Ep.599: Will the REAL Rams STAND UP vs. the DANGEROUS Giants?

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All right guys, welcome back to Downtown Rams. As always,
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I'm Alexis Kraft, joined here with my co-host Jake Ellenbogen,
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and we are coming to you live on this Thursday night,
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day early this week, to preview the Rams' primetime Monday
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night football matchup against the New York Giants at SoFi
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Stadium this Monday night. And Jake, the Rams are back-to-back
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for primetime to start the season. You know, we had
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Last week where they played Thursday night football in Australia
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against the 49ers. Now week two, they're playing Monday night
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against the Giants. So we've had like an extra long
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wait for them. A day extra wait from that Thursday
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night football game. And Jake, they're facing a New York
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Giants team that I think people have been a little
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all over the place on about expectations for this season.
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Obviously Jackson Dart started to kind of come into his
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own for the Giants last season and You know, you
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have two schools of thought on him. Is he going
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to be really good this season or he's going to struggle?
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He's going to fall off. But you know what? The
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Giants look pretty good against the Dallas Cowboys when they
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played them on Sunday night football last week. So this
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is also a team that is going back to back
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in prime time. So the Rams, you know, Jake are
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going to look to bounce back after that humiliating loss
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against the 49ers. Not going to sugarcoat it. It was humiliating.
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was bad it was not the way that we all
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wanted that game to go and it certainly caused quite
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a media circus for this team this week alongside other
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news such as Miles Garrett going on injured reserve we'll
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talk about that Jake in my opinion this is a
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week where the Rams need to show out they don't
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need to just play good football but they need to
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show out they need to prove that they are as
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good as has everybody made them out to be, they
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are as good as they looked last season, and that
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what happened Thursday night against the 49ers will not happen again.
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That is not the identity of this Rams team. There's
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a lot of arguments about why that game went the
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way that it did. I know everybody has their thoughts
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on it, everybody has their opinions on it, but regardless
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of what that reason was, I know that the Rams
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are not that team. That is my opinion, and I
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think that they need to really make a statement in
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primetime again against the Giants to show that that is
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the case. But Jake, looking at this game against the
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New York Giants, what is your overall opinion, you know,
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about this Rams team, you know, going into this? And,
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you know, I want to start by talking about the
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Miles Garrett news as well. So when you, after you
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give your thoughts on that, let's talk a little bit
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about Miles Garrett and what him going an injured reserve
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means for this team.
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Yeah. We'll start off with Miles Garrett.
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Cause that's the one that comes first here.
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It's a bummer. There's no way to really sugarcoat that.
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You miss out on getting to see the best player
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in the league perform at a high level for your team.
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You trade away Jared Burse, a fan favorite. Now you
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have to wait another four, maybe six, maybe eight weeks, right?
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So I think the thing that is kind of frustrating
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is that you wait all off season for what ended
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up coming to fruition and not the way that you wanted.
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And then now like the gut punch.
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Oh yeah.
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Miles Garrett's also banged up, but I'm actually not worried
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like everyone else. And I understand maybe I should be,
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maybe I'm just, you know, okay. I'm just being too positive.
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But Josiah Stewart in true pass set pressure rate was
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second on the team ahead of Jared verse last year,
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ahead of Desmond Johnson, only behind Byron young. So I
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look at him like he is ready for the call
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up here. He's ready for the big time. And the
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Rams look at this too, because whether people realize it
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or not, who do you think was going to replace
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Byron Young in 2027? It's going to be Josiah Stewart
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if they don't sign Byron Young. So they also see
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him as good enough. So I don't think it's one
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of those things like I've seen online where people are like, yeah,
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they love Josiah Stewart so much. They went and traded
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for Miles Garrett. I don't think it's that way at all.
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They didn't want to trade Jared verse. Really what it
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came down to is that they had an opportunity to
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get miles Garrett. They thought they were getting him for picks.
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The Browns said, Nope, you have to give up verse.
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And so they gave up verse. Um, but they had
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an opportunity to get the best pass rusher in the
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league and you know, the best player in the league,
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according to NFL top 100. So it sucks that he's
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not playing, but I do have confidence in the backend depth.
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I have confidence in guys like Um, you know, Des Johnson,
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I have confidence in West Bailey. I expect these guys
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to step up as well when their numbers called. And
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I expect Byron young to step up. I know that
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clip keeps being passed around like a hot potato, uh,
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when it comes to George Kittle, absolutely mauling Byron young,
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but I don't think that's, you know, that is not
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indicative of who Byron young is as a player. And
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I think that a lot of these players are, they
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did not play their best game last week. And I
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think that's the understatement of the decade. Um, but you know,
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Devante Adams comes out and he says, look, like if you,
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if you think that, you know, don't be a fool. If,
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if you think that we're going to be that way
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the rest of the year, you got another thing coming.
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And I tend to agree with him. So looking at
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this one, it sucks not to have, uh, Miles Garrett,
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the equalizer, maybe for some is that Aaron Donald, uh,
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Should be back. He was a full participant today. We're
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recording this on a Thursday. I think he's going to play.
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But even if he doesn't, I still think they can
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win this game. And I think they should win this game.
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But that said, I have a lot of respect for
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the Giants. I had them winning nine games coming in
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the year. I feel like John Harbaugh was the right decision.
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Don't just take my word for it. Look at what
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the Titans did to that offense. I mean, Cam Ward
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looks lost. And that was the head coach last year
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for the Giants in Brian Dable. And I think Jackson
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dart looked like noticeably better with Matt Nagy as his
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offensive coordinator. So I think there are some things to
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like from the giants and we'll talk more about it.
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You know, I'm sure throughout this show, but I think
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there are definitely some things that the Rams can take
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advantage of. And I think that includes that cornerback room
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that to be honest with you, doesn't impress me. And,
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you know, really doesn't impress me if Paulson Adibo is,
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you know, out potentially for this game. So, I'm excited
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to dive more into it, but yes, I think coming
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into this game, the Giants are better than maybe we
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thought coming into the season. And I also think that,
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you know, the Miles Garrett stuff, it sucks, but I
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think it's going to all, you know, be okay. And
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I think he will return to football action midway through
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the year.
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Yeah. I think in terms of the Miles Garrett thing,
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you know, like you said, it just sucks and it's
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a bummer. And you know, I know that there's been
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a lot of talk about, you know, when did this
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become a problem? How long did the Rams know about this?
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How long did Miles know about it? And I think, listen,
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I think regardless of what that answer is, it doesn't
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make it better, right? It doesn't make losing Miles Garrett,
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you know, any better. I spoke a little bit online
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about how I think the situation was managed. And I
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think it was mismanaged, to be honest, just based on
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what I've heard and based on what's come out. And
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I think That's frustrating. But like you said, this Rams defense,
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even without Myles Garrett, should be good enough to win.
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And we talked about this, or you talked about this
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on your live, I believe, on, was it Sunday that
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the news came out?
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Yes, it came out the day there was actual games.
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I remember that because I was like not, I had
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a migraine on Sunday and I was on my couch
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watching your live. which you knew because you put some
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of my comments on your screen. And, you know, you
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were talking about the Miles Garrett thing, and we were
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in agreement. And it was kind of like, you know,
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this Rams team should be good enough the way that
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they're built to win without Miles Garrett. Miles Garrett is,
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of course, a nail in the coffin, right? And he's
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the best player in the league, you know, according to some.
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And so, yes, it's obvious an advantage having him on
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the field. But you have this really talented defense, right?
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that is built to win without Myles Garrett, right? So
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I think that that, you know, as much of a
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bummer as it is, if the Rams go out and
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their defense looks really, really bad, I'm not going to
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be sitting there going, well, if Myles Garrett was out there,
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it would have been completely different. No, it would have helped. But,
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you know, if this defense can't get pressures on a
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quarterback or can't perform without Myles Garrett, I'm going to
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be concerned because of who is on this defense. And,
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you know, you bring up Aaron Donald, right? That's another
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guy that if he's out there, even better. If he's
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not out there, all right, you know, you get to work.
