On this episode of the Coach McVay Show, Sean McVay joins J.B. Long and D’Marco Farr to break down Sunday’s win over the Arizona Cardinals, Kyren Williams’ impressive return, standout player performances, and what challenge the Cleveland Browns pose in this Sunday’s coming matchup.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Well, good even and everyone, and welcome back to the
Coach McVeigh Show, presented by Microsoft Surface.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
I'm JB.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Long with my friend DeMarco far and the head coach
of your Los Angeles Rams, Sean McVay, coming home from
the desert with a back to back victory and another
sweep over a division rival, the Arizona Cardinals. Sean, how
close was that to the effort the complete football game
that you've been hunting up this year?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
It was close.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
I thought there was a lot of really good things,
and I think, like any game, JB. I thought there
was good opportunities to be able to respond from some moments.
I love the way that after that first drive and
the two point conversion, our defense settled in. I thought
they really controlled the game throughout after that. I love
the way that they just stayed steady, stayed even keeled,
kept a really explosive athlete bottled up for the most part.
(00:47):
You know, they had Connor back in the lineup. We
didn't see him the first game. I thought we really
contained him really well. So I was really pleased with
our defense. I thought offensively, the first drive was really efficient,
and I thought for the most part that was kind
of the theme for the for the day.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Had the one little.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Blip at the end of the first half, but I thought,
you know, Matthew Stafford's command was outstanding, getting Kyron Williams
back in the mix. He obviously had a huge contribution
to a really productive offensive day. Royce Freeman was a
great compliment to him. I thought the receivers made their plays.
You get Higgs in the end zone a couple of times,
and the offensive line they were key and critical, you know,
(01:23):
to be able to rush for over two hundred and
twenty yards, to be able to keep Matthew as clean
as they did in the past game. I thought those
guys were excellent. And then thought Trammell did a nice
job and some punt returns, and then there's some things
that we can learn from, you know, which tremendous confidence
and faith and Chase Blackburn and Jeremy Springer's leadership for
our special teams to be able to improve on some
(01:43):
of the things that didn't go down the way that
we wanted. But really happy and pleased with the effort.
And now let's see if we can carry it on
and go get another one against a tough opponent this
week at so Far.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Absolutely, it's fun when you when you when you out
gain them, out do out, you just out stat them,
and you pretty much get everything you want offensively and defensively.
But the one thing that came back to my mind
was that could have been anybody. I heard this from
a different sport. It was actually a boxer and he
just whipped this outclass guy and his trainer said, that
(02:14):
could have been anybody. When we're playing like we're playing,
that could have been any opponent. Does that sound about
right for Sunday?
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I thought that our guys played well against the opponent
that we played, and I think the consistency is the
truest measurement of performance. Now, how can we use the
momentum that these guys have earned and established since the
buy and continue to build on it and you don't
just show up on Sunday at so Far? You know,
I think there's an element of being able to win
the weeks and being able to prepare the right way
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and have a great focus and concentration on what that
point of emphasis within the game plan is and doing
it with an enjoyment, but an urgency and an ability
to continue to improve and all be accountable to one another.
And that's what's been fun about this group because that's
been consistent. And then and I think you've started to
see that compound interest. I think we established some grit
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where you learn how to work through some tough challenges
that we experienced in the first part of the season.
We had to you know, in each of the last
couple of games. Even though we've kind of come out
on top, there's still been moments where you have to
respond to temporary setbacks. And I think that's going to
serve us well. And let's see if we can carry
that momentum the right way out.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
I like to think the Rams win yesterday, even if
you go three and out on that first possession, But
how huge was it to hit two two over the
top to make sure that you get the first points
of that.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
It was big, you know, two to two coming up big.
What a ball, What a throw by Matthew And it
was a great job. You know, he ends up winning
on an inside release go ball. I thought that was
a great track because that was a good that was
good tight coverage and to be able to make a
contested catch like that on a third down and eight
for forty two yards. There's no doubt that was the
key play in the drive. I also thought it was
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really big and the other third down for Pouka to
be able to get the screen and end up cutting
it to a fourth down and short were that enable
us to be able to run it with Kyron and
he surges ahead, and then to be able to get
Higgs in the end zone. First first touchdown of hopefully
many this season, you know, was really good. I thought
there was a lot of guys. I thought Matthew got
a bunch of guys involved, and it was kind of
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reflective of the kind of day that it was, where
it was a good balance of running, passing, good overall
execution from all hands on deck.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Higby threw me off with this touchdown celebration right when
he went injury. I thought he got Pooka too, so
I'm not the only one. Yeah, I kind of got
me sent it before he has, Okay, I guess I
missed that. I'm like, what is that?
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Twenty twenty one when we played the Niners, not the
NFC Championship, but in Week eighteen, it was He's a
trip man.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
(05:00):
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
(05:20):
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Now, just pitting him on a high cross kind of
in that you know, that fringe area. Matthew puts it
right on him, but it's a crossing route where he's
got good, tight coverage kind of running away, you know,
and then ended up catching a speed out on our sideline.
But those were three catches that got him over seventy yards.
All of them were big plays, all of them led
the first downs in situations that we needed to have
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and ultimately those led the scoring drives for us, but
he did a good job blocking to you know, it
was a part of the run blocking surface a handful
of times. And you know, Eric Yarbor. The one thing
I think is such a credit and tribute to Eric
Yarbor is the buying that he gets from that room
since he's been here of Hey.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
We're going to compete with and without the ball.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
We're going to see it consistent and steady growth and
development from the guys that have been here and to
too is a great example of that.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Should we dig into Kiren's day a little bit. This
one crossed my radar this morning from NFL research. Yesterday,
he became the first in league history with these single
game totals one forty or more rushing, six or more catches,
sixty plus receiving yards, and multiple receiving touchdowns. So anytime
an individual does something for the first time in NFL history,
I know that's a statistical sandwich there, but that was
(06:32):
that was super impressive.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
That is super impressive. It's a super impressive way of
combining a stat too, that no one's ever run. Yeah
as well, but it is Nonetheless, it's a hell of
a day for Kiren.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
It all leads to this, though, I want to dispel
a notion that I know kind of bounces around the
RAMS community. You love calling running plays night, Yes, I
mean you're addicted to efficient runs.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yes, I like calling.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
You know, our job is to move the ball and
try to score points, and so you know we're riding
the ball pretty efficient over a handful of years. But
you know, when we are getting those efficient chunk plays
and we're able to stay on schedule, that's when you
have the best opportunity to be able to have a
lot of the foundational philosophies of our offense come to life.
