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Myles Garrett’s Dominant Return, Executing On Offense, Pivotal Stops by the Defense in Week 9 & More — Transcript

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  1. 0:08Hope good evening everyone. Thank you
  2. 0:10for joining us for a new edition of the
  3. 0:12Coach McVey Show presented by Microsoft
  4. 0:14Surface. I'm JB Long sitting down with
  5. 0:16the head coach of your Los Angeles Rams,
  6. 0:18Shawn McVey. Love these victory Mondays,
  7. 0:20but it's quite a run here where it's
  8. 0:22been an emotional cocktail of the win
  9. 0:24and the elation offset by some
  10. 0:26unfortunate things going on behind the
  11. 0:28scenes. Yeah, it's uh number one, I'm
  12. 0:30really proud of our group for finding a
  13. 0:32way to be able to like you can feel like
  14. 0:33the skills of building physical, mental
  15. 0:36toughness, resilience. Um these guys
  16. 0:38have leaned into that and I think it's
  17. 0:40been on display the last three weeks. Um
  18. 0:42that being said, you empathize with a
  19. 0:44lot of your, you know, teammates and
  20. 0:45players that are going to be missing
  21. 0:47time because, you know, the natural es
  22. 0:49and flows of a season, but that
  23. 0:51attrition is very real. And so you feel
  24. 0:53for those guys and it's been a unique
  25. 0:55set of emotions that accompany, hey,
  26. 0:57let's figure it out. Let's do the next
  27. 0:58right thing while not minimizing um some
  28. 1:01of these guys that are are missing that
  29. 1:03they mean a lot to you personally and
  30. 1:06they mean a lot to our football team and
  31. 1:07that's that's been challenging.
  32. 1:09>> For those who may not have heard the
  33. 1:10news yet, I'm guessing they know about
  34. 1:12Puka, but would you lay it out for us?
  35. 1:14>> Yeah, basically, you know, on the last
  36. 1:15play got his MCL and got his PCL. Got a
  37. 1:18good strain of that. actually suffered a
  38. 1:20a version of a turf toe as well earlier
  39. 1:22on in the game which shows you what a
  40. 1:24competitor he is and um he's going to be
  41. 1:27out for a good amount of time and so
  42. 1:28probably put him on IR hopefully get him
  43. 1:31back at some point this season. um could
  44. 1:34have been a lot worse you know when you
  45. 1:36look at the way that you know he got hit
  46. 1:37on that right knee on that jet sweep and
  47. 1:40you know it's a bummer and you lose
  48. 1:41Steve Aila for a good amount of time as
  49. 1:44well with the hamstring and hopefully
  50. 1:46we'll get some guys back but it's it's
  51. 1:48been challenging
  52. 1:49>> to zoom in on the puka thing uh talking
  53. 1:51with you post game it felt like already
  54. 1:52as the head coach but also the play
  55. 1:54caller you were beating yourself up a
  56. 1:55little bit about even putting himself in
  57. 1:56that predicament
  58. 1:57>> I mean you felt like you ideally wanted
  59. 1:59to be able to end the game and the
  60. 2:00second down call where you lost yardage
  61. 2:02you know really hurt us and And that
  62. 2:03was, you know, bad on my part. Uh you're
  63. 2:05thinking, okay, how do you make sure
  64. 2:07that they use their last timeout? What's
  65. 2:09the best way to be able to convert? We
  66. 2:10had had a good hit on a perimeter play
  67. 2:12similar to that for 15 yards to the
  68. 2:15previous drive. Um that play was
  69. 2:17designed obviously to be more outside.
  70. 2:20Um but you're still staying in bounds
  71. 2:21and you know when he cut up you know
  72. 2:23that was a safety that's kind of
  73. 2:24unblocked fitting it inside out and yeah
  74. 2:26you kick yourself you know because if
  75. 2:28there is you know you can't control
  76. 2:30things but if you can control all right
  77. 2:32I what decision could you have made to
  78. 2:34prevent that and be lying if I said that
  79. 2:36doesn't still just go throughout your
  80. 2:38head and and it's a bummer because it
  81. 2:40affects someone that you care about and
  82. 2:41it also affects your team in in not a
  83. 2:43positive way. I want to be careful with
  84. 2:44how I ask this next one because there is
  85. 2:46no world in which not having one of the
  86. 2:47best players in the NFL is good for the
  87. 2:49Los Angeles Rams. But knowing that here
  88. 2:52you are again period of time without
  89. 2:53him. We've seen this team as recently as
  90. 2:56last year in London deal with the
  91. 2:58subtraction of Puka and it had good
  92. 3:00outcomes. How can you replicate that?
