Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay joins J.B. Long to break down Thursday’s Week 8 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Together, they discuss the immediate impact of players returning from injury, outside linebacker Jared Verse being Mic’d Up and the affect of his vocal play-style, preparing for the long haul of the regular season, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Coach McVeigh Show,
presented by Microsoft Surface on Jblong with the head coach
of your Los Angeles Rams, now the winningness coach in
Rams football history, Sean McVay. DeMarco Farr is busy watching
the Dodgers ice, but he'll be back shortly, yeah, and
we look forward to having them back. How was your
MENI buy.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
It was good, you know it was. It was pretty
cool that younited a couple of days. Mom set up
a birthday for a little guy, even though we know
it was on Thursday and he probably won't remember it,
but it was. He was having funny, had a smile
on his face. Mom had a smile on his face.
My parents were in town, and so it was really
good to be able to get you know, recharged, refreshed,
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but really get some good quality time with them, and
pretty special that, you know, our guys played the way
that I think they're capable of. And now let's see
if we can build on this momentum.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
You know, reflecting a little bit on eighty wins over
the weekend that truly involves hundreds of players now in
eight years and dozens of coaches too. That's an astounding
amount of human beings that have contributed.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
To all that it is. When you you know, you've
heard me talk about it, and we've talked about it
over the years, JB. That football is the greatest team
sport that there is and to be a part of
that with like you mentioned, so many special players, so
many special coaches that have all been instrumental in helping us,
you know, respond from some of the tough setbacks, or
to be able to do some of the special things,
whether those are playoff wins, whether those are division wins,
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or being able to win a conference win, a championship win,
a super Bowl, and so a lot of special memories,
a lot of special moments in those locker rooms afterwards,
and you can never really simulate, you know, the real
and raw motion of the work that it takes to
to do what that group did and to be able
to come away with the result. Those are those are
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special moments that you'll always cherish.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Any guesses how many different rams have scored a touchdown for.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
You over the years, Man, I wouldn't even.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I went and counted, you did you? I came up
with forty nine? Is it?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Forty nine forty.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Nine regular season postseason.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
That's incredible.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
From alec Ogletree to Van Jefferson and Lance Dunbar to
Todd Gurley. How about that well blast in the past, right,
that is cool.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
That's really cool, you know, And it's funny because my
dad's a proud Indiana Hoosier alum. Right now, they're rolling
and I saw a stat that they have fifteen different
guys that have scored an offensive touchdown this year, I believe,
And so forty nine is a pretty good number over
the last eight years or seven and a half.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
If you will. Dude Jackson too, Tim and Stude need
to get together on that's all out on the Hoosiers.
All right, Let's reflect on that win of the Vikings
on Thursday Night Football, with which the Rams improved at
three and four. Is it really as simple as you
get a Super Bowl MVP, Triple Crown winner back and
a record setting rookie receiver too, and everything clicks back
into place.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well, I think those guys made a tremendous difference. But
the power of the mind and being able to have
you know your full group, and then some of the
depth that's been established in those guys' absence is real,
but they were certainly huge boosts, you know, to our team.
But I think the defense has been trending in the
right direction. I think our special teams has made a
lot of timely plays, and thought number nine played the
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way that he's capable of, and really he was electric.
He had that look in his eye, and when he's
motivated like that, a lot of good things can happen.
Kiren's really been doing a great job, and so they
certainly added a huge boost and I think they gave
a spark and of confidence to the rest of the team.
But man, it was it truly was a really good
team win that we had the other night.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Felt like all four touchdowns were special. Maybe we can
relive each one of them. You mentioned a couple of
names there, Matthew and kyn How about the way your
tailback releases inside of that end?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Oh yeah, exactly by design?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I'm sure. Yeah, no, what did that look like on
the film?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I'll tell you what that That's called a good feel.
You know, you had a tight end attached to kind
of be in a nudge position. Grenard ended up even
wide and even you know, further outside and based on
where Pace Junior ended up kind of just you know,
pre snap, his kind of disguise to try to elicit
certain things protection. I thought it was a good feel
by Kyron. You know, we had motion on the right
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side of the screen and so you look at it
and when he started to arc, He's like, all right, well,
this guy is just continuing to rush up the field.
I slipped him in and it allowed him to be
able to create that natural leverage. I thought that was
Sometimes it's cool to be able to just see the natural,
authentic reactions from instinctual players in real time. And I
thought that's exactly what Kyeren did. And I wish I
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could say that's exactly what was drew.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I know, the next one wasn't how you drew it
up either. You know, Matthew and Cooper have connected thirty
five times for touchdowns in their brief time together. I
get the sense that that most recent one is going
to be remembered fondly for a long time.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Yeah, I mean that was special, you know, and I
think just because of all I thought our offensive line
was outstanding the other night. They did a great job,
but that was one of the few times where all right,
they ended up getting home with the rush and Matthew
avoided and to be able to go underneath, to be
able to kind of pull out with that strength, and
then to be able to have his eyes down the
field and find Cooper was was really impressed. And that
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was you know, you could see, you know, he was just
kind of feeling it the other night, and to be
able to move like that on a Thursday night at
thirty six years old was pretty impressive.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Cooper now needs four more catches and one receiving touchdown
to be sole third in RAMS history in both categories.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And then it's Isaac and Tory the only guys he's
looking up. That feels right, doesn't it? It does feels appropriate?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
It does? I mean, you look at what he's done
through seven and a half years, the consistency, the work ethic,
the way that he goes about influencing and affecting his teammates.
That does it feels like an appropriate spot amongst two guys.
You know, obviously Isaacson and I wouldn't be surprised at
some point if Tory's putting a gold jacket on himself.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Long overdue, got to make that happen. We're gonna focus
on Pooka's blocking here. He also had over one hundred
yards of receiving. But how would what he did on
that fourth down play to make sure that Kyron gets
the line the game?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yeah, it was really impressive. I mean, you look at it.
