January 22, 2025 • 29 mins
Ricky Hollywood is joined by voice of the Los Angeles Rams, J.B Long, to put a bow on the 2024 season after a heartbreaking loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Divisional Round. J.B shares how proud he is to be a part of this team and what excites him most about the 2025 season and beyond.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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(00:26):
Welcome back to another episode of Ricky's Ram Jam, presented
by Barefoot Wine. It was a heartbreaking twenty eight to
twenty two loss against the Eagles on Sunday. Oof, that
was tough, but the boys fought like hell. The entire
team fought like hell the entire sixty minutes of the game.
Joining me to wrap up the season is JB.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Long, the Voice of the Rams.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
But first we need to do the last coin toss
of the season. Okay, Option one, Jared Verse wins Defensive
Rookie of the Year. Pretty easy, pretty easy choice. But
how much are you going to flip this coin? Because
are you willing to put it on the line that
next year? Option two, Jery Verse will be the Defensive
Player of the Year.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Option one or Option two? Let me know below.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Joining me now for the final Barefoot Toast of the
twenty four season is the voice of the Rams, JB Long.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
JB, how are you.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
I'm good, I'm excited to be here. I'm disappointed in
that I've been asking all year to be on ram Jam.
I think this has been your best season yet, and
each time I've been met with the putoff, well, wait
till the season is over. You can be the finale,
which feels like an honor when you say it. But
I know that you were just putting me off and
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putting me off, and that I had to wait for
there to literally not be another Rams game before I
could come on ram Jam.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, we had a good thing going.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We were like jinxing it, so we were marking off
every Tuesday for like when we would have to do
a show. And then the kicker was when you texted
me the link to the Andrew Whitworth show and You're like, Okay,
now I really see how it is, and I was like, no,
I swear like the fans want to hear from JB,
like you are the perfect person to run.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
The fans here. Too much from me. But there was
a week where I thought, okay, this is my time.
You actually did extend the invite. You didn't like send
me the show link. We were like on the doorstep
and then I got the wait a second, I got
a better offer. It wasn't specific who that offer was.
I had to wait to watch the show, and once
I did, I understood, and that one I won't hold
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against you.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
I mean, I want to say went ahead of that game,
and then his speech, I think you. I want to
say thank you because you allowed I want to see
destiny to occur by that the lead up to that
Arizona game.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
You know, it was how that was supposed to go.
And you're right, we had one of the strongest reverse
jink streaks of my career. So thank you for being
my dancing partner.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Absolutely so.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
After the game on Sie, you tweeted that you've never
been prouder to be affiliated with the Rams.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Why is that?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
You know, I've been privileged to be a part of
some great seasons on and off the field, but I
feel like, organizationally, this was our most triumphant unfortunately, to
really prove that you have to have hard cards dealt
your way, and I think we as a team, as
an organization more importantly, as a city and a community
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have gone through it again, and football is just such
a small, secondary, tertiary component of that. But I feel
like that's really in my now nine years where the
RAMS organization let's put team aside for a second, has
shined the brightest. And I like the fact that not
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only do I work for an entity that is committed
to winning games and championships, but is ready willing and
able to step to that even higher level when it's necessary.
And unfortunately there have been too many instances where that
has been required. But even when it hasn't been required,
you know, there's a lot of components of the Los
Angeles Rams that proactively seek out difference making opportunities in
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and around our community, and unfortunately I have not played
as much of a consistent leading role in some of
those efforts. But I think what I was touching on
there is I saw Sean McVay and the Rams win,
and a lot of coaches and players that I care about,
but especially in the trailing couple of weeks, I saw
a lot of other corners of who we are as
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a company. Yeah, not just win, but feel the rewards
of the blood, sweat and tears that they have put
in for so many months and years as well.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Yeah, perfectly said it.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Every day that I wake up as a Ram, I'm
like so proud to work for this organization and seeing
all of that come together, for the organization and what
they have done for just placed victims in the LA
area and what they.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Did to Arizona.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Like even on days where they aren't doing this phenomenal,
huge effort of things, I still kind of I feel
that sentiment all the time. Let's talk about this the
game on Sunday a little bit. What did you think
about the way the Rams fought back down twenty eight
to fifteen late in the fourth to have a chance
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to win it in the end.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
It was a microcosm of the season at large, wasn't it.
I don't know. I don't know about you, but I'm
still struggling to kind of unwind the complicated cocktail that
was the way this season finished, right, because in so
many respects, I feel like the Rams bumped up against
the ceiling of their range of possibilities in a really rewarding,
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fulfilling way, And I'm complimentary and proud of that. And
yet because of how close they came to even more,
and knowing how that path New Orleans was made a
vail to them the night before they kicked off, It's
really tough to let it go. Every season is, but
in particular this one, because while I feel like in
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some regards they overachieved, I also feel like they proved
to me and to us that maybe they were underestimated
and that there was every reason to believe that they
could have redeemed that early season loss against the Eagles
with the playoff victory, and that they would have been
able to put a great game plan against the Commanders,
and who knows, maybe even gone further down that road.
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So I think with each passing day, more fond memories
will take over from the raw nerves right now. But
you know the other thing, Erica too, is if this
wasn't such an easy team to root for, it would
be easier to let this year go, especially in the
way that it ended. But I admire and care so
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deeply about so many of the players and coaches involved,
and they run such a wide range of just beginning
and on the back nine, that yeah, this one lands differently,
this one, this one really lands differently. In a lot
of great ways, but also a lot of challenging ones
that I think will take all of us a few
more days or weeks to sort through.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Yeah, I absolutely it the way that this team and
I know everyone's like, oh, from one and four to this,
but this one and four team wasn't the real team.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
I mean it was.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
It shows their grit and the resilience and how they all,
you know, next man up and tried to hang on
to get to where they got. But I just there's
just a few breaks where I look back at this
game on Sunday and you just summed.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
It up perfectly where it's like that sting is is
going to take a.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
While, whether it was anecdotally or analytically. The Rams won
that game in a lot of critical ways like play
in and play out. I felt that they won more
reps than did the Philadelphia Eagles. Unfortunately, Philadelphia's wins were
more constant in the outcome, so that too makes it
tough to let go and not want another swing at it.