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But if he's out there, I think he's going to help.
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And I just think the story's too good for Aaron
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Donald to come back Monday night football in those sole
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yellow jerseys. Like, I think he's going to be out there.
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I think it's going to be, you know, a fun night, hopefully,
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for that Rams defense. But Jake, The defense as a whole,
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while we're on the topic, going against this team and
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going against Jackson Dart and Scadaboo and Malik Neighbors and
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Isaiah Likely and these guys in the Giants' offense, in
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my mind, I think that the biggest key to me,
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based on what I've seen from Jackson Dart and what
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the Giants are trying to do, and granted it's early
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in the season, but I did watch them on Sunday
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Night Football, I think your first point of emphasis has
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to be on stopping the Jackson, Dart, and Skadaboo on
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the ground. I think that that's really something that they
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lean on because they obviously have Malik Neighbors and Isaiah
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Likely in the receiving game, but I think that third
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receiver is kind of almost in a way similar to
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the Rams-ish. I don't know that they've really figured out
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who that guy is going to be. You know, Odo
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Beckham's back. He's not really, you know, playing that much
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out there for the Giants. So I think that what
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they're going to try to do is they want to
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see what they can get done with Dart and Scadaboo
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on the ground. And I do think that the Rams
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defense is going to be effective at stopping that.
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I do.
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And I know that the Rams defense can be hit
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or miss against mobile quarterbacks. You know, I think they've
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certainly had their struggles with that. I think they've had
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other games where they've been able to effectively shut that down.
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But I think that that should be the first point
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of emphasis for the Rams and said, okay, make Jackson
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Dart throw the ball. Make him beat you through the air.
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Make him pressure Trent McDuffie. Make him pressure Jalen Watson.
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Shut down the game on the ground and see what
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he's going to do in the air. That is my
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opinion on how the Rams are going to approach this offense.
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And then I think, you know, Isaiah Likely, I was
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really high on Isaiah Likely going into this season. I
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picked him up in a lot of fantasy leagues. I
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had a really good feeling when the Giants brought him over,
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and he was very effective and a very large part
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of the game plan on Sunday night. I want to say,
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did he score two touchdowns, or am I making that up?
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He did, yeah.
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Yeah, I mean, he was a very big part of
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their game plan and clearly is their receiver number two
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behind neighbors, in my opinion. But Jake, what do you
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think that this Rams defense needs to do to game
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plan against this Giants offense?
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Yeah, I think when you look at this Giants offense,
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the thing that steps up right away is how they
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can stretch out the defense.
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Right.
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When when they're using the you know, they're using their
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screen game the way that the 49ers were. I think
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you are susceptible to getting beat by that. And you
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shouldn't be, but we just saw that gave him problems.
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You know, the short passing attack gave him problems playing
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soft zone against this offense is in my opinion, it's
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going to be a really, you know, bad idea because
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with Jackson dart, I do think that he has made
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some strides. I just got done watching the tape yesterday and,
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All throughout, I came away really impressed with Dart. I
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think Isaiah likely can blow up any game this year.
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I think he and Dart are on the same page wholeheartedly.
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I also think Malik Neighbors is one of the better
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receivers in the sport. So when you look at that,
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that's a pretty good core tandem, but that's not talking
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about how the offense can play backyard football. And then
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at the same time, just be a force that's just,
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playing smash mouth in your face football with a cam
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scataboo and having Patrick or card as the fullback and
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just playing, you know, again, that smashed mouth 80 style
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power football. But again, when you have dart, it gives
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them an ability to live in a different way. And
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so I do think that there are different ways to
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go about this. And I just think the big thing
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here for the Rams defense is they're going to have
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to get pressure on Jackson Dart. I think they got
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a lot of speed on the outside. I mean, when
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you look at, I'm not talking about the receivers, I'm
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talking about the edge. Byron Young, chase down sack potential,
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Josiah Stewart. But I want to see more pressure up
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the middle, pressing the pocket, not allowing Jackson Dart to
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be comfortable. And then if he wants to roll out
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to his right, he's going to have to outrun Byron Young,
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which is something he is not going to do because
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Byron Young is actually faster than Jackson Dart. So these
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are the things I want to see. I want to
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see more interior pressure. they didn't get enough of that
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on Brock Purdy. Um, I want to see more edge pressure.
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They didn't get enough of that on Brock Purdy either.
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And I want to see them play more man coverage.
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They played a lot of zone. They played a lot
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of cover three. And quite honestly, I'm just, I'm sick
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of the soft zone.
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I really am.
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You did not go out and get, yeah, you didn't
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go out and get Jalen Watson and Trent McDuffie to
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have them just play 10 yards off the ball. Um,
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you know, they're physical, they're sticky in coverage. Don't spend
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that type of money. which to the tune of $ 48
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million in one season on two cornerbacks who are really
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good at one thing and have them do a completely
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different thing. I'm tired of that. I hope that ends
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because I do think this Rams defense can be one
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of the best in football. And that's not crazy because
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I thought they were last year, despite the issues that
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they had before Quinton Lake got hurt. But again, In
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this one, it's going to be about pressuring Jackson Dart.
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And then you're going to have to out-physical the Giants.
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And that's not easy because, like I said, they can
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play 80-style smash-mouth football with Cam Scadaboo. So I need
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Puna Ford to step up. He was a no-call no-show
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last week. He might have been on the field physically,
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but his soul was not on the field. You could
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not feel his presence at all. You go back to
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that Panthers game last year and instantaneously when he came
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off the field because they were managing his workload due
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to the injury, that team could not stop Chuba Hubbard.
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That team could not stop Rico Dowdle. It was evident.
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We can't have that. You have to be able to
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stop the run. And what that will then do is
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now you don't have play action. You don't have the
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power running game. You've basically said, screw your fullback. It
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doesn't matter. We're not letting you beat us with the
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Smash Mouth style football. And now Jackson Dart has to
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sit back there potentially in a deficit because if you're
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shutting down the run, it's potentially going to be in
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a deficit here where Jackson Dart is going to have
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to be throwing the football.
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And guess what?
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Your pass rushers now are pinning their ears back and
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rushing the quarterback at will. And this is where Chris
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Shula can show us how he's different. What he does
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that makes him special. Because honestly, I'm not saying he
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doesn't have anything, but I want to see some wrinkles
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with him. If you want to send McDuffie on a
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cornerback blitz, this is the type of game to do that.
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If you're able to shut down the run, this is
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where you can start to really attack Jackson Dart. You
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can attack... This offense, I say they have a lot
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of different things to like. Matt Nagy's a good play caller.
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Sean McVay was very complimentary when talking about the Giants.
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I'm very complimentary when talking about the Giants. I had
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him winning nine games coming into the season, but they
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are beatable. The Rams know this, and they got to
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get to town on the quarterback and be able to
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pressure him because if he has all day to throw,
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he'll look like Dan Marino.
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Yeah, I mean... Definitely need to see, you know, the
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Rams get to the quarterback, you know, this game. And
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I think, you know, referring to last week as well
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and just how that was such a just not ordinary
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game for this Rams team, it felt like. And just
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how lethargic everybody looked and just how kind of out
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of it they looked. I expect them, you know, in
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this game, you know, I talk about earlier how they
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need to make a statement. I mean, I think a
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lot of that comes defensively as well. Obviously, you know,
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we're going to talk about the offense here shortly. because
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they had a very bad week and need to step
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up some things too. But this defense specifically, you know,
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they need to show that they are the best defense
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in the league. Because that was kind of the expectation, right?