We had run the same play on the previous play,
kind of short motion him in there, didn't really get
you know, clean block, and there was some inside penetration
on the fourth down, but you could see as Kiren
kind of jump cut it and bounced it outside. Poka
timed it up to be able to get his hat
in front a really physical player and Josh mttelis and
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you know, those are the things that everybody wants to see,
the stats, the production, But when you hear Pooka talk
about the passion that he has for blocking, that's one
of the things that I think you've missed as much
as anything is what he contributes as part of the
blocking surface where I mean, this is a major factor
in our run game, a difference maker, and there's just
this energy that he has with the ball but also
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without the ball that makes him as special as he is.
It was awesome.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Would you call him a war daddy?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, I did.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
I think I'm the Sean McVay like power rankings. It's
like he's a g he's a man, he's a war daddy.
Am I missing any.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
That's you know me? I'm pretty predictable, I guess so.
But that is up there, and that's one of the
highest compliments that I can get. I know it.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
That was Pooka's eighth career one hundred yard performance. He's
played nineteen games, same total as Justin Jefferson and had
in his first twenty. Only one player in league history
has more, and that's Obj with ten one hundred yard
performances in his first one at is Elite Company. DeMarcus
Robinson clearly benefited from having his running mates back, didn't.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
They He did, And really, you know, you look at
it and it was a timely you know, he ended
up doing a great job on some routes where it's like,
all right, maybe I will, maybe I won't get the football,
but it shows you that he's ready to roll. On
his first touchdown thought it was a great release that
he had on Griffin was able to work that edge.
A great job by Matthew identifying and getting that ball
up and down and then it was a swaggy celebration
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that he had. My favorite thing about that was all
ten of his teammates on the field ended up coming
in celebrating with him, and then you look at the
excitement on the sidelines. Dan de Mitrisen did a good
job of letting that one play for a while and
then on the second touchdown, great patience, you know, with
where he was on the backside of that concept, really
had a good, you know, internal clock in terms of
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out to be able to set that and sell that
route that he was running right there, and then I
thought for Matthew to be able to really exhaust his
progression get all the way through it, and the timing
that he did, those are one of those plays where
you're like, man, he is seeing it and he's dialed
for how quickly he was able to get through it
and to be in sync with the Marcus on that
That was a really sharp, well executed play. Two big catches,
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and then I thought he competed well in the run
game as well. Took good angles of departure and did
a good job of being able to get a hat
on a hat in the run game.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
That's second one you mentioned that's against Harrison like future
Hall of Fame safety and they're dropping eight in the
red area. There's timing on.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
That nailed it was, you know, and it got it back.
You know, we didn't have he was really the widest.
You know, we had Kirn on a wide out there
and then we were kind of chipping the tight end
to that side, but you look at it. It got
a half field player to kind of be able to
squeeze back and then we ended up hitting that void
right in between that that cloud corner and where Harrison
Smith was. And you mentioned it, you know, versus a
drop eight, typically you wouldn't have to progress, but with
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that extra underneath the fender that they had front side,
Matthew recognized it got through it. I thought the protection
held up really well because even though it is a
three man rush, the way that those guys dispersed snap,
you know, it doesn't always allow you to be able
to get some of the double teams. And I thought
our guys did a great job right there, and that
was big time.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
One more in the offense, especially because I know that
you're getting close to having all of your horses back
offensive line in particular, anyone we can look forward to
this week joining we'll see.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
You know, I was just talking to Reggie before we
got down here, and you know, guys are making good progress.
As far as where Jonah and where Steve are at,
I don't know that exactly yet. Would they be candidates
to return against Seattle? That seems like that would be presumptuous.
But Joe Noteboom, you know, we've started his clock. It's
good to be able to have him out there. And
then I think these guys, you know, you look at
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the comfort and the confidence that can be established over
a period of time when you are playing together. You know,
I think for bo Limmer to do some of the
things that he did the other night, JB. I was
really pleased and impressed based on all the different conflicts
that Brian Flores and his defense presents with guys that
can play in a bunch of different spots. You know,
justin did Itch and his second starts done a really
good job. Thought Alaric had one of his better games.
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And then kay Dot and Rob are you know, consistent,
you know, figures that we're comfortable with. But I thought
Aleric really did an excellent job against one of the
premier rushers in this league that has had a really
great season up to this date, and I thought he
did a good job of regulating him.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
I don't think this defense is the same one we
saw in September, not in terms of personnel, not in
terms of performance. Fair to continue to elevate that bar
for them as they grow together.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
I think so. And I think, you know, if we're
able to play in some of the situations where we're
doing what we should do as a team offensively, then
it earns the opportunity for some of these guys that
really come to life and let's get into some of
those known past situations. Let's make people play from behind.
But I think you're only seeing a guy like Jared
Verse continue to elevate his game. I think you're seeing
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Michael Hoyt do a great job in a variety of roles.
Byron Young, you know, is continuing to do a really
good job. And when you've got those guys on the
edges really solidifying things, you see the influence that Gif
Smiths had on the interior parts of the D line.
I think Kobe Turner's playing his best ball right now.
I thought Bobby Brown and really Braden Fisk. Both made
their presence felt. Tyler Davis is a young guy that's
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getting better and better, and then Aubrey's leadership on the
back end, and it's good to be able to get
Omar States in there. The other night, I thought he
did a nice job. Jalen McCollough continues to be a
really productive rookie for us. He's already got three picks.