  93. 3:01>> Yeah, I think you said it best. You
  94. 3:03know, you're not there's no part about
  95. 3:05missing him or Devonte or Terrence
  96. 3:07Ferguson that makes you better, but it
  97. 3:10does provide an opportunity to be able
  98. 3:11to give guys a chance to step up. I
  99. 3:13think we have capable guys uh to be able
  100. 3:16to distribute the field to be able to
  101. 3:17utilize all five eligibles, whatever
  102. 3:19personnel grouping that we're activating
  103. 3:21and we feel really fortunate that we
  104. 3:23have a quarterback that can really play
  105. 3:25point guard and get a bunch of different
  106. 3:26guys involved and so um you know and
  107. 3:29there's not going to be any tendencies,
  108. 3:30you know, so a lot of you know a lot of
  109. 3:32the guys that have been the key focal
  110. 3:34point of the pass game in particular
  111. 3:36when you're talking about Puka and
  112. 3:37Devonte, you know, so it's it's really a
  113. 3:40great opportunity to be able to utilize
  114. 3:41and and have it come to fruition that
  115. 3:43it's the greatest team sport that there
  116. 3:45is
  117. 3:45>> because you've said on this show and
  118. 3:46elsewhere that the Rams are at their
  119. 3:48best when you are spreading it around
  120. 3:49and activating all five of your
  121. 3:51eligibles. I think it's fair to say that
  122. 3:53since Devonte's injury that's not
  123. 3:54necessarily been reflected in your
  124. 3:56offensive performance,
  125. 3:57>> you know, and there are certain guys
  126. 3:58that are going to get a heavier share of
  127. 3:59the target volume just based on the
  128. 4:01nature of the caliber of player and
  129. 4:03things like that. But, you know, you
  130. 4:05look at it, I thought there were some
  131. 4:06opportunities and some guys did deliver
  132. 4:08and and make some plays. um thought that
  133. 4:10there was going to be a chance that they
  134. 4:11would double puke on a lot of the known
  135. 4:13pass situations, which they did, where a
  136. 4:14lot of the target that we were getting
  137. 4:16him kind of came outside the framework
  138. 4:18of those, which is where we thought we
  139. 4:20could feature him. Um and and I thought
  140. 4:23some other guys did separate. We can
  141. 4:25consistently execute, but there were
  142. 4:26some big conversions. You know, M had a
  143. 4:28big third down conversion, you know,
  144. 4:30that we had to have. Higgby had a big
  145. 4:31second and 10 conversion in the high red
  146. 4:33area that led to Cororm's one-yd
  147. 4:35touchdown run. and um want to be able to
  148. 4:37get a lot of guys, you know, involved
  149. 4:39and and I think that'll serve us well
  150. 4:40and that's really what we're tasked to
  151. 4:42do.
  152. 4:43>> So, specifically with your wide receiver
  153. 4:44depth chart as you go into this week
  154. 4:46against Arizona, unless you give me a
  155. 4:47nod and a wink, I'm going to assume it's
  156. 4:48the guys that we know and maybe ask you
  157. 4:50to refresh, where are CJ and Tutu and
  158. 4:53Kate and Jay Wit at this stage of their
  159. 4:55season and what might you expect from
  160. 4:57them moving forward?
  161. 4:58>> Yeah, well, the first thing it's a
  162. 4:59bummer Jay Wit's back is really
  163. 5:00bothering him. So, he might be a
  164. 5:02candidate, you know, we we'll see what
  165. 5:04that looks like for his status moving
  166. 5:05forward. CJ Daniels has been a guy
  167. 5:08that's done a lot of really good things.
