: meetings and all kinds of things. Oh okay. Second of all, 867 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,120 Speaker 1: well we're gonna I wanted trying to bring it to 868 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 1: the next topic. Go ahead. You're just you're being very 869 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,840 Speaker 1: hostile right now. You keep looking at your watch. I'm sorry, 870 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:19,920 Speaker 1: I disrespectful. It is not It is disrespectful. I'm talking 871 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,279 Speaker 1: to you, I'm listening to you. You're not. How can 872 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,080 Speaker 1: you listen and read at the same time, Because I'm 873 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,640 Speaker 1: a really good multi stop it anyway, go ahead? All right, 874 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,279 Speaker 1: So if you look at this playoff picture, yes, and 875 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,120 Speaker 1: the part of it is complete. And so because of that, 876 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,320 Speaker 1: we now know the Rams opponents and the schedule for 877 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,920 Speaker 1: next season, at least in terms of where the Rams 878 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: have to go. Oh for next year? Yeah, correct, next okay? 879 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,920 Speaker 1: Him in postseason? You mean next regular? I mean next regular? Okay, 880 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,600 Speaker 1: go ahead. In terms of just the travel, like and 881 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,840 Speaker 1: it's actually pretty wild, like this year, I guess we 882 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:54,759 Speaker 1: got kind of lucky because you know, you're playing the 883 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,879 Speaker 1: AFC West, you know you're playing the NFC North. There's 884 00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:59,839 Speaker 1: only so far that you have to go. What's next? 885 00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:02,840 Speaker 1: Looked like, all right, you're playing the NFC South for 886 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,440 Speaker 1: your division division. So you're going to Atlanta in Carolina, right, 887 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,320 Speaker 1: because those the two that came to the colise in 888 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,800 Speaker 1: right back in the first year in sixteen. This feels 889 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,439 Speaker 1: like the old NFC West, right, Yeah. So then you've 890 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 1: got the AFC North going to Pittsburgh my hometown of Cleveland. 891 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:21,560 Speaker 1: Oh fun, yeah, that could be Baker Mayfield, nice boy. 892 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,480 Speaker 1: And then you also have Dallas next year because they 893 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,719 Speaker 1: won the NFC East. So you'll do that, so then 894 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,520 Speaker 1: you also have your three division opponents. But then also 895 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,359 Speaker 1: you're going to be going internationally. London and Mexico will 896 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,640 Speaker 1: find that out at some point then also Hawaiian the preseason. Wow. 897 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,600 Speaker 1: So this is it's a lot of travel. But I 898 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,600 Speaker 1: just thought it was interesting because it's something that we 899 00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:46,360 Speaker 1: now know about that it cracks me up. Like bands, 900 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,360 Speaker 1: bands that hit it big, right, and then they're booked 901 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,759 Speaker 1: all over the world, and then they complain, I'm tired 902 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,279 Speaker 1: of the travel. Wait a minute, this is what you 903 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,400 Speaker 1: dreamed about, you know what I mean. This is the 904 00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,360 Speaker 1: way it's supposed to be. Look, if you want to 905 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,359 Speaker 1: be great, if you want to be a transcendent team, 906 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,279 Speaker 1: you have to go to Pittsburgh and win. Oh yeah, 907 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:04,680 Speaker 1: you do. You have to go there. You have to 908 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,040 Speaker 1: do it in front of their fans. That's a tough 909 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,640 Speaker 1: place to play, right. You have to do it internationally. 910 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,680 Speaker 1: The Rams have done that, at least under the Sean 911 00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:14,319 Speaker 1: mcveigher this this team has traveled very well under Sean 912 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:18,480 Speaker 1: pay and aside from the two games after the bye, yeah, 913 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,520 Speaker 1: I think, and it's here. I like the fact that 914 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 1: you have to go see Cam Yeah, you have to 915 00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:24,760 Speaker 1: go to his house and try to win there. I mean, look, 916 00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:27,960 Speaker 1: this is what you want, and good teams travel, it 917 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,239 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. I mean you you're not just good at home, 918 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,399 Speaker 1: you're good everywhere. And this team historically has been good 919 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,680 Speaker 1: on the road anyway. Yes, yeah, so it does not 920 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,480 Speaker 1: matter where they play as long as they play their 921 