(08:07):
But yeah, I think the backstory of one in four
is really meaningful. I don't know that necessarily too many
had Super Bowl aspirations for this group, but what I
loved about it and why I wanted to really see
them continue to win and drive further into the postseason.
Then maybe they were given the opportunity to is because
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this group didn't succeed because everything went their way. They
didn't win ten games and a West title and have
a chance to host an NFC championship game because their blueprint,
their design, played out in front of them quite the opposite.
Whether it's going back to free agency, or some of
the summer injuries turned September injuries, or the front loaded
schedule which turned out to be the toughest schedule in
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the National Football League. No, the Rams were there on
the final drive with a chance to host the NFC
Championship game in spite of things going against them at
seemingly every turn, and yet all the way until that
wild card win against Arizona, they found a way to
spin those setbacks positively. And that was I think a
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really really endearing characteristic of this twenty twenty four chapter.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Yeah, and and there's a lot to be hopeful too,
Like I know, it's there's this, there's this sting, and
the football is a business and you never know who
could be here next season or who could who could
be added. However, you know the defense sixteen sacks and
two playoff games, Jared Verse, I mean defensive rookie of
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the year, hands hands down. Brandon Fisk was in that category.
I mean, once healthy, the defense improved so much in
the second half. What do you think the ceiling is
for this team, regardless of this unknown future?
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Yeah, I mean it's not lost on me that I
was less Theed's birthday on Sunday and to see rookie
after rookie, some of them drafted, others undrafted step into
that fray and really deliver. It felt like that was
the gift that he and his staff deserved. And similarly,
this coming Friday, Sean mcfay's birthday, I wanted him to
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have to have a week on the job, to have
to work through that and postpone that celebration so very much.
But I think you're right to kind of take that
as the next step as we do transition to this
off season. If you're a step or two remove from
the Los Angeles Rams, you didn't think that when Kevin
Demoff wrote that spring letter going into last season saying, hey,
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times are going to change here a little bit. It's
not that we're not going to continue to strive to
compete and win championships, but the way we've gone about it,
we're going to have to course correct just a little
bit to kind of reset our next launch point. And
while they were resetting, I think because of how special
this organization is and because what a four of nature
its leadership is, including its head coach, it's like no
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rebuild here, like in this intervening time. What we're going
to do is draft two incredible classes, supplement them with
key free agents and college free agents, and we're going
to win double digit games and we're going to get
two playoff bursts out of this. And so whatever you
saw twenty twenty five being, we'll get there. But in
the meantime, we're not going to take the steps back,
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and we're going to have this sustained success, which, like
Sean says, is really the truest measurement of performance, and
in this sport specifically, is so so difficult to achieve.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yeah, and off of that, I would like to play
you just a clip from coach McVeigh after the game
on Sunday.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
This is the time for gratitude, for appreciation. I love
this group, I love this coaching staff. I love these players,
and I also understand and appreciate how difficult it is
to be in positions like this. Love this group, and
I'm just really sad that this journey is over. This
was special season. It's as much fun as I've had,
as much as you've ever wanted to do right for
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the people in that locker room. We've had a lot
of special teams, but this team, there was something really
special about them, and I think I'm up here pretty shocked.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
So to see him be so vulnerable and have that
kind of emotion, Like, what do you take away from
that type of leadership, from that type of emotion and
love for this type of team?
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Yeah, you know, he and Cooper and some others have
become fond of saying like, we tried to discipline ourselves
to be where our feet are, and I think Sunday
was a shining example of that. Their feet were planted
in the snow flurries of Philadelphia and the link in
that moment in time, they were planted in heartbreak. And
yet unlike less disciplined members of this organization who are
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immediately running to Okay, what's next and what does that
mean for player A, B or C and where does
twenty twenty five start. I appreciate that after eight years
on the job, Sean has come to know himself and
to guard against some of those natures to make sure
that that specific team, which will never be together again.
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God its proper moment, God, its proper appreciation, got to
more in the fact that it was over and celebrate
the special memories that they made that I know we'll
all carry forward. So look, it's not lost on me
and you and certainly not him that this offseason is
going to be full of difficult choices for a lot
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of people, just like every single one is, but specific
to this edition of the Los Angeles Rams and some
household names that have been the foundation and leading contributors
to championship seasons. Whether it continues, whether it ends here,
it's not a one size fits all answer. But I
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think understanding what is to come lends a poignance to
that moment being one that we can all appreciate they earned,
and also understanding that it's where this team ends and
the next one begins.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Yeah, he said he's never had more fun than he
did this season, and I remember during training camp that
was sort of the energy around camp as well. And
I remember you saying that to Matthew Stafford at an
inside RAMS camp, being like, you look like you're just
having so much fun out there.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
If this was Stafford's last game.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
In Horns, what do you think his legacy will be
for this Rams team?
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Well, that's where I would have loved for just that
one more victory. And not to keep lingering on that,
but it would have made him the winningnest postseason quarterback
in franchise history. And knowing the backstory that he came
to Los Angeles without so much as a playoff win
and now is regarded as one of the most clutch
postseason performers with some of the statistics and resume wins
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to back that up. He's, in my mind, made it
to Canton. I think this season, in particular the additional accolades,
entering the all time top ten and some specific counting categories,
leading another division championship, winning another postseason game, capturing the
imagination of the football community the way that he did,
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I think he's there. I also think that there is
some real institutional value in having him potentially get the
opportunity to do more and to make sure that he
is regarded as one of the great and La Rams quarterbacks.
