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Speaker 1: the original Ron wilf Lee fifty two thursdays a year.
Speaker 1: We grind it out. And why not us? I mean,
Speaker 1: why not? If the Bengals can make their first Super
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Speaker 1: Eric Weddle can come out of retirement, two years out
Speaker 1: of the game, driving his minivan around with four kids,
Speaker 1: and then lead the rams and tackles in the NFC
Speaker 1: Championship game. If Patrick mahomes QBR in the first half
Speaker 1: can be ninety eight and in the second half, this
Speaker 1: is not a typo. His QBR was one point four. Yeah, Ben, Ben,
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Speaker 1: Those are some halftime adjustments right there. That's same dopetition
Speaker 1: is right there, Yes, drop a drop it. It would
Speaker 1: be the definition of halftime adjustments right there. That's that's
Speaker 1: number one and number two, Polly, did you get any
Speaker 1: of that Amazon money? Did you get any of that? Paul?
Speaker 1: I'm still angling for one of the seventeen sideline jobs
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna have in there, but they got
Speaker 1: me some cash. Paul Wolf. If you would call your
Speaker 1: guy Al Michael's on his flip phone and put a
Speaker 1: good word in for me, then maybe I would have
Speaker 1: a gig. But yeah, that's a poll. L has upgraded
Speaker 1: to a smartphone, you know, that's see. No, I don't
Speaker 1: because I'm down in the sideline grinding it out every
Speaker 1: game and you guys are up there in the press
Speaker 1: box having halftime meals together. So in fact, we'll get
Speaker 1: into the key. We'll get into the key to Super
Speaker 1: Bowl fifty six and dare I say it might be
Speaker 1: the itinerary at halftime dot dot dot ooh, I like
Speaker 1: that ball. But this is a big addition because we
Speaker 1: have your guy, DeMarco far the big former defensive lineman
Speaker 1: and RAMS analyst. He is going to join us on
Speaker 1: this edition of the Big Red Rage. We'll get into
Speaker 1: everything Rams, everything about the matchup the original Aaron Donald. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I might say, Paul Hey, the guy had an eleven
Speaker 1: and a half sacks season his second year in the league.
Speaker 1: You know that, And you know what We're gonna get
Speaker 1: into what did not happen in the last two matchups
Speaker 1: for the years on the Cardinals against his Los Angeles Rams,
Speaker 1: who once again the Cardinals jack stopped in Week four.
Speaker 1: But that's neither here nor there, because going on right now, Wolf,
Speaker 1: among other things, this week, the Pro Bowl in Vegas.
Speaker 1: So in fact, I hope you sold your condo in
Speaker 1: Hawaii years ago, because it's been a long time since
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl has actually been in Hawaii and used
Speaker 1: to rent it out every Pro Bowl week. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: know what, after a Dub got five Pro Bowls, I
Speaker 1: decided to sell it ball It was it wasn't of
Speaker 1: any value to me anymore. Well because don't know, when
Speaker 1: he had one Pro Bowl, I said, hey, Dub, when
Speaker 1: you get four, come talk to me right and that
Speaker 1: he had two, and I was still talking trash that
Speaker 1: he had three, Paulie, and I said, hey, listen, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna hang onto this condo. And then of course when
Speaker 1: he got four and then five, I sold it, paul
Speaker 1: So you did you know what? You spoke it into
Speaker 1: existence your own facial Adrian Wilson just fed it to
Speaker 1: you on that one is he clipped while we're in
Speaker 1: the number twenty four by the way, So yeah, taste that.
Speaker 1: So Cardinals at the Pro Bowl and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: you got Kyler and you got Chandler Jones, and you
Speaker 1: got Buddha Baker, and you got James Connor and DJ
Speaker 1: Humphreys was an injury replacement. A little bit later. We're
Speaker 1: gonna hear from James Connor because we have a crew
Speaker 1: in Vegas, and you'll hear what he had to say,
Speaker 1: not only about the season that was, but about his
Speaker 1: cardinal's future. We'll get into that. Okay, what do you
Speaker 1: think of Tom Brady's retirement? This is gonna be our
Speaker 1: segue into talking quarterbacks here, but Wolf, a quick word
Speaker 1: on Tom Brady his retirement. Where are you surprised? And
Speaker 1: what do you think of? First? When you think of
Speaker 1: TV twelve? Yeah, you know what? Honestly, I think of
Speaker 1: his professionalism. I think of his his unbelievable professionalism and
Speaker 1: the fact that he played twenty two years in the
Speaker 1: National Football League. Those things are incredible. Twenty two years
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and of course how professional he was
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. But I could see this coming. I don't
Speaker 1: know about you, Paully. I said it at the time
Speaker 1: when he was talking about Giselle, and he was talking
Speaker 1: about seeing seeing himself basically through Giselle's eyes, through his
Speaker 1: kid's eyes. When you start talking about others that you
Speaker 1: love and their perspective and caring about their perspective, and
Speaker 1: when you enunciate it in front of the world, like
Speaker 1: Tom Brady did. I think the handwriting was on the
Speaker 1: wall Yeah. And when he made that one comment about
Speaker 1: how he was satisfied with his career to date, that
Speaker 1: was telling yes. And Paully not only that too. Remember
Speaker 1: when he was talking about the safety issue in the
Speaker 1: way it bothered Giselle, who else said that? Yeah, Kurt
Speaker 1: Warner Graybeard said the same thing. And you put those
Speaker 1: two together, Polly, it looked like he was done. Here's
Speaker 1: the other connection to Kurt Warner because when people ask
Speaker 1: about Tom Brady, yeah, we can cite all the stats
Speaker 1: and the rings and the Super Bowl MVPs and all
Speaker 1: that sort of stuff, and Kurt has a lot of
Speaker 1: those accolades as well. To me, it's something Bruce Arian
Speaker 1: said that is absolutely true when he said about Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: and I quote Ba that tom Brady quickly showed everyone
Speaker 1: in our organization what it meant to be the greatest.