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Is you have Aaron Donald, you have Miles Garrett, and
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you have Byron Young, and you have Trent McDuffie, and
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Jalen Watson, and Cam Carl, and Ken Kitchens, and this
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entire defense, and Braden Fisk, and Puna Ford, right? Is
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you are way too talented to play like you did
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Thursday night. And I don't care really who you're playing
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again this week. You know, yes, it's the New York Giants,
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but regardless of who you're playing on Monday night, you
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need to go out there and assert your will in
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every single way that you can. And so we need
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to see this defense. Like you said, I would love
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to see a man coverage. I would love to see,
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I didn't even think about, you know, that blitz with
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Trent McDuffie would just be beautiful to watch, right? Like
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we need to start seeing Shula step up in these
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situations and we need to see this defense get ugly
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and get brutal and get physical. Um, and Jake, you know,
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on the injury report today, we did see both of
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our starting safeties and both of our starting inside linebackers
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on that injury report. Um, you know, uh, cam kitchens
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is not practicing as of today. Now it's Thursday and
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our game is Monday. So we are recording this episode
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a day earlier than we normally do. And the Rams
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are playing. a day later than they normally play. So
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we do have a little bit more time than we
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usually do between when this episode comes out and when
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the Rams actually play. So a lot can change in
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between this four-day period, Jake. You know, you had Cam
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Curl limited with an ankle injury, and then Landman and
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Spates also limited. My expectation, and I, again, this could change, guys.
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This is just my opinion. This is not me, you know,
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this is me speculating. My opinion is that everybody will
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likely play except for Kinchins, who seems to be having
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a pretty serious injury at this time. You know, it
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also wouldn't surprise me, unfortunately, if maybe Landman wasn't out there.
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He got banged up pretty badly in Australia. Jake, I
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don't know if you have any thoughts on that or
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if you've heard anything since I saw that this morning.
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I don't know if any news has come out. I
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haven't seen it. But I think regardless, I mean, that's
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going to change your secondary a lot, right? If you've
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got Cam carl cam kitchens out um and then you
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know in terms of inside in linebacker if landman's out
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you're going to see dole lack in there i don't
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know if you have any thoughts on that before we
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move into the offense.
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Yeah, I mean, it's never a bad thing when Dolak
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is out there because I think Dolak is the best
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linebacker in this room. And I just think, you know,
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it's going to take some time for us to see
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it because he's going to get the opportunities down the road.
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But maybe he gets them this week. I mean, we
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saw it last week.
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We saw against the Eagles game, you know, when he
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got an opportunity we saw in the 49ers game. He's
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had some opportunities and I think he's done a really
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nice job. So, you know, I think more Dolak is
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a good thing. They also don't play base three, four.
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So their linebackers, while it sucks that they're banged up,
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they do like living in that kind of nickel and dime.
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And what you'll often find is with the Rams, they
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have guys that are equipped for this. Like Quinton Lake
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could play the quote-unquote linebacker, right? Like Tank McCullough could
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do the same thing. Kinshins, I think, could be a
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significant thing. If they don't have him, that will be.
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trouble.
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I know he had a really bad game last week.
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I think a lot of guys played really uncharacteristically. I
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don't care what you blame it on. They just didn't
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show up the way that they have. And I think
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Kitchens is in for probably like the best season of
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his career. I had him as a breakout player this year,
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so it would be unfortunate to start the season banged up. But,
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you know, I think really what it comes down to is.
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they have the depth to step up. This is why
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I was high on them. This is why you were
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high on them. This is why everybody has been high
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on them. I think, don't get me wrong, when we
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talk about everybody, that's when the usual, oh, well, you
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get that, I don't know who made that video, but
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the video where they were like, this team is built
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around Myles Garrett. It's like, no, they weren't. This team
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has already been built. They've been one of the more
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consistent teams the last two years. Miles Garrett was the
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cherry on top. I hate cherries, but it was, right?
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I mean, like, Miles Garrett was the cherry on top.
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Did they need Miles Garrett to go and win a
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Super Bowl? I don't know if they did.
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I don't.
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If they just had Jared Burst, don't you think that
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they'd be able to do that? So I feel like
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that's said a lot, but this team has depth.
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They do.
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They absolutely have depth. And so if they have to
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rely on Jalen McCullough, I expect him to step up.
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If they have to rely on a Sean Dolak, Tyler Davis,
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a Desjuan Johnson, these are the guys that I expect
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to step up. You know, Wesley Bailey. If you made
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this team, you're on this team for a reason. Now,
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where the depth could be challenged is when, say, you
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have a guy like Grant Stewart who is now the
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backup if the two linebackers can't go, does Grant Stewart
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now have to potentially play defense? And if he plays
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defense and he gets banged up, how does that impact
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your special teams unit? This is where your depth, you know,
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I don't care how deep you are. it can be
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a problem there. So Alexis, I'm not too worried. I
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think it'll be okay. Guys are going to miss time
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this year. We know that you're just hoping that it's
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not ever going to be significant. And you're hoping that
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it's not going to be significant guys that are missing time.
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And I have a lot of respect for cam kitchens,
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but significant. I think of Matthew Stafford significant. I think
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of Kyron Williams significant. I think of Puka Nakua, you know,
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Kobe Turner, right? Aaron Donald. These are significant guys. like absences,
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if they're not in the lineup, Trent McDuffie, Jalen Watson, um,
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cam kitchens, because their safety room is so deep. I
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actually think they could get by a week without cam
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kitchens if they had to.
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Well, let's turn to the offense now, because Jake, I think,
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you know, obviously the offense, I was just not good
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enough Thursday night and the team wasn't good enough last
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Thursday night. Right. I mean, just from top to bottom
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was a complete failure from this Rams team. No one's
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disputing that. But I think the biggest shock was the
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offense and just how, you know, discombobulated they look. And
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Matthew Stafford particularly looked. So I think going into this game,
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you know that there is going to be, especially from
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Sean McVay, who's an offensive-minded guy, to get this offense rolling,
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to get them, you know, fluid, to get them in
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a good rhythm, to get Matthew Stafford in sync with
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his receivers. And, you know, you've got Puka Nakua out there, right?
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The best receiver in football. according to a lot of people,
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including myself. You've got Devontae Adams. You've got Kyron Williams.
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You've got your tight end room of Colby Parkinson and
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Tyler Higbee and Terrence Ferguson, who you need to get involved.
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And so, Jake, in my opinion, looking at this Giants defense,
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I have a lot of respect for this Giants defense.
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I think that they're pretty good. I think that you've
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also mentioned that you think that they're a little bit
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underrated and that they're building a solid room there. But
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I think that the weakness on this defense, and you
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touched on this earlier as well, is going to be
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that cornerback position, right? And I think looking at their
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defensive line and then looking at their corners, as much
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as we complain about not running the ball enough, I
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think this is going to be a week to sling
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the ball. I think this is going to be a
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week where I'm not saying don't run the ball with,
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you know, Kyron and Blake, right? I'm not saying don't
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do that. I think you always want to try and
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have a balanced approach. But I think that the Rams
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bread and butter this week could be attacking those corners
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for the New York Giants getting Puka Nakua involved he
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was involved Thursday but he really wasn't involved enough right
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and part of that was just because Matthew Stafford couldn't
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get on the same page as his receivers he couldn't
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get the ball out in time um you know so
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that that was obviously part of it but I mean
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get Devontae Adams more involved Terrence Ferguson Terrence Ferguson is
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a guy who showed a lot of promise last year
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right and He had some really good plays, but he
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got kind of buried in that depth chart with the
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other tight ends because Colby Parkinson had a really big
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breakout year for the Rams, and rightfully so. He was
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very effective for them. Then you've got guys like Higby
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and Davis Allen who've been around a little bit. Terrence Ferguson,
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I think it was completely understandable that he wasn't utilized
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as much as he could have been last season, but
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he's got to be utilized now. We know what Terrence
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Ferguson can do. We know what his skill set is.
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He's a great receiving tight end. I think you've got
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to go in there and utilize him in that receiving game.