But I thought one of the better plays he made
was on the second and fifteen, reading out of the
stack and making a tackle to force a third down
and nine that when Justin Jefferson gets the ball in
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his hands, usually you know you're always kind of holding
your breath to get him down.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Speaking of Justin Jefferson, he makes that miraculous catchdown the sideline,
and then d will rallies to kind of put your
defense in an entirely different position.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Yeah, you know, it's funny. You know when we were
talking a little bit beforehand, you know you talk about
what what are some plays that really epitomize what you
want this RAMS group to be, and that two play
sequence is one of them for me, you know, because
you look at we always talk about the response and
they've got a screen on and they throw a run
alert because it's a they're in man coverage on the
outside and Jefferson it makes a great play, but it's
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a great play because Darius is in a great position
as well. It kind of bobbles it and then it's
all about what is our response, and he ends up
making a great tackle on Aaron Jones, forces a negative
game right there, and that set us up to be
able to force that to be really ultimately, that ended
up being really a four point play in my mind,
and we needed that that held them and that you know,
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we ended up holding them right there. That response, I
thought was so reflective of who we want to be
and what this team's about with what Darius did. The
other one that came to mind is really first play
of the game, Puga drops the play, We come right
back to him. The next play, makes a great catch
on the screen. Alar gets out in front and he
gets thirteen yards and now we're going But both guys,
this is part of the game is you're going to
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have some adversity, But what do you do as a response?
What does that confidence look like to be able to
respond the way that we're capable of and I thought
both of those individuals in those moments that was reflective
of real things that occur in the mindset mentality that
we want to have as rams.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
I'm reminded to ask who ran that defense your first
start without Troy Reider, who was the green dot kind
of coordinating everything?
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, Quentin Lake. You know, he did a great job.
And Quintin As he's so smart, he's so conscientious, he
plays a variety of roles for us. I thought he
did an outstanding job of being able to communicate. And again,
I think Chris shul Avery pleasant really our defensive staff
as a whole have done a really great job of
connecting with these players, putting them in spots to be
able to thrive. And I think you're seeing the confidence,
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the energy, the edge that these guys are playing with,
and we're starting to see a lot more consistent execution
and that's what we're looking for.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Got to get Captain Q his first pick. I'm reminded
of that now breakout performance in Seattle a couple of
years ago when he had one. I feel like his
time is coming. He's going back to Seattle this week.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
That's right, he is He is, but he has made
a tremendous impact, you know, and he's had to He
can do so many different things, but he's had to
kind of fill in where needed because you're such a
good football player, but hey, how do we get our
best eleven? And that might mean, you know, you're adjusting
to some different things that you were thinking you were
going to do. But I can't say enough about the leadership,
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the presence, his ability to communicate and bring others with
him that Sean, his chess has been well earned and
all he is doing is continuing to thrive and just
continue to grow.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
So he had the comms in his helmet, but Jared
Vers was wearing the mic. Did you enjoy that I
did that this weekend?
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Yeah? I did. I I caught that. That was fun.
I'll enjoy showing a couple of clips in the team meeting.
Guys will get a kick out of that. But that
was one of the things that you loved about him
coming out of Florida State, and you know, he has fun.
He gets so excited for his teammates and then you
know he's a talker man and he uh, but what
he's able to do is he's able to have that
controlled aggression in his own way that that is true
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and authentic to his personality. I thought he was still
able to be, you know, totally locked in, and I
did get a chance to see that. I was very
entertained for the six minutes or however long that micd
up last.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
He flips the switch though, because afterwards he's falling up
with guys making sure Derris saw is okay, like, hey,
thanks for making me better.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
That's right. Yeah, And and you know, and you could
see the respect that those guys had for him, you know,
for Chris Cooper, their O line coach, to go seek
him out, for him to say to O'Neil, hey I
got better. You know, he respects this game, and he's
a competitor in the moment that's going to be able
to have his fun, but he has a lot of
respect for his opponents and how challenging it is to
do the things that he's done through the first you know,
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handful of weeks.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
You touched on something there that I was reminded of
watching you draft this spring, whether it was him, whether
it was Fisk. I think Brendan Jackson now that he's
playing to like this organization, intentionally selected toughness, like you
were preparing, not just for the lack of production without
Aaron Donald, but like that demeanor, that disposition.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
I think you're right, and I think that serves you
really well in general. You know, I think tough times
don't last. Tough people do. And you want mentally and
physically tough players in this league when you look at it,
whether it's as a fan yesterday or just in general,
you know, those teams that have a certain edge and
an energy, they last, they get better as the seasons go.
And I think you bet on those kinds of people,
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and you mentioned it. A lot of those guys they're
checking the boxes for that prototype that we're looking for.
And I think when you mentioned some of the guys
that were bright spots the other night, there's a toughness.
You know, you talk about the spark that Pukinakua provides
or Karen Williams. Those guys play with an energy, but
they play with a mental and a physical toughness that's
on display. Matthew Stafford did that the other night, you know.
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And then defensively, obviously Jared Versus is a big benefactor
of that.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
You dropped hosts name in there too, And I love
that because you basically recalibrated a whole edge roster around him,
and he just won't go away. He won't take no
for an answer. It's still the undrafted Ivy League guy there.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Yeah, And he does a great job. And he had
a swaggy La celebration again that he had brought out
against the Niners last year. But he has really I
think he's been a guy that's been a you know,
that has earned the right to say, all right, where
is the versatile role that I can play because of
this skill set that I can provide and some of
the different conflict positions that you can put offenses in
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based on his versatility. I've been really impressed with him.
He's been a great leader too, you know. I mean
you look at the experience that he's had, how he's
enabled that to translate to you know, the way that
he communicates with Jared Verse, with Byron Young, and and
the respect that those guys have for him. Obviously, Joe
Nigglia does a great job with that room. But I
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think Michael Hoyda I've been really pleased with him, and
he's earned a lot of the positive accolades that have
come his way, and he and versal. You know, those
guys were game Ball recipients from you know, from last Thursday.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Speaking of I've heard you say a couple of times
you owe Ethan Evans won to did he catch one?
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Oh, yeah, he'll get he'll get one. You know, we'll
we'll we'll celebrate that, and we'll also use it as
an opportunity to kind of jump start the week. It
seems like we played the Vikings like three years ago now.