Speaker 1: He set a standard, helped create a culture that took
Speaker 1: our team to the mountaintop. The best quarterbacks wolf true
Speaker 1: or false, create a culture around that locker room in
Speaker 1: the organization. And did Kurt Warner not do that once
Speaker 1: amount of time for an Arizona Cardinals organization that if
Speaker 1: you go back to two thousand and eight, might have
Speaker 1: been a little satisfied about just making the playoffs for
Speaker 1: a long you know, first time in a long time.
Speaker 1: And it's those guys who elevate the expectations and change
Speaker 1: the culture in an organization. To me, those are the
Speaker 1: greatest of all time. Yeah, Bali, No, that is a
Speaker 1: great observation by you, because it really is the case
Speaker 1: with franchise quarterbacks. Franchise quarterbacks like a Kurt Warner, franchise
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that go out in impact their teammates and how
Speaker 1: they play. Boy, I'll tell you what they are evident
Speaker 1: when you look down through the annals of history in
Speaker 1: the National Football League and some of the quarterbacks like
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, look at the way they impacted guys.
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, I think comes to mind. First. Do you
Speaker 1: remember Tom Brady having a wide receiver that went to
Speaker 1: ten twelve Pro Bowls? Now, listen, he did have Gronk. Granted,
Speaker 1: he did have Gronk, there's no doubt about that at
Speaker 1: a tight end, but he didn't have a ton of
Speaker 1: talent around him on the perimeter. Typically, he did have
Speaker 1: Randy Moss. Of course, he had his great wide receivers.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. Troy Brown comes to mind,
Speaker 1: But it wasn't like they were the best receiver in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. And yet Tom Brady up incredible numbers. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Tampa one a game down the stretch, a game winning
Speaker 1: touchdown passed to Cyril Grayson in December. Remember that, I
Speaker 1: mean that was the epitome of Tom Brady just making
Speaker 1: it work. Yeah, Kurt Warner find what third and sixteen
Speaker 1: and he finds Steven Spock right the fourth string tight
Speaker 1: end for Pete's sake, And about yes, And now you
Speaker 1: have a guy by the name of Joe Burrow in
Speaker 1: year number two, and when he wins a playoff game
Speaker 1: after getting sacked nine times, after he delivers the franchise's
Speaker 1: first ever road playoff win, and then he does it
Speaker 1: again on the road and they're in the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: for the first time since nineteen eighty eight. And how
Speaker 1: can you not think of the quarterback who was selected
Speaker 1: the year before, also number one overall and Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: And Drew Stanton was on the Red Sea Report, former
Speaker 1: Cardinals quarterback, and he was talking with Craig Griolou and
Speaker 1: they were talking about just Kyler Murray's potential to ascend
Speaker 1: like a Joe Burrow. Kyler's definitely in that realm of
Speaker 1: possibility next year, right that you look at everything and
Speaker 1: I know that everybody's going to be frustrated. And we've
Speaker 1: talked about on their show before. Okay, so they get
Speaker 1: to eleven wins next year, everybody's gonna beick. Well, when's
Speaker 1: the collapse come in? That's all outside noise and when
Speaker 1: next year comes, you've got to be prepared for that.
Speaker 1: At the same time, Kyler has that ability to gravitate
Speaker 1: people and pull everybody along with him, and that's the
Speaker 1: most important part of leadership. People believe in Joe Burrow,
Speaker 1: people believed in Tom Brady, people believe in Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 1: With Los Angeles Rams, that's one of the biggest components
Speaker 1: of playing this position, that you're never out of a
Speaker 1: game because of who the signal caller is for you. Well,
Speaker 1: if we've seen that before, we've seen quarterbacks starting quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: So the Arizona Cardinals over the last twenty years that
Speaker 1: you know what, the rest of the team didn't necessarily
Speaker 1: believe in, didn't necessarily buy into. So I thought that
Speaker 1: was a shrewd observation by by Drew stan You can
Speaker 1: be the number one quarterback, you can be an anointed
Speaker 1: a team captain, you can be deemed a leader, but
Speaker 1: guys gotta follow, and that is so key. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: you know what, honestly, right now, this is where Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray can continue to improve, Paulie, There's no doubt about it. Listen,
Speaker 1: when you jux suppose his rookie year with year number three,
Speaker 1: the improvement is dramatic in my opinion. That's just my
Speaker 1: opinion right there. He's got to continue to get better
Speaker 1: as a leader, continue to develop in all phases of
Speaker 1: becoming that franchise quarterback. He's got to do that next
Speaker 1: year as well, paul Listen, the one in four collapse,
Speaker 1: that's what I call it right now, because the one
Speaker 1: in four is worse than the four and seven. It
Speaker 1: is from a winning percentage perspective, it's actually worse than that.
Speaker 1: So to me, I'm looking at the one in four
Speaker 1: finish and then of course losing in the postseason that
Speaker 1: playoff game. You got to own it, and it starts
Speaker 1: with Kyler Murray owning it. That's how you start to
Speaker 1: get better. He owns it and then the guy next
Speaker 1: to him and the guy next to him. But Kyler
Speaker 1: has got to lead them out of this funk that
Speaker 1: they are in right now. Just based on that one
Speaker 1: and four finish and then the playoff game again. Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray up in Vegas getting ready for the Pro Bowl.
Speaker 1: A little bit later. We'll hear from James Connor in
Speaker 1: this edition A Big Red Rage up next. How about
Speaker 1: DeMarco far Rams analysts, former Rams great defensive linemen, I
Speaker 1: mean Wolf. You talk about a team evolving, don't forget
Speaker 1: the Rams had twelve consecutive non playoff seasons before Sean
Speaker 1: McVay arrived, and look at him now, and they may
Speaker 1: be on a run and poised to dominate the NFC.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about that and more DeMarco far As next
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Speaker 1: The Rams will be back to play in Super Bowl
Speaker 1: fifty six at so Fine Stadium and they're one went
Speaker 1: away from a world title. Twenty to seventeen was the
Speaker 1: final the y'all NFC West, NFC Best NFC Championship Game,
Speaker 1: The Rams knock off the nine Ers twenty to seventeen. JB.