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You know, you can't just lean on Puka Nakua and
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Devontae Adams and then, you know, these short passes to
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Kyron Williams. You've got to find other guys you can
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spread the ball out to this season. So I'd love
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to see that happen. But I think those deep balls,
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you know, to those against those corners, Jake, are going
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to be important this game and I would love to
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see a guy named Tutu Atwell active I think this
526
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is a game to do it right he wasn't active
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last week neither was CJ Daniels I would love to
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see Tutu Atwell active I think that this is the
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game where you can look to get those vertical bombs
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to him I think you're going to have to just
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get creative offensively I think that this is the game
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to take those risks I know that it's week two
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But listen, after you had that showing last week, and
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your schedule is not kind coming up, the Rams after
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this game have the Broncos, the Eagles, and then the Bills.
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And so I cannot emphasize enough how important it is
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for the Rams to win this game. I'm not saying
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that they can't go and beat those teams. They absolutely can.
539
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But the odds of them beating the Giants versus them
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beating those other three teams, particularly the Eagles and the Bills,
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are not as high. They're not. I don't think the
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Giants are as good as the Buffalo Bills, which by
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the way, if you're watching this live, you know that
544
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are on right now, just absolutely decimating the Detroit Lions, right?
545
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So Jake, looking at this offense, going against the New
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York Giants, what do you think the key for them is?
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Do you agree with me that they should come out
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of the gate and just attack those New York Giants
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corners and just see what they'll give them, put the
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pressure on them, or do you think that they're going
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to take a more balanced approach?
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Well, I definitely want to attack the corners.
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I do also think when it comes to the Giants,
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they're going to play quarters coverage 41% of the time
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if they follow last week, right? And so when you're
556
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doing that, That's the same coverage that absolutely destroyed Jared
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Goff in 2018 in the Super Bowl. Basically, for those
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of you at home that don't know, you take four
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defensive backs, and they're in charge with a quarter of
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the field. They basically cut in quarters. That's quarters coverage,
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cover four. So with that said, how do you attack that? Well,
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you have to know first and foremost that when you're
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in quarters coverage or when you're going up against quarters coverage,
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How you're going to attack that is you have to
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know now that you are going to have a lighter
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box up front, okay? Because you're playing four defensive backs back.
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So that second level is susceptible to getting beat pretty
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badly if these guys don't come down and play the
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run effectively. And when you have Kyra Williams and Blake Corum,
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two guys that I think... I saw some differentiating... things
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with Blake Corum last week, which is good. I don't
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want the same thing. So I think these two can
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kind of play off each other's strengths. And so I
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think they can just throw different things at the wall
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and really force the Giants into a position where they
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have to play the run. Then after that, you all
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of a sudden go to the play action. And, you know,
578
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McVay has been very big on play action over the
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course of his career as the Rams head coach and
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just as a play caller with the Washington football.
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Team back in the day.
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So the the way I see it is this okay
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when you use a graph like aggressive safety behavior you
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can take advantage of that you can use anything like
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if anybody's aggressive in any way you can take advantage
586
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of that that is the beauty of football and if
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they're gonna play cover for a you're going to be
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able to take advantage of them with that play action.
589
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So by faking a handoff to a Kyra Williams or
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a Blake Corum, it's going to pull the safeties closer
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to the line of scrimmage. And then now you will
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be able to attack the deep part of the field.
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But it doesn't just end there either. When you look
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at Devontae Adams and Puka Nakua and leveraging those players
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to against that cover for, well, you're going to be
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able to use crossers and deep posts to basically attack
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that defense. And Alexis, you said it.
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I said it.
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I don't trust this cornerback room. I don't like this
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cornerback room. I, well, I like Colton hood. I think
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he has got a future in this league. I have
602
00:30:33.589 --> 00:30:38.619
never been a fan. of um newsome i've never been
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a fan of newsome newsome is somebody that he takes
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risks and in games like this that i think this
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00:30:46.930 --> 00:30:50.880
game will be close i don't want my cornerback taking
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00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:53.910
risks right so I think they could take advantage of
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Greg Newsome. I think they could take advantage of Drew Phillips,
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who had three penalties.
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In last game.
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Paulson Adebo, who I'm a big fan of, he didn't
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practice today. And Deontay Banks didn't practice today. And he's
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considered their best corner. So I think they are susceptible
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to getting beat. And I also think when you take
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into account The talent that they have, that's one thing.
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But when you talk about Matthew Stafford's ability to play
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around and just mess with the heads of young cornerbacks
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00:31:25.670 --> 00:31:28.579
with his eyes, his eye movement is some of the
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best in the league. And even when he's not looking,
619
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it's some of the best work in the league. So
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I think that they're going to be able to attack
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this cornerback room. I think they're going to be able
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to run the football with the lighter boxes that are presented.
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And I think ultimately... you can go back and look
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at what the Dallas Cowboys, they left a lot of
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00:31:47.589 --> 00:31:50.750
meat on the bone. They lost only by eight and
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00:31:50.930 --> 00:31:56.039
they had a rare uncharacteristic drop from George Pickens who
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beat man coverage over the top. And it was perfectly
628
00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:02.480
placed and he just dropped it. And that's one of
629
00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:04.380
those plays you go back to. And you're like, if
630
00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:06.240
he catches that and he goes to the end zone
631
00:32:06.269 --> 00:32:07.990
and They get the two-point conversion.
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It's 28-28.
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So it completely changes that game. I think the Rams
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are going to have opportunities. I'm expecting Puka Nakua to
635
00:32:16.410 --> 00:32:18.349
go off in this one. I think it's a great
636
00:32:18.430 --> 00:32:21.549
matchup for him. But I wouldn't be surprised if they
637
00:32:21.970 --> 00:32:24.630
zig while everyone zags and everyone's thinking, oh, it's going
638
00:32:24.650 --> 00:32:27.650
to be Puka Nakua. And they take advantage of last week.
639
00:32:27.670 --> 00:32:29.670
And they're like, you know what? We sucked last week.
640
00:32:30.009 --> 00:32:32.490
Let's completely change the script and let's go to a
641
00:32:32.529 --> 00:32:35.960
Kanate Mumfield. Let's go to a Jordan Whittington. Um, you know,
642
00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:38.900
let's get Terrence Ferguson involved who wasn't involved at all
643
00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:42.559
last week, or maybe let's just use Kyron Williams and
644
00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:45.819
Blake Corham in the passing attack and have them, you know,
645
00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:48.579
motion them out wide and have them, they could do
646
00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:51.859
a multitude of things. Um, and that's the thing I
647
00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:55.880
do trust Sean McVay with. My biggest concern is if
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they don't get explosives, Alexis, and they chip away at
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00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:02.660
this defense, um, I am concerned about their red zone
650
00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:04.869
play calling, and I know I'm not the only one
651
00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:07.160
who's concerned by that. I think you go back and
652
00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:10.170
you look at the NFC championship game. If Sean McVay
653
00:33:10.230 --> 00:33:13.470
didn't get so far ahead of himself where he was literally,
654
00:33:14.150 --> 00:33:15.930
it just feels like he's too smart for his own
655
00:33:15.970 --> 00:33:19.009
good and he gets too cute with it. They probably
656
00:33:19.049 --> 00:33:22.309
win the NFC championship game that ended in the red
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zone near the goal line. And then once again, we
658
00:33:25.430 --> 00:33:28.670
saw with the 49ers game near the goal line. Instead,
659
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they have all these weapons. They have all these different
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00:33:31.130 --> 00:33:34.410
buttons they can push. They decide we're going to go
661
00:33:34.809 --> 00:33:40.779
with Matthew Stafford to run a QB sneak. And, you know,
662
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so I want to see them get some explosives. I
663
00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:47.819
want to see them score long touchdowns. I want to
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see stuff like that. And I do think we'll get
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00:33:50.369 --> 00:33:52.349
at least one of those long touchdowns. Is it a
666
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Blake Corum home run hit? Is it a Puka Nakua
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bomb down the field?
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I don't know.
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But I do feel like one of those things is
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going to happen. But I also at the same time,
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I want to see the Rams win in the red
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zone because I hate to break it to you. You
673
00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:09.070
can't hide from the red zone. Sean McVay is going
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to have to push the right buttons when he gets
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into the red area, and he's going to have to
676
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do it consistently because you can go back to last year,
677
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which people are doing, and they're talking about Chris Shula
678
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and how this defense didn't look that great the last
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00:34:20.650 --> 00:34:23.019
five games, if you include last year, which is a
680
00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.780
little unfair.