  168. 5:09I think if you talk to our DBs with the
  169. 5:11looks, um the maturation, the growth
  170. 5:13that you've seen from a young player,
  171. 5:15you know, I'm excited for him to get an
  172. 5:17opportunity to step up and play. And I
  173. 5:18don't believe it's too I I know it's not
  174. 5:20too big for him. Strong hands, big
  175. 5:22physical, you know, got the ability to
  176. 5:24be able to separate. Um I like
  177. 5:26everything he's about. And then I think
  178. 5:27M has done a great job with the
  179. 5:29opportunities that he's had as has Tutu.
  180. 5:32Um both of those guys have gotten a lot
  181. 5:34of snaps over the last couple weeks and
  182. 5:36um and I think you'll see that target
  183. 5:37share increase you know just you know
  184. 5:39with them getting some opportunities and
  185. 5:41um and look forward to that.
  186. 5:42>> And this is a question for a future week
  187. 5:45but Devonte reportedly behind the scenes
  188. 5:47is doing well. I don't know if it's
  189. 5:48ahead of schedule how you would frame
  190. 5:50that but how optimistic are you that he
  191. 5:51can you know come back sooner rather
  192. 5:53than later?
  193. 5:54>> Yeah I am. I just talked to him. That
  194. 5:55was why I was a little delayed in
  195. 5:56getting in here because he looks like he
  196. 5:58looks great. I mean, physically, he must
  197. 5:59have just come off a lift, but he looks
  198. 6:01physically good. He's moving around. Um,
  199. 6:03he's making really good progress. And
  200. 6:05so, I think, uh, sooner than later is a
  201. 6:07good way to be able to put it. And, uh,
  202. 6:08that'll be a welcome back that we'll all
  203. 6:10be excited to have.
  204. 6:11>> Let me go back in time a little bit to
  205. 6:13Friday afternoon because I know that
  206. 6:14Terrence Ferguson was on track and
  207. 6:17expecting him to be such an integral
  208. 6:18part of this offense. I can only imagine
  209. 6:20you probably built a game plan mostly
  210. 6:22around utilizing his unique skill set in
  211. 6:24the 48 hours between when he does his
  212. 6:26hamstring and when you kick it off. How
  213. 6:27much of a pivot was there?
  214. 6:29>> A lot, you know, and and um you know
  215. 6:31that that's what's you feel for him, you
  216. 6:33know, and his ankle was actually feeling
  217. 6:35good. Um it was kind of a you know on a
  218. 6:37Friday practice like you mentioned
  219. 6:39running a standard out cut and um and
  220. 6:42it's you feel for the players first and
  221. 6:44foremost and then you're saying man I I
  222. 6:45feel for us a little bit too because uh
  223. 6:48he does add such a unique skill set
  224. 6:50because he can be such an athletic
  225. 6:52moving part of the you know he's a true
  226. 6:54joker where he can play all over the
  227. 6:56formation. He can be part of the run
  228. 6:58blocking surface. He can lead block. He
  229. 7:00can run legitimate receiver routes from
  230. 7:02width from the slot as an attached tight
  231. 7:04end. He was a guy that we had huge plans
  232. 7:06for going into this season. Um, and I
  233. 7:09think he showed some real flashes of why
  234. 7:11we did. And unfortunately, the injuries
  235. 7:12have prevented him, but um, he's got a
  236. 7:15really bright future. And, and u, you
  237. 7:17know, these are the moments that
  238. 7:19strengthen you, even though they don't
  239. 7:20feel like they do when you're in the
  240. 7:21midst of it, but he's a resilient,
  241. 7:23mentally tough guy. And, uh, we'll be
  242. 7:25excited to get him back whenever that
  243. 7:26time comes
  244. 7:27>> because that 21day clock is now running,
  245. 7:29right? whether or not he's ready to play
  246. 7:30at the end of it. I'm guessing not given
  247. 7:32the setback, but you don't shut him down
  248. 7:34for the season. You got to keep him
  249. 7:35ready to go.
  250. 7:36>> Something that we want to avoid, you
  251. 7:37know, I mean that I'm I'm reluctant to
  252. 7:40get too far ahead of anything just
  253. 7:42because but yes, that is something that
  254. 7:44we'd want to avoid if he's not prepared
  255. 7:46and if you're holding him on the roster
  256. 7:48even before he can play, if that time is
  257. 7:50sooner than later, you know, that's I
  258. 7:52think something worth exploring without
  259. 7:53a doubt
  260. 7:54>> because so much has shifted. I'm not
  261. 7:55even sure this question is relevant
  262. 7:57given your forward-looking uh
  263. 7:59projection, but what is bogging down
  264. 8:02this passing offense, would you say?