But he did a great job. I thought two of
his punts were keen critical, being able to pin those
guys deep. Even on the other one, I thought Xavier
and Charles Woods did a nice job of having a
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positive net. Uh. And then as a holder, I mean
people forget, you know, as a holder. And then you know,
we're we're approaching the kickoffs. For the most part, we're saying,
let's kick touchbacks, and he's been one hundred percent on that.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I think it's two games in twenty seven days to
your point about like how wide the gap has been,
and clearly you guys needed that. Yeah, but I'm not
naive to the fact that on the other side, now
there's ten in a row, hopefully more right, yep. And
I hope this group has been able to build that
callus to sustain because we all know the university's not over,
no doubt.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
And really this season, you know, there's just so many
ebbs and flows and you can't ride that emotional roller coaster.
What I've been really pleased with O. JB Is there's
been a lot of things that have been thrown this
team's way in an early you know, in a short
amount of time, especially early on in the season, But
it doesn't seem like it was that long ago when
we were coming back off the buy and you're sitting
there saying, hey, here's where we are. But let's take
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an honest reflection of what we've done over these first
five games where we're headed, what's on the horizon in
terms of getting some guys back, And couldn't have been
more pleased with the way that they handled that five
day stretch where you play on a Sunday and then
on a Thursday, and then I'm looking forward to seeing
us come back and be able to capitalize on the
momentum that they've been able to earn. But every single
week is a new week. Humility is only a day
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away in this league. But I do trust that our
guys will use the things that they've learned through the
first seven weeks to catapul us forward to be the
best that we can be.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
How what'd you make of that vikings on side kick?
I don't know that I've ever seen anything like that.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Yeah, that was wild. Just and you know what what
that might have been the best catch I saw all night. Uh,
you know by Kyroen to be able to end that
and they'll do that after a safety and but that thing,
I mean, that thing hung up forever, and that was
an impressive catch by Kyraen.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
How about last night's til Mary in Washington?
Speaker 2 (19:30):
That was wild. You know, I was watching that game
and uh, you know, you could see Washington had pretty
good control of the game throughout. Uh, but Chicago does
a great job of forcing you not to be able
to finish some of those drives with touchdowns in the
red area. They found a way to get hot at
the right time and then for them to take a
fifteen to twelve lead. But what a job by Washington,
you know, to be able to take the speed out
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to get him an extra thirteen yards and then I
think Jayden Daniel scrambles around for about thirteen seconds, and man,
every single week when you think know you know, you
just say no, you don't know, and they've got you know.
D Q is an easy guy to root for. Obviously.
I'm friends with Cliff Kingsbury and Jaden Daniels has a
really cool calm way about himself and even just watching
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him get interviewed with Tracy Wolfson after the game, you
know just how calm he was. I would have been
a lot more jacked up, but that was Football's fun.
I like being a fan and just watching too.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Are those circumstances you rehearse every week or monthly.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
And you know, the end of the game stuff and
the end of the half. You know, those are things
that you want to try to make sure that you're covering.
So there's an understanding. Now. What is challenging is it's
hard to simulate those things in full speed situations. But
you talk about a box out of you know, having
a front tip and a back tip guy and you know, clearly,
you know that was a great throw and what a
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fortuitous bounce, you know, for Stevenson to be able to
kind of tip it to Noah Brown by himself in
the back of the end zone.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
When you're looking at through an offensive lens, are you
pleased or you relieved when the defense doesn't come after you,
like when they play cover, when they play pre vat Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Did you well, I know something? I think so, I mean,
you look at there's some teams have some different approaches,
but the best hail mary examples I've seen are usually
when there's the least amount of rushers in the most
amount of time to be able to let guys get
down in position. You know, even a couple of weeks ago.
I want to say it was a two man rush
that the Jets had when they ended up throwing their
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hail mary at the end of the first half, I
believe against Buffalo. But those are the ones that you
know that come to mind, that seem like they're the
most successful. But I think Rogers had one when Arizona
lets them a couple of years ago.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
But usually the one that's the counter example. For sure.
Score by watching is dangerous though, because even though it's
early in the season or it feels like still now,
you look at the division and maybe you didn't get
the outcomes that the NFC West competitors we were hoping for,
but four teams, four losses, got to go get it yourself.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Yeah. I think that's the thing you just said is
what we've learned, especially over you know, just really the
tenure in general is worry about what you can control,
and there's so much football left to be played. There's
so many things that will happen from now until the
end of the season. And what I have been pleased
with is I think we have done a pretty good
job of being inside out. You know, as a fan,
you're watching and you want certain results, but it's like,
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does that really matter if we don't continue to handle
what we're supposed to handle. And the only way that
you can really watch those games with a real intriguing
and interest is if you continue to handle your business.
And so that's what I'm focused on. That's what our
coaches and our players will be focused on this week,
and we know it's going to be a great challenge
going into a hostile environment Division opponent on the road.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Yeah, Week nine in Seattle in search of the rams
first road win. I was reminiscing about what a special
trip that was last year and just how fast the
NFL World Spins like Kiren didn't have an NFL touchdown
before you took that trip last year, Is that right,
Coogan Naku has probably owned on like ero point zero
one percent of all fantasy football teams before that trip.
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Kobe and Byron first sacked together, and now here you
are a year and change later, and those are household names.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
No question. And that's you know, I remember even going
into last season, you know, there was a lot of
people that, hey, nobody knew about, but we we had
confidence that they could be the players that they've developed
into and they're going to continue to develop into. And
you know what a cool story every year has. And
as long as you grab the pen and write it
on your terms, within the framework of the things that
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you can control, you can look back on it with
no regrets. And looking forward to attacking this week with
this group.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Have a good rest of your Monday night. Thanks as
always for stopping by. There's a Halloween party coming into
We got to clear out coaches and their families all right,
looking forward to the costumes for Sean McVay and j B.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Long.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Thank you for joining us for the Coach McVay show.