681
00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.980
But what is fair?
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Is to use the offense because the offense is the
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00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:31.860
same personnel as last season. Everybody is pretty much the
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00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:34.989
same from last year. And I think the big thing
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here is you go back to the Seahawks game, that
686
00:34:37.130 --> 00:34:41.429
goal line stand, you go back to the Bears red
687
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zone trip, that stand. There are moments in these games
688
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where Sean McVay did not do a good enough job
689
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in that red area when things get really tight down
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there and now defenses know you can only do so
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00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:59.079
many things because you're running out of field and so
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I really want to see Sean McVay conquer this because
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this is something that has plagued him going back to
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Washington he's been good at points he's been really good
695
00:35:08.969 --> 00:35:11.550
at points he's been elite at points you go back
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00:35:11.590 --> 00:35:15.789
to the Jaguars game week seven elite but Even though
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00:35:16.010 --> 00:35:18.070
he has this guy, this guy, and this guy that
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00:35:18.090 --> 00:35:20.619
he can push the button and he can come through
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with in the red zone, he outsmarts himself way too much.
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And so that is my biggest concern, I think, the
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red area. Because once you shorten the field, I think
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that's when the Giants' corners are going to be in
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a better position to succeed. When you have that much field,
704
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you have that much real estate, you have that much
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that you have to worry about, I think you can
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pick on young corners that struggle and and especially with
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the discipline. You talk about Drew Phillips with three penalties
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last week, but if you're in the red zone, if
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you're near the goal line, that's going to make their
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job a lot easier.
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00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:58.019
Yeah, I agree with you. The red zone play calling, obviously,
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has been a struggle going back last season, even how
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good they were last season. Matthew Stafford, MVP season, yet
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the red zone just always seemed to be a source
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of contention for this Rams team if they weren't running
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it in with Kyron or throwing one of those, uh,
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you know, one yard passing plays to Devante, right? It
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just seemed like there were so many games where they
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left points on, on the table because they just couldn't,
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you know, figure, figure it out there. And so I
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agree with you. I think this is a really good game, um,
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to see what the Rams can do in the red zone.
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And yeah, I, I just, my gut tells me, I
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really want to see them attack, um, downfield in the
725
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passing game i really want to see them test these
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corners and i want to see you know matthew stafford
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show that he is still matthew stafford because we know
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that he is but after what we saw on thursday
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night where you know not just him this entire team
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was uncharacteristically um you know just not there i would
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love to see everybody show up on Monday Night Football
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against the Giants. So we'll see. You know, I expect
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the Rams offense to put on a show against this
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Giants defense. And I do respect this Giants defense, you know,
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as a whole. But the cornerback situation, I think, is
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something that the Rams can exploit. Jake, before we get
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So you got some live stuff here because we are
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live during the bills and whatever the hell this team is.
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21 nothing. Detroit Lions are down. Yeah, so let's take
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a look at the Rams game, right? Might as well.
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We got the Rams Giants. They have dart throwing 215
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more or less, and they have staff for 242.
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But you know what? I really, really, really like this
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one here.
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Puka Nakua averages over 90 yards per game for his career.
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He actually leads every receiver in the history of the
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NFL all time. he's going to have at least 86 yards.
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There's the without question. So I love that one. Alexis,
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do you have any here that you like? I think
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the Terrence Ferguson one's really low. I think you can
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get him discounted right now because of last week. Not even,
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I think he only had one target. This might make
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some sense too, but curious where you are.
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I can't actually see it.
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Oh, you can't see it.
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Okay. What is Terrence? Well, I, I can, and it's
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just at one of my far away screens and my
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eyes are bad. um so is he what is terrence
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ferguson at.
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For yards 18 and a half oh take the over
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of that so i'll take one play yeah and then
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odell beckham jr six receiving yards why do i feel
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like they might even start the game just getting him
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his catch against the rams.
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Yeah i would take it to be i have a
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i feel like they're gonna he's back at sofi they're
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not gonna get him involved They're not going to not
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get him involved, is what I mean.
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No, I knew what you meant. Because he hasn't played
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it so.
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Well, no, he played it so far for that weird
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Dolphins game that the Rams lost, and I still have
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no idea why.
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Remember?
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Kind of. I might have blocked it out of my memory.
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I wish I could. Isaiah, likely. Do we like him this.
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Week?
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Is that, say, 46.5?
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45.5.
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45.5?
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Yeah, I'd take the over.
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And then let's go with rushing here.
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It's hard to tell because you just don't know.
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I think Sean McVay is going to keep running the football,
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so I would even go with more for Kyron and
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more for Blake. Kyron's at 62.5 and Blake's at 45.5.
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I don't know.
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I mean, I'm a little nervous about this Giants run defense.
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I don't know.
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If you think that you take the over, take the over.
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I would be a little hesitant.
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I'll go more on Blake. Cause I mean, I could
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see them both having like 50 something yards. Yeah.
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I think the 46 over is fair.
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Um, let's see. What's we got.
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The punts is insane. We got completion percentage. I do
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think Stafford's going to look really sharp. Two passing touchdowns
806
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is a little too rich though. Cause he has to
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have three in order for you to hit that. All right, let's,
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let's go with Stafford passing yards. I think they're going
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to throw against these cornerbacks. I think they're going to
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have time to throw. I think it's going to go
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over well. So yeah, give me that. So 10 will
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So we got that done and now we got our
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favorite part of the show.
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Well, Jake, it's, it's a week where, you know, we
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are both in agreement that the Rams have to make
829
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a statement. I mean, I don't think it's a question.
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I think there's, it's not just because of the week
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one loss, which obviously listen, we all want to move
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on from, and it's come up a couple of times
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during this episode because it's, the only Rams game we
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have to go off of this season, unfortunately. Um, but
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you know, it's, it's not just because of that. It's, it's,
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you know, I mentioned this earlier, the schedule is not
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kind to the Rams, uh, through, through five weeks. Um,
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in my opinion, you know, I know that the Broncos
839
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look pretty bad, um, against the chiefs, but I mean,
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it also could be like, it's week one, like the
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Rams looked really bad against the 49ers. And I don't
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think the Rams are by any means a bad team. Right.
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So I'm trying to not judge the Broncos simply based
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on that Monday night football game and the Eagles, you know,
845
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you got coming up the bills. So I think that this,
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this week, I don't, I don't like the phrase get right.
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And I don't think you do either. So I'm not
848
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going to call it that, but this week against the giants,
849
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you know, the Rams need to lock in is what
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I'm going to say. They need to, this is the
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week you're at home. It's prime time. I think this
852
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is a team that you should beat, you know, not
853
00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:12.659
trying to discredit the giants too much, but I think
854
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the Rams are just too good. And I think that
855
00:43:15.670 --> 00:43:17.130
you got to make a statement. So I think that
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00:43:17.170 --> 00:43:21.070
we're going to see an aggressively called game. I really
857
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think that we are, you know, and I think that
858
00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:28.280
you can play call both aggressive and smart. I don't
859
00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:30.309
think that you have to be reckless and aggressive. Like,
860
00:43:30.349 --> 00:43:32.329
I think that you can be aggressive and not call
861
00:43:32.369 --> 00:43:35.119
a fourth and one. quarterback sneak with Matthew Stafford.
862
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You know what I mean?