  265. 8:03Like obviously the missing parts are
  266. 8:05key, but like why hasn't it looked the
  267. 8:07way that you had hoped at large?
  268. 8:09>> Well, I mean I I think it's a lot of it
  269. 8:11in in regards to I mean just ex what
  270. 8:13which play you talking about? I mean
  271. 8:15there's each play is its own individual
  272. 8:17entity. Um, there was a lot of
  273. 8:19opportunities that I I believe fully in
  274. 8:21our players and our ability to be able
  275. 8:23to execute versus some of the different
  276. 8:24things that we had. And I think the
  277. 8:26first thing you do is you look inward,
  278. 8:28you know, but the next thing you do is
  279. 8:29you say, "Hey, I believe in you guys
  280. 8:30enough to know we're capable of
  281. 8:31executing better, whether that's playing
  282. 8:33on time and in rhythm, um, when
  283. 8:35something's there exhausting a
  284. 8:37progression or, you know, guys being
  285. 8:38able to make a catch, um, and be able
  286. 8:41to, you know, separate and then finish
  287. 8:42the catch. You know, there was a handful
  288. 8:44of those plays yesterday, particularly
  289. 8:46on the third downs that I think extend
  290. 8:48drives and change the outcome. You know,
  291. 8:50change really the whole narrative of
  292. 8:51what that game looks like. But it's a
  293. 8:53mar the margin is really small, but
  294. 8:56there was a handful of opportunities
  295. 8:57that um I fully believe in our players
  296. 9:01um and some of the different things that
  297. 9:02they're capable of being able to execute
  298. 9:04that um if we have those opportunities
  299. 9:06again, we'll come down with that and it
  300. 9:09changes the complexity and the dynamics
  301. 9:10of how you feel. We've thrown the ball.
  302. 9:12You know, the last couple weeks has been
  303. 9:14different, but like I told you before we
  304. 9:15started, all I care about is how we win
  305. 9:17um and how we find ways to win. And that
  306. 9:19might look different, but there's no
  307. 9:21style points. I'm not a big stats guy.
  308. 9:23That doesn't bo, you know, we can have
  309. 9:25all the stats we want, but if we're not
  310. 9:26getting the outcomes, none of it is
  311. 9:28worth a damn to me. Um what I do like
  312. 9:31though is is that I thought we were at
  313. 9:32our best when we had to throw the
  314. 9:34football. you know, after we turn the
  315. 9:35football over in minus territory and our
  316. 9:38defense gets a sudden change stop, you
  317. 9:40look at the very next drive, Matthew had
  318. 9:42some big third down conversions, um
  319. 9:44where he's hitting Kannata Mumfield, um
  320. 9:46where he's extending a second down and,
  321. 9:48you know, get back on track and finding
  322. 9:50Kron Williams off, you know, you know,
  323. 9:51off schedule for nine yards. That was
  324. 9:53huge. We can't jump off sides on a third
  325. 9:55and six that puts it to a third and 11,
  326. 9:57but protection allows. He hits Pukon on
  327. 9:59an incut and then it's the second and
  328. 10:01seven touchdown. So there was a lot of
  329. 10:03plays where we had to throw it, you
  330. 10:05know, that ultimately led to us scoring
  331. 10:07the touchdown that that gave us the
  332. 10:0920-13 lead and then the defense did a
  333. 10:11great job. But um we're capable. It's
  334. 10:13it's there's so much that goes into
  335. 10:15offensive execution. That's why it is
  336. 10:17the greatest team sport. It's
  337. 10:18protection. It's timing rhythm. It's the
  338. 10:20accuracy of the throw. It's the
  339. 10:22decision. And then it's guys being able
  340. 10:23to come away with it. And um it's not
  341. 10:25one thing in particular, but there's
  342. 10:27been some opportunities and and I and I
  343. 10:29refuse to believe anything other than
  344. 10:30we're going to figure it out.
  345. 10:31>> All right. So, if I can reflect some of
  346. 10:33that back to you without lowering the
  347. 10:34bar for the pass game whatsoever, you do
  348. 10:37have an elite
  349. 10:38>> running game still.