(07:13):
And it takes all eleven but but Kyron's overall play energy, productivity,
ability to be able to press it one gap at
a time, you know, set those blocks. I think he
has a great feel for that, and I think in
the last two performances that he's had that has been
as evident on the film as you know any time
that you know we've run the football efficiently over the
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last handful of years, and it's it's a real credit
to him, but it's also a credit to the other
ten guys. Matthew getting this in and out of the
right looks and then the other nine guys as part
of that blocking surface.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
But it was it was a big time day.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
And and then I thought Royce was an excellent compliment
to him as well.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Oh is that complimentary football or just running people over? What?
Do you think the same thing? Yeah? You know, give
credit to the line you just did. I mean just
the way they block when everything. When you have a
run play that pops to the safety, that's a win.
Now if you get beyond the safety, that's an even
bigger win, no question.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
And I think what ends up happening too, DeMarco is
you know this is the football is such a powerful.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Momentum type of game.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
And when you're able to get those surges and then
they know what's the best way to get more runs
off be efficient with the previous run, you know, And
you can stay on schedule.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
You can kind of play the game on your terms.
Speaker 4 (08:27):
You can pick and choose your spots to be selective
and smart about all. Right, A are we setting some
things up off of the run or I thought our
guys were able to present a bunch of different run concepts,
not exclusively to one type of run, but they're leaning
on this type of thing, then our guys were able
to come back with something else, and that's a credit
to their overall execution. And then that's when really the
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game plan and some of the things that we wanted
to be able to do can come to life, and
things can kind of complimentary play off on one another.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
What I hear you saying there, both of you, is
that when Royce Freeman runs over one of the best
safeties in the game, that's more than just fourteen yards
in first down in terms of its overall impact on
the rams.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
It is.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
And I thought, you know, whether it was that one
or even the one you know that he ended up
finishing for the touchdown where he's kind of a free
hitter coming from inside out on the backside, Royce runs
with a violent authority. He's finishing falling forward. I thought
Kyron did a lot of the same thing. And Ron
Gould's standards, you know, because he does such a great job.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Say oh, I thought we left some meat on the bone,
which is a good thing.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
I was trying not to mention the other guy's name
because he's the Hosky, though you have to put him
out there. I got that's all right.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
He's a stud though he has a stuff.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
A lot of respect for that guy and the way
he competes and flies around Buddha Baker is uh.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
He's one of the guys.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
That I have a tremendous amount of appreciation for what
he puts on tape and the way he goes about it.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
He definitely stands out. Yeah, defensively, he's speaking, Wow, unreal.
I think you've given up what thirty points in the
last two games, I mean tremendous and keeping Kyler Murray
in the pocket, keeping him under keeping that little guy
from ruining the game.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
I thought was, yeah, we did, you know, And for
us to be able to have control the game where
you got a lot of opportunities for some other guys
to gain and accumulate some experience was really powerful. And
that's why I think you got to take the stats
sometimes with a grain of salt. You know, what was
the control of the game looking like throughout? And I
thought we did that defensively, especially after that first drive,
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thought we keep kept him bottled up. I thought we
were really good on the third downs. Thought we did
a great job of being able to recognize and communicate
as one. On the back end, I thought we had
a lot of you know, got a lot of hands
on the ball in terms of breaking up passes, being
in good positions. I thought Jordan Fuller and John Johnson
were really active on the back end. Akello had a
handful of pass breakups. D K maybe could have gone
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the other way on his two point conversion. Maybe, you know,
he was a little tired there when he ended up
picking off their two point conversion. But I thought it
was a really good overall day. And you know, Aaron
always makes his presence felt. But I thought especially Kobe Turner,
I thought you really felt him. And I thought he
did a great job and played one of his more
complete games as a as a ram in his young career.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
What is this, it's the that's a doctor conductor. I
like that that takes music. He does, I know, keep
getting sacks. Everybody, the whole world's going to know.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
He's a pretty talented guy. Over He's got a lot
of things.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
He is really good at football, but he's got a
lot of different things that he could be really good at.
Whatever that guy does, I'm betting on.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Him, no doubt, and he's only going to get better,
Like you said, the more reps he takes, but just defensively,
just going after it and making play after play after play,
and there's no letup. It's just it's fun to listen
to that side of the room make their adjustments at halftime,
especially listening to Rahie Morris. I mean he is really
a field general.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Yes, he does a great job and thinking a lot
of instances, it's being able to communicate as one as
a staff, and I think as a whole, they do
a great job of being able to recognize and identify, right,
are we doing the things that we wanted to do
coming into this game within each of the position groups.
If we need to alter adjust great, If not, let's
have the solves and the solutions within our techniques are fundamentals.
(11:58):
And then the intent of those calls, and I thought
that was really, you know, more pertinent than anything yesterday,
especially just after that first drive. And I think you
don't want to take away any credit from them, you know,
they did a nice job of being able to execute
and ultimately punch it in and then finish with the
two point, which we'll learn from in terms of our
alignments on the field goal.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Jason, that point. That was weird. When they got the
eighth point, it.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Was you know, it was because they got us in
an illegal formation on the field goal on the extra
point attempt.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
So then you know, you're seeing that around the.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
League where if you can put the ball on the
one yard line percentage wise, and now these analytics say,
why don't you go for two right there? But I thought,
you know, good learning opportunity for us on teams to
make sure that we're not giving them a chance to
put the ball on the one yard line after that
extra point attempt.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
We'll get that cleaned up.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
But what I like the most was the response afterwards,
and that was exactly an alignment with what we're hunting up.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
I heard you talking about the coverage there. I didn't
hear Michael Hoyt's name, which is surprising because he did
like the double.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Strap strapp celebration.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Yes, he had the seatbelt working on it.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
I had a rail route on him.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
Many you know, they tried him and he was in
perfect coverage. The versatility that always played with. He gets
another sack yesterday. He was pissed off when I ended
up bringing him out at the end of the game.