I think he will be whether or not he plays
another down. But I think time needs to go by,
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I think for him and his camp and the Rams
and theirs, because the first step of this offseason I
think begins with him and what his ambitions are and
how they marry up with what the feel like is
best for twenty twenty five, and then the window of
time thereafter.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Yeah, he said it in the locker room right after
the game. He looks at his watch, He's like, it's
been thirty minutes since this game just ended. I need
to kind of process this. However, I feel like I
played some pretty good ball this year, and.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
I think I have that cera and that's it. I
like the hard conversations. I'm glad that, just like letting
this season go, this is going to be worth wrangling
with right he was. If he was not performing well
or heaven forbid, injured and not feeling like it was
worth another year off of his life and away from
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his family and risking his physical nature like he does,
then this would be easier. I'm thankful that he finishes
on such a high note in the postseason, and that
there's a very tough case to be made that the
Rams of twenty twenty five can find a better option
at quarterback than John Matthew Stafford. Like that is a
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great place to be difficult one, but I'll take that
over the alternative every January.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Yeah, yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
He had his little Matthew Stafford twinkle in his eye.
I think I played some pretty good ball. I think
I have some left in me. I mean, obviously he
needs to sleep.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
On it, but I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
I just I got I got a little bit maybe
more fired up from that clip circulating Twitter than maybe
I should.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
And I know, obviously you have to keep expectations where
they are.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Okay, So I feel, you know, the energy from both
of us is sad and low, and I'm sure the
viewers that are watching too, but there's so much to
be happy about as well when you're looking back at
this season. And so right now, I just kind of
want to do like a like a little energy sage,
right and so before before we do our ram jam,
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I just want to first of all give you your accolades, like,
not only are you such an such a talented broadcaster,
but the writing pieces that you do on the Rams,
and most importantly, the trailers that you do every week
that get RAMS fans so pumped up. Take me through
how you come up with that? Are you I want
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to know the jblong process, Like are you pacing in
the garage being like okay, like this is this is
the theme that I've got this week. Take me through,
because you are really the brains behind those each and
every week. And sometimes I have to admit I'm jealous
that I didn't think of some of the things that
you say.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
I have to say that, Well, when we run too
long on this episode and you go back and you
have to edit out, like which question and answer are
we not going to include in the published version of
this edition of Ramjam. This will be the one Soeah
answer question. I please promise me that you'll excize it. Yeah.
I think that's That's part of my heartache this week
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is I love the rhythm and the process of a
week on the job, and it all stitches together so
wonderfully for me, and I'm so privileged and I'm so
humbled by the fact that I get to fly home
from a game and think about Rams and think about
what conversation I'm going to have with a player the
next day, and what the best course of conversation might
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be for the Sean McVay show. And usually through those
exercises and living and eating and sleeping and breathing rams
football like we love to do. I'll be honest, some
weeks it is challenging, but because we've had so many
great seasons, a lot of times it's a lot easier
than it should be, because the team gives us such
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great narratives, because the coach gives us such a great
ethos to tap into, like when he gives you we
not me, or when he gives you model the way,
or when he gives you we're built for this, Like
how can you not take that and run with it? Now?
I'll stop there in terms of my portion of the program,
because the truth of the matter is that Sunday in
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the Monday is where I do my legwork. And from there,
the creative side of our organization in our studios, which
you know really well, they do all the magic phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
We have the best in the league for sure.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
And if if my limited ability is reading, writing, talking,
like there's far exceeds mine and so should we You
can name drop a couple of them if you want.
If I always hesitate to go down that line because
we all forget someone but Michael and Solo and Sophia
and use If and everyone on our studios team. That's
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just you know, on the vertical that is the trailer
which you ask specifically about. We could name a dozen more,
but then think about all the videographers who shoot the
incredible clips and capture the amazing sound that bring those
pieces of content and so many others to life. Yeah,
that was an idea that we started in Sean's second season.
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I want to say, so, what has it been now?
Eight minus one? It's been seven full years that we've
done one of those hype videos each and every week.
I think, if my math is correct, which is mind
boggling to think is real or has been possible. But
I assure you I would have run out of juice
long ago if not for how good the organization has
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performed on the field, how inspiring the head coach and
his messages have been, and again all the contributors to
those and every piece of content that you see on
the Rams dot Com, on our social platforms, our YouTube channel,
et cetera.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Well, they get me fired up.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
And maybe in the off season you could write like
a game trailer for like my weekend, like maybe just
like a normal Ricky's weekend trailer.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Bing See, I'm already. I'm already forgetting names that I
think I probably did not drop.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
It goes on forever.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
I should have written them down to make sure that
I name checked everyone. But if you're hearing this and
I missed you, shame on me. It's only because I'm
still hungover from the RAMS loss on Sunday and.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
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Speaker 2 (21:58):
Over there, Okay, JB.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Before I let you go, it's time for the RAM Jam,
where I asked my guests the same three questions describe
your perfect day start to finish.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Yeah, all right, So I will be a little sappy
here if you'll allow it, because watching your show, as
I do, I often think like, how has my answer
changed over the course of the years that you've been
doing it, or since you first asked? And because we
mentioned big Wit earlier, when I heard his answer to
this question, I was like, Yep, that's my perfect day too.
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Heaven forbid. Eric is going to put me on the spot.
How would I answer that any differently? I just want
WIT's life and Wits day. That's pretty perfect. Go watch
that episode if you don't know what I'm talking about.
But part of what makes Ramjam great is it is introspective.