00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,040 Speaker 1: a game, absolutely all right. So aside from that, I 922 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,400 Speaker 1: do want to talk a little bit more about the 923 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,520 Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine ers, because this is another game 924 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:48,080 Speaker 1: where you're playing a division rival, you're trying to go 925 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,799 Speaker 1: undefeated in the division. I'm actually talked about this on 926 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:55,360 Speaker 1: RAMS All Access. But if when you corrected me in 927 00:42:55,680 --> 00:43:03,439 Speaker 1: the Kittles sounds better. In the thirty two team era, yes, 928 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,840 Speaker 1: of the NFL. Yes, So realignment happened back in O 929 00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:09,600 Speaker 1: two when the Texans came into the league. Right, So 930 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,440 Speaker 1: since that time, there have been four teams that have 931 00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:15,440 Speaker 1: gone perfect through the division in the NFC West Seattle 932 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,360 Speaker 1: forty nine Ers, Arizona obviously. Yeah yeah, okay, but though 933 00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:21,279 Speaker 1: the three teams, three of the four teams that have 934 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,000 Speaker 1: done it have gone to the Super Bowl. Wow wow, 935 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,760 Speaker 1: So that like right, that's part of what's at stake 936 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,279 Speaker 1: this week, you can you can go undefeated in the 937 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,839 Speaker 1: division for only the fifth time since realignment. That that's 938 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:36,319 Speaker 1: pretty cool. Doesn't that put more pressure on you? You know, 939 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,719 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, who cares about pressure. I 940 00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:40,879 Speaker 1: think they eat pressure for breakfast. But yeah, I mean, look, 941 00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,640 Speaker 1: winning the division is job number one. It is it's 942 00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:48,040 Speaker 1: job number one. And once any coach will tell you 943 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:50,279 Speaker 1: that your first goal is to win the division. If 944 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,000 Speaker 1: you can sweep the division, all the better. It just 945 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,360 Speaker 1: it sets them back and put and pushes you forward. 946 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,160 Speaker 1: So we'll see what that does in the postseason. But 947 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,720 Speaker 1: if you can somehow finish the NFC West off this Sunday, 948 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,120 Speaker 1: it just puts you that much farther ahead of everyone 949 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:12,680 Speaker 1: else in this division, even Seattle, who has resurrected themselves 950 00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,719 Speaker 1: and made themselves a playoff team, even though you swept them. 951 00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:19,160 Speaker 1: But it still puts you that much further ahead. Yes, 952 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,120 Speaker 1: and also it gives you a first round by yeah, 953 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:26,600 Speaker 1: which you need, you know I earned. Yes, yeah, that too. 954 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,560 Speaker 1: And it was funny Todd Gurley I think said it 955 00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:31,359 Speaker 1: last week. You know, we want we should have gotten 956 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:32,719 Speaker 1: the first round by a couple of weeks ago. But 957 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,440 Speaker 1: we messed it up any because they could have wrapped 958 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,600 Speaker 1: it up if they had just beaten Chicago back back 959 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:39,960 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, but they didn't, and then 960 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:42,680 Speaker 1: they lost to the Eagles. So now here's where you are, 961 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:44,880 Speaker 1: and you get this game, you do, you get the 962 00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,800 Speaker 1: first round by But I don't think San Francisco is 963 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,200 Speaker 1: going to be a pushover. I don't know. They have 964 00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:51,759 Speaker 1: a lot of pride and they have some weapons that 965 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:56,279 Speaker 1: can hurt you. George Kittle singular, Yes, yeah, I told you. 966 00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,799 Speaker 1: Like when you say kittles, it just reminds me of 967 00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:03,200 Speaker 1: kibbles and bits. So it's really isn't that dog food? 968 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:06,359 Speaker 1: That is dog food? Yeah? Okay, fair enough, it's like 969 00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,040 Speaker 1: the pot and the Kittle. I got you, okay. But 970 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:12,000 Speaker 1: he's a guy that can hurt you. Yes, he's a 971 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:13,839 Speaker 1: tight end that's gonna get his no matter what. Over 972 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:17,560 Speaker 1: twelve hundred receiving yards and four touchdowns, seventy eight catches 973 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:20,239 Speaker 1: or something like that, over a fifteen yard average, he 974 00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,879 Speaker 1: can hurt you. So I don't think there is necessarily 