He wanted to be able to get another to try
to get a stat I see wasn't get out.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
I don't want you getting hurt right now. But he
he does a lot for us.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
JB and and I think, you know, Joe Caniglio has
done such a great job. You're seeing so much improvement
from Michael Hoyt and Byron Young on the edges, and
they've just continued to mature throughout the year. Thought it
was good to get Kier Thomas and O'shawn Mathis some
snaps yesterday. But Michael Hoyt has really been playing at
a high level. I mean he's doing a great job
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in the run game. He does a great job being
able to rush the passer. And then if we are
asking him to produce, you know, as a dropper and
playing coverage, then he'll strap you up and he'll show
it with the with the swag that he has on
his celebrations.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
I can't believe he did that. I really can't. He
strapped it up and pointed, I love it. That's my dude.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
So you've talked about Higbee celebrations. I brought Mike's into
the the freight. What I love about your group is
they don't lead the league in touchdown celebrations, but when
they do, it's more often than not a skill guy
trying to give it to an offensive lineman, which I
think is a real testament to your group.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
I think it is.
Speaker 4 (14:11):
You know, those big fellas, they like they need a
little love too, don't they.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Oh yeah, absolutely give it to the button gut guys. Yeah,
I love them to spike it every now and then,
no doubt.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Last week we talked about like every defensive player with
a jersey having a hand in that win over Seattle.
It felt like this was the offensive reflection of that game.
And I'm not just talking like when you get wins
and some of the deep twos in there, Like I
kind of at least sixteen guys that felt like part
of your true game plan yesterday.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Yeah, and really, I think eight different guys caught a ball.
You had three different guys carry the football. That was
a big deal and and it was and I thought
it was defense again, all hands on deck, got a
lot of guys involved.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
In the game plan.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
I think those defensive coaches have done such a great
job of identifying and then utilizing the skill sets of
the guys that we have up on the active game
day roster, and then yesterday that was definitely on display.
It was good to be able to get some of
the other tight ends on her Long and David Allen
in the mix. It's good to have all the receivers contribute.
It was good to be able to see Kyron and
Royce and then Zach Evans be able to finish it
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up and that was a real positive. And I think
that's a theme that we want to consistently have, you know,
as we continue and move forward and uh into next week.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
You know what I thought was fun? Scoring five touchdowns
always fun. Uh, But watching Ethan Evans just absolutely pound
the football and kickoffs you should get points if he
puts it through the uprights off a kickoff.
Speaker 4 (15:27):
Hey, it's fun knowing that that's a kickoff after scoring possession.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Absolutely, that kid's got a leg though either way, My goodness. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Hey, he was a special Teams Player of the Week
last week. Now, I don't ever want a punter to
be special.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Okay, is not the goal right right right?
Speaker 3 (15:45):
But if we do have to then I guess so.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
He's got the body type, he's strong as hell. Give
him a few more years goodness, he's a unit but
close close to Yeah there you go close? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (16:00):
What about with the place kicking position? What's your alert
level there? And how do you strike the right balance
between letting Lucas grow into that role versus knowing that
you might be going someplace here in December. Those points
are extremely value.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Here's what I think. I think you've got to be
able to learn from it. And I like his resolve.
There is a lot of things to really like about
him and what we've seen in a short amount of time,
and the confidence, the swagger, just the overall ability where
the ball jumps off his leg and you know that's
not the sturdiest surface where you don't necessarily always trust
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your plant leg in some of those situations in scenarios.
But I think it's a great learning op, Babe man,
Trust your technique, trust your fundamentals. Let's be as consistent
as we can with our approach and our stroke as
it relates to you know, when we're getting in those
extra point or field goal attempts, and I'm confident that
he can rebound the right way. I think it would
be way too early to press the panic button, but
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we do want to see you know, an improvement, but
also on ability to be able to move on because
you know your watch and you're seeing some of the
greatest of all time to be able to do it.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
They're missing some kicks.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
And you know, one of the things that I think
is consistent about all of these great kickers, whether it's
the Matt Gayes of the world, the great zer Lines,
the Justin Tuckers, They're going to have some things that
they want back, but they move on quickly, you know,
and then they get back to the things that have
enabled them to be consistent over time. And there's a
lot of things you got to be able to work through.
But that's that's what I'm optimistic that we'll work through
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that the right way.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
With other I love I'm rooting for him. I love
his personality. If I could pick a kicker like, I
want him to be like that guy. He's cool, you
know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (17:35):
I do know what you mean.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
There's a there's a legitimate like swag that he has.
And I felt that same thing from zerr Line. I
felt that same thing for Matt Gay And you're talking
about two guys that have done it at a really
high level that we were fortunate enough to have here.
I think, you know, the more that you do this,
the more you realize and you don't ever want to
take for granted some of the consistency and the production
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at a position like that that we've been so fortunate
to have. As it relates to Greg and both matt
and I think Lucas has a chance to be in
alignment with that conversation. But let's respond the right way
as we move forward in the next week.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Got a couple about the quarterback position, and you often
mentioned Matthew's ability to get the rams in and out
of things. Can you give us some more context on
that and specific to yesterday's game or not, Like, how
often is he coming to the line with an option
to go a or be run or pass?