863
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Like, I think that you can, I think that you
864
00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:39.760
can be aggressive and be like, you know, a fourth
865
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and one, let's give it to the best short yardage
866
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running back in the game, Kyra Williams. Like, you know
867
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what I mean? I think that you can still be smart,
868
00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:48.719
but I think that you can, you know, test your
869
00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:51.590
creativity a little bit and see what you can do, um,
870
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offensively and get the Superbowl. Yeah. I mean, just like
871
00:43:55.090 --> 00:43:58.570
really go for it. And so, um, Jake, you know,
872
00:43:58.690 --> 00:44:02.699
for my first bold prediction, um, I'm going to say,
873
00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:05.659
and this could be nullified before the game even starts
874
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because it's a 2-2 Atwell touchdown. If he's not active,
875
00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:13.980
I've already lost one. But I really think that the
876
00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:16.159
game plan going against this team, and we talked about
877
00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:18.969
it earlier, is you want to be able to stretch
878
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those corners and you want to be able to test them.
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You traded for 2-2 Atwell. You clearly thought that there
880
00:44:24.889 --> 00:44:27.690
was something in his game that was lacking in your
881
00:44:27.809 --> 00:44:32.139
offense or whatever it was. So... I could see it.
882
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I think that, you know, he might, I'm not going
883
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to say he's going to play a ton. He probably
884
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is not right. But I think that we're going to
885
00:44:37.710 --> 00:44:41.380
see a two, two owl bomb touchdown. That is my
886
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first prediction.
887
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I hope that happens.
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I want to see two, two go off and it
889
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would just be, it would just be music to my ears,
890
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but I'm going to go with a touchdown to a
891
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wide receiver who doesn't have a touchdown in his career,
892
00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:58.559
but it's because he's had like three that have been
893
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called back.
894
00:44:59.159 --> 00:45:00.460
I'm going to go with Jordan Whittington.
895
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Um, I think that looking at last week, I've kind
896
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of alluded to this, but it really, the hope is
897
00:45:11.289 --> 00:45:13.630
this is a blessing in disguise. And it was just
898
00:45:13.829 --> 00:45:17.469
so bad that Sean McVay can't just abandon the run.
899
00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:20.800
It was so bad that Sean McVay can't just, you know,
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focus on Puka Niku and Devante Adams moving forward. Like there's,
901
00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:27.809
there's going to be like wealth that's spread around. And
902
00:45:27.849 --> 00:45:30.150
I think the best way to attack the red zone
903
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when you're struggling to score in the red zone is
904
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throw to guys that the defense would never see you
905
00:45:35.710 --> 00:45:37.710
throwing to. So I see them getting into the red
906
00:45:37.750 --> 00:45:40.320
zone and I see them punching it in with a
907
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Jordan Whittington crosser over the middle.
908
00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:45.039
That's how I see that. So give me Jordan Whittington
909
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to score a touchdown.
910
00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:53.360
I like it. Would love to see Jay Witt get involved. Um, defensively, Jake, um,
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00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:59.099
bold prediction. Um, Like I said, I think Aaron Donald's
912
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going to play. And it's just so crazy that saying
913
00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:06.269
an Aaron Donald two sack game is a bold prediction
914
00:46:06.369 --> 00:46:09.809
because he's Aaron Donald. But because of the circumstances surrounding
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all this, I'm going to say Aaron Donald two sacks.
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00:46:13.469 --> 00:46:17.050
I feel like, listen, I, we know Aaron Donald, you know,
917
00:46:17.269 --> 00:46:19.269
I know that he couldn't have been happy watching what
918
00:46:19.289 --> 00:46:22.420
happened last week happened. I know that he very much
919
00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:25.000
has a lot of pride in his game, and he
920
00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:27.099
is going to play to the best of his ability
921
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on Monday night. And I don't know how they're going
922
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to utilize him off the bat. I don't even think
923
00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:34.760
that he'll start, if I'm being frank. I think they're
924
00:46:34.780 --> 00:46:36.559
going to work him in in his first game back,
925
00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:38.440
but I think that Aaron Donald's going to have two
926
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sacks on Monday night.
927
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I like that. I'm going to stick with the defense
928
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on this one.
929
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I'm going to go with a guy that I was
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00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:50.070
really impressed with last week on film, and there was
931
00:46:50.210 --> 00:46:52.210
not a lot to like about the Rams game, but
932
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Trent McDuffie was outstanding.
933
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He was so sticky in coverage. He only gave up
934
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one catch.
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For I think it was like three yards he was
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everywhere I would love to see them get creative have
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00:47:04.190 --> 00:47:06.650
Chris Shula we talked about this just having a blitz
938
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off the edge stuff you know stuff like that I
939
00:47:09.010 --> 00:47:10.769
don't think we're gonna see that but I do think
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we'll see a Trent McDuffie interception I think he is
941
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gonna be running the route for Malik neighbors in this
942
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one And I think McDuffie is going to come up
943
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with a big time pick at a moment because you
944
00:47:21.929 --> 00:47:24.070
know what? I, I do like what I saw from
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Jackson dart as a football fan and I liked the development,
946
00:47:27.510 --> 00:47:31.239
but I don't buy into, you know, he's a three
947
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touchdown zero interception quarterback moving forward. I think last week
948
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it was a really good step in the right direction
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and I'm higher on him after last week than I
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was prior, but I still think he has those moments
951
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and he, He's similar to a Brock Purdy in that
952
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he can make mistakes. And Brock Purdy wasn't in hell
953
00:47:51.010 --> 00:47:54.170
like I expected. Rams didn't show up. But I did
954
00:47:54.230 --> 00:47:57.469
say Brock Purdy would throw at least an interception. And
955
00:47:57.889 --> 00:48:00.489
I think that Jackson Dart throws an interception this time
956
00:48:01.030 --> 00:48:03.409
instead of Quentin Lake, who he could also throw to,
957
00:48:03.449 --> 00:48:05.730
by the way, because Lake will be on Isaiah Likely.
958
00:48:05.949 --> 00:48:08.230
Huge matchup. I'm going to go with Trent McDuffie.
959
00:48:09.750 --> 00:48:13.250
Well, my third prediction was going to be McDuffie. So
960
00:48:13.309 --> 00:48:14.170
I'm going to switch it up.
961
00:48:15.010 --> 00:48:15.170
Okay.
962
00:48:15.860 --> 00:48:18.239
I'm going to say Lake. I feel good about Lake again.
963
00:48:18.260 --> 00:48:20.119
And you bring up a good point in the fact
964
00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:22.719
that he is going to be probably on Isaiah Lakely.
965
00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:27.420
And I'm going to say Quentin Lake interception. And I think,
966
00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:30.099
you know, as we talked about earlier, if they can
967
00:48:30.179 --> 00:48:32.579
shut down what Dart and Scadaboo do on the ground,
968
00:48:33.199 --> 00:48:39.420
I think that, you know, you're going to basically force
969
00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:42.320
Jackson Dart to throw. And if you can make him uncomfortable, then,
970
00:48:43.389 --> 00:48:45.409
I think you could see more than one interception throw
971
00:48:45.429 --> 00:48:47.510
from Jackson Dart. Cause like, I wouldn't even say that
972
00:48:47.530 --> 00:48:50.559
Jackson Dart might throw two interceptions. Two plus could be
973
00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:52.960
a fun prediction, but I'll stick with Quentin Lake interception.
974
00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:55.860
Cause I feel good about that, um, as well, but
975
00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:56.239
we'll see.
976
00:48:57.840 --> 00:49:02.340
Jolando Butterfield is, uh, calling you out for AD saying he's,
977
00:49:02.659 --> 00:49:06.150
you have the audacity, um, that AD is not going to,
978
00:49:06.650 --> 00:49:08.849
play a ton and then he's going to have two sacks.
979
00:49:09.210 --> 00:49:11.650
I'm going to defend you here because there's a player
980
00:49:11.889 --> 00:49:15.889
on this practice squad named Leroy Murchison who barely played
981
00:49:15.949 --> 00:49:17.769
his first game as a Ram and he had two
982
00:49:17.829 --> 00:49:19.590
sacks in it. And there's a player by the name
983
00:49:19.630 --> 00:49:22.840
of Troy Reeder who never rushes the quarterback, who had
984
00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:25.920
three sacks in the same game Aaron Donald had three
985
00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:28.320
sacks in. But the point is, you can get two
986
00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:30.059
sacks when you don't start the game. You can get
987
00:49:30.079 --> 00:49:35.420
two sacks playing two snaps. So, cook, Alexis. I like it.