975 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,920 Speaker 1: a thing called stopping him. But if you're turning the 976 00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:30,760 Speaker 1: ball over and giving them more opportunities, that just opens 977 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:32,920 Speaker 1: him up a little bit more. He can make your 978 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:36,000 Speaker 1: day tough. Well. The thing about the Niners, though, they 979 00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:41,239 Speaker 1: have I believe seven turnover takeaways from defense. Yeah, and 980 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:45,360 Speaker 1: that would be the fewest sense like the merger. Yeah, 981 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,879 Speaker 1: they had a graphic on this Fox did during their 982 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,160 Speaker 1: game last week, and I was watching the television copy back. 983 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,799 Speaker 1: It's remarkable how much they have not taken the ball 984 00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:56,000 Speaker 1: away and you got to keep them there and they're 985 00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:57,879 Speaker 1: giving the ball away on the other side. I mean, 986 00:45:57,880 --> 00:45:59,560 Speaker 1: that's the reason they have the record they have, if 987 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,960 Speaker 1: you ask me. But I mean, anybody can get right 988 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,319 Speaker 1: on game day, you know, all of a sudden, it's 989 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:08,480 Speaker 1: it's the floodgates open and every loose ball they get 990 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:11,280 Speaker 1: to or if you're a little off target throwing the football, 991 00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:12,880 Speaker 1: they get their hands on it. Yes, you know what 992 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:15,360 Speaker 1: I mean. So, I mean, yeah, that could change on 993 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,799 Speaker 1: game day. But if you keep them doing what they've 994 00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:19,959 Speaker 1: done all season long, I think you can run away 995 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:21,520 Speaker 1: with this one, just like he did in Arizona. I 996 00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:24,200 Speaker 1: think so too. And again, like we what have we 997 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:27,200 Speaker 1: said that? Um Dick Formil always used to say, good 998 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,839 Speaker 1: teams keep losing. Teams losing keep losing teams losing, that's 999 00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:32,040 Speaker 1: what you need to do this weekend. Because look, the 1000 00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,919 Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine ers beat the Seattle Seaks couple 1001 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,359 Speaker 1: weeks ago. They gave the Bears all they could handle 1002 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,520 Speaker 1: last week, and I think maybe if Matt Brita and 1003 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:42,200 Speaker 1: Dante Pettis don't get hurt and I just might win 1004 00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:44,520 Speaker 1: this game. That game they had a shot at the 1005 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:48,200 Speaker 1: end if Nick Mullins just runs the ball on fourth 1006 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,839 Speaker 1: down and forty basically throwing it away. Oh my god. 1007 00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:53,640 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he threw it out of bounds and it 1008 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,640 Speaker 1: just I mean, it just it wasn't even close. Yeah, yeah, 1009 00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:58,239 Speaker 1: that's one he wants to have. Maybe he should turn 1010 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:03,520 Speaker 1: his headphones down. Oh that's funny. So that's a that 1011 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:05,960 Speaker 1: you can't tell. You tell the story, all right. I 1012 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,240 Speaker 1: can't believe that's even true. So we had our friend 1013 00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:11,400 Speaker 1: Nick Wagner. DeMarco and I are in the ESPN l 1014 00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,160 Speaker 1: A studio because we just did rams all Access. So 1015 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:16,920 Speaker 1: we had Nick Wagner on the program with us, and 1016 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:20,320 Speaker 1: what he was telling us is that Nick Mullins apparently 1017 00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:24,799 Speaker 1: used to go home and turn like just crowd noise 1018 00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,200 Speaker 1: up in his headphones all the way out and then 1019 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,919 Speaker 1: he would yell out play calls to simulate crowd noise 1020 00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:33,439 Speaker 1: in his head. What is that? Yeah, I just feel 1021 00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:36,319 Speaker 1: I haven't heard of that either, But I just feel 1022 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:41,080 Speaker 1: like you're busting your ear drums, right, No, right, I guess. 1023 00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:44,120 Speaker 1: I mean, maybe he needs the work, maybe it's working. 1024 00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:46,239 Speaker 1: I don't know. I just I've never heard of that. 1025 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:48,840 Speaker 1: It's a lunch pale guy kind of story. You know. 1026 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,359 Speaker 1: Good luck for him. I mean, well, is it any 1027 00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:54,200 Speaker 1: different than Aaron Donald training with knives? You know what, 1028 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:56,560 Speaker 1: you're taking it to the extreme, right, Maybe not. If 1029 00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:58,800 Speaker 1: it works for you, then so be it. Yeah, exactly. 