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of your Los Angeles Rams, now the winningness coach in
Rams football history, Sean McVay. DeMarco Farr is busy watching
the Dodgers ice, but he'll be back shortly, yeah, and
we look forward to having them back. How was your
MENI buy.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
It was good, you know it was. It was pretty
cool that younited a couple of days. Mom set up
a birthday for a little guy, even though we know
it was on Thursday and he probably won't remember it,
but it was. He was having funny, had a smile
on his face. Mom had a smile on his face.
My parents were in town, and so it was really
good to be able to get you know, recharged, refreshed,
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but really get some good quality time with them, and
pretty special that, you know, our guys played the way
that I think they're capable of. And now let's see
if we can build on this momentum.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
You know, reflecting a little bit on eighty wins over
the weekend that truly involves hundreds of players now in
eight years and dozens of coaches too. That's an astounding
amount of human beings that have contributed.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
To all that it is. When you you know, you've
heard me talk about it, and we've talked about it
over the years, JB. That football is the greatest team
sport that there is and to be a part of
that with like you mentioned, so many special players, so
many special coaches that have all been instrumental in helping us,
you know, respond from some of the tough setbacks, or
to be able to do some of the special things,
whether those are playoff wins, whether those are division wins,
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or being able to win a conference win, a championship win,
a super Bowl, and so a lot of special memories,
a lot of special moments in those locker rooms afterwards,
and you can never really simulate, you know, the real
and raw motion of the work that it takes to
to do what that group did and to be able
to come away with the result. Those are those are
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special moments that you'll always cherish.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Any guesses how many different rams have scored a touchdown for.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
You over the years, Man, I wouldn't even.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I went and counted, you did you? I came up
with forty nine? Is it?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Forty nine forty.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Nine regular season postseason.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
That's incredible.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
From alec Ogletree to Van Jefferson and Lance Dunbar to
Todd Gurley. How about that well blast in the past, right,
that is cool.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
That's really cool, you know, And it's funny because my
dad's a proud Indiana Hoosier alum. Right now, they're rolling
and I saw a stat that they have fifteen different
guys that have scored an offensive touchdown this year, I believe,
And so forty nine is a pretty good number over
the last eight years or seven and a half.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
If you will. Dude Jackson too, Tim and Stude need
to get together on that's all out on the Hoosiers.
All right, Let's reflect on that win of the Vikings
on Thursday Night Football, with which the Rams improved at
three and four. Is it really as simple as you
get a Super Bowl MVP, Triple Crown winner back and
a record setting rookie receiver too, and everything clicks back
into place.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well, I think those guys made a tremendous difference. But
the power of the mind and being able to have
you know your full group, and then some of the
depth that's been established in those guys' absence is real,
but they were certainly huge boosts, you know, to our team.
But I think the defense has been trending in the
right direction. I think our special teams has made a
lot of timely plays, and thought number nine played the
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way that he's capable of, and really he was electric.
He had that look in his eye, and when he's
motivated like that, a lot of good things can happen.
Kiren's really been doing a great job, and so they
certainly added a huge boost and I think they gave
a spark and of confidence to the rest of the team.
But man, it was it truly was a really good
team win that we had the other night.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Felt like all four touchdowns were special. Maybe we can
relive each one of them. You mentioned a couple of
names there, Matthew and kyn How about the way your
tailback releases inside of that end?
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Oh yeah, exactly by design?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I'm sure. Yeah, no, what did that look like on
the film?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
I'll tell you what that That's called a good feel.
You know, you had a tight end attached to kind
of be in a nudge position. Grenard ended up even
wide and even you know, further outside and based on
where Pace Junior ended up kind of just you know,
pre snap, his kind of disguise to try to elicit
certain things protection. I thought it was a good feel
by Kyron. You know, we had motion on the right
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side of the screen and so you look at it
and when he started to arc, He's like, all right, well,
this guy is just continuing to rush up the field.
I slipped him in and it allowed him to be
able to create that natural leverage. I thought that was
Sometimes it's cool to be able to just see the natural,
authentic reactions from instinctual players in real time. And I
thought that's exactly what Kyeren did. And I wish I
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could say that's exactly what was drew.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I know, the next one wasn't how you drew it
up either. You know, Matthew and Cooper have connected thirty
five times for touchdowns in their brief time together. I
get the sense that that most recent one is going
to be remembered fondly for a long time.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Yeah, I mean that was special, you know, and I
think just because of all I thought our offensive line
was outstanding the other night. They did a great job,
but that was one of the few times where all right,
they ended up getting home with the rush and Matthew
avoided and to be able to go underneath, to be
able to kind of pull out with that strength, and
then to be able to have his eyes down the
field and find Cooper was was really impressed. And that
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was you know, you could see, you know, he was just
kind of feeling it the other night, and to be
able to move like that on a Thursday night at
thirty six years old was pretty impressive.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Cooper now needs four more catches and one receiving touchdown
to be sole third in RAMS history in both categories.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
And then it's Isaac and Tory the only guys he's
looking up. That feels right, doesn't it? It does feels appropriate?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
It does? I mean, you look at what he's done
through seven and a half years, the consistency, the work ethic,
the way that he goes about influencing and affecting his teammates.
That does it feels like an appropriate spot amongst two guys.
You know, obviously Isaacson and I wouldn't be surprised at
some point if Tory's putting a gold jacket on himself.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Long overdue, got to make that happen. We're gonna focus
on Pooka's blocking here. He also had over one hundred
yards of receiving. But how would what he did on
that fourth down play to make sure that Kyron gets
the line the game?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yeah, it was really impressive. I mean, you look at it.
