Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay gives Week 13 injury updates, talks tight end Tyler Higbee's return to the practice field, and previews what he expects from the team against the New Orleans Saints.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hopefully everybody had a good Thanksgiving. As far as injuries
are concerned. You know, Higbee was great having him back
at practice this week. I mean he has brought a
spark and an energy and just being himself. You know,
he'll still be out though not quite ready, but I
mean he probably is, but we're gonna.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Be smart with him.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Katie Levinston will be out and then the only guy, Alaric,
will be listed as questionable.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Had a little foot thing, took part in the walk
through today, feel good about his availability.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
We were just airing on the side of caution with him.
You know, I think he ended up getting his foot
aggravated in the game and it just ended up not
feeling as good as we would have liked.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
So when I talk to you guys, didn't expect it.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
To be an issue, and you know, just because he
felt a little soreness in it. We wanted to be
smart with him not have any potential setbacks. So that's
kind of why.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
We've approached this week the way we did. I do.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yes, he's looked awesome, you know, I mean, such a
credit to his work, to you know, Reggie and his
staff all. I mean, you look at the things that
this guy's overcome. How mentally tough, he is physically tough.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
He's looked really good. He's a stud and he.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Has meant a lot to this football team in a
variety of ways. And it's been great having him.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Back out there.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Is just his knee or did he also have he
had a shoulder injury. He had a shoulder surgery as well,
you know, I mean you look at the knee, you
look at the shoulder. He is he is a guy
that has overcome and he just keeps plugging.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Gary and I.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Love the guy and I couldn't be more impressed with
just watching how he handles everything. You know, you watch
him as a husband, as a father, as a leader
of this team and then just navigate, you know, whatever
comes his way with the same mindset, mentality, in the
right spirit.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
He's a stud. He's a great example for all.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Of us, you know, really for this football team overall consistency,
snap in and snap out. Football is never perfect, you know,
but how many good plays can you string together? And
then how quickly can we respond and grab back the
momentum if we don't have a play that goes our way?
How much can we play eleven as one, making sure
that we're all in alignment, whether it's with our run
(02:02):
fits playing, you know, good coverage, understand which tools we
want to be able to activate. I want to see
good team defense. I want to see good team offense,
good coverage units, all those types of things, but same things,
and working looking for for the defense will be exactly
how I would answer your offensive question as well.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
You answer some questions about Thomas and now he's wanted
to enter head coach over just such a quick span
of time, so specifically you know about him as a
person to be able to.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Handle a suddenly Well, I know that he is. He's
always been a guy that's had an incredible command. He's
been a great competitor, He's he kind of demands respect
from people that he's around, just by the way that
he carries himself. Anytime these things come up, and I
think even Thomas did a great job of handling it
when he got the opportunity to be the OC. Has
done a great job, obviously, but it's unique in which
(02:56):
the circumstances have come about.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
But he's going to attack it. I think guys will
follow him his lead.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
But in this profession, you know, you just have such
an appreciation for out challenging it is, how difficult, how volatile,
and I think he's going to do a great job,
you know, I know I would imagine if he hasn't
already done a press conference, the way that he would,
you know, in such a.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Classy way that he would handle it.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
You know, these aren't necessarily the circumstances that you wanted
to occur. I know how much respect he has for
coach ebra Flus, but he is a guy that you know,
you guys have heard me talk about him. You know,
we got a chance to work together for a few years,
but I got a chance to compete against them. And
there's just certain people when you watch you like man,
they're a little different in terms of the competitiveness, the
spirit that never say die attitude, and then just his
(03:38):
overall presence in general is impressive.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Like I said, I think the good way to articulate
he commands respect by the way he handles himself and
he gives it back. And so I've always thought he
was a guy that would be a head coach at
some point. And we'll you know, I think you guys
will be impressed, not necessarily impressed. I mean, you know
how good of a coach he is, and good of
a leader and happy for for the opportunity. You know,
it's unfortunate the circumstances at what you're getting that.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
It is a rare sudden change.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, such a magnitude.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
So I guess as you.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Were, like, yeah, I'm still.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Learning, particularly like the situational management that nobody really ever
teaches you until you actually experience it, having a great
staff around.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
You and knowing who to trust, a certainly sure.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
What that process like for you, and uh, just knowing
his personality, how will he potentially discerned he does what? Well?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Yeah, I think it's ongoing and ever evolving, you know.
But what I do know about.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Thomas is there's good processes and procedures in place there.