988
00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:38.469
I have no issue with two sacks prediction there.
989
00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:43.219
And also, this defense rotates players in. That's not an
990
00:49:43.300 --> 00:49:46.409
uncommon practice for this Rams.
991
00:49:46.510 --> 00:49:47.889
No, it's not at all.
992
00:49:48.389 --> 00:49:51.570
But this Rams defense rotates players in, I think, more
993
00:49:51.590 --> 00:49:53.730
than the average team as well. So, no, I'm not.
994
00:49:54.030 --> 00:49:55.929
When you have as good of a defensive line, you
995
00:49:55.949 --> 00:49:59.699
have to, right? And that was part of the question
996
00:49:59.739 --> 00:50:02.500
about bringing Aaron Donald back. Or I would say a
997
00:50:02.539 --> 00:50:06.050
question about Aaron Donald more so about Braden Fiske. is
998
00:50:06.070 --> 00:50:07.670
people were like, oh, well, how are you going to
999
00:50:07.710 --> 00:50:09.809
have it where you bring Aaron Donald back, but you've
1000
00:50:09.829 --> 00:50:12.150
got Puna Ford and Braden Fisk and Kobe Turner. I'm like,
1001
00:50:12.190 --> 00:50:14.659
they're going to use them all. And they're also going
1002
00:50:14.679 --> 00:50:18.780
to use like Ty Hamilton, right? And Desjuan Johnson. And like,
1003
00:50:18.800 --> 00:50:21.400
they're going to use everybody. Like everybody's going to be
1004
00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:24.960
rotated in. So yeah, I don't think it's a stretch
1005
00:50:24.980 --> 00:50:27.940
by any means. And also he's Aaron Donald. So if
1006
00:50:28.019 --> 00:50:31.530
I had to bank on a player playing 50% of snaps,
1007
00:50:31.550 --> 00:50:36.570
getting two sacks, and Aaron Donald's on the list, I'm
1008
00:50:36.590 --> 00:50:39.550
probably going to put my money on Aaron Donald. But
1009
00:50:39.570 --> 00:50:43.880
I do think the question is just how limited he is.
1010
00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:47.820
You know, I don't foresee a situation where Aaron Donald
1011
00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:50.460
came back being told you're going to get two snaps, right?
1012
00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:53.260
I don't think that he's going to be limited to
1013
00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:55.300
two snaps, but I also don't think that he's going
1014
00:50:55.320 --> 00:50:56.969
to be out there for the first three downs.
1015
00:50:57.969 --> 00:50:58.369
So we'll see.
1016
00:51:01.210 --> 00:51:05.989
But Jake, we've given our bold predictions. Now it's time
1017
00:51:06.010 --> 00:51:06.949
to get into the score.
1018
00:51:07.730 --> 00:51:09.199
So we're only doing two.
1019
00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:13.219
We did three. I know. Wait, you didn't do three.
1020
00:51:13.659 --> 00:51:14.099
I did three.
1021
00:51:14.739 --> 00:51:19.090
Oh, well, okay. I see how it is. No, I'm kidding. Um,
1022
00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:20.730
all right. Bold prediction here.
1023
00:51:22.710 --> 00:51:24.389
I think Puka Nakua is going to have over 150 yards, uh,
1024
00:51:26.119 --> 00:51:28.739
And I think he's going to catch two touchdowns. I just,
1025
00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:31.889
I really feel like he's going to break out in
1026
00:51:31.929 --> 00:51:35.789
this one. And I think that this defense, the cornerbacks
1027
00:51:35.829 --> 00:51:39.869
do present this opportunity. So, um, I guess that means
1028
00:51:39.929 --> 00:51:43.010
Matthew Stafford's throwing three touchdowns. I know that's, it's not
1029
00:51:43.050 --> 00:51:45.110
normally something I want to bank on, like if we're
1030
00:51:45.130 --> 00:51:47.679
talking money wise, but yeah, it just kind of came
1031
00:51:47.719 --> 00:51:53.869
together one for Whittington, one for Puka and, uh, Well,
1032
00:51:53.929 --> 00:51:55.110
and then another one for Puka.
1033
00:51:55.150 --> 00:51:56.849
So yeah, I guess that's how it is.
1034
00:51:57.670 --> 00:51:59.800
Hey, we'd love to see it. I think that that
1035
00:51:59.820 --> 00:52:03.260
would be a great statement for the Rams and Matthew
1036
00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:07.000
Stafford to make this week on offense. You know, show
1037
00:52:07.099 --> 00:52:11.929
former MVP, right? He's still got it. Three touchdowns. So Jake,
1038
00:52:12.030 --> 00:52:15.670
getting into the score, you know, I think you and
1039
00:52:15.710 --> 00:52:17.690
I have kind of alluded already this episode on who
1040
00:52:17.730 --> 00:52:20.340
we want or not just who we want to win.
1041
00:52:20.380 --> 00:52:22.579
Obviously we want the Rams to win, but we think
1042
00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:25.380
is going to win is the word I'm looking for. So,
1043
00:52:25.679 --> 00:52:28.880
you know, do you want to go first? Want me
1044
00:52:28.900 --> 00:52:29.340
to go first?
1045
00:52:29.780 --> 00:52:30.739
Yeah, I'll go first.
1046
00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:32.409
I mean, I think the Rams are going to win
1047
00:52:32.449 --> 00:52:34.210
this game and I think it's going to be a
1048
00:52:34.269 --> 00:52:36.650
fun one, but you know, I have a lot of
1049
00:52:36.670 --> 00:52:38.869
respect for the giants. I don't take them lightly in
1050
00:52:38.889 --> 00:52:40.730
this one, but I'm also not going to sit here
1051
00:52:40.989 --> 00:52:42.590
and act like all of a sudden the Rams are
1052
00:52:42.610 --> 00:52:44.659
going to go into, they're going to lose the home
1053
00:52:44.760 --> 00:52:48.409
opener and, After all this time, being able to rest
1054
00:52:48.510 --> 00:52:51.309
after that game, I'm not going to make any excuses
1055
00:52:51.369 --> 00:52:54.929
as to why they showed up lethargic in that first game,
1056
00:52:54.949 --> 00:52:58.789
but they were. Some guys showed up. Like I mentioned,
1057
00:52:58.829 --> 00:53:01.429
Blake Corham played a great game. I thought Steve Avila
1058
00:53:01.449 --> 00:53:03.460
played maybe the best game of his career. I thought
1059
00:53:03.480 --> 00:53:06.340
Trent McDuffie looked great. There were guys that stepped up,
1060
00:53:06.519 --> 00:53:09.840
no doubt about it. But the course of the game,
1061
00:53:09.900 --> 00:53:11.920
you could really see the rest of the defense was
1062
00:53:12.280 --> 00:53:16.460
slow and just sluggish. And I just don't think we're
1063
00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:18.030
going to get that. And now all of a sudden,
1064
00:53:18.820 --> 00:53:20.590
this is where I think the defense is going to
1065
00:53:20.630 --> 00:53:25.449
dig down deep. Because now everyone is talking about how
1066
00:53:25.550 --> 00:53:31.570
this defense doesn't have the physicality. They're going to be
1067
00:53:32.489 --> 00:53:37.869
outperformed physically physically. Then the 49ers are going to be
1068
00:53:37.949 --> 00:53:42.250
outperformed physically, you know, by the Giants. That to me
1069
00:53:42.550 --> 00:53:45.489
is ridiculous. This is a very physical defense.
1070
00:53:45.639 --> 00:53:45.940
Okay.
1071
00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:48.659
And I think they are going to have that back.