Speaker 1: Long There from the Rams Radio Network. Speaking of the
Speaker 1: Rams Radio Network, Paul klvc Ron Wolfley is the big
Speaker 1: red rage l our very special guest who is no
Speaker 1: stranger too super Bowls. Let's see here um between his
Speaker 1: days wolf as a standout d lineman on those greatest
Speaker 1: show on Turf Teams plus plus as a broadcast analyst
Speaker 1: for the Rams. How many Super Bowls would it be now,
Speaker 1: DeMarco bar, I'm maybe a little salty. Well, bet, how
Speaker 1: are you doing, DeMarco on? How many Super Bowls? Is
Speaker 1: it now? I'm good? I'm good? Paul who going on? Man,
Speaker 1: I've got you down for four. This is gonna be
Speaker 1: your four man Rome is awesome if thirty six or
Speaker 1: super excuse me, thirty four we won. I was working
Speaker 1: Super Bowl thirty six when when the Rams got beat
Speaker 1: by the Patriots. Uh, and then back to Atlanta with
Speaker 1: Jared Goff when the Patriots beat him again, and now
Speaker 1: this this will be number four. Absolutely. Okay, Yes, you're
Speaker 1: working again. Is that what you're saying? Is you Robert
Speaker 1: and working again? You're working again? You know, aren't you glad? Yeah?
Speaker 1: This is this is the one thing I want to
Speaker 1: say to you, Tomarco, aren't you glad? You don't have
Speaker 1: to attend to any Super Bowl parties? Oh my god? Right? Both?
Speaker 1: You know me so well, you're at the party. I
Speaker 1: have no desire to be famous. I just want to
Speaker 1: go to work and go home. Yes, well, if you're well,
Speaker 1: if you're saying DeMarco isn't a guy who's out there
Speaker 1: he wants to be more? You got to add any
Speaker 1: more to them anymore to day yet? Oh yeah, back
Speaker 1: in the day. Well, let's not tell those stories, shall wait?
Speaker 1: I had an earring. Okay, he was the original Aaron Donald.
Speaker 1: That's what I'll tell you, Bally right now? Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: What did you weigh, DeMarco? What did you weigh at
Speaker 1: that point in time? Nineteen nine? Yeah, about two seventy six.
Speaker 1: To be honest, I think I had him out way
Speaker 1: back then. Um, he's he's he's not as big as
Speaker 1: you think. Now, there's no body fat on the guy.
Speaker 1: I think inside of every three hundred and ten pounder
Speaker 1: is probably Aaron Donnell, a guy that has nobody that
Speaker 1: work ethic, you know what I mean. But you know
Speaker 1: he's not very big. We see the game from the
Speaker 1: same angle. But you know, I appreciate you calling me
Speaker 1: the first guys on real really. Yeah, Hey, you know.
Speaker 1: DJ Humphrey's longtime host of The Big Red Rage, of the
Speaker 1: the Cardinals starting left tackle. He's at the Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: right now. He's told us more than once. The first
Speaker 1: time he went up against ninety nine. He stood out
Speaker 1: there on the field, he looked across the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: This is DJ talking now, right, six foot six in,
Speaker 1: this guy's tiny. I'm gonna smash this guy. Then and
Speaker 1: then he got an education right as to what makes
Speaker 1: him maybe arguably the best player in the league. In fact,
Speaker 1: were you down on the sideline when Aaron Donald delivered
Speaker 1: the speech that all the Rams players credited with turning
Speaker 1: the tide when the Rams were down seventeen seven, late
Speaker 1: third quarter. What did he say? What did that mean?
Speaker 1: I was right there when it happened. They had just
Speaker 1: got scored on. I think it was Kettle that got
Speaker 1: behind the defense, and there was something because I was watching.
Speaker 1: I was in the end zone or towards the end
Speaker 1: zone when it happened. And as soon as he scored,
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald snapped his head to the sideline and raised
Speaker 1: his hand like, you know something like maybe the body
Speaker 1: language was why did you call that? Or something? But
Speaker 1: immediately a Sean Robinson came down and then Aaron Donald
Speaker 1: right behind him. They shoot away the coaches, they shoot
Speaker 1: away the trainers. Everybody just trying to get water. And
Speaker 1: they huddled everybody up, and Aaron went eye to eye,
Speaker 1: soul to soul, and look everybody square in the eye
Speaker 1: and said, we are better than what we're showing. We're
Speaker 1: gonna win this game because of us. It was awesome.
Speaker 1: And I told woof this for years. A d was
Speaker 1: the worst interview we ever had because he refuses to
Speaker 1: talk about himself. He just won't do it. So I
Speaker 1: am so glad in that moment he stepped outside himself
Speaker 1: and showed you what he's really like, what the players know,
Speaker 1: and let the world see it. So that's what I
Speaker 1: was going to ask you right there to Marco. Was
Speaker 1: this typical of him to do something like that? Is
Speaker 1: it typical of him? Just not when we're around. Yeah, Look,
Speaker 1: he's had to do it a few times. This year.
Speaker 1: There was an issue Jalen Ramsey and Taylor Rap. They
Speaker 1: had gotten into it. I don't know if you guys
Speaker 1: saw it where Jalen kind of mushed him on the
Speaker 1: field and it was almost a teammate fight. So Aaron
Speaker 1: comes off the field, Taylor Rap is fit to be tide.
Speaker 1: Even Rode Morris can't calm him down. Aaron Donald put
Speaker 1: him in a headlock and started whispering to his ear,
Speaker 1: and that man like settled down immediately because I think
Speaker 1: he had to. But it was leadership. So he went there,
Speaker 1: took care of that and went to Jalen and talked
Speaker 1: to him and kind of squashed it. These guys were
Speaker 1: still mad, but they played the rest of the game
Speaker 1: together because Aaron is the barn boss. It was awesome. Wow, Well,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what Niners in their last three possessions
Speaker 1: after they Aaron Donald speech, they didn't cross midfield. So
Speaker 1: there you go. DeMarco far As our guest on the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage, true or false that when the Rams
Speaker 1: were in that three game losing streak mid season, Sean
Speaker 1: McVay went back to the Todd Gurley offense. He got
Speaker 1: rid of Aaron stopped leading the NFL and using four
Speaker 1: wide receiver sets, and he had just the offense and
Speaker 1: they haven't looked back ever since. You know what's funny.