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Pretty frequently decision you know.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
It's game plan dependent, it's situation dependent dependent, but pretty
frequently I thought the overall operation just getting us in
and out of the huddle in the early parts of
the game, managing being you know, without your verbal cadence,
changes in tempo, whether that's as we break the huddle,
whether that's going tempo at the line of scrimmage and
getting route concepts, protections and things like that straightened up
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and so in some form or fashion, that's every single
snap jab Now, whether he's actually audibling, but I thought
his overall command, his overall ability to be able to
get us in and out of the right stuff, get
through progressions, manage the run game, especially when you're talking
about a defense that presents a variety of different issues
where if you if you are just running a certain
play man, you can be in some really bad situations
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where you're in essence wasting plays. We didn't ever really
want to do that, and we were fortunate to have
the luxury of not doing that because we have such
an impressive quarterback that can handle a bunch of information
above the neck and then be able to translate it
to his overall physical execution.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Yeah. I mean, you couldn't have picked a better, you know,
time to perform the way you did running the football
based on what happened the week before with him. So
anytime you can get a game where he finishes the
game on his feet and feeling pretty good about you
can even pull him out of the game.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
He did good, though, and I thought I thought he
made some throws yesterday to Marco that were indicative of,
all right, that thumb is feeling better. You know, he
would never complain about it, but that's a real thing,
you know. I mean in just some of the last
second corrections, the ability to grip the ball and feel
like you have control all the way until that last second,
you know, where you know you're just changing that arm
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angle or that way that you want to be able
to kind of just correct it at the last second,
ever so slightly. And there was some really high caliber
throws that were special, and it would and it was
kind of on some plays that people probably wouldn't even
notice that we're indicative of Oh man, he's feeling better.
He's feeling a lot better than he did last week.
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And I always loved seeing him, you know, you talk
about that celebration swag after his second touchdown to Higbee.
You know, whatever he's doing down there, swaggy as hell,
and he looks like he's having fun, and that translates
to everybody else.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
It seems like one of the greatest offensive areas of
improvement this season has been the screen game. There was
a disconnect there between him and Kiren and really the
entire eleven person operation early in the year. But Man
did it ever come to life yesterday? What goes into
making that screen game come to life?
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Oh eleven?
Speaker 4 (20:48):
I mean, and I think it's especially important in terms
of the quarterback and the running back, but then also
the offensive lineman understanding and owning the intent. There was
a couple of different variations of screens, whether you're talking
pimitter screens, play action screens, drop back screens, all of
which you know, in some form or fashion were helpful
for us to have success offensively. But I think especially
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the screens that were going to the halfback. One of
them in particular was off of play action, and then
a couple of them were off of our dropback actions.
That guys had a great understanding up front. They knew
the phasing that we wanted, they knew where those landmarks
and in the intent, you know, I think that's the
biggest thing that you notice as it relates to the
offensive line. In the quarterback and the running back is
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really owning and understanding the intent of the play. What
are the things that we need to do to be
able to solve the potential problems that could arise within
the framework of the play. And then you know, how
can we ultimately execute it on time and in the
you know, the location and landmarks that you're ideally hunting
up on the field while getting guys blocked.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
I think every screen of draw that ever got around
me pre snap, I'm thinking, I'm going to kick your
butt because I just got my butt kicked, and then
you've bluffed me and boom, you're out.
Speaker 4 (21:58):
The best way to regulate the rush right there.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
I'm not sure there's a greater sign of the health
of where the Rams are, especially offensively but really as
a team than the fact that Kup and Puca can
combine for eight and forty five yesterday and you still
win going away. Yeah, and I know that Cooper contributed
in other ways. I think he got a block on
that fifty six yard pop run from Kiren some other things.
But how good does that make you feel as the
play color but also the head coach that you don't
have to lean as heavily on those two and still
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get thirty plus?
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (22:25):
I think it was great.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
And I think the best thing is is, you know,
the best offense is they've got the ability to be
able to be affishing in either or the run or
the pass. And that's what's been consistent since we've been
here and been a fortunate part to be, you know,
to have some successful offenses here, and I thought that
was definitely what you saw yesterday.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
That's what we've got to continue to do.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
And then there will be some opportunities in moments where
we might need you to be able to make those
kind of plays in some of those passing situations or
whether it be off of some of the things that
marry with our runs. And I feel very confident that
they can do that.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Fun one this week, man, great challenge. Why you get
in the end defense? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's gonna be
fun for you.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
The outstanding.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Isn't this the challenge you always look for? Yeah, climb.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
This is why you get into the league is every
single week there's some sort of new challenge that you love.
And that's why you know every single week there's always
something that occurs that everybody's sitting there saying, oh, I
can't believe that, but we're excited to attack this challenge
the right way. You got a really good Cleveland Browns
team coming in here. They'll be I guess out here
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for the week since they played in Denver before and
flew out here and so we're looking forward to it
and I can't wait to get the work on.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
These guys are practicing at UCLA this week, with or
without Miles Garrett and Denzel Ward. If if styles make fights,
this is a much different one than last week, and
a very intriguing one in that regard.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
Yeah, it is, And really I'm excited to dive into
this film and really see, you know, what they look like.
I know that I've always had respect from Afar for
what they're doing. They're obviously playing really well defensively, They're
very disciplined, well coached on special teams, and then Kevin Stefanski,
Bill Callayan those guys. They've done a really good job.
They're always going to have a bunch of run variety
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that they can present. They'll mix up their personnels, even
though they want to mainly, you know, live in kind
of the eleven personnel. And I think they've done a
really good job, whether it's with Walker, with dtr of
being able to alter and adjust the way that they
can still be really productive offensively in the absence of
obviously their guy in DeShawn and missing a player like
Nick Chubb. But I think that's a real credit to
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their players they have and also they're coaching and why
they're at seven and four right now.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Yeah. I like that. DTR Kid Yeah pretty good, me too.
Took a pop.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Yeah, Sean, thanks for your time, thanksngratulations on a second
executive win. Go for three this Sunday at SOFI Stadium.