1072
00:53:48.699 --> 00:53:52.420
So give me the Rams to win 27, 23. I
1073
00:53:52.460 --> 00:53:55.619
think you'll be looking at a 27 to 16 ball
1074
00:53:55.639 --> 00:53:58.690
game late in the fourth quarter. Giants put together a
1075
00:53:58.750 --> 00:54:02.809
touchdown drive, make it look presentable. But I think the
1076
00:54:02.849 --> 00:54:06.230
Rams take over in the fourth quarter. But I do
1077
00:54:06.269 --> 00:54:08.329
think this is a good sign for the Giants. If
1078
00:54:08.369 --> 00:54:10.630
Giants fans out there, I know that they want to
1079
00:54:10.650 --> 00:54:13.269
win this game, but I think the Rams are a
1080
00:54:13.309 --> 00:54:17.719
hundred percent legit. Anybody that wants to jump off their bandwagon, sayonara,
1081
00:54:18.090 --> 00:54:20.679
but I believe in this team and I really do
1082
00:54:20.739 --> 00:54:23.019
believe in the Giants as well. I think the Giants
1083
00:54:23.380 --> 00:54:25.139
being in a close game like that, I think is
1084
00:54:25.179 --> 00:54:28.320
definitely going to bode well for them moving forward. I
1085
00:54:28.360 --> 00:54:29.940
think they're going to have a lot to build off of,
1086
00:54:30.019 --> 00:54:35.070
but again, Rams 27, Giants 23, and we move on
1087
00:54:35.170 --> 00:54:37.489
to Denver, Colorado in week three.
1088
00:54:39.150 --> 00:54:41.070
I like it. I think this is a great prediction.
1089
00:54:41.090 --> 00:54:44.019
I have the Rams winning as well. I have the
1090
00:54:44.079 --> 00:54:48.739
Rams winning 24 to 17. You know, I think it's
1091
00:54:48.760 --> 00:54:50.940
going to be a close game. I think that the
1092
00:54:51.000 --> 00:54:54.199
Rams will look like the better team because I think
1093
00:54:54.239 --> 00:54:57.510
they are the better team. But I do like and
1094
00:54:57.570 --> 00:55:00.599
respect this New York Giants team. you know, as a
1095
00:55:00.619 --> 00:55:02.780
football team. And I don't think that they're, you know,
1096
00:55:02.900 --> 00:55:05.159
going to be an easy matchup by any means, but
1097
00:55:05.199 --> 00:55:07.360
I just think that the Rams are far too talented
1098
00:55:07.719 --> 00:55:10.559
and have far too much fuel going into this week
1099
00:55:10.619 --> 00:55:13.500
to just, you know, they got to make a statement.
1100
00:55:13.579 --> 00:55:15.139
And so I think that they are going to do that.
1101
00:55:15.219 --> 00:55:16.929
I think that it's going to be a close game,
1102
00:55:16.949 --> 00:55:19.989
but I think the Rams are going to ultimately prevail,
1103
00:55:20.289 --> 00:55:21.610
you know, as a winner. I think that we're going
1104
00:55:21.630 --> 00:55:23.690
to see this offense look a lot more fluid. I
1105
00:55:24.110 --> 00:55:26.510
expect that Matthew Stafford is going to look a lot
1106
00:55:26.570 --> 00:55:30.289
sharper this game than he looked Thursday night. Um, you know,
1107
00:55:30.309 --> 00:55:32.920
I think this defensive front I'm hoping has a pretty
1108
00:55:32.960 --> 00:55:36.480
good game. Um, it asserts their will and, um, you know,
1109
00:55:36.500 --> 00:55:39.099
makes Jackson dart uncomfortable at times and, you know, shuts
1110
00:55:39.139 --> 00:55:41.239
down the run game. So, you know, I think it's
1111
00:55:41.280 --> 00:55:44.239
going to be, you know, hopefully a pretty good game, uh,
1112
00:55:44.760 --> 00:55:47.480
for the Rams. Um, you know, Monday night football, you know,
1113
00:55:47.500 --> 00:55:50.199
I think depending on what your definition of a statement
1114
00:55:50.239 --> 00:55:52.110
game is, a lot of people think a statement game
1115
00:55:52.139 --> 00:55:53.949
is going in and blowing out an opponent. I think
1116
00:55:53.969 --> 00:55:57.309
that you can have statement games that are close games, um,
1117
00:55:57.369 --> 00:56:00.800
but they're good technically. Right. And you're, people execute and
1118
00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:02.400
they do their job and they go out there and
1119
00:56:02.460 --> 00:56:04.340
show um you know what they can do so i
1120
00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:06.039
think the rams are going to leave monday night football
1121
00:56:06.059 --> 00:56:07.860
with a win i think we're going to have a
1122
00:56:07.940 --> 00:56:12.400
much better experience in prime time uh than we did
1123
00:56:12.460 --> 00:56:15.119
last week and i think that uh you know we're
1124
00:56:15.139 --> 00:56:17.559
going to go into our third prime time game three
1125
00:56:17.599 --> 00:56:19.619
for three by the way if you guys didn't know
1126
00:56:19.659 --> 00:56:21.960
when we play the broncos in week three it's sunday
1127
00:56:22.000 --> 00:56:24.639
night football um the rams are starting out the nfl
1128
00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:26.800
season with a whole a trifecta you had thursday night
1129
00:56:26.820 --> 00:56:32.420
football monday night football sunday night football Crazy. It is crazy.
1130
00:56:34.079 --> 00:56:38.719
I think we both have pretty good vibes going into
1131
00:56:39.139 --> 00:56:39.800
Monday night.
1132
00:56:39.820 --> 00:56:43.260
They're playing Wednesday and Friday later in the year, too.
1133
00:56:44.420 --> 00:56:48.219
The Rams are doing it all. They're playing every day
1134
00:56:48.239 --> 00:56:50.679
of the week, every primetime game.
1135
00:56:50.699 --> 00:56:57.300
It's TBD on the last two games, Buccaneers and Seahawks, so...
1136
00:56:57.820 --> 00:57:00.340
praying they play on a saturday so we have all
1137
00:57:00.380 --> 00:57:01.460
the the days.
1138
00:57:01.199 --> 00:57:07.380
Yeah i know fingers ridiculous um but guys thank you
1139
00:57:07.400 --> 00:57:09.599
for tuning in you know last minute this was this
1140
00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:11.719
was a schedule change because i am going out of
1141
00:57:11.760 --> 00:57:14.780
town um tomorrow night so i was not able to
1142
00:57:14.820 --> 00:57:17.610
record so we appreciate those of you who were able
1143
00:57:17.710 --> 00:57:20.369
to join last minute on this thursday night even though
1144
00:57:20.389 --> 00:57:23.030
there is a thursday night football game going on right
1145
00:57:23.050 --> 00:57:25.090
now we appreciate it and you know people who are
1146
00:57:25.110 --> 00:57:28.219
going to listen to this uh either listen or watch
1147
00:57:28.260 --> 00:57:31.099
throughout the weekend. We appreciate it. Um, Jake and I
1148
00:57:31.139 --> 00:57:35.340
will be live next Tuesday night because it is a
1149
00:57:36.300 --> 00:57:39.750
Monday night football game. We'll be going live, uh, you know,
1150
00:57:39.789 --> 00:57:42.210
to recap this Monday night football game. So we'll see
1151
00:57:42.230 --> 00:57:44.429
you then. But guys, if you like what you hear,
1152
00:57:44.469 --> 00:57:46.730
please like, and subscribe. You can follow us on social
1153
00:57:46.750 --> 00:57:49.639
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1154
00:57:49.659 --> 00:57:52.559
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1155
00:57:52.639 --> 00:57:56.090
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1156
00:57:56.150 --> 00:58:00.730
at JKBogan. I'm at Alexis Crafts. Guys, we're excited to
1157
00:58:00.769 --> 00:58:03.320
play on Monday Night Football. We're ready for it. A
1158
00:58:03.420 --> 00:58:05.860
couple days away now. We'll be back Tuesday, like I said.
1159
00:58:05.920 --> 00:58:09.570
But until then, as always, stay safe, take care, and
1160
00:58:09.590 --> 00:58:10.110
go Rams.