Speaker 1: He went old school the way they were playing. And
Speaker 1: I'll just go ahead and say, Matthew Stafford, he was
Speaker 1: turning it over. There was some issues there. If he
Speaker 1: could have taken the logos off the helmet, he would
Speaker 1: have like, you guys don't deserve these right now, you're
Speaker 1: not playing football. So it seemed like he took the
Speaker 1: offense away from the quarterback and started running the football
Speaker 1: with Tony Michelle, we're gonna go back to the basics,
Speaker 1: run the football. We're gonna be a little more physically oriented,
Speaker 1: and then we'll start to open it up as we go.
Speaker 1: Remember this football team changed three or four times Bond
Speaker 1: Miller comes on board. That changes things. Then you get
Speaker 1: OBJ that changes you lose Robert Woods. That changes a
Speaker 1: lot offensively, so they had to retool. Give him credit
Speaker 1: for going back to the basics, starting over and then
Speaker 1: opening up the offense when it mattered most So right now, DeMarco,
Speaker 1: from the beginning of the season till right now getting
Speaker 1: ready for Super Bowl fifty six, who's the most improved?
Speaker 1: Ram the most improved? Well, give Eric Lettle credit. Wolf.
Speaker 1: I mean, this guy was on the shelf man. He
Speaker 1: let the team in tackles in the NFC Championship Game,
Speaker 1: two weeks removed from driving a minivan. He's been playing
Speaker 1: less than a month. That's what I'm saying that. It means,
Speaker 1: my god, and it looks like he never left. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's incredible to watch. The most improved guy, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's been every single guy, I guess the
Speaker 1: offensive line. Give them credit, Um, Leonard Floyd von Miller
Speaker 1: started slow, he you know, turned into a guy that's
Speaker 1: been a problem off the edge. A lot of guys. Um,
Speaker 1: Greg Gaines, I'll give you one. The nose tackle he
Speaker 1: stepped in for Sebastian Joseph Day when he got hurt.
Speaker 1: He was the backup, rotational guy. We didn't know how
Speaker 1: he was going to perform as the starter man. In
Speaker 1: some games he was leaving the charge with Aaron following him.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'll give it to great gains. That has
Speaker 1: been a revelation. All right here here here's my question.
Speaker 1: Nobody's hiring me, and we're on board with DeMarco far
Speaker 1: by the way in the Big Red Rage. Nobody's hiring
Speaker 1: me to coach coach the forty nine ers. But how
Speaker 1: does Deebo Samuel not touch the ball over the last
Speaker 1: twelve plus minutes of the game. That and how does
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup get single coverage so often against the forty
Speaker 1: nine ers? How can Cooper Cup end up with eleven
Speaker 1: grabs for a buck forty two and two touchdowns the
Speaker 1: NFC Championship game. How did they let him get off
Speaker 1: when he just won the triple crown or receiving I
Speaker 1: did not understand that. First. Give credit to McVeigh because
Speaker 1: it's where they put him. And when we say masters
Speaker 1: of offense, they're really masters the defense. So they'll move
Speaker 1: him around the motion, they'll get the matchup. They won eventually, Look,
Speaker 1: every defense is gonna go to go man. That's just
Speaker 1: the way it is, no matter who it is on
Speaker 1: the other side. But look, if he gets the man covers,
Speaker 1: he's going to win. If you zone him off, if
Speaker 1: you have two guys bracket coverage, then they'll find the
Speaker 1: way to get him open. He can do just about anything.
Speaker 1: So when you talk about triple crown, he deserves it.
Speaker 1: He's earned it. He is that guy. Now, Devo, Look,
Speaker 1: the one thing that did not happen in the last
Speaker 1: at least two or three games with Deebo Samuel, you
Speaker 1: did not out hit him. He was the bully. He
Speaker 1: was absolutely running through you. The forty nine is needed
Speaker 1: six he would get twelve. I mean, just punish you.
Speaker 1: So in this game he got hit, he got hit hard.
Speaker 1: Nick Scott almost bisected him across the middle, a great
Speaker 1: legal shot and that changed a lot. That's something we
Speaker 1: haven't seen before. So I think Debo may have been
Speaker 1: a little bit banged up coming in and he sure
Speaker 1: was sore in that game because they were coming after
Speaker 1: him this time. All right, So, guys, Drew stand former
Speaker 1: Cardinals quarterback and a guy who won a ring last
Speaker 1: year with Tampa, teammate with Tom Brady was on the
Speaker 1: Red Sea Report this week, and here you go, DeMarco,
Speaker 1: this is an unknown key to Super Bowl fifty six
Speaker 1: for the Rams. Listen to Drew Stanton and what he
Speaker 1: said and told Matthew Stafford what he did for the
Speaker 1: Rams and Matthew Stafford his old teammate with the Detroit Lions.
Speaker 1: The schedule that this is is so different. The people
Speaker 1: that can handle this this two week time period, those
Speaker 1: are the people that are that usually come out victorious.
Speaker 1: Because even last year when we were in Tampa, we
Speaker 1: practiced that extended halftime and I was like, why are
Speaker 1: we doing I was like, oh, this makes sense. This
Speaker 1: is a thirty minute, a half time or whatever it
Speaker 1: is for TV ads, all of those things. So no
Speaker 1: stone was left unturned with Tom Brady for this two
Speaker 1: week time period. And I might have set that schedule
Speaker 1: to Matthew. Okay, how about that Somart TV twelve secret
Speaker 1: info courtesy and Drew Standing forwarded to Matthew Stafford. There, DeMarco, smart,
Speaker 1: you know I remember, and thank god Wolf because it
Speaker 1: was almost the same team that you were on. YEA.