  350. 10:40>> Uh, and your defense has been lights
  351. 10:41out. So, if on a week-toeek basis, you
  352. 10:44need to lean into that identity until
  353. 10:46you can figure out what the best version
  354. 10:48of this Rams offense is moving forward,
  355. 10:49you're willing to win that way.
  356. 10:50>> It's a week- toeek league. I really
  357. 10:52believe that, you know, and especially
  358. 10:54given our circumstances, you know, when
  359. 10:56when you've been healthy and you've had
  360. 10:58continuity, you've been able to
  361. 10:59establish an identity that you can kind
  362. 11:01of build on. But what is required as a,
  363. 11:04you know, as a group and as a collective
  364. 11:06right now is to say, okay, hey, one day
  365. 11:08at a time, let's continue to have the
  366. 11:10belief and the confidence in the guys
  367. 11:12that we're playing with. let's figure
  368. 11:13out what does it look like to have some
  369. 11:14of the moving parts fit into this
  370. 11:16equation and then how does that best
  371. 11:18reflect the way that we want to approach
  372. 11:20this game as it relates to the Arizona
  373. 11:22Cardinals this week and that's the only
  374. 11:23thing that I can handle um that I think
  375. 11:26moves us in the right direction and then
  376. 11:28if you are able to establish some
  377. 11:30continuity if you are able to stay
  378. 11:32healthy you know then maybe you're able
  379. 11:33to build on some different things but my
  380. 11:35sole focus and concentration is one day
  381. 11:38one play one moment at a time um while
  382. 11:40also having the necessary fluidity and
  383. 11:42flexibility to say, "Okay, we're missing
  384. 11:44a lot of different guys in key areas as
  385. 11:47it relates to the specific question in
  386. 11:49the pass game and what does that look
  387. 11:51like to say how do you supplement some
  388. 11:53of that production and how do you really
  389. 11:54figure out what does good offensive play
  390. 11:56look like to play alongside our defense
  391. 11:59in our kicking game against the Arizona
  392. 12:01Cardinals?"
  393. 12:02>> Great answers. Thank you for those. Um,
  394. 12:04last week Matthew was miked up and so we
  395. 12:05could hear him self coach on his
  396. 12:07interception like I just got to throw
  397. 12:08that one away. this week. Was it a
  398. 12:10similar story? And part of the reason I
  399. 12:12surfaced that is because we're about to
  400. 12:13visit what I think was the turning point
  401. 12:14in that game, which was the response.
  402. 12:16But let's start with the turnover.
  403. 12:17>> Yeah. No, he would tell you I could
  404. 12:18progress. You know, the pocket allowed
  405. 12:20and there was options, you know, for him
  406. 12:22to go elsewhere with the ball. And
  407. 12:23here's why he's such a stud, though. He
  408. 12:25says that right away. Like, if you have
  409. 12:27extreme ownership and accountability
  410. 12:29when inevitably you show me a great
  411. 12:30quarterback like him, I'll show you a
  412. 12:32guy that's going to want plays back. You
  413. 12:33know, there's that's the most difficult
  414. 12:35position in all of sports right away.
  415. 12:38Like the coolest thing about him is is
  416. 12:39he's so refreshingly secure in himself
  417. 12:41that he's got ownership. You know, I
  418. 12:44feel like ah man, I want to try to be
  419. 12:45able to help you out. And then the next
  420. 12:47thing is is, you know, we get the stop
  421. 12:49that leads to a field goal and then he
  422. 12:51takes us right down the field on the
  423. 12:52drive that I just alluded to a couple
  424. 12:54minutes ago. Um, and he was
  425. 12:56competitively great. You know, being his
  426. 12:57best when his best was required. Um, and
  427. 13:00his best was required in that moment.
  428. 13:01and that demonstrates the competitive
  429. 13:03greatness, the response, the mental
  430. 13:04toughness, all of those things that you
  431. 13:07absolutely want from your quarterback.
  432. 13:09Um, but if he was self coaching himself
  433. 13:11there, you know, he'd probably say,
  434. 13:12"Hey, you know, pocket allowed, reset,
  435. 13:14progress. I got month and uh and be able
  436. 13:17to hit him and keep it moving."