Looking forward to being home with you. I hope you
can join us for Browns and Rams for the head
coach Sean McVay for DeMarco far I JB.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
Wong.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
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Speaker 2 (00:09):
I'm JB.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Long with my friend DeMarco far and the head coach
of your Los Angeles Rams, Sean McVay, coming home from
the desert with a back to back victory and another
sweep over a division rival, the Arizona Cardinals. Sean, how
close was that to the effort the complete football game
that you've been hunting up this year?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
It was close.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
I thought there was a lot of really good things,
and I think, like any game, JB. I thought there
was good opportunities to be able to respond from some moments.
I love the way that after that first drive and
the two point conversion, our defense settled in. I thought
they really controlled the game throughout after that. I love
the way that they just stayed steady, stayed even keeled,
kept a really explosive athlete bottled up for the most part.
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You know, they had Connor back in the lineup. We
didn't see him the first game. I thought we really
contained him really well. So I was really pleased with
our defense. I thought offensively, the first drive was really efficient,
and I thought for the most part that was kind
of the theme for the for the day.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Had the one little.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Blip at the end of the first half, but I thought,
you know, Matthew Stafford's command was outstanding, getting Kyron Williams
back in the mix. He obviously had a huge contribution
to a really productive offensive day. Royce Freeman was a
great compliment to him. I thought the receivers made their plays.
You get Higgs in the end zone a couple of times,
and the offensive line they were key and critical, you know,
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to be able to rush for over two hundred and
twenty yards, to be able to keep Matthew as clean
as they did in the past game. I thought those
guys were excellent. And then thought Trammell did a nice
job and some punt returns, and then there's some things
that we can learn from, you know, which tremendous confidence
and faith and Chase Blackburn and Jeremy Springer's leadership for
our special teams to be able to improve on some
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of the things that didn't go down the way that
we wanted. But really happy and pleased with the effort.
And now let's see if we can carry it on
and go get another one against a tough opponent this
week at so Far.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Absolutely, it's fun when you when you when you out
gain them, out do out, you just out stat them,
and you pretty much get everything you want offensively and defensively.
But the one thing that came back to my mind
was that could have been anybody. I heard this from
a different sport. It was actually a boxer and he
just whipped this outclass guy and his trainer said, that
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could have been anybody. When we're playing like we're playing,
that could have been any opponent. Does that sound about
right for Sunday?
Speaker 4 (02:21):
I thought that our guys played well against the opponent
that we played, and I think the consistency is the
truest measurement of performance. Now, how can we use the
momentum that these guys have earned and established since the
buy and continue to build on it and you don't
just show up on Sunday at so Far? You know,
I think there's an element of being able to win
the weeks and being able to prepare the right way
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and have a great focus and concentration on what that
point of emphasis within the game plan is and doing
it with an enjoyment, but an urgency and an ability
to continue to improve and all be accountable to one another.
And that's what's been fun about this group because that's
been consistent. And then and I think you've started to
see that compound interest. I think we established some grit
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where you learn how to work through some tough challenges
that we experienced in the first part of the season.
We had to you know, in each of the last
couple of games. Even though we've kind of come out
on top, there's still been moments where you have to
respond to temporary setbacks. And I think that's going to
serve us well. And let's see if we can carry
that momentum the right way out.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
I like to think the Rams win yesterday, even if
you go three and out on that first possession, But
how huge was it to hit two two over the
top to make sure that you get the first points
of that.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
It was big, you know, two to two coming up big.
What a ball, What a throw by Matthew And it
was a great job. You know, he ends up winning
on an inside release go ball. I thought that was
a great track because that was a good that was
good tight coverage and to be able to make a
contested catch like that on a third down and eight
for forty two yards. There's no doubt that was the
key play in the drive. I also thought it was
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really big and the other third down for Pouka to
be able to get the screen and end up cutting
it to a fourth down and short were that enable
us to be able to run it with Kyron and
he surges ahead, and then to be able to get
Higgs in the end zone. First first touchdown of hopefully
many this season, you know, was really good. I thought
there was a lot of guys. I thought Matthew got
a bunch of guys involved, and it was kind of
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reflective of the kind of day that it was, where
it was a good balance of running, passing, good overall
execution from all hands on deck.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Higby threw me off with this touchdown celebration right when
he went injury. I thought he got Pooka too, so
I'm not the only one. Yeah, I kind of got
me sent it before he has, Okay, I guess I
missed that. I'm like, what is that?
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Twenty twenty one when we played the Niners, not the
NFC Championship, but in Week eighteen, it was He's a
trip man.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
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He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man. He's a trip man. He's a trip man.
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He's a trip man. He's a trip man. He's a
trip man.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Now, just pitting him on a high cross kind of
in that you know, that fringe area. Matthew puts it
right on him, but it's a crossing route where he's
got good, tight coverage kind of running away, you know,
and then ended up catching a speed out on our sideline.
But those were three catches that got him over seventy yards.
All of them were big plays, all of them led
the first downs in situations that we needed to have
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and ultimately those led the scoring drives for us, but
he did a good job blocking to you know, it
was a part of the run blocking surface a handful
of times. And you know, Eric Yarbor. The one thing
I think is such a credit and tribute to Eric
Yarbor is the buying that he gets from that room
since he's been here of Hey.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
We're going to compete with and without the ball.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
We're going to see it consistent and steady growth and
development from the guys that have been here and to
too is a great example of that.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Should we dig into Kiren's day a little bit. This
one crossed my radar this morning from NFL research. Yesterday,
he became the first in league history with these single
game totals one forty or more rushing, six or more catches,
sixty plus receiving yards, and multiple receiving touchdowns. So anytime
an individual does something for the first time in NFL history,
I know that's a statistical sandwich there, but that was
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that was super impressive.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
That is super impressive. It's a super impressive way of
combining a stat too, that no one's ever run. Yeah
as well, but it is Nonetheless, it's a hell of
a day for Kiren.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
It all leads to this, though, I want to dispel
a notion that I know kind of bounces around the
RAMS community. You love calling running plays night, Yes, I
mean you're addicted to efficient runs.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yes, I like calling.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
You know, our job is to move the ball and
try to score points, and so you know we're riding
the ball pretty efficient over a handful of years. But
you know, when we are getting those efficient chunk plays
and we're able to stay on schedule, that's when you
have the best opportunity to be able to have a
lot of the foundational philosophies of our offense come to life.