Speaker 1: So we were young, and you know, we thought we
Speaker 1: knew everything I'm so glad we had one week between
Speaker 1: NFC Championship game and Super Bowl. Two weeks would have
Speaker 1: been too much. We might have lost it. But that
Speaker 1: is a real thing. You're here in LA, you're in
Speaker 1: your hometown. You've got to keep these guys motivated and
Speaker 1: focused on the football game. That Super Bowl thirty six
Speaker 1: when the Rams lost to the Patriots, the one thing
Speaker 1: I hear internally is they saw some of the Rams
Speaker 1: players out the night before the game, like they already
Speaker 1: had it one in their head, so this will be
Speaker 1: something different. But yeah, being in the locker room in
Speaker 1: Atlanta for halftime, it's weird because everything is by rote
Speaker 1: in football. So you come in and get your gatorade,
Speaker 1: get your adjustments, say a few raw rods, and then
Speaker 1: you hear two minutes go back to the field. Well
Speaker 1: this was different. You're ready to go back out and
Speaker 1: you're not even halfway. So I saw guys for the
Speaker 1: first time take their pads off at halftime. That's how
Speaker 1: much time we had. So it's like two different games.
Speaker 1: The first half is one game. You'll get a long
Speaker 1: break and then you've got to come back and play
Speaker 1: the second half. And by the way, you were young
Speaker 1: back and I was I believe I wedge bus at
Speaker 1: that point in time. Well I was young and you
Speaker 1: were young acting. So how many coaches can you guys
Speaker 1: continue to lose and still be viable? Oh man, I
Speaker 1: don't know, but it looks like we're gonna lose a
Speaker 1: few again. But you know, it's that McVay factor. I mean,
Speaker 1: think about this, right, he is an old soul. The
Speaker 1: coaches we grew up with, the grinders, the guys that
Speaker 1: used to have tops next to their office. You know
Speaker 1: what it is when you see a coach like that,
Speaker 1: it's intense. Well he embraces that at thirty years of age.
Speaker 1: So it's round the clock, nothing but ball. So that's
Speaker 1: going to attract good players, players that want to win,
Speaker 1: and also coaches too. So give the players credit for
Speaker 1: getting to the Super Bowl, but give those coaches credit
Speaker 1: as well. I mean, they really have developed a lot
Speaker 1: of talent and help their better players. They're good players
Speaker 1: get even better. So yeah, I mean, you're gonna lose some,
Speaker 1: but you're also gonna gain some them too. I mean,
Speaker 1: pre Sean McVay, the Rams had had thirteen consecutive non
Speaker 1: winning seasons. Think about that, and the Rams left tackle.
Speaker 1: As you know, DeMarco is still four years older than
Speaker 1: Sean McVay Andrew Whitworth, so that that's hilarious everything. And
Speaker 1: by the way, Nne Andrew Whitworth in the three games
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals only gave up the one sack and
Speaker 1: one quarterback hitter Chandler Jones that that was an underrated
Speaker 1: to swear. Every time I see Witt play and shut
Speaker 1: somebody out, I mean, just absolutely be fuddle a guy
Speaker 1: with these old man moves. I want to go apologize
Speaker 1: to the guy. You know what I mean. Look, it's
Speaker 1: nothing personal. The guy has seen you a thousand times over.
Speaker 1: We'll keep working on your moves. They will work against
Speaker 1: somebody that don't know they're coming, but he's seen you
Speaker 1: like three thousands by that. DeMarco, love you, brother, Thank
Speaker 1: you so much for joining. That's really appreciate it. We'll
Speaker 1: talk to you down the road, okay, big guy, All right, man,
Speaker 1: talk to you guys soon. Thanks, Thanks DeMarco, good luck.
Speaker 1: On Super Sunday, will come back and continue with a
Speaker 1: big red rage presented by Santan four in Gilbert and
Speaker 1: off Connor off the right side, he breaks a tackle
Speaker 1: at the ten to the five and end of the
Speaker 1: end zone for the touchdown James Conner from thirteen yards
Speaker 1: out and the Cardinals strike first. Hear in Santa Clara,
Speaker 1: a great bread by James Connor, touchdown and the bloody
Speaker 1: nose snapped the McCoy and off Connor up the middle,
Speaker 1: plows forward into the end zone for the touchdown. Second
Speaker 1: of the day for James Conner. Lower the plow and
Speaker 1: hit the gas baby snap to McCoy in trouble as
Speaker 1: he backs up, and it's a screen to the right
Speaker 1: to Connery puttered at the forty, turns right to the thirty,
Speaker 1: back to the left of the twenty, counter to the
Speaker 1: ten to the five and the end of the end
Speaker 1: zone of the touchdown. James Connor with his third touchdown
Speaker 1: of the day, this one through the air, and the
Speaker 1: Cardinals lead in twenty three to seven. It was also
Speaker 1: the one hited catch and racing down the sideline at
Speaker 1: Soldier Field, James Conner housing that one that had his
Speaker 1: play caller and head coach racing down to hug him
Speaker 1: in the end zone as he came screaming down the sideline,
Speaker 1: Cliff Cansberry, But you know want three touchdowns at the
Speaker 1: forty nine ers this past year, he's in three of
Speaker 1: his eighteen total touchdowns, Number three in the NFL. He
Speaker 1: also had a couple of rushing touchdowns there. He had
Speaker 1: fifteen on the years. You know, Wolf, number two in
Speaker 1: the NFL, and James Connor is one of many pending
Speaker 1: free agents for the Arizona Cardinals as they get into
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two offseason. It is the big Red Rage.
Speaker 1: Paul kalbac Ron Wolfley's special thanks to to Marco far
Speaker 1: your guy. Always great to connect with a RAMS broadcast analyst.
Speaker 1: And you know what, James Connor when he was healthy
Speaker 1: was definitely a handful against the Rams. There's no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. I mean, Wolf, if you're making your listen
Speaker 1: checking it twice, where does he rate in terms of
Speaker 1: important guys you want to see in uniform for the
Speaker 1: Cardinals next year. Yeah, We've talked about this, PAULI from
Speaker 1: time to time. Man, There's no doubt about it. I
Speaker 1: think James Connor is the epitome of what Steve Kim
Speaker 1: wants this football team to develop into, what Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 1: wants this football team to develop into as well. You
Speaker 1: gotta be tough, You gotta be physical, you gotta be talented.
Speaker 1: You look at the talent, the talent of James Connor.
Speaker 1: It is undeniable to watch him go about his business.