  437. 13:18>> All right, so the commander set up in
  438. 13:19plus territory and let's use that to get
  439. 13:21to our film breakdown segment presented
  440. 13:23by Microsoft Surface where every day is
  441. 13:25game day. Emanuel Forbes obviously
  442. 13:27connected to that franchise and this was
  443. 13:29one of his signature moments in a big
  444. 13:31day. He had a lot of signature moments,
  445. 13:32but this is a great job concept trigger
  446. 13:34recognition. Could feel the screen and
  447. 13:36then you talk about no flinch, you know,
  448. 13:38gets up that ignites the sideline, you
  449. 13:40know, but you could really see playing
  450. 13:42with big vision. Um, doing a great job,
  451. 13:44you know, long stride, short stride,
  452. 13:46shuffle, and then it gets the whole
  453. 13:48sideline fired up. Everybody was going
  454. 13:51crazy. Kobe Turner's going nuts. Jimmy
  455. 13:53Lake, everybody's flexing. But, I mean,
  456. 13:55like, he played tough. He was on display
  457. 13:58all day. And when you see it from this
  458. 13:59angle, you can really appreciate how
  459. 14:01that just changes the sideline. Omar
  460. 14:03Spates hitting his head. I I I loved it.
  461. 14:06I mean, this this change this was a
  462. 14:08gamechanging type of play. Um
  463. 14:11physicality, toughness, that was awesome
  464. 14:13for him and and he made a bunch of plays
  465. 14:15throughout the day.
  466. 14:16>> I know you're hopeful to have Trent back
  467. 14:17as soon as maybe this week, but without
  468. 14:19Watson, can you speak to Jimmy Lake who
  469. 14:21you mentioned there?
  470. 14:23competitive opportunity
  471. 14:34and an ownership of what offenses are
  472. 14:36trying to do. He's got great techniques,
  473. 14:38tools, and fundamentals that allow guys
  474. 14:40to be able to go back to their core uh
  475. 14:42principles that they coach all the time.
  476. 14:44Um, and he is demanding and he is
  477. 14:46relentless. his competitive stamina as a
  478. 14:48coach is great, but if you look and you
  479. 14:50saw him on the sideline, nobody's more
  480. 14:52excited for E Forbes than Jimmy Lake is.
  481. 14:54And um Josh Walls has played great. Cam
  482. 14:56Linen came in at the end of the game in
  483. 14:58a couple snaps and he's had him ready to
  484. 15:00go. Um you know, you see Dearan Williams
  485. 15:03come in and do a good job on kickoff
  486. 15:05cover. So, there's been a lot of moving
  487. 15:07parts. He and coach Beak work great
  488. 15:08together as long as well as with Mike
  489. 15:10Hunter and our back end as a whole. But
  490. 15:12that corner spot with the amount of
  491. 15:14moving parts that we've seen and the
  492. 15:15improvement that you've seen from those
  493. 15:17guys, they deserve a ton of credit. But
  494. 15:19Jimmy Lake has been instrumental in
  495. 15:20that.
  496. 15:20>> All right, let's go to the M portion of
  497. 15:22the program. Been looking forward to
  498. 15:23this for far too long. Uh he said he was
  499. 15:25rusty, nowhere near where he wants to
  500. 15:27be. If there's a reason for the Rams to
  501. 15:29be optimistic as you try and navigate
  502. 15:30this storm, I can't think of a better
  503. 15:32one.
  504. 15:32>> No doubt he was he was outstanding and
  505. 15:34and really I thought the, you know, the
  506. 15:36collection of our guys up front,
  507. 15:38understanding how to be able to work off
  508. 15:39one another. He and AD had some really
  509. 15:41fun opportunities to rush alongside one
  510. 15:43another. Um I thought we got some great
  511. 15:45matchups with the game plan that Chris
  512. 15:47and the defensive staff put together,
  513. 15:49but um he was great. I thought another
  514. 15:51gamechanging play was obviously him
  515. 15:53being able to force that turnover. Only
  516. 15:55thing that was funny in hindsight is he
  517. 15:57and BY are celebrating when the play is
  518. 15:59still going on right there, but
  519. 16:01>> could have been a scoop and score.