And I did have that drive in the car and
I thought, no, what is my real answer? And my
real answer dawned on me when we showed up to
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the Week eighteen regular and finale against the Seahawks at
Sofi Stadium, and I realize that home Sundays are my
quite literal ideal day. In its best case, I'm up
early with a run to just kind of get my
mind right and get calorie negative and kind of just
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set myself up for a football game, able to go
to church with my wife and my boys and go
from there right down the four or five to Sofi Stadium,
which is in so many ways my happy place. I
don't know about you, but if I've been, you know,
walking across American Airlines Plaza into the Main Bowl one
hundred times, I don't think once it's failed to make
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you know. The hairs on my next stand up with
adrenaline to be with the people that I love working with,
including MJD and DeMarco Farr, and to really just soak
in the privilege of the seat that I have for
this window of time and hopefully win a game and
then be home by dinner time to kind of invert
that process. That is, those are my best days on
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the calendar. That's why I hate to see the off
season arrive, is because I know how long the months
will be until I get to do that again.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Yeah, no, that's that's a perfect answer.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Now, you can't also switch lives with the celebrity and
just pick wit also, so that's off the table, just
so you know.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Yeah, in lots of ways, I can't just get to
be with.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Which celebrity would you like to switch lives for for
one day? And why?
Speaker 3 (24:28):
Oh man, what's your current answer to this question?
Speaker 2 (24:32):
I mean it's Taylor Swift obviously, but I'm such a
Swift now.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Just felt a static cling oh nice in my sweats.
So that's where we're at in the off season. I'm
putting laundry on with dryer sheets.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
So I mean we've all been there. I'm there mid Sea,
I mean off seat.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
Yeah, Now, I don't even know what to do with
my time. It's just, yeah, we all have to just connet. Yeah,
Taylor Swift, for sure.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
I'll stay in the music space too. I'm I'm a
big John Mayer guy. I think I think that X. Yeah,
so I wanted to kind of just to marry that
up with with where you are. But as someone who
does not have music ability doesn't get a chance to
perform in that way, but kind of knows what it's
like to be on a mic differently, Like what if
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I had all the talent in the world and was
just naturally in my elements.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Yeah, yeah, that would be good, all right.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
The final fault, by the way that they that they
broke up. Whose fault was that? Probably John's?
Speaker 1 (25:29):
I think it was John's, the way that breeding between
the tea leaves, of the dueling songs and everything.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
She was nineteen, he was a lot older. We could
go down a whole rabbit hole there. It was his fault.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
It worked out great for her. I don't know how well.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
It's worked out for him. Yeah, She's She's fine.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
Iced coffee on a snowy day or hot coffee in
a heat wave.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
I've come a long way on this one. I am
I'm very much an iced coffee guy. I think the
next step in airline service evolution is why are we
not serving quality iced coffee on planes? Like, there's so
many delivery mechanisms, there's so many ways that our various
airlines can make that happen for us. It's also a
lot safer than pouring hot coffee, don't you think on
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a turbulent aircraft. So but I will say I've come
to appreciate that. I think peak coffee, the best coffee
moment is a nice latte, hot latte on a cold day.
So like that is the height of coffee experience. But
in terms of what delivers day after day and my preference, again,
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we live in California, we get to have the best
of ice coffee. And I also think you can have
more ice coffee. I can only have one hot coffee
per day.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
You're same, same, Yeah, unless I'm working from home and
I've got myn espresso and sometimes I'll like make a
couple and then I'm not gonna ice. So it depends
on what I'm But I'll leave you with this anecdote
before we sign off.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Jory, who you know very well?
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Who is who is someone that works for us with
the Rams. He shut out to him, he watches every
single one of these and gives me a lot of
notes to make the show better. So very very thankful
for him. He leaned over to me yesterday at the
office and was like, you know, fifteen years ago, people
weren't drinking iced coffee. I mean, coffee is supposed to
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be brewed hot.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Do you know that? And I was like, I think
you're right.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
I mean in Australia, you order a nice coffee, they
give you ice cream in it because they're like, what
are you talking about, Like coffee is meant to be
brood hot?
Speaker 2 (27:30):
But also like give me a niced latte.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
So that those were his two cents that he seemed
pretty perplexed in the middle of the day that he
likes listening to this part of the show the best.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Well, I think it just makes us more appreciative of
the moment in time that we've been born into that
we get to have more advanced coffee culture, especially living
with where we do, and we can enjoy it indifferent
and between us.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Better wait, JB.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Thank you so much for your time, and thank you
from all RAMS fans for all that you do every
single week. You give us so much access into the team,
into the organization, and you are just the brightest light.
And as a friend and just Jammy, I thank you
for your time today.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Well again, congratulations on what I'm going to say is
your best season yet and here's too many more. I
cannot believe that we are watching your training camp antics
months ago. It feels like just yesterday. Kids say what
is my family's favorite RAMS segment? We ingest it religiously
and to your audience too, like way to go, Jammies.
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I'm glad that you've discovered what an authentic and awesome
person Ricky is through this show and through other ways.
And thank you for allowing both her and me to
give you the access that we do, because that's the
reason why we do it and why we are allowed
to do it. So appreciate all your support this season,
and here's to even better in twenty five.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
There he goes, thanks to JB. The organization is in
great hands.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
That does it.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
For this week's episode of Rickey's Rahiam jam And I
just want to thank all of you Jammis for following
along and being here each and every week. To everyone
that's been in the comments for the coin toss. That
was a really fun addition. We had some players on
this year. That was so much fun, and it was
really great to sit down with some of those guys
and the amount of guests that we had with their perspectives.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
It was just a beautiful, beautiful.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Season of Ricky's Rayam Jam and I'm so happy to
all of you that have been here each and every week.