Speaker 1: You gotta be tough, boy. Watch him trucks somebody as
Speaker 1: he runs the ball, no doubt about it. He is physical,
Speaker 1: he is talented, he is tough, and this is a
Speaker 1: guy I think is a key to going forward. He's
Speaker 1: only twenty seven years old. Right now, He's only twenty seven, Paul,
Speaker 1: you know what if you can get him on a
Speaker 1: three year deal, man and bring him back, I don't
Speaker 1: see James Connor taking a step back. He's only a
Speaker 1: year older than Chase Edmonds. You know, He's not some
Speaker 1: running back who was in his thirties and the Cardinals
Speaker 1: snagged him on a one year deal. No, he is
Speaker 1: still in his prime. And there he is at the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. In fact, there was our crew up there,
Speaker 1: including our Danny Serek talking to him earlier today and
Speaker 1: they discuss the end of the season and then what
Speaker 1: lies straight ahead. Just missing a game, you know, just
Speaker 1: how we went out. It is not the way we
Speaker 1: wanted to end. You know, we had so much talent
Speaker 1: on our team. But you know, we just fighting, you know,
Speaker 1: just uh, trying to regroup and get back and get
Speaker 1: another shot out of the next year. You're a pending
Speaker 1: free agent. Once your mindset as you approach that, whether
Speaker 1: continuing to be an Arizona Cardinal or maybe test the market. Right, well,
Speaker 1: you know just what easy opportunity they gave me, you know,
Speaker 1: and just a relationships I'll built there. You know, we'd
Speaker 1: love to continue out there. Um, but yeah, free agents,
Speaker 1: so I'm excited to see what's next. You know, A
Speaker 1: man of faith, so I know it all work out
Speaker 1: for me. There you go, Danny Serect that'll be part
Speaker 1: of her sideline exchange. We'll see soon on easy Cardinals
Speaker 1: dot com. But I'm with you. Well, there's there's a number,
Speaker 1: a small number of players who aren't just playmakers. They're
Speaker 1: a mentality. The Buddha Baggers, the James Connors, the JJ Watts,
Speaker 1: the Rodney Hudson's, the guys that just command so much
Speaker 1: respect and and and the guys that you hope the
Speaker 1: rest of the locker room patterns their game mentality after
Speaker 1: and James Connor is one of those guys. You know,
Speaker 1: what's amazing about it as well, PAULI, Yeah, James Connor
Speaker 1: is one of those guys, and I do believe that's
Speaker 1: got to be a priority to go out and bring
Speaker 1: him back as a free agent. But it's interesting five
Speaker 1: Pearl bowlers the Arizona Cardinals have, and three of those
Speaker 1: positions are at the elite positions in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: When you stop and think about it, You've got Kyler Murray,
Speaker 1: who is quarterback. I think we'd all agree right there
Speaker 1: that is an elite position. You got Chandler Jones who's
Speaker 1: coming off the edge. You've got um Buddha Baker. No,
Speaker 1: you got DJ Humphries tackle tackle the rough tackle right
Speaker 1: there going as well. It speaks to the talent that
Speaker 1: I think is still on this team, Buddha Baker. Buddha
Speaker 1: Baker and playing safety is kind of the new corner
Speaker 1: in this new age of blending the old and the new,
Speaker 1: and Buddha Baker certainly is an incredible talent for the Cards.
Speaker 1: Look a different player than to Jalen Ramsey, but look
Speaker 1: at Jalen Ramsey. I saw where Jamar chases. Some of
Speaker 1: the Bengals receivers are talking about how when they're watching
Speaker 1: film of the Rams. They can't believe how he's playing
Speaker 1: everywhere they have. We know that he's playing outside, he's
Speaker 1: playing inside in the slot. Sometimes he's following and traveling
Speaker 1: a certain receiver. Other times they have him deployed in zone.
Speaker 1: He's sort of like a rover. It's interesting how you
Speaker 1: know the Rams are using a talent like Jail and Ramsey,
Speaker 1: but you know, well, you have these sort of guys
Speaker 1: and they're they're up in the Pro Bowl, and then
Speaker 1: you realize and you're talking to DeMarco Farr. If there's
Speaker 1: gonna be changed in the NFC. For example, Tom Brady retired,
Speaker 1: he gone that G and Jimmy g gonna stand for
Speaker 1: gone right, if they're gonna go at Trey Lance, if
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers goes to Denver, it could easily be the
Speaker 1: Niner and the Cardinals, the Cowboys and the Rams as
Speaker 1: the three dominant teams left standing in the NFC. But
Speaker 1: there could be a lot of change starting in yeah,
Speaker 1: between now and Cardinals training camp. So you just have
Speaker 1: no way to forecast what is this? Wasster gonna look,
Speaker 1: I know Paulli, and that's exactly what I was gonna say.
Speaker 1: I was going to continue my thought about the talent
Speaker 1: on this team, and yet again, how they finished, how
Speaker 1: they finished the season. And I know there's been a
Speaker 1: lot of conversation about that, but you've the talent. I
Speaker 1: guess what I'm saying, And my point is the talent
Speaker 1: is here, man, and yet what kind of changes are coming?
Speaker 1: What kind of changes have to come? Think about it.
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins cap number goes from twelve and a half
Speaker 1: to twenty five. JJ Wako is from basically five to sixteen,
Speaker 1: Buddha Baker goes from seven point eight to fourteen point eight,
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson goes from two point nine to twelve and
Speaker 1: a half. So you got you got a Cardinals team
Speaker 1: there right now over thecap. Dot Com says they're over
Speaker 1: the cap. So there's going to be a lot of
Speaker 1: hard decisions, and you know, you want to try and
Speaker 1: run this back like Tampa did a year ago to
Speaker 1: at least a large degree, you would think, especially to
Speaker 1: your point, you have five Pro bowlers up there. But
Speaker 1: as Chandler Jones really in the plans next year, doesn't
Speaker 1: that feel a lot like we sort of thought Patrick
Speaker 1: Peterson was this time year? You know, Yeah, No, you're
Speaker 1: right about that, Polly. Once again, this is going to
Speaker 1: be a situation where the Cardinals, how do they get better?
Speaker 1: What do they have to do? I don't know, Polly.