  520. 16:02>> Yeah, exactly. But he he was great. Um,
  521. 16:05I thought really our our group as a
  522. 16:07whole up front was outstanding. But hey,
  523. 16:10if that's Rusty, I'm excited to see how
  524. 16:12he continues to build on it. But he's
  525. 16:13got high standards and I do think the
  526. 16:15belief and confidence that he has in
  527. 16:17himself and that we have in him, there
  528. 16:18still is, you know, more for him to be
  529. 16:20able to get out of that and that's
  530. 16:21that's a beautiful thing.
  531. 16:22>> He also called out his own penalties,
  532. 16:24but he did say he learned from Von
  533. 16:25Miller that in third and long situations
  534. 16:27to time up the clock is actually like a
  535. 16:30next level strategy because they're
  536. 16:31going to have to snap it again even if
  537. 16:32you are
  538. 16:33>> a next level strategy. The problem is is
  539. 16:35that the inconsistencies across the
  540. 16:37board when you say the clock hits zero
  541. 16:38and the ref looks back and if the ball's
  542. 16:40not snapped then it's a delay. You know,
  543. 16:43I don't know how those it's really a 41
  544. 16:45second play clock. Then
  545. 16:47>> you mentioned Aaron along the way there
  546. 16:49and I'm not sure if you saw his
  547. 16:50conversation with the media postgame,
  548. 16:52but it's been a long time since I've
  549. 16:53seen him as like joyful and exuberant as
  550. 16:56he was there. I mean, if you love the
  551. 16:58Rams, you have to love seeing that.
  552. 17:00>> You love that. And and I just talked to
  553. 17:01him a couple minutes ago after we
  554. 17:02finished up the team meeting and I said,
  555. 17:04"You had fun yesterday, didn't you?" He
  556. 17:06said, "Yeah, that was fun." You know,
  557. 17:08and you could really feel it, could see
  558. 17:10it. Um he's a guy that wears his
  559. 17:11emotions on his sleeve in a good way. I
  560. 17:13thought he played great yesterday. Um
  561. 17:15but even just celebrating like a lot of
  562. 17:17the stuff, you know, where he got some
  563. 17:19of the assists that opened up
  564. 17:21opportunities for other guys to really
  565. 17:23be able to deliver. Um, even on the big
  566. 17:25negative play that Fisk had where, you
  567. 17:27know, he's playing Jaden Daniels, Fisk
  568. 17:29ends up knifing in the back field and
  569. 17:30they try to run the little counter O. He
  570. 17:32he was awesome and uh and he was happy
  571. 17:35and and it was uh it was cool to see.
  572. 17:37>> Even had the ability to talk the
  573. 17:38official out of a roughing
  574. 17:41jacket conversation right there.
  575. 17:42>> You're not kidding. Um to freeze time
  576. 17:44and see those two on the same side of a
  577. 17:46rush. I mean, now opposing coaches will
  578. 17:49know at least a sample of what it could
  579. 17:51be like, but I had to freeze time and
  580. 17:52just appreciate that for what it was.
  581. 17:54>> Totally. I I felt privileged to be there
  582. 17:56yesterday,
  583. 17:56>> 100%. You know, and and you don't take
  584. 17:58those things for granted. Those are two
  585. 18:00special players, but um the best part is
  586. 18:03is now if you know, both those guys are
  587. 18:05feeling good and so now you can build on
  588. 18:07that. What does that look like? Um you
  589. 18:09know, this was the first time that you
  590. 18:10even put anything on tape. how are you
  591. 18:12going to activate and how are you going
  592. 18:14to um you know put Miles in different
  593. 18:16spots alongside of 99 and some of the
  594. 18:18other guys that do a great job as well
  595. 18:20and um and it's our job and it's an
  596. 18:22exciting one to be able to figure out
  597. 18:23all right how do you really take what we
  598. 18:25did yesterday continue to build on it
  599. 18:26and make it where it's unpredictable and
  600. 18:29um challenging to go against. One other
  601. 18:31uh thing I wanted to highlight is the
  602. 18:32collective effort to limit one of the
  603. 18:34best running quarterbacks in the league
  604. 18:36to four for 16 I think it was.