I had such a blost doing this show, and I'm
excited for next year and there's a lot to.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Be excited about.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
The off season is right around the corner, but until then,
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Welcome back to another episode of Ricky's Ram Jam, presented
by Barefoot Wine. It was a heartbreaking twenty eight to
twenty two loss against the Eagles on Sunday. Oof, that
was tough, but the boys fought like hell. The entire
team fought like hell the entire sixty minutes of the game.
Joining me to wrap up the season is JB.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Long, the Voice of the Rams.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
But first we need to do the last coin toss
of the season. Okay, Option one, Jared Verse wins Defensive
Rookie of the Year. Pretty easy, pretty easy choice. But
how much are you going to flip this coin? Because
are you willing to put it on the line that
next year? Option two, Jery Verse will be the Defensive
Player of the Year.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Option one or Option two? Let me know below.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Joining me now for the final Barefoot Toast of the
twenty four season is the voice of the Rams, JB Long.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
JB, how are you.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
I'm good, I'm excited to be here. I'm disappointed in
that I've been asking all year to be on ram Jam.
I think this has been your best season yet, and
each time I've been met with the putoff, well, wait
till the season is over. You can be the finale,
which feels like an honor when you say it. But
I know that you were just putting me off and
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putting me off, and that I had to wait for
there to literally not be another Rams game before I
could come on ram Jam.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, we had a good thing going.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We were like jinxing it, so we were marking off
every Tuesday for like when we would have to do
a show. And then the kicker was when you texted
me the link to the Andrew Whitworth show and You're like, Okay,
now I really see how it is, and I was like, no,
I swear like the fans want to hear from JB,
like you are the perfect person to run.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
The fans here. Too much from me. But there was
a week where I thought, okay, this is my time.
You actually did extend the invite. You didn't like send
me the show link. We were like on the doorstep
and then I got the wait a second, I got
a better offer. It wasn't specific who that offer was.
I had to wait to watch the show, and once
I did, I understood, and that one I won't hold
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against you.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
I mean, I want to say went ahead of that game,
and then his speech, I think you. I want to
say thank you because you allowed I want to see
destiny to occur by that the lead up to that
Arizona game.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
You know, it was how that was supposed to go.
And you're right, we had one of the strongest reverse
jink streaks of my career. So thank you for being
my dancing partner.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Absolutely so.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
After the game on Sie, you tweeted that you've never
been prouder to be affiliated with the Rams.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Why is that?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
You know, I've been privileged to be a part of
some great seasons on and off the field, but I
feel like, organizationally, this was our most triumphant unfortunately, to
really prove that you have to have hard cards dealt
your way, and I think we as a team, as
an organization more importantly, as a city and a community
(03:29):
have gone through it again, and football is just such
a small, secondary, tertiary component of that. But I feel
like that's really in my now nine years where the
RAMS organization let's put team aside for a second, has
shined the brightest. And I like the fact that not
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only do I work for an entity that is committed
to winning games and championships, but is ready willing and
able to step to that even higher level when it's necessary.
And unfortunately there have been too many instances where that
has been required. But even when it hasn't been required,
you know, there's a lot of components of the Los
Angeles Rams that proactively seek out difference making opportunities in
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and around our community, and unfortunately I have not played
as much of a consistent leading role in some of
those efforts. But I think what I was touching on
there is I saw Sean McVay and the Rams win,
and a lot of coaches and players that I care about,
but especially in the trailing couple of weeks, I saw
a lot of other corners of who we are as
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a company. Yeah, not just win, but feel the rewards
of the blood, sweat and tears that they have put
in for so many months and years as well.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Yeah, perfectly said it.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Every day that I wake up as a Ram, I'm
like so proud to work for this organization and seeing
all of that come together, for the organization and what
they have done for just placed victims in the LA
area and what they.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Did to Arizona.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Like even on days where they aren't doing this phenomenal,
huge effort of things, I still kind of I feel
that sentiment all the time. Let's talk about this the
game on Sunday a little bit. What did you think
about the way the Rams fought back down twenty eight
to fifteen late in the fourth to have a chance
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to win it in the end.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
It was a microcosm of the season at large, wasn't it.
I don't know. I don't know about you, but I'm
still struggling to kind of unwind the complicated cocktail that
was the way this season finished, right, because in so
many respects, I feel like the Rams bumped up against
the ceiling of their range of possibilities in a really rewarding,
(05:47):
fulfilling way, And I'm complimentary and proud of that. And
yet because of how close they came to even more,
and knowing how that path New Orleans was made a
vail to them the night before they kicked off, It's
really tough to let it go. Every season is, but
in particular this one, because while I feel like in
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some regards they overachieved, I also feel like they proved
to me and to us that maybe they were underestimated
and that there was every reason to believe that they
could have redeemed that early season loss against the Eagles
with the playoff victory, and that they would have been
able to put a great game plan against the Commanders,
and who knows, maybe even gone further down that road.
(06:31):
So I think with each passing day, more fond memories
will take over from the raw nerves right now. But
you know the other thing, Erica too, is if this
wasn't such an easy team to root for, it would
be easier to let this year go, especially in the
way that it ended. But I admire and care so
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deeply about so many of the players and coaches involved,
and they run such a wide range of just beginning
and on the back nine, that yeah, this one lands differently,
this one, this one really lands differently. In a lot
of great ways, but also a lot of challenging ones
that I think will take all of us a few
more days or weeks to sort through.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Yeah, I absolutely it the way that this team and
I know everyone's like, oh, from one and four to this,
but this one and four team wasn't the real team.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
I mean it was.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
It shows their grit and the resilience and how they all,
you know, next man up and tried to hang on
to get to where they got. But I just there's
just a few breaks where I look back at this
game on Sunday and you just summed.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
It up perfectly where it's like that sting is is
going to take a.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
While, whether it was anecdotally or analytically. The Rams won
that game in a lot of critical ways like play
in and play out. I felt that they won more
reps than did the Philadelphia Eagles. Unfortunately, Philadelphia's wins were
more constant in the outcome, so that too makes it
tough to let go and not want another swing at it.