1030 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,960 Speaker 1: Besides Pettis, who else scares you mean somebody on defense? Oh? Buck? Yeah? Buckeder. 1031 00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:06,120 Speaker 1: Twelve sacks, I mean, twelve sacks is like a great season, 1032 00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:09,040 Speaker 1: except you're in the same division as Aaron Donald. Yep. Yeah, 1033 00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:10,839 Speaker 1: he is a problem. He is a guy that can 1034 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,319 Speaker 1: beat you. He's going to win on game day. Yeah, 1035 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:16,000 Speaker 1: it's almost it's a certainty, that's how good he is. 1036 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:21,000 Speaker 1: And one hit could change your whole playoff, your postseason fortune. 1037 00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:23,799 Speaker 1: So you really have to make sure you keep him 1038 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,200 Speaker 1: in check. And the first time you saw him you 1039 00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:27,799 Speaker 1: did right, he was non existent, So I think there's 1040 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,400 Speaker 1: a great game plan in place for him. But you know, 1041 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:32,120 Speaker 1: when you look at what he did versus Chicago, what 1042 00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,799 Speaker 1: he's done all season long, you know, anytime he's single block, 1043 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,239 Speaker 1: just like Aaron Donald, he wins. Do you think that 1044 00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,719 Speaker 1: the Rams will approach this sort of like they did 1045 00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,280 Speaker 1: last week in terms of just control the ball, control 1046 00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:45,919 Speaker 1: the clock, you know, to swen the game a little bit. Yeah, 1047 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:47,879 Speaker 1: That's how I felt they approached it last week. That's 1048 00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:50,400 Speaker 1: how you took away Aaron in Chicago. That's how you 1049 00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:53,399 Speaker 1: kind of take you took him away versus Philadelphia. If 1050 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:57,160 Speaker 1: you run the football effectively, you keep the defense balanced. 1051 00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,640 Speaker 1: They just can't pin their ears back and go. So 1052 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:03,759 Speaker 1: if you keep DeForrest Buckner putting two hands on the 1053 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,080 Speaker 1: guy that's overtop, you stop him. If you have a 1054 00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,440 Speaker 1: situation to where he can just rip you or swim 1055 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,759 Speaker 1: you or do whatever, he's gonna win. That's why he 1056 00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,440 Speaker 1: was drafted where he's drafted. Right. He's a big, strong 1057 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,080 Speaker 1: guy that can just make plays. So as long as 1058 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:19,080 Speaker 1: you keep him worried about the run, keep him worried 1059 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:22,120 Speaker 1: about c J. Anderson. First, you can control him up, 1060 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:23,960 Speaker 1: up and down the line of scrimmage, right, And so 1061 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,080 Speaker 1: we will see if Todd Gurley plays in this game. 1062 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:29,759 Speaker 1: I don't know, after what CJ. Anderson did last week, 1063 00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,000 Speaker 1: I almost tend to think no at this point in 1064 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,640 Speaker 1: the week. Yeah, but you're still you are still playing 1065 00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:37,560 Speaker 1: for something, right, And you know, if Todd plays this week, 1066 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,000 Speaker 1: he does get the next week off and then you 1067 00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,560 Speaker 1: go into whoever you would play in that second round 1068 00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:47,200 Speaker 1: of the playoffs with another guy. But by that same token, 1069 00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,160 Speaker 1: if you keep him on the shelf this week, that 1070 00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:53,480 Speaker 1: would give him literally, you know, three weeks basically to 1071 00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:56,560 Speaker 1: get himself right, yeah, and become a little bit more 1072 00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:59,400 Speaker 1: fresh for that postseason run. I had a great conversation 1073 00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:03,439 Speaker 1: before the Arizona game with Charles Johnson, who was doing 1074 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:07,080 Speaker 1: the game and oh yeah, Charles Davis, Charles David, excuse me, 1075 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:10,680 Speaker 1: and Curtis Conway. They were walking and we were discussing 1076 00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:14,400 Speaker 1: whether Todd was gonna play or not. And Curtis Conway 1077 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:17,200 Speaker 1: a friend of mine from way back, competing from high 1078 00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:21,560 Speaker 1: school through college to pro. We both agreed warming up 1079 00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:24,080 Speaker 1: is a lot different than playing. Yeah, because I can 1080 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:25,719 Speaker 1: run in a straight line and feel good, but when 1081 00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:27,040 Speaker 1: you have to get out there and react, it's a 1082 