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And it takes all eleven but but Kyron's overall play energy, productivity,
ability to be able to press it one gap at
a time, you know, set those blocks. I think he
has a great feel for that, and I think in
the last two performances that he's had that has been
as evident on the film as you know any time
that you know we've run the football efficiently over the
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last handful of years, and it's it's a real credit
to him, but it's also a credit to the other
ten guys. Matthew getting this in and out of the
right looks and then the other nine guys as part
of that blocking surface.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
But it was it was a big time day.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
And and then I thought Royce was an excellent compliment
to him as well.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Oh is that complimentary football or just running people over? What?
Do you think the same thing? Yeah? You know, give
credit to the line you just did. I mean just
the way they block when everything. When you have a
run play that pops to the safety, that's a win.
Now if you get beyond the safety, that's an even
bigger win, no question.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
And I think what ends up happening too, DeMarco is
you know this is the football is such a powerful.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Momentum type of game.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
And when you're able to get those surges and then
they know what's the best way to get more runs
off be efficient with the previous run, you know, And
you can stay on schedule.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
You can kind of play the game on your terms.
Speaker 4 (08:27):
You can pick and choose your spots to be selective
and smart about all. Right, A are we setting some
things up off of the run or I thought our
guys were able to present a bunch of different run concepts,
not exclusively to one type of run, but they're leaning
on this type of thing, then our guys were able
to come back with something else, and that's a credit
to their overall execution. And then that's when really the
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game plan and some of the things that we wanted
to be able to do can come to life, and
things can kind of complimentary play off on one another.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
What I hear you saying there, both of you, is
that when Royce Freeman runs over one of the best
safeties in the game, that's more than just fourteen yards
in first down in terms of its overall impact on
the rams.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
It is.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
And I thought, you know, whether it was that one
or even the one you know that he ended up
finishing for the touchdown where he's kind of a free
hitter coming from inside out on the backside, Royce runs
with a violent authority. He's finishing falling forward. I thought
Kyron did a lot of the same thing. And Ron
Gould's standards, you know, because he does such a great job.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Say oh, I thought we left some meat on the bone,
which is a good thing.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
I was trying not to mention the other guy's name
because he's the Hosky, though you have to put him
out there. I got that's all right.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
He's a stud though he has a stuff.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
A lot of respect for that guy and the way
he competes and flies around Buddha Baker is uh.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
He's one of the guys.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
That I have a tremendous amount of appreciation for what
he puts on tape and the way he goes about it.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
He definitely stands out. Yeah, defensively, he's speaking, Wow, unreal.
I think you've given up what thirty points in the
last two games, I mean tremendous and keeping Kyler Murray
in the pocket, keeping him under keeping that little guy
from ruining the game.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
I thought was, yeah, we did, you know, And for
us to be able to have control the game where
you got a lot of opportunities for some other guys
to gain and accumulate some experience was really powerful. And
that's why I think you got to take the stats
sometimes with a grain of salt. You know, what was
the control of the game looking like throughout? And I
thought we did that defensively, especially after that first drive,
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thought we keep kept him bottled up. I thought we
were really good on the third downs. Thought we did
a great job of being able to recognize and communicate
as one. On the back end, I thought we had
a lot of you know, got a lot of hands
on the ball in terms of breaking up passes, being
in good positions. I thought Jordan Fuller and John Johnson
were really active on the back end. Akello had a
handful of pass breakups. D K maybe could have gone
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the other way on his two point conversion. Maybe, you know,
he was a little tired there when he ended up
picking off their two point conversion. But I thought it
was a really good overall day. And you know, Aaron
always makes his presence felt. But I thought especially Kobe Turner,
I thought you really felt him. And I thought he
did a great job and played one of his more
complete games as a as a ram in his young career.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
What is this, it's the that's a doctor conductor. I
like that that takes music. He does, I know, keep
getting sacks. Everybody, the whole world's going to know.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
He's a pretty talented guy. Over He's got a lot
of things.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
He is really good at football, but he's got a
lot of different things that he could be really good at.
Whatever that guy does, I'm betting on.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Him, no doubt, and he's only going to get better,
Like you said, the more reps he takes, but just defensively,
just going after it and making play after play after play,
and there's no letup. It's just it's fun to listen
to that side of the room make their adjustments at halftime,
especially listening to Rahie Morris. I mean he is really
a field general.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Yes, he does a great job and thinking a lot
of instances, it's being able to communicate as one as
a staff, and I think as a whole, they do
a great job of being able to recognize and identify, right,
are we doing the things that we wanted to do
coming into this game within each of the position groups.
If we need to alter adjust great, If not, let's
have the solves and the solutions within our techniques are fundamentals.
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And then the intent of those calls, and I thought
that was really, you know, more pertinent than anything yesterday,
especially just after that first drive. And I think you
don't want to take away any credit from them, you know,
they did a nice job of being able to execute
and ultimately punch it in and then finish with the
two point, which we'll learn from in terms of our
alignments on the field goal.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Jason, that point. That was weird. When they got the
eighth point, it.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Was you know, it was because they got us in
an illegal formation on the field goal on the extra
point attempt.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
So then you know, you're seeing that around the.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
League where if you can put the ball on the
one yard line percentage wise, and now these analytics say,
why don't you go for two right there? But I thought,
you know, good learning opportunity for us on teams to
make sure that we're not giving them a chance to
put the ball on the one yard line after that
extra point attempt.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
We'll get that cleaned up.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
But what I like the most was the response afterwards,
and that was exactly an alignment with what we're hunting up.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
I heard you talking about the coverage there. I didn't
hear Michael Hoyt's name, which is surprising because he did
like the double.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Strap strapp celebration.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Yes, he had the seatbelt working on it.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
I had a rail route on him.