(08:07):
But yeah, I think the backstory of one in four
is really meaningful. I don't know that necessarily too many
had Super Bowl aspirations for this group, but what I
loved about it and why I wanted to really see
them continue to win and drive further into the postseason.
Then maybe they were given the opportunity to is because
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this group didn't succeed because everything went their way. They
didn't win ten games and a West title and have
a chance to host an NFC championship game because their blueprint,
their design, played out in front of them quite the opposite.
Whether it's going back to free agency, or some of
the summer injuries turned September injuries, or the front loaded
schedule which turned out to be the toughest schedule in
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the National Football League. No, the Rams were there on
the final drive with a chance to host the NFC
Championship game in spite of things going against them at
seemingly every turn, and yet all the way until that
wild card win against Arizona, they found a way to
spin those setbacks positively. And that was I think a
(09:12):
really really endearing characteristic of this twenty twenty four chapter.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Yeah, and and there's a lot to be hopeful too,
Like I know, it's there's this, there's this sting, and
the football is a business and you never know who
could be here next season or who could who could
be added. However, you know the defense sixteen sacks and
two playoff games, Jared Verse, I mean defensive rookie of
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the year, hands hands down. Brandon Fisk was in that category.
I mean, once healthy, the defense improved so much in
the second half. What do you think the ceiling is
for this team, regardless of this unknown future?
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Yeah, I mean it's not lost on me that I
was less Theed's birthday on Sunday and to see rookie
after rookie, some of them drafted, others undrafted step into
that fray and really deliver. It felt like that was
the gift that he and his staff deserved. And similarly,
this coming Friday, Sean mcfay's birthday, I wanted him to
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have to have a week on the job, to have
to work through that and postpone that celebration so very much.
But I think you're right to kind of take that
as the next step as we do transition to this
off season. If you're a step or two remove from
the Los Angeles Rams, you didn't think that when Kevin
Demoff wrote that spring letter going into last season saying, hey,
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times are going to change here a little bit. It's
not that we're not going to continue to strive to
compete and win championships, but the way we've gone about it,
we're going to have to course correct just a little
bit to kind of reset our next launch point. And
while they were resetting, I think because of how special
this organization is and because what a four of nature
its leadership is, including its head coach, it's like no
(11:04):
rebuild here, like in this intervening time. What we're going
to do is draft two incredible classes, supplement them with
key free agents and college free agents, and we're going
to win double digit games and we're going to get
two playoff bursts out of this. And so whatever you
saw twenty twenty five being, we'll get there. But in
the meantime, we're not going to take the steps back,
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and we're going to have this sustained success, which, like
Sean says, is really the truest measurement of performance, and
in this sport specifically, is so so difficult to achieve.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yeah, and off of that, I would like to play
you just a clip from coach McVeigh after the game
on Sunday.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
This is the time for gratitude, for appreciation. I love
this group, I love this coaching staff. I love these players,
and I also understand and appreciate how difficult it is
to be in positions like this. Love this group, and
I'm just really sad that this journey is over. This
was special season. It's as much fun as I've had,
as much as you've ever wanted to do right for
(12:05):
the people in that locker room. We've had a lot
of special teams, but this team, there was something really
special about them, and I think I'm up here pretty shocked.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
So to see him be so vulnerable and have that
kind of emotion, Like, what do you take away from
that type of leadership, from that type of emotion and
love for this type of team?
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Yeah, you know, he and Cooper and some others have
become fond of saying like, we tried to discipline ourselves
to be where our feet are, and I think Sunday
was a shining example of that. Their feet were planted
in the snow flurries of Philadelphia and the link in
that moment in time, they were planted in heartbreak. And
yet unlike less disciplined members of this organization who are
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immediately running to Okay, what's next and what does that
mean for player A, B or C and where does
twenty twenty five start. I appreciate that after eight years
on the job, Sean has come to know himself and
to guard against some of those natures to make sure
that that specific team, which will never be together again.
(13:14):
God its proper moment, God, its proper appreciation, got to
more in the fact that it was over and celebrate
the special memories that they made that I know we'll
all carry forward. So look, it's not lost on me
and you and certainly not him that this offseason is
going to be full of difficult choices for a lot
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of people, just like every single one is, but specific
to this edition of the Los Angeles Rams and some
household names that have been the foundation and leading contributors
to championship seasons. Whether it continues, whether it ends here,
it's not a one size fits all answer. But I
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think understanding what is to come lends a poignance to
that moment being one that we can all appreciate they earned,
and also understanding that it's where this team ends and
the next one begins.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Yeah, he said he's never had more fun than he
did this season, and I remember during training camp that
was sort of the energy around camp as well. And
I remember you saying that to Matthew Stafford at an
inside RAMS camp, being like, you look like you're just
having so much fun out there.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
If this was Stafford's last game.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
In Horns, what do you think his legacy will be
for this Rams team?
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Well, that's where I would have loved for just that
one more victory. And not to keep lingering on that,
but it would have made him the winningnest postseason quarterback
in franchise history. And knowing the backstory that he came
to Los Angeles without so much as a playoff win
and now is regarded as one of the most clutch
postseason performers with some of the statistics and resume wins
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to back that up. He's, in my mind, made it
to Canton. I think this season, in particular the additional accolades,
entering the all time top ten and some specific counting categories,
leading another division championship, winning another postseason game, capturing the
imagination of the football community the way that he did,
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I think he's there. I also think that there is
some real institutional value in having him potentially get the
opportunity to do more and to make sure that he
is regarded as one of the great and La Rams quarterbacks.