  605. 18:38>> It's huge and you know G I remember you
  606. 18:40beginning of the week and we talked
  607. 18:41about it as a defensive staff was a huge
  608. 18:44emphasis not giving him any vertical
  609. 18:45seams. He makes people pay. Um and when
  610. 18:47he makes you pay these are explosive
  611. 18:49runs. I thought we really rushed four as
  612. 18:51one when we did blitz. I didn't think we
  613. 18:53gave any vertical seams. Um, you know,
  614. 18:55and really I thought our pursuit overall
  615. 18:57to the football was outstanding cuz
  616. 18:59Jaden is a dynamic playmaker, plays the
  617. 19:02quarterback position at a high level,
  618. 19:04but he's got elite athleticism. He is
  619. 19:06scary as hell as a runner and u and I
  620. 19:08thought we did a great job. I give Smith
  621. 19:10and Drew Wilkins and Joe Kigglio a ton
  622. 19:12of credit uh because I thought their
  623. 19:14guys did a great job of being able to,
  624. 19:16you know, keep the rush lane integrity
  625. 19:17and and not giving him any easy escapes.
  626. 19:20And Sean, to wind it down here, say for
  627. 19:21maybe a holding flag on a return, was
  628. 19:23that the Ram's best day on team so far
  629. 19:24this season?
  630. 19:25>> Yes. Yeah. And it was a real positive, I
  631. 19:27thought, in our kickoff coverage unit.
  632. 19:29Got some really good individual plays
  633. 19:30when we did have to cover, you know, the
  634. 19:32two that Josh Cardi hits where they
  635. 19:34bounce um in the landing zone and then
  636. 19:36go into the end zone where, you know,
  637. 19:37you kick a touchback, now it's 35 yd
  638. 19:39line. Those kind of touchbacks go on the
  639. 19:4120, you know, so there's 30 yards of
  640. 19:43coverage in and of itself. Um, he was
  641. 19:45great. I thought the answer is yes. I
  642. 19:48thought we covered punts really well. Uh
  643. 19:50Ronnie had a great return and you know
  644. 19:52we're just a little bit away from that
  645. 19:53being held up. True. I did think, you
  646. 19:55know, we can learn to be able to clean
  647. 19:56up our technique there. But it was a
  648. 19:58real step against a very formidable
  649. 20:00opponent and I thought that was real
  650. 20:01positive. You know, give Bubba and Kyle
  651. 20:03a ton of credit.
  652. 20:03>> Great. Yeah. Hopefully something to
  653. 20:04build off of there. And finally, what
  654. 20:06would a four-ame winning streak and a
  655. 20:07six and four mark going to the buy mean
  656. 20:10for the Los Angeles Rams given where
  657. 20:12things stood the last time you played
  658. 20:13the Cardinals? It would mean a lot, you
  659. 20:15know, and it would mean a lot to just
  660. 20:16have another good week like what we've
  661. 20:18done the last three weeks. You know, how
  662. 20:20we approach, you know, Wednesday to
  663. 20:22Thursday to Friday to Saturday and then
  664. 20:23try to go be at our best on Sunday when
  665. 20:25the ball's kicked off. And so, um, you
  666. 20:28know, I'm truly just trying to stay in
  667. 20:29the moment. I think our team's done a
  668. 20:30really good job of that. And, um, when
  669. 20:32you look at it, you know, as long as you
  670. 20:34just kind of continue to keep your head
  671. 20:36down and work and take it a day at a
  672. 20:37time. Um, but when you look at it from a
  673. 20:39big picture, it can seem overwhelming.
  674. 20:41It's never been how you dig yourself out
  675. 20:43of holes or how you continue to improve
  676. 20:44throughout the course of the year. It's
  677. 20:46been about being totally and completely
  678. 20:48present, continuing to build skills in
  679. 20:49the areas that we really focus on that
  680. 20:51we do control. Um, and that's what our
  681. 20:54expectation will be with this week and
  682. 20:56um and hopefully we're sitting here this
  683. 20:58time next week and and talking about a
  684. 21:00good week.
  685. 21:00>> Looking forward to that. Always
  686. 21:01appreciate our time together. Thank you,
  687. 21:03Sean. I'm JB Long and thank you for
  688. 21:05joining us for the Coach Mc Show
  689. 21:06presented by Microsoft Surface.

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