00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:29,600 Speaker 1: little bit different, you know what I mean. So no 1083 00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:31,600 Speaker 1: matter how you feel during warm ups, it's not going 1084 00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:33,840 Speaker 1: to be the same as when you're playing, for sure. Yeah. 1085 00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,359 Speaker 1: So if even if Todd feels good and you want 1086 00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,799 Speaker 1: to knock the rust off, so to speak, and just 1087 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,080 Speaker 1: sneak him in for a few carries, even that could 1088 00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:44,080 Speaker 1: hurt him, right, that could set him back a little bit. 1089 00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:46,160 Speaker 1: So that's the last thing you want to do. I'd 1090 00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:48,359 Speaker 1: rather err on the side of caution with him. I 1091 00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:51,000 Speaker 1: think you would too, just seeing the results from last week. 1092 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:53,200 Speaker 1: And it's not that I think that cg Anderson is 1093 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:54,800 Speaker 1: going to go out there and rip off one hundred 1094 00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,359 Speaker 1: and fifty plus again, Yeah, but I think that if 1095 00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:00,840 Speaker 1: you can just stay running the ball with him and 1096 00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:04,240 Speaker 1: he's still getting four or five yards carry falling forward, 1097 00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,759 Speaker 1: delivering the blow, that's what you want out of that guy. 1098 00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:10,399 Speaker 1: And I think that can allow you to keep Todd 1099 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,120 Speaker 1: Gurley on the bench for another way, as long as 1100 00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:15,239 Speaker 1: you're doing the job on defense, which I fully expect yep, 1101 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,359 Speaker 1: the Rams defense against their offense, and you can get 1102 00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:19,840 Speaker 1: off the field and get the ball back to Jared Goff. 1103 00:51:20,239 --> 00:51:22,960 Speaker 1: I think you'll see more and more runs with C. J. Anderson. 1104 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:24,840 Speaker 1: I think you'll see more and more of that to 1105 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:28,720 Speaker 1: control clock. It's almost I mean, it'll be the same results. 1106 00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:31,840 Speaker 1: I mean, probably another thirty plus point game for the offense, 1107 00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:35,120 Speaker 1: but different, Like you said, thirty eight rush attempts are 1108 00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:37,640 Speaker 1: forty one rush attempts a little bit different than what 1109 00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:39,319 Speaker 1: we're used to seeing out of the Rams, but the 1110 00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,680 Speaker 1: same result, yes, for sure. And you know what, I 1111 00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:45,280 Speaker 1: think the best thing would be to see Sean Mangan 1112 00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:46,920 Speaker 1: a get in the fourth quarter and not because of 1113 00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:48,920 Speaker 1: an injury, you know what I mean, Yeah, give him 1114 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,439 Speaker 1: some run. Why not? You know I liked it when 1115 00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,040 Speaker 1: Brian Allen got out there, Joseph Noteboom got out there. 1116 00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,400 Speaker 1: The entire offense was replaced, with the exception of a 1117 00:51:57,400 --> 00:52:00,800 Speaker 1: few guys. Love seeing that. Let's get that same position 1118 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,399 Speaker 1: this weekend, Yeah, exactly, And so then Sean mangan can 1119 00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:06,239 Speaker 1: take those two knees in victory formation and then hey 1120 00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:10,000 Speaker 1: the Rams will get by Yeah, home playoff game and 1121 00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:12,520 Speaker 1: that divisional round weekend. It'll be really fun. So when 1122 00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:15,040 Speaker 1: somebody like tweets you or ask you, what is your 1123 00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:19,879 Speaker 1: favorite play in football? You say victory formation, kneel down, 1124 00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,880 Speaker 1: That is your favorite play in football. It is the 1125 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,400 Speaker 1: favorite play in football. But I might say tight end 1126 00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:27,839 Speaker 1: jet sweep is a very close second. Okay enough as 1127 00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:30,280 Speaker 1: long as Jill ever it's running, fair enough. But everybody's 1128 00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,719 Speaker 1: favorite play is that held down and watch the clock 1129 00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:34,680 Speaker 1: go bye bye, no question. All right, everybody, thank you 1130 00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:36,960 Speaker 1: so much for tuning into this edition of Between the 1131 00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:39,480 Speaker 1: Horns for DeMarco far I'm Miles Simmons. We will see 1132 00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:43,600 Speaker 1: you on Sunday from the colisem Rams pregame live about 1133 00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:46,080 Speaker 1: forty thirty minutes before game time. I didn't look at 1134 00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:48,399 Speaker 1: my watch one time during this whole thing, not once. 1135 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:59,719 Speaker 1: Congrats