We had run the same play on the previous play,
kind of short motion him in there, didn't really get
you know, clean block, and there was some inside penetration
on the fourth down, but you could see as Kiren
kind of jump cut it and bounced it outside. Poka
timed it up to be able to get his hat
in front a really physical player and Josh mttelis and
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you know, those are the things that everybody wants to see,
the stats, the production, But when you hear Pooka talk
about the passion that he has for blocking, that's one
of the things that I think you've missed as much
as anything is what he contributes as part of the
blocking surface where I mean, this is a major factor
in our run game, a difference maker, and there's just
this energy that he has with the ball but also
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without the ball that makes him as special as he is.
It was awesome.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Would you call him a war daddy?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, I did.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
I think I'm the Sean McVay like power rankings. It's
like he's a g he's a man, he's a war daddy.
Am I missing any.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
That's you know me? I'm pretty predictable, I guess so.
But that is up there, and that's one of the
highest compliments that I can get. I know it.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
That was Pooka's eighth career one hundred yard performance. He's
played nineteen games, same total as Justin Jefferson and had
in his first twenty. Only one player in league history
has more, and that's Obj with ten one hundred yard
performances in his first one at is Elite Company. DeMarcus
Robinson clearly benefited from having his running mates back, didn't.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
They He did, And really, you know, you look at
it and it was a timely you know, he ended
up doing a great job on some routes where it's like,
all right, maybe I will, maybe I won't get the football,
but it shows you that he's ready to roll. On
his first touchdown thought it was a great release that
he had on Griffin was able to work that edge.
A great job by Matthew identifying and getting that ball
up and down and then it was a swaggy celebration
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that he had. My favorite thing about that was all
ten of his teammates on the field ended up coming
in celebrating with him, and then you look at the
excitement on the sidelines. Dan de Mitrisen did a good
job of letting that one play for a while and
then on the second touchdown, great patience, you know, with
where he was on the backside of that concept, really
had a good, you know, internal clock in terms of
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out to be able to set that and sell that
route that he was running right there, and then I
thought for Matthew to be able to really exhaust his
progression get all the way through it, and the timing
that he did, those are one of those plays where
you're like, man, he is seeing it and he's dialed
for how quickly he was able to get through it
and to be in sync with the Marcus on that
That was a really sharp, well executed play. Two big catches,
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and then I thought he competed well in the run
game as well. Took good angles of departure and did
a good job of being able to get a hat
on a hat in the run game.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
That's second one you mentioned that's against Harrison like future
Hall of Fame safety and they're dropping eight in the
red area. There's timing on.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
That nailed it was, you know, and it got it back.
You know, we didn't have he was really the widest.
You know, we had Kirn on a wide out there
and then we were kind of chipping the tight end
to that side, but you look at it. It got
a half field player to kind of be able to
squeeze back and then we ended up hitting that void
right in between that that cloud corner and where Harrison
Smith was. And you mentioned it, you know, versus a
drop eight, typically you wouldn't have to progress, but with
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that extra underneath the fender that they had front side,
Matthew recognized it got through it. I thought the protection
held up really well because even though it is a
three man rush, the way that those guys dispersed snap,
you know, it doesn't always allow you to be able
to get some of the double teams. And I thought
our guys did a great job right there, and that
was big time.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
One more in the offense, especially because I know that
you're getting close to having all of your horses back
offensive line in particular, anyone we can look forward to
this week joining we'll see.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
You know, I was just talking to Reggie before we
got down here, and you know, guys are making good progress.
As far as where Jonah and where Steve are at,
I don't know that exactly yet. Would they be candidates
to return against Seattle? That seems like that would be presumptuous.
But Joe Noteboom, you know, we've started his clock. It's
good to be able to have him out there. And
then I think these guys, you know, you look at
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the comfort and the confidence that can be established over
a period of time when you are playing together. You know,
I think for bo Limmer to do some of the
things that he did the other night, JB. I was
really pleased and impressed based on all the different conflicts
that Brian Flores and his defense presents with guys that
can play in a bunch of different spots. You know,
justin did Itch and his second starts done a really
good job. Thought Alaric had one of his better games.
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And then kay Dot and Rob are you know, consistent,
you know, figures that we're comfortable with. But I thought
Aleric really did an excellent job against one of the
premier rushers in this league that has had a really
great season up to this date, and I thought he
did a good job of regulating him.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
I don't think this defense is the same one we
saw in September, not in terms of personnel, not in
terms of performance. Fair to continue to elevate that bar
for them as they grow together.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
I think so. And I think, you know, if we're
able to play in some of the situations where we're
doing what we should do as a team offensively, then
it earns the opportunity for some of these guys that
really come to life and let's get into some of
those known past situations. Let's make people play from behind.
But I think you're only seeing a guy like Jared
Verse continue to elevate his game. I think you're seeing
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Michael Hoyt do a great job in a variety of roles.
Byron Young, you know, is continuing to do a really
good job. And when you've got those guys on the
edges really solidifying things, you see the influence that Gif
Smiths had on the interior parts of the D line.
I think Kobe Turner's playing his best ball right now.
I thought Bobby Brown and really Braden Fisk. Both made
their presence felt. Tyler Davis is a young guy that's
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getting better and better, and then Aubrey's leadership on the
back end, and it's good to be able to get
Omar States in there. The other night, I thought he
did a nice job. Jalen McCollough continues to be a
really productive rookie for us. He's already got three picks.