Speaker 1: I've talked to you about this, but I never have
Speaker 1: gotten your opinion in regard to how the season ended
Speaker 1: and whether or not you lay that at the feet
Speaker 1: of the offense of the Arizona Cardinals. Is it more
Speaker 1: at the feet of the offense or the defense? To
Speaker 1: you the one in four finish and then of course
Speaker 1: the playoff game. To me, it is the offense. It
Speaker 1: is it's been the strength of this team. It is
Speaker 1: the strength of your head coach as well. It is
Speaker 1: the offense. And that starts with Kyler Murray getting better,
Speaker 1: and then it's d hop getting back, and then I
Speaker 1: think number three, Unfortunately it's Max Williams. It's Max Williams,
Speaker 1: because right now I doubt they're gonna start the season
Speaker 1: with Max Williams. They got to find a dual threat
Speaker 1: tight end. And when I say dual threat tight end,
Speaker 1: I'm talking about a tight end that can catch the ball.
Speaker 1: Might not be his strength, but he can also block
Speaker 1: and do it at the point of attack. This team
Speaker 1: look We can talk about how they lost five of
Speaker 1: the last six, including the playoff loss, but if you
Speaker 1: want to hit zoom out without DeAndre Hopkins, they won
Speaker 1: two of their last seven. There was just something missing
Speaker 1: that they could not replace without DeAndre Hopkins. And I
Speaker 1: said it at the time, PAULI, I thought they were
Speaker 1: gonna be okay. I thought they were gonna be fine.
Speaker 1: And it was because of how they were running the ball.
Speaker 1: Or once again, how many times did I referenced the
Speaker 1: run rate for the Arizona Cardinals. Listen, they've got a
Speaker 1: lot of improving they've got to do if, in fact,
Speaker 1: they want to get back to where they were when
Speaker 1: they were ten and two after twelve weeks of the season.
Speaker 1: And the other thing about that Cardinals team this past season,
Speaker 1: they were not big time in prime time. They went
Speaker 1: over four, yeah, right into the lights and so and
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray definitely didn't play his best ball in primetime.
Speaker 1: He had one touchdown pass and six interceptions. So you know,
Speaker 1: we can give our opinion as to whether we laid
Speaker 1: it at the feet of the offense, but based especially
Speaker 1: on that playoff game, that sideline had the vibe of
Speaker 1: a team that didn't necessarily believe in the offense. And
Speaker 1: we've been there before, have we not? And so yeah,
Speaker 1: if that team doesn't have supreme believe and now the
Speaker 1: offense is if you get down more than ten points
Speaker 1: and guys figure it's done because you can't move the
Speaker 1: ball or get into the end zone, then yes, that
Speaker 1: is something you have to address. There's no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: In Paulie, we come all the way back, We come
Speaker 1: full circle to James Connor once again. And James Connor,
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna get some activity from the outside ball.
Speaker 1: I think get he's going to be a free agent
Speaker 1: where he's going to get some serious activity. And I
Speaker 1: don't know exactly what he's gonna make, but if somebody
Speaker 1: told me that James Connor was going to make eight
Speaker 1: million dollars a year, I believe it. Yeah, And he
Speaker 1: made less than two with the Arizona Cardinals this past season.
Speaker 1: I mean, it was an out standing signing from every
Speaker 1: single angle. You know, Chase Edmonds, is he going to
Speaker 1: break the bank? I don't think so. I think this
Speaker 1: is probably better potential. Chase Edmonds is back. Just considering
Speaker 1: how cap restricted the Cardinals are than James Connor. There
Speaker 1: are enough teams with enough cap room, and I think
Speaker 1: James Connor will be attractive enough. You'll probably get an
Speaker 1: offer he can't refuse. And as a running back, you
Speaker 1: just can't turn down those contracts, as you know. So
Speaker 1: on the other hand, how successful a team's been getting
Speaker 1: guys on a one year deal have come in as
Speaker 1: a veteran running back and made an impact. So I'm
Speaker 1: guessing Steve Come has his eye on the cropper running
Speaker 1: backs in this year's class, just like he did a
Speaker 1: year ago with James Connor. Hey to catch up on
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Speaker 1: The Rams who made quick moves, swift, big names and
Speaker 1: took up quick Campbell half got me huge, huge Bill
Speaker 1: Kurt Corner the Super Bowl, and they're gonna take on
Speaker 1: rising Cincinnatials here in Los Angeles in Super Bowl fifty six.
Speaker 1: It's Kevin Arland there the final calls on Westwood One,
Speaker 1: as von Miller told his Rams teammates this week ahead
Speaker 1: of Super Bowl fifty six, and I quote, were one
Speaker 1: win away from football Heaven, von Miller. And you want
Speaker 1: to call the Bengals surprising, um, let's see Ron Wolfley.
Speaker 1: Cincinnati held Patrick Mahomes and KC to Aimeasley three points
Speaker 1: and eighty three yards on seven drives in the second
Speaker 1: half and overtime, including two picks of Patrick Mahomes, and
Speaker 1: they won the AFC Total game twenty seven twenty four
Speaker 1: after trailing at the half twenty one to three. Think
Speaker 1: about that, or at least trailing in the first half
Speaker 1: twenty one to three. Just think of it, and you
Speaker 1: know what I'll just say this right here, Joe Burrow
Speaker 1: in his second year looked more capable and confident in
Speaker 1: the moment than Patrick Mahomes. And if we now fast
Speaker 1: forward to next Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday, and you have
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford in year thirteen, Joe Burrow Joe Cool in
Speaker 1: year two? Which quarterback do you feel more competent in
Speaker 1: to handle the spotlight and the magnitude of the moment.
Speaker 1: Because I'm rolling with Joe Burrow, Bully, I feel exactly
Speaker 1: the same way, I really do. You know, Listen, Matthew Stafford,
Speaker 1: he's got my respect to um. I never thought he
Speaker 1: was a pressure quarterback. I never thought he was a
Speaker 1: big game quarterback. I didn't. He's proving me wrong in
Speaker 1: taking the Rams, of course, to the Super Bowl here.
Speaker 1: I know that he's got an awful lot of help,
Speaker 1: but man, watching him play, there's still this seedling of doubt.