I think he will be whether or not he plays
another down. But I think time needs to go by,
(15:47):
I think for him and his camp and the Rams
and theirs, because the first step of this offseason I
think begins with him and what his ambitions are and
how they marry up with what the feel like is
best for twenty twenty five, and then the window of
time thereafter.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Yeah, he said it in the locker room right after
the game. He looks at his watch, He's like, it's
been thirty minutes since this game just ended. I need
to kind of process this. However, I feel like I
played some pretty good ball this year, and.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
I think I have that cera and that's it. I
like the hard conversations. I'm glad that, just like letting
this season go, this is going to be worth wrangling
with right he was. If he was not performing well
or heaven forbid, injured and not feeling like it was
worth another year off of his life and away from
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his family and risking his physical nature like he does,
then this would be easier. I'm thankful that he finishes
on such a high note in the postseason, and that
there's a very tough case to be made that the
Rams of twenty twenty five can find a better option
at quarterback than John Matthew Stafford. Like that is a
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great place to be difficult one, but I'll take that
over the alternative every January.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Yeah, yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
He had his little Matthew Stafford twinkle in his eye.
I think I played some pretty good ball. I think
I have some left in me. I mean, obviously he
needs to sleep.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
On it, but I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
I just I got I got a little bit maybe
more fired up from that clip circulating Twitter than maybe
I should.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
And I know, obviously you have to keep expectations where
they are.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Okay, So I feel, you know, the energy from both
of us is sad and low, and I'm sure the
viewers that are watching too, but there's so much to
be happy about as well when you're looking back at
this season. And so right now, I just kind of
want to do like a like a little energy sage,
right and so before before we do our ram jam,
(17:46):
I just want to first of all give you your accolades, like,
not only are you such an such a talented broadcaster,
but the writing pieces that you do on the Rams,
and most importantly, the trailers that you do every week
that get RAMS fans so pumped up. Take me through
how you come up with that? Are you I want
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to know the jblong process, Like are you pacing in
the garage being like okay, like this is this is
the theme that I've got this week. Take me through,
because you are really the brains behind those each and
every week. And sometimes I have to admit I'm jealous
that I didn't think of some of the things that
you say.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
I have to say that, Well, when we run too
long on this episode and you go back and you
have to edit out, like which question and answer are
we not going to include in the published version of
this edition of Ramjam. This will be the one Soeah
answer question. I please promise me that you'll excize it. Yeah.
I think that's That's part of my heartache this week
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is I love the rhythm and the process of a
week on the job, and it all stitches together so
wonderfully for me, and I'm so privileged and I'm so
humbled by the fact that I get to fly home
from a game and think about Rams and think about
what conversation I'm going to have with a player the
next day, and what the best course of conversation might
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be for the Sean McVay show. And usually through those
exercises and living and eating and sleeping and breathing rams
football like we love to do. I'll be honest, some
weeks it is challenging, but because we've had so many
great seasons, a lot of times it's a lot easier
than it should be, because the team gives us such
(19:32):
great narratives, because the coach gives us such a great
ethos to tap into, like when he gives you we
not me, or when he gives you model the way,
or when he gives you we're built for this, Like
how can you not take that and run with it? Now?
I'll stop there in terms of my portion of the program,
because the truth of the matter is that Sunday in
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the Monday is where I do my legwork. And from there,
the creative side of our organization in our studios, which
you know really well, they do all the magic phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
We have the best in the league for sure.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
And if if my limited ability is reading, writing, talking,
like there's far exceeds mine and so should we You
can name drop a couple of them if you want.
If I always hesitate to go down that line because
we all forget someone but Michael and Solo and Sophia
and use If and everyone on our studios team. That's
(20:26):
just you know, on the vertical that is the trailer
which you ask specifically about. We could name a dozen more,
but then think about all the videographers who shoot the
incredible clips and capture the amazing sound that bring those
pieces of content and so many others to life. Yeah,
that was an idea that we started in Sean's second season.
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I want to say, so, what has it been now?
Eight minus one? It's been seven full years that we've
done one of those hype videos each and every week.
I think, if my math is correct, which is mind
boggling to think is real or has been possible. But
I assure you I would have run out of juice
long ago if not for how good the organization has
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performed on the field, how inspiring the head coach and
his messages have been, and again all the contributors to
those and every piece of content that you see on
the Rams dot Com, on our social platforms, our YouTube channel,
et cetera.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Well, they get me fired up.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
And maybe in the off season you could write like
a game trailer for like my weekend, like maybe just
like a normal Ricky's weekend trailer.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Bing See, I'm already. I'm already forgetting names that I
think I probably did not drop.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
It goes on forever.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
I should have written them down to make sure that
I name checked everyone. But if you're hearing this and
I missed you, shame on me. It's only because I'm
still hungover from the RAMS loss on Sunday and.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
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Speaker 2 (21:58):
Over there, Okay, JB.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Before I let you go, it's time for the RAM Jam,
where I asked my guests the same three questions describe
your perfect day start to finish.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Yeah, all right, So I will be a little sappy
here if you'll allow it, because watching your show, as
I do, I often think like, how has my answer
changed over the course of the years that you've been
doing it, or since you first asked? And because we
mentioned big Wit earlier, when I heard his answer to
this question, I was like, Yep, that's my perfect day too.
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Heaven forbid. Eric is going to put me on the spot.
How would I answer that any differently? I just want
WIT's life and Wits day. That's pretty perfect. Go watch
that episode if you don't know what I'm talking about.
But part of what makes Ramjam great is it is introspective.