But I thought one of the better plays he made
was on the second and fifteen, reading out of the
stack and making a tackle to force a third down
and nine that when Justin Jefferson gets the ball in
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his hands, usually you know you're always kind of holding
your breath to get him down.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Speaking of Justin Jefferson, he makes that miraculous catchdown the sideline,
and then d will rallies to kind of put your
defense in an entirely different position.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Yeah, you know, it's funny. You know when we were
talking a little bit beforehand, you know you talk about
what what are some plays that really epitomize what you
want this RAMS group to be, and that two play
sequence is one of them for me, you know, because
you look at we always talk about the response and
they've got a screen on and they throw a run
alert because it's a they're in man coverage on the
outside and Jefferson it makes a great play, but it's
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a great play because Darius is in a great position
as well. It kind of bobbles it and then it's
all about what is our response, and he ends up
making a great tackle on Aaron Jones, forces a negative
game right there, and that set us up to be
able to force that to be really ultimately, that ended
up being really a four point play in my mind,
and we needed that that held them and that you know,
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we ended up holding them right there. That response, I
thought was so reflective of who we want to be
and what this team's about with what Darius did. The
other one that came to mind is really first play
of the game, Puga drops the play, We come right
back to him. The next play, makes a great catch
on the screen. Alar gets out in front and he
gets thirteen yards and now we're going But both guys,
this is part of the game is you're going to
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have some adversity, But what do you do as a response?
What does that confidence look like to be able to
respond the way that we're capable of and I thought
both of those individuals in those moments that was reflective
of real things that occur in the mindset mentality that
we want to have as rams.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
I'm reminded to ask who ran that defense your first
start without Troy Reider, who was the green dot kind
of coordinating everything?
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, Quentin Lake. You know, he did a great job.
And Quintin As he's so smart, he's so conscientious, he
plays a variety of roles for us. I thought he
did an outstanding job of being able to communicate. And again,
I think Chris shul Avery pleasant really our defensive staff
as a whole have done a really great job of
connecting with these players, putting them in spots to be
able to thrive. And I think you're seeing the confidence,
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the energy, the edge that these guys are playing with,
and we're starting to see a lot more consistent execution
and that's what we're looking for.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Got to get Captain Q his first pick. I'm reminded
of that now breakout performance in Seattle a couple of
years ago when he had one. I feel like his
time is coming. He's going back to Seattle this week.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
That's right, he is He is, but he has made
a tremendous impact, you know, and he's had to He
can do so many different things, but he's had to
kind of fill in where needed because you're such a
good football player, but hey, how do we get our
best eleven? And that might mean, you know, you're adjusting
to some different things that you were thinking you were
going to do. But I can't say enough about the leadership,
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the presence, his ability to communicate and bring others with
him that Sean, his chess has been well earned and
all he is doing is continuing to thrive and just
continue to grow.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
So he had the comms in his helmet, but Jared
Vers was wearing the mic. Did you enjoy that I
did that this weekend?
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Yeah? I did. I I caught that. That was fun.
I'll enjoy showing a couple of clips in the team meeting.
Guys will get a kick out of that. But that
was one of the things that you loved about him
coming out of Florida State, and you know, he has fun.
He gets so excited for his teammates and then you
know he's a talker man and he uh, but what
he's able to do is he's able to have that
controlled aggression in his own way that that is true
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and authentic to his personality. I thought he was still
able to be, you know, totally locked in, and I
did get a chance to see that. I was very
entertained for the six minutes or however long that micd
up last.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
He flips the switch though, because afterwards he's falling up
with guys making sure Derris saw is okay, like, hey,
thanks for making me better.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
That's right. Yeah, And and you know, and you could
see the respect that those guys had for him, you know,
for Chris Cooper, their O line coach, to go seek
him out, for him to say to O'Neil, hey I
got better. You know, he respects this game, and he's
a competitor in the moment that's going to be able
to have his fun, but he has a lot of
respect for his opponents and how challenging it is to
do the things that he's done through the first you know,
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handful of weeks.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
You touched on something there that I was reminded of
watching you draft this spring, whether it was him, whether
it was Fisk. I think Brendan Jackson now that he's
playing to like this organization, intentionally selected toughness, like you
were preparing, not just for the lack of production without
Aaron Donald, but like that demeanor, that disposition.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
I think you're right, and I think that serves you
really well in general. You know, I think tough times
don't last. Tough people do. And you want mentally and
physically tough players in this league when you look at it,
whether it's as a fan yesterday or just in general,
you know, those teams that have a certain edge and
an energy, they last, they get better as the seasons go.
And I think you bet on those kinds of people,
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and you mentioned it. A lot of those guys they're
checking the boxes for that prototype that we're looking for.
And I think when you mentioned some of the guys
that were bright spots the other night, there's a toughness.
You know, you talk about the spark that Pukinakua provides
or Karen Williams. Those guys play with an energy, but
they play with a mental and a physical toughness that's
on display. Matthew Stafford did that the other night, you know.
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And then defensively, obviously Jared Versus is a big benefactor
of that.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
You dropped hosts name in there too, And I love
that because you basically recalibrated a whole edge roster around him,
and he just won't go away. He won't take no
for an answer. It's still the undrafted Ivy League guy there.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Yeah, And he does a great job. And he had
a swaggy La celebration again that he had brought out
against the Niners last year. But he has really I
think he's been a guy that's been a you know,
that has earned the right to say, all right, where
is the versatile role that I can play because of
this skill set that I can provide and some of
the different conflict positions that you can put offenses in
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based on his versatility. I've been really impressed with him.
He's been a great leader too, you know. I mean
you look at the experience that he's had, how he's
enabled that to translate to you know, the way that
he communicates with Jared Verse, with Byron Young, and and
the respect that those guys have for him. Obviously, Joe
Nigglia does a great job with that room. But I
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think Michael Hoyda I've been really pleased with him, and
he's earned a lot of the positive accolades that have
come his way, and he and versal. You know, those
guys were game Ball recipients from you know, from last Thursday.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Speaking of I've heard you say a couple of times
you owe Ethan Evans won to did he catch one?
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Oh, yeah, he'll get he'll get one. You know, we'll
we'll we'll celebrate that, and we'll also use it as
an opportunity to kind of jump start the week. It
seems like we played the Vikings like three years ago now.