He's always been a guy when he was the assistant
head coach here that was so thoughtful about a being
totally present in the role that you have while also
having an eye on ay, how would I do this
if the opportunity arose, How would I whether it's call
and plays or how would I be a head coach?
And different things. And I think one of the things
(04:59):
that we've tried to do that. You know, we do
take pride in here as you open the doors up
so that you can see exactly how we want to
handle it, and you're accountable for when there's mistakes on
my end. But then you also say, here's some things
that have worked out in our favorite heres the processes
and procedures and kind of the you know, the the
organizational structure at which we get to these decisions, and
(05:19):
then you know, the handling of game day, I think
is something that you know, you decide as a head coach,
all right, which responsibilities do you want to have? And
then you know, where is that threshold of making sure
that you use the surrounding parts around you And.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
That's always evolving.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
But I think he'll do a great job with that.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Hey, coach, you'll be facing another dynamic fact because special preparations.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Oh, I mean he's you know, Kamar is a great player,
you know, and I mean you look at it. He's
a guy that commands a lot of attention and very
similar to the way that Sakuan has impacted the game.
You know, there's a lot of versatility to the skill set.
I think they do a great job utilizing him and
so he's gonna be a guy that we have to be,
you know, very cognizant of the different ways that they
utilize him, and he can pose problems.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
So a lot of respect for this guy.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
He's been doing it at a high clip for a
long time, going back to even you know, when I
first got here and it was his rookie year, and
it seems like he is, you know, only getting better,
like a fine wine.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
That you that there are a quantity you do, that's
what you were gonna have to stop it. Yet, of
the Saints, with the coaching turnover and now the playing
better and Taysom Hill the way they're utilizing him, they
a little bit of a dangerous team.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Oh They're very dangerous.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Yeah, and they're very dangerous because you know, you look
at the tape and I think sometimes you know, we
all and you know what you talk about or what
are the results, But what does the tape tell you?
And what is snap in and snap out required? I
think momentum is a real thing. They have good positive
momentum in their favor. I think Klinn Kubiak does a
great job of being able to utilize some of those
threats that you mentioned. Whether that's Kamara, Taysom Hill, They've
(06:57):
got a quality, They've got capable tight ends and receive
you know, Valvedez Scantling coming into the mix, you know
with his speed.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
So they are.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Definitely a team that we have a ton of respect for,
very dangerous, and we know that it's going to be
a great challenge, especially you know at the you know,
at their place be a rock and atmosphere and environment,
you know, with the with the holidays and the momentum
they have, and so that's what you love about it.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
But you damn right that we know it's a great challenge.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
That game planning is like a constant shape shifting process
through the course of the week. But when you have
a player like Matthew and you know that he's also
sort of shaking studying things all through the course of
the week, what's the best time to approach you on
an idea that he thinks is going to work the game.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Most people don't want to approach me on those things.
They'll say it to somebody else and then somebody else
will bring it to me. But you know, you gotta
have a good feel for the timing.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Here's what I will say. There's a great amount of dialogue.
Like all kidding aside, you know, most of the time
I get things later. You know, nobody wants to talk
to the head coach. But Matthew is very good because
he's got here's what I will say. We see things
so similarly, and we've accumulated, you know, a good amount
of experience together and the amount of time that we
spent together when we first got here, you know, or
when he first got here. You know, there's a foundational
(08:12):
element of understanding of but we've done this before and
can we tweak that? And he does come with good
ideas or tweaks, and it's like, yeah, absolutely, let's do that.
I think that ownership is really healthy. And then if
there is a discrepancy, then ultimately we'll have a dialogue
of okay, hey, here's why or why not, and then
you come to a collaboration and a decision on how
we want to move forward. But he's got a bunch
(08:34):
of impact, he's got a bunch of feedback, but usually
he goes through rasavas.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Tell me, a lot of quarterbacks do have.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
That input and they have ideas and they present them
to various channels. But is it a bit of a
differentiator because he seems to be someone who's presenting any
things that he already understands the receivers and skill player's
alignment are able to.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Oh yeah, no, I mean there's there's obviously there's a
scheme element, but then most importantly, there's a personnel element
of what accentuates our guys' skill sets, and that to
me is, you know, where there's a there's an experience,
there's an understanding of not exclusively just liking this play,
but then okay, who can bring this play to life?