And I did have that drive in the car and
I thought, no, what is my real answer? And my
real answer dawned on me when we showed up to
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the Week eighteen regular and finale against the Seahawks at
Sofi Stadium, and I realize that home Sundays are my
quite literal ideal day. In its best case, I'm up
early with a run to just kind of get my
mind right and get calorie negative and kind of just
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set myself up for a football game, able to go
to church with my wife and my boys and go
from there right down the four or five to Sofi Stadium,
which is in so many ways my happy place. I
don't know about you, but if I've been, you know,
walking across American Airlines Plaza into the Main Bowl one
hundred times, I don't think once it's failed to make
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you know. The hairs on my next stand up with
adrenaline to be with the people that I love working with,
including MJD and DeMarco Farr, and to really just soak
in the privilege of the seat that I have for
this window of time and hopefully win a game and
then be home by dinner time to kind of invert
that process. That is, those are my best days on
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the calendar. That's why I hate to see the off
season arrive, is because I know how long the months
will be until I get to do that again.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Yeah, no, that's that's a perfect answer.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Now, you can't also switch lives with the celebrity and
just pick wit also, so that's off the table, just
so you know.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Yeah, in lots of ways, I can't just get to
be with.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Which celebrity would you like to switch lives for for
one day? And why?
Speaker 3 (24:28):
Oh man, what's your current answer to this question?
Speaker 2 (24:32):
I mean it's Taylor Swift obviously, but I'm such a
Swift now.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Just felt a static cling oh nice in my sweats.
So that's where we're at in the off season. I'm
putting laundry on with dryer sheets.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
So I mean we've all been there. I'm there mid Sea,
I mean off seat.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
Yeah, Now, I don't even know what to do with
my time. It's just, yeah, we all have to just connet. Yeah,
Taylor Swift, for sure.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
I'll stay in the music space too. I'm I'm a
big John Mayer guy. I think I think that X. Yeah,
so I wanted to kind of just to marry that
up with with where you are. But as someone who
does not have music ability doesn't get a chance to
perform in that way, but kind of knows what it's
like to be on a mic differently, Like what if
(25:17):
I had all the talent in the world and was
just naturally in my elements.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Yeah, yeah, that would be good, all right.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
The final fault, by the way that they that they
broke up. Whose fault was that? Probably John's?
Speaker 1 (25:29):
I think it was John's, the way that breeding between
the tea leaves, of the dueling songs and everything.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
She was nineteen, he was a lot older. We could
go down a whole rabbit hole there. It was his fault.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
It worked out great for her. I don't know how well.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
It's worked out for him. Yeah, She's She's fine.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
Iced coffee on a snowy day or hot coffee in
a heat wave.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
I've come a long way on this one. I am
I'm very much an iced coffee guy. I think the
next step in airline service evolution is why are we
not serving quality iced coffee on planes? Like, there's so
many delivery mechanisms, there's so many ways that our various
airlines can make that happen for us. It's also a
lot safer than pouring hot coffee, don't you think on
(26:12):
a turbulent aircraft. So but I will say I've come
to appreciate that. I think peak coffee, the best coffee
moment is a nice latte, hot latte on a cold day.
So like that is the height of coffee experience. But
in terms of what delivers day after day and my preference, again,
(26:33):
we live in California, we get to have the best
of ice coffee. And I also think you can have
more ice coffee. I can only have one hot coffee
per day.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
You're same, same, Yeah, unless I'm working from home and
I've got myn espresso and sometimes I'll like make a
couple and then I'm not gonna ice. So it depends
on what I'm But I'll leave you with this anecdote
before we sign off.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Jory, who you know very well?
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Who is who is someone that works for us with
the Rams. He shut out to him, he watches every
single one of these and gives me a lot of
notes to make the show better. So very very thankful
for him. He leaned over to me yesterday at the
office and was like, you know, fifteen years ago, people
weren't drinking iced coffee. I mean, coffee is supposed to
(27:16):
be brewed hot.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Do you know that? And I was like, I think
you're right.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
I mean in Australia, you order a nice coffee, they
give you ice cream in it because they're like, what
are you talking about, Like coffee is meant to be
brood hot?
Speaker 2 (27:30):
But also like give me a niced latte.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
So that those were his two cents that he seemed
pretty perplexed in the middle of the day that he
likes listening to this part of the show the best.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Well, I think it just makes us more appreciative of
the moment in time that we've been born into that
we get to have more advanced coffee culture, especially living
with where we do, and we can enjoy it indifferent
and between us.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Better wait, JB.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Thank you so much for your time, and thank you
from all RAMS fans for all that you do every
single week. You give us so much access into the team,
into the organization, and you are just the brightest light.
And as a friend and just Jammy, I thank you
for your time today.
Speaker 3 (28:18):
Well again, congratulations on what I'm going to say is
your best season yet and here's too many more. I
cannot believe that we are watching your training camp antics
months ago. It feels like just yesterday. Kids say what
is my family's favorite RAMS segment? We ingest it religiously
and to your audience too, like way to go, Jammies.
(28:41):
I'm glad that you've discovered what an authentic and awesome
person Ricky is through this show and through other ways.
And thank you for allowing both her and me to
give you the access that we do, because that's the
reason why we do it and why we are allowed
to do it. So appreciate all your support this season,
and here's to even better in twenty five.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
There he goes, thanks to JB. The organization is in
great hands.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
That does it.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
For this week's episode of Rickey's Rahiam jam And I
just want to thank all of you Jammis for following
along and being here each and every week. To everyone
that's been in the comments for the coin toss. That
was a really fun addition. We had some players on
this year. That was so much fun, and it was
really great to sit down with some of those guys
and the amount of guests that we had with their perspectives.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
It was just a beautiful, beautiful.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
Season of Ricky's Rayam Jam and I'm so happy to
all of you that have been here each and every week.
I had such a blost doing this show, and I'm
excited for next year and there's a lot to.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Be excited about.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
The off season is right around the corner, but until then,
let's ram
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