But he did a great job. I thought two of
his punts were keen critical, being able to pin those
guys deep. Even on the other one, I thought Xavier
and Charles Woods did a nice job of having a
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positive net. Uh. And then as a holder, I mean
people forget, you know, as a holder. And then you know,
we're we're approaching the kickoffs. For the most part, we're saying,
let's kick touchbacks, and he's been one hundred percent on that.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I think it's two games in twenty seven days to
your point about like how wide the gap has been,
and clearly you guys needed that. Yeah, but I'm not
naive to the fact that on the other side, now
there's ten in a row, hopefully more right, yep. And
I hope this group has been able to build that
callus to sustain because we all know the university's not over,
no doubt.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
And really this season, you know, there's just so many
ebbs and flows and you can't ride that emotional roller coaster.
What I've been really pleased with O. JB Is there's
been a lot of things that have been thrown this
team's way in an early you know, in a short
amount of time, especially early on in the season, But
it doesn't seem like it was that long ago when
we were coming back off the buy and you're sitting
there saying, hey, here's where we are. But let's take
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an honest reflection of what we've done over these first
five games where we're headed, what's on the horizon in
terms of getting some guys back, And couldn't have been
more pleased with the way that they handled that five
day stretch where you play on a Sunday and then
on a Thursday, and then I'm looking forward to seeing
us come back and be able to capitalize on the
momentum that they've been able to earn. But every single
week is a new week. Humility is only a day
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away in this league. But I do trust that our
guys will use the things that they've learned through the
first seven weeks to catapul us forward to be the
best that we can be.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
How what'd you make of that vikings on side kick?
I don't know that I've ever seen anything like that.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
Yeah, that was wild. Just and you know what what
that might have been the best catch I saw all night. Uh,
you know by Kyroen to be able to end that
and they'll do that after a safety and but that thing,
I mean, that thing hung up forever, and that was
an impressive catch by Kyraen.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
How about last night's til Mary in Washington?
Speaker 2 (19:30):
That was wild. You know, I was watching that game
and uh, you know, you could see Washington had pretty
good control of the game throughout. Uh, but Chicago does
a great job of forcing you not to be able
to finish some of those drives with touchdowns in the
red area. They found a way to get hot at
the right time and then for them to take a
fifteen to twelve lead. But what a job by Washington,
you know, to be able to take the speed out
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to get him an extra thirteen yards and then I
think Jayden Daniel scrambles around for about thirteen seconds, and man,
every single week when you think know you know, you
just say no, you don't know, and they've got you know.
D Q is an easy guy to root for. Obviously.
I'm friends with Cliff Kingsbury and Jaden Daniels has a
really cool calm way about himself and even just watching
(20:12):
him get interviewed with Tracy Wolfson after the game, you
know just how calm he was. I would have been
a lot more jacked up, but that was Football's fun.
I like being a fan and just watching too.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
Are those circumstances you rehearse every week or monthly.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
And you know, the end of the game stuff and
the end of the half. You know, those are things
that you want to try to make sure that you're covering.
So there's an understanding. Now. What is challenging is it's
hard to simulate those things in full speed situations. But
you talk about a box out of you know, having
a front tip and a back tip guy and you know, clearly,
you know that was a great throw and what a
(20:48):
fortuitous bounce, you know, for Stevenson to be able to
kind of tip it to Noah Brown by himself in
the back of the end zone.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
When you're looking at through an offensive lens, are you
pleased or you relieved when the defense doesn't come after you,
like when they play cover, when they play pre vat Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Did you well, I know something? I think so, I mean,
you look at there's some teams have some different approaches,
but the best hail mary examples I've seen are usually
when there's the least amount of rushers in the most
amount of time to be able to let guys get
down in position. You know, even a couple of weeks ago.
I want to say it was a two man rush
that the Jets had when they ended up throwing their
(21:22):
hail mary at the end of the first half, I
believe against Buffalo. But those are the ones that you
know that come to mind, that seem like they're the
most successful. But I think Rogers had one when Arizona
lets them a couple of years ago.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
But usually the one that's the counter example. For sure.
Score by watching is dangerous though, because even though it's
early in the season or it feels like still now,
you look at the division and maybe you didn't get
the outcomes that the NFC West competitors we were hoping for,
but four teams, four losses, got to go get it yourself.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Yeah. I think that's the thing you just said is
what we've learned, especially over you know, just really the
tenure in general is worry about what you can control,
and there's so much football left to be played. There's
so many things that will happen from now until the
end of the season. And what I have been pleased
with is I think we have done a pretty good
job of being inside out. You know, as a fan,
you're watching and you want certain results, but it's like,
(22:12):
does that really matter if we don't continue to handle
what we're supposed to handle. And the only way that
you can really watch those games with a real intriguing
and interest is if you continue to handle your business.
And so that's what I'm focused on. That's what our
coaches and our players will be focused on this week,
and we know it's going to be a great challenge
going into a hostile environment Division opponent on the road.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Yeah, Week nine in Seattle in search of the rams
first road win. I was reminiscing about what a special
trip that was last year and just how fast the
NFL World Spins like Kiren didn't have an NFL touchdown
before you took that trip last year, Is that right,
Coogan Naku has probably owned on like ero point zero
one percent of all fantasy football teams before that trip.
(22:53):
Kobe and Byron first sacked together, and now here you
are a year and change later, and those are household names.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
No question. And that's you know, I remember even going
into last season, you know, there was a lot of
people that, hey, nobody knew about, but we we had
confidence that they could be the players that they've developed
into and they're going to continue to develop into. And
you know what a cool story every year has. And
as long as you grab the pen and write it
on your terms, within the framework of the things that
(23:20):
you can control, you can look back on it with
no regrets. And looking forward to attacking this week with
this group.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Have a good rest of your Monday night. Thanks as
always for stopping by. There's a Halloween party coming into
We got to clear out coaches and their families all right,
looking forward to the costumes for Sean McVay and j B.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Long.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
Thank you for joining us for the Coach McVay show.
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