And what are the things that they do really well
that enable that to occur. And that's where he does
(09:22):
think like a coach in a lot of areas, and
that's why we'd be really stupid and silly not to.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Listen to him a lot. Okay, thanks guys,
Hopefully everybody had a good Thanksgiving. As far as injuries
are concerned. You know, Higbee was great having him back
at practice this week. I mean he has brought a
spark and an energy and just being himself. You know,
he'll still be out though not quite ready, but I
mean he probably is, but we're gonna.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Be smart with him.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Katie Levinston will be out and then the only guy, Alaric,
will be listed as questionable.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Had a little foot thing, took part in the walk
through today, feel good about his availability.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
We were just airing on the side of caution with him.
You know, I think he ended up getting his foot
aggravated in the game and it just ended up not
feeling as good as we would have liked.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
So when I talk to you guys, didn't expect it.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
To be an issue, and you know, just because he
felt a little soreness in it. We wanted to be
smart with him not have any potential setbacks. So that's
kind of why.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
We've approached this week the way we did. I do.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yes, he's looked awesome, you know, I mean, such a
credit to his work, to you know, Reggie and his
staff all. I mean, you look at the things that
this guy's overcome. How mentally tough, he is physically tough.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
He's looked really good. He's a stud and he.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Has meant a lot to this football team in a
variety of ways. And it's been great having him.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Back out there.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Is just his knee or did he also have he
had a shoulder injury. He had a shoulder surgery as well,
you know, I mean you look at the knee, you
look at the shoulder. He is he is a guy
that has overcome and he just keeps plugging.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Gary and I.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Love the guy and I couldn't be more impressed with
just watching how he handles everything. You know, you watch
him as a husband, as a father, as a leader
of this team and then just navigate, you know, whatever
comes his way with the same mindset, mentality, in the
right spirit.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
He's a stud. He's a great example for all.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Of us, you know, really for this football team overall consistency,
snap in and snap out. Football is never perfect, you know,
but how many good plays can you string together? And
then how quickly can we respond and grab back the
momentum if we don't have a play that goes our way?
How much can we play eleven as one, making sure
that we're all in alignment, whether it's with our run
(02:02):
fits playing, you know, good coverage, understand which tools we
want to be able to activate. I want to see
good team defense. I want to see good team offense,
good coverage units, all those types of things, but same things,
and working looking for for the defense will be exactly
how I would answer your offensive question as well.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
You answer some questions about Thomas and now he's wanted
to enter head coach over just such a quick span
of time, so specifically you know about him as a
person to be able to.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Handle a suddenly Well, I know that he is. He's
always been a guy that's had an incredible command. He's
been a great competitor, He's he kind of demands respect
from people that he's around, just by the way that
he carries himself. Anytime these things come up, and I
think even Thomas did a great job of handling it
when he got the opportunity to be the OC. Has
done a great job, obviously, but it's unique in which
(02:56):
the circumstances have come about.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
But he's going to attack it. I think guys will
follow him his lead.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
But in this profession, you know, you just have such
an appreciation for out challenging it is, how difficult, how volatile,
and I think he's going to do a great job,
you know, I know I would imagine if he hasn't
already done a press conference, the way that he would,
you know, in such a.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Classy way that he would handle it.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
You know, these aren't necessarily the circumstances that you wanted
to occur. I know how much respect he has for
coach ebra Flus, but he is a guy that you know,
you guys have heard me talk about him. You know,
we got a chance to work together for a few years,
but I got a chance to compete against them. And
there's just certain people when you watch you like man,
they're a little different in terms of the competitiveness, the
spirit that never say die attitude, and then just his
(03:38):
overall presence in general is impressive.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Like I said, I think the good way to articulate
he commands respect by the way he handles himself and
he gives it back. And so I've always thought he
was a guy that would be a head coach at
some point. And we'll you know, I think you guys
will be impressed, not necessarily impressed. I mean, you know
how good of a coach he is, and good of
a leader and happy for for the opportunity. You know,
it's unfortunate the circumstances at what you're getting that.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
It is a rare sudden change.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, such a magnitude.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
So I guess as you.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Were, like, yeah, I'm still.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Learning, particularly like the situational management that nobody really ever
teaches you until you actually experience it, having a great
staff around.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
You and knowing who to trust, a certainly sure.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
What that process like for you, and uh, just knowing
his personality, how will he potentially discerned he does what? Well?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Yeah, I think it's ongoing and ever evolving, you know.
But what I do know about.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Thomas is there's good processes and procedures in place there.