Speaker 4 (13:01):
Many you know, they tried him and he was in
perfect coverage. The versatility that always played with. He gets
another sack yesterday. He was pissed off when I ended
up bringing him out at the end of the game.
He wanted to be able to get another to try
to get a stat I see wasn't get out.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
I don't want you getting hurt right now. But he
he does a lot for us.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
JB and and I think, you know, Joe Caniglio has
done such a great job. You're seeing so much improvement
from Michael Hoyt and Byron Young on the edges, and
they've just continued to mature throughout the year. Thought it
was good to get Kier Thomas and O'shawn Mathis some
snaps yesterday. But Michael Hoyt has really been playing at
a high level. I mean he's doing a great job
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in the run game. He does a great job being
able to rush the passer. And then if we are
asking him to produce, you know, as a dropper and
playing coverage, then he'll strap you up and he'll show
it with the with the swag that he has on
his celebrations.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
I can't believe he did that. I really can't. He
strapped it up and pointed, I love it. That's my dude.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
So you've talked about Higbee celebrations. I brought Mike's into
the the freight. What I love about your group is
they don't lead the league in touchdown celebrations, but when
they do, it's more often than not a skill guy
trying to give it to an offensive lineman, which I
think is a real testament to your group.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
I think it is.
Speaker 4 (14:11):
You know, those big fellas, they like they need a
little love too, don't they.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Oh yeah, absolutely give it to the button gut guys. Yeah,
I love them to spike it every now and then,
no doubt.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Last week we talked about like every defensive player with
a jersey having a hand in that win over Seattle.
It felt like this was the offensive reflection of that game.
And I'm not just talking like when you get wins
and some of the deep twos in there, Like I
kind of at least sixteen guys that felt like part
of your true game plan yesterday.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Yeah, and really, I think eight different guys caught a ball.
You had three different guys carry the football. That was
a big deal and and it was and I thought
it was defense again, all hands on deck, got a
lot of guys involved.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
In the game plan.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
I think those defensive coaches have done such a great
job of identifying and then utilizing the skill sets of
the guys that we have up on the active game
day roster, and then yesterday that was definitely on display.
It was good to be able to get some of
the other tight ends on her Long and David Allen
in the mix. It's good to have all the receivers contribute.
It was good to be able to see Kyron and
Royce and then Zach Evans be able to finish it
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up and that was a real positive. And I think
that's a theme that we want to consistently have, you know,
as we continue and move forward and uh into next week.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
You know what I thought was fun? Scoring five touchdowns
always fun. Uh, But watching Ethan Evans just absolutely pound
the football and kickoffs you should get points if he
puts it through the uprights off a kickoff.
Speaker 4 (15:27):
Hey, it's fun knowing that that's a kickoff after scoring possession.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Absolutely, that kid's got a leg though either way, My goodness. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Hey, he was a special Teams Player of the Week
last week. Now, I don't ever want a punter to
be special.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Okay, is not the goal right right right?
Speaker 3 (15:45):
But if we do have to then I guess so.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
He's got the body type, he's strong as hell. Give
him a few more years goodness, he's a unit but
close close to Yeah there you go close? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (16:00):
What about with the place kicking position? What's your alert
level there? And how do you strike the right balance
between letting Lucas grow into that role versus knowing that
you might be going someplace here in December. Those points
are extremely value.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Here's what I think. I think you've got to be
able to learn from it. And I like his resolve.
There is a lot of things to really like about
him and what we've seen in a short amount of time,
and the confidence, the swagger, just the overall ability where
the ball jumps off his leg and you know that's
not the sturdiest surface where you don't necessarily always trust
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your plant leg in some of those situations in scenarios.
But I think it's a great learning op, Babe man,
Trust your technique, trust your fundamentals. Let's be as consistent
as we can with our approach and our stroke as
it relates to you know, when we're getting in those
extra point or field goal attempts, and I'm confident that
he can rebound the right way. I think it would
be way too early to press the panic button, but
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we do want to see you know, an improvement, but
also on ability to be able to move on because
you know your watch and you're seeing some of the
greatest of all time to be able to do it.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
They're missing some kicks.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
And you know, one of the things that I think
is consistent about all of these great kickers, whether it's
the Matt Gayes of the world, the great zer Lines,
the Justin Tuckers, They're going to have some things that
they want back, but they move on quickly, you know,
and then they get back to the things that have
enabled them to be consistent over time. And there's a
lot of things you got to be able to work through.
But that's that's what I'm optimistic that we'll work through
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that the right way.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
With other I love I'm rooting for him. I love
his personality. If I could pick a kicker like, I
want him to be like that guy. He's cool, you
know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (17:35):
I do know what you mean.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
There's a there's a legitimate like swag that he has.
And I felt that same thing from zerr Line. I
felt that same thing for Matt Gay And you're talking
about two guys that have done it at a really
high level that we were fortunate enough to have here.
I think, you know, the more that you do this,
the more you realize and you don't ever want to
take for granted some of the consistency and the production
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at a position like that that we've been so fortunate
to have. As it relates to Greg and both matt
and I think Lucas has a chance to be in
alignment with that conversation. But let's respond the right way
as we move forward in the next week.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Got a couple about the quarterback position, and you often
mentioned Matthew's ability to get the rams in and out
of things. Can you give us some more context on
that and specific to yesterday's game or not, Like, how
often is he coming to the line with an option
to go a or be run or pass?