Speaker 1: Yet it's there, Yes, when you watch him, you know,
Speaker 1: and guys are out there Jaquosky Tart when he dropped
Speaker 1: that ball, you know, listen, I know that one defended
Speaker 1: the game, but man, it could have really put the
Speaker 1: Rams in a very, very difficult position right there. I
Speaker 1: do trust Joe Burrow, and I think one of the
Speaker 1: big keys to Super Bowl fifty six is keeping him clean.
Speaker 1: And can the Bengals do that with that offensive line
Speaker 1: against that defensive line a nine sack game they actually
Speaker 1: won in the postseason nine sacks against Tennessee. Stop it.
Speaker 1: That's impossible. If that happens again, there's no way the
Speaker 1: Bengals are going to win this game if in fact,
Speaker 1: the Rams can sack him nine times. Yea Simmons and
Speaker 1: company for Tennessee was able to do that. Look out
Speaker 1: right for Aaron Donald and Von Miller and even Greg Gaines,
Speaker 1: your DeMarco far talk about him. So yeah, you're absolutely right,
Speaker 1: you know. But then again, Sean mcvayh has this way
Speaker 1: of getting his guys open. I mean, how does Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup get eleven grabs for a buck forty two touchdowns?
Speaker 1: How does ob j then also have nine grabs for
Speaker 1: a buck thirteen? The Cardinals experiences in Week fourteen when
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup they made the adjustments he had fourteen grabs
Speaker 1: in that game against the Cardinals obviously killed him in
Speaker 1: the playoff game again, you know, Drew stan said this
Speaker 1: week on The Red Sea report, the former Cardinals quarterback
Speaker 1: that that how gutsy it was a Todd Bowles to
Speaker 1: go cover zero on the big hitter down the middle.
Speaker 1: But the mistake might have been is that the Bucks
Speaker 1: defense didn't realize or maybe didn't give Cooper Cup enough
Speaker 1: credit that he can read coverage. Yea, and so he
Speaker 1: knew more than anyone along with Matthew Stafford that Okay,
Speaker 1: there's an opportunity straight down the middle, and then they
Speaker 1: had a safety and he couldn't keep up with them,
Speaker 1: and ball game right there. Yes, so, And that's the
Speaker 1: other thing too, Polly, right here at Cooper Cop, Cooper Cop,
Speaker 1: the matchup of this game could be Cooper Copp versus
Speaker 1: the Bengals secondary. You know, listen to the old line
Speaker 1: D line. I think we'd all agree right there at
Speaker 1: the offensive line of the Bengals and the defensive line
Speaker 1: of the Ramps. That's where I'm gonna start when you
Speaker 1: start talking about the matchups in Super Bowl fifty six.
Speaker 1: Then you've got Jamar Chase v. Jalen Ramsey. Is he
Speaker 1: going to ghost Jamar Chase? This is something I cannot
Speaker 1: wait to see what they do. Raheem Morris if in fact,
Speaker 1: he chooses to ghost Jamar Chase with Jalen Ramsey. Will
Speaker 1: he do that? And then Cooper Cup versus that Bengal
Speaker 1: secondary which has been getting better all season long. But man,
Speaker 1: for the most part, that wasn't a necessary strength of
Speaker 1: the Bengals all season. Yeah, the Ram's worst loss, all
Speaker 1: you're arguable is Week four against the Cardinals. What did
Speaker 1: the Cardinals do in that game at LA? They took
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup out of the game. He had five catches
Speaker 1: on thirteen targets. He's a total non factor. Speaking to
Speaker 1: Drew stan here's his opinion on what Super Bowl fifty
Speaker 1: six will come down to. The Bengals have just as
Speaker 1: get a chance another The line opened to a three
Speaker 1: and a half, but it's like, okay, that can go
Speaker 1: whichever way you want. Obviously there were seven point under
Speaker 1: daughters before, so you throw all that out and it's
Speaker 1: the preparation. It's who can stay in the moment. And
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow has shown he has the resiliency to overcome.
Speaker 1: I mean he stands in there and continues to make throws.
Speaker 1: But Matthews capable of doing the same thing. Who can
Speaker 1: protect the football and who can make the big plays.
Speaker 1: That's it. And that was on the red sport to
Speaker 1: Standard And you know, I honestly had not heard that
Speaker 1: until that moment. So okay, So that's that's three of us.
Speaker 1: We're all rolling with Joe Burrow. Put it this way,
Speaker 1: the Rams are going to be facing a far different
Speaker 1: quarterback than they saw in Jimmy G. Here's the stat
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter of his sixth postseason starts, Jimmy
Speaker 1: G zero passing touchdowns, three interceptions and a QBR of
Speaker 1: twenty eight. Yeah, so it's gonna be a bigger challenge.
Speaker 1: Let's just say, Joe Burrow against that Rams defense in
Speaker 1: the clutch than Jimmy G. Paully, what was the halftime adjustment?
Speaker 1: What was that stat that you gave me? What was
Speaker 1: that to start their show? Paul? Okay, So I Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes in the first half QBR the ESPN Quarterback Rating
Speaker 1: takes everything into account, it's zero to one hundred. He
Speaker 1: was ninety eight in the first half. His second half
Speaker 1: QBR was one point four. It's the biggest gap in
Speaker 1: the history of the stat. Yeah, I mean and and
Speaker 1: and they halftime adjustment was dropping eight and rushing three
Speaker 1: fifty percent of the time. Incredible. Man, it truly was.
Speaker 1: This is this is gonna be a good super Bowl. Paul,
Speaker 1: I believe that. I don't think it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: blowout at all. This is gonna be This is gonna
Speaker 1: be a contested Super Bowl. And I think the Bengals
Speaker 1: players they appreciate the moment. NFL Films released some of
Speaker 1: the footage at the end of the game. Jamar Chase
Speaker 1: some of the other players were crying when that game
Speaker 1: when he field goal went through and overtime, So I
Speaker 1: think they're embracing the moment. There's no doubt about that,
Speaker 1: no doubt. We appreciate DeMarco far the Rams analysts for
Speaker 1: joining us here. Special thanks as always Jim Almhandro, Cody
Speaker 1: Fincher for Ron Wolfley, all Paul calBC. This has been
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