He's always been a guy when he was the assistant
head coach here that was so thoughtful about a being
totally present in the role that you have while also
having an eye on ay, how would I do this
if the opportunity arose, How would I whether it's call
and plays or how would I be a head coach?
And different things. And I think one of the things
(04:59):
that we've tried to do that. You know, we do
take pride in here as you open the doors up
so that you can see exactly how we want to
handle it, and you're accountable for when there's mistakes on
my end. But then you also say, here's some things
that have worked out in our favorite heres the processes
and procedures and kind of the you know, the the
organizational structure at which we get to these decisions, and
(05:19):
then you know, the handling of game day, I think
is something that you know, you decide as a head coach,
all right, which responsibilities do you want to have? And
then you know, where is that threshold of making sure
that you use the surrounding parts around you And.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
That's always evolving.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
But I think he'll do a great job with that.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Hey, coach, you'll be facing another dynamic fact because special preparations.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Oh, I mean he's you know, Kamar is a great player,
you know, and I mean you look at it. He's
a guy that commands a lot of attention and very
similar to the way that Sakuan has impacted the game.
You know, there's a lot of versatility to the skill set.
I think they do a great job utilizing him and
so he's gonna be a guy that we have to be,
you know, very cognizant of the different ways that they
utilize him, and he can pose problems.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
So a lot of respect for this guy.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
He's been doing it at a high clip for a
long time, going back to even you know, when I
first got here and it was his rookie year, and
it seems like he is, you know, only getting better,
like a fine wine.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
That you that there are a quantity you do, that's
what you were gonna have to stop it. Yet, of
the Saints, with the coaching turnover and now the playing
better and Taysom Hill the way they're utilizing him, they
a little bit of a dangerous team.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Oh They're very dangerous.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Yeah, and they're very dangerous because you know, you look
at the tape and I think sometimes you know, we
all and you know what you talk about or what
are the results, But what does the tape tell you?
And what is snap in and snap out required? I
think momentum is a real thing. They have good positive
momentum in their favor. I think Klinn Kubiak does a
great job of being able to utilize some of those
threats that you mentioned. Whether that's Kamara, Taysom Hill, They've
(06:57):
got a quality, They've got capable tight ends and receive
you know, Valvedez Scantling coming into the mix, you know
with his speed.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
So they are.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Definitely a team that we have a ton of respect for,
very dangerous, and we know that it's going to be
a great challenge, especially you know at the you know,
at their place be a rock and atmosphere and environment,
you know, with the with the holidays and the momentum
they have, and so that's what you love about it.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
But you damn right that we know it's a great challenge.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
That game planning is like a constant shape shifting process
through the course of the week. But when you have
a player like Matthew and you know that he's also
sort of shaking studying things all through the course of
the week, what's the best time to approach you on
an idea that he thinks is going to work the game.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Most people don't want to approach me on those things.
They'll say it to somebody else and then somebody else
will bring it to me. But you know, you gotta
have a good feel for the timing.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Here's what I will say. There's a great amount of dialogue.
Like all kidding aside, you know, most of the time
I get things later. You know, nobody wants to talk
to the head coach. But Matthew is very good because
he's got here's what I will say. We see things
so similarly, and we've accumulated, you know, a good amount
of experience together and the amount of time that we
spent together when we first got here, you know, or
when he first got here. You know, there's a foundational
(08:12):
element of understanding of but we've done this before and
can we tweak that? And he does come with good
ideas or tweaks, and it's like, yeah, absolutely, let's do that.
I think that ownership is really healthy. And then if
there is a discrepancy, then ultimately we'll have a dialogue
of okay, hey, here's why or why not, and then
you come to a collaboration and a decision on how
we want to move forward. But he's got a bunch
(08:34):
of impact, he's got a bunch of feedback, but usually
he goes through rasavas.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Tell me, a lot of quarterbacks do have.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
That input and they have ideas and they present them
to various channels. But is it a bit of a
differentiator because he seems to be someone who's presenting any
things that he already understands the receivers and skill player's
alignment are able to.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Oh yeah, no, I mean there's there's obviously there's a
scheme element, but then most importantly, there's a personnel element
of what accentuates our guys' skill sets, and that to
me is, you know, where there's a there's an experience,
there's an understanding of not exclusively just liking this play,
but then okay, who can bring this play to life?
And what are the things that they do really well
that enable that to occur. And that's where he does
(09:22):
think like a coach in a lot of areas, and
that's why we'd be really stupid and silly not to.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Listen to him a lot. Okay, thanks guys,
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