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Pretty frequently decision you know.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
It's game plan dependent, it's situation dependent dependent, but pretty
frequently I thought the overall operation just getting us in
and out of the huddle in the early parts of
the game, managing being you know, without your verbal cadence,
changes in tempo, whether that's as we break the huddle,
whether that's going tempo at the line of scrimmage and
getting route concepts, protections and things like that straightened up
(18:47):
and so in some form or fashion, that's every single
snap jab Now, whether he's actually audibling, but I thought
his overall command, his overall ability to be able to
get us in and out of the right stuff, get
through progressions, manage the run game, especially when you're talking
about a defense that presents a variety of different issues
where if you if you are just running a certain
play man, you can be in some really bad situations
(19:10):
where you're in essence wasting plays. We didn't ever really
want to do that, and we were fortunate to have
the luxury of not doing that because we have such
an impressive quarterback that can handle a bunch of information
above the neck and then be able to translate it
to his overall physical execution.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Yeah. I mean, you couldn't have picked a better, you know,
time to perform the way you did running the football
based on what happened the week before with him. So
anytime you can get a game where he finishes the
game on his feet and feeling pretty good about you
can even pull him out of the game.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
He did good, though, and I thought I thought he
made some throws yesterday to Marco that were indicative of,
all right, that thumb is feeling better. You know, he
would never complain about it, but that's a real thing,
you know. I mean in just some of the last
second corrections, the ability to grip the ball and feel
like you have control all the way until that last second,
you know, where you know you're just changing that arm
(19:59):
angle or that way that you want to be able
to kind of just correct it at the last second,
ever so slightly. And there was some really high caliber
throws that were special, and it would and it was
kind of on some plays that people probably wouldn't even
notice that we're indicative of Oh man, he's feeling better.
He's feeling a lot better than he did last week.
(20:19):
And I always loved seeing him, you know, you talk
about that celebration swag after his second touchdown to Higbee.
You know, whatever he's doing down there, swaggy as hell,
and he looks like he's having fun, and that translates
to everybody else.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
It seems like one of the greatest offensive areas of
improvement this season has been the screen game. There was
a disconnect there between him and Kiren and really the
entire eleven person operation early in the year. But Man
did it ever come to life yesterday? What goes into
making that screen game come to life?
Speaker 3 (20:47):
Oh eleven?
Speaker 4 (20:48):
I mean, and I think it's especially important in terms
of the quarterback and the running back, but then also
the offensive lineman understanding and owning the intent. There was
a couple of different variations of screens, whether you're talking
pimitter screens, play action screens, drop back screens, all of
which you know, in some form or fashion were helpful
for us to have success offensively. But I think especially
(21:10):
the screens that were going to the halfback. One of
them in particular was off of play action, and then
a couple of them were off of our dropback actions.
That guys had a great understanding up front. They knew
the phasing that we wanted, they knew where those landmarks
and in the intent, you know, I think that's the
biggest thing that you notice as it relates to the
offensive line. In the quarterback and the running back is
(21:30):
really owning and understanding the intent of the play. What
are the things that we need to do to be
able to solve the potential problems that could arise within
the framework of the play. And then you know, how
can we ultimately execute it on time and in the
you know, the location and landmarks that you're ideally hunting
up on the field while getting guys blocked.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
I think every screen of draw that ever got around
me pre snap, I'm thinking, I'm going to kick your
butt because I just got my butt kicked, and then
you've bluffed me and boom, you're out.
Speaker 4 (21:58):
The best way to regulate the rush right there.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
I'm not sure there's a greater sign of the health
of where the Rams are, especially offensively but really as
a team than the fact that Kup and Puca can
combine for eight and forty five yesterday and you still
win going away. Yeah, and I know that Cooper contributed
in other ways. I think he got a block on
that fifty six yard pop run from Kiren some other things.
But how good does that make you feel as the
play color but also the head coach that you don't
have to lean as heavily on those two and still
(22:24):
get thirty plus?
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (22:25):
I think it was great.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
And I think the best thing is is, you know,
the best offense is they've got the ability to be
able to be affishing in either or the run or
the pass. And that's what's been consistent since we've been
here and been a fortunate part to be, you know,
to have some successful offenses here, and I thought that
was definitely what you saw yesterday.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
That's what we've got to continue to do.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
And then there will be some opportunities in moments where
we might need you to be able to make those
kind of plays in some of those passing situations or
whether it be off of some of the things that
marry with our runs. And I feel very confident that
they can do that.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Fun one this week, man, great challenge. Why you get
in the end defense? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's gonna be
fun for you.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
The outstanding.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Isn't this the challenge you always look for? Yeah, climb.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
This is why you get into the league is every
single week there's some sort of new challenge that you love.
And that's why you know every single week there's always
something that occurs that everybody's sitting there saying, oh, I
can't believe that, but we're excited to attack this challenge
the right way. You got a really good Cleveland Browns
team coming in here. They'll be I guess out here
(23:28):
for the week since they played in Denver before and
flew out here and so we're looking forward to it
and I can't wait to get the work on.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
These guys are practicing at UCLA this week, with or
without Miles Garrett and Denzel Ward. If if styles make fights,
this is a much different one than last week, and
a very intriguing one in that regard.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
Yeah, it is, And really I'm excited to dive into
this film and really see, you know, what they look like.
I know that I've always had respect from Afar for
what they're doing. They're obviously playing really well defensively, They're
very disciplined, well coached on special teams, and then Kevin Stefanski,
Bill Callayan those guys. They've done a really good job.
They're always going to have a bunch of run variety
(24:06):
that they can present. They'll mix up their personnels, even
though they want to mainly, you know, live in kind
of the eleven personnel. And I think they've done a
really good job, whether it's with Walker, with dtr of
being able to alter and adjust the way that they
can still be really productive offensively in the absence of
obviously their guy in DeShawn and missing a player like
Nick Chubb. But I think that's a real credit to
(24:27):
their players they have and also they're coaching and why
they're at seven and four right now.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Yeah. I like that. DTR Kid Yeah pretty good, me too.
Took a pop.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Yeah, Sean, thanks for your time, thanksngratulations on a second
executive win. Go for three this Sunday at SOFI Stadium.
Looking forward to being home with you. I hope you
can join us for Browns and Rams for the head
coach Sean McVay for DeMarco far I JB.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
Wong.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
We appreciate you joining us for the Coach mcvagh Show,
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